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Collection Title: Wright Morris Papers
Collection Number: BANC MSS 72/246 c
Creator:
Morris, Wright, 1910-
Extent:
Number of containers: 5 cartons and 12 portfolios
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Correspondence and manuscripts concerning the work and activity of Morris as a writer, and a dissertation prospectus by Jack
R. Cohn to study Morris' midwestern novels.
Languages Represented:
English
Collection is open for research, except for one portfolio containing a dissertation prospectus by Jack R. Cohn, which requires
permission of the author. Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed in writing to the Head of Public Services.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
[Identification of item], Wright Morris papers, BANC MSS 72/246 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
This collection of his papers and correspondence was begun in 1954, when the author presented drafts, typescripts, and manuscripts
of his novels to the University Library. These materials have been augmented from time to time with later manuscripts from
Mr. Morris and with items from his correspondence given by Professor James Hart of the Department of English, U.C. Berkeley.
"Works of Love." Final draft. Microfilm of typescript in the Walter Teller Collection of Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University.
Students and researchers who wish to publish work based on this collection must secure permission from the owner of the literary
rights.
Wright Morris was born in Nebraska in 1910. He studied at Pomona College and presently lives in Mill Valley, California.
The collection is divided into two parts. Part 1 consists of drafts, typescripts, and galley proofs, arranged as nearly as
possible according to the year during which he was writing the work in question. Descriptive notes for Part 1 are the author's
own, taken from the manuscript packets. Additional comments (in brackets) were supplied in August 1967 by Jack R. Cohn, from
his study of Morris' writings.
Part 2 contains correspondence.