Celia Morris Papers
Celia Morris
at the Southwestern Writers CollectionÕs ÒCourageÓ panel, 2005.
Award-winning writer Celia Morris began donating
her papers to the Southwestern Writers Collection/The Wittliff Collections
in 2004. Her books include Fanny Wright: Rebel
in America
(1984), Storming the Statehouse: Running
for Governor with Ann Richards and Dianne Feinstein (1992), Bearing Witness, Sexual Harassment and Beyond, Everywoman's Story
(1994), and Finding Celia's Place
(2000)
Listed below is an archival inventory
of the Celia Morris holdings. Note that access to unprocessed materials is
granted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the Archivist
for details about access to the Celia Morris Collection.
Accession 2004-217
Materials from Celia MorrisÕ
writing career. Items included
are: correspondence, typed manuscripts, photos, research material for various
projects, audio and video cassettes, newspaper clippings, notes, interviews,
reviews, conference and seminar materials, articles by and about Celia Morris,
and materials pertaining to Bob Eckhardt and Willie Morris.
Materials from envelopes and
folders have not been removed and labels were made by artist. Contents of envelopes and folders were
briefly described.
BOX 1
- envelope labeled ÒSydney Berger
Lecture Indiana publicity November 1995Ó - contains correspondence,
newsletters, photocopies of clippings, and press releases
- envelope labeled ÒReviews of my
books & speechesÓ – contains correspondence, invites, newsletters, photocopies
of clippings, and newspaper clippings.
- envelope labeled
ÒCorrespondence 1984 – 1985 some about memo book projectÓ –
contains mostly correspondence
- envelope labeled ÒProposed book
Miscegenation nothing came of itÓ
– contains typed manuscripts, correspondence, and materials pertaining to
the Duke Fellowship
- envelope labeled
ÒCorrespondence with Ginger Barker (1974-1981) my first agent. Largely about the Fanny Wright
manuscriptÓ – contains mostly correspondence
- envelope labeled ÒThe two American
WomenÕs movementsÓ – contains photocopies of articles, typed manuscripts,
correspondence, and newsletters
- envelope labeled ÒFanny Wright
presentation Louise Stevenson American Studies Association 1984Ó –
contains typed manuscripts and correspondence
- envelope labeled
ÒCorrespondence with David RiesmanÓ – contains mostly correspondence
- envelope labeled
ÒCorrespondence in relation to FannyÓ – contains mostly correspondence
and a catalog from Harvard University Press which features the New Spring Books
1984
- envelope labeled ÒConferences
in which IÕve taken partÓ – contains correspondence, programs and
material from the Tennessee Humanities Council
- envelope labeled ÒProfessional
Correspondence 1985 thru September 1986Ó – contains various letters of
correspondence in reference to impending works.
- book titled You Got to be Stupid to Sing Country Music
& other unusual song lyrics by Jim Terr
- typed manuscript titled ÒSharon
Pratt Kelly: A Politician Learning the Hard WayÓ by Celia Morris and Sharon
Pratt Dixon. This piece was
written for the LA Times Magazine
- typed transcript of an
interview with Judy Goldsmith & Milly Jeffery
- folder containing
correspondence with Kathleen Anderson, typed manuscript titled ÒCapital Women:
Structure and StrategyÓ by Celia Eckhardt & materials/proposals in
reference to Old West Women (an idea that didnÕt work)
- folder containing conference
report materials, Democratic Leadership: The Women Who Ran the Õ88 Campaigns
- folder containing Illinois
publication and correspondence
- folder containing professional
correspondence, dated 1990-1993
BOX 2
- envelope-containing
correspondence with agent Ellen Levine, dated range from 1985 and on.
- various transcripts of
interviews for Bearing Witness, and
numerous newspaper & magazine clippings
- envelope containing various
letters of correspondence with Willie Morris dated 1968
- envelope containing newspaper
clipping and materials in reference to Willie MorrisÕ death
- envelope containing
correspondence, newspaper clippings and other materials for Change Magazine a magazine for which Celia worked for 4
years in the early 70s
- envelope containing
correspondence with Change Magazine
- envelope-containing material
from Here Lies My Heart and responses
from friends to it
- envelope containing Budget
Essay, which was published in the Congressional
Record dated September 28, 1983
- envelope containing articles by
and about Willie Morris. Also
included are various reviews of his books
- envelope containing
correspondence from Tom Wicker (materials are to be made available upon his
request)
- envelope containing materials
from a 1986 Justice & Liberal Education seminar sponsored by the Council
for Liberal Learning
- envelope containing Faulkner
speech/essay given in El Paso & at the Southern Conference in WomenÕs
History 1988
- envelope titled ÒAttempts to
sell Crooked DiceÓ
BOX 3
- envelope titled ÒThe Ill-faded
mood, Crooked DiceÓ
- envelope containing 1980-1984
correspondence about Fanny Wright & manuscript permission, the occasional
speech
- folder containing various
reviews of Fanny Wright
- folders and envelope containing
speeches and correspondence related to the Legacy of Frances Wright
- envelope containing research
materials for Bearing Witness
- envelope containing speech and
correspondence blurbs in reference to Bearing
Witness
- folder containing photocopies
and newspaper clippings of reviews on Bearing
Witness
- envelope containing background
research material on violence against women
- folder containing material on
Irving Howe
- copy of The Family Therapy Networker, March/April 1995
- folder titled Work Search
– contains various letters of correspondence
BOX 4
- envelope containing
correspondence and background materials on Little Brown
- envelope containing correspondence,
speeches and schedules in reference to Bearing
Witness
- envelope containing material in
reference to Finding CeliaÕs Place
& Minneapolis trip and bookselling
- envelope containing
professional correspondence dated 1997-1999
- envelope containing
correspondence dated 1996-1999
- envelope containing materials
in reference to Finding CeliaÕs Place
- envelope containing material
for an autobiography and correspondence about critiques
- envelope containing reviews,
etc. in reference to Finding CeliaÕs
Place
- envelope containing materials
from a Texas trip trying to sell Finding
CeliaÕs Place
- envelope containing responses
to Finding CeliaÕs Place
- envelope containing WomenÕs
Review of Books correspondence
BOX 5
- envelope containing WomenÕs Review
of Books correspondence
- envelope containing photo of
Celia Morris taken by Mary Sherrill and photo of Bob taken by David Morris
- samples of Holiday card and
birthday invites from Celia and Bob Eckhardt
- envelope containing formal
separation agreements
- envelope marked Divorce
- envelope-containing
correspondence from Lawyers and Celia in reference to Eckhardt divorce
- envelope containing
correspondence with Bob Eckhardt
- envelope containing
correspondence and essays dated 1985-1987
- envelope containing articles
about Celia Morris
- envelope containing
correspondence dated 2001-2003
- envelope containing articles
about Bob Eckhardt. Also included
are copies of obituaries for Bob Eckhardt
- envelope containing various
presses clippings
- envelope titled ÒJohn Silber
1956 –Ò
- envelope containing letters to
CeliaÕs lawyer and legal documents
- envelope-containing letters to
Bob Eckhardt after his defeat in 1980
- envelope containing materials
in reference to the 1980 Eckhardt campaign
- envelope-containing materials
from the Texas Women for the Eighties
- complete typed copy-edited
typed manuscript titled Finding CeliaÕs
Place
BOX 6
- envelope-containing materials
for what became Finding CeliaÕs Place. Also included: correspondence with
Charles Backus of Texas A&M Press.
- envelope containing materials
regarding CeliaÕs account of BobÕs stroke & the next few months shortly
after
- envelope-containing
correspondence for Bob
- envelope containing correspondence
about an autobiography
- envelope-containing materials
regarding Texas Women for the Eighties.
Items included are speeches, correspondence and evaluations.
- envelope containing correspondence
dated 1995-1996
- envelope containing reviews
from 1996 – 1997
- envelope-containing book
reviews from January 1998 to (and on).
Also included some correspondence.
- envelope-containing
correspondence with Lynn Waldrick
- envelope containing professional
conference correspondence dated mid 1990Õs.
- envelope containing speeches
and articles
- envelope containing various
letters of correspondence to/from Celia Morris
BOX 7
- envelope containing reviews
from 1976 – 1996. Also included some correspondence.
- folder containing
correspondence from the late 1980Õs
- folder containing materials
from the Texas Women ScholarsÕ Conference SMU Press
- folder-containing materials in
reference to David Barkoya, whom Celia met while writing a biography on John
Silber.
- copies of various reviews made
by Celia Morris
Materials regarding Texas
Women. Items included are as
follows:
- folder titled addresses,
contains various lists of peoples names and addresses
- envelope containing last
letters speeches
- envelope marked San Antonio,
contains photocopies of articles, correspondence and newsletters
- envelope marked The 1984 Vote,
contains newspaper clippings, photocopies of articles, correspondence &
newsletters
- envelope marked Houston,
contains newspaper clippings, photocopies of articles, correspondence &
newsletters.
- envelope marked Austin,
contains photocopies of articles and correspondence
- envelope containing Texas
correspondence
- envelope marked East Texas
& Pat Lamar, contains newsletters, correspondence and newspaper clippings
- envelope marked My Speeches, contains
correspondence and typed copies of speeches made by Celia Morris
- envelope containing early
correspondence
BOX 8
Materials regarding Texas Women. Items included are as follows:
- envelope containing early
correspondence, etc. in reference to Texas Women
- envelope-containing
correspondence with Willie Velasquez
- envelope marked Texas Women of
the Eighties & Houston file of Troubles, contains correspondence and
various memorandums
- envelope marked Dallas,
containing correspondence
- envelope containing
correspondence with the Texas Women Board
- envelope marked Austin,
containing photocopies of articles and correspondence
- copies of Texas WomenÕs Political Caucus and The Texas Observer
- envelope marked Fort Worth,
contains various photocopies of clippings and correspondence
- envelope containing Texas Women
National Correspondence
- copies of articles Celia Morris
wrote, some of which were published
- various copies of The Getting it Gazette
- 2 envelopes containing feminist
politics materials dated thru 1986
- 2 envelopes containing
materials from Storming the Statehouse
BOX 9
- original copy edited
manuscript, Storming the Statehouse
- notes, newspaper clippings and
business cards
- envelope marked Selling Fanny
- envelope containing
correspondence with Harvard Press, dated 1981 – 1983
- envelope-containing
correspondence with Harvard regarding Fanny
reviews
- envelope-containing correspondence
with English helpers about Fanny
- envelope containing
correspondence regarding Fanny
- envelope containing English
research on Fanny, primarily Jill
Liddtington
- folder containing Sister Essays
- envelope containing statistics
etc., about women
- photocopy of England the Civiliser, FannyÕs last book
BOX 10
- envelope containing Harvard
correspondence dated 1983-1984
Materials related to Bearing Witness. Items included are as
follows:
- Bearing Witness
audiotapes without transcriptions
- moldy pages of correspondence
- envelope-containing materials
from a conference on race, gender and power in America held at Georgetown Law
on October 16, 1992
- also included are various
(moldy and not moldy) newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles, copy of Military Women in the Department of Defense,
A Wind of Change, Working Women Speak Out on Sexual
Harassment, and correspondence
- envelope containing various
newspaper clippings
- envelope-containing permissions
for Finding CeliaÕs Place
Various videocassettes, titles
are as follows:
- ÒBill Dunlap – Around
TownÓ
- ÒClayton WilliamsÓ
- ÒThe Secret to Change by Millie
JeffreyÓ
- ÒSydney Berger Lecture, Dr.
Celia Morris, Nov. 9, 1995, Univ. of Southern IndianaÓ
- ÒMarch 16, 1994, Celia Morris
in Good Day LA KTTV (Channel 11) Los AngelesÓ
- ÒMy Hit on Houston TVÓ
- ÒMy TV interview in EvansvilleÓ
- ÒCalifornia TV interviewÓ
- ÒCelia on Channel 8Ó
- ÒFeinstein for GovernorÓ
- ÒA Word on Words & The
WriterÕs Tale with Celia MorrisÓ x 2
- ÒCNN Sonya Live WednesdayÓ
- ÒSquire – Eskew –
Knapp Richard for Governor 1990Ó
- ÒDemocratic primary debateÓ
- ÒClayton Williams car loan
scandal 10/19/1990Ó
- ÒTexas Women for the EightiesÓ
- ÒNews Addition 146Ó
Videotapes used for background of
Bearing Witness
- ÒMemory, Part 2Ó
- ÒBearing Witness ResearchÓ
- ÒAll in the FamilyÓ
- ÒReserved memory – Ofra
BickeÓ
- ÒSex, Power and the WorkplaceÓ
- ÒPeople for the American WayÓ
- ÒCelia Morris Fox Morning NewsÓ
- ÒSexual HarassmentÓ
- ÒLifestyleÓ
- ÒFrontline Show: My Doctor, My LoverÓ
and audiocassette ÒDo They Hear
You When You CryÓ
Along with videocassettes there
are numerous audiocassettes and micro audiocassettes.
Accession 2007-032
Material consists of multiple drafts of Bearing Witness: Sexual Harassment and
Beyond – EverywomanÕs Story by Celia Morris. Drafts contain hand
written notes and revisions including numerous post-it notes.
BOX #841 folder 1
Draft of Bearing
Witness: Sexual Harassment and Beyond – EverywomanÕs Story with hand
written notes on post-its (part 1 of 2).
BOX #841 folder
2
Draft of Bearing
Witness: Sexual Harassment and Beyond – EverywomanÕs Story with hand
written notes on post-its (part 2 of 2).
BOX #841 folder
3
Incomplete draft of Bearing Witness: Sexual Harassment and Beyond – EverywomanÕs
Story with hand written notes on post-its; some pages are duplicated.
BOX #841 folder
4
Draft of Bearing
Witness: Sexual Harassment and Beyond – EverywomanÕs Story with some
hand written notes (part 1 of 3).
BOX #841 folder
5
Draft of Bearing
Witness: Sexual Harassment and Beyond – EverywomanÕs Story with some
hand written notes (part 2 of 3).
BOX #841 folder
6
Draft of Bearing
Witness: Sexual Harassment and Beyond – EverywomanÕs Story with some
hand written notes (part 3 of 3).
BOX #841 folder
7
Manuscript and proof of Bearing Witness: Sexual Harassment and Beyond – EverywomanÕs
Story with some hand written notes and post-its; includes a letter to
Morris from Little, Brown and Company returning manuscript and proof to Morris
March 3, 1995 (part 1 of 3).
BOX #841 folder
8
Manuscript
and proof of Bearing Witness: Sexual
Harassment and Beyond – EverywomanÕs Story with some hand written
notes and post-its; March 3, 1995 (part 2 of 3).
BOX #841 folder
9
Manuscript
and proof of Bearing Witness: Sexual
Harassment and Beyond – EverywomanÕs Story with some hand written
notes and post-its; March 3, 1995 (part 3 of 3).
BOX #841 folder
10
Page proof of Bearing Witness: Sexual Harassment and Beyond – EverywomanÕs
Story with a few hand written notes; includes a page signed by Morris
November 12, 1993 stating ÒI have read this proof and approve the text of the
work as it is contained hereinÓ (part 1 of 2).
BOX #841 folder 11
Page proof of Bearing Witness: Sexual Harassment and Beyond – EverywomanÕs
Story with a few hand written notes; November 12, 1993 (part 2 of 2).
Remarks given by Morris at the 50th class reunion at University of Texas.
Accession 2009-006
Material relating to the campaign and
election of Barack Obama which includes newspaper clippings, email
correspondence, and a thank you letter to Morris from the Obamas for her help on
the campaign.
Oversize Box #1091 folder 1
Twenty-two page special edition of The Washington Post Wednesday, November
5, 2008 with headline ÒObama Makes HistoryÓ
Oversize Box #1091 folder 2
First and special sections of The New York Times Wednesday, November
5, 2008 with headline ÒObama: Racial Barrier Falls in Decisive VictoryÓ
Two pages from the August 31, 2008 edition of
The New York Times with articles on
Obama and the election
Oversize Box #1091
One 16Ó x 25Ó ÒObama/BidenÓ plastic campaign
sign/bag
Box #1092 folder 1
Newspaper clippings related to the
presidential campaign 2008
Box #1092 folder 2
Numerous correspondence emails with material
from The New York Times,
WashingtonPost.com, and The New
Republic, and others.
Correspondents include organizations, such as The Democratic Party and
America Votes, and Chandler Davidson, Rhonda Copelon, Karen Mulhauser, and
others [part 1 of 2]
Box #1092 folder 3
Numerous correspondence emails with material
from The New York Times,
WashingtonPost.com, and The New
Republic, and others.
Correspondents include organizations, such as The Democratic Party and
America Votes, and Chandler Davidson, Rhonda Copelon, Karen Mulhauser, and
others [part 2 of 2]
Box #1092 folder 4
Essays: ÒJerusalemÓ by Milton Viorst, ÒWhy
Not?Ó by Uri Avnery, and ÒE. J. Dionne on the state of the raceÓ
Box #1092 folder 5
The following issues of Newsweek Magazine: October 27, 2008; November 3, 2008 and November
17, 2008
The following issues of The New Republic: November 5 and November 19, 2008
November 17, 2008 issue of The New Yorker
October 26, 2008 issue of The New York Times Magazine
Box #1092 folder 6
Thank you letter to Morris from ÒBarack and
Michelle ObamaÓ for her help on the campaign, several pamphlets with information
on Obama, and the District of ColumbiaÕs VoterÕs Guide for 2008.