Ira and Edita Morris papers, 1892-1988

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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence

Correspondence sent to Ira V. and Edita Morris from editors and notable literary figures. Also includes correspondence to and from Edwin Seaver.



Box 1 Boyle, Kay To Edita Morris, San Francisco, CA, 25 May 1973, 1p. (with envelope) a.l.s.,


Box 1 Boyle, Kay To Ira V. Morris, [v.p.], 1960-1972, 12 a.l.s., 2 a.l.

[Includes Kay Boyle's comments on Ira V. Morris's manuscripts]


Box 1 Cousins, Norman To Edita Morris, New York, NY, 18 March 1966, 1p. t.l.s.,


Box 1 Cousins, Norman To Ira V. Morris, New York, NY, 29 March 1967, 1p. t.l.s.,


Box 1 Geismar, Maxwell To Ira V. and Edita Morris, Harrison, NY, 1970-1973, 3 (with envelopes) t.l.s.


Box 1 Komroff, Manuel To Ira V. Morris, New York, NY, 31 May 1970, 2p. (with envelope) t.l.s.,


Box 1 Komroff, Manuel To Harold Straus, New York, NY, 28 Nov 1960, 1p. t.l.s.,

[Marked as copy; discusses Ira V. Morris's novel The Paper Wall]


Box 1 Morris, Ira V. To Mr. Friedenthal, Rozay-en-Brie, FR, [n.d.], 1p. a.p.c.s.,


Box 1 Nearing, Scott To Ira V. Morris, Harborside, Maine, 11 Oct. 1960, 2p. t.l.s.,


Box 1 Priestley, J. B. To Ira V. Morris, Stratford-on-Avon, UK, 1 Dec. 1969, 2p. (with envelope) t.l.s.,


Box 1 Rosten, Norman To Edwin Seaver and Edita Morris, [v.p.], 1983-1986, 7 a.l.s., 19 t.l.s.

[Includes magazine clippings]


Box 1 Seaver, Edwin To Edita Morris, New York, NY, 2 Nov. 1970 & 1 Aug. 1974, 2 t.l.s.,


Box 1 Styron, William To Ira V. Morris, Roxbury, CT, 27 Feb. 1968, 1p. (with envelope) a.l.s.,

Series II: Arranged Correspondence


Subseries II.1: Correspondence to and from the Morris's

Correspondence to and from the Morris's about their writing careers, Hiroshima Rest House Foundation, relationships, political activities, financial affairs, and other matters. Arranged alphabetically by last name of sender.



Box 2 Folder 1 A, 1961-1971


Box 2 Folder 2 Abe, Tomoji, 1970


Box 2 Folder 3 Ambassade de la Republique Populaire de Chine, 1956


Box 2 Folder 4 Anand, Mulk Raj, 1965-1972


Box 2 Folder 5 Arnoni, M. S., 1970, n.d.


Box 2 Folder 6 B, 1942-1972, n.d.


Box 2 Folder 7 Baddeley, Hermione 1967-1968, n.d.


Box 2 Folder 8 Barr, Anthony 1973 & 1975


Box 2 Folder 9 Battle, Hyman, L. 1964-1981


Box 2 Folder 10 Beuscart, Abbé Albert 1937-1955


Box 2 Folder 11 Bradley, William A. 1971


Box 2 Folder 12 Buck, Pearl S. 1961 & 1974

[form letters]


Box 2 Folder 13 Buckingham, Sue 1966


Box 2 Folder 14 Butler, William J. 1966-1972


Box 2 Folder 15 C, 1957-1977


Box 2 Folder 16 Caine, Joy 1970


Box 2 Folder 17 Cameron, Angus 1959


Box 2 Folder 18 Chatto and Windus Ltd., 1966-1969


Box 2 Folder 19 The Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries ,, 1973


Box 2 Folder 20 Collier, John, 1968-1970, n.d.


Box 2 Folder 21 Cowasjee, Saros, 1970


Box 2 Folder 22 Curtis Brown, Ltd., 1971-1972


Box 2 Folder 23 D, 1965-1984


Box 2 Folder 24 Davis-Poynter, R. G. 1965


Box 2 Folder 25 Dennis Dobson Publishers, 1965-1972


Box 2 Folder 26 Department of State, 1965-1966


Box 2 Folder 27 Dunham, Barrows, 1970


Box 2 Folder 28 E, 1965-1975, n.d.


Box 2 Folder 29 Elias, George 1965, n.d.


Box 2 Folder 30 F, 1956-1965


Box 2 Folder 31 Faure, Edgar 1969


Box 2 Folder 32 Fifield, William 1965


Box 2 Folder 33 First National Bank of Chicago, 1970


Box 2 Folder 34 Forest, Jean Kurt 1966



Box 3 Folder 35 G, 1956-1981, n.d.


Box 3 Folder 36 Galan, Victor Rico, 14 January 1970


Box 3 Folder 37 George Braziller, Inc., 1971 & 1976


Box 3 Folder 38 H, 1943-1976, n.d.


Box 3 Folder 39 Hamai, Shinzo 1961-1966


Box 3 Folder 40 Hecht, Brayer & Grill, 1971


Box 3 Folder 41 Hinshaw, Milton L. 1965-1966


Box 3 Folder 42 Huberman, Leo 1966


Box 3 Folder 43 I, 1965-1970


Box 3 Folder 44 J, 1959-1970, n.d.


Box 3 Folder 45 K, 1957-1972, n.d.


Box 3 Folder 46 Karl Pfankuch, 1951


Box 3 Folder 47 L, 1961-1969, n.d.


Box 3 Folder 48 Leeston, Osyth 1968


Box 3 Folder 49 Leresche, Hope 1965-1972


Box 3 Folder 50 Liepman, Ruth 1965 & 1985


Box 3 Folder 51 M, 1965-1971, n.d.


Box 3 Folder 52 Melville, Alan 1968


Box 3 Folder 53 Merriam, Eva, n.d.


Box 3 Folder 54 Milton Academy, 1968 & 1970


Box 3 Folder 55 Mitani, E., 1960-1966


Box 3 Folder 56 Monthly Review Press, 1966-1971


Box 3 Folder 57 Mori, Koji, 1965


Box 3 Folder 58 Morito, Tatsuo, May [1960]

[Printed thank you letter with calligraphy for the condolence wishes on the death of Mrs. Kishiko Morito from her husband, Showa 35]


Box 3 Folder 59 Morris, Ivan, 1965


Box 3 Folder 60 Morris, Lloyd, n.d.


Box 3 Folder 61 Myrdal, Gunnar 1969-1970


Box 3 Folder 62 N, 1956-1976


Box 3 Folder 63 National Guardian, 1961-1968


Box 3 Folder 64 O, 1959-1970, n.d.



Box 4 Folder 65 Olgin, Constantine 1959-1970, n.d.


Box 4 Folder 66 Olgin, Louise 1959-1966, n.d.


Box 4 Folder 67 Oppenheimer, Ernest K. 1960


Box 4 Folder 68 Osten, Suzanne 1981-1982


Box 4 Folder 69 Otto, Werner 1969-1970


Box 4 Folder 70 P, 1952-1982, n.d.


Box 4 Folder 71 Papandreou, Andréas 1969-1970


Box 4 Folder 72 Paradowski, Jan 1955-1961


Box 4 Folder 73 Pollinger, Murray 1972, n.d.


Box 4 Folder 74 Porter, Russell 1965-1985


Box 4 Folder 75 Price, Stanley 1968


Box 4 Folder 76 Priestley, J. B. 1969


Box 4 Folder 77 R, 1944-1970


Box 4 Folder 78 Rae, Douglas 1971-1972


Box 4 Folder 79 Redbook Magazine, 1963 & 1965


Box 4 Folder 80 Riley, B. 1971


Box 4 Folder 81 Rothschild & Salwen, 1970


Box 4 Folder 82 S, 1943-1985


Box 4 Folder 83 Scherman, Bernardine, n.d.


Box 4 Folder 84 Schwartz, Robert J. 1965 & 1970


Box 4 Folder 85 Shohno, Naomi 1970


Box 4 Folder 86 Silva-Coronel, P. 1969


Box 4 Folder 87 Süddeutscher Verlag 1960-1973


Box 4 Folder 88 T, 1943-1968, n.d.


Box 4 Folder 89 Tamer, Ülkü 1970-1975


Box 4 Folder 90 Tanabe, Koichiro 1957-1965


Box 4 Folder 90 Tanabe, Koichiro 1966-1973


Box 4 Folder 92 Turney, Katherine 1968


Box 4 Folder 93 U, 1964-1967



Box 5 Folder 94 V, 1959-1970


Box 5 Folder 95 W, 1965-1981


Box 5 Folder 96 Waugh, Alex 1960-1967


Box 5 Folder 97 Y, 1966-1973


Box 5 Folder 98 Zimmeter, Wolf 1970


Box 5 Folder 99 Unidentified, n.d.


Box 5 Folder 100 Unidentified fragments, n.d.


Box 5 Folder 101 Unidentified, 1957-1959


Box 5 Folder 102 Unidentified, 1960-1964


Box 5 Folder 103 Unidentified, Jan-June 1965


Box 5 Folder 104 Unidentified, July-Dec 1965


Box 5 Folder 105 Unidentified, 1966-1969


Box 5 Folder 106 Unidentified, 1970-1977


Box 5 Folder 107 Unidentified, 1982-1985


Box 5 Folder 108 Empty Envelopes, n.d.


Box 5 Folder 109 Empty Envelopes, 1939-1959


Box 5 Folder 110 Empty Envelopes, 1960-1965



Box 6 Folder 111 Empty Envelopes, 1966-1969


Box 6 Folder 112 Empty Envelopes, 1970-1976


Box 6 Folder 113 Empty Envelopes, 1981-1986


Subseries II.2: Correspondence by Others

Correspondence involving neither Ira V. nor Edita Morris. Mainly correspondence sent to Edwin Seaver from colleagues and family members. Also includes 1892 letter to Lily Rothschild from Henry M. Wolf. Arranged alphabetically by last name of sender.


Box 6 Folder 114 A, 1966


Box 6 Folder 115 Backer, Ellen 1984-1985


Box 6 Folder 116 Bott, Dudley A. 1943-1944


Box 6 Folder 117 C, 1950-1968, n.d.


Box 6 Folder 118 Cameron, Angus 1985, n.d.


Box 6 Folder 119 Fifield, A. C. 1912


Box 6 Folder 120 H, 1968


Box 6 Folder 121 Iranyi, Helen 1984-1986


Box 6 Folder 122 M, 1981-1983, n.d.


Box 6 Folder 123 Newhouse, Victoria 1985


Box 6 Folder 124 S, 1969 & 1974


Box 6 Folder 125 Seaver, Edwina 1983-1985


Box 6 Folder 126 Uphous, William 1960


Box 6 Folder 127 W, 1965-1973


Box 6 Folder 128 Wolf, Henry, 1892


Box 6 Folder 129 Unidentified, 1927-1993


Box 6 Folder 130 Empty Envelopes, 1975-1986

Series III: Manuscripts

Drafts, notes, book reviews, published versions, and other materials related to manuscripts written by Ira V. and Edita Morris. It appears both authors edited each others work, therefore the handwritten corrections on drafts cannot be definitively identified.


Subseries III.1: Ira V. Morris

Primarily drafts, typescripts, notes, fragments, and published versions of literary works by Ira V. Morris. Included are novels, short stories, essays, articles, speeches, and unpublished prose. In addition, there are book reviews, adaptations, and one scrapbook about his work. Arranged alphabetically by title, then chronologically.


Box 6 Folder 131 "20 Years Later: The Hiroshima Bomb's Toll", article, published version appearing in National Guardian,, 7 August 1965


Box 6 Folder 132 "Address for Mr. ______ Reception", speech, n.d.


Box 6 Folder 133 "After the Bomb (21 Years After Hiroshima)", article, published version,, n.d.


Box 6 Folder 134 "Angers Talk", speech (2 versions), n.d.


Box 6 Folder 135 "The Atom Bomb Comes of Age", speech, n.d.


Box 6 Folder 136 "The Beautiful Fire", short story, complete draft, old (2 versions),, n.d.


Box 6 Folder 137 "The Beautiful Fire", short story, complete draft with handwritten corrections (3 versions),, n.d.


Box 6 Folder 138 "The Beautiful Fire", short story, complete draft, text in French (2 versions),, n.d.


Box 6 Folder 139 "The Beautiful Fire", short story, complete draft, last version,, 1963


Box 6 Folder 140 "The Beautiful Fire", short story, fragments, text in French, n.d.



Box 7 Folder 141 "Biographical Note", note (8 versions), 1967-1969, n.d.


Box 7 Folder 142 "The Bombay Meeting", novel, incomplete draft, p. 1-14, n.d.


Box 7 Folder 143 "The Bombay Meeting", novel, fragments, n.d.


Box 7 Folder 144 "The Bombay Meeting", book reviews, 1955-1958


Box 7 Folder 145 "Les Bombes", article, published version, text in French, July 1970


Box 7 Folder 146 "The Bombs", essay, n.d.

[Letter from Mervyn Jones to Ira V. Morris 23 July [n.y.] removed to Correspondence series, box 3, folder 44]


Box 7 Folder 147 "La Borgia" (or "The Heirs"; or "Opposite the Metropolitan"), novel, final revision ready for printing, p.1-132,, n.d.


Box 7 Folder 148 "La Borgia" (or "The Heirs"; or "Opposite the Metropolitan"), novel, final revision ready for printing, p.133-253,, n.d.


Box 7 Folder 149 "La Borgia" (or "The Heirs"; or "Opposite the Metropolitan"), novel, fragments,, n.d.


Box 7 Folder 150 "La Borgia" (or "The Heirs"; or "Opposite the Metropolitan"), novel, corrections,, n.d.


Box 7 Folder 151 "La Borgia" (or "The Heirs"; or "Opposite the Metropolitan"), novel, critical comments,, n.d.


Box 7 Folder 152 "La Borgia" (or "The Heirs"; or "Opposite the Metropolitan"), novel, suggestions for revising,, n.d.


Box 7 Folder 153 "La Borgia" (or "The Heirs"; or "Opposite the Metropolitan"), novel, ultra-final notes,, n.d.


Box 7 Folder 154 "La Borgia", dramatic treatment (2 versions), n.d.


Box 7 Folder 155 "La Borgia", blurb (3 versions), [1966?]

[Letter from Ira V. Morris to Mrs. Norah Smallwood, 8 Dec. 1966 removed to Correspondence series, box 2, folder 18]


Box 7 Folder 156 "La Borgia", novel, printed version, 1967


Box 7 Folder 157 "La Borgia", book reviews, 1967



Box 8 Folder 158 "La Borgia", film project, 1970-1972, n.d.


Box 8 Folder 159 "The Chicago Story", scrapbook with clippings of book reviews,, 1952-1954


Box 8 Folder 160 "Clouds Over the Oases", essay (4 versions), n.d.


Box 8 Folder 161 "The Deed", introduction, n.d.


Box 8 Folder 162 "Experiment in the Punjab", article, complete draft (2 versions),, n.d.


Box 8 Folder 163 "Experiment in the Punjab", article, published version appearing in The Sunday Tribune,, n.d.


Box 8 Folder 164 "Experiment in the Punjab", article, published version appearing in The Times of Ceylon,, 19 Feb. 1957


Box 8 Folder 165 "The Fall of Valor", essay, n.d.


Box 8 Folder 166 "Formation of a French Anti-nuclear Warfare Organization", essay,, n.d.


Box 8 Folder 167 "A Great Noble Laureate", essay, n.d.


Box 8 Folder 168 "The Greek Tragedy", letter to the editor of the New York Times,, n.d.


Box 8 Folder 169 "The Greek Tragedy", public letter, n.d.


Box 8 Folder 170 "Hiroshima: 20 Years After", article, published version appearing in Le Nouvel Observator, text in French,, 4 Aug. 1965


Box 8 Folder 171 "Hiroshima: 20 Years After", article, published version appearing in the New Statesman,, 6 Aug. 1965


Box 8 Folder 172 "Hizoshima 1968: les suzvivants", article, [1968?]


Box 8 Folder 173 "Icarus in Queens" (or "Sophocles in Queens"), short story, complete draft (3 versions),, n.d.


Box 8 Folder 174 "Icarus in Queens" (or "Sophocles in Queens"), short story, complete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 8 Folder 175 "Icarus in Queens" (or "Sophocles in Queens"), short story, fragments,, n.d.


Box 8 Folder 176 "Include Me Out", short story, complete draft (4 versions), n.d.



Box 9 Folder 177 "Include Me Out", short story, complete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 9 Folder 178 "Include Me Out", short story, complete draft, ultra-final version,, n.d.


Box 9 Folder 179 "Include Me Out", short story, complete draft with handwritten corrections and comments,, 1970


Box 9 Folder 180 "Include Me Out", short story, fragments, n.d.


Box 9 Folder 181 "Interview with Miguel Angel Asturias", article, complete draft (2 versions),, n.d.


Box 9 Folder 182 "Interview with Miguel Angel Asturias", article, published version appearing in Le Revue de Paris, text in French,, Feb. 1968


Box 9 Folder 183 "Interview with Miguel Angel Asturias", article, published version appearing in Monthly Review,, March 1968


Box 9 Folder 184 "Jamaica in the Eagle's Shadow", article, complete draft (6 versions),, [1967?]

[Letter from Paul Johnson, the New Statesman, to Ira V. Morris, 7 March 1967 removed to Correspondence series, box 3, folder 62]


Box 9 Folder 185 "Jamaica in the Eagle's Shadow", article, fragments, [1967?]


Box 9 Folder 186 "Jamaica in the Eagle's Shadow", article, published version appearing in National Guardian,, March 1967


Box 9 Folder 187 "Au Kenya, les colons sont les vrais Mau-Mau", article, published version appearing in L'Observateur, text in French,, July 1953


Box 9 Folder 188 "The Kenya Terror", article, published version, June 1953


Box 9 Folder 189 "The Kidnapping" (or "The Hot Box"), novel, complete draft [#1], p.1-148,, n.d.


Box 9 Folder 190 "The Kidnapping" (or "The Hot Box"), novel, complete draft [#1], p.149-273,, n.d.


Box 9 Folder 191 "The Kidnapping" (or "The Hot Box"), novel, complete draft [#2], p.1-152,, n.d.


Box 9 Folder 192 "The Kidnapping" (or "The Hot Box"), novel, complete draft [#2], p.153-280,, n.d.



Box 10 Folder 193 "The Kidnapping" (or "The Hot Box"), novel, complete draft [#3], p.1-152,, n.d.


Box 10 Folder 194 "The Kidnapping" (or "The Hot Box"), novel, complete draft [#3], p.153-280,, n.d.


Box 10 Folder 195 "The Kidnapping" (or "The Hot Box"), novel, incomplete draft, p.1-49,, n.d.


Box 10 Folder 196 "The Kidnapping" (or "The Hot Box"), novel, incomplete draft, p.50-129,, n.d.


Box 10 Folder 197 "The Kidnapping" (or "The Hot Box"), novel, incomplete draft, p.130-212,, n.d.


Box 10 Folder 198 "The Kidnapping" (or "The Hot Box"), novel, fragments with handwritten corrections, p.1-100,, n.d.


Box 10 Folder 199 "The Kidnapping" (or "The Hot Box"), novel, fragments with handwritten corrections, p.119-279,, n.d.



Box 11 Folder 200 "The Kidnapping" (or "The Hot Box"), novel, fragments, p.1-100,, n.d.


Box 11 Folder 201 "The Kidnapping" (or "The Hot Box"), novel, fragments, p.101-217,, n.d.


Box 11 Folder 202 "The Kidnapping" (or "The Hot Box"), novel, handwritten notes,, n.d.


Box 11 Folder 203 "The Kidnapping" (or "The Hot Box"), novel, line changes, n.d.


Box 11 Folder 204 "The Kidnapping", novel, agreement with Dobson Books Limited, 8 Aug. 1972


Box 11 Folder 205 "The Kimono", short story, complete draft (3 versions), n.d.


Box 11 Folder 206 "The Kimono", short story, complete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 11 Folder 207 "The Kimono", short story, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 11 Folder 208 "The Kimono", short story, fragments, n.d.


Box 11 Folder 209 "Letter from Hiroshima", article, complete draft (3 versions),, n.d.


Box 11 Folder 210 "Letter from Hiroshima", article, complete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 11 Folder 211 "Letter from Hiroshima", article, fragments, n.d.


Box 11 Folder 212 "Love Letter", short story, complete draft (2 versions), [1940?]


Box 11 Folder 213 "Love Letter", short story, published version, 1957


Box 11 Folder 214 "The Mau-Mau is a White Settler", essay, n.d.


Box 11 Folder 215 "Message to Hiroshima Friends", speech, 6 Aug. 1971


Box 11 Folder 216 "Napalm Comes to America", article (2 versions), n.d.


Box 11 Folder 217 "Mr. Nasashi Nii", speech, n.d.


Box 11 Folder 218 "The Paper Wall", novel, title pages and table of contents, n.d.


Box 11 Folder 219 "The Paper Wall", novel, answers to editors' quotes (2 versions),, n.d.


Box 11 Folder 220 "The Paper Wall", proposed blurb (6 versions), n.d.



Box 12 Folder 221 "The Paper Wall", book reviews, 1959-1961


Box 12 Folder 222 "Paris Letter", essay, n.d.


Box 12 Folder 223 "Project for a Series of Articles on the Peril of Growing Military Power", article,, 1969, n.d.


Box 12 Folder 224 "Repression in Mexico", letter, published version appearing in the Herald Tribune,, n.d.


Box 12 Folder 225 "The Road to Spain", novel, complete draft, p.1-180, n.d.


Box 12 Folder 226 "The Road to Spain", novel, complete draft, p.181-426, n.d.


Box 12 Folder 227 "The Road to Spain", novel, complete draft, p.427-525, n.d.


Box 12 Folder 228 "The Road to Spain", novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections, p.1-206,, n.d.


Box 12 Folder 229 "The Road to Spain", novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections, p.207-376,, n.d.



Box 13 Folder 230 "The Road to Spain", novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections, p.377-525,, n.d.


Box 13 Folder 231 "The Road to Spain", novel, incomplete draft, n.d.


Box 13 Folder 232 "The Road to Spain", novel, fragments, n.d.


Box 13 Folder 233 "The Road to Spain", excerpt of letter from Carleton Beals (2 versions),, n.d.


Box 13 Folder 234 "The Road to Spain", book reviews, 1966-1967


Box 13 Folder 235 "Shifting Sands" (or "The Winds of Change"), novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 13 Folder 236 "Shifting Sands" (or "The Winds of Change"), novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections, copy #2,, n.d.


Box 13 Folder 237 "Shifting Sands" (or "The Winds of Change"), novel, discarded pages,, n.d.


Box 13 Folder 238 "Some Thoughts on the A-Bomb Survivors", essay, n.d.


Box 13 Folder 239 "The Stockholm Novel" (or "The Stockholm Saga"), novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections (2 versions),, n.d.


Box 13 Folder 240 "The Stockholm Novel" (or "The Stockholm Saga"), novel, project notes,, n.d.


Box 13 Folder 241 "The Stockholm Novel" (or "The Stockholm Saga"), novel, fragments,, n.d.



Box 14 Folder 242 "Such a Pretty Village" (or "The Stranger"), novel, complete draft [#1],, n.d.


Box 14 Folder 243 "Such a Pretty Village" (or "The Stranger"), novel, complete draft [#2], p.1-150,, n.d.


Box 14 Folder 244 "Such a Pretty Village" (or "The Stranger"), novel, complete draft [#2], p.151-262,, n.d.


Box 14 Folder 245 "Such a Pretty Village" (or "The Stranger"), novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections, p.1-204,, n.d.


Box 14 Folder 246 "Such a Pretty Village" (or "The Stranger"), novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections, p.205-290,, n.d.


Box 14 Folder 247 "Such a Pretty Village" (or "The Stranger"), novel, incomplete draft, carbon copy, p.1-180,, n.d.



Box 15 Folder 248 "Such a Pretty Village" (or "The Stranger"), novel, incomplete draft, carbon copy, p.181-265,, n.d.


Box 15 Folder 249 "Such a Pretty Village" (or "The Stranger"), novel, fragments,, n.d.


Box 15 Folder 250 "Such a Pretty Village" (or "The Stranger"), novel, corrections,, 1969, n.d.


Box 15 Folder 251 "Such a Pretty Village", book reviews, 1970


Box 15 Folder 252 "The Teaman", short story, published version appearing in Story, Vol. II, no. 11,, Feb. 1933


Box 15 Folder 253 "Thoughts on the Coming PEN Congress", article, published version written for the Asahi Shimbun,, n.d.


Box 15 Folder 254 "The Tree Within", review, 18 March 1949


Box 15 Folder 255 "Trip to Geysir", short story, complete draft, n.d.


Box 15 Folder 256 "Trip to Geysir", short story, incomplete draft, n.d.


Box 15 Folder 257 "Twenty Years Have Passed", public letter (4 versions), 1965


Box 15 Folder 258 "Twenty Years Have Passed", public letter, fragments, [1965]


Box 15 Folder 259 "Under the Mushroom Cloud", book review of Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima by Robert Jay Lifton, published version appearing in Saturday Review,, 3 Feb. 1968


Box 15 Folder 260 "Who is Being Judged?", public letter (2 versions), n.d.


Box 15 Folder 261 Miscellaneous Handwritten Notes, n.d.


Subseries III.2: Edita Morris

Primarily drafts, typescripts, notes, fragments, and published versions of literary works by Edita Morris. Included are novels, short stories, articles, and unpublished prose. In addition, there are book reviews, adaptations, and radio program transcripts about her work. Arranged alphabetically by title, then chronologically.


Box 15 Folder 262 "A-FRI-CA", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections, p.1-130,, n.d.


Box 15 Folder 263 "A-FRI-CA", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections, p.131-214,, n.d.


Box 15 Folder 264 "A-FRI-CA", novel, complete draft, photocopy [#1], p.1-130, n.d.



Box 16 Folder 265 "A-FRI-CA", novel, complete draft, photocopy [#1], p.131-214, n.d.


Box 16 Folder 266 "A-FRI-CA", novel, complete draft, photocopy [#2], p.1-120, n.d.


Box 16 Folder 267 "A-FRI-CA", novel, complete draft, photocopy [#2], p.121-227, n.d.


Box 16 Folder 268 "A-FRI-CA", novel, complete draft, photocopy [#3], p.1-115, n.d.


Box 16 Folder 269 "A-FRI-CA", novel, complete draft, photocopy [#3], p.116-158, n.d.


Box 16 Folder 270 "A-FRI-CA", novel, complete draft, last version, p.1-125, n.d.


Box 16 Folder 271 "A-FRI-CA", novel, complete draft, last version, p.126-183, n.d.


Box 16 Folder 272 "A-FRI-CA", novel, notes, n.d.


Box 16 Folder 273 "After the Ball", short story, published version, text in German,, n.d.


Box 16 Folder 274 "After the Ball", short story, published version appearing in Harper's Bazaar,, Nov. 1943



Box 17 Folder 275 "Amar-to Love", short story, published version appearing in Harper's Bazaar,, 15 Sept. 1941


Box 17 Folder 276 "American Summer Day 1943: Radio Talk for Sweden", radio program (2 versions),, 1943


Box 17 Folder 277 "The Animals", short story, complete draft, n.d.

[See also "Hotel Imperial", box 20, folder 349; "The Machine Gunned Rice", box 26, folder 424]


Box 17 Folder 278 "The Animals", short story, published version, n.d.

[See also "Hotel Imperial", box 20, folder 349; "The Machine Gunned Rice", box 26, folder 424]


Box 17 Folder 279 "Aunt Ninna", short story, printed version (2 copies), n.d.


Box 17 Folder 280 "Aunt Ninna", short story, published version, text in French, n.d.


Box 17 Folder 281 "Auntie Ninna", short story, published version appearing in Harper's Bazaar,, April 1943


Box 17 Folder 282 "Autobiographical Note", note (9 versions), n.d.


Box 17 Folder 283 "Ball of Yarn", short story, complete draft, n.d.


Box 17 Folder 284 "Ball of Yarn", short story, published version appearing in Selected Writing, no. 5,, n.d.


Box 17 Folder 285 "Biographical Note", note (5 versions), n.d.


Box 17 Folder 286 "Birth of an Old Lady", short story, complete draft, n.d.


Box 17 Folder 287 "A Blade of Grass", short story, complete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 17 Folder 288 "A Blade of Grass", short story, fragments with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 17 Folder 289 "A Blade of Grass", short story, published version appearing in Story Magazine,, Aug. 1936


Box 17 Folder 290 "A Blade of Grass", copyright certificates, 1944 & 1964


Box 17 Folder 291 "Caput Mortuum", short story, published version appearing in Harper's Bazaar,, June 1941


Box 17 Folder 292 "Caput Mortuum", short story, published version appearing in Le Revue de Paris, text in French,, May 1962


Box 17 Folder 293 "Ce Jour-La", short story, published version, text in French, 1970


Box 17 Folder 294 "Charade", book reviews, 1948-1949


Box 17 Folder 295 "Charade", theatrical adaptation by Mark Orrin Walker, Aug. 1960


Box 17 Folder 296 "Contemporary Authors Revision", note, n.d.


Box 17 Folder 297 "Da Bomben Faldt", article, published version, text in Danish,, 7 Aug. 1970


Box 17 Folder 298 "Dear Me, and Other Tales from My Native Sweden", collection of short stories, complete draft,, n.d.


Box 17 Folder 299 "Dear Me, and Other Tales from My Native Sweden", collection of short stories, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.



Box 18 Folder 300 "Dear Me, and Other Tales from My Native Sweden", collection of short stories, incomplete draft,, n.d.


Box 18 Folder 301 "Dear Me, and Other Tales from My Native Sweden", collection of short stories, fragments,, n.d.


Box 18 Folder 302 "Dear Me, and Other Tales from My Native Sweden", collection of short stories, proof,, [1967]


Box 18 Folder 303 "Dear Me, and Other Tales from My Native Sweden", blurb (2 versions),, n.d.


Box 18 Folder 304 "Dear Me, and Other Tales from My Native Sweden", book reviews,, 1967-1968


Box 18 Folder 305 "Dress Rehearsal", short story, published version appearing in Mademoiselle,, April 1943


Box 18 Folder 306 "Echo in Asia", blurb (3 versions), n.d.


Box 18 Folder 307 "Echo in Asia", book reviews, 1958-1962


Box 18 Folder 308 "Echo in Asia", radio program, text in German, 27 Dec. 1965


Box 18 Folder 309 "Epilogue", short story, complete draft (4 versions), n.d.


Box 18 Folder 310 "Epilogue", short story, complete draft (2 versions), Sept. 1973


Box 18 Folder 311 "Epilogue", short story, complete draft, final copy, Sept. 1973


Box 18 Folder 312 "Faith", short story, complete draft, n.d.


Box 18 Folder 313 "First Radio Talk to Sweden", radio program, n.d.


Box 18 Folder 314 "Frog on a Pat of Butter", novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 18 Folder 315 "The Gateway to India", short story, complete draft, n.d.


Box 18 Folder 316 "The Gateway to India", short story, published version appearing in Eastern Horizon,, Dec. 1961


Box 18 Folder 317 "A Goldfish in Detroit", short story, complete draft (4 versions),, n.d.



Box 19 Folder 318 "A Goldfish in Detroit", short story, published version (2 versions), text in German,, n.d.


Box 19 Folder 319 "Golfball", short story, handwritten complete draft, n.d.


Box 19 Folder 320 "Greek Tragedy in Nineteen Acts", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.

[See also "Stars on Your Forehead", box 33, folder 500-502 and box 34, folder 503; and "Toil and the Deed", box 35, folder 529 and box 36, folder 530-533]


Box 19 Folder 321 "Greek Tragedy in Seven Acts", short story, complete draft with factual background,, n.d.


Box 19 Folder 322 "Greek Tragedy in Seven Acts", short story, complete draft, n.d.


Box 19 Folder 323 "Greek Tragedy in Seven Acts", short story, complete draft, final version,, n.d.


Box 19 Folder 324 "Greek Tragedy in Seven Acts", short story, incomplete draft, text in French,, n.d.


Box 19 Folder 325 "Greek Tragedy in Seven Acts", short story, fragments, n.d.


Box 19 Folder 326 "Griechische Tragödie", article, published version appearing in Das Magazin, text in German,, Feb. 1968


Box 19 Folder 327 "Guerrillero with a Flower Between His Lips", short story, complete draft,, n.d.


Box 19 Folder 328 "Guerrillero with a Flower Between His Lips", short story, fragments,, n.d.


Box 19 Folder 329 "Guerrillero with a Flower Between His Lips", short story, published version,, n.d.


Box 19 Folder 330 "A Happy Day" (or "Sand"), novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 19 Folder 331 "A Happy Day" (or "Sand"), novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 19 Folder 332 "A Happy Day" (or "Sand"), novel, incomplete draft, carbon copy,, n.d.



Box 20 Folder 333 "A Happy Day" (or "Sand"), novel, final version, carbon copy, n.d.


Box 20 Folder 334 "A Happy Day" (or "Sand"), novel, proof with handwritten corrections, text in Swedish,, n.d.


Box 20 Folder 335 "A Happy Day" (or "Sand"), novel, complete draft, photocopy, 1973


Box 20 Folder 336 "A Happy Day" (or "Sand"), novel, fragments, n.d.


Box 20 Folder 337 "A Happy Day", book reviews, 1974-1975


Box 20 Folder 338 "He Went Mad with Guilt", book review of Dark Star: Hiroshima Reconsidered in the Life of Claude Eatherly of Lincoln Park, Texas, by Ronnie Dugger, published version appearing in SR,, 2 March 1968


Box 20 Folder 339 "Heart of Marzipan", short story, published version appearing in Mademoiselle,, Oct. 1943


Box 20 Folder 340 "Hiroshima", article, published version appearing in Die Weltfühne, text in German,, n.d.


Box 20 Folder 341 "Hiroshima", speech (4 versions), n.d.


Box 20 Folder 342 "Hiroshima City of Ghosts", article, printed version, n.d.


Box 20 Folder 343 "The Hiroshima Man", article, complete draft (2 versions), n.d.


Box 20 Folder 344 "Hiroshima Man", article, published version appearing in Kvinner, text in Norwegian,, 1964


Box 20 Folder 345 "Hiroshima Man", article, published version appearing in vi Kvinner, text in Swedish,, 1964


Box 20 Folder 346 "Hiroshima Man", article, published version appearing in The Mennonite,, 25 May 1965


Box 20 Folder 347 "Hiroshimas Skörd", article, incomplete published version, text in Swedish,, n.d.


Box 20 Folder 348 "Horse with Hoof of Fire", short story, published version appearing in The New Mexico Quarterly Review,, 1945


Box 20 Folder 349 "Hotel Imperial", short story, complete draft, n.d.

[See also "The Animals", box 17, folder 277-278; "The Machine Gunned Rice", box 26, folder 424]


Box 20 Folder 350 "How Keeping, Hope Fine", novel, complete draft, old original, carbon copy,, n.d.



Box 21 Folder 351 "How Keeping, Hope Fine", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections, old copy,, n.d.


Box 21 Folder 352 "How Keeping, Hope Fine", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 21 Folder 353 "How Keeping, Hope Fine", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections, working copy,, n.d.


Box 21 Folder 354 "How Keeping, Hope Fine", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections, new version,, n.d.


Box 21 Folder 355 "How Keeping, Hope Fine", novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 21 Folder 356 "How Keeping, Hope Fine", novel, fragments, n.d.


Box 21 Folder 357 "How Keeping, Hope Fine", novel, publication contract for French version,, 1973


Box 21 Folder 358 "How Keeping, Hope Fine", book reviews, 1975-1978


Box 21 Folder 359 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections [#1],, n.d.


Box 21 Folder 360 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections [#2],, n.d.



Box 22 Folder 361 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Apricot Trees" (or "The Stew"), short story, complete draft (4 versions),, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 362 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Beauty", short story, complete draft,, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 363 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Chinese Tools" (or "Tools"), short story, complete draft (4 versions),, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 364 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Dirty Gerty", short story, complete draft (4 versions),, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 365 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Fascism über Alles" (or "More of the Same"), short story, complete draft (5 versions),, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 366 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Français et Françaises", short story, complete draft (2 versions),, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 367 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Freaks", short story, complete draft (4 versions),, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 368 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Genius", short story, complete draft (6 versions),, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 369 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "A Great Swede, A Great Jew", short story, complete draft (2 versions),, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 370 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Home", short story, complete draft,, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 371 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "I Never Get a Chance to Take a Chance", short story, complete draft (5 versions),, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 372 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "If the Sun Could Doubt", short story, complete draft (3 versions),, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 373 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Ja Vi Elsker Dette Landet", short story, complete draft (3 versions),, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 374 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Joie de Vivre", short story, complete draft (4 versions),, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 375 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Kiss", short story, complete draft (7 versions),, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 376 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Life Has Treated Me Well", short story, complete draft,, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 377 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Love in Lappland", short story, complete draft (2 versions),, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 378 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Lucky India", short story, complete draft (4 versions),, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 379 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Mothers of the World Unite", short story, complete draft (3 versions),, n.d.


Box 22 Folder 380 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Nearer My God to Thee" (or "Faith"), short story, complete draft (6 versions),, n.d.



Box 23 Folder 381 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Revolution", short story, complete draft (4 versions),, n.d.


Box 23 Folder 382 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories: "Snooky", short story, complete draft,, n.d.


Box 23 Folder 383 "If the Sun Could Doubt", collection of short stories, fragments,, n.d.


Box 23 Folder 384 "Insights", collection of short stories, complete draft, n.d.


Box 23 Folder 385 "Insights", collection of short stories, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 23 Folder 386 "Insights", collection of short stories: "Croissants", short story, complete draft (3 versions),, n.d.


Box 23 Folder 387 "Insights", collection of short stories: "Five Terrible Women", short story, complete draft,, n.d.


Box 23 Folder 388 "Insights", collection of short stories: "Français et Françaises", short story, complete draft,, n.d.


Box 23 Folder 389 "Insights", collection of short stories: "Genius", short story, complete draft,, n.d.


Box 23 Folder 390 "Insights", collection of short stories: "A Great Swede, A Great Jew", short story, complete draft,, n.d.


Box 23 Folder 391 "Insights", collection of short stories: "Ja, Vi Elsker Dette Landet", short story, complete draft,, n.d.


Box 23 Folder 392 "Insights", collection of short stories: "The Stew", short story, complete draft (3 versions),, n.d.


Box 23 Folder 393 "Insights", collection of short stories, fragments, n.d.


Box 23 Folder 394 "It's a Women's World", book reviews, 1944


Box 23 Folder 395 "Karriär", book reviews, 1940


Box 23 Folder 396 "Kauko", short story, complete draft, n.d.


Box 23 Folder 397 "Kill a Beggar", novel, complete draft, carbon copy, p.1-115, n.d.


Box 23 Folder 398 "Kill a Beggar", novel, complete draft, carbon copy, p.116-235,, n.d.



Box 24 Folder 399 "Kill a Beggar", novel, complete draft, carbon copy, p.236-319,, n.d.


Box 24 Folder 400 "Kill a Beggar", novel, complete draft, photocopy [#1], p.1-150,, n.d.


Box 24 Folder 401 "Kill a Beggar", novel, complete draft, photocopy [#1], p.151-314,, n.d.


Box 24 Folder 402 "Kill a Beggar", novel, complete draft, photocopy [#2], p.1-110,, n.d.


Box 24 Folder 403 "Kill a Beggar", novel, complete draft, photocopy [#2], p.111-239,, n.d.


Box 24 Folder 404 "Kill a Beggar", novel, complete draft, photocopy [#3], p.1-120,, n.d.



Box 25 Folder 405 "Kill a Beggar", novel, complete draft, photocopy [#3], p.121-240,, n.d.


Box 25 Folder 406 "Kill a Beggar", novel, complete draft, photocopy [#3], p.241-297,, n.d.


Box 25 Folder 407 "Kill a Beggar", novel, incomplete draft, photocopy, p.6-150, n.d.


Box 25 Folder 408 "Kill a Beggar", novel, incomplete draft, photocopy, p.151-300,, n.d.


Box 25 Folder 409 "Kill a Beggar", novel, fragments, n.d.


Box 25 Folder 410 "Kullan", copyright certificates, 1944 & 1966


Box 25 Folder 411 "Let's Remember Together", short story, published version appearing in Good Housekeeping,, May 1944


Box 25 Folder 412 "Life, Wonderful Life", novel, complete draft, p.1-124, n.d.


Box 25 Folder 413 "Life, Wonderful Life", novel, complete draft, p.125-195, n.d.


Box 25 Folder 414 "Life, Wonderful Life", novel, proof with handwritten corrections, p.1-136,, [1971]



Box 26 Folder 415 "Life, Wonderful Life", novel, proof with handwritten corrections, p.137-192,, [1971]


Box 26 Folder 416 "Life, Wonderful Life", novel, fragments, n.d.


Box 26 Folder 417 "Life, Wonderful Life", novel, cover designs, n.d.


Box 26 Folder 418 "Life, Wonderful Life", novel, publisher's note (5 versions), n.d.


Box 26 Folder 419 "Life, Wonderful Life", book reviews, 1971-1972


Box 26 Folder 420 "Lili Died in April", short story, published version appearing in Lovat Dickson's Magazine, Vol.3, no. 6,, Dec. 1934


Box 26 Folder 421 "Love to Vietnam", novel, fragments, text in German, n.d.


Box 26 Folder 422 "Love to Vietnam", book reviews, 1968-1970


Box 26 Folder 423 "Love to Vietnam", publicity, text in French, Sept. 1969


Box 26 Folder 424 "The Machine-Gunned Rice", short story, published version, n.d.

[See also "The Animals", box 17, folder 277-278; "Hotel Imperial", box 20, folder 349]


Box 26 Folder 425 "The Melody", short story, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 26 Folder 426 "The Melody", short story, published version appearing in Mademoiselle,, Feb. 1945


Box 26 Folder 427 "The Melody", copyright certificate, March 1945


Box 26 Folder 428 "The Melody", screenplay adaptation by Tony Barr, n.d.


Box 26 Folder 429 "Mono", short story, complete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 26 Folder 430 "Mono", short story, fragments, n.d.


Box 26 Folder 431 "Mothers of the World Unite", essay, complete draft (2 versions),, 6 Aug. 1981



Box 27 Folder 432 "My Darling from the Lions", novel, book jacket, n.d.


Box 27 Folder 433 "My Darling from the Lions", radio programs, 1943


Box 27 Folder 434 "My Darling from the Lions", book reviews, 1943-1951


Box 27 Folder 435 "My Darling from the Lions", novel, incomplete printed copy, text in Swedish,, 1948


Box 27 Folder 436 "Nature's Child", short story, published version appearing in The Reader's Digest,, Sept. 1944

[See also "The Pagan", box 27, folder 441-442]


Box 27 Folder 437 "Nature's Child", short story, published version appearing in Det Bästa, text in Swedish,, Dec. 1944

[See also "The Pagan", box 27, folder 441-442]


Box 27 Folder 438 "The One Who Loved Me", short story, complete draft (4 versions),, n.d.


Box 27 Folder 439 "The One Who Loved Me", short story, fragments, n.d.


Box 27 Folder 440 "The Open Mouth", short story, published version appearing in Harper's Bazaar,, July 1943


Box 27 Folder 441 "The Pagan", short story, printed version, n.d.

[See also "Nature's Child", box 27, folder 436-437]


Box 27 Folder 442 "The Pagan", short story, published version appearing in Harper's Bazaar,, July 1944

[See also "Nature's Child", box 27, folder 436-437]


Box 27 Folder 443 "A Pair of Fine Wings", short story, complete draft, n.d.


Box 27 Folder 444 "A Pair of Fine Wings", short story, published version, n.d.


Box 27 Folder 445 "A Pair of White Gloves", novel, complete draft, softbound, n.d.


Box 27 Folder 446 "A Pair of White Gloves", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections, softbound,, n.d.


Box 27 Folder 447 "A Pair of White Gloves", novel, revised copy, p.1-147, n.d.


Box 27 Folder 448 "A Pair of White Gloves", novel, revised copy, p.148-255, n.d.



Box 28 Folder 449 "Radio Talk to Sweden", radio program, n.d.


Box 28 Folder 450 "Le Rideau de Peluche Rouge", short story, published version appearing in Le Revue de Paris, text in French,, Nov. 1966


Box 28 Folder 451 "Schools in Sweden and in the United States", essay, n.d.


Box 28 Folder 452 "Secret", short story, complete draft (2 versions), n.d.


Box 28 Folder 453 "The Seeds of Hiroshima", novel, complete draft, softbound [#1],, n.d.


Box 28 Folder 454 "The Seeds of Hiroshima", novel, complete draft, softbound [#2],, n.d.


Box 28 Folder 455 "The Seeds of Hiroshima", novel, complete draft, softbound [#3],, n.d.


Box 28 Folder 456 "The Seeds of Hiroshima", novel, fragment, text in French, n.d.


Box 28 Folder 457 "The Seeds of Hiroshima", lists to be sent copies, n.d.


Box 28 Folder 458 "The Seeds of Hiroshima", book reviews, 1965-1968


Box 28 Folder 459 "The Seventy Years War", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections, p.1-150,, n.d.



Box 29 Folder 460 "The Seventy Years War", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections, p.151-282,, n.d.


Box 29 Folder 461 "The Seventy Years War", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections, p.283-375,, n.d.


Box 29 Folder 462 "The Seventy Years War", novel, complete draft, final version, p.1-135,, n.d.


Box 29 Folder 463 "The Seventy Years War", novel, complete draft, final version, p.136-272,, n.d.


Box 29 Folder 464 "The Seventy Years War", novel, complete draft, text in Swedish, p.1-120,, n.d.


Box 29 Folder 465 "The Seventy Years War", novel, complete draft, text in Swedish, p.121-255,, n.d.


Box 29 Folder 466 "The Seventy Years War", novel, complete draft, text in Swedish, p.256-330,, n.d.



Box 30 Folder 467 "The Seventy Years War", novel, complete draft, final copy, text in Swedish, p.1-131,, n.d.


Box 30 Folder 468 "The Seventy Years War", novel, complete draft, final copy, text in Swedish, p.132-255,, n.d.


Box 30 Folder 469 "The Seventy Years War", novel, complete draft, final copy, text in Swedish, p.256-330,, n.d.


Box 30 Folder 470 "The Seventy Years War", novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections, p.1-130,, n.d.


Box 30 Folder 471 "The Seventy Years War", novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections, p.131-273,, n.d.


Box 30 Folder 472 "The Seventy Years War", novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections, p.274-355,, n.d.


Box 30 Folder 473 "The Seventy Years War", novel, incomplete draft, photocopy, p.1-140,, n.d.



Box 31 Folder 474 "The Seventy Years War", novel, incomplete draft, photocopy, p.141-231,, n.d.


Box 31 Folder 475 "The Seventy Years War", novel, proof with handwritten corrections, text in Swedish, p.1-100,, n.d.


Box 31 Folder 476 "The Seventy Years War", novel, proof with handwritten corrections, text in Swedish, p.101-188,, n.d.


Box 31 Folder 477 "The Seventy Years War", novel, fragments, text in Swedish, n.d.


Box 31 Folder 478 "The Seventy Years War", book reviews, 1984


Box 31 Folder 479 "The Solo Dancer", novel, complete draft, p.1-135, n.d.


Box 31 Folder 480 "The Solo Dancer", novel, complete draft, p.136-172, n.d.


Box 31 Folder 481 "The Solo Dancer", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections, photocopy, p.1-115,, n.d.


Box 31 Folder 482 "The Solo Dancer", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections, photocopy, p.116-172,, n.d.


Box 31 Folder 483 "The Solo Dancer", novel, complete draft with changes for Dutch edition, p.1-134,, n.d.



Box 32 Folder 484 "The Solo Dancer", novel, complete draft with changes for Dutch edition, p.135-172,, n.d.


Box 32 Folder 485 "The Solo Dancer", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections, text in French [#1], p.1-115,, n.d.


Box 32 Folder 486 "The Solo Dancer", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections, text in French [#1], p.116-151,, n.d.


Box 32 Folder 487 "The Solo Dancer", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections, text in French [#2],, n.d.


Box 32 Folder 488 "The Solo Dancer", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections, text in French [#3],, n.d.


Box 32 Folder 489 "The Solo Dancer", novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections [#1], p.1-120,, n.d.


Box 32 Folder 490 "The Solo Dancer", novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections [#1], p.123-171,, n.d.


Box 32 Folder 491 "The Solo Dancer", novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections [#2],, n.d.



Box 33 Folder 492 "The Solo Dancer", novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections, final version,, n.d.


Box 33 Folder 493 "The Solo Dancer", novel, fragments with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 33 Folder 494 "The Solo Dancer", novel, fragments, n.d.


Box 33 Folder 495 "The Solo Dancer", novel, fragments, text in French, n.d.


Box 33 Folder 496 "The Solo Dancer", theatrical adaptation, n.d.


Box 33 Folder 497 "The Solo Dancer", publication contract for French edition, 1971


Box 33 Folder 498 "The Solo Dancer", book reviews, 1972-1973


Box 33 Folder 499 "The Sorrow of Ape-in-pants", short story, published version appearing in American Dialog,, 1964


Box 33 Folder 500 "Stars on Your Forehead", novel, complete draft, n.d.

[See also "Greek Tragedy in Nineteen Acts", box 19, folder 320; "The Toil and the Deed", box 35, folder 529 and box 36, folder 530-533]


Box 33 Folder 501 "Stars on Your Forehead", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections [#1],, n.d.

[See also "Greek Tragedy in Nineteen Acts", box 19, folder 320; "The Toil and the Deed", box 35, folder 529 and box 36, folder 530-533]


Box 33 Folder 502 "Stars on Your Forehead", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections [#2],, n.d.

[See also "Greek Tragedy in Nineteen Acts", box 19, folder 320; "The Toil and the Deed", box 35, folder 529 and box 36, folder 530-533]



Box 34 Folder 503 "Stars on Your Forehead", novel, fragments, n.d.

[See also "Greek Tragedy in Nineteen Acts", box 19, folder 320; "The Toil and the Deed", box 35, folder and box 36, folder 530-533]


Box 34 Folder 504 "The Stone and the Frogs", short story, complete draft (2 versions),, n.d.


Box 34 Folder 505 "The Stone and the Frogs", short story, fragments, n.d.


Box 34 Folder 506 "Straightjacket", novel, complete draft, photocopy, p.1-170, n.d.


Box 34 Folder 507 "Straightjacket", novel, complete draft, photocopy, p.171-301,, n.d.


Box 34 Folder 508 "Straightjacket", novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections [#1], p.1-140,, n.d.


Box 34 Folder 509 "Straightjacket", novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections [#1], p.141-301,, n.d.


Box 34 Folder 510 "Straightjacket", novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections [#2], p.2-145,, n.d.



Box 35 Folder 511 "Straightjacket", novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections [#2], p.146-311,, n.d.


Box 35 Folder 512 "Straightjacket", novel, fragments, n.d.


Box 35 Folder 513 "Straightjacket", novel, notes, n.d.


Box 35 Folder 514 "Straightjacket", publication contract, 18 July 1977


Box 35 Folder 515 "Straightjacket", book reviews, 1979, n.d.


Box 35 Folder 516 "The Survivors of the Bombs", article, published version appearing in the New Statesman,, 2 Aug. 1958


Box 35 Folder 517 "Survivors of the Bombs", article, published version appearing in Opinion,, 1961


Box 35 Folder 518 "Talk for Munich Publishers", speech, complete draft (2 versions),, n.d.


Box 35 Folder 519 "Un Témoignage poignant sur la mort atomique", article, published version,, 17 July 1958


Box 35 Folder 520 "That Day", short story, complete draft, 1970

[Letter from Mervyn Jones to Ira V. Morris, 23 July [n.y.], removed to Correspondence series, box 3, folder 44]


Box 35 Folder 521 "Thirteen Years After", essay, complete draft, n.d.


Box 35 Folder 522 "Thirteen Years After", essay, fragment, n.d.


Box 35 Folder 523 "Three Who Loved", reviews, 1945


Box 35 Folder 524 "Three Who Loved", copyright certificate, 23 Feb. 1945


Box 35 Folder 525 "Three Who Loved", novel, published excerpt appearing in Neue Auslese, text in German,, May 1947


Box 35 Folder 526 "Three Who Loved", novel, published excerpt appearing in Internationale Echo, text in Dutch,, Sept. 1947


Box 35 Folder 527 "To Be Happy", short story, complete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.


Box 35 Folder 528 "To Be Happy", short story, handwritten draft, n.d.


Box 35 Folder 529 "The Toil and the Deed", novel, complete draft, n.d.

[See also "Greek Tragedy in Nineteen Acts", box 19, folder 320; and "Stars on Your Forehead", box 33, folder 500-502 and box 34, folder 503]



Box 36 Folder 530 "The Toil and the Deed", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.

[See also "Greek Tragedy in Nineteen Acts", box 19, folder 320; and "Stars on Your Forehead", box 33, folder 500-502 and box 34, folder 503]


Box 36 Folder 531 "The Toil and the Deed", novel, complete draft with handwritten corrections, text in French,, n.d.

[See also "Greek Tragedy in Nineteen Acts", box 19, folder 320; and "Stars on Your Forehead", box 33, folder 500-502 and box 34, folder 503]


Box 36 Folder 532 "The Toil and the Deed", novel, incomplete draft with handwritten corrections,, n.d.

[See also "Greek Tragedy in Nineteen Acts", box 19, folder 320; and "Stars on Your Forehead", box 33, folder 500-502 and box 34, folder 503]


Box 36 Folder 533 "The Toil and the Deed", novel, fragments, n.d.

[See also "Greek Tragedy in Nineteen Acts", box 19, folder 320; and "Stars on Your Forehead", box 33, folder 500-502 and box 34, folder 503]


Box 36 Folder 534 "Turtles", novel, complete draft, photocopy, n.d.


Box 36 Folder 535 "Turtles", novel, incomplete draft, n.d.


Box 36 Folder 536 "University into Army Camp Radio Talk for Sweden", radio program (2 versions),, 15 Sept. 1943


Box 36 Folder 537 "Vi Världens Kvinnor", article, published version, text in Swedish,, n.d.


Box 36 Folder 538 "Welcome to Sweden", essay, n.d.


Box 36 Folder 539 "Wir Die Frauen Der Welt", letter, published version, text in German,, n.d.


Box 36 Folder 540 "Young Man in an Astrakhan Cap", short story, published version appearing in Harper's Bazaar,, Dec. 1942


Box 36 Folder 541 "Youra", article, complete draft, n.d.


Box 36 Folder 542 "Youra, Youra!", article, published version, text in Swedish, n.d.


Box 36 Folder 543 "Ziua Aceea", article, published version appearing in Cronica, text in Romanian,, 11 Aug. 1970


Box 36 Folder 544 Miscellaneous Notes, n.d.


Subseries III.3: The Flowers of Hiroshima by Edita Morris

Typescript draft, excerpts, book reviews, adaptations, and other materials about the novel.The Flowers of Hiroshimawas successful worldwide and earned Edita Morris the Albert Schweitzer Prize in 1961. Arranged chronologically.



Box 37 Folder 545 Book jacket, text in German, n.d.


Box 37 Folder 546 Dedication, n.d.


Box 37 Folder 547 Excerpts from letters, n.d.


Box 37 Folder 548 Excerpt from novel, published version, text in [Croatian?], n.d.


Box 37 Folder 549 Excerpt from novel, published version appearing in Éditions Julliard, text in French,, n.d.


Box 37 Folder 550 Excerpt from novel, published version appearing in Einladung zur Romanlektüre, text in German,, n.d.


Box 37 Folder 551 Excerpts of reviews, n.d.


Box 37 Folder 552 Film Project, n.d.


Box 37 Folder 553 Interview, n.d.


Box 37 Folder 554 List of Publishers, n.d.


Box 37 Folder 555 Plot Summary, n.d.


Box 37 Folder 556 Publication History, n.d.


Box 37 Folder 557 Publicity, n.d.


Box 37 Folder 558 Reviews, n.d.


Box 37 Folder 559 Complete draft with handwritten corrections, p.1-95, [1959?]


Box 37 Folder 560 Complete draft with handwritten corrections, p.96-209, [1959?]


Box 37 Folder 561 Book Reviews, 1959


Box 37 Folder 562 Complete draft, p.1-131, 24 Aug. 1959



Box 38 Folder 563 Complete draft, p.132-214, 24 Aug. 1959


Box 38 Folder 564 Radio programs, text in German, 1960


Box 38 Folder 565 Book Reviews, 1960


Box 38 Folder 566 Albert Schweitzer Prize, 1961


Box 38 Folder 567 Book Reviews, 1961


Box 38 Folder 568 Radio programs, 1961


Box 38 Folder 569 Script, text in German, 1961


Box 38 Folder 570 Book Reviews, 1962


Box 38 Folder 571 Book Reviews, 1963


Box 38 Folder 572 Book Reviews, 1964


Box 38 Folder 573 Book Reviews, 1965


Box 38 Folder 574 Book Reviews, 1966


Box 38 Folder 575 Operatic adaptation by Jean Kurt Forest performed in Weimar, Germany,, 1967


Box 38 Folder 576 Film Project, 1969


Box 38 Folder 577 Operatic adaptation by Jean Kurt Forest performed in Berlin, Germany,, 1969


Box 38 Folder 578 Program Note for operatic adaptation (9 versions), 1969



Box 39 Folder 579 Reviews of operatic adaptation, 1971


Box 39 Folder 580 Yosegaki celebrating the publication of The Flowers of Hiroshima, text in Japanese,, 11 Sept. 1971


Box 39 Folder 581 Essay by Benjamin Spock, M.D. (2 versions), 6 June 1983


Subseries III.4: Manuscripts by Ira V. and/or Edita Morris

Manuscripts written by both Ira V. and Edita Morris. Included are manuscripts and miscellaneous fragments attributed to the Morris's where the individual author can not be determined. Arranged alphabetically by title.


Box 39 Folder 582 "Africa Novel", notes (2 versions), n.d.


Box 39 Folder 583 "Biographical Notes", notes, n.d.


Box 39 Folder 584 "Excess of Love", novel, fragments, n.d.


Box 39 Folder 585 "Fumio Nakamura", essay, 1962, n.d.


Box 39 Folder 586 "Gallant Horse", short story, n.d.


Box 39 Folder 587 "Hiroshima Lore", book reviews of A Dark Star by Ronnie Dugger and Life in Death by Robert Jay Lifton,, n.d.


Box 39 Folder 588 "L'Homme D'Hiroshima", essay, text in French, n.d.


Box 39 Folder 589 "Morris House Rules for Scrabble", 6 July 1970


Box 39 Folder 590 "Peace Congress Book", notes, n.d.


Box 39 Folder 591 "Po?egnanie z latem", poem, published version appearing in Nowa Kultura, text in Polish,, 1957


Box 39 Folder 592 ["There had been rain in…."], novel, fragments, n.d.


Box 39 Folder 593 "Thoughts on the Coming PEN Congress in Tokyo", essay, n.d.


Box 39 Folder 594 Miscellaneous fragments, n.d.


Box 39 Folder 595 Miscellaneous fragments, text in French, n.d.


Box 39 Folder 596 Miscellaneous fragments, text in German, n.d.

Series IV: Writings by Others

Poems, essays, short stories, and other manuscripts written by authors other than Ira V. and Edita Morris. Arranged alphabetically by author's last name.


Box 39 Folder 597 Aveline, Claude "The Bird-That-Never-Was", poem, n.d.


Box 39 Folder 598 Chesneaux, Jean "Les Indiens du Minnesota", essay, published version appearing in Lettres Nouvelles, text in French,, 1964


Box 39 Folder 599 Chesneaux, Jean "Lettre de Detroit", essay, text in French, n.d.


Box 39 Folder 600 Collins, L. John "St. Matthew vi.33", sermon, 26 July 1964


Box 39 Folder 601 Corbelar, Camilla "Geheimstes Aus Verborgensten Tympanen", poems, text in German,, [1969]



Box 40 Folder 602 Johnson, Russell "Report from Southeast Asia", report, July 1970


Box 40 Folder 603 Jungk, Robert "Das Haus Am Fluss", essay (3 versions), text in German,, June 1960


Box 40 Folder 604 Karabuda, Barbro "The Silent Slaughter", essay, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 605 Karabuda, Barbro and Günes "Terror in Guatemala", script, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 606 The Orizuru-Kai "The Orizuru Kai History 1958-1960", pamphlet, [1960]


Box 40 Folder 607 Pons, Maurice "Jamais plus Hiroshima", essay, text in French, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 608 Puljizevic, Jozo "Ein Gespräch mit Edita Morris Tut Alles Was in Euerer Möglichkeit ist Gegen die Atombombe!", interview, text in German,, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 609 Reynolds, Barbara Leonard "Hiroshima, City of Hope", essay, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 610 Rosten, Norman "Brooklyn Bridge", poem, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 611 St. Paul's Cathedral "St. Matthew vii.16", sermon, 19 July 1964


Box 40 Folder 612 Schnall, Susan & Peter "Drug Abuse Among U.S. Troops in Vietnam and the Rise of Hepatitis Among the Population…A Political Problem", report,, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 613 Seaver, Elaine "End of Summer", poem, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 614 Shima, Shosuke "To a Flowering Bouquet", poem, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 615 Tamer, Ülkü "The Dewdrop", poem, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 616 Tamer, Ülkü "Lady Zeynep", short story, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 617 [Uenishi] "Noboho Article", short story (2 versions), n.d.


Box 40 Folder 618 Woodward, Val "Ethical Consideration of the Question Defoliants or Mutagens?", essay,, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 619 Yoneda, Eisaku "Standing in the Rain", poem, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 620 Unidentified Author "The Cemetery", poem, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 621 Unidentified Author "The House Plant", poem, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 622 Unidentified Author "Spring Blossoms", poem, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 623 Unidentified Author Miscellaneous Notes, n.d.

Series V: Subject Files


Subseries V.1: General

Correspondence, reports, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and other materials about topics of interest to the Morris's. Arranged alphabetically by topic.


Box 40 Folder 624 Africa, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 625 American Civil Liberties Union, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 626 Amnesty International, 1970-1971


Box 40 Folder 627 Asian Writers Congress, 1956


Box 40 Folder 628 Centre D'Etudes sur la Gauche Americaine (CEGA), n.d.


Box 40 Folder 629 The Committee of Responsibility to Save War-Burned and War-Injured Vietnamese Children,, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 630 Cuba, 1965


Box 40 Folder 631 Di Pietro, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 632 Disarmament, 1960-1971, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 633 Environmental Protection, 1993, n.d.


Box 40 Folder 634 Greece, 1957 & 1970


Box 40 Folder 635 Hiroshima, 1955-1965, n.d.



Box 41 Folder 636 House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 1965, n.d.


Box 41 Folder 637 India, 1950, n.d.


Box 41 Folder 638 International Children's Centre, 1961


Box 41 Folder 639 Medical Ethics, n.d.


Box 41 Folder 640 MENSA-France, 1971


Box 41 Folder 641 Military Establishment, 1969


Box 41 Folder 642 Nuclear War, 1965


Box 41 Folder 643 P.A.C.S. (Paris American Committee to Stopwar), 1966-1967, n.d.


Box 41 Folder 644 P.E.N., 1948 & 1969, n.d.


Box 41 Folder 645 Politics, 1958-1971, n.d.


Box 41 Folder 646 Publications, 1964-1966, n.d.


Box 41 Folder 647 Revolutionary Workers Party, 1969


Box 41 Folder 648 SANE (National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, Inc.), 1961, n.d.


Box 41 Folder 649 Tupamaros, 1970-1971


Box 41 Folder 650 Turkey, n.d.


Box 41 Folder 651 Vietnam, 1965-1971, n.d.


Box 41 Folder 652 World Peace Study Mission, 1964, n.d.


Subseries V.2: Hiroshima House

Correspondence, speeches, brochures, financial records, newspaper clippings, and related documents concerning the Hiroshima House. Founded by the Morris's in May 1957, the house was a recreation center and hostel for the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Arranged alphabetically by title.


Box 41 Folder 653 Charitable Donations, 1965-1971


Box 41 Folder 654 Financial Statement, 1970


Box 41 Folder 655 Fundraising Letters, 1963-1967, n.d.



Box 42 Folder 656 Hiroshima Health Bureau Reports Status of Livelihood of Atomic Bomb Survivors,, n.d.


Box 42 Folder 657 Inaugural Address for Opening of Hiroshima Rest House, [1957]


Box 42 Folder 658 Journal #1 (Title calligraphy by Nobel Laureate Yasunari Kawabata),, 1969


Box 42 Folder 659 Letter of Appreciation, Jan. 1965


Box 42 Folder 660 Message to be Read at 1000th Meeting, [1965]


Box 42 Folder 661 Miscellaneous, n.d.


Box 42 Folder 662 Newspaper Clippings, 1957-1966, n.d.


Box 42 Folder 663 No One-No More, n.d.


Box 42 Folder 664 Note, n.d.


Box 42 Folder 665 Publicity, 1957-1967, n.d.


Box 42 Folder 666 Radio Talk, [1957]


Box 42 Folder 667 Receipts and Disbursements for 1963 and up to March 10, 1964, 1964


Box 42 Folder 668 Tanabe Talk, n.d.


Box 42 Folder 669 Thank You Letter to Ira V. and Edita Morris from Atomic Bomb Survivors,, 29 April 1967



Mapcase 15-H-5 Yosegaki expressing condolences on Ira V. Morris's death from Atomic Bomb Survivors,, n.d.

Series VI: Notebooks

Eight bound notebooks with handwritten notations, messages, drafts, and other information. The notes appear to have been written by Ira V. and Edita Morris. Arranged numerically by assigned number.



Box 42 Folder 670 Notebook [#1], n.d.


Box 42 Folder 671 Notebook [#2], n.d.


Box 42 Folder 672 Notebook [#3], n.d.


Box 42 Folder 673 Notebook [#4], n.d.


Box 42 Folder 674 Notebook [#5], n.d.


Box 42 Folder 675 Notebook [#6], n.d.


Box 42 Folder 676 Notebook [#7], n.d.



Box 43 Folder 677 Notebook [#8], n.d.

Series VII: Address Books

Five bound address books with handwritten entries. Arranged numerically by assigned number.


Box 43 Folder 678 Address book [#1], n.d.


Box 43 Folder 679 Address book [#2], n.d.


Box 43 Folder 680 Address book [#3], n.d.


Box 43 Folder 681 Address book [#4], n.d.


Box 43 Folder 682 Address book [#5], n.d.

Series VIII: Documents

Legal documents, certificates, passports, lists, identification cards, and other records of Ira V. and Edita Morris. Included are wills for other Morris family members and materials related to Edwin Seaver and his wife, Elaine. Arranged chronologically.


Box 43 Folder 683 Alien Registration Card for Edita D. E. Morris, n.d.


Box 43 Folder 684 Excerpts from books and talks about Hiroshima, n.d.


Box 43 Folder 685 List of Important Information for Edita re: our bank accounts, wills, etc.,, n.d.


Box 43 Folder 686 List of Paris Contacts, n.d.


Box 43 Folder 687 List of References for Edwin Seaver, n.d.


Box 43 Folder 688 List of Works by Jess Gregg, n.d.


Box 43 Folder 689 Lists of Books, n.d.



Box 42 Folder 690 University Heidelberg Card for Ira V. Morris, n.d.



Box 44 Folder 691 Passport for Ira V. Morris, 1922-1924


Box 44 Folder 692 Passport for Ira V. Morris, 1933


Box 44 Folder 693 Last Will and Testament for Ira N. Morris, 16 Dec. 1938


Box 44 Folder 694 Testamente of Maud Helga Elisabet Toll, text in Swedish, 1943


Box 44 Folder 695 Driver's License of Ira V. Morris, 1949


Box 44 Folder 696 Membership Cards for Edita Morris, 1949


Box 44 Folder 697 Passport for Edita Morris, 1949


Box 44 Folder 698 Authors Guild Membership Cards for Ira V. and Edita Morris, 1950


Box 44 Folder 699 French Identification Papers for Ira V. and Edita Morris, 1950


Box 44 Folder 700 Request for Cremation by Ira V. and Edita Morris, 4 May 1950


Box 44 Folder 701 Authors Guild Membership Cards for Ira V. Morris, 1951


Box 44 Folder 702 Certificat d'Immatriculation for Edita Morris, text in French, 1952-1953


Box 44 Folder 703 Driver's License of Ira V. Morris, 1953


Box 44 Folder 704 List of Books to get, Nov. 1955


Box 44 Folder 705 Visa from the Chinese Embassy, 1957


Box 44 Folder 706 Passport for Ira V. Morris, 1961


Box 44 Folder 707 Last Will and Testament for Edita Morris, 10 May 1965


Box 44 Folder 708 Last Will and Testament for Ira V. Morris, 10 May 1965


Box 44 Folder 709 Certificate of the Establishment of the Edita Morris Collection at Boston University,, 1966


Box 44 Folder 710 Driver's License of Ira V. Morris, 1967



Flat Box 681 Certificate proclaiming Edita Morris an Honorary Hiroshima Citizen,, April 1967

[The certificate is in a red velveteen binding]



Box 44 Folder 711 Last Will and Testament for Edita Morris, 1968


Box 44 Folder 712 Last Will and Testament for Ira V. Morris, 1968


Box 44 Folder 713 Certificate of Membership in Amnesty International for Ira V. Morris,, 29 May 1968


Box 44 Folder 714 Last Will and Testament for Edita Morris, 1969


Box 44 Folder 715 List of Contributions, 1969


Box 44 Folder 716 Last Will and Testament for Ira V. Morris, 7 Jan. 1969


Box 44 Folder 717 Living Wills for Ira V. Morris, 1970


Box 44 Folder 718 Certification of Military Service for Edwin Seaver, 12 April 1971


Box 44 Folder 719 Estate Papers of Ira V. Morris, 3 May 1972


Box 44 Folder 720 Last Will and Testament for Edita Morris, 1973


Box 44 Folder 721 Last Will and Testament for Edwin Seaver, 1974


Box 44 Folder 722 Certificate of Cremation of Elaine K. Seaver, 23 July 1974


Box 44 Folder 723 Death Certificate for Elaine Seaver, 24 July 1974


Box 44 Folder 724 Birth Certificate of [Edwin] Soloman, copy, 7 May 1975


Box 44 Folder 725 Census Record for Edward Soloman, 5 June 1975


Box 44 Folder 726 Lease Extension Agreement between Beekman Town House, Inc. and Edwin Seaver,, 15 July 1980


Box 44 Folder 727 Death Certificate for Edita Morris, text in French, copy, 18 March 1988

Series IX: Photographs

Mostly black and white photographs along with a few negatives and color prints. The identified pictures depict the Morris family and friends, the Hiroshima Rest House, atomic bombing of Japan, and related subjects. Many of the pictures are unidentified.


Box 44 Folder 728 Albert Schweitzer Prize Reception, 21 Nov. 1961


Box 44 Folder 729 Animals, 1943-1945, n.d.


Box 44 Folder 730 Artwork, 1952, n.d.



Flat Box 680 Artwork, n.d.



Box 44 Folder 731 Atomic Bomb Victims, 1958, n.d.



Box 45 Folder 732 Exhibits, n.d.


Box 45 Folder 733 The Flowers of Hiroshima, opera, 1967, n.d.


Box 45 Folder 734 Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome, n.d.


Box 45 Folder 735 Hiroshima Bombing, n.d.



Flat Box 680 Hiroshima Bombing, n.d.


Flat Box 680 Hiroshima Bombing, n.d.


Flat Box 680 Hiroshima Bombing, n.d.



Box 45 Folder 736 Hiroshima Festival, n.d.


Box 45 Folder 737 Hiroshima Memorial Cenotaph, n.d.


Box 45 Folder 738 Hiroshima Rest House, 1958-1969, n.d.


Box 45 Folder 739 Identified People, 1893-1984, n.d.



Flat Box 680 Identified People, n.d.


Flat Box 680 Identified People, n.d.



Box 45 Folder 740 Identified Places, n.d.


Box 45 Folder 741 Morris, Edita, n.d.


Box 45 Folder 742 Morris, Ira V., 1944, n.d.


Box 45 Folder 743 Morris, Ira V. and Edita, n.d.



Box 46 Folder 744 Morris, Ira V. and Edita: Norway-Sweden Trip, 1964


Box 46 Folder 745 Ogawa, Ayako, n.d.


Box 46 Folder 746 Seaver, Edwina, n.d.



Flat Box 680 Unidentified People, n.d.



Box 46 Folder 747 Unidentified People, 1899-1984


Box 46 Folder 748 Unidentified People: Asia, n.d.


Box 46 Folder 749 Unidentified Places, n.d.



Flat Box 680 Unidentified Places, n.d.



Box 46 Folder 750 Unidentified Portraits: Female, 1939, n.d.



Flat Box 680 Unidentified Portraits: Female, n.d.



Box 46 Folder 751 Unidentified Portraits: Groups, n.d.



Flat Box 680 Unidentified Portraits: Groups, n.d.


Flat Box 680 Unidentified Portraits: Groups, n.d.



Box 47 Folder 752 Unidentified Portraits: Male, n.d.


Box 47 unidentified travel photos, n.d.



Flat Box 680 Unidentified Portraits: Male, n.d.



Box 47 Folder 753 Negatives, n.d.



Box 48 Hiroshima Rest House: Glass Plate Negatives, n.d.

Series X: Art

Two pencil drawings on paper, arranged alphabetically by the observed subject of each piece.



Box 47 Folder 754 Pencil drawing of crucified figure, n.d., 27.8 x 21.4 cm


Box 47 Folder 755 Pencil drawing of two seated figures, n.d., 19 x 14.3 cm

Series XI: Books

Mainly bound books written by Ira V. and Edita Morris. There are numerous foreign editions of their novels, especially The Flowers of Hiroshima. In addition, there are books written by other authors, five with inscriptions written to the Morris's. Arranged alphabetically by author, then title.


Box 47 Aschberg, Olof Gryningen till en ny tid (text in Swedish), Stockholm,, 1961

[Inscription to Edita and Ira Morris, 19 Dec. 1961]


Box 47 Ferlin, Nils Dikter: i folkupplaga (text in Swedish), Stockholm, 1954

[Inscription to Edita and Ira Morris, 21 Dec. 1961]


Box 47 Gunnarsson, Gunnar Salige er de Enfoldige (text in Danish), Denmark,, 1920


Box 47 Hiroshima-shi (Japan) Horishima shinshi, v.1 (text in Japanese), 1981


Box 47 Morris, Constance Lily Marie-Thérèse: Le Dernier Conservateur (text in French), Paris,, 1937


Box 47 Morris, Edita Charade, London, 1949


Box 47 Morris, Edita Echo in Asia: A Fictional Travelogue, London, 1961


Box 47 Morris, Edita Echo in Asia: A Fictional Travelogue (German edition), Munich,, 1962



Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers and the Seeds of Hiroshima (German edition), Munich,, 1967


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima, London, 1961


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (Bulgarian edition), London,, 1964


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (Czech edition), 1963


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (Finnish edition), 1965


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (French edition), Paris, 1961


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (French edition), Paris, 1961


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (German edition), 1960


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (German edition), 1963


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (German edition), 1963


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (German edition), Berlin, 1965


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (Greek edition), 1963


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (Hindi edition), 1965


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (Hungarian edition), Budapest,, 1963


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (Japanese edition), Tokyo


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (Norwegian edition), Oslo, 1962


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (Sinhalese edition), 1963


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (Sinhalese edition), 1963


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (Slovenian edition), 1966


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (Slovenian edition), 1966


Box 49 Morris, Edita The Flowers of Hiroshima (Spanish edition), Barcelona,, 1962


Box 49 Morris, Edita A Happy Day (Swedish edition), 1974


Box 49 Morris, Edita How Keeping, Hope Fine (Swedish edition), 1977



Box 50 Morris, Edita Karriär (text in Swedish), Stockholm, 1940


Box 50 Morris, Edita Love to Vietnam, London, 1969


Box 50 Morris, Edita Love to Vietnam (Dutch edition), 1968


Box 50 Morris, Edita Love to Vietnam (Dutch edition), 1968


Box 50 Morris, Edita Love to Vietnam (German edition), Munich, 1967


Box 50 Morris, Edita Love to Vietnam (Polish edition), Krakow, 1972


Box 50 Morris, Edita Love to Vietnam (Turkish edition), 1970


Box 50 Morris, Edita Love to Vietnam (Turkish edition), 1970


Box 50 Morris, Edita Love to Vietnam (Turkish edition), 1970


Box 50 Morris, Edita Melodie der Liebe (text in German), Munich, 1957


Box 50 Morris, Edita My Darling from the Lions (German edition), Munich, 1945


Box 50 Morris, Edita My Darling from the Lions (German edition), Munich, 1945


Box 50 Morris, Edita The Seeds of Hiroshima, Berlin, 1966


Box 50 Morris, Edita The Seeds of Hiroshima (Dutch edition), 1965


Box 50 Morris, Edita The Seeds of Hiroshima (Finnish edition), Helsinki, 1965


Box 50 Morris, Edita The Seeds of Hiroshima (French edition), Paris, 1965



Box 51 Morris, Edita The Seeds of Hiroshima (French edition), Paris, 1965


Box 51 Morris, Edita The Seeds of Hiroshima (German edition), Berlin, [1965]


Box 51 Morris, Edita The Seeds of Hiroshima (German edition), Munich, 1965


Box 51 Morris, Edita The Seeds of Hiroshima (Polish edition), Krakow, 1967


Box 51 Morris, Edita The Solo Dancer (Dutch edition), 1971


Box 51 Morris, Ira Nelson Heritage from My Father: An Autobiography, New York,, 1947


Box 51 Morris, Ira V. The Bombay Meeting, Garden City, NY, 1955


Box 51 Morris, Ira V. The Bombay Meeting (French edition), 1957


Box 51 Morris, Ira V. Liberty Street, New York and London, 1944


Box 51 Morris, Ira V. Marching Orders (French edition), Paris, 1947


Box 51 Morris, Ira V. Marching Orders (French edition), Paris, 1947


Box 51 Morris, Ira V. The Paper Wall (French edition), Paris, 1959


Box 51 Söderbergh, Bengt Stigbygeln (text in Swedish), Stockholm, 1961

[Inscription to Edita and Ira Morris, Aug. 1962]



Box 52 Strindberg, August Dödsdansen (text in Swedish), Stockholm, 1921


Box 52 Strindberg, August Näktergalen I Wittenberg Kristina Gustav III, Stockholm,, 1924


Box 52 Takman, John Vår vid sydkinesiska sjön, Stockholm, 1959

[Inscription to Edita Morris, n.d.]


Box 52 Skall Sverige Ha Atombombe?, Stockholm, 1958

[Inscription to Edita and Ira Morris, n.d.]

Series XII: Printed Materials

Principally newspaper clippings about Ira V. and Edita Morris's writing careers. Also contains business cards, an obituary for Ira's mother Constance Lily Morris, and miscellaneous materials. Arranged alphabetically by title.


Box 52 Folder 756 Blank Postcards, n.d.


Box 52 Folder 757 Business Cards, n.d.


Box 52 Folder 758 Obituary: Morris, Constance Lily, 15 May 1954


Box 52 Folder 759 Pamphlet for film "The Young One", [1961]


Box 52 Folder 760 Press Clippings: Miscellaneous, 1930-1975, n.d.


Box 52 Folder 761 Press Clippings: Morris, Edita, 1943-1976, n.d.


Box 52 Folder 762 Press Clippings: Morris, Ira, 1957-1972


Box 52 Folder 763 Press Clippings: Morris, Ira and Edita, 1961-1963, n.d.


Box 52 Folder 764 Program for Recital by Mary Louise Brown, pianist, 20 Feb. 1958


Box 52 Folder 765 Reader's Digest, 1936 & 1943


Box 52 Folder 766 The Star Light Messenger, 1963-1964


Box 52 Folder 767 Town & Country, 1943