William Morris Letters
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William Morris (1834-1896) was a British socialist, poet, artist and architect, and leading figure in the Arts and Crafts movement. Contains signed letters by Morris. Recipients include John Coleman Kenworthy and Theodore Watts-Dunton. Also included is a copy of an 1855 letter from Morris to his mother, Emma Morris.
Historical/Biographical Note
William Morris (1834-1896) was a British socialist, poet, artist and architect, and leading figure in the Arts and Crafts movement. He founded the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, was a cofounder and leader of the Socialist League and financed its organ Commonweal. He founded his own publishing company, the Kelmscott Press, in 1893 and was active in organizing guilds of designers and decorative craftsmen.
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Derived from: International Institute for Social History Archives http://www.iisg.nl/archives/morris/See also: William Morris Society http://www.morrissociety.org/See also: William Morris Internet Archive (includes chronology) http://www.marxists.org/archive/morris/
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Scope and Content Note
The collection contains eleven handwritten letters signed by Morris, a handwritten copy of an 1855 letter from Morris to his mother, Emma Morris, with an accompanying letter of transmittal and envelope. Six letters are to John Coleman Kenworthy, 1863-1948, a younger socialist then living in Liverpool. There are single letters to Charles Augustus Howell (1840-1890); ("I return Rossetti letter...") to poet, author and critic, Theodore Watts-Dunton (re: a manuscript of The Coming of Love, 1898), and three letters to unidentified recipients. All the items have been encapsulated, except for the copy of the letter to Morris's mother.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials in this collection, which were created in 1840-1897, are in the public domain. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date; Collection name; Collection number; box number; folder number;
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in collection; provenance is unknown. The accession number associated with this collection is 1950.232.
Custodial History
Donor unknown. At one time held by the Hampshire Bookshop, Northampton Massachusetts.
