Willard Morse collection on Ambrose Bierce
Scope and Content
Book reviews, journal and newspaper (originals and photostats) articles by and about Ambrose Bierce.
Dates
- Creation: 1870s-1930s
Creator
- Morse, Willard S. (Willard Samuel), 1856-1935 (Person)
- Bierce, Ambrose (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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.
Biographical note
Willard S. Morse (1856-1935) was a mining executive in the West and Mexico. He was later made a director and member of the executive committee of the American Smelter Securities Company, Chilean Exploration Company, and Braden Copper Company. After retiring, Morse devoted much of this time to the collection of Americana. He died on October 4, 1935 in Santa Monica, California.
Biographical note
Ambrose Bierce was an editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist, and the author of The Devil's Dictionary and Tales of Soldiers & Civilians (1891).
Extent
4 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Book reviews, journal and newspaper articles (originals and photostats) by and about Ambrose Bierce, journalist and author of The Devil's Dictionary and Tales of Soldiers & Civilians (1891). Willard S. Morse (1856-1935) was a mining executive in the West and Mexico. He was later made a director and member of the executive committee of the American Smelter Securities Company, Chilean Exploration Company, and Braden Copper Company. After retiring, Morse devoted much of this time to the collection of Americana.
Subject
- Title
- Finding aid for the Willard Morse collection on Ambrose Bierce
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sue Luftschein
- Date
- 2013 November
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu