Manuscripts, pre-1910-1949 & n.d.
Scope and Contents
Contents include:
Essay (fragment) on Robert Louis Stevenson by CDM. pre-1910.
"Robert Louis Stevenson: Author and Man." Graduation thesis [Haverford College], 1910 5. Holograph.
"A Barbershop Shantey." Photocopy of holograph.
"Ritualization for the solemnization of a new collar in hot weather." Xerox of typescript, annotated recalling the writing of these lines for the Phila. Evening Ledger in 1917.
"Notes for an essay on religion." Holograph, 1924
"Newspapers and religion". Holograph, [c. 1924].
Review of Dusty Answer by Rosamund Lehmann. Typescript, [1927?].
"Translations from the Chinese." Photocopy of holograph, annotated, written for Saturday Review of Literature ("Bowling Green"), 1932 12/23.
"White House Interior" H.Ms.S., 1932; 2 letters.
["Centennial Ode to Haverford"]. Typescript, [1933].
"Ballade" [to Haverford College, 1933]. Holograph signed; also Typescript.
"Footnotes for a Centennial", 1933. Ts., annotated. Published in Literary Digest, Saturday Review and Haverford College Centenary, and separately in 1936.
"Eumenides of book collecting" Holograph, [1934]
"A note by Christopher Morley on The Fool of Venus by George Cronyn." Typescript, [1934].
Poem, written on the stay of a hat lining, bedecked with labels and CDM's autograph. Holograph, [c. 1934].
Review of Slovenly Peter, translated from the German by Mark Twain. Holograph, 1935.
"Mother Goose at Election" [about the economy and state of society in 1936] Holograph, [1936]. Written for Saturday Review of Literature.
Notice of memorial meeting for Frank Morley at Haverford Friends Meeting. Holograph, [1937].
"Ballade in a Bookseller's Catalogue." Photocopy of Typescript, annotated, and photocopy of same printed in the New Yorker, 1943 2/27, [1943].
A letter from Christopher Morley: "O that my publisher had written a book...." Ts., mimeographed, 1945. [re FVM's "My One Contribution to Chess"]
[Notes for a column on some events of the year 1946]. Typescript, [1946].
Review of Mainly on the Air by Max Beerbohm. Photocopy of Typescript and photocopy of printed review in altered state, 1947. 2 items.
"Memo for this private edition" [re a book to be published]. Typescript, 1949 2/17.
Review of The Old House at Coate by Richard Jefferies. Ts., [1948]
"Valediction". Typescript, n.d.
"To the Great Variety of Readers". Typescript, n.d.
"When Katy is weary and bilious..." [poem by CDM.] n.d.
"A Birthday!" [a poem] 1950 4/13.
Dates
- Creation: pre-1910-1949 & n.d.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for access.
Box 10, "CDM Additions and Letters to FMM," in which all letters to Harrison Hires are not to be used or quoted without librarian's permission.
Boxes 48-50, "Christopher, Frank, and Felix Morley Correspondence and Letters," which are restricted until January 1, 2026.
Extent
40 items
General
Essay (fragment) on Robert Louis Stevenson, pre-1910, is very fragile. Please use care when accessing.
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