Table of Contents

Collection Overview

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content

Restrictions

Subject Headings

Administrative Information

Contents:

I. Obituary Scrapbooks

II. Social Event Scrapbooks

III. Indexes to Obituary Scrapbooks

IV. Indexes to Social Event Scrapbooks

Mary Morris Scrapbooks

A Guide to the Mary Morris Scrapbooks at the Connecticut Historical Society

Biographical Sketch

Mary Pamelia was born in New York City on January 1, 1848, the daughter of Festus C. and Sarah (Lincoln) Felt. On May 15, 1867 she married John Emory Morris of the Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut. She was the mother of Henry Lincoln, Edward Bontecou and John Felt Morris. She died at her home at 66 Niles Street in Hartford on September 12, 1924.

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Scope and Content

Collection consists of clippings of obituaries and news of social events appearing in the Hartford Courant of Hartford, Connecticut and the Republican of Springfield, Massachusetts.

Arrangement

Materials are organized into three series based on arrangement by the donor.

Series I: Obituary Scrapbooks consists of clippings of obituaries appearing in the Hartford Courant and the Springfield Republican.

Series II: Social Scrapbooks Collection consists of clippings of engagements, weddings, balls and other social events appearing in the Hartford Courant of Hartford, Connecticut and the Republican of Springfield, Massachusetts, chronologically arranged.

Indexes

Series III: Indexes to Obituary ScrapbooksNames are indexed by alphabet groupings, that is for example, all the A's are listed together in chronological order by date of death, but not in strict alphabetical sequence. Although Mrs. Morris continued clipping obituaries until almost the end of her life, her health was such that she did not feel up to indexing them after February of 1922.

Series IV: Indexes to Social Event Scrapbooks are indexed by alphabet groupings, that is for example, all the "A" surnames are listed together in chronological order by date of the social event, but not in strict alphabetical sequence. Although Mrs. Morris continued clipping social events until almost the end of her life, her health was such that she did not feel up to indexing them after November of 1921.

Materials are arranged chronologically within the first two series and in alphabetical groups as distinct from alphabetical order in the third series.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions on access to the collection.

Use Restrictions

Use of the material requires compliance with the Connecticut Historical Society's Research Center Regulations.

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Subject Headings

Corporate Names

Subjects

Geographic Names

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Item, Collection Title, Collection number (Box #, Folder #). Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Connecticut.

Processing Details

EAD instance compiled by Ruth Blair in August 2000, based on donor's arrangement.Updated to EAD 2002 in December 2010.

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