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FINDING AID
Morris Family Papers, 1741-1989 (bulk dates: 1830-1950)
Prepared by Northeast Museum Services Center For Independence National Historical Park
National Park Service Fall 2010
Catalog Number: INDE 101264
Cover image: Deshler-Morris House, ca. 1950. Courtesy, Independence National Historical Park Archives Morris Family Papers
Above: Morris family outside back porch of Deshler-Morris House, ca. 1885. Left to right: (standing) Elliston I, Elizabeth, Martha, Charles Rhoads (in top hat), Marriott I; (seated) Hannah P. Morris, Lydia Morris, Samuel Buckley Morris II, Beulah Morris Rhoads, and unidentified female. Morris Family Papers, Photo BX 24, Fldr 7. Courtesy, Independence National Historical Park Archives.
Above: Martha Canby Morris and Elliston Perot Morris I in library at Deshler-Morris House, April 1904. Image by Marriott Morris I. Morris Family Papers, Photo BX 1, Fldr 38. Courtesy, Independence National Historical Park Archives. Morris Family Papers
Morris Family Papers
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright and Restrictions ……………………………………………………………..i
History ………………………………………………………………………………….1
Scope and Content ……………………………………………………………………...6
Hierarchy ………………………………………………………………………………..9
Series Descriptions …………………………………………………………………….. 12
Container List ………………………………………………………………………….. 19 Separated Materials………………………………………………………75 Photographic Materials…………………………………………………..78
Appendix A. Families Histories
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HISTORY
The Morris family members who are represented in these papers are part of a large and prominent Philadelphia Quaker family descended from Anthony Morris (1654-1721) who emigrated to America by 1683. His great-grandson, Samuel Morris (1734-1812), who continued the family brewing business and ran a mercantile firm, is best known for his role in the American Revolution when he fought at the Battles of Trenton and Princeton as a captain in the First Troop Philadelphia City Calvary ("read out of meeting" for his military activity, he continued to dress and speak as a Quaker). Samuel married into another notable Philadelphia family, the Wistars, and his sixth son, Luke Wistar (1768-1830), married Eliza Morris Buckley.
The only child from their marriage, Samuel Buckley Morris I (1791-1859), was a successful merchant until the sudden death of his wife, the former Hannah Perot, in 1831 prompted him to retire from his business and devote his life to his three motherless children, Samuel Buckley (II), Beulah Sansom, and Elliston Perot. In 1835 he moved his family from downtown Philadelphia to his father-in-law's summer house in Germantown originally built for David Deshler and used by President Washington and his family in 1793 when escaping the yellow fever epidemic of the city and 1794. Thus the Morris family began their relationship with the residence later known as the Deshler-Morris House. Samuel Buckley educated his children at his house with other children and then sent the boys to the Westtown School, a Quaker boarding school, and Haverford College, two institutions which he supported. He founded the Savings Fund of Germantown with his own money and contributed to other good works.
After Samuel Buckley I died in 1859, Beulah stayed in the House until her marriage to Charles Rhodes in 1870. Samuel Buckley II had earlier moved away to Olney to pursue farming: around 1864, he became a minister. Elliston Perot and his wife Martha Canby moved to the House around 1868 after they spent their first years of married life in a new house on Church Lane near Chew Avenue. Elliston and Martha raised four children in the House -- Marriott Canby I, Elizabeth Canby, Samuel Buckley III, and Elliston Perot II -- with Elliston Perot II dying of typhoid fever in 1881 and Samuel Buckley III perishing of an unknown disease in 1886. Elizabeth recorded in a diary entry that she would be glad to leave after Samuel's death as it was full of painful memories but her father "loved the old place so."
Elliston and Martha indeed cherished the house and cultivated its historical associations. They sought out items that had been in the house during Washington's occupancy and decorated the main rooms and hallway with colonial-era furnishings. The appearance of the house's front facade was preserved, and the addition designed by Mantle Fielding and built in 1908-1909 was recessed so as not to detract from the main structure. Journalists were allowed to write about the historical interiors of the "Washington Residence," and the Morrises gave mounted photographs of the house as favors during the 1886 Perot family reunion.
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Elliston I left the House to his daughter with his wife retaining life interest, and Elizabeth Canby continued to live there after her father's and mother's deaths in 1914 and 1919 respectively. When she died in 1947, Marriott, her only surviving sibling, inherited the house. The 1948 codicil in his will leaving the House to be preserved by the U.S. government was invalid because he died less than thirty days after it was written. His family, however, honored his wish and the house was transferred to the National Park Service in 1949.
The following short biographies continue the discussion of the major figures in the Morris Papers:
Elliston Perot Morris I (22 May 1831- 1 November 1914)
Morris was raised at the House and attended Westtown Boarding School, and Haverford College. He took care of his family's financial trusts and real estate holdings in a downtown Philadelphia office. As his father before him, he was prominent in Germantown civic organizations, serving on the board of the Savings Fund for sixty years, and was active in local Quaker institutions such as the Friends' Free Library and the Friends' Free School. He was a long-time member and president of the Friends' Freeman Association of Philadelphia and in this capacity corresponded with Booker T. Washington about Christianburg Institute, a school for African-Americans in Virginia.
His personal interests included drawing in which he became a skilled amateur. He, like other successful businessmen, sought relief through summer vacations and travel. He bought property and built two houses, "Avocado" (named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda) and "Cedar Mer" at Sea Girt on New Jersey coast. He and his family traveled to Europe in 1892, to the Canadian Rockies in 1898, and to Bermuda in 1910.
After his health weakened in 1914, he ceased visiting his office in Philadelphia but attended to his business affairs at home and went to Meetings. He died on 3 December of that year at the House.
Martha Canby Morris (12 May 1836 – 1 November 1919)
Martha Canby of Wilmington, Delaware, married Elliston in 1861; it is unclear how they met. Upon the death of Merrit Canby, her father, in 1866, she inherited money for which she kept an account. Martha ran the households at Church Lane, the House, and at Sea Girt and closely documented expenditures when given time between tending children and supervising servants.
She, in midst of her duties, was able to develop hobbies. She pursued a strong interest in the genealogy of not only the Canby family but also the Morris family and collected documents from other family members. (Her claim to a Thomas Jefferson letter to William Canby (1746-1830) caused tension with Canby relations.) Probably inspired by her son Marriott, she took up photography and snapped family scenes. The Germantown Book Club, formed in 1870, was another other long-term interest.
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Like her husband, she died at the House. The Philadelphia Inquirer obituary (3 November 1919) noted her "particular pride in keeping the interior of her house as nearly as possible like it was in Colonial times, when the antique furniture, painting and bric-a-brac served as a background for General Washington…"
Beulah Morris Rhoads (2 January 1829-1923)
Beulah lived at the House from childhood until her marriage to Charles Rhoads in 1870. Their only child Mary died as an infant. She and her husband lived in Haddonfield, New Jersey, and Beulah recorded a memorable trip to Bar Harbor, Maine, in 1882 through her correspondence.
Beulah researched the woman for whom she was named, her great-aunt Beulah Sansom, who was a minister active in African-American causes. In this time before photocopiers, she also commissioned copying of family documents. She died in Haddonfield, New Jersey in 1923.
Marriott Canby Morris I (7 September 1863 - 2 March 1948)
The eldest child of Elliston and Martha, he attended the same Quaker schools as his father had and worked with his father in his real estate business. After his 1885 Haverford graduation and before his 1897 marriage, he lived with his parents but travelled to Europe and Bermuda on his own. He and Jane, his wife, raised three children -- Elliston Perot III, Marriott Canby II, and Janet ("Jay") -- and lived in Germantown throughout their lives. Like his mother, he collected family documents including his grandfather Canby's almanac diaries. He continued his father's civic interests by serving in many organizations including the Germantown Savings Fund, the Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company, the Friends' Freedmen Association, and the Germantown Friends School.
Three major interests persisted throughout his life. Beginning in his student days at Haverford, he practiced photography and soon was making images used in college publications and was exhibiting in local photography shows. As he brought up a family of his own, he concentrated on recording their images. While at Haverford, he also began bicycle riding and became a faithful member of the League of American Wheelsmen, the Veteran Wheelmen's Association of Philadelphia, the Boston Bicycle Club, and the Hardly Able Club. He bicycled in his ninth decade. Marriott was heavily involved in the Germantown Boys' Club from its early days as the Boys' Parlor and in 1947 was given an award commemorating his sixty years of service from the National Association of Boys' Clubs.
Jane Rhoads Morris (1 May 1870 - 24 May 1950)
Jane grew up in the same Germantown social group as Marriott and attended the Germantown Friends' School. She was initially hesitant to wed Marriot, whom she regarded as a friend, but they became engaged late 1896 and married in June 1897. After an European honeymoon which involved bicycling, they returned briefly to her mother's home before moving into their own home in the Pelham neighborhood. They settled to 131 W. Walnut Lane around 1907. She had three children born between 1899 and 1907. Despite her domestic duties, she became involved in numerous social causes such the Mother's Peace Congress and American Friends Service Morris Family Papers 4
Committee and was an early participant in Fellowship House, a local organization promoting racial harmony. After her death on 24 March 1950, her preparations to ready the House for transfer to the government were noted in memorials.
Elizabeth Canby Morris (4 October 1866 – 13 December 1947)
The only girl in the family, Elizabeth ("Bessie") graduated from the Germantown Friends School in 1885 and as a young woman took lessons in French, German, guitar, sketching, and china painting. From 1899 to 1890 she and female friends from Germantown traveled to the British Islands and in 1925 she returned to Europe with a female traveling companion. She served on the Board of Managers of the Germantown Employment Society for Women and supported other local organizations. She and her brother were the primary donors for the rebuilding of the Germantown Friends Meeting Library. Like her brother and mother, she enjoyed photography. She remained at the House after her parents' deaths, retaining the colonial-style furnishings. Elizabeth apparently suffered a stroke in December 1942 and was partially incapacitated until her death in 1947.
Elliston Perot Morris III (17 May 1899-1980)
Named after his grandfather, Elliston attended Westtown School and graduated from Haverford College in 1922. At the age of seven, he began photographing family scenes. He and his family enjoyed summers at "Dalibarda," a lodge at the Pocono Lake Preserve and at "Cedar Mer" at Sea Girt. As a young man, he went to France in 1919 and to Russia in 1923 as a volunteer for the American Friends Service Committee. Elliston also served as a camp director for the Germantown Boys' Club in 1922. He had forestry training and worked for the U.S. Forest Service and for the Tennessee Valley Authority. In 1943 he married Anna Sayler, and they had four children. During World War II, he was jailed as a conscientious objector.
Elliston was the Morris family representative in the negotiations with the National Park Service, and he acted as the donor for the Morris Family Papers at Independence National Historical Park. He served on the Deshler-Morris House Committee after the transfer of the house, and he and his wife attended events at the House. After his death in 1980, his wife Anna continued to care for and to donate the family records to the park.
Marriott Canby Morris II (29 December 1900 – 9 February 1992)
Following in the family tradition, Marriott attended Westtown School and Haverford College. He helped in building operations at a Native American school in the summer of 1917 and in 1919 went to France as a American Friends Service Committee volunteer. He spent 1923 and 1924 in Russia. He became a professor of German at Beloit College. His renunciation of his inheritance from his father, based on his objection to inherited wealth, was reported in national newspapers. Marriott married Elizabeth ("Libby") Haines.
Janet ("Jay") Morris Butler (7 April 1907- 28 August 2010)
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Janet attended Germantown Friends' School and Connecticut College. From letters sent to her parents in the 1940s, it may be deduced that she was living in Connecticut and New York City. Morris Family Papers 6
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
Morris Family Papers, 1741-1989 1741-1989 (bulk dates: 1830-1950)
CATALOG NUMBER INDE 101264
VOLUME [Extent]30.00 [Type of unit]LF
DESCRIPTION
Correspondence, diaries, household account books, drawings, recipes, photoprints, and negatives created and collected by the families of Samuel Buckley Morris I (1791- 1859), Elliston Perot Morris I (1831-1914), and Marriott Canby Morris I (1863-1948). Many items relate to the Deshler-Morris House which the Perot and Morris families owned in the 19th century and which the Morris family donated to the National Park Service in 1949.
ORGANIZATION [Organization]In fourteen series: I. Early Morris Family Members, II. Samuel Buckley Morris Family, III. Elliston Perot Morris Family, IV. Marriott Canby Morris Family, V. Family Photographs, VI. Deshler-Morris House Materials, VII. Family Research, VIII. Family Recipes, IX. Other Family Members, X. Buckley Family, XI. Perot-Sansom Families, XII. Canby Family, XIII. Wistar Family, and XIV. Unassociated Materials. (Separated material including oversize, dried plant, and framed materials are stored apart.) [Arrangement]Most materials arranged chronologically. Incoming correspondence is arranged alphabetically according to correspondents' surnames.
When appropriate the above sections are divided into these smaller groups:
Diaries Correspondence Outgoing Incoming Drawings Morris Family Papers 7
Photographs/Images (the commercial and/or professional portraits of individuals) Personal Materials Professional Life Organizations Financial Records Property Records Legal Records Genealogical Research Estate Records Obituaries and Memorials Biographical Materials Collected Materials
PROVENANCE Members of the Morris family, primarily Elliston Perot I and III, Martha Canby, and Marriott Canby I, created and collected these papers. They actively solicited documents from other family members and apparently received correspondence and other papers related to an individual after that individual's death which they subsequently incorporated into the records. Items deemed as special such as travel correspondence, family photographs, early recipes, and genealogical research were kept, and documents deemed commonplace were probably disposed of by the initial creators or later culled. Most of the papers were originally stored at the Deshler-Morris House and at Marriott I's Philadelphia office.
Beginning with the transfer of the House to the National Park Service, Elliston Perot III donated the papers in a series of gifts. After his death, Anna Morris, his wife continued to contribute to INDE until 1992. The Morrises also contributed parts of the papers to other Philadelphia institutions (see Related Collections.)
RESTRICTIONS NO
ASSOCIATED Members of the Morris Family, primarily Elliston P. Morris MATERIALS III and his wife Anna, donated portions of the Morris Family Papers to other local repositories:
Collection 2000 A, B, and C of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia holds substantial records relating to the business interests of Luke Morris, Samuel Buckley Morris I, and Elliston Perot Morris I as well as papers Morris Family Papers 8
relating to Marriott Canby Morris I and the Perot Family.
Collection 1008 at the Haverford College Library Special Collections, known as the Morris-Sansom Family Papers, has materials to several family members including Samuel Buckley Morris I, his children Samuel Buckley II and Beulah Morris Rhoads, and Samuel Buckley II's daughter, Hannah P. Morris.
Collection P9895 at the Library Company of Philadelphia holds many pre-1900 glass plate negatives and other photographic material originally belonging to Marriott Canby Morris I whose subject matter closely mirrors that of the images in the INDE collection (this material passed through the EPMIII family and was later purchased).
The Germantown Historical Society holds many individual items related to the family and to the Deshler-Morris House.
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection has Elliston P. Morris III correspondence relating to his time as a conscientious objector during WWII.
Collection 31, the Morris Family Papers, at the Monmouth County Historical Association relate to the Elliston P. Morris I's family ownership of houses at Sea Girt, New Jersey.
MSS 2/0125-01, the Caspar Wistar (1801-1867) Family Letters and Poetry at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia had formerly been part of the Papers at INDE.
The Elliston P. Morris (III) Papers at the Independence Seaport Museum hold albums relating to the family's 1925 European trip and a scrapbook relating to the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, an interest of Marriott Canby Morris I. These items were donated by Anna Morris after her husband's death.
The Independence National Historical Park Archives holds a photographic reproduction of an album of silhouettes by Joseph Sansom (1767-1826) which includes images of Perot and Sansom family members.
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HIERARCHY
I. Early Morris Family Members
A. Anthony Morris (1654-1721)
B. Joseph Morris (1715-1785)
C. Deborah Morris (1723-1793)
D. Rebecca Wistar Morris (1735-1791)
E. Anthony Morris (1738-1777)
F. Cadwalader Morris (1741-1795)
G. Phoebe Guest Morris (1685-1786)
H. Catherine Wistar Morris (1771-1859)
I. Captain Samuel Morris
II. Samuel Buckley Morris Family
A. Luke Wistar Morris (1768-1830)
B. Ann Pancoast Morris (1764-1858)
C. Samuel Buckley Morris (1791-1859)
D. Samuel Morris (1827-1905)
E. Beluah (Sansom) Morris Rhoads (1829-1923)
III. Elliston Perot Morris Family
A. Elliston Perot Morris (1831-1914)
B. Martha Canby Morris (1836-1919)
C. Elizabeth Canby Morris (1866-1947)
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D. Samuel Buckley Morris (1868-1886)
E. Elliston Perot Morris (1872-1881)
IV. Marriott Canby Morris Family
A. Marriott Canby Morris (1863-1948)
B. Jane Rhoads Morris (1870-1950)
C. Elliston Perot Morris (1899-1980)
D. Anna Sayler Morris
E. Marriott Canby Morris (1900-1992)
F. Elizabeth Haines Morris
G. Janet Morris Butler (1907-2010)
V. Family Photographs
A. Negatives
B. Lantern Slides
C. Prints
1. Numbered
2. Unnumbered
D. Albums
VI. Deshler-Morris House Materials
A. House
B. Other Germantown Sites
VII. Family Research
VIII. Family Recipes
A. Cookbooks
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B. Individual
IX. Other Family Members
X. Buckley Family
A. William Buckley (1745-1815)
B. Sarah Morris Buckley (1743-1830)
C. Elizabeth Morris Buckley Morris (1772-1797)
D. Anthony Morris Buckley (1777-1845?)
E. Genealogical Research
F. Unassociated
XI. Perot-Sansom Families
A. Elliston Perot (1747-1834)
B. Other Perot Family Members
C. Joseph Sansom (1767-1826)
D. Beulah Biddle Sansom (b. 1765)
E. Other Sansom Family Members
F. Photographs
G. Genealogical Research
XII. Canby Family
XIII. Wistar Family
XIV. Unassociated Materials
ADDENDUM
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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
I. Early Morris Family Members
Includes materials related to seventeenth- and eighteenth- century members of the Morris family. The papers of Captain Samuel Morris (1734-1812) who received a discharge on behalf of his troop from General George Washington comprise a major portion. His descendents defended their right to keep the discharge in a court case in 1886, and family members held the document until EPMIII gave it to INDE in 1954.
A. Anthony Morris (1654-1721)
B. Joseph Morris (1715-1785)
C. Deborah Morris (1723-1793)
D. Rebecca Wistar Morris (1735-1791)
E. Anthony Morris (1738-1777)
F. Cadwalader Morris (1741-1795)
G. Phoebe Guest Morris (1685-1786)
H. Catherine Wistar Morris (1771-1859)
I. Captain Samuel Morris
II. Samuel Buckley Morris Family
Includes materials related to Samuel Buckley's father, Luke W. Morris, and stepmother, Ann Pancoast Morris, and two of his children.
A. Luke Wistar Morris (1768-1830)
B. Ann Pancoast Morris (1764-1858)
C. Samuel Buckley Morris (1791-1859)
This sub-series holds mostly personal documents with very little of SBMI's business activities and his philanthropic activities evident. His daughter Beulah is responsible for the diary excerpts in which Samuel records his grief after his wife's 1831 death. The school reports and receipts for purchasing vegetables from their garden document his Morris Family Papers 13
close oversight of his motherless children. They, in turn, contributed detailed drawings of their school held in the carriage house and of the Deshler-Morris House to a scrapbook "Reminiscences 1842 Germantown" presented to him.
D. Samuel Morris (1827-1905)
E. Beulah (Sansom) Morris Rhoads (1829-1923)
Beulah's interest in family history is seen in her memo discussing heirlooms to be distributed after her death (her genealogical research was incorporated into Martha's and Elliston I's notes now in the Family Research and Perot-Sansom Family series). Letters relating memorable events such as her niece Hannah Morris's birth which she annotated as “rare” and “precious” comprises her correspondence; perhaps she herself weeded her files or relatives after her death chose only the special ones.
III. Elliston Perot Morris Family
Includes materials related to Elliston Perot Morris, his wife Martha Canby Morris, and three of his children.
A. Elliston Perot Morris (1831-1914)
Drawings from EPMI's student days of illustrating mechanical equipment to later sketches executed while vacationing are a highlight of this sub-series. A small amount of material relates to his extensive works for charities including the Freedmen's Association. Most of the material relating to the Deshler-Morris house maintenance is present in his tax and utility records.
B. Martha Canby Morris (1836-1919)
The bulk of outgoing correspondence was directed to her family in Wilmington in the immediate years after her marriage; she or her son retrieved it or it was given to her after her parents' deaths. Martha meticulously documented her household's collections of glassware, silverware, books, and other furnishings through lists now in the Personal Materials subsection. Her extensive genealogical research is present in this series as well as in the Family Research and Canby and Perot-Sansom Families series.
C. Elizabeth Canby Morris (1866-1947)
Elizabeth's youthful diaries frankly record her emotions and reactions to events such as her brother Samuel's death. The later diaries and outgoing correspondence related to European travel, in contrast, are written as if for publication. Relatively little relates to her ownership of the Deshler-Morris House, but two sets of account books document its servants' wages and work histories.
D. Samuel Buckley Morris (1868-1886) Morris Family Papers 14
E. Elliston Perot Morris (1872-1881)
IV. Marriott Canby Morris Family
The extensive personal papers of Marriott Canby Morris, Elliston's son, his wife Jane Rhoads Morris, and their children and spouses comprise this series. Much of this series relates to the family's life at their Germantown homes apart from the Deshler-Morris House.
A. Marriott Canby Morris (1863-1948)
Marriott I and his mother were the most active record creators and keepers in the family. Marriott meticulously documented his travels in letters and diaries and in fact took back travel letters from their recipients to act as his diaries. Despite her wishes, he kept his correspondence from his future wife so the long courtship between Marriott I and Jane Rhoads (Morris) may be understood (these letters are in her sub-series).
Because he was an active member of the Germantown Boys Club since its early days, he accumulated copies of its minutes and publications, particularly in the early years of the twentieth century when he was an officer. Photographs and clippings relate the singular honor given for fifty-five years of service by former president Herbert Hoover on behalf of the Boys' Clubs of America in 1943. He also wrote a history of the Germantown organization.
He and his family kept the extensive clippings and photographs related to his love of bicycling from his college days at Haverford into his old age.
The sub-sub-series "Photographs" is divided into two sections. The first contains professional portraits and other images of Marriott. The second section holds images he took himself possibly for exhibition and/or publication. He exhibited his photographs locally and at least several were published in Haverford publications. His love of local history is seen in his interiors of the Deshler-Morris House and exteriors of Market Square.
B. Jane Rhoads Morris (1870-1950)
Jane did not enjoy others sharing and keeping her correspondence and in comparison to her husband comparatively few of her records remain. She and her family did keep the guestbooks in which friends including Native American students and international visitors signed their names. Family also kept the light-hearted poetry she wrote for special occasions. Some correspondence and her obituaries indicate her extensive work for social service agencies such as Friendship House, an organization promoting racial harmony in Philadelphia.
C. Elliston Perot Morris (1899-1980)
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Some juvenile letters are present. Several items relate to the presentation of the Deshler- Morris House to the National Park Service.
D. Anna Sayler Morris
E. Marriott Canby Morris (1900-1992)
F. Elizabeth Haines Morris
G. Janet Morris Butler (1907-2010)
V. Family Photographs
Family members, primarily Marriott I, Martha, Elizabeth, and Elliston III created and collated these images mostly of family members and events. The Morris family used the latest cameras aimed at the amateur photographer including vest pocket cameras and the Kodak "1A." They evidently developed an alphanumerical system for filing their negatives; Elliston III later attempted to recreate the system (see below and Photo BX 3, Fldr 3 for his keys). Elliston III consistently marked the number, subject and date on the corresponding prints prior to their donation to INDE. Most images were destined for photo albums; a few albums are present in this collection.
A. Negatives
"O" – Marriott I images "R" – Elliston III images (made with Rollerflex camera) [no "S" images present in this collection] "T" – Elliston III images (made with 2 in 1 Rollerflex camera) "V" – Elliston III images (made with vest pocket camera, #121 film) "W" -- Watch camera negatives attr. to Marriott I
B. Lantern Slides
Marriott I copied important early images of the Deshler-Morris House to show evidently in slide shows.
C. Prints
The numbered prints were given the alphanumeric code corresponding to the negative. The unnumbered prints do not possess the alphanumeric code. Family members created and collected these unnumbered photoprints, many of which related to the same subjects as the alphanumerics -- family scenes in D-M backyard and at Sea Girt.
1. Numbered
2. Unnumbered Morris Family Papers 16
D. Albums
These photo albums record family travel and shared interests such as Philadelphia scenes and Elliston III's babyhood. One album compiles the photographs Marriott I took of Haverford College when he was a student.
VI. Deshler-Morris House Materials
This series contains the images and other records that the family members including Elliston Perot I and III, Martha Canby, and Marriott accumulated about the House. They actively sought out documents about its early history such as the sales catalogs with the furnishings belonging to the House in Washington's time and kept items such as calendars and articles depicting the House.
A. House
B. Other Germantown Sites
VII. Family Research
Martha Canby and Elliston Perot studied the Morris family tree, and other family members consulted them. They provided information to Dr. Robert Moon's family genealogy. Their notes comprise the bulk of this series.
VIII. Family Recipes
Manuscript and printed recipes, loose and in book form, comprise this series. Upon her marriage and in subsequent decades, Martha Canby Morris collected recipes from friends, relatives, and the popular press, related to food, health, and housekeeping. It appears from the quantity of recipes belonging to Beulah Morris Rhoads that family members, after Beulah's death in 1923, incorporated their favorites. Elizabeth Canby Morris, who was in charge of the House's kitchen after her mother's death, added more recipes.
A. Cookbooks
B. Individual
IX. Other Family Members
Articles, correspondence, and other documents related to later nineteenth- and twentieth- century Morris family representatives.
X. Buckley Family
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Luke W. Morris married Elizabeth Morris Buckley, some of whose papers are included in this series. William Buckley, Elizabeth's father, was a merchant in Guyana (then Demerara) when he sent his daughters Elizabeth and Sarah in 1783 to relatives in Philadelphia; he and his wife returned to the Philadelphia area ten years later. Anthony, their son, became a merchant after an early voyage to China; his correspondence from Canton is included here.
It is probable that Samuel Buckley Morris acquired these papers of his grandparents, mother, and uncle.
A. William Buckley (1745-1815)
B. Sarah Morris Buckley (1743-1830)
C. Elizabeth Morris Buckley Morris (1772-1797)
D. Anthony Morris Buckley (1777-1845?)
E. Genealogical Research
F. Unassociated
XI. Perot-Sansom Families
Hannah Perot married Samuel Buckley Morris (I), hence the connection to the Morris family. Her mother was born Sarah Sansom, and Hannah was the great niece of Philadelphia silhouettist Joseph Sansom and of his wife Beulah.
Morris family members collected biographical material about Joseph and Beulah including a short memoir about her championing free African-Americans. Beulah Morris Rhoads, in particular, acquired items related to her great-great aunt after whom she was named. She also commissioned copying of Hannah Callendar Sansom's eighteenth-century diary in which Sansom describes the courtship of her daughter Sarah and future son-in-law Elliston Perot. Samuel Buckley Morris wrote the memoir of his father-in-law Elliston Perot present in this series.
A. Elliston Perot (1747-1834)
B. Other Perot Family Members
C. Joseph Sansom (1767-1826)
D. Beulah Biddle Sansom (b. 1765)
E. Other Sansom Family Members
F. Photographs Morris Family Papers 18
G. Genealogical Research
XII. Canby Family
Martha Canby Morris not only kept the correspondence sent to her by her parents and siblings but also acquired their correspondence to other individuals. Her family also received her father's diaries from his Wilmington, Delaware home after his death and was tenacious in keeping the Thomas Jefferson correspondence directed to ancestor William Canby. Martha's extensive genealogical notes are also included.
She acquired information about the Marriott family from whom her paternal grandmother was descended. She was related to the Bellah (Bellach) family through her mother Eliza Sipple Canby. Eliza's mother in a second marriage married John Bellah. Martha's (half) aunt Henrietta A. Bellah wrote her and her children faithfully and enclosed flowers.
XIII. Wistar Family
There are several familial connections between the Morris and Wistar families; the closest is the marriage between Rebecca Wistar and Captain Samuel Morris. It appears that Elliston Perot Morris I and Marriott Canby Morris I received many items such as genealogical research from Esther Fisher Wistar, a close friend. Items related to both Doctor Caspar Wistars attracted them particularly. Correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and Caspar Wistar (1761-1818) is included.
XIV. Unassociated Materials
Several items that were included in the accessions composing the Morris Family Papers cannot be associated with specific family branches or individuals. This series holds this material.
ADDENDUM
Items associated with the Papers after initial processing are located here in order paralleling the main collection. Morris Family Papers 19
CONTAINER LIST
The following acronyms are used throughout the list:
131 131 W. Walnut Lane, Germantown (longtime MarrMI family home) 5442 The Deshler-Morris House (5442 Main was the street address) D-M The Deshler-Morris House ECM Elizabeth Canby Morris EPMI Elliston Perot Morris (1831-1914) EPMII Elliston Perot Morris (1872-1881) EPMIII Elliston Perot Morris (1899-1980) JRM Jane Rhoads Morris MarrMI Marriott Canby Morris (1863-1948) MarrMII Marriott Canby Morris (1900-1992) MCM Martha Canby Morris (note: Marriott I and his son Elliston identified Marriott as “MCM” in their photograph identifications) SBMI Samuel Buckley Morris (1791-1859) SBMII Samuel (Buckley) Morris (1827-1905) SBMIII Samuel Buckley Morris (1868-1886)
* Moved to Separated Materials (Oversize) Boxes 24-31, 33-34 (ps) Moved to Separated Materials (Photographs) Photo Boxes 14 (1 item) and 28 (fs) Moved to Separated Materials (Dried Flora) Box 32
BX 01
Early Morris Family Members
Anthony Morris (1654-1721)
Fldr 1 Copies of Germantown Friends' protest against slavery, 1688, signed by Anthony Morris, ca. 1880-1920, n.d.*
Fldr 2 Illustration of church where Anthony was christened, ca. 1910
Joseph Morris (1715-1785)
Morris Family Papers 20
Fldr 3 Marriage certificates of Joseph and Martha Fitzwater Morris & George Mifflin and Martha Morris, 1742 and 1772*
Fldr 4 Will, 1785 (copy)
Deborah Morris (1723-1793)
Fldr 5 Correspondence, 1734-1770, n.d.
Fldr 6 "Deborah Morris' Diary," The Friend, [1894]
Rebecca Wistar Morris (1735-1791)
Fldr 7 Copy of 1791 obituary, 1899
Anthony Morris (1738-1777)
Fldr 8 Lithograph, n.d.*
Cadwalader Morris (1741-1795)
Fldr 9 A Diary Kept by Cadwalader Morris, published in 1909
Phoebe Guest Morris (1685-1786)
Fdlr 10 Note re: Phoebe Guest (Morris) desk given to EPMI, ca. 1910 (by MCM) (INDE 10364)
Catherine Wistar Morris (1772-1859)
Fdlr 11 Biographical sketch, n.d.
Captain Samuel Morris (1734-1812)
Morris Family Papers 21
Photographs/Images
Fdlr 12 Copies of St. Memin silhouette portrait, 1891, n.d. (INDE 10350) (ps)
Financial Records
Fdlr 13 Bond for 500 pounds, 1758 (David Deshler served as bondsman) (INDE 11461)
Biographical Materials
Fdlr 14 Sheet music for "Captain Sam (the Well-Rounded Man)" [humorous song], 1955
George Washington Discharge
SEE: INDE 1074, 23 January 1777 discharge for First Troop Philadelphia City Calvary from General George Washington.
SEE ALSO: INDE 1076, Silver plaque replicating discharge.
Fdlr 15 Court case disputing ownership, 1866-1867 (INDE 12281-12286)
Fdlr 16 Safe deposit box receipt, 1892 (INDE 12288)
Fldr 17 Correspondence re: suggestion to loan of discharge, 1912 (INDE 11456-11460)
Fldr 18 Linen backing from discharge, n.d. (INDE 12292)
Fdlr 19 George Washington discharge photographs, ca. 1885-1910 (attr. to MarrMI) (ps)
Fdlr 20 Re: Luke Morris gift of silver facsimile discharge to 1st City Troop, 1823-1824, n.d. (INDE 12276-12280)
Fdlr 21 The American Monthly Magazine with article "Quakers in the Revolution," January 1894
Fdlr 22 Photograph of silver tray with engraved discharge, 1906 (ps)
Fdlr 23 "Hair of Washington" as claimed by SBMI and envelope, ca. 1830-1859 (INDE 1075) Morris Family Papers 22
Fdlr 24 EPMI note re: lock of George Washington hair and discoloration of silver case, n.d. (INDE 12290)
Fdlr 25 Statements of Morris family re: history and ownership of discharge and silver plate, 1899, 1905 (INDE 12289)
Fdlr 26 Envelopes, labels, and wrappers for the discharge documents and tray case, ca. 1850- 1900 (INDE 8000, 12291)
Samuel Buckley Morris Family
Luke W. Morris (1768-1830)
Photographs/Images
Fldr 27 Luke W. Morris and Ann Pancoast Morris portrait prints, n.d. (framed items*)
Personal Materials
Fldr 28 Catharine Haines to Caspar Wistar, 10 November 1785 re: LWM apprenticeship
Property Records
Fldr 29 Mortgages re: land in Gloucester, N.J., 1809, 1814*
Fldr 30 Receipts, 1819-1825
Fdlr 31 Taxes, 1821-1825
Fdlr 32 Leases, 1827-1830
Fdlr 33 Samuel Howell mortgage payment, 1809-1820
Legal Records
Morris Family Papers 23
Fdlr 34 Penrose Children Guardianship, 1829-1830
Estate Records
Fdlr 35 Property Taxes, 1822-1841
Fdlr 36 Re: Property Maintenance, 1839-1841
Ann Pancoast Morris (1764-1858)
Household receipts, 1840
Samuel Buckley Morris (1791-1859)
Diaries
Fdlr 38 Excerpts, 1831-1837 (1910 copy by BMR) (INDE 10827)
Fdlr 39 Excerpts, 1835-1837 (copied by BMR)
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fdlr 40 To family members and friends, 1812-1854
Fdlr 41 To sons at school, 1845
Fdlr 42 To Anthony M. Buckley (b. 1770), 1826-1844, n.d.
Correspondence, Incoming
Fdlr 43 Letter from children, 27 December 1841 re: birthday gift
Fdlr 44 Financial correspondence, 1831
Morris Family Papers 24
Personal Materials
Fldr 45 Father's approval of marriage, ca. 1825
Fldr 46 Marriage certificate, 1825*
Fldr 47 List of children's vaccinations and diseases, ca. 1834
Fdlr 48 Receipts for purchasing children's vegetables, 1841-1843
Fdlr 49 Children's school reports, 1841-1842
Organizations
Fldr 50 Philadelphia Philological Society, 1813
Fldr 51 Friends Asylum, 1836
Financial Records
Fldr 52 Account book, Philadelphia Bank, 1831
Fldr 53 Infant School receipts, 1832-1833
Fldr 54 Household receipts, 1832-1841
Fldr 55 Receipt for payment by Anthony M. Buckley, July 1839
Property Records
Fldr 56 Leases to John Probert, 1819-1829
Fldr 57 Division of real estate of Elliston Perot's estate, 1851, n.d.
Legal Records
Fldr 58 Re: Guardianship of half-sisters, 1830-1833 (includes receipts for Bass Otis miniatures) Morris Family Papers 25
Fldr 59 Re: Ward Hannah Morris and Effingham Buckley, 1833-1835*
BX 02
Samuel Buckley Morris -- Legal Records (cont.)
Fldr 1 Account book re: trustee for Catherine Hartshorne estate, 1837-1850 (INDE 10789)
Fldr 2 Correspondence and accounts gathered for estate, 1830-1859 (contains Anthony M. Buckley accounting) (INDE 10798)
Obituaries and Memorials
Fldr 3 Memorial article, ca. 1859 (attr. to EPMI)
Estate Records
Fldr 4 Will and codicil, 23 April 1855 (2 copies)
Fldr 5 Will, post 1880 copy
Fldr 6 "Estate of Samuel B. Morris" [re: Delaware River Property], 24 April 1946
Biographical Materials
Fldr 7 "Historic Buttonwood," Haddonfield, N.J. postcard, ca. 1905 (SBMI stayed as student)
Fldr 8 EPMI Notes, n.d.
Fldr 9 BMR notes re: parentage, n.d.
Fldr 10 Re: marriage, n.d.
Collected Materials
Fldr 11 Funeral invitations, 1848
Morris Family Papers 26
Fldr 12 "Reminiscences 1842 Germantown" [images of school in Deshler-Morris carriage house by children and teacher], 1842-1843* (INDE 13996)
Fldr 13 "The Arm Chair," 1843 [poem]
Fldr 14 Newspaper clippings, 1847-ca. 1848
Samuel Buckley Morris (1827-1905)
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 15 March 1847 (re: accident)
Fldr 16 Condolence letter to EPMI and MCM, [1881 or 1886]
Fldr 17 23 June 1881 (in Cloudland, N.C.)
Fdlr 18 12 August 1892 (traveling on Pacific Ocean)
Fdlr 19 16 December 1896 (congratulations re: MarrMI engagement)
Correspondence, Incoming
Fdlr 20 Engagement congratulations, 7 March 1852
Drawings
Fdlr 21 "Kingsbridge Farm," n.d.
Fdlr 22 "Schoolroom at 5442 Main Street," n.d. (attr. to SBMII)
Personal Materials
Fdlr 23 Copies of poems, 1842-1843
Fdlr 24 "Our Summer School House," May 1847 [poem]
Morris Family Papers 27
Professional Life
Fdlr 25 "A Word to Honest Seekers," 3rd ed., 1894 [sermon]
Obituaries and Memorials
Fdlr 26 Newspaper notice of funeral, 18 October 1905
Fdlr 27 Memorial of Samuel Morris, 1906
Biographical Materials
Fldr 28 Life of Samuel Morris, 1908 (2 copies)
Beulah (Sansom) Morris Rhoads (1829-1923)
Diaries
Fldr 29 March 1847-1864
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 30 26 February 1854 (re: Hannah P. Morris birth)
Fldr 31 14 July 1858 (Saratoga, N.Y.)
Fldr 32 13 September 1863 (re: MarrMI birth)
Fldr 33 23 May 1881 (re: EPMII death)
Fldr 34 8 August 1882 (from Bar Harbor, Me.)
Fldr 35 Christmas card, n.d.
Morris Family Papers 28
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 36 28 March 1829 (from parents re: inheritance from Beulah Sansom)
Fldr 37 From Deborah Rhoads, 1869 (re: engagement)
Photographs/Images
SEE: Photo Boxes 1, fldrs 2-3.
Personal Materials
Fldr 38 Marriage certificate, 24 March 1870*
Fldr 39 Autograph book from Northeast Harbor, Me. trip, July 1888
Fldr 40 Anecdote re: grandfather Elliston Perot, 1910
Fldr 41 Label re: Rembrandt Peale portrait of SBMI, ca. 1910
Fldr 42 Haddonfield, N.J., 200th Anniversary, 1913
Fldr 43 "The history of the blue bedspread belonging to Beulah M. Rhoads," 1915 (INDE 12365)
Fldr 44 "The Green Pastures," n.d. [copy of poem]
Organizations
Fldr 45 Almshouse -- permit to visit, December 1867
Financial Records
Fldr 46 Receipts for dry goods (home furnishings and clothing), 1869
Fldr 47 Receipt for wedding meal, March 1870
Morris Family Papers 29
Fldr 48 Receipt for household furnishings, 1870-1871
Fldr 49 Receipt for copying family manuscripts, 1896
Fldr 50 Memoranda for bequeathing family heirlooms, 1904, 1905 (INDE 11132)
Fldr 51 Death notice, 1923
Fldr 52 Re: Gift of pocketbook by parents, 1840
Fldr 53 Reprint of 1836 Public Ledger, 1885*
Unassociated
Fldr 54 Business correspondence, 1826
BX 03
Elliston Perot Morris Family
Elliston Perot Morris (1831-1914)
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 1 1848-1865
Fldr 2 1872-1890 (contains highly informational 1890 letter to BMR explaining SBMII's finances)
Fldr 3 1891-1913, n.d.
Fldr 4 Re: ECM illness, February - April 1903 (with MCM)
Fldr 5 Letter fragment with drawing of proposed plant box, n.d.
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 6 B - Wistar, 1876-1905
Morris Family Papers 30
Fldr 7 Morris, 1858-1911
Fldr 8 From SBMI, 1844-1845
Fldr 9 From SBMI, 1847-1848
Fldr 10 From SBMI, 1854-1856, n.d.
Fldr 11 From SBMII, 1847
Fldr 12 Perot relatives, 1886-1904
Fldr 13 From BMR, 1843-1848
Fldr 14 Re: Autos on Wissahickon Drive, June 14
Drawings
Fdlr 15 Mechanical drawings, 1848-1849*
Fdlr 16 "Trenton Falls," 1856
Fdlr 17 Plan for "Cottage on Church Lane Germantown," ca. 1860*
Fdlr 18 Scenery and related subjects, 1880-1886, n.d.
Fdlr 19 Portfolio, ca. 1885
Fdlr 20 Drawings associated with portfolio, 1887-1890, n.d.
Fdlr 21 Sketchbook, 1887, 1892
Fldr 22 Scenic watercolors, n.d.*
Photographs/ Images
SEE: Photo Box 1, Flds 4-6. SEE ALSO: Portrait photogravure in Morris Llewelyn Cook correspondence, BX 3, fldr 6.
BX 04
Elliston Perot Morris (cont.) -- Personal Materials Morris Family Papers 31
Fldr 1 Marriage announcements, May [1861]
Fldr 2 Travel permit, 1892*
Fldr 3 Golden anniversary, 1911
Fldr 4 Book -- copied poems, n.d.
Fldr 5 Seal, n.d.
Fldr 6 Reminiscense of Jesse Waln - George Washington anecdote, n.d.
Professional Life
Fldr 7 Change of office address, n.d.
Organizations
Fldr 8 Friends' Freedman's Association, 1875-1914
Fldr 9 Germantown Dispensary and Hospital, 1907-1914*
Fldr 10 Haverford College, 1906
Fldr 11 Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1882-1883
Fldr 12 Saving Fund of Germantown, 1904, 1914
Fldr 13 Site and Relic Society, 1903 (article by EPMI), 1904
Financial Records
Fldr 14 Sale of timber, 1865
Fldr 15 Clothing receipt, 1874
Fldr 16 Receipts and contracts for Deshler-Morris House, 1881-1914
Morris Family Papers 32
Fldr 17 Samuel Kirk & Son receipt [for silverware?], February 1889
Property Records
Fldr 18 Sale of Delaware River Land by SBMII to EPMI, BMR, 10 November 1877*
Fldr 19 Household receipts, 1883-1914 (INDE 3404-3405)
Fldr 20 Contract to build stable, Deshler-Morris House, 19 March 1891 (INDE 10802)
Fldr 21 Addition to Deshler-Morris House, 1908-1901 (INDE 2653-2672, 10790)
Fldr 22 Brief of title for S.E. corner of Market and Fourth Streets, ca. 1860 (EPMI copy)
Fldr 23 Sea Girt property, 1877-1895
Fldr 24 Germantown address changes, 1894
Fldr 25 State Property Taxes for Desher-Morris House, 1901-1902 (INDE 10794-10797)
Fldr 26 Re: Appeal in assessment for Deshler-Morris House, [1905]-1910
Legal Records
Fldr 27 Deed of substitution, 1868 (re: trustee of Edward Perot estate)*
Fldr 28 Morris vs. Morris Plea of Defendents, 1869 (re: Delaware River lands)
Fldr 29 Re: Charles Perot estate, 1872
Fldr 30 Re: Esther F. Wistar estate, 1900-1901
Fldr 31 Re: Hannah P. Morris share of Joseph Perot estate, n.d.
Genealogical Records
Fldr 32 Explanation of family documents, 6 December 1905 (to ECM)
Estate Records Morris Family Papers 33
Fldr 33 "Some data for my daughter relative to the estate after my death," 25 Februay 1911
Obituaries and Memorials
Fldr 34 Obituaries, 4 and 5 December 1914
Fldr 35 Funeral service, 7 December 1914
Fldr 36 Condolence letters to family, 1914
Fldr 37 Saving Fund of Germantown commemoration, January 1915
Collected Materials
Fldr 38 Poem, "Not lost art thou to me," June 1859
Fldr 39 Clippings, 1837-ca. 1841, n.d.
Fldr 40 Articles re: "Local Option" [for liquor licenses], 1873
Fldr 41 Broadside -- "How Cortelli Silk is Made," ca. 1876*
Fldr 42 Facsimile of James A. Garfield deathbed letter, [1881]
Fldr 43 Advertisement for "Old Mission" settee, ca. 1910
Martha Canby Morris (1836-1919)
Diaries
Fldr 44 Journal entries in pocket almanac, 6 and 7 February 1861 (re: banns of marriage)
Fldr 45 Daily account of EPMIII final illness, 26 February - 7 March 1881
Fldr 46 Entries re: Columbian Exposition, 13 June 1893
Morris Family Papers 34
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 47 1859-1861
Fldr 48 1862
Fldr 49 1863
Fldr 50 1864
Fldr 51 1865
Fldr 52 1866-1867, 1869, 1874
Fldr 53 1884, 1888
BX 05
Martha Canby Morris (cont.) -- Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 1 1890-1892
Fldr 2 1892 European vacation
Fldr 3 1893-1914
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 4 B-C, 1866-1915
Fldr 5 M-S, [1836]-1919 (ps)
Fldr 6 Humorous poem re: mousetrap, January 1863
Photographs/ Images
SEE: Photo BX 1, Fldr 7-8 for portraits and Family Photographs (various locations) for images created by MCM.
Personal Materials Morris Family Papers 35
Fldr 7 Copybook of poems, ca. 1860-1908
Fldr 8 Lists of presents, 1872-1918 ((Part 1 of 2)
Fldr 9 Lists of presents, 1872-1918 (Part 2 of 2)
Fldr 10 Lists of household goods, ca. 1880-1917 (INDE 10828)
Fldr 11 Autograph book, 1881-1882
Fldr 12 Guest book, 1894-1897 [Deshler-Morris House]
Fldr 13 Lists of valuables including jewelry, 1899, 1911
Fldr 14 Book inventory, 1910
Fldr 15 List of household goods and books at Sea Girt, 1913
Fldr 16 Wreath of dried flowers, 1914
Fldr 17 List of silverware, 1906-1918
Organizations
Fldr 18 Germantown Book Club records, 1870-1916 (INDE 11398, 11399)
BX 06
Martha Canby Morris (cont.) -- Financial Records
Fldr 1 Account books (general expenses), 1854-1861
Fldr 2 Household expenses account, 1861-1863
Fldr 3 Household expenses account, 1864
Fldr 4 "Inventory of household articles after death of Merrit Canby," ca. 1866 (MCM copy)
Fldr 5 "Purchases made for Martha," 1860-1861/ [List of articles from Merrit Canby estate], ca. 1866 (INDE 10607)
Fldr 6 Household expenses account, 1871 (INDE 10626) Morris Family Papers 36
Fldr 7 Household expenses account, 1872 (INDE 10625)
Fldr 8 Household expenses account, 1874 and 1875 (INDE 10628)
Fldr 9 Household expenses account, 1881/ "Account of servants from 1862 to 1902" (INDE 10624) (ps)
Fldr 10 Account book (investments), 1909-1919 (INDE 11669)
Genealogical Research
Fldr 11 Morris family research including Isaac Morris, 1895, n.d.
Fldr 12 Genealogical quotation, ca. 1895
Fldr 13 Notes from register (?) re: immediate family, 1904
Fldr 14 Re: Gift of quilting frame from Esther Morton Smith (daughter of David Deshler), 1918 (INDE 1106)
Fldr 15 Notebook on Perot, Wistar, Morris families, n.d.
Fldr 16 Notes from Register of Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames, n.d./ "Furniture at Cooper Cottage, Sea Girt," n.d.
Fldr 17 Notes on Perot family from Sansom Perot, n.d.
Estate Records
Fldr 18 Wills 1904, 1912
Fldr 19 Copies of relatives' wills, ca. 1914
Fldr 20 Will, 1918 (INDE 11670)
Fldr 21 "Inventory of Furniture, etc. at 5442 Main St. Germantown made 12 mos 18, 1919" (INDE 10804)
Obituaries and Memorials
Morris Family Papers 37
Fldr 22 Obituaries, 1919
Collected Materials
Fldr 23 Booklet re: knitting, 1845
Fldr 24 Quotations and clippings, 1849?-ca. 1860
Fldr 25 Portfolio, 1853
Fldr 26 Dried flowers and leaves, 1853-1862 (fs)
Fldr 27 Copybook "Promiscious Questions," ca. 1860-1890
Fldr 28 Joke stock certificate and prospectus, 1865
Fldr 29 Furniture wareroom trade card, ca. 1880
Fldr 30 Poem re: EPMII death, 1881
Fldr 31 Eleanor Putnam, Old Salem [book], 1886 [1888]
Fldr 32 Autograph album from Niagara Falls, February 1888
Fldr 33 Bookmark, n.d.
Fldr 34 Calling cards from acquaintances, n.d.
Elizabeth Canby Morris (1866-1947)
Diaries
Fldr 35 1878 (trip to Niagara Falls)
Fdlr 36 1882, 1885-1886 (summers)
Fdlr 37 Mid-April 1892 (Germantown)
BX 07
Morris Family Papers 38
Elizabeth Canby Morris (cont.) -- Diaries
Fldr 1 July [1892] (draft entries)
Fldr 2 [Summer 1892 (European trip)]
Fldr 3 1894-1896
Fldr 4 Items inserted in 1894-1896 diary
Fldr 5 October 1896
Fldr 6 Entry re: voyage to England, June 1925
Fldr 7 Daily memoranda (?), [Fall 1925]
Fldr 8 1931
Fldr 9 Entries re: England trip, n.d.
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 10 1886-1934, n.d.
Fldr 11 Fall 1889 - Spring 1890 (England trip copybook)
Fdlr 12 October 1889 (England trip) [incomplete copybook]
Fdlr 13 November 1890 - January 1891 (Great Britain copybook)
Fldr 14 August 1921 (re: trip to West)
Fldr 15 Re: Paris trip, n.d.
BX 08
Elizabeth Canby Morris (cont.) -- Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr1 B-L, 1869-1925
Fldr 2 M (including Morris), 1870-1889
Fldr 3 R-W, 1872-1933 Morris Family Papers 39
Fldr 4 Greeting cards, ca. 1880
Fldr 5 Sympathy letters, October 1919
Drawings
Fldr 6 Autograph book, 1879-1881
Fldr 7 Watercolor "July," ca. 1882
Personal Materials
Fldr 8 Humorous poems, ca. 1870, 1918
Fldr 9 Note re: doll furniture, ca. 1872 (INDE 12409)
Photographs/ Images
SEE: Photo Box 1, fdlrs 9-11 for portraits of ECM and Family Photographs (various locations) for images by her.
Personal Materials
Fldr 10 "Book for Songs & Poetry," ca. 1882
Fldr 11 List of books, 1899 (Deshler-Morris House)
Organizations
Fldr 12 Friend's School, 1884-1885
Fldr 13 Germantown Employment Society of Women, 1912
Financial Records
Morris Family Papers 40
Fldr 14 Receipts for personal items, 1897-1934
Fldr 15 Account book (investments), 1927-1930*
Fldr 16 Receipt for Deshler-Morris House electric work, 1933
Fldr 17 Servants' account book, 1931-1941(includes work histories)
Fldr 18 Servants' account book, 1940-1941 (includes work histories)
Property Records
Fldr 19 Re: lease for 1227 Market Street, 1926
Legal Records
Fldr 20 Re: trust fund from EPMI estate, 1937
Fldr 21 Power of attorney after incapacitation, 1943-1944
Genealogical Research
Fldr 22 ECM descent from Anthony Morris (1681-1763), n.d. (by MCM)
Estate Records
Fldr 23 Clippings, January-May 1948
Obituaries and Memorials
Fldr 24 Death notices, 15 December 1947
Fldr 25 Arrangements for funeral services, [December 1946] (JRM)
Morris Family Papers 41
Fldr 26 "Marriott C. and Elizabeth C. Morris," Meeting News, Germantown Monthly Meeting, June 1948
Collected Materials
Fldr 27 Life, vol. 1, no. 1, January 1883
Fldr 28 List of Perot Lardner estate silverware, 1899 (INDE 11131)
Fldr 29 Bookmark, n.d.
Samuel Buckley Morris (1868-1886)
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 30 1884-1885 (at Westtown)
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 31 From "Aunt Annie" (Anna T. Canby) abroad, 1875
Fldr 32 Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Kringle, ca. 1875
Fldr 33 At Westtown, 1885
Photographs/ Images
SEE: Photo Box 1, fldr 12.
Personal Materials
Fldr 34 Reports, Friends' Select School, 1870
Fldr 35 Copy of poem, 1881 or 1882
Morris Family Papers 42
Fldr 36 Westtown Boarding School, 1884-1885
Obituaries and Memorials
Fdlr 37 Condolences to family from Haverford, Class of 1889, June 1886
Fdlr 38 Death notices, 1886
Elliston Perot Morris (1872-1881)
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fdlr 39 Letters to Kris Kringle, ca. 1878-1880
Fldr 40 Juvenile letter, 1879
Photographs/ Images
SEE: Photo Box 1, fldr 13-14.
Personal Materials
Fldr 41 "Perot's Hair, age 3," [1875]
Obituaries and Memorials
Fldr 42 Memorials and poems, 1881-1882
Unassociated
Fldr 43 Clippings scrapbook, ca. 1840-1910*
Fldr 44 School report (?), "Silk Culture in the United States," ca. 1875 (MarrM or ECM?) Morris Family Papers 43
Fldr 45 Printed ephemera, 1875, n.d.
Fldr 46 The Student, A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Interests of Education in the Society of Friends, Vol. I, No. 6, 1881 (fs)
Fldr 47 The Friend, 20 December 1884, 20 January 1906
Fldr 48 Humorous poem "A Christmas Dirge -- Based on Hiawatha," by Josephine Biddle, 3 January 1888
BX 09
Marriott Canby Morris (1863-1948)
Diaries
Fldr 1 Summer 1881 (2)
Fldr 2 July 1882 (New York State trip)
Fldr 3 Summer 1883 (Sea Girt) (ps)
Fldr 4 1887
Fldr 5 1888
Fldr 6 1889 (copies of letters)
Fldr 7 Memorandum books, 1899-1900
Fldr 8 European bicycling tour, summer 1892/ Bermuda trip, March 1902 (p)
Fdlr 9 Memorandum book, July 1904 - July 1906
Fldr 10 Entries, March - early April 1910 (Bermuda trip)
Fldr 11 Memoranda of yearly events, 1923-1928
Fldr 12 Entries, February 1931 (trans-Atlantic voyage)
Correspondence, Outgoing
Morris Family Papers 44
Fldr 13 1872-1879
Fdlr 14 1882-1884
Fldr 15 Bermuda trip, February - March 1886
Fldr 16 ca. 1890-1898 (28 March 1894 contains reference to laying down trolley tracks outside House)
Fldr 17 European trip, Summer 1890
Fldr 18 European trip, Summer 1892
Fldr 19 With JRM - European honeymoon, 1897 (Part 1 of 2)* (ps)
Fldr 20 With JRM - European honeymoon, 1897 (Part 2 of 2) (fs)
Fldr 21 1898-1909
BX 10
Marriott Canby Morris (cont.) -- Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 1 1910-1918
Fldr 2 1921-1928
Fldr 3 1930-1947, n.d.
Fldr 4 Caribbean cruise, Winter 1926
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 5 A-E, 1886-1945 (ps)
Fldr 6 Bellah, Henrietta A. ["Aunt Hetty"], 1869-1870
Fldr 7 Canby, 1865-1890
Fldr 8 G-M, 1893-1946 (ps)
Morris Family Papers 45
Fldr 9 Morris, [1893]-1915
Fldr 10 Morris, Elliston Perot (1831-1914), 1874-1912
Fldr 11 Morris, Martha Canby, 1873-1913
Fldr 12 Morris, Elliston Perot and Martha (MarrMI at Haverford), 1885
Fldr 13 O-R, 1876-1926 (ps)
Fldr 14 S-W, 1886-ca. 1938
Fldr 15 Congratulations re: birth of EPMIII, 1899
Fldr 16 Condolence letters re: EPMI, 1914
Fldr 17 Commercially produced cards, n.d.
Photographs/ Images
SEE: Photo Box 1, fldrs 15-43 for professional photographic portraits of MarrMi and for professional-quality photographs by MarrMI.
SEE ALSO: Family Photographs for MarrMI snapshots including negatives and photoprints.
Personal Materials
Fldr 18 Poem written in honor of birth, 1863
Fldr 19 Juvenile writings, 1876-1877 (p)
Fldr 20 Labels for photographic exhibit, ca. 1885
Fldr 21 Photograph labels, ca. 1885-1910
Fldr 22 Re: Printing services, ca. 1885
Fldr 23 Re: Bermuda trip, 1886 (ps)
Fldr 24 Essays, 1888-1912, n.d.
Fldr 25 Travel permit, 1890, 1892, 1897* Morris Family Papers 46
Fldr 26 Catalog of color photographs, Zurich, May 1890
Fldr 27 Intention to marry, 26 April 1897
Fldr 28 Re: Wedding and honeymoon, 1897
Fldr 29 "At home" card, March 1898
Fldr 30 List of items sent to MarrMI, [1897]-1899
Fldr 31 MCM list of books belonging to MarrMI, 1898
Fldr 32 Re: Service in Liberty Loan Campaign, 1919
Fldr 33 Article with MarrMI in Barbados, February 1920
Fldr 34 Copy of quotation re: "Youth," ca. 1920
Fldr 35 Photographers' business cards, Seattle, [1921?]
Fldr 36 Re: 25th wedding anniversary, 1922
Fldr 37 "California/ Grand Canyon" scrapbook, 1924*
Fldr 38 Copies of birth record, 1925, 1928
Fldr 39 Vaccination certificate, 1925
Fldr 40 Notes re: hospital stay, 6 November 1942
Fldr 41 Re: 50th weddiing anniversary, 1947
Fldr 42 Poem re: Germantown and the Poconos, n.d.
Fldr 43 Religious poems, n.d.
Fldr 44 Bicycling -- 1896-1934, n.d.
Fldr 45 Bicycling -- Photographs, 1885-1946 (ps)
Fldr 46 Bicycling -- Publications -- "A Wheel Around the Hub," February 1880 (2 copies)
BX 11
Marriott Canby Morris (cont.) -- Personal Materials Morris Family Papers 47
Fldr 1 Bicycling -- Membership cards, U.S. and international, 1894-1936
Fldr 2 Bicycling -- Clippings, 1913-1941
Organizations
Fldr 3 Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, 1931
Fldr 4 Friends' Freedmen's Association, 1948
Fldr 5 GBC (Germantown Boys' Club) -- Yearly files, 1891-1899
Fldr 6 GBC -- Yearly file, 1900
Fldr 7 GBC -- Yearly files, 1901-1904
Fldr 8 GBC -- Yearly files, 1905-1909
Fldr 9 GBC -- Yearly files, 1910-1919 (ps)
Fldr 10 GBC -- Yearly files, 1922-1936
Fldr 11 GBC -- Yearly files, 1940-1948
Fldr 12 GBC -- Yearly files, n.d.
Fldr 13 GBC -- Publications -- Annual Reports, 1902-1903
Fldr 14 GBC -- Publications -- News, 1912, 1927
Fldr 15 GBC -- Awards, 1940-1948 (ps)
Fldr 16 GBC -- Address re: history of club, 1940
Fldr 17 GBC -- Photographs, 1946, n.d. (ps)
Fldr 18 GBC -- Memorial Portrait, 1948 (ps)
Fldr 19 Germantown Organizations, 1885-ca. 1930
Fldr 20 Photographic Society, 1894, 1926
Fldr 21 Provident Mutual, [1900]-1948 Morris Family Papers 48
Fldr 22 Savings Fund Society of Germantown, 1904, 1934
Fldr 23 S.S.S.S. [sic] Club, 1879
Fldr 24 Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1942
Fldr 25 Zoological Garden life membership, 1893
BX 12
Marriott Canby Morris (cont.) -- Property Records
Fldr 1 Deeds re: relatives selling property interests, 1924, 1930*
Estate Records
Fldr 2 Will, 1948
Fldr 3 Appraisal, 19 April 1948 (p)
Fldr 4 Re: Personal property valuation, 1949-1950
Fldr 5 Re: legal case on property taxes, July 1959
Obituaries and Memorials
Fldr 6 Memorial Service, 5 March 1948
Fldr 7 Obituaries and death notices, 1948
Biographical Materials
Fldr 8 Tribute by Business Men's Association of Germantown, ca. 1940
Collected Materials
Morris Family Papers 49
Fldr 9 Book of parables, 1866
Fldr 10 Bible, 1876
Fldr 11 Morse characters card, ca. 1880
Fldr 12 Game counter, ca. 1880
Fldr 13 The Haverfordian, January 1885 (reference to MarrMI photography p. 55)
Fldr 14 Supplement to Bermuda Gazette, 19 March 1889*
Fldr 15 List of members of Columbian Exposition Party, June 1893
Fldr 16 Passenger list for S.S. Bermudian, 1906
Fldr 17 Wreath of flowers, July 1914
Fldr 18 The Icelander Thorfinn Karlsefni [book], 1922
Fldr 19 Clipping -- "Francis Hopkinson," n.d.
Jane Rhoads Morris (1870-1950)
Diaries
Fldr 20 1894-1902 (includes 10 June 1897 by MarrMI on wedding)
Fldr 21 June-September 1925 (European journey)
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 22 Canadian trip, pre-1897
Fldr 23 (With MarrMI), courtship and engagement, 1893-1897 (ps)
Fldr 24 Handmade Christmas card, [1896]
Fldr 25 (With MarrMI) European honeymoon, June-July 1897 (ps)
Fldr 26 (With MarrMI) European honeymoon, August-October 1897 Morris Family Papers 50
Fldr 27 1900-1915
Fldr 28 1916-1948, n.d.
Fldr 29 Re: MarrMI death, 2-3 March 1948
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 30 Morris, 1897-1943
Fldr 31 C-W, 1888-1946
Fldr 32 Engagement congratulations, December 1896
Fldr 33 Sympathy notes re: MarrMI, 1948
Drawings
Fldr 34 Watercolor, "Bailey's Bay, North Shore, Bermuda," 24 March 1910
Photographs/ Images
SEE: Photo Box 1, fldr 44-46.
Personal Materials
Fldr 35 Katharine J. Wistar letter re: JRM as newborn, 1 May 1870
Fldr 36 Juvenile poetry, 1883, n.d.
Fldr 37 Poetry, 1906-1940, n.d.
BX 13
Jane Rhoads Morris -- Personal Materials (cont.)
Morris Family Papers 51
Fldr 1 Poetry copybook, 1892
Fldr 2 Poetry drafts, n.d.
Fldr 3 Art essays, 1897, n.d.
Fldr 4 Re: Wedding, 1897
Fldr 5 Re: Social engagements, 1898
Fldr 6 Notes re: laundry, [1898?]
Fldr 7 Guestbook, 1898-1906
Fldr 8 Lists of silverware, 1913, n.d.
Fldr 9 (With MarrMI) guestbook, 1913-1918
Fldr 10 Guestbook, 1918-1928
Fldr 11 Passport, 1931
Fldr 12 Notes from philanthropic meeting (?), ca. 1941
Organizations
Fldr 13 Contributions account book, 1947-1949
Fldr 14 Germantown Friends' Doctrine Circle, 1903-1905
Fldr 15 Fellowship House, 1941-1950
Fldr 16 Peace Organizations, 1930-1939, n.d. (includes Jane Addams letter on behalf of Women's International League for Peace)
Financial Records
Fldr 17 Account book re: servants, 1897-1907
Fldr 18 Re: Jane Gibbons legacy, 1901
Fldr 19 Account book, 1949 Morris Family Papers 52
Genealogical Research
Fldr 20 Re: Gibbons family, 1898-1931, n.d.
Fldr 21 William Gibbons Rhoads descendents, ca. 1950
BX 14
Jane Rhoads Morris (cont.) -- Estate Records
Fldr 1 Wills, 1948, 1950
Fdlr 2 Re: Probate records, April 1950
Fdlr 3 Inventory and appraisal, 1950 (Part 1 of 3)
Fldr 4 Inventory and appraisal, 1950 (Part 2 of 3)
Fldr 5 Inventory and appraisal, 1950 (Part 3 of 3) -- Deshler-Morris House
Fldr 6 Estate accounts, 1950-1959, 1982
Obituaries and Memorials
Fldr 7 Memorial service, 27 March 1950 (4 copies)
Fldr 8 Obituaries, 1950
Collected Materials
Fldr 9 Travel memorabilia, 1897, 1925
Fldr 10 S.W. Rhoads receipt for ceramic ducks, 1918
Fldr 11 Lydia Wistar Rhoads poetry, 1947
Morris Family Papers 53
Elliston Perot Morris (1899-1980)
Diaries
Fldr 12 Daily memorandum, ca. 1941
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 13 Childhood letters, 1907-1911
Fldr 14 1916-1949, n.d. (contains 20 July 1948 letter relating NPS officials' first visit to House)
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 15 JRM, 1910-1947
Fldr 16 MarrMI, 1910-1931
Fldr 17 NPS, 1949-1975
Fldr 18 Re: Disposition of Deshler-Morris House items, 1950, 1963
Fldr 19 Re: 1973 donations for Deshler-Morris House, 1972-1973
Fldr 20 Ferris, Rhoads, 1912, 1948
Fldr 21 Re: Gift of infant spoon and bowl, 17 May 1899
Fldr 22 Invitation to EPMI birthday, 22 May 1899
Fldr 23 Sympathy note re: JRM, March 1950
Photographs/ Images
SEE: Photo Box 1, fldrs 47-50 and in Photo BX 29, Fldr 2 for baby album; Family Photographs (varioius locations) for negatives and photoprints created by EPMIII.
Motion Pictures Morris Family Papers 54
SEE: Photo Box 9 for movie reel "A Day in the Life of a Forest Ranger."
Personal Materials
Fldr 24 Essay on obedience, April 1910
Fldr 25 Article re: dinner given by Germantown Boys Club, 1922
Fldr 26 Voyage memorabilia, 1925
Fldr 27 As Conscientious Objector, 1942, ca. 1979
Fldr 28 Re: Donation of papers and books from the House to Haverford College (Bulletin, January 1950)
Fldr 29 Notebook listing photograph or home movie subjects, 1965
Fldr 30 Poems, n.d.
Professional Life
Fldr 31 As Forest Ranger, 1928-1930*
Fldr 32 Ohio-Mississippi Valley Flood, January-February 1937
Fldr 33 Tennessee Valley Authority, 1938
Estate Records
Fldr 34 Will, 1973
Fldr 35 Trees and Plants of the Bermudas by William E.S. Zuill, [1938]
Anna Sayler Morris
Correspondence, Outgoing Morris Family Papers 55
Fldr 36 1942-1950, 1988
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 37 B-M, 1942, 1956
Fldr 38 Morris, Jane Rhoads, 1941-1948
Fldr 39 Re: Deshler-Morris House, 1950-1957
Marriott Canby Morris (1900-1992)
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 40 1916-1928
BX 15
Marriott Canby Morris (1900-1992) (cont.) -- Professional Life
Fldr 1 Re: Hiram College (Ohio) study trip to Germany, 1953
Biographical Materials
Fldr 2 Engagement announcement in The Friend, 5 February 1931
Fldr 3 "Heir to Give Fortune to Aid Peace," Philadelphia Inquirer, 22 February 1950
Elizabeth Haines Morris
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 4 1931-1952 (contains 30 July 1949 letter re: dividing up House furnishings) Morris Family Papers 56
Personal Materials
Fldr 5 Marriage announcement, 1931
Fldr 6 Arrangements for Russia trip, 1959
Organizations
Fldr 7 Sponsors of Open Housing Investment, ca. 1970
Janet Morris (Butler) (1907-2010)
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 8 Card and letter sent to EPMI, August 1911 (ps)
Fldr 9 To Parents, 1926-1945, n.d.
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 10 From JRM, [1924?] (re: MarrMII typhus)
Unassociated
Fldr 11 Printed ephemera, 1916, n.d.
Fldr 12 Notes on British Isles locales, ca. 1889
Family Photographs
SEE: Photo Boxes 3-26.
Morris Family Papers 57
Deshler-Morris House Materials
House
Fdlr 13 Catalogues of Washingtonia including Col. Franks furniture, 1875, 1885
Fdlr 14 David Deshler receipts for house work and biography, 1772-1774, ca. 1900
Fldr 15 Drawings for garden plot and furniture, ca. 1870-1885 (INDE 3402-3403)
Fldr 16 Article "Old Germantown," Lippincott's Magazine, February 1884 (INDE 3400)
Fldr 17 Draft of house report for Colonial Dames and research notes by EPMI, ca. 1900
Fldr 18 Renovation (Mantle Fielding, architect), 1908-1909* (INDE 13448-13453)
Fldr 19 Location of drains, 1912
Fldr 20 Articles, 1883-1899 (INDE 10793, 10803)
Fldr 21 Articles, 1900-1948* (INDE 3397, 15597, 15598)
Fldr 22 Articles, 1950-1976
Fldr 23 Articles in The Beehive (Germantown, Pa.), 1932-1939 (INDE 15595)
Fldr 24 "Morris House," Germantowne Crier, January 1949
Fldr 25 Label with House history, 1889 (INDE 3398)
Fldr 26 Reproduction of Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, c1893
Fldr 27 Images, 1885-1951 (INDE 10803)
Fldr 28 Blanche Annie Dillaye (1851-1931) etching, n.d.
Fldr 29 Advertisements, 1916, n.d.
Fdlr 30 Re: Interior plaster repair, 1929
Fldr 31 Transfer to NPS, 1949-1950, n.d.
Fldr 32 Transfer to NPS -- Articles, 1948-1950
Morris Family Papers 58
Fldr 33 Informational literature, ca. 1950-1967
Fldr 34 Transcription of 1774 insurance survey, n.d.
Other Germantown Sites
Fldr 35 Germantown history and sites, 1904-1958*
SEE: Photo BX 5-8 and 27 for photographs of Deshler-Morris House and other Germantown sites.
Family Research
Fldr 36 Mss. of "Memoir of the Honorable Charles Thomson," 1826
Fldr 37 Re: Elizabeth Hard, early colonist, 1879
Fldr 38 List of clothes belonging to ancestors, ca. 1880-1920
Fldr 39 Notes on Symons-Morris families, ca. 1880-1920 (MarrMI?)
Fldr 40 Coats of arms and seals, ca. 1889, n.d.
Fldr 41 Re: Morris-Ellicott connection, 1893, n.d.
Fldr 42 Re: Anthony Morris (1705-1780) and family, 1894 (EPMI)
Fldr 43 Notes re: family tree from family Bible, 1897, n.d. (MCM)
Fldr 44 Robert C. Moon research and book, ca. 1898-1906
Fldr 45 Biographical sketches, ca. 1900 (BMR copy?)
Fldr 46 Copy of 1867 advertisement for property in Morrisiania, ca. 1900
Fldr 47 Re: Martha Fitzwater Morris and Martha Morris Mifflin (1751-1792), ca. 1900-1948 (INDE 10630)
Fldr 48 Morris Mansion, 225 South 8th Street, Philadelphia (Christmas card), ca. 1915
Fldr 49 An Old Time Romance [a Captain Morris a leading character], ca. 1930-1950
Morris Family Papers 59
Fldr 50 Notes on family tree, n.d. (MCM)
Fldr 51 Article, "Philadelphia's Oldest Families: Anthony Morris Urged Free School in 1697," n.d.
BX 16
Family Recipes
Cookbooks
Fldr 1 [Compilation of "receipts,"] ca. 1825
Fldr 2 [Eliza] Leslie, Directions for Cookery, 1844
Fldr 3 Elizabeth E. Lea, Domestic Cookery, 1859 (1860 MCM copy)
Fldr 4 Book written by H.A. Bellah for MCM, 1860
Fldr 5 [Compilation of Canby and Morris families' recipes], ca. 1860
Fldr 6 Elizabeth Nicholson, The Economical Cookbook, 1867
BX 17
Family Recipes (cont.)
Fldr 1 [Compilation by MCM], ca. 1890-1910
Fldr 2 Marion Harland, Common Sense in the Household, 1899
Individual Recipes
Fldr 3 Beverages, n.d
Fldr 4 Breads, 1873-1894, n.d.
Fldr 5 Eggs, n.d.
Fldr 6 Desserts, 1858-1894, n.d.
Fldr 7 Fish and shellfish, 1870-ca. 1892
Morris Family Papers 60
Fldr 8 Jellies and jams, 1888-1890, n.d.
Fldr 9 Meat and poultry, 1869-1935
Fldr 10 Relishes and pickles, 1858-1891, n.d.
Fldr 11 Sauces and salad dressings, 1888-1890, n.d.
Fldr 12 Vegetables, n.d.
Fldr 13 Household, 1865-1897, n.d. (MarrMI printed Henrietta A. Bellah's Hard Soap recipe)
Fldr 14 Medicinal, 1867-1883, n.d.
Fldr 15 Infants, n.d.
Other Family Members
Fldr 16 Bill for plastering privy to Elizabeth C. Morris, 5 May 1830
Fldr 17 Household renovation receipts for "Mrs. Morris," May 1840
Fldr 18 Engraved portrait of Israel W. Morris (1778-1870), ca. 1870 (2 copies)*
Fldr 19 Letters of Travel from Caspar Morris, M.D. [1805-1884], 1871-1872 to his Family, 1896 (Vol. 1)
Fldr 20 Letters of Travel from Caspar Morris, M.D. [1805-1884], 1871-1872 to his Family, 1896 (Vol. 1I)
Fldr 21 Biographical sketch of Effingham Buckley Morris (1856-1937), Academy of Natural Sciences, March 1937
BX 18
Other Family Members (cont.)
Fldr 1 Typescript of 1801 Richard Lamar Bissett (d. 1833) travel journal, n.d. (contains references to family of Margaret Hill Morris (1737-1816) of Burlington, N.J.)
Buckley Family
Morris Family Papers 61
William Buckley (1745-1815)
Diaries
Fldr 2 "Journal of William Buckley 1775," 1766-[1791]
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 3 1769-1800
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 4 A-M, 1775-1815*
Professional Life
Fldr 5 Business correspondence, 1774, n.d.
Fldr 6 Accounts for journeys, 1800-1801
Estate Records
Fldr 7 Will, 1816
Sarah Morris Buckley (1743-1830)
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 8 1773-1799*
Correspondence, Incoming
Morris Family Papers 62
Fldr 9 M-P, 1783-1797*
Legal Records
Fldr 10 Re: Grandsons" Power of Attorney, 1828-1829 0 Fldr 11 Appraisal and inventory of household goods, ca. 1830
Elizabeth Buckley Morris (1772-1797)
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 12 1788-1790
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 13 B-M, 1785-1788
Personal Materials
Fldr 14 "Poems in Praise of the Inventory of Writing," 1780
Anthony Morris Buckley (1777-1845?)
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 15 1789-1799
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 16 Spotswood, George W., 1821 (contains George Washington reference) Morris Family Papers 63
Genealogical Research
Fldr 17 Lawrence Buckley Thomas, Genealogical Notes ... of the Thomas Family ..., 1877
Fldr 18 Re: Anna Lawrence (Buckley) Rutherford death, 1913
Fldr 19 Re: Morris-Buckley connection, n.d.
Unassociated
Fldr 20 Poem, receipts, ca. 1755, 1823
Perot-Sansom Families
Elliston Perot (1747-1834)
Personal Materials
Fldr 21 Re: 1787 wedding, n.d.
Professional Life
Fldr 22 Correspondence from James & William Perot re: Barque John, 10 May 1804 (INDE 12364)
Property Records
Fldr 23 Re: Perot farm (N.Y. State), 1811-1827
Fldr 24 Re: Perot farm (N.Y. State), 1833-1860
Fldr 25 Re: Sale of Philadelphia parcel, 1857
Morris Family Papers 64
Biographical Materials
Fldr 26 "A Family Record or the Tribute of Filial Duty to ... Elliston Perot," 1834 (2 copies) (INDE 10806, 10362)
Fldr 27 "A Family Record or the Tribute of Filial Duty to ... Elliston Perot (1834)," 1886 (MarrMI copy)
Other Family Members
Fldr 28 Obituaries for Francis Perot (1796-1885), 1885
Fldr 29 Perot family reunion at Deshler-Morris House, 1889 (Part 1 of 2) (p)
Fldr 30 Perot family reunion at Deshler-Morris House, 1889 (Part 2 of 2)
Fldr 31 Obituary of T. Morris Perot (1828-1902), The Western Brewer, December 1902
Fldr 32 William H. Perot Golden Anniversary, 1902
Fldr 33 Trade card for Thomas L. and John Perot housewares, n.d.
BX 19
Perot-Sansom Families (cont.)
Joseph Sansom (1767-1826)
Fldr 1 Letters from Europe ... 1801-1802, Vol. !, 1805
Fldr 2 Letters from Europe ... 1801-1802, Vol. II, 1805
SEE ALSO: Photographic reproduction of an album of silhouettes by Joseph Sansom (1767- 1826) which includes images of Perot and Sansom family members, Independence National Historical Park Archives.
Beulah Biddle Sansom (b. 1765)
Morris Family Papers 65
Diaries
Fldr 3 European travel journal [England], 1799
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 4 1792-1802
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 5 Invitations from Perot family, 1823-1827
Fldr 6 Reports of Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans, 1836-1837
SEE ALSO: Photo BX 28, Fldr 2 for copy photograph of silhouette.
Biographical Materials
Fldr 7 Copy of biographical essay, n.d.
Obituaries and Memorials
Fldr 8 Elegies, ca. 1838
Other Sansom Family Members
Fldr 9 Callendar family documents, 1758, 1790
Fldr 10 "Extracts from the Diary of Hannah Callendar [Sansom] 1758-1788," BMR copy, 1913 (contains also copies of Beulah Sansom letters and minutes of American Colonization Society eulogizing her, p. 391)
Fldr 11 [Hannah Callendar Sansom diary, 1758-1759], BMR copy, 1878
Fldr 12 [Hannah Callendar Sansom diary, 1788], BMR copy, 1878 Morris Family Papers 66
BX 20
Perot-Sansom Families (cont.)
Fldr 1 [Hannah Callendar Sansom diary, Vol. II, 1762-1768], BMR copy, n.d. (contains also short biographies of other family members)
Fldr 2 [Hannah Callendar Sansom diary, cont. of Vol. II, 1768-1788], BMR copy, n.d.
Fldr 3 [Hannah Callendar Sansom diary, Vol. II excerpts], MCM copy, n.d.
Fldr 4 [Hannah Callendar Sansom diary, Vol. I excerpts], n.d.
SEE ALSO: “Extracts from the Diary of Hannah Callendar [Sansom] 1758-1788,” typescript, n.d., Addendum, BX 23, Fldr 12.
Photographs/ Images
Fldr 5 Samuel Sansom (1739-1824) portraits, ca. 1880 (ps)
Genealogical Research
Fldr 6 Re: Perot seal and coat of arms, 1867, n.d.
Fldr 7 Notes including family trees re: Perot family, 1874, n.d.
Fldr 8 Re: Samuel and Hannah Callendar, 1880, n.d.
Fldr 9 Transcriptions of Perot family documents, 1889, n.d.
Fldr 10 "Genealogy of the Perot Family," [1894]
Fldr 11 Perot family in Bermuda, 1897, n.d.
Fldr 12 Historical sketch of Francis Perot's Sons Malting Company, ca. 1900
Fldr 13 Clippings re: Perot family, 1945-1962
Fldr 14 Tracings of Perot signatures, n.d.
Fldr 15 MCM notes on Perot and Morris families, n.d. Morris Family Papers 67
Fldr 16 Re: Elliston Family Seal, n.d.
Canby Family
Merrit Canby (1787-1866)
Diaries
Fldr 17 1814, 1816-1817
Fldr 18 1820
Fldr 19 1833, 1840
Fldr 20 1848-1849
Fldr 21 1850-1852
Fldr 22 1853-1854
Fldr 23 1855-1856
BX 21
Canby Family (cont.)
Fldr 1 European travel journey, 1855
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 2 Stidham, 1863
Photographs/ Images
Fldr 3 Silhouettes, ca. 1830
Morris Family Papers 68
Personal Materials
Fldr 4 "A Sketch [of character of Emma]," October 1818
Fldr 5 Lock of hair, 1831
Fldr 6 Poems, n.d.
Estate Records
Fldr 7 Household goods inventory, ca. 1886
Biographical Materials
Fldr 8 Biographical sketch, n.d.
Eliza Tatnall Canby (1795-1865)
Diaries
Fldr 9 1825-1832
Fldr 10 1846-[1847]
Fldr 11 1849-1850, 1854-1855
Fldr 12 1859-1861
Fldr 13 1864-1865
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 14 1830-1837
Morris Family Papers 69
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 15 Canby, Merrit, 1829-1830
Fldr 16 From family members, 1830, n.d.
Personal Materials
Fldr 17 Poem, 1825
Fldr 18 "Extracts from [Francis Hare] Naylor's History of Germany," n.d.
Fldr 19 Poetry composition booklet, n.d.
Genealogical Research
Fldr 20 Family memoir, n.d. Note: Mention of quilt eventually given to MCM.
Fldr 21 Copies of poems, n.d.
Anna Tatnall Canby (1833-1917)
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 22 1869-1875, n.d. (to MCM)
Personal Materials
Fldr 23 Lock of hair, 1853
Fldr 24 Poem, 1867
Fldr 25 Poem, n.d.
Fldr 26 Re: Application for Colonial Dames of Delaware, n.d.
Morris Family Papers 70
Obituaries and Memorials
Fldr 27 Obituary, 8 May 1917
Collected Materials
Fldr 28 Clippings, 1888, 1906
William Marriott Canby (1831-1904)
Personal Materials
Fldr 29 Humorous poem, 1899
Other Family Members
Fldr 30 Re: Thomas Canby (1668-1742), 1911, 1919
Fldr 31 Note re: Samuel Canby (1751-1832) family, ca. 1900 (MCM)
Fldr 32 Bank of Delaware anniversary pamphlet re: Samuel Canby (1751-1832), 1895
Fldr 33 Re: Biddle family members, 1887-1894, n.d. (ps)
Fldr 34 Benjamin Ferris (1780-1867) silhouette, ca. 1830
Fldr 35 Death notices of Ferris family members, 1908-1909
Genealogical Research
Fldr 36 William Canby and Descendents (1883 book) and inserts
Fldr 37 Family lineage chart (Tatnall-Canby), 1895 (MCM copies)*
Fldr 38 Re: Puritan/ Pilgrim lineage, ca. 1900, 1906 Morris Family Papers 71
Fldr 39 Canby family history, n.d. (2 copies)
Fldr 40 Re: Ferris family, 1907 (MCM)
Fldr 41 Re: Tatnall family in Georgia, n.d.
Fldr 42 Edward Tatnall (1704/5-1790) - EPMIII line of descent, ca. 1950-1980
Fldr 43 Notes re: Levis, Pennock family members, n.d.*
Fldr 44 Compilation of notes re: Canby, Shipley families, n.d. (MCM)
Fldr 45 Re: Thorne, England, Canby ancestral home, ca. 1900
BX 22
Canby Family (cont.)
Related Families
Marriott Family
Fldr 1 Poems by John Marriott, 1805
Fldr 2 Marriott family seal, ca. 1900
Fldr 3 Re: Marriott-Randolph-Kirkbridge connection, ca. 1900-1906
Fldr 4 Re: Hinckley family, 1906, n.d.
Fldr 5 Lyndley Smyth obituary, 1909
Fldr 6 Marriott family coat of arms, n.d.
Fldr 7 Re: Individual family members, n.d.
Bellah (Bellach) Family
Henrietta Ann Bellah (b. 1809)
Morris Family Papers 72
Fldr 8 Correspondence, to April 1869
Fldr 9 Correspondence, May-August 1869, 1874-1891, n.d.
Fldr 10 Copies of family documents, 1891, n.d.
Edward Tatnall Bellah (1816-1899)
Fldr 11 Obituaries, 1899
Genealogical Research
Fldr 12 Copy of John Bellach (1777-1824) diary, n.d.
Wistar Family
Caspar Wistar (1761-1818)
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 13 C-M, 1798-1815
SEE ALSO: Luke W. Morris outgoing correspondence.
Fldr 14 Jefferson, Thomas, 1798-1807
Biographical Materials
Fldr 15 Re: Wistar Institute of Anatomy, ca. 1894
Fldr 16 Re: Medicine in early America, 1940
Photographs/ Images
Morris Family Papers 73
Fldr 17 Traveling medicine case, n.d. (ps)
Caspar Wistar (1801-1867)
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 18 1824-ca. 1845, n.d.
SEE ALSO: Fldr 21 for letter to wife Lydia.
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 19 B-W, 1817-1863
Fldr 20 Marriage certificate (to Isabella Marshall), 1788*
Lydia Jones Wistar (1824-1878)
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 21 B-W, 1841-1870, n.d.
Esther Fisher Wistar (1818-1900)
Correspondence, Outgoing
Fldr 22 To EPMI family, 1878-1883
Correspondence, Incoming
Fldr 23 Re: Gift of Caspar Wistar (1761-1818) portrait to Univ. of Pennsylvania Department of Medicine, 1894 Morris Family Papers 74
Financial Records
Fldr 24 Subscriptions to Historical Society of Pennsylvania building fund, 1883
Genealogical Research
Fldr 25 Notes from obituaries, ca. 1880
Fldr 26 Re: Portraits of Gov. Thomas and Sarah Mifflin, 1885, 1895
Estate Records
Fldr 27 List of legacies, 1900
Collected Materials
Fldr 28 Book Exceeding Great and Precious Promises, 1880
Other Family Members
Fldr 29 Re: Estate of Elizabeth M. Wistar, 1844
Fldr 30 Correspondence re: death of Thomas Wistar (1765-1851), ca. 1851
Fldr 31 Memoir of William Wilberforce Wistar [1837-1866], 1866
Fldr 32 Memoir of Mifflin Wistar, M.D., [1811-1872], 1872
Photographs/ Images
Fldr 33 Ancestral home in Germany, n.d. (ps)
Morris Family Papers 75
Genealogical Research
Fldr 34 Wistar and Morris family notes, ca. 1910
Fldr 35 Caspar Wistar Haines, Some Notes Concerning Caspar Wistar (Immigrant)..., 1926
Fldr 36 Copy of 1726 marriage certificate of Caspar Wistar and Katherine Jansen, [1928?]
BX 23
Unassociated Materials
Fldr 1 Manuscript items, 1829-1895
Fldr 2 Manuscript items, n.d.
Fldr 3 Edward Zane Colling copybook, ca. 1810-1820 (INDE 3406)
Fldr 4 Drawings, ca. 1880-1915
Fldr 5 Publications, 1874-1924
Fldr 6 Sermons by Hugh Blake, D.D., Vol. II (Gettysburg, 1806)
Fldr 7 Prints, 1792, n.d.
Fldr 8 Clippings, 1901-1917, n.d.
Fldr 9 Printed ephemera, ca. 1830-1934
Fldr 10 Ticket and program, Soiree Musicale, Bumblebee Orchestra, April 1860
Fldr 11 Printed ephemera, n.d.
BX 24
Separated Materials (Oversize)
Fldr 1 Removed from Early Family series, BX 1, Fldrs 1, 8, and 12
Fldr 2 Removed from SBMI sub-series, BX 1, Fldr 59
Fldr 3 Removed from BMR sub-series, BX 2, Fldr 53
Fldr 4 Removed from EPMI sub-series (Drawings), Part 1 of 4, BX 3, Fldr 15 Morris Family Papers 76
Fldr 5 Removed from EPMI sub-series (Drawings), Part 2 of 4, BX 3, Fldr 15
Fldr 6 Removed from EPMI sub-series (Drawings), Part 3 of 4 (plan), BX 3, Fldr 17
Fldr 7 Removed from EPMI sub-series (Drawings), Part 4 of 4 (watercolors), BX 3, Fldr 22
Fldr 8 Removed from EPMI sub-series (Personal, Organizations), BX 4, Fldrs 2 and 9
Fldr 9 Removed from EPMI sub-series (Property and Legal), BX 4, Fldrs 19 and 27
Fldr 10 Removed from EPMI sub-series (Collected Materials), BX 4, Fldr 41
Fldr 11 Removed from MarrMI sub-series (Correspondence), BX 9, Fldr 19
BX 25
Separated Materials (Oversize)
Fldr 1 Removed from MarrMI sub-series (Personal Materials), BX 10, Fldr 25
Fldr 2 Removed from sub-series MarrMI (Property Records), BX 12, Fldr 1
Fldr 3 Removed from sub-series MarrMI Family -- Unassociated, BX 15, Fldr 12
Fldr 4 Removed from Deshler-Morris House Materials series, BX 15, Fldr 35
Fldr 5 Removed from Other Morris Family series, BX 17, Fldr 18
Fldr 6 Removed from Buckley Family series, BX 18, Fldrs 4, 8, and 9
Fldr 7 Removed from Canby Family series (Part 1 of 2), BX 21, Fldr 35
Fldr 8 Removed from Canby Family series (Part 2 of 2), B 21, Fldr 41
BX 26
Separated Materials (Oversize)
Fldr 1 Removed from Luke W. Morris sub-series, BX 1, Fldr 29
Fldr 2 Removed from MarrMI sub-series, BX 12, Fldr 14
Fldr 3 Removed from Deshler-Morris House Materials, BX 15, Fldr 21 Morris Family Papers 77
BX 27
Separated Materials -- Vellum (Oversize)
Fldr 1 Removed from Early Family Members sub-series (marriage certificates), BX 1, Fldr 3
Fldr 2 Removed from SBMI sub-seriers (marriage certificate), BX 1, Fldr 46
Fldr 3 Removed from BMR sub-series (marriage certificate), BX 2, Fldr 38
Fldr 4 Removed from Wistar Family series (Caspar Wistar marriage certificate), BX 22, Fldr 20
BX 28
Separated Materials (Oversize)
Scrapbook "Reminiscences 1842 Germantown" [collation of children's drawings of school] given to SBMI, removed from BX 2, Fldr 12
BX 29
Separated Materials (Oversize)
Clippings scrapbook, ca. 1840-1910, removed from BX 8, Fldr 43
BX 30
Separated Materials (Oversize)
ECM financial ledger, removed from BX 8, Fldr 15
BX 31
Separated Materials (Oversize)
MarrMI scrapbook "California/ Grand Crayon," 1924, removed from BX 10, Fldr 37
BX 32
Separated Materials (Dried Flora)
Fldr 1-11 Dried flowers removed MCM portfolio, BX 6, Fldr 25
Fldr 12-14 Lilies-of-the-Valley removed from BX 8, Fldr 47 Morris Family Papers 78
Fldr 15 Dried Alpine flowers removed from BX 9, Fldr 20
BX 33
Separated Materials (Temporary Framed Storage)
Item 1-2 Framed portrait prints of Luke W. and Ann Pancoast Morris removed from BX 1, Fldr 27
Item 3 Framed photograph of D-M removed from Photo BX 27, Fldr 2
MAP FLDR 01
"Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota," 1924 (removed from BX 14, Fldr 31)
MAP FLDR 02
Mantle Fielding drawings for 1908-1909 renovations to D-M (removed from BX 15, Fldr 18)
PHOTO BX 01
Photographs/ Images from Family Members Sub-Series
Samuel Buckley Morris Family (cont.)
Luke Wistar Morris (1768-1830)
Fldr 1 Copy of portrait, ca. 1910--1930
Beulah Morris Rhoads (1829-1923)
Fldr 2 Stereograph "Catskill Mountain Scenery" belonging to BMR, 1868
Fldr 3 Stereograph "The Sick Dolly [girl resembles ECM]" given by BMR, November 1871 (INDE 10365)
Elliston Perot Morris Family (cont.)
Morris Family Papers 79
Elliston Perot Morris (1831-1914)
Fldr 4 Carte-de-visite portrat, 1876 (3 copies)
Fldr 5 EPMI on D-M front doorstep, 1894
Fldr 6 Photographic portraits, ca. 1905-1915
SEE ALSO: Related oversize photos, Photo BX 3, Fldrs 4, 6-7.
Martha Canby Morris (1836-1919)
Fldr 7 Carte-de-visite portraits, ca. 1860 (2 copies)
Fldr 8 Cabinet photograph portraits, 1884 (2 poses)
Elizabeth Canby Morris (1866-1947)
Fldr 9 Carte-de-visite of ECM and MarrMI, August 1869
Fldr 10 Cabinet photograph portrait, December 1881
Fldr 11 Cabinet photograph of ECM and EPMI, ca. 1885
SEE ALSO: Related oversize photo, Photo BX 3, Fldr 8.
Samuel Buckley Morris (1868-1886)
Fldr 12 Carte-de-visite portrait, 1884
Elliston Perot Morris (1872-1881)
Fldr 13 Carte-de-visite portrait, January 1879 (Part of 1 of 2) (6 copies)
Fldr 14 Carte-de-visite portrait, January 1879 (Part of 2 of 2)
Morris Family Papers 80
Marriott Canby Morris Family
Marriot Canby Morris (1863-1948)
Portraits
Fldr 15 Carte-de-visite portrait, [1864]
Fldr 16 Group tintypes taken at Overlook Mountain House, Catskills, July 1882
Fldr 17 Cabinet photographs (by Gutekunst), 1882-1890
Fldr 18 Cabinet photograph, March 1885
Fldr 19 Wedding portraits (with JRM), June 1897
Fldr 20 Trick mirror photo, March 1912
Fldr 21 1912
Fldr 22 April 1915
Fldr 23 August 1918
Fldr 24 November 1923
Fldr 25 1926 (2 copies)
Fldr 26 Photograph of crayon portrait, 1929
Fldr 27 1943
Fldr 28 1945 (accepting award)
Photographs Created by
Fldr 28a "The moon through a telescope," March 1885
Fldr 29 Liberty Bell Hanging in Independence Hall," 18 May 1887 (INDE 3937)
Fldr 30 D-M "George Washington's Breakfast Room," ca. 1880-1900 (5 copies) Morris Family Papers 81
Fldr 31 Corner of Germantown Avenue & Church Lane, ca. 1880-1900
Fldr 32 Houses on Market Square, April 1883
Fldr 33 D-M hallway, ca. 1880-1900 (4 copies)
Fldr 34 "Old house, n.e. cor[ner] of School and Main St. torn down in 1883," [1883?] (INDE 10829)
Fldr 35 Germantown Academy, 1887
Fldr 36 Unidentified parades in downtown Philadelphia, ca. 1890-1910
Fldr 37 Main Avenue, Germantown Scenes, ca. 1894
Fldr 38 "Stone head in rear wall of house ... Germantown," 1902
Fldr 39 EPMI and MCM in D-M library, April 1904 (2 copies)
Fldr 40 "The railroad wreck on the Lackwanna R.R. ...," 5 August 1910
Fldr 41 21 N. 7th Street, Philadelphia (EPMI office), October 1905
Fldr 42 Unidentified engine room, ca. 11 May 1940
SEE ALSO: Motion pictures, Photo BX 9.
Jane Rhoads Morris (1870-1950)
Fldr 43 Portrait photograph, ca. 1898
Fldr 44 Portrait photographs with MarrMII as baby, [1900]
Fldr 45 Portrait photographs, [November 1923]
Fldr 46 Tenth wedding anniversary, [1907]
Elliston Perot Morris (1899-1980)
Fldr 47 Carte-de-visiite baby portraits, 1899
Morris Family Papers 82
Fldr 48 Baby portraits, 30 June 1900
Fldr 49 Baby portraits, 11 June 1901 (2 copies)
Fldr 50 EPMIII as adult, ca. 1920-1930
SEE ALSO: Motion pictures, Photo BX 9.
PHOTO BX 02
Additional Marriott Canby Morris (1863-1948)
Photographs/ Images (cont.)
Approximately 10 tightly rolled unmounted albumen prints by MarrMI, ca. 1885-1895
PHOTO BX 03
Oversize Photographs
Elliston Perot Morris (1831-1914)
Photographs/ Images (cont).
Fldr 1 EPMI "cottage"" at Church Lane & Chew St., 1865 (Part 1 of 3) -- EPMI family & servant
Fldr 2 EPMI "cottage"" at Church Lane & Chew St., 1865 (Part 2 of 3)
Fldr 3 EPMI "cottage"" at Church Lane & Chew St., 1865 (Part 3 of 3)
Fldr 4 Portrait photograph, January 1859
Fldr 5 Print "The Pool of Cresheim Creek" given to EPMI and MCM, 1890
Fldr 6 Desk-and-bookcase belonging to Phoebe Guest, ca. 1910
Fldr 7 Portrait photograph, ca. 1910
Elizabeth Canby Morris (1866-1947)
Fldr 8 ECM in peasant costume, June 1909
PHOTO BX 04 Morris Family Papers 83
Oversize Photographs
Marriott Canby Morris (1863-1948) (cont.)
Photographs Created by
Fldr 1 Germantown Academy, ca. 1880-1890
Fldr 2 Front facade of D-M, ca. 1900-1909
Fldr 3 Germantown sites -- Conyngham-Hacker House, Unidentified historic house, Market Square, ca. 1900-1920
Fldr 4 McCallum Street, Germantown, 1915 (re: historic house moving)
Fldr 5 Panoramic view of Sea Girt with "Avocado," July 1924
Fldr 6 Panoramic view of Delaware Canal (L-331 to -332), 1927
PHOTO BX 05
Oversize Photographs
Deshler-Morris House Materials
House
Fldr 1 "Washington's Residence, Germantown" [photo], cover illustration for Journal des Etrangers, 24 June 1876; mounted print of same image, ca. 1876
Fldr 2 Front facade, ca. 1912 (3 copies)
Fldr 3 Front facade, ca. 1920-1940
PHOTO BX 06
Oversize Photographs
Other Germantown Sites (cont.)
Fldr 1 Old Roberts' Mill, 1862
Fldr 2 Old Roberts' Mill, 1870 Morris Family Papers 84
Fldr 3 Gilbert Stuart's studio, ca. 1888
Fldr 4 Germantown historic homes, Cliveden, Stenton, ca. 1890
Fldr 5 Stenton -- Sarah Lydia Wister [sic] and Miss Bradford in period costume at door, ca. 1900
Perot-Sansom Families
Photographs/ Images (cont.)
Fldr 6 "Residence of John Perot, Market below 8th, Philadelphia," ca. 1865-1885
PHOTO BX 07
Oversize Photographs
Deshler-Morris House Materials (cont).
Fldr 1 Front facade, [1859] (later print)
Fldr 2 EPMI family outside D-M, 1870 -- backyard view from porch (3 copies)
Fldr 3 EPMI family outside D-M, 1870 -- backyard view towards back porch (3 copies)
Fldr 4 Garden views, ca. 1880-1885 -- towards House (3 copies)
Fldr 5 Garden views, ca. 1880-1885 -- towards center (4 copies)
Fldr 6 Garden views, ca. 1880-1885 -- canna plants in foreground (4 copies)
PHOTO BX 08
Oversize Photographs
Deshler-Morris House Materials (cont.)
House
Fldr 1 Front facade by Rebecca Cooper, December 1887 (later copy)
Morris Family Papers 85
Fldr 2 Front facade, June 1886 (1893 MarrMI prints)
Fldr 3 Front facade, June 1886 (later prints)
Fldr 4 "The Fine Old Houses of Germantown: Photographs by Frank Cousins," Country Life in America, 15 October 1912 (excerpt)
Other Germantown Sites
Fldr 5 Cliveden ("Chew House"), ca. 1880
Fldr 6 Market Square, 1840 (by Thomas McClintoc?) -- later print ca. 1900
Fldr 7 Friend's Free Library and Reading Room, ca. 1890-1910
Separated Materials
Fldr 8 Removed from Captain Samuel Morris sub-series (re: Washington discharge), BX 1, Fldr 19
Fldr 9 Removed from Wistar Family series, BX 22, Fldr 33
PHOTO BX 09
Film Reels
Marriott Canby Morris (1836-1948)
Motion Pictures
"Nantucket, 1941"
SEE ALSO: Photo BX 26, Fldr 19 for list of subjects.
Elliston Perot Morris (1899-1980)
Motion Pictures
Morris Family Papers 86
"A Day in the Life of a Ranger" (amateur copy of a professional 1923 film)
PHOTO BX 10
Glass Plate Negatives (8X10"')
Family Photographs
Negatives -- Glass Plates
Env 1 "Yearly Meeting 1887 -- #1267," [Circular glass negative for vest pocket camera attr. to MarrMI]
Env 2 [Yearly Meeting?], ca. 1887 [Circular glass negative for vest pocket camera attr. to MarrMI]
Env 3 [D-M back facade, dog, Germantown scenes], ca. 1887 [Circular glass negative for vest pocket camera attr. to MarrMI]
Env 4 10th anniversary portrait of JRM and MarrMI, 8 June 1907 SEE ALSO: Print in Photo BX 1, Fldr 46.
Env 5-12 Renovation of 131, 1905-1907 SEE ALSO: Photo BX 24, Fldr 54.
Env 13 Unidentified Philadelphia (?) street, ca. 1900-1920 (c. 1)
Env 14 Unidentified Philadelphia (?) street, ca. 1900-1920 (c. 2)
Deshler-Morris Materials
Photographs/Images
Env 15 Front facade, ca. 1890-1910 (INDE 15554)
Env 16 Front facade, ca. 1890-1910 (INDE 15555)
Env 17 Front facade, ca. 1890-1910 (INDE 15557)
Morris Family Papers 87
Env 18 Front facade, ca. 1900-1930 (INDE 15556)
PHOTO BX 11
Glass Plate Negatives (4X5" and smaller) and Lantern Slides
Family Photographs
Negatives -- Glass Plate
Env 1 MCM reading outside conservatory at D-M, 13 May 1917 (by EMIII?)
Env 2 M. Wistar Wood in 131 sitting room, ca. 1917
Env 3 M. Wistar Wood in 131 sitting room, ca. 1917
Lantern Slides
Env 4 D-M exterior by Newhall, April 1859 (lantern slide copy by MarrMI) (INDE 11673)
Env 5 D-M front facade, June 1886 (lantern slide copy by MarrMI) (INDE 11674)
Env 6 D-M exterior by MarrMI, ca. 1900-1910 (INDE 11672)
Env 7 D-M exterior from garden by MarrMI, ca. 1900-1920 (INDE 11671)
PHOTO BX 12
Glass Plate Negatives (5X7")
Family Photographs
Negatives -- Glass Plate
Env 1 [Unidentified young man, possibly SBMII), ca. 1885
Env 2 [Unidentified young man, possibly SBMII), ca. 1885
PHOTO BX 13
Morris Family Papers 88
Family Photographs -- Negatives -- Film
Env. 1 B-1 [MarrMI with bicycle near body of water], n.d. Env. 2 B-3 [Small train moving cars of coal (?), n.d. Env. 3 B-4 [Cars of coal (?) sitting on tracks], n.d. Env. 4 B-5 [Ducks in stream], n.d. Env. 5-26 B-215 to -232 EPMI, EPMIII, MarrMII, ECM, and MCM in backyard and outside of conservatory of 5442 on Sunday afternoons, 1905 Env. 27-29 B-233 to -235 Scene of Market Square from front, sidebrick wall and gate, blooming tulips, 5442, 1904
Env. 30-40 B-243 to -250 Scene of Market Square from front, back buildings (dining room, nursery with pantry & bath above), EPMI with grandchildren in backyard of 5442, 1911 Env. 41 B-251 JRM with children in back of 5442, livery stable in background, April 1912 Env. 42-48 B-252 to 257 JRM, MarrMI on bicycles, ECM in backyard of 5442, 1897 Env. 49 B-259 [Unidentified house in Tudor style, ca. 1900] Env. 50-55 C-101 Janet with pussy willows at 131 Env. 56-66 C-102 to -108 EPMIII, MarrMII, JRM, and ECM in backyard of 5442, 27-28 April 1909 [EPMIII in father's juvenile suit] Env. 67 C-109 Dailbarda sign, 1911 Env. 68 C-110 Children and M.W. Wood in 131 yard, 1914 Env. 69-84 C-111 to -118 Scenes from Chesapeake Bay cruise, 1917 Env. 85-89 C-119 Widening of McCallum Street, Germantown Env. 90-93 C-120 to -121 GBC camp, 1917 Env. 94-102 C-122 to -127 Chesapeake Bay and Chesapeake-Delaware Canal, 1917 Env. 103-107 C-128 to -129 Janet playing in native American costume, 1917 Env. 108-113 C-130 to -133 Nonya Rhoads and MarrMI family at Cedar Mer, 1917 Env. 114-123 C-139 to -140 Scenes of MarrMI children at Dailbarda, Pocono Lake Preserve, 1917 Env. 123a-124 C-141 to -142 Outside Manasquam Meeting, N.J., 1918 Env. 125-132 C-143 to -147 Canoeing at Sea Girt, 1920 Env. 133-134 C-148 Construction in Philadelphia, 1920 Env. 135-140 C-149 to -153 At Cedar Mer, [1920] Env. 141-147 C-154 to -156 Family football game, games, 131, Thanksgiving 1912 Env. 148 C-157 Community Christmas tree, 1912 Env. 149-152 C-158 to -160 Scenes near New Hope, Pa., 1915 Env. 153-163 C-161 to -165 Garden at 131, 11 May 1916 Env. 164 C-166 MarrMI and II on trip to Portland, [1922?] Env. 165-168 C-167 to -170 EPMIII, MarrMII at Sea Girt, 1910, 1913 Env. 169-175 C-171 to -176 MarrMI on high bicycle, Beaver Dam, boys in fake airplane, Sea Girt, August-September 1913 Env. 176-198 C-177 to -190 Scenes mostly at Avocado (including flagpole raising), Sea Girt, 1914 Morris Family Papers 89
Env. 199-200 C-191 Pocono Lake dock, 1914 Env. 201-204 C-192 to -194 Rancocas Creek at New Lisbon, N.J., 4 April 1914 Env. 205-208 C-195 to -197 BMR at Haddonfield home, August 1914 Env. 209-214 C-198 to -200 EPMIII at farm, Lenape, 1914 Env. 215-220 C-220 to -224 Janet, EPMIII and young relatives outside 131, 1915 Env. 221-233 C-268 to -275 Germantown Friends School pageant, 1916 Env. 234-236 C-276 Rock garden, 131, 1916 Env. 237-242 C-279 to -280 Trip with grand jury on Delaware River, 1918 Env. 243-253 C-303 to -309 Spring at 131, 1918 Env. 254-258 C-331 to 332 Janet Morris in fairy costume with Potts chldren, June 1920 Env. 259-266 C-333 to 337 Scenes in garden, 131, June 1920, 1921 Env. 267-270 C-338 MarrMII dressed as preacher reading to Janet, 1921 Env. 271-284 C-339 to -344 Cherry blossom, wildflowers at 131, 1916, 1920-1921 Env. 285-293 C-345 to -347 Sarah Potts and Janet in Halloween costumes, 1920 Env. 294-304 C-348 to -351 At 131, 1925 Env. 305-307 C-352 Alteration and rebuilding at 1227 and 1229 Market St. Env. 308-315 C-357 to -359 Cherry blossoms at 131, 1922 Env. 316-319 C-360 to -363 Dog Bobby, scarecrow, and family members, garden, 131, 1922, 1924 Env. 320-321 C-364 JRM in wedding dress for 25th anniversary, 8 June 1922 Env. 322 C-372 1229 Market St., April 1923 Env. 323-324 C-378 Dragon Arum at 131, April 1923 Env. 325-326 C-379 Old Germantown Hall when excavating for new, April 1923
PHOTO BX 14
Family Photographs -- Negatives -- Film (cont.)
Env. 1-2 C-386 Dog Bobby at 131, July 1923 Env. 2-6 C-387 to -388 MarrII before sailing to Russia for AFSC, July 1923 Env. 7-37 C-389 to -492 MarrI family at 131, 1923-1927 Env. 38 C-432 Lit Bros. new store, 1917 Env. 39-40 H-1 to -2 Hannah McCreary, Mary & Martha Twadell [servants], backyard, 5442, n.d. Env. 41-82 H-3 to -24 Scenes at Avocado, Sea Girt, ca. 1899 Env. 83-92 O-202 to -211 At 131 including JRM holding baby Janet, celebrating 10th anniversary, Summer 1907 Env. 93-98 O-212 Parade down Broad Street, 1908 Env. 99-111 O-218 to -227 MarrMI family including Janet in 5442 backyard, 1908 (watching parade down Main Street, -227) Note: 218-A contains sign for House. Env. 112-118 O-228 to -232 Janet outside 131, 1908 Env. 119-121 O-251 5442 front facade, n.d. Env. 122-125 O-267 5442 in winter storm, n.d. Env. 126-173 W-15 to -58 BMR Haddonfield, N.J. house, Northfield, Mass., Yearly Arch St. Meeting, GBC boys at Atlantic City, 1918
Morris Family Papers 90
Env. 174 Unnumbered Seated group in street scene, ca. 1925 Env. 174a Unnumbered Anna S. Morris (?), ca. 1930 Env. 175-179 Unnumbered Sea Girt House Party, 1918 Env. 180-183 Unnumbered Samuel Rhoads's wedding, 1925 (Moved from BX 10, fldr 13)
PHOTO BX 15
Family Photographs -- Negatives -- Film (cont.)
Env. 1-4 A-214 to -215 Trip to Trappe, Pa., Fall 1914 Env. 5-14 A-228 to -230 Installing boiler in 715 Arch St. basement, 1918 Env. 15 A-231 Statue at Wanamaker, 1918 Env. 15-17 A-339 BMR grave, Spring 1924 Env. 18 A-340 Eclipse of sun, 24 January 1925 Env. 19-20 A-342 Delaware County, 1927 Env. 21-29 Unnumbered GBC at Ocean City, July and August 1924 Env. 30-32 Unnumbered 5442 back addition, ca. 1910-1920 (modern copy?) Env. 33-34 Unnumbered 5442 -- View towards back porch, April 1949 (corresponding prints available) Env. 35 Unnumbered 5442 -- side elevation, [April 1949] Env. 36 Unnumbered 5442 -- rear corner, April 1949 (corresponding print available)
PHOTO BX 16
"A" photoprints (MarrMI)
p. 1-4 125-129 Summer at Sea Girt, 1920 p. 5-6 117 Valley Forge Park trip, 1914 p. 7-20 186-201 Scenes at Sea Girt, 1914 (including Jersey Washing Day, raising Avocado Flagpole) p. 21 214-215 Trip to Trappe, Pa. p. 22-23 241-243 "Avocado," Sea Girt, 1921 p. 24-26 339 BMR grave, March 1924 p. 27 340 Eclipse of the sun, 24 January 1925 p. 28-29 342 Delaware Canal, 1927
PHOTO BX 17
"B" Photoprints
MCM created original images; later copies made for EPMIII (see negatives in Photo BX 13).
p. 1-4 18-19, -99 to -102 EPMI, ECM, and MarrMI children in D-M backyard and in front of conservatory, 1905 Morris Family Papers 91
p. 5-6 -121 to -123 Janet, EPMIII at Avocado, Sea Girt and in front of D-M conservatory, 1913 p. 7-17 -76 to - 257 EPMI and MarrMI families in D-M backyard including Janet with baby carriage, 1897, 1904-1905, 1911
PHOTO BX 18
"C" Photoprints (MarrMI) p. 1 100 Cherry blossoms, n.d. p. 2-7 128 to -147 Scenes at Sea Gift inclluding Janet in native American outfit, canoeing, group at Manasquam Meeting House, 1917 p. 8 166 MarrMII on board to Portland, Me., 1922 p. 9 171 MarrMI on high bicycle, 1913 p. 10-11 167-170 EPMIII at Sea Girt, 1913 p. 12-16 178 to -186 MarrMI group scenes at Sea Girt, 1914 (includes Squam River scenes, raising "Avocado" flagpole) p. 17 195-196 BMR at Haddonfield, N.J. home, August 1914 p. 18-19 198-200 EPMIII at farm at Lenape, Pa. p. 20-29 232-249 MarrMI and EPMIII trip to Hampton Institute, April 1915
PHOTO BX 19
"C" Photoprints (cont.)
p. 1-10 250-273 Scenes at Sea Girt 1915-1916 including improvement work day, playing with telescope p. 11-14 284-294 Chesapeake Bay cruise, erosion of Sea Girt dune p. 15-16 295-297 Visit to BMR, May 1915 p. 17-24 318-330 Scenes at Sea Girt, November 1919, summer 1920 including ECM p. 25 365-366 JRM on 25th anniversary trip, June 1922, William Gibbons Rhoads and daughter "Nonya," August 1922 p. 26 367 GBC camp at Ocean City, 1922 p. 27 380 Academy of Natural Sciences trip to Ridley Creek, 1912 p. 28-30 381-385 MarrMII commencement, 1923 p. 31 391-392 MarrMII leaving for Russia, 1923 p. 32-33 399-401 Canal near New Hope, 1924 p. 34-35 423-427 Hardly Able cyclists group, May 1926
PHOTO BX 20
"D" Photoprints (MarrMI)
p. 1-14 112-316 Sea Girt scenes with EPMIII family, 1932-1946 p. 15-16 355-357 MarrI, 1935-1943 p. 17 348 Scaffolding for stucco project at 5442, 17 June 1947 Morris Family Papers 92
p. 18, 19 373-381 MarrMI including Haverford Class reuniion, 1926, 1933 p. 20 387-391 World's Fair (JRM, ECM), Chicago, 1934 p. 21-22 399-402 EPMIII parents visit Norris, Tenn., July 1936 p. 23 413-416 Cherry blossoms in D.C., April-May 1937
PHOTO BX 21
"F" Photoprints (ECM, MarrMI) ECM probably created up to #200; MarrMI created images after #200.
p. 1-4 17-55 1914 exteriors of 5442, MarrMI children at 5442 garden (by ECM) p. 5 90 1926 exterior of 5442 p. 6 93-96 EPMIII as forest ranger, 1929 p. 7 100 5442 in winter, n.d. (by ECM?) p. 8 168 Delaware canal lock, 1927 p. 9 181-184 1894 (?) image of Mary Twadell receiving mail at D-M, MarrMI children ca. 1910 p. 10 199 ECM, 1925 p. 11-14 225-234 Construction of Benjamin Franklin Bridge, June 1925 p. 15-27 238-316 MarrM trips including Florida, 1925-1934 p. 29 308-310 GBC Camp, Ocean City, 1928 (MarrMI with children)
PHOTO BX 22
"G", "M", and "N" Photoprints
"G" (MarrMI)
1-4 43-49 MarrMI, ECM & Janet, MarrMII in 5442 backyard, 1911 3-6 50, 79, 93-100 EPMI , MCM, Janet, EPMIII at Sea Girt, 1912-1913
"M" (EPMIII)
7 804 Sea Girt scenes, 1933
"N" (EPMIII)
8-12 266-299 Sea Girt scenes including EPMIII children in ocean, 1944-1945
PHOTO BX 23
Photoprints "O" (MarrMI) to "V" (EPMIII)
"O" (MarrMI)
Morris Family Papers 93
p. 1-4 218-251 MarrMI family in D-M garden, Janet with baby carriage, (p. 4) exterior of D-M, 1908 p. 5-6 259-261 Trip to California, 1925
Photoprints "R" (EPMIII) p. 7-9 12-256 EPMIII children at Sea Girt, p. 9 "former sites of Cedar Mer, Avocado," 30 June 1958
Photoprints "T" (EPMIII) p. 10 36-38 William Morris, EPMIII son, graduation, 1963
Photoprints "V" (EPMIII) p. 11-15 EPMIII family, MarrMI at Sea Girt, 1943-1945
PHOTO BX 24
Family Photographs (cont.)
Prints -- Unnumbered
Fldr 1 D-M Backyard Scenes including EPMII and SBMIII), ca. 1880 (attr. to MarrMI)
Fldr 2 "Avocado," Sea Girt, ca. 1880 (later print)
Fldr 3 "Avocado Lodge," Bermuda, ca. 1880-1900
Fldr 4 Velocipede at D-M House, June 1882 (MarrMI)
Fldr 5 SBMIII and Willie Wunder in D-M backyard, April 1883 (MarrMI)
Fldr 6 D-M backyard, 1883 (MarrMI)
Fldr 7 EPMI and BMR families outside D-M, ca. 1885
Fldr 8 EPMI family, Overlook Mountain, N.Y., [1885] (attr. to MarrM]
Fldr 9 D-M backyard scenes, ca. 1885 (attr. MarrMI)
Fldr 10 MarrMI seated on rustic bench in D-M garden, ca. 1885
Fldr 11 MCM with dog Scamp in D-M garden, ca. 1885 (attr. MarrMI)
Morris Family Papers 94
Fldr 12 D-M exterior from Market Square, ca. 1885-1890
Fldr 13 Unidentified excursions, 1885-1887 (MarrMI)
Fldr 14 SBMII, backyard scene at D-M, 1885 (MarrMI)
Fldr 15 Family dog Scamp on back kitchen roof of D-M, February 1886
Fldr 16 Circular images -- S.S. Trinidad to Bermuda, Philadelphia streetscene, ca. 1886 (MarrMI)
Fldr 17 Backyard scenes including winter at D-M, 1887 (MarrMI)
Fldr 18 Church opposite D-M, 1887 (MarrMI)
Fldr 19 EPMI family sitting on back porch with three guests, D-M, May 1888
Fldr 20 Eleanor & Edward Rathbone White, 1883, 1884
Fldr 21 "Alice Shipley and Elizabeth C. Morris at old mill, Sea Girt," ca. 1890
Fldr 22 D-M front facade and other Germantown sites, ca. 1890-1900 (MCM) (Part 1 of 2) (INDE 10829)
Fldr 23 D-M front facade and other Germantown sites, ca. 1890-1900 (MCM) (Part 2 of 2) (INDE 10829)
Fldr 24 Copy of SBMIII carte-de-visite, ca. 1890 (MarrMI copy)
Fldr 25 MarrMI "little bedroom" at D-M, ca. 1890
Fldr 26 Mary and Martha Twadell, servants, at D-M, ca. 1890
Fldr 27 View down center of D-M garden, ca. 1890-1905
Fldr 28 Woman on horseback, Sea Girt, ca. 1890-1910
Fldr 29 ECM and MarrMI chatting on steps of D-M, ca. 1895 (attr. MCM)
Fldr 30 JRM and MarrMI wedding, June 1897
Fldr 31 Honeymoon travel, 1897 (MarrMI)
Fldr 32 JRM outdoors, ca. 1897-1900 (attr. MarrMI)
Fldr 33 D-M after heavy snows, February 1899 (MarrMI) Morris Family Papers 95
Fldr 34 Eleanor White with sweet peas, 1899
Fldr 35 EPMIII at "Avocado," Sea Girt, 1900 (MarrMI)
Fldr 36 EPMIII in playful poses, ca. 1900-1905
Fldr 37 Back porch, D-M, ca. 1900-1905 (attr. MarrMI)
Fldr 38 MarrMI (?) in D-M garden, ca. 1905-1915
Fldr 39 MarrMII in D-M backyard, 1906 (attr. MCM)
Fldr 40 MCM with dog Scamp, ca. 1910 (MarrMI)
Fldr 41 MarrMI family in D-M backyard, ca. 1910 (attr. MCM)
Fldr 42 EPMIII playing with miniature milk wagon, D-M garden, ca. 1902
Fldr 43 MarrMI family scenes at 6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham (Germantown), ca. 1902-1903
Fldr 44 MarrMI sledding excursion at Eagles Mere, Pa., February 1903
Fldr 45 EPMIII and MarrMII, 1903 (MarrMI)
Fldr 46 D-M from across Germantown Ave., 1904 (attr. MCM)
Fldr 47 BMR, SBMII, and EPMI, Pinehurst, N.C., March 1905
Fldr 48 Thanksgiving with Anna T. Canby, 1905 (MarrMI)
Fldr 49 Sarah Wistar Rhoads (JRM mother) in her home, 1905 (MarrMI)
Fldr 50 EPMIII and MarrMI in 131 garden, ca. 1905
Fldr 51 MarrMII at "Avocado," Sea Girt, ca. 1905
Fldr 52 MCM photographing grandchildren in D-M garden, ca. 1905
Fldr 53 JMR at 131 -- "1st photo E.P.M. Jr. [EPMIII] ever took," 1906
Fldr 54 Renovation of 131, [1907]
Fldr 55 Scenes in D-M backyard including Mary Twadell, EPMIII, and dog Scamp, 1908 (MarrMI)
Morris Family Papers 96
Fldr 56 Sledding at 131, February 1908
Fldr 57 Cyanotype postcards, 1908-[1910] (MarrMI)
Fldr 58 Scenes in D-M backyard -- ECM garden, chickens, and cherry tree, ca. 1910
Fldr 59 Unidentified camping and sailing trip (for GBC?), ca. 1910 (attr. MarrMI)
Fldr 60 MCM and D-M backyard scenes, ca. 1910-1919
Fldr 61 Backyard with corner of back porch ("Conservatory"), D-M, ca. 1910-1920
Fldr 62 George L. Jones, teacher at Westtown School, ca. 1910-1915
Fldr 63 Garden in winter, D-M, 1_912
Fldr 64 EPMI, MCM, and grandchildren near goldfish pond, "ECM's garden" at D-M, April 1912
Fldr 65 EPMIII, August 1913 (MarrMI)
Fldr 66 "Sea Girt," 1913
Fldr 67 EPMIII in forest, April 1914
Fldr 68 Scenes with Potts family, huckster at Sea Girt, 1914 (MarrMI)
Fldr 69 ECM outside D-M conservatory,1914
Fldr 70 Janet in partial shadow, ca. 1915
Fldr 71 ECM near apple tree, ca. 1915
Fldr 72 Snapshots of MarrMI, 1915-1916
Fldr 73 Garden of 131, ca. 1915
Fldr 74 EPMIII as teenager, front of 131, ca. 1915-1920
Fldr 75 Strachan Avenue [Pittsburgh?], ca. 1915-1930
PHOTO BX 25
Prints -- Unnumbered, cont.
Morris Family Papers 97
Fldr 1 Family posed at rear of D-M, 1916-1917 (EPMIII)
Fldr 2 Scenes at Sea Girt, 1917 (MarrMI)
Fldr 3 "M.C.M. Jr. [MarrMII] house party, Sea Girt," 1918
Fldr 4 "Sea Girt," 1918 (contains C-283)
Fldr 5 Visit to BMR in Haddonfield, Fall 1918 (MarrMI)
Fldr 6 Man fixing bicycle "somewhere in France" [MarrMII ca. 1919?]
Fldr 7 ECM, ca. 1920
Fldr 8 Bed of tulips, D-M, near south sidewalk, ca. 1920-1940
Fldr 9 Back ell and chestnut tree, D-M, ca. 1920-1940
Fldr 10 New York City skyline, ca. 1920-1935
Fldr 11 Unidentified young woman (Janet Morris?) by Bachrach, ca. 1920-1935
Fldr 12 MarrMI and JRM picking oranges in Florida, [1921?]
Fldr 13 Haddon Hall, Atlantic City, N.J., 1922
Fldr 14 EPMIII as Haverford graduate, 1922
Fldr 15 EPMIII and group (AFSC?) outside 131, 1923?
Fldr 16 "Ocean City" [GBC vacation house], July 1924
Fldr 17 "Ocean City" [GBC vacation house], August 1924 SEE ALSO: Negatives.
Fldr 18 EPMIII posed on automobile, Cheltenham, England, [1925]
Fldr 19 [MarrMI family trip to and from France, 1925?]
Fldr 20 Unidentified young man with tulip/hyacinth bed in D-M garden, ca. 1925-1940
Fldr 21 EPMIII graduation from Yale School of Forestry, 1928
Fldr 22 Rhoads family, 1929-1931
Fldr 23 Cedar Mer, Sea Girt, 1930 (for rent) Morris Family Papers 98
Fldr 24 Venice vacation, 1931 (MarrMI)
Fldr 25 Sea Girt and Lakewood, N.J., scenes, 1933 (MarrMI)
Fldr 26 "MCM [MarrMI] on beach at Sea Girt," August 1933 (EPMIII)
Fldr 27 EPMIII wedding, June 1934
Fldr 28 "Sea Girt Prints" -- S.S. Morro Castle wreck, 1934
Fldr 29 Unidentified man, Sapporo, Japan, November 1935
Fldr 30 Willliam P. Morris as baby, ca. 1936?
Fldr 31 "Sea Girt," 1937 or 1938
Fldr 32 EPMIII family acquaintances, 1937
Fldr 33 TVA dam and Norris, TN, 1938
Fldr 34 Jamaica vacation, [1938]
Fldr 35 "Sea Girt," 1939-1940
Fldr 36 Anna Sayler Morris in groups, ca. 1940-1955
Fldr 37 Sea Girt scenes, 1941, 1943-1945
Fldr 38 "Sea Girt prints," August 1949 (EPMIII)
Fldr 39 EPMIII family and Wood family on beach, Sea Girt, 1950
Fldr 40 Design for William Penn plaque, 1950
Fldr 41 "Sea Girt," ca. 1950
Fldr 42 EPMIII and family, 1971
Fldr 43 "BG Homestead meeting," March 1971
Fldr 44 Fire pumper in local parade, October 1971 (EPMIII)
Fldr 45 Copy photograph of SBMI portrait(?), n.d.
Morris Family Papers 99
Fldr 46 Pair of colonial-era portraits misidentified as Hannah Perot Morris and SBMI, n.d. (copy photographs)
Prints in Alphanumerical Order
Note: Due to their special photographic processes, these numbered prints stored apart from remainder of sub-series.
Fldr 47 A-163A [Snow slide at 131], February 1910 (MarrMI)
Fldr 48 C-172 to -174 and associated prints Sea Girt and Beaver Dam, August 1913
Fldr 49 G-69 to -70, -74 to -77 MarrMI family outside D-M, ca. 1903-1904
Fldr 50 G-73 and -78 [D-M backyard], 1905
Fldr 51 I-10-4 to -5, -18 -- Knollbrook chestnut tree, Churchill Lake, 1971
Fldr 52 I-10-19 to -20 --Ned & Laura Potts's wedding, June 1971
Fldr 53 I-15-5 to -9 -- New pump for local fire engine, 1971
Fldr 54 I-16 -- EPMIII family at Christmas, Knollbrook interiors, December 1971
PHOTO BX 26
Family Photographs (cont.) -- Textual Documents
Fldr 1 Glass plate envelopes for MarrMI 8X10", 1905-1907
Fldr 2 Glass plate negative envelope, 1917
Fldr 3 Key to negatives' alphanumeric system, ca. 1950-1970 (EPMIII)
Fldr 4 "List of Sea Girt Pictures," [1918] (JRM)
Fldr 5 Envelopes, 1908-1945
Fldr 6 Envelopes for "A" negatives, 1914, n.d.
Fldr 7 Envelopes for "B" negatives, 1915, n.d.
Fldr 8 Booklet for "C" negatives, n.d. Morris Family Papers 100
Fldr 9 Envelopes for "C" negatives (original), 1917-1926
Fldr 10 Envelopes for "C" negatives, n.d.
Fldr 11 Envelopes for "D" prints, 1926-1946
Fldr 12 Envelopes for "F" negatives, 1925-1934
Fldr 13 Booklet for "G" and "H" prints, n.d.
Fldr 14 Envelope for "M" prints, 1933
Fldr 15 Envelopes for "O" negatives, 1925, n.d.
Fldr 16 Envelopes for "V" prints, 1941-1942
Fldr 17 Envelopes for Watch Camera negatives, n.d.
Fldr 18 Subject lists for film rolls, 1964 (EPMIII)
MarrMI Family -- MarrMI -- Motion Pictures (cont.)
Fldr 19 Subjects in "Nantucket" home movie, 1941
PHOTO BX 27
Deshler-Morris House Materials (cont.)
Photographs/ Images
House (cont.)
Fldr 1 Winter scene, backyard, 1859 (stereoview)
Fldr 2 Front facade, [1871]* (moved to framed storage)
Fldr 3 "American Views" stereoview, front facade, ca. 1875
Fldr 4 Front facade, [1876] SEE ALSO: Same image in oversize photograph
Morris Family Papers 101
Fldr 5 Stereoviews, front facade, ca. 1880
Fldr 6 View to back porch, 1884 (photostat)
Fldr 7 Front facade, June 1886 (and later prints) Note: Image used for 1889 Perot Family reunion memento (included).
Fldr 8 Front facade, ca. 1886 (copy photograph of engraving)
Fldr 9 Front facade views by Rebecca Cooper, [December 1887] Note: BMR and MarrMI copies.
Fldr 10 Front facade, ca. 1890-1910
Fldr 11 Front facade, ca. 1890-1910 (later copies) (INDE 15551-15553)
Fldr 12 Front facade, 1891
Fldr 13 Postcard, front facade, ca. 1904
Fldr 14 Front facade in calendar illustration, 1905
Fldr 15 Front facade, 1907
Fldr 16 Front facade, 1910?
Fldr 17 Front facade, ca. 1910-1930 (photomechanical print for calendar)
Fldr 18 Front facade, ca. 1920-1945
Fldr 19 Front facade, 16 May 1950 [NPS celebration]
Fldr 20 Negative photostats of images in Papers, n.d.
Fldr 21 Side and rear exteriors of D-M and stable, April 1959
Fldr 22 Laying down trolley tracks, 1894 (later copy)
Other Germantown Sites
Fldr 23 Driveway for Germantown Friends School, n.d.
Fldr 24 Market Square, ca. 1800 (photostat of painting)
Morris Family Papers 102
Family Research (cont.)
Photographs/ Images
Fldr 25 1652 spoon given to SBMI in 1832, ca. 1880-1900 SEE ALSO: Phoebe Guest (Morris) desk, Photo BX 3, Fldr 6.
Wistar Family
Photographs/ Images
Fldr 26 Anna Wistar (Wilberforce) in group at "Sunnyside," 1915
PHOTO BX 28
Separated Materials (Photographs)
Fldr 1 Removed from Captain Samuel Morris sub-series, BX 1, Fldr 12
Fldr 2 Removed from MCM sub-series, BX 5, Fldr 5 and BX 6, Fldr 9
Fldr 3 Removed from MarrMI sub-series (diaries and correspondence), BX 9, Fldr 3 and BX 10, Fldrs 5 and 8
Fldr 4 Removed from MarrMI sub-series (personal materials), BX 10, Fldr 23
Fldr 5 Removed from MarrMI sub-series (bicycling), BX 10, Fldr 45
Fldr 6 Removed from MarrMI sub-series (bicycling), BX 10, Fldr 54
Fldr 7 Removed from MarrMI sub-series (GBC), BX 11, Fldrs 9, 15, 17, and 18
Fldr 8 Removed from JRM sub-series (correspondence), BX 12, Fldrs 23 and 25
Fldr 9 Removed from JRM sub-series (1913-1918 guestbook), BX 13, Fldr 9
Fldr 10 Removed from JRM sub-series (1918-1928 guestbook), BX 13, Fldr 10
Fldr 11 Removed from Janet Morris sub-series, BX 15, Fldr 18
Fldr 12 Removed from Perot-Sansom series, BX 20, Fldr 5 Morris Family Papers 103
Fldr 13 Removed from Canby Family series, BX 21, Fldr 31
PHOTO BX 29
Family Photographs -- Albums
Fldr 1 [Haverford College and other scenes[, 1883-1884 Notes: 24 leaves, 48 albumen photoprints; subjects include group photos of Class of ’86, Haverford buildings, dorm room interiors, local landmarks, book cremation ceremony, Sunset Lake (Asbury Park).
Fldr 2 [EPMIII as baby], ca. 1900 Notes: 16 leaves (5 blank), 47 g.s.p.
Fldr 3 [EPMIII at Sea Girt seashore], 1907, 1911 Notes: 16 leaves, 14 g.s.p. photoprints. Images and captions probably by MarrMI.
Fldr 4 [Cruise to Canada], August 1924 Notes: 30 leaves, 60 g.s.p. photoprints. MarrMI and EPMIII in images; EPMIII possibly took the images.
PHOTO BX 30
Family Photographs -- Albums (cont.)
[Downtown Philadelphia and Germantown scenes], 1891-1956
Notes: ca. 375 photoprints; 103 leaves (48 blank in front). Probably earlier pages placed into newer photo album; EPMIII took most images and wrote the captions. Subjects include: building the Benjamin Franklin Bridge (then the Delaware River Bridge) and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, new subway at City Hall Plaza, the 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition, engineer group at Bell Telephone Co. in Philadelphia, Old Town Hall and construction of New Town Hall in Germantown, GBC members building canoe, and scenes at 131, many with Janet. 1924 and 1929 photographs of D-M facade and garden tagged.
PHOTO BX 31
Family Photographs -- Albums (cont.)
Fldr 1 [Album pages of England journey], June-July 1925 (Part 1 of 5) Morris Family Papers 104
Notes: EPMIII probably took most of the images (later filed as "M" in the alphanumeric scheme) with MarrMI and Janet credited for several shots.
Fldr 2 [Album pages of England journey], June-July 1925 (Part 2 of 5)
Fldr 3 [Album pages of England journey], June-July 1925 (Part 3 of 5)
Fldr 4 [Album pages of England journey], June-July 1925 (Part 4 of 5)
Fldr 4 [Album pages of England journey], June-July 1925 (Part 5 of 5)
APPENDIX A. FAMILY HISTORIES
Morris Family Figures represented in INDE Morris Family Papers in boldface.
Luke Wistar Morris (1768-1830) m. 1791 (1) Elizabeth Morris Buckley (“Eliza”) (1772-1797) m. (2) Ann Pancoast (1764-1858) Samuel Buckley Morris (1791-1859) (SBMI) Elizabeth Buckley Morris Wistar (b. 1801) m. 1825 Hannah Perot (1792-1831) Mary Luke Morris Ellis (b. 1803) Samuel Morris (1827-1905) (SBMIII) Sarah Wistar Morris Perot (b. 1807) m. Lydia Spencer (1829-1903) Hannah Ann Morris Buckley (1812-1889) Hannah P. Morris (1854-1831) Luke W. Morris (1858-1874) George Spencer Morris m. 1895 Lydia Ellicott Samuel (b. 1896) Nancy m. Richard R. Wood Edith E. m. J. Redman Engle Lydia Foulke Spencer m. Frank C. Baxter Hannah P. “Jr.” m. Andrew J. Biemiller Beulah Sansom Morris (1829-1923) (BMR) m. 1870 Charles Rhoads (1828-1903) (1) 1856 Anna Nicholson (d. 1864) Mary Rhoads (1871-1872) Mary (d. 1867) Samuel W. Rhoads Elliston Perot Morris (1831-1914) (EPMI) m. 1861 Martha Canby (1836-1919) (MCM) Marriott Canby Morris (1863-1948) (MarrMI) m. 1897 Jane (“Jenny”) Rhoads (1870 -1950) (JMR) Elliston Perot Morris (17 May 1899-1980) (EPMIII) m. 1934 Anna Sayler William Perot Eleanor R. Morris (Cox)
Jonathan W. David M. (b. 1944) Marriott Canby Morris Jr. (1900-1992) (MarrMII) m. Elizabeth (“Libby”) A. Haines Ruth Janet Morris (1907-2010) Elizabeth Canby Morris (1866-1947) (ECM) Samuel Buckley Morris (1868-1886) Elliston Perot Morris (1872-1881) (EPMII)
Canby Family William Canby (1748-1830) m. 1774 Martha Marriott Canby (1747-1826) Oliver Canby (1775-1858) Frances Canby (1778-1833) m. 1804 Benjamin Ferris (1780-1867) Mary Canby (1780-1849) m. 1810 Clement Biddle (1778-1856) Anna Canby (1784-1867) m. 1815 David Smyth (1783-1866) Merrit (Marriott) Canby (1787-1866) m. 1830 Eliza Tatnall Sipple (1795-1865) William Marriott Canby (1831-1904) m. 1870 Edith Dillon Mathews William Marriott Canby, Jr (1874-1937) m. Edith Wistar Marjorie Wistar Canby (b. 1899) William Marriott Canby III (1903-1971) Henry Mathews Canby (1874-1928) William Shipley Canby (1875-1882) Marjorie Tatnall Canby (1884-1933) Anna Tatnall Canby (1833-1917) Martha Canby (1836-1919) (See Morris Family above)
Bellah (Bellach) Family
Thomas Sipple (b. 1765) John Bellah (Bellach) m. Ann Tatnall (1775-1816) m. Ann Tatnall (1775-1816) Eliza Tatnall Sipple (see above) Thomas Lea Bellah m. Merrit (Marriott) Canby James John Bellah (b. 1801) Thomas Tatnall Bellah (b. 1802) Henrietta (“Hetty”) Ann Bellah (b. 1809) Joseph Tatnall Bellah (1811-1877) Edward Tatnall Bellah (1816-1899)
Wistar Family
Caspar Wistar (1695/96-1751/52) m. 1726 Katharine Jensen (1703-1786) Richard Wistar (1727-1781) m. 1751 Sarah Wyatt Caspar Wistar (1752-1756) Bartholomew Wistar (1754-1796) Richard Wistar Jr. (1756-1821) m. 1782 Sarah Morris (first cousin) John Wistar (1759-1815) m. Charlotte Newbold Caspar Wistar (1761-1818) m. 1788 Isabella Marshall m. 1798 Elizabeth Mifflin Richard Mifflin Wistar (1805-1883) Mifflin Wistar (1811-1872) m. Esther Fisher Smith (1818-1900) Elizabeth Wistar (1816-1834) Thomas Wistar (1765-1851) m. Mary Waln (1765-1844) Richard Wistar (1787-1787) Elizabeth Waln Wistar (1788-1880) Sarah Wyatt Wistar (1790-1791) Richard Waln Wistar (b. 1791) Margaret Wistar (1792-1886) m. Roberts Vaux Wyatt Wistar (1795-1795) Mary Wistar (1796-1804) Thomas Wistar Jr. (1798-1876) m. Elizabeth Buckley Morris Ann Morris Wister (1823-1861) m. Joshua Husband Morris Thomas Wister III (1826-1862) m. Priscilla Foulke Bartholomew Wyatt Wistar (1800-1800)
Caspar Wistar (1801-1867) m. 1826 Lydia Jones (1804-1878) Isaac Jones Wistar (1827-1905) Mary Waln Wistar (1829-1901) m. Moses Brown Margaret Vaux Wistar (1831-1917) m. Robert Bowne Haines Caspar Wistar (1833-1854) Hannah Jones Wistar (1835-1921) m. William Hacker William Wilberfore Wistar (1837-1866) m. Anna Mary Alderson Thomas Wistar (1837-1898) m. Theodora Feltwell Sarah Wistar (1839-1866) (mother of Jane Rhoads Morris) m. 1866 William Gibbons Rhoads (see Rhoads Family below) Lydia Jones Wistar (b. 1841) m. 1879 Edward Hale Kendell Catherine Jansen Wistar (1843-1902) Joseph Wistar (1802-1829) m. Sarah Elizabeth Comfort Sarah Wistar (1804-1828) m. Marmaduke Cooper Cope Mary Waln Wistar (1807-1840) m. Moses Brown Margaret Wistar (1728/29-1793) m. Reuben Haines (1727/28-1793) Catherine Wistar (1730-1806) Joshua Wistar (1732-1734) Rebecca Wistar m. Samuel Morris (1734-1812 ) Samuel Morris (1756-1756) Sarah Morris (1758-1831) m. Richard Wistar Jr. (1756-1821) Benjamin Wistar Morris (1762-1825) Caspar Wistar Morris (1764-1828) Anthony Morris (1766-1860) Luke Wistar Morris (1768-1830) (see Morris Family above)
Isaac Wistar Morris (1770-1831) Catharine Wistar Morris (1772-1859) Samuel Wistar Morris (1775-1793) Israel Wistar Morris (1778-1870) Sarah Wistar (1738-1815?) Caspar Wistar Jr. (1739/40-1811) m. Mary Franklin Mary Bacon
Buckley Family
William Buckley, 1745-1815 m. 1771 Sarah Morris (1743-1830) Elizabeth Morris Buckley (1772-1797) m. 1791 Luke Wistar Morris (see Morris Family above) Sarah P. (dates unknown, possibly born after Elizabeth) m. 14 March 1793 Joseph Cooper (d. 30 September) Joseph B. Cooper (b. 17 January 1794) m. 1801 Thomas Howard (b. 26 July 1802) Anthony Morris Buckley (b. 1777, d. unmarried 6 April 1845?)1
1 Lawrence Buckley Thomas in his Genealogical Notes (Baltimore, 1877), p. 48, gives this death date to Anthony but lists him as a grandson of William.
Perot-Sansom Families
Joseph Sansom (1767-1826) m. Beulah Biddle (b. 1765) William Sansom (1763-1840) Samuel Sansom m. Hannah Sarah Sansom m. Elliston Perot (1746/47-1834) Hannah Perot (1792-1831) m. 1825 Samuel Buckley Morris (1791-1859) (see Morris Family above) Sansom Perot (1794-1840) Francis Perot (1796-1885) m. 1823 Elizabeth Marshall Morris (b. 1802) Elliston Perot (1824-1865) m. Caroline R. Corbit Thomas Morris Perot (1828-1902) m. Rebecca Cleaver Siter Sarah Morris Perot (1831-1853) m. Edward H. Ogden Joseph Perot (1799-1876) m. Sarah Wister Morris William Samson Perot (1800-1883) m. 1822 Mary Williams Poultney
Rhoads Family Connections
Charles Rhoads (1828-1903) (1) 1856 Anna Nicholson (d. 1864) Mary Rhoads (d. 1867) Samuel W. Rhoads (local ornithologist) (2) 1870 Beulah S. Morris (see Morris Family above) Mary Rhoads (1871-1872)
William Gibbons Rhoads (1838-1880) m. 1866 Sarah Wistar (b. 1839) Lydia Wistar Rhoads (b. 1868) Jane Gibbons Rhoads (1870 -1950) (see Morris Family above) m. Marriott Canby Morris Ethel Rhoads (1871-1907) m. Thomas Charles Potts Edward Rhoads (1873-1903) William Gibbons Rhoads (1876-1903) m. Ellen Nora Ward (b. 1883) Nora (“Nonya”) Ward Rhoads (b. 1906) Samuel Rhoads (b. 1878)