Ward Morehouse papers, 1879-1969, bulk 1930-1959

Summary

Creator:
Morehouse, Ward, 1898-1966
Date:
1879-1969, bulk 1930-1959
Extent:
15.2 Linear Feet (40 document boxes, 6 oversized boxes, 1 oversize folder B, 1 oversize folder C)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Ward Morehouse papers, ms687, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of papers of Ward Morehouse from 1879-1969 and includes photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, galley proofs, correspondence, posters, and manuscripts. Photographs are of stage and screen actors and actresses from the late 19th century to the 1950s. Clippings and scrapbooks pertain to Morehouse's columns, play and screen reviews, and theater openings.

Biographical / historical:

Ward Morehouse was born in 1899 in Savannah, Georgia. He became a well-known drama critic, columnist, and playwright. In his early life, Morehouse worked for the Savannah Press and the Atlanta Journal. In 1919, he worked for several prominent newspapers in New York. He wrote three plays and helped write a few screenplays. He also had numerous articles printed in a wide variety of magazines and periodicals. In 1926, he began writing Broadway After Dark for the Sun.

Morehouse married four times and had two children, a daughter and a son. He died in New York City in 1967 at the age of 67, and was then buried in Statesboro, Georgia. Notably, his son has continued a similar line of work and publishes Broadway After Dark columns now himself.

Arrangement:

Arranged by record type.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Ward Morehouse papers, ms687, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.