oip_mss279 Harry and Ann Morrison Papers Morrison (Harry and Ann) Papers Cheryl Oestreicher Boise State University Special Collections and Archives 2015

Albertsons Library, Boise State University 1910 University Drive Boise, ID 83725 archives@boisestate.edu https://www.boisestate.edu/archives/

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-05-10. English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Boise State University Special Collections and Archives Harry and Ann Morrison Papers MSS 279 16 linear feet 16 boxes 1919-1996 The Harry and Ann Morrison Papers consist primarily of photos, articles, and other memorabilia from their world travels with The Morrison-Knudsen Company. Also included are photos of family and friends, articles about Harry and Ann, documents about Ann's honorary degree from Pepperdine University, correspondence about Ann's autobiography "Those Were the Days," and other personal and professional materials. English .

Harry Morrison (1885-1971)

Harry Morrison was born in 1885 in Illinois. At a young age he moved to Boise, Idaho and started Morrison-Knudsen Construction Company (MK) with Morris Knudsen in 1912. He married Ann Daly in 1914. Harry led MK through steady growth, from road and other public works projects in the Northwest to international heavy construction. While his company built bridges, dams, airports, and freeways around the world, Harry and Ann traveled from job to job to survey the company's work. In 1954, Time Magazine said Harry Morrison was "the man who has done more than anyone else to change the face of the Earth."

Ann Morrison (1884-1957)

Born and raised in the Boise Basin, Ann Daly married Harry Morrison in 1914. Harry co-founded the construction firm Morrison-Knudsen in 1912, and from humble beginnings the company became one of the largest construction contractors in the world. Ann and Harry spent much of their 43-year marriage on the road, regularly traveling to Morrison Knudsen's construction sites in places such as Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, and India. Nicknamed "the first lady of construction," Ann chronicled her journeys in the Morrison Knudsen newsletter, Em-Kayan, and her articles were later compiled and published as Those Were the Days: Diary of Ann Morrison in 1951.

[Biographical note written by Jim Duran and Gwyn Hervochon]

The Harry and Ann Morrison Papers consist primarily of photos, articles, and other memorabilia from their world travels with The Morrison-Knudsen Company. Also included are photos of family and friends, articles about Harry and Ann, documents about Ann's honorary degree from Pepperdine University, correspondence about Ann's autobiography "Those Were the Days," and other personal and professional materials.

Collection is available for research.

[item description], Harry and Ann Morrison Papers, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

See also: Lyman Wilbur Papers, Morrison-Knudsen Company Labor Relations Records

Voyages and travels Engineering Dams--Design and construction Businesses and Corporations Boise Idaho Photographs Diaries Materials A-F 1 Ann: "Those Were the Days" 1951-1954 1 1-2 Ann: Last Will and Testament 1 3 Ann: George Pepperdine College Honorary Degree 1953 1 4-5

All photographs digitized.

Ann Morrison Park 1 6 Harry and Ann: articles and photographs 1935-1971 English. 1 7-11

Folder 11 entirely digitized (including photographs).

Daly and Morrison Genealogy 1 12 Afghanistan 1949-1950 1 13 Africa 1954 1 14 Arkansas, Norpork Dam 1942 1 15 Articles: General, Clifford J. Strike, Jessie Savage, Morrison-Knudsen 1937-1996 1 16-20 Boise Pilots, Boise Baseball Club 1940 1 21 Asia 1 22 Associated Oil Company 1 23 Boise - Daly Family 1919 1 24

Entire folder (including photographs) digitized.

"The Boulder Canyon Project" by E.F. Scattergood 1935 1 25 Brazil 1953 1 26 British Columbia 1953-1955 1 27

Entire folder (including photographs) digitized.

Cadillac 1935 1 28 California, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge 1 29 Caspar Air Base 1942 1 30 China 1954 English. 1 31

Entire folder (including photographs) digitized.

Columbia 1949 1 32 Correspondence 1935-1957 1 35-37 Daniel L. Banks Jr. 1962 1 36 DeMolay 1934 1 37 France 1 38 Materials F-W 2 Friends and Family Photographs 2 1-2 Glen Wagner 1971 2 3 Hawaii 1939-1948 2 4 Henry Ford Trade School 1935 2 5 Henry J. Kaiser 1935-1942 2 6 Holiday Cards and Invitations 1945-1955 2 7 Idaho 2 9 Idaho, Arrowrock Dam 2 10 Idaho, Cascade (Morris Knudsen) circa 1919 2 12 Idaho, Clear Water Well Filtration Plant 2 13 Idaho, Diversion Dam 2 14 Idaho, Payette Lake 2 16 Idaho, Train 1939 2 17 Idaho Equipment Company 1932 2 18 India 2 19 Jamaica, NY 2 20 Jesse Jones, Address to American Bankers Association 1938 2 21 Joshua Hendy Iron Works 1942 2 22 Kern County Equipment Company Inc. 1949 2 23 Matson Line Wireless 1940 2 24 Mexico 2 25 The Minute Men of America 1941 2 26 Montana, Noxon Dam 1956 2 27 Montana, Yellowstone Park 2 28 Morrison-Knudsen 1939-1954 2 29-31 Morrison-Shea-Twaits-Winston, Anderson Ranch Dam 1941 2 32 Nantahala Dam 2 33 Pakistan 2 34 Paris 2 35 Peru 1952 2 36 Saudi Arabia 1949 2 37 Shipbuilding and Ship Launches 1940-1943 2 38 Shipbuilding, Montebello Hills 1944 2 39 Southwestern Idaho Water Conservation Project, Inc. 2 40 Trips 1941-1953 2 41 Turkey 2 42 Union Pacific Railroad 2 43 United States Steel 2 44 Washington, Grand Coulee Dam 1949 2 45 Washington/Oregon, Bonneville Dam 2 46 World's Fair, San Francisco 1938 2 47 Harry and Ann, Scrapbooks 3 Founder's Room Materials Publications and photographs Afghanistan photos with descriptions. Sent to HWM by C.P. Schoeller. 1948 4 1-2 Abriendo Senderos (Trail Blazers) MK in Mexico 1943 4 3 National news articles about MK 1950s 4 4 Four part series from Fortune about MK 1943 4 5 Life Magazine 1943-04-05 4 6 Business Week, Engineering and News Record 1964-1965 4 7 Professional portraits of Harry Morrison 4 8 Slides Sheets 1-6: dams, bridges construction scenes 1941-1943 5 1 Sheet 7: Boise, housing project 1941-1943 5 1 Sheet 8: Santa Fe Dam, Camp Roberts 1941-1943 5 1 Sheet 9: earth filled dam in the mountains construction, possibly Anderson Ranch Dam (Idaho) 1941-1943 5 1 Sheet 10,11: Boise home on Harrison Blvd. 1941-1943 5 1 Sheet 1-2: dam construction 1941-1948 5 2 Sheet 3: Boise, church, fire, visiting projects 1941-1948 5 2 Sheet 4,6: HWM on a ship visiting tropical islands possibly Hawaii, Wake 1941-1948 5 2 Sheet 5: massive military housing project 1941-1948 5 2 Sheet 6-9: possibly Afghanistan 1941-1948 5 2 Autograph books for HWM's birthday 5 3 California Senate Resolution Memorializing HWM after his death 1971 5 4 Photos of HWM business associates and friends 1963-1965 5 5 Boy Scouts of America Camp Morrison Photos, Idaho 1966 5 6 Photos Harry Morrison inspecting jobs 6 1 Harry Morrison portraits 6 2 Ann Morrison Park construction (Boise, Idaho) 1959 6 3 Harry and Ann Morrison's house on Harrison Blvd. 1950s 6 4 Traveling and tourism, Brazil, San Francisco, Paris 6 5 Velma Morrison 6 6 Edna Allen family history and photos 6 7 Edna Allen's 100th Birthday 1972 6 8 Lyman Wilbur with the C.M.C Construction Jackasses 6 9 Anderson Ranch Dam construction scenes from the Idaho Statesman 6 10 Construction scenes, including Peru (1952) 6 11 Dam construction, possibly Hoover Dam 6 12 Kaiser Aluminum Plant tour with Harry Morrison 1950-06 6 13 Harry Morrison with MK executives in headquarters boardroom, Boise, Idaho 1934-1949 6 14 MK dinners 1940-1960 6 15 Union Pacific Railroad – Harriman ceremony 6 16 Alaska project 1940s 6 17 Mexico project 1945 6 18 San Francisco Bay Bridge construction 1933-1934 6 19 Early Idaho scenes 1910-1930 6 20 News articles, unidentified portraits 6 21 Oversize Oversize portraits of Harry Morrison 7 1 Morrison Family Scrapbook with significant mention of Ann Morrison Park 7 2 Harry Morrison Scrapbooks on 80th birthday 1965 7 3-5 VHS Tape Set: Velma Morrison Biography (VMB) Interviews and raw scene footage ACT III: They Call Her Velma V. The Myth, The Magic and the Meaning. All digitized footage, SVHS Unedited, cuts only assemble. (tape 1) 8 1 ACT III: They Call Her Velma V. The Myth, The Magic and the Meaning. All digitized footage, SVHS Unedited, cuts only assemble. (tape 2) 8 2 They Call Her Velma V… The Myth, The Magic and The Meaning. ACT III: Velma's Biography. SVHS MASTER TAPE I (2 hours) 8 3 They Call Her Velma V… The Myth, The Magic and The Meaning. ACT III: Velma's Biography. SVHS MASTER TAPE II (20 minute epilogue) 8 4 Velma's Birthday Party at the Morrison Center, camera 1 2000-08-05 8 5 Velma's Birthday Party at the Morrison Center, camera 2 2000-08-05 8 6 Voice-Overs, Jack Rucker 2000 8 7 Tape 1: Past Presidents 2000 8 8 Tape 1A: Past Presidents, Fred Norman 2000-03-16 8 9 Morrison Center: Indoor Footage on a platform dolly 2000-03-28 8 10 Interviews: John Parrish; Jack Rucker; Local Arts Groups (3 people) 2000-04-04 8 11 Outside the Morrison Center; David Taylor, The Players 2000-04-05 8 12 End of The Players, Fred Norman's statement to VM, Jim Nelson, Dick Thomas [part 1] 2000-04-05-2000-04-06 8 13 Dick Thomas [part 2]; Investment Committee; Auxiliary meeting at Hillcrest Country Club 2000-04-06-2000-04-18 8 14 "I Remember Interviews" Tim Woodward; Beverly Taylor; Lily Collias; Carolyn Johnson; Jolene Schon; David Skinner 2000-04-19 8 15 "I Remember Interviews [part 2]" Jim Nelson; Butch Otter; Velma Morrison's interview [take 1] 2000-04-19-2000-04-24 8 16 Velma Morrison Interview, camera 2, part 1 of 3 2000-04-24 8 17 Velma Morrison Interview, camera 1, part 2 of 3; Bea Comstock; 2000-04-24 8 18 Velma Morrison Interview, camera 1, part 3 of 3; Sam Crossland; Petra Asumead; Velma tour of house; Board of Governors meeting 2000-04-24-2000-04-28 8 19 Velma Morrison Interview, camera 2, part 2 of 3 2000-04-24 8 20 John Keiser part 1 2000-05-05 8 21 John Keiser part 2; Funding and Monies group: Keiser, Thomas, M. Thomas, Fred Norman 2000-05-06 8 22 "The Future," New Historians," Velma Morrison's party for John Keiser interviews [part 1] 2000-05-06 8 23 Velma Morrison's party for John Keiser interviews [part 2]; Morrison Center building entrance 2000-05-06 8 24 Morrison Center staff session and interviews; John Hockberger interview [part 1] 2000-05-09 8 25 John Hockberger [part 2], Scott Hayes, Michael Thomas, Justin Wilkerson [part 1] 2000-05-09 8 26 Justin Wilkerson [part 2], Free for all 2000-05-09-2000-05-10 8 27 Where do we go from here? Governor Dirk Kempthorne; Mayor Brent Coles; Dave Taylor; Frank Heise; Velma Morrison; Outside the Morrison Center shots, Bridge shot; "And Then the Leaders Said" 2000-05-10 8 28 Endowment meeting at Velma Morrison's house; Camelot poster; Velma's family interviews; Esther and J.R. Simplot; Harry W. Morrison Family Foundation at Velma's office 2000-05-16-2000-05-31 8 29 Morrison Center Founder's Room; Jane Custer; Earl and Debi Mitchell; Bob Hendren (Albertson College of Idaho President Emeritus) 2000-05-31 8 30 Ron Shannon; Melva; Bonnie Wilkerson; Debbie Wachtell; Drake Shannon; Cindy Wells 2000-08-03 8 31 Morrison Center Founders Room VHS tapes Channel 4 News Profile on Velma Morrison with Marc Johnson 9 1 Velma Morrison: Tape by Son, Ron Schannon 9 2 Man of La Mancha 9 3 Velma Morrison Plaza (Boise City Hall) opening and 70th Birthday 9 4 Morrison Center Auxiliary, 10th Anniversary Video 9 5 St. Lukes, Light of Philanthropy – Velma Morrison [07:25] 1998-04-17 9 6 Almost Like a Song A Moment in Time, Velma V. Morrison Center [Tape 1 Act 1] 1998-02-14 9 7 Almost Like a Song A Moment in Time, Velma V. Morrison Center [Tape 2 Act 2] 1998-02-14 9 8 Morrison Center 9 9 The Morrison Center Opening Night 9 10 Video History of the Morrison Center, sequence of shots 2000 9 1 Fred Norman's notes for video project 2000 9 2 Fred Norman's research on Velma Morrison for tapped interview (VMB 17 -20) 2000 9 3 Morrison Center early brochures and pamphlets 1980-1983 9 4 Quality photocopies of Idaho Statesman Distinguished Citizen portraits by John Collias, Last Names A – M 9 5 Quality photocopies of Idaho Statesman Distinguished Citizen portraits by John Collias, Last Names N – Z 9 6 Oversize photos, posters, plaques Oversize portraits of Harry Morrison 10 1 Morrison-Knudsen Board Members 1956-06 10 2 Morrison Center bound newspaper clippings on the opening 1984-04 10 3 "A Day for Harry Morrison" type proof framed for Harry Morrison 10 4 55 Years of Service to MK plaque for Harry Morrison 1967 10 5 Moles Award Plaque to Harry Morrison 1947 10 6 Portrait of a young Harry Morrison by LP Shaw 1920-1929 10 7 Recognition poster to Velma Morrison for her gift: The Morrison Center 1986 10 8 Idaho State Chamber of Commerce, Distinguished Citizen Award to Harry Morrison 1963 10 9 State of Idaho Award to Harry Morrison for Outstanding Volunteer Service 1962 10 10 50 years of service award to Harry Morrison, from MK 1961 10 11 California Senate memorial to Harry Morrison by Senator Lawrence E. Walsh 1971 10 12 Photos, awards, memorabilia Boise Rotary Club Plaque 1958 11 1 Morrison family crest and tartan 11 2 Sansum Clinic Research Foundation plaque dedicating the Morrison Research Laboratories 1966 11 3 Morrison Purple Hardhat 1980-1984 11 4 Stereo slides of Idaho dams (color) 1952-1955 11 5 Portrait of Harry's father George 1928-1936 11 6 Alpha Kappa Psi guest book for HWM Businessman of the year 11 7 Portraits of MK employees, executives including portraits of Morris Knudsen and wife 1930-1955 11 8 Scrapbook of Morrison's siblings and distant family 1900-1908 11 9 Oversized materials 12 Memorabilia, camera, slides, a bust of Harry Morrison 13 Publications, leather bound World Atlas, The Bluebird will Sing Tomorrow: Memoirs of Velma V. Morrison, 2003 14 Desk materials, memorabilia 15 Plaques, framed photographs, leather briefcase 16 Harry Morrison Bust on Stone Harry Morrison In Memoriam Scrapbook Morrison-Knudsen 1 Harry, photographs 1