Mary Morris Social Scrapbooks

in the Connecticut Historical Society Collection

Mary Morris

Mary Pamelia Felt was born in New York City on January 1, 1848, and in 1867 she married John Emory Morris of Hartford, CT. Between 1873 and 1924, she compiled 188 scrapbooks of the "Mark Twain's Patent" design. Fifty-two of them consist of stories of engagements, weddings, divorces, lectures, vacation plans, travels abroad, visits from dignitaries, Thanksgiving proclamations, and descriptions of inaugural balls from the Hartford Courant in Hartford and the Republican in Springfield, MA.

The clippings and the scrapbooks are arranged chronologically, and each volume can be keyword searched once you open the PDF file below. To search using Adobe Reader, right click on the first page, chose find from the drop down menu, then enter your search term in the pop up box. You can also search all of the PDFs (excluding the index volume) using Google. This method is not guaranteed to find all instances of your search term but it will pick up a great many of them. To do this, go to www.google.com and enter search term site:www.chs.org/finding_aides/mmsocial/ in the search box, replacing search term with what you are searching from.

Examples:
Moses Fox site:www.chs.org/finding_aides/mmsocial/
insurance site:www.chs.org/finding_aides/mmsocial/

Google's links will take you to the first page of the PDF. To search the PDF using Adobe Reader, right click on the first page, chose find from the drop down menu, then reenter your search term in the pop up box.

The images provided here are for research purposes only and are not high resolution. If you wish to obtain a higher resolution image, please contact the Connecticut Historical Society Research Center at (860) 236-5621 x228.

The digitization of the Mary Morris Social Scrapbooks was completed with support from the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
 

The Scrapbooks

The PDF files range between 50 MB and 230 MB. The index volume is not searchable.

Index Volume 1 - Various dates Volume 2 - Dec 1867-1920
Volume 3 - Jan 1886 - Oct 1889 Volume 4 - Nov 1899 - Nov 1891 Volume 5 - Nov 1891 - Apr 1894
Volume 6 - Apr 1894 - Oct 1895 Volume 7 - Oct 1895 - May 1896 Volume 8 - May 1896 - Jun 1897
Volume 9 - Jun 1897 - Oct 1898 Volume 10 - Nov 1898 - Oct 1899 Volume 11 - Oct 1899 - Nov 1900
Volume 12 - Nov 1900 - Oct 1901 Volume 13 - Oct 1901 - Sep 1902 Volume 14 - Sep 1902 - Sep 1903
Volume 15 - Sep 1903 - Jun 1904 Volume 16 - Jun 1904 - Jan 1905 Volume 17 - Jan 1905 - Oct 1905
Volume 18 - Oct 1905 - Jun 1906 Volume 19 - May 1906 - Jan 1907 Volume 20 - Jan 1907 - Jul 1907
Volume 21 - Jul 1907 - Feb 1908 Volume 22 - Jan 1908 - Jul 1908 Volume 23 - Jul 1908 - Jan 1909
Volume 24 - Feb 1909 - Oct 1909 Volume 25 - Oct 1909 - June 1910 Volume 26 - Jun 1910 - Apr 1911
Volume 27 - Apr 1911 - Oct 1911 Volume 28 - Oct 1911 - May 1912 Volume 29 - Jun 1912 - Dec 1912
Volume 30 - Jan 1913 - Jun 1913 Volume 31 - Jul 1913 - Dec 1913 Volume 32 - Jan 1914 - Jun 1914
Volume 33 - Jun 1914 - Jan 1915 Volume 34 - Jan 1915 - Jun 1915 Volume 35 - Jul 1915 - Dec 1915
Volume 36 - Dec 1915 - Jun 1916 Volume 37 - Jun 1916 - Nov 1916 Volume 38 - Nov 1916 - May 1915
Volume 39 - May 1917- Sep 1917 Volume 40 - Sep 1917 - Feb 1918 Volume 41 - Feb 1918 - Aug 1918
Volume 42 - Aug 1918 - Mar 1919 Volume 43 - Mar 1919 - Jul 1919 Volume 44 - Jul 1919 - Nov 1919
Volume 45 - Nov 1919 - Mar 1920 Volume 46 - Mar 1920 - Jul 1920 Volume 47 - Jun 1920 - Nov 1920
Volume 48 - Nov 1920 - Feb 1921 Volume 49 - Feb 1921 - May 1921 Volume 50 - May 1921 - Jul 1921
Volume 51 - Jul 1921 - Nov 1921
Other Information
Questions
 

The Research Center staff of the Connecticut Historical Society is happy to provide assistance by telephone (860) 236-5621, x228, e-mail or correspondence. Patrons interested in our collections are invited to visit us at One Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT 06105. The Research Center is open to the public Tuesday-Thursday 12:00 to 5:00 pm and Friday-Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. We are closed Sundays and Mondays.

Restrictions
  • Materials may not be published or reproduced without the written permission of The Connecticut Historical Society. Direct inquiries to the Rights & Digital Reproductions staff.  When citing the contents presented herein please credit: Mary Morris Social Scrapbooks, The Connecticut Historical Society.