Charles Morris
MS. Opie 359
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Charles Morris
Shelfmark
MS. Opie 359
Summary
Folder 1: Correspondence, c.1957-1961; photographs; articles and newspaper cuttings, c.1947-1960; publication lists, catalogues and brochures, mainly relating to Oxford University Press children's books, c.1950s.
Folder 2: Drafts, notes and articles by Charles Morris, c.1950s-1960s, including typescript 'Oxford Books for Children', 1956; manuscript 'The Illustration of Children's Books', c.1957; typescript 'Tim All Alone wins First Kate Greenaway Medal', 1957; typescript 'Children's Books in Britain: Their Origins, and Scotland's Contribution', 1959; typescript 'The Prices of Books, A Consideration of Book Values', 1960; typescript 'Children's Books', 1961; typescript 'Beatrix Potter, her books and her art', n.d.
Date
c.1947-1961
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (2 folders)
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Collection contents
Archive of Iona and Peter Opie
Collected material and miscellaneous
Papers of other children's book and ephemera collectors
Charles Morris
