Series II: Morris Morrison, undated, 1909-1989

This series contains letters from Jewish communal leaders around the United States, thank you notes for charitable donations, notices regarding Jewish organizations and mementos such as a ballot from the 1910 election in which he was a candidate. Also included are the two volumes of autobiography that Morris’s son Sidney put together: Shtetl Tintypes (covering his birth until his immigration) and M.L. (a primarily politically focused, rather than personally focused, account of his life from 1889-1941, continuing directly after and acting as a second volume to Shtetl Tintypes. The compilation was a project begun by Morrison’s son Robert and completed by his son Sidney.) Of particular interest is a scrapbook of newspaper clippings from the early twentieth century. Mostly concerning political life in the Boston area, specifically events and dealings related to Jews, the scrapbook is a repurposed ledger/accounting book from 1908, presumably from the Morrison Insurance Company, and contains fragments from the Boston American, Globe, Herald, Journal, Post, Record and Traveler, and the Jewish Advocate, along with some Yiddish newspapers of the time.