Manuscript Collection MS COLL 00561 - Stanley Morisse Papers

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CA OTUTF MS COLL 00561

Title

Stanley Morisse Papers

Date(s)

  • 1897-1987 (Creation)

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Manuscript Collection

Extent and medium

6 boxes (1 metre)

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Name of creator

(b. 1897)

Biographical history

Stanley Morisse was a tailor, activist and member of the Communist Party of Canada.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Gift of Simon Fraser University, Library Gifts and Exchanges, 1994

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Scope and content

Includes personal and professional correspondence; personal photographs; official documents; receipts and invoices; typescript drafts of books; newspaper articles, passports, cultural and political pursuits. Various highlighted items in his collection include many interesting photographs documenting the May Day Rallies of 1933-4 in Hamilton, Ontario-suggesting that he had an active role in organizing these demonstrations. There are also a number of newspaper clippings (primarily from The Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.), documenting such issues as communism, the war in Vietnam, Cyprus, various actions taken by the Canadian Government, and celebrities such as Marilyn Munroe and Princess Diana. A series of postcards document a trip taken by Sam Lawrence across Europe in 1936. Also featured is a collection of photographs of Lenin from 1897-1917 from a book of photographs entitled “Lenin” edited by Vladimir Il’ich and a collection of postcards documenting the Third Congress of Komintern in Russia, 1919. Lastly, there are two typescript books dedicated to Morisse and written by Georgoula Beikos entitled “The Greece That Fights: A Collection of Articles in Russian”, and a book of poems written by political prisoners on the Cypriot island of Gioura after the Greek civil war from 1945-1949.

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Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca

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      Description identifier

      CA OTUTF MS COLL00561

      Institution identifier

      Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto

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