BIB_ID
244719
Accession number
MA 6301.1-6
Creator
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.
Display Date
London, England, 1928-1952.
Credit line
Gift of Lewis Morris, 2004.
Description
6 items (10 pages) ; various sizes
Notes
The letters are dated (1) 1928 March 20; (2) 1929 October 24; (3) 1932 January 1; (4) 1932 October 18; (5) 1937 October 16; and (6) 1952 February 25.
Written on stationery of Faber and Faber Ltd., The Criterion, and on personal stationery.
Eliot and Morris were friends at Milton and roommates at Harvard University in 1910.
The recipient was the son of Howard Morris of Milwaukee; with Nathaniel Glidden he formed the bond selling firm Glidden Morris at 72 Wall Street and was affiliated with the firm until his death.
The letters are a gift of Morris's son Lewis, who relates that Howard Morris, despite his reputation for erudition, threw a copy of The Wasteland, a wedding gift from Eliot, out the porthole of an ocean liner bound for Europe during his 1922 honeymoon.
Written on stationery of Faber and Faber Ltd., The Criterion, and on personal stationery.
Eliot and Morris were friends at Milton and roommates at Harvard University in 1910.
The recipient was the son of Howard Morris of Milwaukee; with Nathaniel Glidden he formed the bond selling firm Glidden Morris at 72 Wall Street and was affiliated with the firm until his death.
The letters are a gift of Morris's son Lewis, who relates that Howard Morris, despite his reputation for erudition, threw a copy of The Wasteland, a wedding gift from Eliot, out the porthole of an ocean liner bound for Europe during his 1922 honeymoon.
Provenance
Gift of Lewis Morris, 2004.
Summary
A collection of personal letters saying he has left banking and gone into publishing, does not collect rare books, recommending Wyndham Lewis (not D.B. Wyndham Lewis) and George Moore, giving news of the Criterion, wondering if Morris is "going to succeed Pierpont Morgan or land in jail", saying he awaits "official notification" from Harvard and looking forward to visiting Morris in Easthampton, referring to Prohibition, discussing his work at Harvard and discussing what he might do when he visits New York. Letters in the collection have been described individually in six separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
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