Judith and Neil Morgan DR. SEUSS & MR. GEISEL Book Production Materials, 1963-1999 (MSS 641)

Collection Level Restriction: THIS COLLECTION IS RESTRICTED UNTIL 2020.
Additional Restrictions: Research files containing personal information are restricted. Also, original cassette recordings are restricted; patrons must request user copies be produced.

Extent: 4.2 Linear feet (8 archives boxes and 3 card file boxes)

Papers of Judith and Neil Morgan for the production of Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel (1995), the first published biography written about Ted Geisel.

California journalists Judith and Neil Morgan have written articles together for National Geographic and other magazines. They began researching and writing Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel in the early 1990s, having been close friends with Ted Geisel for over thirty years.

Production materials for the book Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel by Judith and Neil Morgan, a biography of Theodor Geisel. Materials include research files which contain newspaper clippings, interviews, letters, and notes from Ted Geisel's personal and career life, audio cassette interviews with Audrey Geisel, friends, and colleagues, typescript drafts of the manuscript, as well as the production proofs and edits. The collection also contains a complete manuscript from Edward Connery Lathem's unpublished biography of Ted Geisel in 1992.

Arranged in two series: 1) DR. SEUSS & MR. GEISEL and 2) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.

Container List

DR. SEUSS & MR. GEISEL

Scope and Content of Series

The DR. SEUSS & MR. GEISEL production materials are arranged in five subseries: A) Research/Subject Files, B) Lathem Manuscript, C) Interviews, D) Working Files, and E) Production Files.

A) Research/Subject Files: materials the Morgans collected corresponding to the chapters in the book. This includes newspaper clippings about Ted Geisel and his work, letters to and from fans, friends, and family, and notes ranging from his early childhood to after his death in 1991. The materials are arranged chronologically.

B) Lathem Manuscript: complete typewritten 1992 manuscript for Edward Connery Lathem's unpublished biography of Ted Geisel.

C) Interviews: audio cassette recordings of interviews Judith and Neil Morgan conducted with Audrey Geisel, Chuck Jones, Peggy and Ted Owens, and other friends and family between 1991-1993.

D) Working Files: Materials related to the book, arranged by chapter. This includes typescript drafts, notes, correspondence, and other reference material.

E) Production Files: typescript drafts, first and second edits, page proofs, and final laser proofs. The materials are arranged following book production order.

Research/Subject Files

Box 1 Folder 1
Springfield - Germans
Box 1 Folder 2
Geisel genealogy
Box 1 Folder 3
Ted's father
Box 1 Folder 4
Springfield - City
Box 1 Folder 5
Springfield later
Box 1 Folder 6
Springfield - Youth
Box 1 Folder 7
Seuss at Dartmouth
Box 1 Folder 8
Ted and Dartmouth - 1950
Box 1 Folder 9
Dartmouth classmates
Box 1 Folder 10
Cartooning / JUDGE
Box 1 Folder 11
New York, 1925 - 1940
Box 1 Folder 12
Infantograph
Box 1 Folder 13
Cartooning at PM
Box 1 Folder 14
Ted Geisel - World War II
Box 1 Folder 15
Ted Geisel in Hollywood
Box 1 Folder 16
Hollywood years
Box 1 Folder 17
Ted Geisel - La Jolla, 1950s

Includes pamphlet "Signs of Civilization".

Box 1 Folder 18
Peggy Owens
Box 1 Folder 19
Grolier Book Club
Box 1 Folder 20
Beginner Books
Box 1 Folder 21
Fan mail
Box 2 Folder 1
Letter by Ted to kids
Box 2 Folder 2
Seuss with Helen

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Box 2 Folder 3
Letters - Audrey from Ted
Box 2 Folder 4
Literacy / Education
Box 2 Folder 5
Religion
Box 2 Folder 6
Environment
Box 2 Folder 7
Ted Geisel - Book reviews
Box 2 Folder 8
Seuss / Random House
Box 2 Folder 9
Seuss Foundation

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Box 2 Folder 10
Audrey interviews
Box 2 Folder 11
Politics
Box 2 Folder 12
Ted Geisel - 80th birthday
Box 2 Folder 13
SIX BY SEUSS - Article
Box 2 Folder 14
Dr. Seuss and the Reproduction of Culture, 1991
Box 2 Folder 15
Seuss Archives UCLA
Box 11 Folder 5
Related correspondence, 1991 - 1999
Box 2 Folder 16
UCSD Library Gift, 1992

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Box 2 Folder 17
Seuss notes, 1992
Box 11 Folder 6
Reviews

Lathem Manuscript

Box 2 Folder 18-19
Edward Connery Lathem - Manuscript, 1992

Interviews

Box 2 Folder 20
Audio recordings index, 1991 - 1994
Box 3 Folder 1
New York - Jed Mattes, 1991

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Box 3 Folder 2
SDSU Professor Terry Cronan, 1991

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Box 3 Folder 3-4
New York - Bob Bernstein, 1991

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Box 3 Folder 5-7
Seuss eulogy, 1991

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Box 3 Folder 8-10
Chuck Jones, 1992

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Box 3 Folder 11-15
Albuquerque - Peggy Owens, 1992

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Box 3 Folder 16-17
Albuquerque - Ted Owens, 1992

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Box 3 Folder 18-22
Springfield - Dartmouth: Seuss, 1992

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Box 3 Folder 23-25
Oxford - Seuss, 1992

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Audrey interviews

Box 4 Folder 1
July 16, 1991

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Box 4 Folder 2
June 5, 1992

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Box 4 Folder 3
July 17, 1992

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Box 4 Folder 4
January 13, 1993

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Box 4 Folder 5
May 28, 1993

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Box 4 Folder 6
September 15, 1993

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Box 4 Folder 7
September 25, 1993

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Box 4 Folder 8
February 15, 1994

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Box 4 Folder 9-13
Encelia Drive - Seuss, 1992

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Box 4 Folder 14
Duke Johnston, 1992

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Box 4 Folder 15-16
Barbara Bayler, 1992

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Box 4 Folder 17
New York - Janet Schulman and Cathy Goldsmith, 1993

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Box 4 Folder 18-19
Julie Olfe, 1993

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Box 4 Folder 20
Julie Olfe and Dick Duffy, 1993

Part three.

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Box 4 Folder 21
UCLA Library - Seuss, 1993

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Box 4 Folder 22
Japan - Seuss Films Gerald McBoing, 1993

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Box 4 Folder 23-24
Claudia Prescott, 1993

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Box 4 Folder 25
UCSD Special Collections - Seuss, 1993

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Box 4 Folder 26
Jeanne Jones, 1993

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Box 5 Folder 1
Joan McKnight, 1993

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Box 5 Folder 2
Dr. Perry Binder, 1993

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Box 5 Folder 3
Dr. Ruth Grobstein, 1993

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Box 5 Folder 4
Mary Stofflet, 1993

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Box 5 Folder 5
Elin Vanderlip and Lee Katz, 1993

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Box 5 Folder 6
Margaret Wise Brown

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Working Files

Box 6 Folder 1
Prologue
Box 6 Folder 2
Chapter One: Springfield
Box 6 Folder 3
Chapter Two: Springfield
Box 6 Folder 4
Chapter Three: Dartmouth
Box 6 Folder 5
Chapter Four: Oxford
Box 6 Folder 6
Chapter Five: Post Oxford
Box 6 Folder 7
Chapter Six: New York
Box 6 Folder 8
Chapter Seven: New York
Box 6 Folder 9
Chapter Eight
Box 6 Folder 10
Chapter Nine: New York for war
Box 6 Folder 11
Chapter Ten: Army / World War II
Box 6 Folder 12
Chapter Eleven: Move to La Jolla
Box 6 Folder 13
Chapter Twelve
Box 7 Folder 1
Chapter Thirteen: Beginner Books
Box 7 Folder 2
Chapter Fourteen: Beginner Books / Pre 1967
Box 7 Folder 3
Chapter Fifteen: 1967
Box 7 Folder 4
Chapter Sixteen: 1969 / Adult Books
Box 7 Folder 5
Chapter Seventeen: Fame and illness
Box 7 Folder 6
Chapter Eighteen: Places and death
Box 7 Folder 7
Chapter Nineteen: 1981 - 1984
Box 7 Folder 8
Chapter Twenty
Box 8 Folder 1
Chapter Twenty-One

Production Files

Box 8 Folder 2
Epilogue
Box 8 Folder 3-5
Typescript draft
Box 8 Folder 6-7
First pass
Box 9 Folder 1-2
Second pass
Box 9 Folder 3-5
Setting copy
Box 10 Folder 1-2
First set page proofs, 1995
Box 10 Folder 3-4
Second set page proofs, 1995
Box 10 Folder 5
Laser print proofs, 1995
Box 11 Folder 1-3
Laser print proofs, 1995

ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPYING

Scope and Content of Series

The ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES series contains the originals of brittle or high acid content documents that have been photocopied.

Box 11 Folder 4
Original materials