Albert and Bettie Morris papers
4 boxes, 1 oversize folder (3.25 linear feet)
(1895 – 2008)
bulk 1941-1979
Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland
| Identifier | 2007.014 |
|---|---|
| Creator(s) | Morris, Albert; Morris, Bettie |
| Acquisition | The Albert and Bettie Morris papers were donated to the Nabb Research Center by Albert and Bettie Morris, July 2002 with additions in 2013 and 2014 by Anne Morris Clay. |
| Language(s) | English |
| Use | Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use." |
| Preferred Citation | "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland." |
| Attribution | See Nabb Center Staff |
| Related Materials |
Salisbury Mayor collection (1888 – 2000) Wicomico Historical Society collection (1683 – 2006) The Life of a P.O.W. Under the Japanese in Caricature (1946) |
| Separated Materials | Oversized materials have been housed in the flat file system. Rare books and published works have been cataloged and placed with the Nabb Research Center’s non-circulating collection. Artifacts have been transferred to object storage. |
The Albert and Bettie Morris papers document their lives as long-time residents of Salisbury, Maryland, and include early family records of Rosa Lee Tilghman Morris as well as correspondence, biographical information, printed materials, newspapers and artifacts. The materials date from 1895-2008 with the bulk of the material dating from 1941-1979. Dr. Morris’ extensive World War II service record is documented and includes correspondence, service papers and photographic documentation of his encounter with General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Also included are the records of the Eastern Shore Opera and Symphony Societies as well as ephemera from many other local historic and symphonic organizations.
Salisbury, Maryland natives, Dr. Albert W. Morris (1917-2008) and Bettie Harcum Morris (1917-2005) were married in 1942, while Dr. Morris served as a dentist in the United States Army Dental Corps during World War II. Dr. Albert and Bettie Morris were influential in the development of the arts in Salisbury, Maryland. They participated in a wide range of historic and symphonic organizations including the Pemberton Hall Foundation, Wicomico Historical Society, Eastern Shore Symphony Society and the Eastern Shore Opera Society.
Series I: Family History documents the social activities and education of the Harcum, Morris, and Kennerly families through correspondence, biographical histories, and composition books. The series is further subdivided into two subseries, Albert Morris World War II Service, and Organizations. Dr. Morris’ service in the Army Dental Corps is detailed via correspondence and military service records. Organizations document the extensive involvement of Mr. and Mrs. Morris in local historic, theatrical and symphonic societies through correspondence, programs, and administrative records.
Series II: Printed Materials series includes local ephemera such as programs, and postcards as well as monographs, sheet music, local and regional newspapers, and bound books.
The papers of Albert and Bettie Morris have been arranged into two series, FAMILY HISTORY, and PRINTED MATERIALS.
Folders are listed by their location in each box; any given subject may be dispersed throughout the entirety of the collection.
Subject Terms
- Topical Terms
- Graphic Arts
- Military History
- World War, 1939-1945
- Corporate Names
- American Red Cross
- Eastern Shore Symphony Society
- Salisbury Bicentennial Commission
- United States Army Dental Corps
- Mrs. Herold's School
- Personal Names
- Clay, Anne Morris ( )
- Morris, Albert W. Dr. (1917-2008)
- Morris, Bettie Harcum (1917-2005)
- Morris, Rosa Lee Tilghman (1856-1945)
- Location Terms
- Salisbury (Md.)
Inventory List
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Series I: Family History
Box 1
1. Funeral Program, Albert W. Morris, 2008 September 18
2. Funeral Program, Pauline Brittingham, 2004 October 9
3. Obituary, Bettie Harum Morris, 2005 January 30
4. Biographical Information, Charlotte Irving Fish, 1932
5. Biographical Information, Rosa Lee Tilghman Morris, 1945
6. Correspondence, To Mrs. Harry Harcum From Mrs. Clifton Davis, 1946 May 26
7. Correspondence, To City Commissioners, Wicomico County ie: Albert Morris Property, 1959
8. Correspondence, To Dr. and Mrs. Albert Morris, ie: Rosa Tilghman Morris Coverlets, 1989, 1993
9. Bard Avon School of Expression, Composition Book, Ruth Kennerly, 1911-1912
10-11. Mrs. Harold’s Bell Street & Grammar School, Composition Books, Bettie Harcum, 1920s
12. Mrs. Harold’s Bell Street & Grammar School, Broadcaster Newsletter, 1930
13. Pocono Manor Nordic Touring Center, 1977
Subseries A: Albert Morris World War II Service
14. Correspondence, To Ida Morris From Albert Morris, 1941-1945
15. Correspondence, To Mr. & Mrs. H.L. Harcum and Ida Morris From Albert Morris, 1943 November 5 – 1945 January 28
16. Correspondence, To Bettie Harcum Morris From Albert Morris, 1944-1945
17. Correspondence, To Albert Morris From United States Army Friends, 1984, 1991-1994
18. United States Army Service Papers, Dental Corps, Albert Morris, 1941-1946
19. Service Record, Albert Morris, 1943 January 13 – September 3
20. Army Service Forces Special Order No. 236, Troop Train Roster, 1944 August 23
21. United States Army Service Separation Papers, Albert Morris, 1946 January 8
22. Photograph, Dr. Albert Morris & General Dwight D. Eisenhouwer, 1945 February
23. Ephemera, Paris, France, 1940s
24. Volunteer Certificate, American Red Cross, 1945 April
25. War Ration Books, 1942-1943
Subseries B: Organizations
26. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Biographical Information, Ruth Van Hulsteyn, 1981-1985
27. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Correspondence & Requirements, 1967, 1973-1974
28. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Programs, 1969-1971, 1980-1990
29. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Photograph, Isaac Stern, 1963
30. Community Concert Association, Programs, 1937-1961
31-32. Community Players of Salisbury, Programs, 1954-1977
33. Eastern Shore Opera Society, Articles of Incorporation, 1975
34. Eastern Shore Opera Society, Correspondence & Organization Data, 1973-1975
35. Eastern Shore Opera Society, News Clippings, 1973-1975
36. Eastern Shore Opera Society, Photograph, undated
37. Eastern Shore Opera Society, Programs, 1975, 1980-1984
38. Eastern Shore Symphony Society, Administrative records, 1972-1978
39. Eastern Shore Symphony Society, Board of Directors, 1969-1972
41. Eastern Shore Symphony Society, Correspondence, 1966-1967
40. Eastern Shore Symphony Society, Correspondence, 1969-1974
42. Eastern Shore Symphony Society, Financial records, 1966-1971
43. Eastern Shore Symphony Society, News Clippings, 1956-1996
44. University of Maryland, Madrigal Singers, Ephemera and News Clippings, 1963-1964
45. Newsletters, M-anation, Mensa, 1995-1998
46. Journals, Telicom, The Journal of the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry, 1995-2001
47. Acknowledgment, Salisbury Theater Works, 1980
48. Wicomico County Centennial, Ephemera and correspondence, 1967
Box 2
1. Eastern Shore Symphony Society, Programs, 1955-1980
2. Eastern Shore Symphony Society, Ticket Sale Statistics, 1955-1965
3. Eastern Shore Symphony Society, Volunteers, 1966-1971
4. George Washington Bicentennial Commission, Theater Programs, 1932
5. Hooked Rug Group, Photographs, 1950s
6. IMPD O.R. Men, Photograph, 1903
7. Local Jewelry Club, Photographs, 1950s
8. Maryland Ballet Company, Correspondence, 1976-1977
9. Maryland Ballet Company, News Clippings, 1976-1980
10. Maryland Ballet Company, Photographs, 1970s
11. Maryland Ballet Company, Programs, 1975-1979
12. Peninsula General Hospital, Junior Auxiliary Board, May Minstrel, 1952
13. Red Men, Photograph, ca. 1915
14. Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce, Membership Roster, 1969 August
15. Salisbury Bicentennial Commission, Invitation, 1932
16. Salisbury Bicentennial Commission, Program, 1932 August 7-13
17. Salisbury Choral Society, By-Laws, 1985
18. Salisbury Choral Society, Programs, 1974-1978
19. Salisbury Consort, Administrative Records, 1972-1977, 1996
20. Salisbury Consort, Photographs, 1976-1988
21. Wicomico Bicentennial Commission, Report, 1974-1977
22. Wicomico Council on the Arts, Programs, 1977-1978
23. Wicomico County Secondary School Student Art Show, 1978
24. Wicomico Historical Society, Administrative Records, 1973
25. Wicomico Women’s Club, Photographs, 1950s
26. Women’s Eastern Shore Society, Dramatic Arts Committee, 1960 March
27. Various Theater Productions, Salisbury, Programs, 1968-1971
28. Various Symphonic Events, Salisbury, Programs & Flyers, 1970-1991
Series II: Printed Materials
29. Bow House, Inc., Ephemera, 1978
30. David Esso Service Center, Brochures, 1960s
31. Dinner with Ike, Program, 1960 January 27
32. Eisenhower Presidential Inauguration, Program, 1953 January 20
33. Eastern Shore Poetry, 1940s
34. News Clippings, 1942-1965
35. Pageant Play, History of Salisbury, Maryland, 1950
36. Pemberton Historical Park, Ephemera, 1982-1984
37. Poplar Hill Mansion, Ephemera, 1980s
38. Post Card, U.S. Weather Report, Tilghman Company, 1909 October 22
39. Salisbury High School Program, Commencement Exercises, 1897 May 18
40. Telephone Directory, Salisbury, 1947-1948
41. Washington Hotel, Ephemera, 1978
42. Monograph, Anchorage Points, Their Return to the Development of Stable Personalities, Thomas J. Caruthers, 1963
43. Monograph, Basic Reference on Genealogy, Heraldry & Local History, 1952-1972
44. Monograph, Green Hill Church, 1733, Charlotte Lilly, 1988
45. Monograph, Is There a Santa Claus? Francis Pharcellus Church, undated
46. Monograph, My Country, Vol. 8, No. 3, 1974-1975
47. Monograph, My Thirty Years’ Experience in the Training of Elementary & Junior High School Teachers, 1925-1955, Thomas J. Caruthers, 1963
48. Monograph, Spirit of Salisbury, 1970s
49. Song Books, Christmas, 1920s-1940s
50. Monograph, Assault on the Amazon, Tom Horton, 1980
Box 3
1-2. Piano Sheet Music, 1940s-1950s
3. Piano Accordion Sheet Music, 1914-1936
Subseries A: Newspapers
Box 4
1. Newspaper, Baltimore American, Eastern Shore Section, 1932 January 17
2. Newspaper, Eastern Shore Times, 1935 January 24
3. Newspaper, Evening Times, 1925 July 29
4. Newspaper, Evening Times, 1926 March 18
5. Newspaper, Evening Times, 1926 May 5
6. Newspaper, Four-Leaf Clover, Vol. 19, No. 37, 1951 September 14
7. Newspaper, Salisbury Advertiser and the Wicomico Countian, 1924 May 3
8. Newspaper, Salisbury Advertiser and the Wicomico Countian, 1932 August 19
9. Newspaper, Salisbury Advertiser, 1932 May 27
10. Newspaper, Salisbury Advertiser, 1932 June 3
11. Newspaper, Salisbury Advertiser, 1932 August 5
12. Newspaper, Salisbury Advertiser, 1932 August 19
13. Newspaper, Salisbury Advertiser, 1933 January 26
14. Newspaper, Salisbury Advertiser, 1941 August 14
15. Newspaper, Salisbury Advertiser, 1967 June 15
16. Newspaper, See, 1945 September
17. Newspaper, Stars and Stripes, 1945 May 8
18. Newspaper, Stars and Stripes, 1945 May 9
19. Newspaper, Wicomico News, 1895 August 1
Oversized
1. Advertisement, Pastyme in Good Companye, Salisbury Theater Works, 1980
Subseries B: Library Materials
1. In the Child’s World, Emilie Poulsson, 1922
2. Rainy Day Stories, Saalfield Publishing Company, 1915
3. Stories from Uncle Remus, Esther LaRose Harris, 1934
4. The Old Woman & Her Shoe, McLoughlin Bros., 1900
5. The Real Mother Goose, Rand McNally & Company, 1919
6. Christmas Morning, M.A. Donohue & Company, 1901
7. Bible Stories for Little Children in Word of One Syllable, Jean S. Remy, 1900
8. The Magee Readers Book One, Anna F. Magee & John F. Reigart, 1916
9. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, 1915
10. The Book of France for Young People, Sidney Dark, 1923
11. Chicken Little, Henry Altemus, 1905
12. Bible Pictures and What They Teach Us, Charles Foster, 1914
13-14. How Granny told the Bible Stories, Eleanor H. Boyd, 1921
13. The Wollopor Family, Anne Hare, 1927
14. Tom Thumb, McLoughlin Bros., 1888
15. The Book of Playmates, McLoughlin Bros.
16. The Magee Readers Book Two, 1916
17. The First Christmas, Eleanor Herr Boyd, 1926
18. Billy and the Major, Emma Speed Sampson,
19. Grimm’s Fairy Tales,
20. Animal ABC, Dean’s Rag Book
21. The Happy Day, Ruth Krauss , 1949
22. Babar’s Visit to Bird Island, Laurent de Brunhoff, 1952
23. Let’s Sing songs for Little Children, 1940
24. Roy Rogers: King of the Cowboys, Elizabeth Beecher, 1953
25. Romeny Gay’s Book of Nursery Tales, 1945
26. Sunshine Stories
27. Beasts and Nonsense, Marie Hall Ets, 1952
28. The Treasure Book of Riddles, Robert North, 1950
29. History can be Fun, Munro Leaf, 1950
30. Geography can be Fun, Munro Leaf, 1950
31. Arithmetic Can be Fun, Munro Leaf, 1949
32. Bears, Ruth Krauss, 1948
33. The Boy’s King Arthur, Sir Thomas Malay, 1926
34. Little Red Riding Hood, 1901
35. I Wish, I Wish, Lisl Weil, 1957
36. Wee folks and Mother, Literary Staff of American Institute of Child Life, 1915
37. The Night before Christmas, Clement Clark Moore, 1944
38. Sing and be Happy Songbook, 1941
39. The New American Song Book, 1933
40. Merry We Sing, 1936
41. Nursery Songs, 1946
42. Helen’s Babies, John Habberton
43. Grimm’s Fairy Tales, 1922
44. Songs the Children Love to Sing
45. The Colorful Story of North American Indians, Royal B. Hassrick, 1974
46. American Folk Songs for Christmas
47. A Nursery Garland, 1917
48. Songs of the Gilded Age, 1960
Artifacts
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