Fred Morris and Cheney family papers, 1861-2004

Summary

Creator:

Mitchell, David Yoakley

Date:

1861-2004

Extent:

1.1 Linear Feet 1 box, 1 oversized folder

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[Item, box, folder], Fred Morris and Cheney family papers, ms4648, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes family, portrait, class group and sports photographs, correspondence, family history and genealogy, clippings, yearbooks, and writing from the Cheney and Morris families.

Biographical / historical:

Fred Morris (1873-1953) of Marietta, Georgia, received his degree in law from the University of Georgia in 1896, where he excelled in football, baseball and track. He practiced law, served in the U.S. Army in World War I, and was elected as a State Representative and State Senator. He married Kathryn Dorsey (1873-1928) in 1896 and they had a son Fred Morris Jr. (1899-1952). Fred Morris Jr. married Evelyn Cheney and they had a daughter Kathryn Morris Hardy (b. 1942).

For further information, see Morris' Centennial Alumni record.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Families -- Photographs
Families -- Correspondence
Family papers.

Names:

Morris, Fred, 1873-1953

Preferred citation:

[Item, box, folder], Fred Morris and Cheney family papers, ms4648, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.