Morris, William, (1834-1896), poet artist and socialist

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Surname:	Morris
Forenames:	William
Gender:	Male
Date:	1834-1896
Places:	Walthamstow, Essex
Biography:	ODNB link for Morris, William (1834-1896), poet artist and socialist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P164114 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P20455 )
Online related resources	Artists' Paper Register link for William Morris	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Morris

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1853-96: corresp, literary MSS and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37497-37498, 45298-353, 45407-12, 45891-94; M/1009; Ashley A230, 4902; RP1355, 3957; Eg MS 2866	See HMC Papers of British politicians 1782-1900, 1989
2	1859-96: letters, writings and drawings	Kelmscott Manor		See Artists' Papers Register
3	1848-96: corresp, designs, drawings and other MSS	William Morris Gallery		NRA 11835
4	c1879-96: corresp, notebook and literary MSS	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library		NRA 13466 V & A Museum See Catalogue of English non-illuminated MSS 1975
5	1868-71: literary MSS, incl The Earthly Paradise, travel journals and papers	Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum		See WE Fredeman, Pre-raphaelitism: a bibliocritical study 1965
6	c1870-76: literary MSS (10 vols)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng misc c 143, 265, d 265-68, e 233, g 59; Lat class e 38
7	misc letters and MSS	International Institute of Social History		See Guide 1989
8	c1860-1939: literary MSS and papers	Society of Antiquaries of London	MOR	See PJ Willetts, Manuscripts in the Society of Antiquaries of London (2000)
9	c1868-1938: calligraphic fragments and notebook incl corresp of May Morris	Society of Antiquaries of London	MS 984	See PJ Willetts, Manuscripts in the Society of Antiquaries of London (2000)
10	1862-98: letters and papers rel to Morris & Co	Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre		NRA 12645
11	1877-78: papers rel to Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings	Society of Antiquaries of London	MS 832	NRA 27819
12	literary MSS	The King's School, Canterbury	WALPOLE	NRA 15260 See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
13	MS translation of the Heimskringla	Leeds University Library, Special Collections		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
14	notebook, partly written by him, of technical notes rel to printing and dyeing techniques used y Morris & Co	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	MSL/2000/13	See Annual Return 2000
15	1885-96: letters (20) to Wilfrid Scawen Blunt	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	86 KK Box III	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
16	letters to Philip Burne-Jones	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 52708
17	1867-99: letters (c91) to 9th Earl of Carlisle	Castle Howard	C91	NRA 24681
18	1887-89: letters to Joseph Lane	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 46345
19	1874-95: letters, postcards and notes to Leightons (70 items)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Johnson e 3	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
20	1857-78: letters to Dante Gabriel Rossetti	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Facs d 274	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
21	1883-95: corresp with Andreas Scheu	International Institute of Social History	Andreas Scheu Papers	See Guide 1989
22	1884-96: letters to George Bernard Shaw	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 50541
23	letters to Robert Thomson	Harvard University: Houghton Library	MS Eng 798	NRA 20129 Harvard Univ MSS
24	1875-77, 1896: letters (copies) to Sir Thomas Wardle	Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office		See List of Accessions 1960
25	corresp of Morris & Co with James McNeill Whistler	Library of Congress, Manuscript Division		See NUC MS 66-1446
26	1889-94: letters (70) to Messrs Whittingham and Messrs Leighton	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng hist c 283-90; misc c 275, 341, d 289-90, e 252-54; poet c 25; th c 59; French e 21; Lat misc c 67, d 75; th c 18	NRA 16952 Johnson
27	letters rel to the Social Democratic Federation	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	COLL MISC 0522	NRA 28876 BLPES misc
28	1839-1999: letters (59) and literary MSS	Huntington Library	mssMOR 1-611	See Guide to Literary MSS 1979
29	1895-1948: letters and printed material rel to him	Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre	DD/341	NRA 16884 Morris
30	1884-90s: letters (12)	Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
31	1878-81: letters	Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings	William Morris MSS	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
32	1896-1928: papers of Trustees and Executors of William Morris	Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre	DD/926	See Annual Return 1996
33	papers	University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
34	1890-91: (copy) catalogues of his library (2), one by Janey Morris	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP 1335
35	1839-1999: literary ms, corresp	Huntington Library	mssMOR 1-611
36	c1863: handwritten draft manuscript for 'The God of the Poor'	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89687	See Annual Return 2023

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