Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center
Finding aid for the Louise Morse collection related to Marston Morse, Abraham Flexner, and Anne Crawford Flexner
SMC.MORSE
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Summary Information
- Repository
- Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center
- Title
- Louise Morse collection related to Marston Morse, Abraham Flexner, and Anne Crawford Flexner
- ID
- SMC.MORSE
- Date
- 1940-1956
- Extent
- 0.25 linear feet (3 volumes and 1 folder)
- Language
- English
- Small Manuscripts Collections
- The Small Manuscripts Collection (SMC) designation is given to collections of personal papers that comprise less than 0.25 linear feet. In many cases, these collections consist of a single folder.
Preferred Citation note
The suggested citation for the material is "[item], Louise Morse collection related to Marston Morse, Abraham Flexner, and Anne Crawford Flexner, From the Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA."
Biographical/Historical note
Harold Calvin Marston Morse (1892-1977) was an American mathematician. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1917. He served on the faculties of Harvard University, Cornell University, and Brown University before accepting a position in the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Mathematics in 1935. He retired from the Institute's active Faculty in 1962.
Louise Morse, née Jeffreys, was the second wife of Marston Morse. They married on January 13, 1940, and had five children together.
Abraham Flexner was the Founding Director (1930-1939) of the Institute for Advanced Study. His wife, Anne Crawford Flexner, was a playwright.
Scope and Contents note
The Louise Morse collection related to Marston Morse and Abraham Flexner consists of a copy of Abraham Flexner's autobiography I Remember, inscribed to Louise Morse in honor of the birth of her daughter Julia. The volume serves as a type of scrapbook as Mrs. Morse later pasted in various personal mementos related to the Flexners. These mementos consist primarily of chiefly of correspondence, but also include a telegram, a newspaper article, and photographs. Correspondents include Abraham Flexner, Anne Crawford Flexner, Marston Morse, and Louise Morse. The contents of the letters, dating chiefly from 1940-1956, relate to family matters at the time as well as family history, and demonstrate the close relationship between the parties. There is also correspondence related to Institute matters, including Albert Einstein’s death and Flexner stepping down as IAS Director.
The collection also includes color photocopies or scans of most of the items that were pasted into the volume, as well as an additional copy of I Remember and a copy of Daniel Coit Gilman, creator of the American type of university.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center
Historical Studies-Social Science LibraryEinstein Drive
Princeton
NJ, 08540
609-734-8375
archives@ias.edu
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open without restriction.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The collection materials were donated by Louise Morse in 2001 and 2011.
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials note
Administrative records relating to Marston Morse's work at the Institute for Advanced Study can be found in various record groups in the Archives, including the Records of the Office of the Director General Files and Faculty files, and the Records of the School of Mathematics.
Marston Morse's professional papers were donated to Harvard University.
Administrative records relating to Abraham Flexner's work at the Institute for Advanced Study can be found in various record groups in the Archives, particularly those of the Office of the Director.
Flexner's personal and family papers were donated to the Library of Congress and Vanderbilt University.
Collection Inventory
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I Remember by Abraham Flexner, with personal mementos pasted in |
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Copies of items pasted into I Remember |
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I Remember by Abraham Flexner, additional copy given to Louise Morse's sister |
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Daniel Coit Gilman, creator of the American type of university by Abraham Flexner, inscribed to Marston Morse 1946 |
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