Homer and Edna Morris Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection reflects Homer Morris’s career as an academic economist and longtime member of the Earlham College board (1930-51), and especially the Morris’s work for the American Friends Service Committee. It contains class notes, correspondence, calendar book and publications as well as material pertaining to personal business, social justice issues, and the peace movement. Homer Morris was a member of the teaching faculty (1918-28) in Economics, and an alum (Class of 1911).
Dates
- 1911-1951
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on access.
Conditions Governing Use
Some materials may be protected by copyright. Permission to reproduce and to publish for commercial purposes must be requested from the Archivist.
Biographical or Historical Information
Homer L. Morris (1886-1951) and Edna (Wright) Morris (1884-1966) were both Earlham alumni and prominent Quakers. Homer Morris was a professor of economics and political science at Earlham College as well as a member of the college’s Board of Trustees. He also served as the secretary of the social and industrial section of the American Friends Service Committee.
Note written by
Extent
44 Boxes : There is a 10a and 10b.
Language of Materials
English
- American Friends Service Committee
- Civilian Public Service
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Coal mines and mining
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Earlham College
- Famines
- Fisk University
- Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends : U.S.)
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
- Lecture Notes
- Morris, Edna (Class of 1914)
- Morris, Homer (Homer Lawrence), 1886-1951 (Board of Trustees)
- Ruhr River Valley
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Description rules
- Other Unmapped
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- und
Repository Details
Part of the Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives Repository