Research Catalog

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Description

1. 1 folder

Summary

1. Collection consists of several letters and a few miscellaneous items, including Morrison's naturalization certificate (1946). Included are a 1946 "thank you letter" from Walter White, Executive Secretary of the NAACP, making positive comments about the content of an article done by Morrison on the White family; two letters from J.G. Gude, August 18, 1963, one introducing Morrison to Blair Clark, then chief of CBS news operations, the other informing Morrison about the introduction; and two letters from John H. Johnson, 1961 and 1965. There is also a letter from the US Information Agency, 1965 cancelling a contract with Morrison for his failure to produce a manuscript.

Subject

1. Letters (Correspondence)
2. Morrison, Allan, 1916-1968
3. African American editors
4. African Americans in the newspaper industry
5. African American journalists
6. Publishers and publishing > United States
7. Reporters and reporting > United States
8. Black author
9. African American authors
10. Scrapbooks
11. Newspaper publishing > United States

Genre/Form

1. Letters (Correspondence)
2. Scrapbooks.

Call number

1. Sc MG 632

Source (note)

1. Ruth Attaway

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division

Biography (note)

1. Born in Britain, Allan Morrison was a combat correspondent during World War II. He accompanied the liberation forces into Paris towards the end of the war. On becoming a naturalized United States citizen, in 1946 Morrison officially changed his surname to Allan Malcolm Morrison. In the 1940s, he began a career at Ebony magazine which continued for more than 25 years. On two occasions (1961 and 1965), John H. Johnson wrote letters commending Morrison for his service to the Johnson Publishing Company.

Author

1. Morrison, Allan, 1916-1968.

Title

1. Allan Morrison collection : additions, 1946-1965.

Biography

1. Born in Britain, Allan Morrison was a combat correspondent during World War II. He accompanied the liberation forces into Paris towards the end of the war. On becoming a naturalized United States citizen, in 1946 Morrison officially changed his surname to Allan Malcolm Morrison. In the 1940s, he began a career at Ebony magazine which continued for more than 25 years. On two occasions (1961 and 1965), John H. Johnson wrote letters commending Morrison for his service to the Johnson Publishing Company.

Location of other archival materials

1. Allan Morrison Papers (Sc Micro R-3537); Also located at; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding aid

Local subject

1. Black author.

Research call number

1. Sc MG 632