Morse’s Publication Materials, 1865-1997 (bulk 1978-1980)

The second series consists of all the materials relating to Morse’s publications beginning with the manuscript of his first Shiel publication [i]The Works of M. P. Shiel[/i]. Some news clippings concerning the publication and advertisements for the book are also held. In the subseries for Volume I are some letters from Shiel to various correspondents including Morse. A copy of “About Myself” autographed by Shiel may also be found in this subseries. Photographs depict places of interest in Shiel’s life and photographed copies of some of his work. Similar photographs are contained in the source material for Volume II. The subseries for Volume III holds short stories by Louis Tracy and Morse’s materials for his Tracy bibliography. Further Tracy short stories may be found in Series III. The drafts for [i]Shiel in Diverse Hands[/i] comprise a sub subseries under Volume IV arranged in the order in which they appear in the book. A sub subseries contains correspondence from the essayists, regardless of the topic. This correspondence is sorted alphabetically by last name, then, chronologically. The [i]Quest for [/i]Redonda subseries contains Morse’s research on Redonda, the Caribbean, Phosphate mining and related matters. His memorabilia of his visit to Redonda is also in this subseries. His map of the island as well as the Ordnance Survey map may be found here. This series concludes with materials on [i]The New King[/i], [i]Toreros[/i], “Literary Enigma, Curiosity or Immortal?”, “New Dimensions of M. P. Shiel”, “Shiel Centenary for 1980”, “George Elbert Burr and the Western Landscape” and [i]Gold Links Tailings[/i]. All the folder titles are listed in the database available in the Archives and Special Collections Department.