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| Title: | Morgenstern, William and George. Papers |
|---|---|
| Accession Number: | 1984-014 |
| Size: | 2.25 linear feet (3 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
This collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Morgenstern, William and George. Papers, Accession #, Box #, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
William V. Morgenstern attended the University of Chicago as an undergraduate and then as a law student, graduating with his J.D. in 1922. After graduating, William Morgenstern spent time working as a sports journalist; he also contributed articles to the local Oak Park paper The Trapeze as a high school student. In 1927, William returned to the University as publicity director. While working for the University, William and his former law school classmate George D. Mills co-authored the Blackfriars’ play “Mr. Cinderella” in 1929. William became the University secretary in 1958 and retired in 1963, but continued to live in Hyde Park. He died in Oak Park in 1981 at the age of 83.
William’s younger brother, George E. Morgenstern, attended the University of Chicago as an undergraduate from 1925-1930 while also writing part time for the Chicago Herald-Examiner. George Morgenstern served in the leadership role of “Praecenter” for the University of Chicago Blackfriars, a student dramatic organization, from 1928 to 1929, while also serving as a college marshal. George wrote for the Daily Maroon, contributing a column entitled “What of It?” George also wrote for the campus comedy magazine The Phoenix for the entirety of his college career and became the publication’s editor in 1928. Also in 1928, he co-authored (with Milton Mayer) the Blackfriars’ play “The House that Jack Built.” George began working at the Chicago Tribune in 1939, where he continued to contribute pieces after his retirement in 1971. George served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, and later published Pearl Harbor: The Story of the Secret War in 1947, which problematized the Roosevelt administration’s decision to involve the United States in the war. Following his retirement George relocated to Denver, where he died in 1988 at age 82.
Both Morgenstern brothers grew up in Oak Park, Illinois, attending Oak Park and River Forest Township High School. The town’s local newspapers regularly covered the Morgenstern brothers’ progress at the University of Chicago throughout their years there in the 1920s.
| Box 1 | Memorial Service Program for Henry Tubbs Ricketts and Mandeliene Latimer Franks Ricketts, 1980 |
| Box 1 | Memorial Service Program for Robert Maynard Hutchins, 1977 |
| Box 1 | University of Chicago Alumni Reunion Program, 1928 |
| Box 1 | Programs, Songbook, and Invitation to the Blackfriars’ The House That Jack Built, 1928 |
| Box 1 | Programs for the Blackfriars’ Silver Anniversary Initiation Banquet, 1929 |
| Box 1 | Harry Kalven, Jr., and William R. Ming, Jr., “Memorandum of Law re: Power of Congressional Investigating Committees to Compel Testimony,” 1953 |
| Box 1 | Harry Kalven Jr., “Mr. Alexander Meiklejohn and the Barenblatt Opinion,” The University of Chicago Law Review, 1960 |
| Box 1 | Photograph of William Morgenstern, 1929 |
| Box 1 | Dedication Booklet for the University of Chicago’s William Rainey Harper Memorial Library (Reissue), 1973 |
| Box 1 | The Phoenix, Pledge Dance Number Booklet, c. 1930 |
| Box 1 | Booklet Commemorating William Benton’s Honorary Dinner Reception at the University of Chicago, 1968 |
| Box 1 | Senior Tabula and Graduate Honors Booklet, Oak Park and River Forest Township High School, 1925-1930 |
| Box 1 | TIME Magazine, August 21 Issue, 1933 |
| Box 1 | William Morgenstern, “University of Chicago: The Scholars’ Scene,” Reprinted from Chicago Magazine, 1968 |
| Box 1 | Letter from Jesse A. Muriett to George E. Morgenstern, 1925 |
| Box 1 | Description of the University of Chicago Library, Department of Special Collections, n.d. |
| Box 1 | Letter from William Morgenstern to George Barclay, 1918 |
| Box 1 | Programs, Songbook, and Ticket Order Form for the Blackfriars’ Mr. Cinderella, 1929 |
| Box 1 | Scripts for the Blackfriars’ Mr. Cinderella, 1929 |
| Box 2 | Quadrangle Club Letterhead and University President Calling Cards, c. 1907-1945 |
| Box 2 | The Chicagoan Magazine, March 24 Issue, 1928 |
| Box 2 | Robert M. Hutchins, “Football and College Life,” Speech to University of Chicago Undergraduates, 1940 |
| Box 2 | George Morgenstern (author), assorted published writings, 1916-1934 |
| Box 2 | Newspaper Articles about George Morgenstern, 1925-1928 |
| Box 2 | Newspaper Articles about William Morgenstern, 1916-1963 |
| Box 2 | Fulton Patriot and Gazette, September 10 Issue, 1862 |
| Box 2 | Milton Mayer (author), newspaper articles, 1940-1946 |
| Box 2 | The Trapeze, Oak Park, April 27 Issue, 1916 |
| Box 2 | Assorted Articles by “Otto Nertz” on Al Capone Trial, c. 1931 |
| Box 2 | Assorted Daily Maroon Issues, 1926-1940 |
| Box 3 | Survey Graphic Magazine, Folder 1, 1925-1926 |
| Box 3 | Survey Graphic Magazine, Folder 2, 1925-1926 |
| Box 3 | Survey Graphic Magazine, Folder 3, 1925-1926 |
| Box 3 | Newspaper Clippings, George Morgenstern’s High School Track Meet Results, 1922 |
| Box 3 | George Morgenstern Track Results and Ribbons, 1919 |
| Box 3 | George Morgenstern Track Results and Ribbons, 1918 |