Ira and Edita Morris papers, 1892-1988

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Series VIII: Documents

Legal documents, certificates, passports, lists, identification cards, and other records of Ira V. and Edita Morris. Included are wills for other Morris family members and materials related to Edwin Seaver and his wife, Elaine. Arranged chronologically.



Box 43 Folder 683 Alien Registration Card for Edita D. E. Morris, n.d.


Box 43 Folder 684 Excerpts from books and talks about Hiroshima, n.d.


Box 43 Folder 685 List of Important Information for Edita re: our bank accounts, wills, etc.,, n.d.


Box 43 Folder 686 List of Paris Contacts, n.d.


Box 43 Folder 687 List of References for Edwin Seaver, n.d.


Box 43 Folder 688 List of Works by Jess Gregg, n.d.


Box 43 Folder 689 Lists of Books, n.d.



Box 42 Folder 690 University Heidelberg Card for Ira V. Morris, n.d.



Box 44 Folder 691 Passport for Ira V. Morris, 1922-1924


Box 44 Folder 692 Passport for Ira V. Morris, 1933


Box 44 Folder 693 Last Will and Testament for Ira N. Morris, 16 Dec. 1938


Box 44 Folder 694 Testamente of Maud Helga Elisabet Toll, text in Swedish, 1943


Box 44 Folder 695 Driver's License of Ira V. Morris, 1949


Box 44 Folder 696 Membership Cards for Edita Morris, 1949


Box 44 Folder 697 Passport for Edita Morris, 1949


Box 44 Folder 698 Authors Guild Membership Cards for Ira V. and Edita Morris, 1950


Box 44 Folder 699 French Identification Papers for Ira V. and Edita Morris, 1950


Box 44 Folder 700 Request for Cremation by Ira V. and Edita Morris, 4 May 1950


Box 44 Folder 701 Authors Guild Membership Cards for Ira V. Morris, 1951


Box 44 Folder 702 Certificat d'Immatriculation for Edita Morris, text in French, 1952-1953


Box 44 Folder 703 Driver's License of Ira V. Morris, 1953


Box 44 Folder 704 List of Books to get, Nov. 1955


Box 44 Folder 705 Visa from the Chinese Embassy, 1957


Box 44 Folder 706 Passport for Ira V. Morris, 1961


Box 44 Folder 707 Last Will and Testament for Edita Morris, 10 May 1965


Box 44 Folder 708 Last Will and Testament for Ira V. Morris, 10 May 1965


Box 44 Folder 709 Certificate of the Establishment of the Edita Morris Collection at Boston University,, 1966


Box 44 Folder 710 Driver's License of Ira V. Morris, 1967



Flat Box 681 Certificate proclaiming Edita Morris an Honorary Hiroshima Citizen,, April 1967

[The certificate is in a red velveteen binding]



Box 44 Folder 711 Last Will and Testament for Edita Morris, 1968


Box 44 Folder 712 Last Will and Testament for Ira V. Morris, 1968


Box 44 Folder 713 Certificate of Membership in Amnesty International for Ira V. Morris,, 29 May 1968


Box 44 Folder 714 Last Will and Testament for Edita Morris, 1969


Box 44 Folder 715 List of Contributions, 1969


Box 44 Folder 716 Last Will and Testament for Ira V. Morris, 7 Jan. 1969


Box 44 Folder 717 Living Wills for Ira V. Morris, 1970


Box 44 Folder 718 Certification of Military Service for Edwin Seaver, 12 April 1971


Box 44 Folder 719 Estate Papers of Ira V. Morris, 3 May 1972


Box 44 Folder 720 Last Will and Testament for Edita Morris, 1973


Box 44 Folder 721 Last Will and Testament for Edwin Seaver, 1974


Box 44 Folder 722 Certificate of Cremation of Elaine K. Seaver, 23 July 1974


Box 44 Folder 723 Death Certificate for Elaine Seaver, 24 July 1974


Box 44 Folder 724 Birth Certificate of [Edwin] Soloman, copy, 7 May 1975


Box 44 Folder 725 Census Record for Edward Soloman, 5 June 1975


Box 44 Folder 726 Lease Extension Agreement between Beekman Town House, Inc. and Edwin Seaver,, 15 July 1980


Box 44 Folder 727 Death Certificate for Edita Morris, text in French, copy, 18 March 1988