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.,