Correspondence, 1943-1954 & n.d.

Contents include:

Koestler, Arthur to CDM. Tring, Herts, [England], 1943 3/4. [asks Morley to contribute to a "visionary" anthology.]

Brooks, Geraldine to CDM. Clearwater, Fla., 1943 2/27. [is soon to do a review of Thorofare; appreciates reference in it to her father, Elbridge S. Brooks' work "A Boy of the First Empire."]

?, Roy (pres. of the Time) to CDM. New York, 1943 3/24. [responds to apparent opinion by Morley that the Time has not reviewed him kindly.]

[Bundy, M.W.] (head of dept of Eng. at State College of Washington) to CDM. [Pullman, Wash., c. 1943] (letter fragment). [praises Thorofare, especially Shakespearean angle.]

Bell, Arthur W. to CDM. [c. 1943]. [enjoyed Thorofare ocean voyage better than a Conrad one]

Rieber, Frank to CDM. New York, 1943 3/29. [enjoyed Thorofare, particularly for scientific element.]

Poley, Irvin to CDM. Phila., Pa., 1943 4/4. [comments on Thorofare.]

Burt, Struthers to CDM. Southern Pines, N.C., 1945 4/5. [thanks Morley for the review of his book.]

CDM to Irvin Poley. [New York], 1943 4/7. [responds to Poley's comments and mentions factual error in Thorofare.]

CDM to HTB: [New York City, 1943 7/16. (written on SRL letterhead stationery)

Smith, Edgar W. to CDM. New York, 1943 7/27.

Faber, Geoffrey to CDM. Sussex, [Eng.], 1943 8/2. [thanks him for New York hospitality.]

Kennerley, Mitchell to CDM. New York, 1943 8/26. [talks of Walt Whitman and an article about the war.]

Kerr, Chester (chief of Book Bureau, Office for Emergency Management) to John J. McCloy (ass't sec'y of war). Washington, D.C., 1943 9/3. [feels a joint publication project with England about the war would be valuable -- Morley chosen as American representative of the writing team.]

Opffer, Ivan to CDM. New York City, 1943 11/5. [wants to do a drawing of Morley for Daily Telegraph.]

Graham, Stephen to CDM. London, [Eng.], 1943 11/12. [reading and enjoying John Mistletoe.]

Bird, Florence (CDM's aunt) to CDM. Royston, Herts, [Eng.], 1943 11/21. [war effects; family news.]

Cochrane, Louise (Morley) to CDM. London, [Eng.], 1943 12/12. [personal news]

Dierkes, Henry to CDM. LaPorte, Indiana, 1944 1/25. [sends copy of Living Poetry and philosophy of the magazine's editors.]

[Brace], Done to CDM. New York, 1944 3/13. [includes a clipping of letter to the editor written by George Bernard Shaw who comments on the government's fiscal policies.]

CDM to Commander E.E. Hazlett, Jr. [New York], 1944 5/12. [suggests an exchange of naval officers at British and American naval academies.]

[Lockwood, Dean] "Pete" to CDM. [Haverford, Pa.], 1944 1/23. [cites various committees to which he is committed; praises Morley as a "tower of strength for the Library Associates".]

Contents include:

Drake, Thomas E. to CDM. Haverford, Pa., 1944 2/4. [thanks Morley for Holmes manuscript, The Iconoclast.]

Adams, George Matthew to CDM. Nova Scotia, [Canada], 1944 7/15. [is trying to write his autobiography; describes his location.]

CDM to George Adams. [New York], 1944 11/29. [apologetic letter for accident by which Morley was credited as donor of The Iconoclast by A.C. Doyle, rather than Adams.]

Rosenbach, A.S.W. to CDM. Phila., Pa., 1945 7/25. [re purchase of A.C. Doyle's "Criminal Library".]

Maxwell, Bill to CDM. New York, 1946 1/22. [returns Three-Star, Would I Were Steadfast.]

CDM to "Laurence". New York, 1946 10/19. [notes about Gissing]

CDM to Archibald MacIntosh. Roslyn Heights, N.Y., 1946 12/23. [Christmas poem.]

[CDM] to William Ross (Rose?) Bennett, 1949 6/14. [re book of poetry to be issued under both their names.]

Fox, C.L. to CDM. Egham, Surrey, England, 1950 2/4. [encloses an article for the Baker Street Irregulars, "New Light on Dr. Watson."]

CDM to Louis [Greenfield?]. [s.l., s.n.], 1950 3/8. [Getting ready to do a preface for the first vol. of the Boswell papers.]

CDM to HTB. Roslyn Heights, N.Y., 1950 10/23. [in preparation for a trip to Haverford College.]

CDM to HTB and "Bunny". Roslyn Heights, N.Y., [1950 10]. [reminisces about Haverford College after his visit.]

CDM to W.W. Comfort. Roslyn Heights, New York, 1950 9/23. [about his book Thorofare and Haverford College.]

CDM to [William Wistar Comfort] "Bill". Roslyn Heights, New York, 1954 5/17. [talks about his Haverford days.]

Contents include:

Benet, Laura to CDM. Scarsdale, N.Y., [n.d.] [hopes Morley will contribute a poem for the Vassar College Salary Endowment Fund.]

Croy, Homer to CDM. Forest Hills, L.I., N.Y., [n.d.] [illustrated invitation]

[Daly], Tom to CDM. Phila., [Pa.], n.d. [encloses a clipping containing a poem by CDM.]

Devine, Jim to CDM. New York City, [n.d.] [recount a dream in which CDM and Charles Lamb figure]

F[ootner], B[ill], to CDM. London, [Eng.], [n.y. 3/9] [his stay in England has gained him friends in Aldous Huxley, Frank Swinnerton, et al.]

[Footner], B[ill] to CDM. Sollers, Md., [n.y. 7/26] [has sold the Substitute Millionaire to the movies; also about other of his works.]

F[ootner], B[ill] to CDM. Sollers, Md., [n.d.] [re his writing book reviews.]

Frank, Glenn (ed of Century Magazine) to CDM. New York, [n.d.] [turns down Morley's play]

H., B. to CDM. [s.l., s.n., n.d.] [criticizes Morley's Where the Blue Begins; his own work on a book and at The Ledger.]

Haley, [Bart] to CDM. Phila., [Pa.] [n.d.]

Herbert, A[lan] P[atrick]. [s.l., s.n., n.d.] [would like to do some articles for Morley]

Leacock, Stephen to CDM. McGill University [Montreal, Can.], [n.y. 2/6]. [congratulates CDM on his "Modern Essays."]

M[arquis], Don. Paris, [Fr.], [n.y. 8/8]

Ransom, John C. to CDM. Nashville, Tenn., [n.y. 10/22]. [would like to have Morley recite some his poetry, along with several other poets.]

[Sandburg], Carl to CDM. Rochester, N.Y., [n.y. 2/2]