Mort Reis Lewis Papers: Finding Aid

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1 No online items Finding aid prepared by Brooke M. Black, April 1, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California Phone: (626) URL: April 2009 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. msslewis papers 1

2 Overview of the Collection Title: Mort Reis Lewis Papers Dates (inclusive): Collection Number: msslewis papers Creator: Lewis, Mort Reis. Extent: 426 items in 4 boxes Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California Phone: (626) reference@huntington.org URL: Abstract: This collection contains 426 items and deals with American historian Allan Nevins ( ) and his work, and writer and historian Mort Reis Lewis' efforts to preserve Nevins' legacy. Language: English. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item]. Mort Reis Lewis Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance The majority of the collection was given to the Huntington Library by Mort Reis Lewis in several gifts in 1984 and The letters by Mort Reis Lewis to Paul Zall and the copy of the letter by Justin G. Turner to Lewis were gifts to the library by Paul Zall on May 7, Biographical Note Mort Reis Lewis was a Southern California writer and historian. Lewis wrote scripts for several TV shows including "Bonanza," "Rawhide," "Bewitched," and "Dennis the Menace." His script for the radio show "A Pair of Boots" was nominated for a Writers Guild of America award (Lewis was a member of the Writers Guild of America). Lewis also wrote several articles including one each in the anthologies Lincoln, a contemporary portrait and Lincoln for the ages. Lewis served on the following committees: Television Program Committee Advisory Council to U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission; California Civil War Centennial Commission; Southern California Civil War Round Table; and Lincoln Sesquicentennial Association. Lewis met historian Allan Nevins in 1953 in New York when Nevins was a consultant for a radio show written by Lewis. The two became good friends and continued their friendship until Nevins' death in After Nevins' death, Lewis spent much of his time trying to honor Nevins' memory by nominating his image for a U.S. postage stamp and by writing pieces on Nevins for a variety of publications including Los Angeles Times' "West Magazine." He also worked on an Oral History Project about Nevins for Columbia University. Allan Nevins papers (Call number: mssnevins papers) Correspondence between John Niven and Allan Nevins, (Call number: mssniven correspondence) Interviews with Irving Stone and Lilian Bean on Allan Nevins, (Call number: msshm ) Scope and Content This collection contains 426 items and deals entirely with American historian Allan Nevins ( ) and his work, and writer and historian Mort Reis Lewis' efforts after Nevins' death to keep his legacy alive. The 56 manuscripts include various drafts, most of which deal with Allan Nevins. These include copies of Ray Allen Billington's eulogy for Allan Nevins, his article Allan Nevins Historian: A Personal Reminiscences, and a copy of a speech by Billington regarding Nevins, which he gave at the Huntington Library. This series also includes drafts of manuscripts by Mort Reis Lewis such as A Country Boy at the Huntington Library and A Different Profile in Courage: The Triumph of Will. msslewis papers 2

3 There are also copies of the following scripts by Lewis: A Pair of Boots and Stroke of Fate. Also included are transcripts of interviews, press releases and miscellaneous notes all dealing with Allan Nevins. The correspondence, which contains 320 items, consists chiefly of letters by and to Mort Reis Lewis about Allan Nevins. The letters discuss Nevins' career as an American historian and the senior research associate at the Huntington Library. This series also deals with Lewis and other historians publishing about Nevins and Lewis' effort to get Nevins' image on a stamp. The correspondence also covers American society and politics during the 1960s and 1970s. Allan Nevins is the author of 36 letters, most of which are written to Lewis. There is also much correspondence between Lewis and Allan Nevins' wife, Mary, and his daughters, Anne Nevins Loftis and Meredith Nevins Mayer. The ephemera contains 50 items, chiefly dealing with Allan Nevins, such as newspaper clippings, obituaries, brochures, programs and audiocassettes. The ephemera also touches upon Mort Reis Lewis and Ray Billington and their work. There are four audio cassettes which contain interviews with James Thorpe, Ray Billington and E. B. Long and audio from the Allan Nevins Seminar at Claremont College, May 30, Notable participants include: American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Scholar, Ray Billington, Cass Canfield, Bruce Catton, Henry Steele Commager, Carl Haverlin, Hubert Humphrey, Otto Kerner, Alfred A. Knopf, Anne Loftis, Everette Beach Long, Los Angeles Times, Delbert Mann, Herbert Mitgang, Richard B. Morris, Allan Nevins, New Yorker, Claiborne Pell, Abraham Ribicoff, Andrew F. Rolle, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Louis Morris Starr, Irving Stone, James Thorpe, Justin G. Turner, Bell Wiley and Daniel Woodward. Subjects covered in the collection include: American Heritage, Ray Bradbury, CBS, Winston Churchill, Paul Conrad, Anthony Eden, Henry E. Huntington Library, Historical Times, Inc., Illinois State Historical Society, Lyndon B. Johnson, KCET Television Station, Edward Ted Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, George S. McGovern, NBC, National Historical Society, New York Times Company, Richard M. Nixon and Watergate, Reader's Digest, Ronald Reagan, Donald Tingley, United States Civil Service Commission, and the Writer's Guild of America. The collection also includes items about the historians' research including Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller and the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Ulysses S. Grant. Arrangement The collection is organized in the following manner: Manuscripts, Correspondence and Ephemera. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Subjects Bradbury, Ray, Churchill, Winston, Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, Ford, Henry, Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), Kennedy, Robert F., Kissinger, Henry, Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), Lewis, Mort Reis -- Archives. Lincoln, Abraham, McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), Nevins, Allan, Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), Reagan, Ronald. Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), American Heritage. CBS Television Network. Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. msslewis papers 3

4 Historical Times, Inc. KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.) National Broadcasting Company. National Historical Society. New York Times Company. Writers Guild of America. Historians -- United States -- Archives. Watergate Affair, United States -- History -- 20th century. United States -- History -- Civil War, United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century. Forms/Genres Audiocassettes -- United States. Interviews -- United States -- 20th century. Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 20th century. Manuscripts -- United States -- 20th century. Scripts (documents) -- United States -- 20th century. Additional Contributors Billington, Ray Allen, Canfield, Cass, Catton, Bruce, Commager, Henry Steele, Haverlin, Carl, Knopf, Alfred A., Loftis, Anne, Long, E. B. (Everette Beach), Nevins, Allan, Pell, Claiborne, Ribicoff, Abraham, Rolle, Andrew F. Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), , recipient. Starr, Louis Morris, Stone, Irving, , recipient. Thorpe, James Ernest, Turner, Justin G. Wiley, Bell Irvin, Woodward, D. H. (Daniel Holt), Los Angeles Times (Firm) American scholar. Indexing: Added Entries Chandler, Otis, Addressee of letter (1978, Oct. 14) by Mort Reis Lewis. Box 2 (39). Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), Addressee of letter (1969, Sep. 18) by Ray Allen Billington, Box 2 (6). Kerner, Otto, Addressee of letter (1967, Jan. 24) by Mort Reis Lewis. Box 2 (52). Pell, Claiborne, msslewis papers 4

5 Author of copy of letter (1979, Jan. 8) to Louis Morris Starr, in Elizabeth B. Mason to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (20). Ribicoff, Abraham, Author of copy of letter (1978, Dec. 18) to Louis Morris Starr, in Elizabeth B. Mason to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (20). Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), Addressee of letter (1966, May 2) by Mort Reis Lewis. Box 2 (77). Stone, Irving, Addressee of letter (1971, July 9) by Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (6). Turner, Justin G. Author of copy of letter (1958, Mar. 22) to Mort Reis Lewis in Mort Reis Lewis letters to Paul M. Zall. Box 3 (13). Indexing: Subjects Bradbury, Ray, Subject in Ray Allen Billington, letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 2 (7). CBS Television Network Subject in Allan Nevins, and Henry Steele Commager, The Dialogues of Allan Nevins and Henry Steele Commager: [transcript] (1963, July 31). Box 1 (19). Churchill, Winston, Subject in Allan Nevins, letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (27). Conrad, Paul, 1924 June 27- Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letter (1971, Apr. 24) to Otis Chandler, Box 2 (39). Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, Subject in Allan Nevins, letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (27). Subject in Justin G. Turner letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (56). Ford, Henry, Subject in Allan Nevins Historian: A Personal Reminiscence: [preface] [1975]. Preface to Allan Nevins on History by Ray Allen Billington, Photocopy. Box 1 (2). Subject in Allan Nevins, and Henry Steele Commager, The Dialogues of Allan Nevins and Henry Steele Commager: [transcript] (1963, July 31). Box 1 (19). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letter (1973, Aug. 22) to Illinois State Historical Society. Journal. Box 2 (48). Subject in Ralph Geoffrey Newman, letters (1973) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (39). Ford Foundation Subject in Allan Nevins, letters ( ) to Walter Schwimmer. Box 3 (29). Historical Times, Inc. Subject in William C. Davis letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 2 (17). Subject in Robert H. Fowler letters (1970) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 2 (21). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to Robert H. Fowler. Box 2 (46). Subject in Christine C. Ritter letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 4 (43). Subject in Ethel M. Smith letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (51). Subject in Ephemera: Mort Reis Lewis ( ). Box 4 (2). Illinois State Historical Society Subject in William Kenneth Alderfer letters (1973) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 2 (1). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to William Kenneth Alderfer. Box 2 (32). Subject in Ralph Geoffrey Newman, letters (1973) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (39). Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), Subject in Mort Reis Lewis A Different Profile in Courage: The Triumph of Will: [proposal for article] [c.1972]. Box 1 (11). Subject in Ray Allen Billington, letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 2 (7). msslewis papers 5

6 Subject in Eric Frederick Goldman, letter (1966, June 1) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 2 (23). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to Mary Nevins. Box 2 (64). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters (1973) to Ralph Geoffrey Newman, Box 2 (67). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to Louis Morris Starr, Box 3 (3). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to James Ernest Thorpe, Box 3 (7). Subject in John W. Macy, letter (1964, July 27) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (18). Subject in Ralph Geoffrey Newman, letters (1973) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (39). Subject in Justin G. Turner letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (56). KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.) Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letter (1977, Jan. 28) to Loring D'Usseau. Box 2 (41). Subject in Andrew F. Rolle letter (1977, Feb. 16) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (45). Subject in Justin G. Turner letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (56). Kennedy, Edward Moore, Subject in Enid Hart Douglass letter (1980, Sep. 15) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 2 (19). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letter (1980, Mar. 28) to Enid Hart Douglass. Box 2 (44). Kennedy, Robert F., Subject in Allan Nevins, letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (27). Kissinger, Henry, Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letter (1970, May 20) to Mary Nevins and Allan Nevins, Box 2 (65). McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), Subject in Ray Allen Billington, letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 2 (7). Subject in Enid Hart Douglass letter (1980, Sep. 15) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 2 (19). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letter (1980, Mar. 28) to Enid Hart Douglass. Box 2 (44). National Broadcasting Company, inc. Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letter (1967, Jan. 14) to Grant Tinker. Box 3 (8). National Historical Society Subject in William C. Davis letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 2 (17). Subject in Mort Reis Lews letters ( ) to William C. Davis. Box 2 (42). Subject in Christine C. Ritter letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (43). Subject in Ethel M. Smith letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (51). New York Times Company Subject in Joan Bundy letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 2 (9). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters (1977) to Joan Bundy. Box 2 (36). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to Herbert Mitgang. Box 2 (61). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letter (1972, Oct. 12) to Cy Peck. Box 2 (69). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to Christine C. Ritter. Box 2 (73). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letter (1977, Feb. 1) to Harvey Shapiro, Box 2 (79). Subject in Herbert Mitgang (1972, Nov. 9) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (23). Subject in Mary Nevins letters ( ) to Isabel Lewis and Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (35). Subject in Harvey Shapiro, letter (1972, Nov. 22) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (49). Subject in Ephemera: Allan Nevins ( ). Box 4 (1). Reagan, Ronald Subject in Mort Reis Lewis. A Different Profile in Courage: The Triumph of Will: [proposal for article] [c.1972]. Box 1 (11). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letter (1975, Dec. 8) to Louis B. Fleming. Box 2 (45). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to Robert H. Fowler. Box 2 (46). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to Allan Nevins, Box 2 (63). Subject in Allan Nevins, letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis and Isabel Lewis. Box 3 (27). msslewis papers 6

7 Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), Subject in Ray Allen Billington Allan Nevins Historian: A Personal Reminiscence: [preface] [1975]. Preface to Allan Nevins on History by Ray Allen Billington, Photocopy. Box 1 (2). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letter (1973, Aug. 22) to Illinois State Historical Society. Journal. Box 2 (48). Subject in Allan Nevins, letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (27). Subject in Allan Nevins, letters ( ) to Walter Schwimmer. Box 3 (29). Subject in Ralph Geoffrey Newman, letters (1973) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (39). Rolle, Andrew F. Subject in Mort Reis Lews letters ( ) to William C. Davis. Box 2 (42). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to Allan Nevins, Box 2 (63). Subject in Christine C. Ritter letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (43). Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to Allan Nevins, Box 2 (63). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to Mary Nevins. Box 2 (64). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to Louis Morris Starr, Box 3 (3). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letter (1966, Sep. 4) to Louis Morris Starr, or Elizabeth B. Mason. Box 3 (4). Society of American Historians Subject in Kenneth T. Jackson letter (1980, Mar. 24) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 2 (26). Tingley, Donald F. (Donald Fred), Subject in William Kenneth Alderfer letters (1973) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 2 (1). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to William Kenneth Alderfer. Box 2 (32). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letter (1973, Aug. 22) to Illinois State Historical Society. Journal. Box 2 (48). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters (1973) to Ralph Geoffrey Newman, Box 2 (67). Subject in Ralph Geoffrey Newman, letters (1973) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (39). Subject in Ephemera: Allan Nevins ( ). Box 4 (1). United States Civil Service Commission Subject in John W. Macy, letter (1964, July 27) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 3 (18). Wiley, Bell Irvin, Subject in Robert H. Fowler letters (1970) to Mort Reis Lewis. Box 2 (21). Subject in Mort Reis Lews letters ( ) to William C. Davis. Box 2 (42). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to Mary Nevins. Box 2 (64). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letter (1970, May 20) to Mary Nevins and Allan Nevins, Box 2 (65). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters (1982) to Paul M. Zall. Box 3 (13). Writers Guild of America Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to Robert H. Fowler. Box 2 (46). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to Herbert Mitgang. Box 2 (61). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to Richard B. (Richard Brandon) Morris, Box 2 (62). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letter (1971, June 24) to Allen R----. Box 2 (70). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to James I. Robertson. Box 2 (72). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letter (1967, May 19) to Dore Schary. Box 2 (76). Subject in Mort Reis Lewis letters ( ) to James Ernest Thorpe, Box 3 (7). Manuscripts Box 1 Folder 1 Manuscripts Billington, Ray Allen, Allan Nevins: [eulogy] (1971, Mar. 12). Photocopy. 1 item. msslewis papers 7

8 Manuscripts Folder 2 Billington, Ray Allen, Allan Nevins Historian: A Personal Reminiscence: [preface] [1975]. Preface to Allan Nevins on History by Ray Allen Billington, Photocopy. 1 item. Folder 3 Billington, Ray Allen, Speech re: Allan Nevins [after 1971]. Photocopy. Incomplete. Folder 4 Columbia University. Libraries. Citation for Distinguished Service presented to Allan Nevins: [incomplete typed manuscript] [c.1965]. Photocopy. 1 item. Folder 5 Hastings, John. Allan Nevins' Endowment of a Professorship at Columbia University: [news release] (1965, May 18). 1 item. Folder 6 Lewis, Mort Reis. A Country Boy at the Huntington Library: [manuscript: early draft] [c.1965]. With handwritten edits and notes by author. 1 item. Folder 7 Lewis, Mort Reis. A Country Boy at the Huntington Library: [manuscript second draft?] [c.1965]. With handwritten edits by author. 1 item. Folder 8 Lewis, Mort Reis. A Country Boy at the Huntington [Library]: [manuscript: third draft] (1966, Sep. 8). With handwritten edits by author. 1 item. Folder 9 Lewis, Mort Reis. A Country Boy at the Huntington [Library]: [manuscript: fourth draft] (1966, Dec. 24). With handwritten edits by author. Incomplete. 1 item. Folder 10 Lewis, Mort Reis. A Country Boy at the Huntington [Library]: [manuscript: final draft] [1967]. 1 item. Folder 11 Lewis, Mort Reis. A Different Profile in Courage: The Triumph of Will: [proposal for article] [c.1972]. Two copies; one with handwritten edits by author. 2 items. Folder 12 Lewis, Mort Reis. A Different Profile in Courage: The Triumph of Will: A Memoir [manuscript, final draft] [c.1972]. Photocopy. 1 item. Folder 13 Lewis, Mort Reis. A Pair of Boots: [teleplay] [1962]. 1 item. Folder 14 Lewis, Mort Reis. Allan Nevins The Triumph of Will: [proposal for an hour documentary] [c.1972]. 1 item. Folder 15 Lewis, Mort Reis. Incomplete notes and fragments for Allan Nevins manuscripts [1964] items. Folder 16 Lewis, Mort Reis. Interview with Mary Nevins: [transcript] (1969, Sep. 23). Photocopy. 1 item. Folder 17 Lewis, Mort Reis. Obituary of Allan Nevins for Writer's Guild of America Newsletter (1971, June 24). 1 item. Folder 18 Lewis, Mort Reis. Stroke of Fate: [radio script] (1953, Oct. 4). 1 item. Folder 19 Nevins, Allan, and Henry Steele Commager, The Dialogues of Allan Nevins and Henry Steele Commager: [transcript] (1963, July 31). Transcript of show aired by CBS. 1 item. Folder 20 Pen Club. Meeting Schedule and Membership List [ ]. 2 items. Folder 21 Stratton, David H. (David Hodges), Redraft of Ray Allen Billington's notes on The Writing of History Allan Nevins' Seminar at Huntington Library (1961, Aug. 12). 1 item. Folder 22 Thorpe, James Ernest, Press release re: Allan Nevins exhibit at Huntington Library [c.1976]. 1 item. Correspondence Box 2 Folder 1 Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Correspondence, A - Lewis, Mort Reis to Shapiro Alderfer, William Kenneth. 2 letters (1973) to Mort Reis Lewis. One is a copy with a handwritten reply by Lewis. American Academy of Arts and Letters. 2 letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. American Scholar. 1 letter (1977, Feb. 10) to Mort Reis Lewis. Signed by Lisa McAuliffe. Anderson, Don. 1 letter (1967, Sep. 18) to Mort Reis Lewis. Billington, Mabel and Ray Allen Billington, card [1976] to Isabel Lewis and Mort Reis Lewis. Billington, Ray Allen, letter (1969, Sep. 18) to Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio) Humphrey, Billington, Ray Allen, letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Boykin, Edward. 1 letter (1967, Feb. 27) to Mort Reis Lewis. msslewis papers 8

9 Correspondence Folder 9 Bundy, Joan. 2 letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 10 Caiger, Anne. 2 letters (1978) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 11 Canfield, Cass, letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 12 Catton Bruce, letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. One letter is a copy. Folder 13 Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee. 1 letter (1978, Aug. 11) to Mort Reis Lewis. Signed by Jack Williams. Folder 14 Colville-Stewart, Sandra. 2 letters (1978) to Mort Reis Lewis. One letter is a photocopy. Folder 15 Commager, Henry Steele, letter (1966, May 15) to Mort Reis Lewis. Typewritten (not signed). Folder 16 Cooper, William. 1 letter (1967, Jan. 24) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 17 Davis, William C. 6 letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 18 Dortort, David. 1 letter (1964, Aug. 21) to Allan Nevins, Copy sent to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 19 Douglass, Enid Hart. 1 letter (1980, Sep. 15) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 20 Fleming, Louis B. 1 letter (1975, Dec. 24) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 21 Fowler, Robert H. 3 letters (1970) to Mort Reis Lewis. Includes blank biographical sheet from Historical Times Inc. Folder 22 Gage, Merrell, b letter (1967, Jan. 18) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 23 Goldman, Eric Frederick, letter (1966, June 1) to Mort Reis Lewis. With envelope. Folder 24 Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), letter [c.1969] to Ray Allen Billington, Folder 25 Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), letter [c.1970] to Dear Friend. Copy. Folder 26 Jackson, Kenneth T. 1 letter (1980, Mar 24) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 27 James, Hugh. 1 letter [undated] to [Mort Reis Lewis]. Folder 28 Jensen, Oliver, letter (1972, Dec. 11) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 29 Johnston, Betty. 3 letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 30 Kerner, Otto, letter (1967, Feb. 6) to Mort Reis Lewis. With envelope. Folder 31 Knopf, Alfred A., letter (1967, Jan. 20) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 32 Lewis, Mort Reis. 3 letters ( ) to William Kenneth Alderfer. Folder 33 Lewis, Mort Reis. 2 letters ( ) to American Academy of Arts and Letters. Folder 34 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1977, Jan. 15) to American Scholar. Folder 35 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1978, July 14) to William F. Bolger. Folder 36 Lewis, Mort Reis. 2 letters (1977) to Joan Bundy. Folder 37 Lewis, Mort Reis. 3 letters ( ) to Cass Canfield, Folder 38 Lewis, Mort Reis. 3 letters ( ) to Bruce Catton, Includes reprint of History-Making Idea by Bruce Catton. Folder 39 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1971, Apr. 24) to Otis Chandler, Folder 40 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1978, Oct. 14) to Sandra Colville-Stewart. Incomplete. Folder 41 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1977, Feb. 28) to Loring D'Usseau. Folder 42 Lewis, Mort Reis. 10 letters ( ) to William C. Davis. Folder 43 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1975, Sep. 14) to William O. (William Orville) Douglas, Folder 44 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1980, Mar. 28) to Enid Hart Douglass. Folder 45 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1975, Dec. 8) to Louis B. Fleming. Folder 46 Lewis, Mort Reis. 8 letters ( ) to Robert H. Fowler. Includes biography of Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 47 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1966, May 5) to Eric Frederick Goldman, Folder 48 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1973, Aug. 22) to Illinois State Historical Society. Journal. Folder 49 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1980, Mar. 27) to Kenneth T. Jackson. Folder 50 Lewis, Mort Reis. 2 letters ( ) to Oliver Jensen Folder 51 Lewis, Mort Reis. 3 letters ( ) to Betty Johnston. Folder 52 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1967, Jan. 24) to Otto Kerner, msslewis papers 9

10 Correspondence Folder 53 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1971, Oct. 18) to Robert R. Kirsch, Folder 54 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1967, Jan. 14) to Alfred A. Knopf, Folder 55 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1971, Dec. 29) to A. W. Lerner. Folder 56 Lewis, Mort Reis. 2 letters ( ) to Anne Loftis, Folder 57 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1975, Dec. 3) to E. B. (Everette Beach) Long, Folder 58 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1974, Sep. 2) to Los Angeles Times (Firm), Editor. Folder 59 Lewis, Mort Reis. 3 letters ( ) to Elizabeth B. Mason. Folder 60 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1966, May 19) to Meredith Nevins Mayer. Folder 61 Lewis, Mort Reis. 3 letters ( ) to Herbert Mitgang. Folder 62 Lewis, Mort Reis. 2 letters ( ) to Richard B. (Richard Brandon) Morris, Folder 63 Lewis, Mort Reis. 10 letters ( ) to Allan Nevins, Folder 64 Lewis, Mort Reis. 28 letters ( ) to Mary Nevins. Folder 65 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1970, May 20) to Mary Nevins and Allan Nevins, Folder 66 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1977, Aug. 12) to New Yorker. Editor. Folder 67 Lewis, Mort Reis. 2 letters (1973) to Ralph Geoffrey Newman, Folder 68 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1975, Sep. 13) to Marjorie Nicholson. Folder 69 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letters (1972, Oct. 12) to Cy Peck. Includes proposal for article on Allan Nevins. Folder 70 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1971, June 24) to Allen R----. Folder 71 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1977, July 28) to Random House (Firm). Folder 72 Lewis, Mort Reis. 3 letters ( ) to James I. Robertson. Folder 73 Lewis, Mort Reis. 7 letters ( ) to Christine C. Ritter. Folder 74 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1963, Mar. 30) to Saturday Review, New York. Editor. Folder 75 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1967, Jan. 13) to George Schaefer, Folder 76 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1967, May 19) to Dore Schary. Folder 77 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1966, May 2) to Arthur M. (Arthur Meier) Schlesinger, Folder 78 Lewis, Mort Reis. 5 letters ( ) to Fred Schwengel, Folder 79 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1977, Feb. 1) to Harvey Shapiro, Box 3 Correspondence, Lewis, Mort Reis to Stagg - Woodward and unidentified Folder 1 Lewis, Mort Reis. 4 letters ( ) to Carolyn Willyoung Stagg. Folder 2 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1970, Feb. 19) to Mary Edith Stahl. Folder 3 Lewis, Mort Reis. 4 letters ( ) to Louis Morris Starr, Folder 4 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1966, Sep. 4) to Louis Morris Starr, or Elizabeth B. Mason. Folder 5 Lewis, Mort Reis. 3 letters (1977) to Jess Stein. Folder 6 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1971, July 9) to Irving Stone, Folder 7 Lewis, Mort Reis. 4 letters ( ) to James Ernest Thorpe, Folder 8 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1967, Jan. 14) to Grant Tinker. Folder 9 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1974, Oct. 21) to United States. Embassy (Great Britain). Folder 10 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1976, July 8) to Bell Wiley, Folder 11 Lewis, Mort Reis. 4 letters ( ) to D. H. (Daniel Holt) Woodward, Folder 12 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1964, July 9) to Ralph Webster Yarborough, Folder 13 Lewis, Mort Reis. 2 letters (1982) to Paul M. Zall. Includes copy of letter by Justin G. Turner to Mort Reis Lewis (1958, Mar. 22). Folder 14 Lewis, Mort Reis. 1 letter (1975, Dec. 3) to John Folder 15 Loftis, Anne, letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 16 Long, E. B. (Everette Beach), letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 17 Mace, Juliana. 1 letter (1975, Mar. 5) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 18 Macy, John W., letter (1964, July 27) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 19 Mann, Delbert, letter ([1967], Jan. 15) to Mort Reis Lewis. msslewis papers 10

11 Correspondence Folder 20 Mason, Elizabeth B. 4 letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Includes copies of letters by Abraham Ribicoff, and Claiborne Pell, ( ) to Louis Morris Starr, Folder 21 Mayer, Meredith Nevins. 2 letters ([c.1964]-1966) to Mort Reis Lewis. One is a photocopy. Folder 22 Mink, James V. (James Vantine), letter (1976, Jan. 20) to James Davis. Photocopy. Folder 23 Mitgang, Herbert. 1 letter (1972, Nov. 9) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 24 Morris, Richard B. (Richard Brandon), letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. One is a photocopy. Folder 25 Nelson, C. M. 1 letter (1972, Sep. 25) to [Mort Reis Lewis]. Photocopy. Folder 26 Nevins, Allan, letter (1963, July 17) to Mary V. Ahern. Copy sent to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 27 Nevins, Allan, letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. One is a facsimile. Folder 28 Nevins, Allan, letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis and Isabel Lewis. Four are copies. Letter dated 1965, May 12 includes a black and white photograph of Allan Nevins and note about photograph. Folder 29 Nevins, Allan, letters ( ) to Walter Schwimmer. Photocopies. Folder 30 Nevins, Allan, letters ( ) to Justin G. Turner. Copies. Folder 31 Nevins, Allan, and Mary Nevins. 1 card (1970, Nov.) to Mort Reis Lewis and Isabel Lewis. With envelope. In handwriting of Mary Nevins. Folder 32 Nevins, Mary. 1 letter ([c.1965], Feb. 6) to Aunt Ida and Dr. Buckner. Folder 33 Nevins, Mary. 3 letters (1969) to Isabel Lewis. Folder 34 Nevins, Mary. 21 letters ([1964]-1971) to Isabel Lewis and Mort Reis Lewis. Includes one copy and two postcards. Folder 35 Nevins, Mary. 21 letters ( ) to Isabel Lewis and Mort Reis Lewis. Includes one postcard. Folder 36 Nevins, Mary. 3 letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 37 New Yorker. 1 letter (1977, Aug. 18) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 38 New Yorker. 1 letter (1967, Feb. 8) to Carolyn Willyoung Stagg. Signed by: Patricia Nosher. Following the above is a note by Stagg to Mort Reis Lewis (1967, Feb. 10). Folder 39 Newman, Ralph Geoffrey, letters (1973) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 40 Nicholson, Marjorie. 1 letter (1967, Sep. 14) to George M. Straszer. Includes receipt and newspaper clipping. Folder 41 Niven, John. 1 letter (1971, Oct. 13) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 42 Parish, William Alfred. 1 letter (1971, June 1) to Isabel Lewis. Folder 43 Ritter, Christine C. 5 letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 44 Robertson, James I. 3 letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 45 Rolle, Andrew F. 1 letter (1977, Feb. 16) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 46 Schary, Dore. 1 letter (1967, May 17) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 47 Schwengel, Fred, letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 48 Schwimmer, Walter. 1 letter (1979, June 20) to Carl Haverlin, Photocopy. Folder 49 Shapiro, Harvey, letter (1972, Nov. 22) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 50 Sis H. 1 card [1967] to Isabel Lewis and Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 51 Smith, Ethel M. 4 letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 52 Stagg, Carolyn Willyoung. 3 letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 53 Starr, Louis Morris, letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Two are photocopies. Folder 54 Stein, Jess. 3 letters (1977) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 55 Tanis, Norman E., letter (1976, Feb. 19) to Mort Reis Lewis. With handwritten postscript. Folder 56 Turner, Justin G. 2 letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis. Folder 57 United States. Embassy (Great Britain). 2 letters (1974) to Mort Reis Lewis. Signed by: Michael Pistor and Ann Eckstein. msslewis papers 11

12 Correspondence Folder 58 Folder 59 Folder 60 Folder 61 Wallace, Irving, letter (1977, Jan. 21) to Mort Reis Lewis. Photocopy. Wiley, Bell, letter (1967, Jan. 20) to Mort Reis Lewis. Photocopy. Woodward, D. H. (Daniel Holt), letters ( ) to Mort Reis Lewis , Clem. 1 letter ([1967], Feb. 1) to Mort Reis Lewis. Ephemera and Audiocassettes Box 4 Folder 1 Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 Ephemera and Audiocassettes Ephemera: Allan Nevins ( ). 41 items. Ephemera: Mort Reis Lewis ( ). 2 items. Ephemera: Ray Allen Billington (1981). 3 items. Four audiocassettes Audiocassette 1: James Thorpe, Ray A. Billington and E. B. Long Interview. Audiocassette 2: E.B. Long cont. Note: Side B of both the original and the duplicate tape is blank. Audiocassette 3: Oral History on Allan Nevins, c.1968 and Allan Nevins Seminar at Claremont College, May 30, Audiocassette 4: Oral History on Allan Nevins, c.1968 and Allan Nevins Seminar at Claremont College, May 30, Duplicate of cassette #3. msslewis papers 12