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Allan Morrison collection : additions

Title
Allan Morrison collection : additions, 1946-1965.
Author
Morrison, Allan, 1916-1968.
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Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 632Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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Summary
Collection consists of several letters and a few miscellaneous items, including Morrison's naturalization certificate (1946). Included are a 1946 "thank you letter" from Walter White, Executive Secretary of the NAACP, making positive comments about the content of an article done by Morrison on the White family; two letters from J.G. Gude, August 18, 1963, one introducing Morrison to Blair Clark, then chief of CBS news operations, the other informing Morrison about the introduction; and two letters from John H. Johnson, 1961 and 1965. There is also a letter from the US Information Agency, 1965 cancelling a contract with Morrison for his failure to produce a manuscript.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Letters (Correspondence)
  • Scrapbooks.
Source (note)
  • Ruth Attaway
Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Biography (note)
  • Born in Britain, Allan Morrison was a combat correspondent during World War II. He accompanied the liberation forces into Paris towards the end of the war. On becoming a naturalized United States citizen, in 1946 Morrison officially changed his surname to Allan Malcolm Morrison. In the 1940s, he began a career at Ebony magazine which continued for more than 25 years. On two occasions (1961 and 1965), John H. Johnson wrote letters commending Morrison for his service to the Johnson Publishing Company.
Call Number
Sc MG 632
OCLC
871204612
Author
Morrison, Allan, 1916-1968.
Title
Allan Morrison collection : additions, 1946-1965.
Biography
Born in Britain, Allan Morrison was a combat correspondent during World War II. He accompanied the liberation forces into Paris towards the end of the war. On becoming a naturalized United States citizen, in 1946 Morrison officially changed his surname to Allan Malcolm Morrison. In the 1940s, he began a career at Ebony magazine which continued for more than 25 years. On two occasions (1961 and 1965), John H. Johnson wrote letters commending Morrison for his service to the Johnson Publishing Company.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Allan Morrison Papers (Sc Micro R-3537); Also located at; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
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Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc MG 632
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