Wright Morris
American
1910, Central City, Nebraska
1998, Mill Valley, Bay Area
American novelist, photographer, and essayist Wright Morris reads prose poem accompaniments to selected photographs from his works The Home Place (1948), The Inhabitants (1946), and God's Country and My People (1968).
Audio Stories
Morris’s pioneering work with images and text
transcripts
Works in the Collection
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Wright MorrisStraightback Chair, from The Home Place
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Wright MorrisIOOF Homecoming, Ed's Place, Nebraska
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Wright MorrisRow House, Baltimore
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Wright MorrisSouth of Washington, D.C., Barn and Water Trough
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Wright MorrisUncle Harry, The Home Place, Nebraska
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Wright MorrisSchool Outhouse and Backstop, Nebraska
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Wright MorrisLandscape (Colorado)
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Wright MorrisFarmhouse, Nebraska
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Wright MorrisOld Photographs of Train Depot and Portraits, Nebraska
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Wright MorrisLandscape (Nebraska)
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Wright MorrisHydrant and Gas Tanks, Los Angeles
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Wright MorrisPanama, Nebraska
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Wright MorrisStraightback Chair, from The Home Place
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Wright MorrisBarber Shop Interior; Cahow's Barber Shop, Chapman, Nebraska
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Wright MorrisChurch near Milford, Nebraska
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Wright MorrisBank Grill, Cahow's Barber Shop, Chapman, Nebraska
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Wright MorrisModel T and Barn, Ed's Place
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Wright MorrisModel T in Shed, near Norfolk, Nebraska, from The Home Place
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Wright MorrisFarmhouse in Winter, near Lincoln, Nebraska
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Wright MorrisFarm Buildings
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