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Carlton D. Morse whaling collection (Ms.79.22)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146


Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: Received from Doris G. Morse (widow of Carleton D. Morse) in four installments between 1957 and 1962.
Accruals: This collection remains open to future additions.
Processing information: Printed materials from the Carleton D. Morse whaling collection (books and pamphlets) have been cataloged individually and shelved as a separate unit within the John Hay Library. These can be identified in JOSIAH by the location code "Hay Whaling".
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Original Ms. 79.22 finding aid prepared June 1980 by Nadia McIntosh (student intern), under the direction of Clifton H. Jones and Rita Warnock. Original Ms. 85.16 finding aid prepared Summer 2006 by Dov Frede (student intern). Descriptions of materials from Ms. 63.5, A79.35, A79.36, A79.37 and Ms. Swift & Allen written Fall 2006 by Talia Resendes (student intern).
Encoding: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-03-13