| Title |
Pictures of Morison and his circle |
| Reference |
MS Add.9812/F |
| Covering Dates |
1900-1972 |
| Extent and Medium |
1½ boxes |
|
| Content and context |
This series contains photographs (and drawings in items 13-14) of Morison and other people associated with him. Apart from item 12, it has not been attempted to separate photographs that were part of Morison's own papers from ones that come from Nicolas Barker, Beatrice Warde, and other sources. The name of the item is the subject of the photographs in it. |
| Manuscripts/MS Add.9812/F contains: |
|
1
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Exhibition in the British Museum 'Stanley Morison: a portrait' (1971). 6 different photographs, some duplicated.
1 folder. |
1971 |
|
2
|
Morison among degree recipients at Cambridge and Birmingham Universities (1950). 1 photograph from Birmingham (annotated by Morison on the verso) and 5 from Cambridge, some duplicated, 1 mounted and marked for reproduction.
1 envelope. |
1950 |
|
3
|
Morison with Lord Beaverbrook (24 June 1955). 5 different photographs.
1 folder. |
1955 |
|
4
|
Morison's flats and office. Includes sets of photographs of the interiors of Whitehall Court (6 photographs) and Morison's office at 43 Fetter Lane (3 photographs); and 35 mm. negatives and contact sheet containing some of these house photographs and some unidentified subjects. Some of the photographs are identified or dated on the versos.
1 envelope. |
1940-1967 |
|
5
|
Morison's family. His parents, sisters, and Edith Cole. There are 12 original photographs, with various copies.
1 envelope. |
1900-1910 |
|
6
|
Morison. Ca. 14 original photographs of Morison, including as a boy, with various copies.
1 envelope. |
1900-1940 |
|
7
|
Morison. Two glass negatives made from copying 5 of the photographs in the previous item .
1 small cardboard box. |
1960 |
|
8
|
Morison. Ca. 85 miscellaneous photographs, many including other people. Groups of snapshots are kept together and include some photographs of other people only. A few are dated or identified on the versos. The photographs include one of a portrait by Robert Lutyens in 1957.
2 envelopes of different sizes. |
1940-1959 |
|
9
|
Morison. Ca. 80 miscellaneous photographs, many including other people. A few are dated or identified on the versos.
2 envelopes of different sizes. |
1960-1966 |
|
10
|
Morison and Beatrice Warde. Ca. 50 photographs including: photographs of Morison alone taken by Warde; miscellaneous photographs of Warde and her house; and 2 prints of the engraving of her by Eric Gill dated 1929. Some of the photographs are colour slides. Others, including 3 photographs of Morison taken in a studio in the Strand in 1925 or 1927, have ms. covering notes in her hand.
2 envelopes of different sizes. |
1925-1967 |
|
11
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Other people. Ca. 40 photographs. Those identified by annotations on the versos or accompanying notes are: Max Beaverbrook, T. M. Cleland, Brooke Crutchley, O. A. Dickman, J. L. Garvin, Adrian Frutiger, E. P. Goldschmidt, Method Kaláb, E. A. Lowe, Ronald Mansbridge, William Maxwell, Ellis Minns, Eugene Power, Frederick W. Schmidt, G. B. Shaw, Karl Young, Hermann Zapf. With these are photographs of 2 steam locomotives.
1 envelope. |
1920-1966 |
|
12
|
Various subjects. Photographs made by Nicolas Barker. Subjects Include Morison (copies of other photographs), printed pages from his books, and ms. letters written by him. Envelope 1 = negatives. Envelope 2 = positive photographs and stats. Some are marked for cropping.
2 envelopes. |
1970-1972 |
|
13
|
Stanley Morison aet. circa 36. A charcoal drawing by William Rothenstein, so labelled on the back of a frame from which the drawing has been removed. It is signed 'W. Rothenstein 1st sketch'. With this is a photograph of the final drawing.
1 folder, oversize. |
1924 |
|
14
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Morison's sister Edith. Pencil drawing, not identified, signed 'Lacey'. The identification is probable.
1 folder. |
1940 |
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