Morris Abner Barr papers (Ms.97.1)
Brown University Library
Box ABrown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
Collection Overview
| Title: | Morris Abner Barr papers |
| Date range: | 1939-1968 |
| Creator: | Barr, Morris Abner, 1884-1974 |
| Extent: | 1.0 linear foot |
| Abstract: | Morris Abner Barr was an author, lyricist, and poet whose poems tended towards nature, love, God, friendship, and Barr's own life. A craftsman, Barr wrote about his experience creating stools, gavels, and letter openers from the wood of the Sentry Tree in "Immortalizing the Sentry Tree of George Washington." The collection contains his writings, a scrapbook related to the George Washington Sentry Tree, and correspondence with friends and mentors. |
| Language of materials: | English . |
| Repository: | John Hay Library , Special Collections |
| Collection number: | Ms.97.1 |
