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Wayne Morse papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH WL MS 2

Overview

Wayne Morse lived in the Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan area. He served as an undercover agent for the FBI during the 1940s-early 1950s, and was a self-described "Americanist," an anti-communist believing in a "pure America...all white, all Christian, all for all." This collection of his papers includes journals kept and compiled by Morse, correspondence, subject files, as well as some photographs documenting Morse's activities.

Dates

  • Creation: 1950 - 1986

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Extent

6 Linear Feet (11 boxes + 25 oversize folders, 1 textile)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

RH WL MS 2

Physical Location

RH WL MS R9

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, Wayne Morse, 1985, 1986.

Title
Guide to the Wayne Morse Collection
Subtitle
Wayne Morse papers
Author
Finding aid prepared by rh, 2007. Finding aid encoded by rh, 2007. Finding aid revised by jrw, 2015; mwh, 2021.
Date
2007
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in English.
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/2764505139
Preferred citation
Wayne Morse Collection, RH WL MS 2, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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