Founded in New York in 1971 as an affiliate of the UK William Morris Society, the William Morris Society in the United States strives to publicize the life and work of William Morris and his associates. We coordinate our activities with our fellow Morris Societies in the UK and Canada, and distribute UK and US Newsletters and a biannual Journal of William Morris Studies.

New Digital Independent Morris-Inspired Press: The Kelmsgarth Press
First Publication: William Morris: The Blog by Tony Pinkney

New Illustrated Edition of News from Nowhere

New Blog by WMS award winner: The Morrisian

Panel: Preview of Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde, Tim Barringer, Jason Rosenfeld, and Peter Trippi. English-Speaking Union, Thursday 24th May, 2012, 6:30-8:30 p. m.

Modern Language Association
Boston, Massachusetts
January 3rd-6th, 2013:

The Morris Society will sponsor a panel on "William Morris and the East Coast" in addition to a visit to Trinity Cathedral.

We will also co-sponsor a second session, in association with The Society for the History of Readers, Authors and Publishers, on "Print and Beyond: Publishing Rossetti, Morris and the Aesthetes." Further details on both sessions will be available in July.

Through 17 July 2012
The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900
After appearing at the Victorian and Albert Museum and the Musée d'Orsay, this will be at the Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, 18 February-17 July.

March 2012

William Morris's Earthly Paradise: Precursor to the Private Press Movement
Art History Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; curator Leslie Harwood

The Angel Leaves the House: Women Bookmakers & the Aesthetic Page
March 28th-May 11th, 2012, Mills College, F. W. Olin Library, Oakland, CA

Through May 27th, 2012

"Making History: Antiquaries in Britain"

Yale Center for British Art, 2 February-27 May 2012.
This exhibition of objects and manuscripts from the Society of Antiquaries includes items related to Morris and his circle.

Book sale to benefit the
William Morris Society in the US
LIST OF BOOKS BY AND ABOUT WILLIAM MORRIS [PDF]

The Kelmscott Chaucer: A Census
William S. Peterson and Sylvia Holton Peterson
Oak Knoll Press, May 2011 (see advertisement in July 2011 Newsletter)

A History of Kelmscott House
by Helen Elletson, curator of the William Morris Society and Kelmscott House Museum.
Published by the UK William Morris Society

Illustrated Edition of the Works of William Morris in English, Second Edition, 2011. Robert L. M. Coupe, ($70,rlmcoupe@shaw.ca)

 

Socialist Aesthetics and 'The Shadows of Amiens'
Florence S. Boos
William Morris Society: London, 2011
(order from Kelmscott Bookshop, info@kelmscottbookshop.com, $20 incl. shipping)

 

Coming October 2012:
The Collected Letters of Jane Morris, edited by Jan Marsh and Frank Sharp
Order for your library, Boydell and Brewer, October 2012