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Elizabeth Corbett papers
Collection
Identifier: 0148
Abstract
Correspondence between novelist Elizabeth Corbett (b. 1887, Aurora, Ill., d. 1981, New York, NY) and Laura Burmeister; includes typescript poems.
Dates:
1952 - 1969
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Arthur Lerner collection on Poetry Therapy
Collection
Identifier: 0179
Abstract
This collection contains publications pertaining to poetry therapy collected by Arthur Lerner, as well as a small amount of his correspondence. Lerner was one of the pioneers of the use of poetry therapy techniques as a form of psychological therapy.
Dates:
1953 - 1997
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Jack London papers
Collection
Identifier: 0187
Abstract
The Jack London papers consists of correspondence, typescripts and manuscripts, financial records, pamphlets, photographs, and clippings created and collected by American author Jack London. Also included is a bibliographic card file created for a course on bibliography and research at USC in 1942.
Dates:
1876 - 1916
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Willard Morse collection on Ambrose Bierce
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0136
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...
Dates:
1870s-1930s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Willard Morse collection on American literature
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 6195
Scope and Contents
Clippings, articles, letters about various American authors, including but not limited to Edith Tatum, Lafcadio Hearn, F. Scott Fitzgerlad, various Southern writers and poets.
Dates:
1918-1943
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Willard Morse collection on Edgar Lee Masters
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0139
Abstract
Book reviews, journal and newspaper (originals and photostats) by and about Edgar Lee Masters, and an extensive type- and handwritten bibliography of Morse's holdings on on Masters, author of the Spoon River Anthology. 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...
Dates:
1914 - 1935
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Willard Morse collection on Henry Van Dyke
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0142
Abstract
Book reviews, journal and newspaper (originals and photostats) articles by and about Henry Van Dyke, and a typewritten bibliography on Van Dyke (1852-1933), minister and author of popular Christmas sermons, essays, and short stories. 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,...
Dates:
1880s-1930s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Willard Morse collection on Sinclair Lewis
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0138
Abstract
Book reviews, journal and newspaper (originals and photostats) articles by and about Sinclair Lewis, and an extensive type- and handwritten catalog of Morse's holdings on Lewis, author and novelist, who was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. 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...
Dates:
1907 - 1952
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Willard Morse collection on Thomas Nelson Page
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0140
Abstract
Book reviews, journal and newspaper (originals and photostats) articles by and about Thomas Nelson Page, and a typewritten bibliography of works by and about Page, author of short stories, novels, essays, and poetry, who is best known for his role as literary spokesman for the glories of the Old South in such works as In Ole Virginia. 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...
Dates:
1887 - 1935
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Willard Morse collection on Vincent Starrett
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0141
Abstract
Book reviews, journal and newspaper (originals and photostats) articles by and about Vincent Starrett, and a typewritten bibliography on Starrett (1886-1974), the author of mysteries and horror stories of the "Chicago Renaissance." 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,...
Dates:
1916 - 1934
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections