A collection of photographs
Published: 1914
Language: eng
Subjects: Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945
Description: Collection consists of numerous items from two gifts (1936 and 1944) to Harvard, including a manila envelope with a list of contents of one gift, a photograph of Moore's skull (36 x 29 cm), a photograph of him taken on the island of Guadalcanal (36 x 29 cm), and a collection of 34 photographs mounted on 5 card-board sheets (24 x 17 cm).
Notes: Merrill Moore (1903-1957) was an American psychiatrist and poet. Born and educated in Tennessee, Moore was educated at Vanderbilt University (A.B., 1924, M.D. 1928). At Vanderbilt, he was a member of the Fugitives, a group of poets and literary scholars, which included John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, Donald Davidson, William Ridley Wills, and Robert Penn Warren. Moore taught neurology at the Harvard Medical School and published research about alcoholism. He was the author of many collections of poetry. Moore taught neurology at Harvard Medical School, and Boston City Hospital. He also conducted research into alcohol and addiction. During the Second World War, Moore served as a psychiatrist in the United States Army's Bougainville Campaign, in New Zealand, and in Nanking, China. Moore was the recipient of the Bronze Star for his war service. As a poet, Morre's output was prodigious. He wrote in excess of 50,000 sonnets, gathered into 11 published collections.

World War I photos accompanied by presentation letter dated October 21, 1936.

Photograph of Moore's skull x-ray inscribed by Moore, "With best greetings, Merrill, 1929."

Photograph of Moore and two children inscribed by Moore, "Inscribed for the Widener Library Poetry Room. Merrill Moore. Guadalcanal, 1943."

In CMI case, 46 cm.