Morris family papers

The three members of the Morris family represented in this correspondence are Thomas Burnside Morris, his wife, Sarah Arndt Sletor Morris, and their son Roland Sletor Morris. The letters of Thomas B. Morris include: 1861-1862, to his family from Panama, where Morris worked loading and unloading shi...

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Main Author: Morris. (Creator)
Collection:Morris Family Papers
Collection Number:1950
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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245 1 |a Morris family papers  |f 1862-1923 
300 |a 2.0 Linear feet  |f 2 linear feet, 6 boxes (800 items) 
520 |a The three members of the Morris family represented in this correspondence are Thomas Burnside Morris, his wife, Sarah Arndt Sletor Morris, and their son Roland Sletor Morris. The letters of Thomas B. Morris include: 1861-1862, to his family from Panama, where Morris worked loading and unloading ships cargo; 1868-1869, to his family reporting on his work as an engineer with the Union Pacific Railroad from Green River to Promontory, Utah; 1870-1873, to his family and fiancee while an engineer in Ohio and with the Northern Pacific Railroad in Minn.; 1875-1885, to his mother and brother on family matters, from San Rafael, Cal., where he settled and became president of the Renton Coal Company. Roland S. Morris maintained a faithful correspondence with his mother and his letters, 1884, 1890-1906, 1920, recount particularly activities as a student at Lawrenceville School, N.J., and as a freshman at Princeton University. After 1899 the correspondence is strictly of a family nature, with a few 1920 letters mentioning Morris's role as ambassador to Japan under Woodrow Wilson. In that vein, he participated in the discussions concerning the citizenship rights of the Japanese in California and was a member of the Conference in Japanese-American Affairs in Tokyo in 1920. The remainder of the correspondence, 1909-1915, 1923, is from Sarah S. Morris to her son on family matters with some commentary on Roland's growing involvement in Democratic politics and the effects of war in Germany where Mrs. Morris lived from 1912 to 1915. 
541 1 |a Gift of Mrs. William F. Machold.; 1967 acquired 
650 7 |a Northern Pacific Railroad.  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Panama--History--19th century  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Railroad engineering.  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Russia and Far East--Diplomatic relations--20th century  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Union Pacific Railroad Company.  |2 Local sources 
852 |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania  |b Morris Family Papers  |l 1950