http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4f59r7qt No online items Finding Aid for the Donald R. Morris papers, 1941-2002 LSC.1806 Processed by Phoebe Musandu in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Kelley Wolfe Bachli, Summer 2008; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé. UCLA Library Special Collections Online finding aid last updated 2021 August 25. Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
[email protected] URL: https://www.library.ucla.edu/special-collections Finding Aid for the Donald R. LSC.1806 1 Morris papers, 1941-2002 LSC.1806 Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections Title: Donald R. Morris papers Creator: Morris, Donald R. Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1806 Physical Description: 24 Linear Feet(48 boxes) Date (inclusive): 1941-2002 Abstract: Donald R. Morris (1924-2002) was best known for authoring The Washing of the Spears: The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation (1965), a history on the Anglo-Zulu War. He also wrote two novels, China Station (1951) and Warm Bodies (1957), and a number of articles for publication in various periodicals. His spent his career in the Navy, the CIA, and, after retirement, as a news analyst for the Houston Post (1972-1989) and later, the Donald R. Morris Newsletter (1989-2002). The collection contains material from his naval career as well as his writing career and includes manuscripts, research correspondence, newspaper columns, letters and papers from readers of his works, book reviews and bound volumes of his published works.