The collected letters of may morris [this proposal seeks NEH funding in support of the planning phase of an international project to locate, transcribe, annotate, and publish the letters of artist and…

The collected letters of may morris [this proposal seeks NEH funding in support of the planning phase of an international project to locate, transcribe, annotate, and publish the letters of artist and editor may morris (1862?1938), a leading artist in the british arts & crafts movement, a pioneer of ?art embroidery? And an influential teacher and author who lectured in both the UK and US. Widely dispersed, the letters are located in archives and private collections across the UK, US, and europe, including sizeable holdings at the british library and william morris gallery in london, the international institute for social history in amsterdam, and the huntington library in SAN marino, CA. The delaware art museum, institutional host for this application, houses the largest collection of pre-raphaelite and arts & crafts objects in the united states. As such, fostering scholarship in victorian studies is critical within the museum?s curatorial mandate.]