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titleEdward Morris House Collection, 1919.
repositoryUniversity of Chicago, Library
descriptionAn invitation dated 1919 that requests Edward Morris attend the dinner at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto, to meet the Prince of Wales. The album contains 40 exterior and interior photographs of the Edward Morris house, 4800 South Drexel Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois. The house was designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw, completed in 1919. The landscaping is attributed to Rose Standish Nichols.

Biographical and Historical Note:
Businessman. Born 1866. Married Helen Swift 1890. President of Morris & Company. Died 1913.
extent1 linear ft. (1 box)
formatsEphemera Photographs
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record linkhttp://proxy.uchicago.edu/login?url=http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/scrc/ead/ICU.SPCL.edwardmorrishouse
record sourcehttp://libcat.uchicago.edu
finding aidFinding aid available in the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637.
updated03/16/2023 10:29:55
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