The Life of William Morris
Articles on Morris's life from the Journal of William Morris Studies, 1961-2001
Morris's Early Life to 1870
Morris's Later Life, 1871-1896
After 1896: Morris Family in Later Years, His Associates and Influence
"Morris and the 'Kingsley Movement.'" Elizabeth Brewer, JWMS 4.2 (Summer 1980): 4-17.
"William Morris and the Paris Prefécture." Jan Cohn, JWMS 4.2 (Summer 1980): 20-23.
"Where Janey Used to Live." Margaret Fleming, JWMS 4.4 (Winter 1981): 2-17.
"First Appearance of 'The Firm.'" JWMS 5.3 (Summer 1983): 42 [reprint from London Society, 1862].
"William Morris and Young England." Carolyn Collette, JWMS 5.4 (Winter 1983-84): 5-15.
"Cormell Price Esq., The Tower, Broadway." Lorraine Price, JWMS 5.4 (Winter 1983-84): 30-39.
"'On the Quays of Havre': Some Notes on Morris's Walking Tour in France, July to August 1855." John Purkis, JWMS 6.3 (Summer 1985): 23-25.
Extract from Fred E. Cobb's diary describing a visit to one of the Devon Great Consol Mines in 1866. JWMS 7.1 (Autumn 1986): [40].
"William Morris, Warington Taylor and the Firm, 1865-1875." Jon Press and Charles Harvey, JWMS 7.1 (Autumn 1986): 41-44.
"The 'First' William Morris and the 39 Articles." Eugene D. Le Mire, JWMS 7.2 (Spring 1987): 9-14.
"The Defence of Janey." Jan Marsh, JWMS 7.3 (Autumn 1987): 18-22.
"William Morris: Biographical Gleanings 1865-1875." Susan Mooney, JWMS 8.3 (Autumn 1989): 2-12.
"The City and Mining Enterprise: The Making of the Morris Family Fortune." Charles Harvey and Jon Press, JWMS 9.1 (Autumn 1990): 3-14.
"William Morris's Childhood and Schooling." Linda Richardson, JWMS 9.1 (Autumn 1990): 15-19.
"Morris and Music." Lesley A. Baker, JWMS 10.3 (Autumn 1993): 6-9.
"Isabella Morris Gilmore." Frank C. Sharp, JWMS 11.4 (Spring 1996): 31-38.
"Peter Paul Marshall: The Forgotten Member of the Morris Firm." Keith E. Gibeling, JWMS 12.1 (Autumn 1996): 8-16.
"The Earliest Agreement between the Partners of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co." Frank C. Sharp, JWMS 12.3 (Autumn 1997): 15-16.
"A Friendship From Heaven: Burne-Jones and William Morris." Nicholas Salmon, JWMS 13.1 (Autumn 1998): 2-13.
"Burne-Jones, Morris and God." Christine Poulson, JWMS 13.1 (Autumn 1998): 45-54.
"Thomas Morris, Resident Director of the Devon Great Consols." Jackie Latham, JWMS 14.3 (Winter 2001): 41-46.
"A Rediscovered and Partly Unpublished Morris Notebook." Chris Fletcher, JWMS 14.3 (Winter 2001): 12-20.
"Morris and Bernard Shaw." E. E. Stokes Jr., JWMS 1.1 (Winter 1961): 13-18.
"Morris's Reply to Whistler." E. D. Le Mire, JWMS 1.3 (Summer 1963): [2]-10.
"Letters to Janey." R. C. H. Briggs, JWMS 1.4 (Summer 1964): 2-22.
"Kelmscott to Kelmscott." Violet Hunt (edited by Lady Mander), JWMS 2.3 (Winter 1968): 6-17.
"Edmund New's Diary of a Visit to Kelmscott Manor." David Cox, JWMS 3.1 (Spring 1974): 3-7.
"Morris and Cobden-Sanderson." John Randle, JWMS 3.1 (Spring 1974): 22-26.
"The Expedition of The Ark." J. M. Baïssus, JWMS 3.3 (Spring 1977): 2-11.
"The Death of Topsy." Philip Henderson, JWMS 4.1 (Winter 1979): 28-31.
"Memories of Morris & Co." Edward Payne, JWMS 4.3 (Summer 1981):2-6.
"Morris and the Blunts." Geoffrey Syer, JWMS 4.4 (Winter 1981): 18-22.
"The Morris Family Remembered." Teresa A. Lock, JWMS 5.1 (Summer 1982): 9-15.
"Morris at the Theatre." JWMS 5.3 (Summer 1983): 42 [reprint from the Athenaeum, 1889].
"The Morris and Co. Showroom." JWMS 5.4 (Winter 1983-84): 67-68. [reprint from Building News, 11 June 1880].
"A Glimpse of Morris at Work." JWMS 5.4 (Winter 1983-84): 68 [reminiscence by the grandmother of Rupert Shephard].
"Rum and Indescribable . . ." JWMS 5.4 (Winter 1983-84): 69 [three of Burne-Jones's caricatures of Morris].
"Iceland and Kelmscott." Lesley A. Baker, JWMS 6.2 (Winter 1984-85): 4-9.
"Lady Anne Blunt's Meeting with William Morris." Peter Faulkner, JWMS 6.2 (Winter 1984-85): 33.
"A Reminiscence of William Morris." W., JWMS 6.2 (Winter 1984-85): 35.
"Free Speech in London." JWMS 6.3 (Summer 1985): 31 [minutes of a meeting of the Metropolitan Radical Federation, 1886].
"Memories." Luke Ionides, JWMS 7.4 (Spring 1988): 27-28 [reprint from Transatlantic Review, 1926].
"Icelandic Obituaries of William Morris." Ruth Ellison, JWMS 8.1 (Autumn 1988): 35-41.
"Morris and the Working Men's College." Peter Faulkner, JWMS 8.3 (Autumn 1989): 24-28.
"The Stillmans and the Morrises." Philip Attwood, JWMS 9.1 (Autumn 1990): 23-28.
"Morris & Co. in Manchester." Nicholas Salmon and David Taylor, JWMS 12.3 (Autumn 1997): 17-19.
"Merton before Morris." Ray Watkinson, JWMS 9.4 (Spring 1992): 25-28.
"William Morris, Philip Webb and 'Mark Rutherford.'" Sally Ledger, JWMS 10.1 (Autumn 1992): 14-20.
"William Morris and the National Curriculum." Ann and John Kay, JWMS 11.1 (Autumn 1994): 44-58.
"Reminiscences of Cotswold Craftsmen." Jim Mackenzie, JWMS 11.2 (Spring 1995): 27-31.
"Working for Morris & Co." Arthur Frederick Wingate, JWMS 11.2 (Spring 1995): 31-32.
"Dark Days in Hammersmith: Lily Yeats and the Morrises." Peter Faulkner, JWMS 11.3 (Autumn 1995): 22-25.
"Gustav Holst, William Morris and the Socialist Movement." Andrew Heywood, JWMS 11.4 (Spring 1996): 39-47.
"Another Visit to Merton Abbey." Jan Marsh, JWMS 12.1 (Autumn 1996): 5-7.
"Georgiana Burne-Jones and William Morris: A Subtle Influence." Isabelle Williams, JWMS 12.1 (Autumn 1996): 17-24.
"'Compulsory Baxination': Morris and the Misogynist." Roger Aldous, JWMS 12.1 (Autumn 1996): 35-40.
"Reminiscences of William Morris." Edmund & Ruth Frow, JWMS 12.2 (Spring 1997): 5-6 [includes reminiscences of Sophie R. Sharman from Comrade, Feb. 1903].
"A Meeting with William Morris." Helen Thomas, JWMS 12.3 (Autumn 1997): 2-4 [reprint from Time & Again: Memoirs and Letters].
"MacDonald, Morris and 'The Retreat.'" Nicholas Salmon, JWMS 12.3 (Autumn 1997): 5-10.
"Morris & Co. in Manchester." Nicholas Salmon and David Taylor, JWMS 12.3 (Autumn 1997): 17-19.
"'Rupes Topseia': A New Suggestion." Jan Marsh, JWMS 12.4 (Spring 1998): 4-6.
"William Morris and Emma Lazarus." Frank C. Sharp, JWMS 13.3 (Autumn 1999): 6-13.
"Burne-Jones and the Dissolution of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co." David Elliott, 4 JWMS 14.3 (Winter 2001): 7-48.
"William Morris: The Final Socialist Years." Nicholas Salmon, JWMS 14.4 (Summer 2002): 12-24.
"William Morris and Oscar Wilde." Peter Faulkner, JWMS 14.4 (Summer 2002): 25-40.
After 1896: Morris Family in Later Years, His Associates and Influence
"Memories of May Morris 1923-1938." Una Fielding, JWMS 2.3 (Winter 1968): 2-5.
"A Visit to May Morris, 1925." Elfrida Manning, JWMS 4.2 (Summer 1980): 18-19.
"A Visit to May Morris." Margaret Horton, JWMS 5.2 (Winter 1982): 14-19.
"My Memories of Kelmscott." Marjorie Breakspear, JWMS 5.3 (Summer 1983): 8-15.
"May Morris and Miss Lobb in Iceland." Gudrun Jonsdottir, JWMS 7.1 (Autumn 1986): 17-20.
"Murry, Marx and Morris." Peter Faulkner, JWMS 12.4 (Spring 1998): 7-14.
"Ethel Mannin and William Morris." Peter Faulkner, JWMS 13. 2 (Spring 1999): 21-27.
Other Sides of William Morris
For a list of additional articles about other aspects of William Morris, please see our other portals:
- ART: Morris's visual designs, including book design, calligraphy, furniture, decorative arts, paintings, drawings, stained glass, tapestries, textiles, and wallpapers.
- WRITING: Morris's literary output, including poetry and fiction.
- SOCIAL THOUGHT: Although it is properly a sub-set of Morris's writings, his ideas on Socialism form a distinct and important part of the impact he had on his own society (as well as on our own today).
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