Morris, Dave H (1872-1944) reke Honcork / general fele Cory as sent mares 2682-a FILE 2. W. H. Btfnew (Use this Letterhead) September 21, 1940 Draft NOTE: David H. Morris, HCTPR President Circular Letter To the Corporation Members of the Hancock County Trüstees of Public Reservations The undersigned, the new President, by direction and approval of the Executive Committee, sends to the corporation members this circular letter with regard to the activities and future of the Association. I call your attention to the new letterhead, showing the change in officers. Mr. George B. Dorr justly becomes Honorary President. The writer succeeds President Deasy. That results in rearrangement in the Executive Committee, which now includes as Vice-Presidents Mr. Stebbins and Mr. Eliot. The Black House Committee has been materially strengthened by the addition and services of Mrs. Jacques Cornelis of Camden, Maine. The Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations 963 was incorporated in Its property is free from taxation both under Maine General Corporation Law so long as used for its charitable purposes and under its special charter because its lands are free of access to the public. After a period in which it owned a considerable portion of the Park area on Mount Desert Island, it has through transfers to the Acadia -2- National Park diminished its holdings of Park-like land so that they now consist of those scheduled in Appendix A to this circular. In 1928 Mr. George Nixon Black devised the Black House at Ellsworth to the corporation. It was accepted and has for twelve years been managed by Mr. Richard W. Hale and his associates on the Black House Committee. During that period the membership of the Association has been strengthened by the addition of a considerable number of members of the younger generation. And in preparing this circular and in future the President and Mr. Hale have worked with and expect to be assisted by Mr. Hale's son and Mr. John Dane, formerly Junior, as informal representatives of the younger element helping the Executive Committee. This has seemed to be a good occasion to consider the functions which can wisely be performed by this corporation. It can run the Black House and should, in my opinion, continue to do so. The endowment and revenue there are grudgingly sufficient, but it would be reasonable to hope for considerable additional endowment or gifts at future times. The house and estate deserve a luxurious rather than a grudging support. In Hancock County it is submitted that the existence of the Acadia National Park has rather created a demand for a parallel State corporation than removed our excuse for existence. It is highly probable that it will take many generations before leanings toward State's rights and local control are eliminated -3- from the American, especially from the State of Maine native and the Hancock County summer resident. We hear of gifts, not unlikely, which would be made to the Hancock County Trustees in preference. Those gifts might even include a restriction against the abdication of the State corporation in favor of national and remote control. I therefore recommend that we keep the corporation not only technically, but also substantially, alive and vigorous SERVE and endeavor to save the community in the field of owning property for public access and enjoyment. A third useful field for our corporation would appear to be as follows: In the writer's opinion and that of the Committee we should take an intelligent interest in the affairs of Hancock County with reference to all the opportunities for public enjoyment of its natural resources. This may be in part by ownership, in part by cooperation, and in part by helping to form public opinion. You will have surmised that these functions cannot be performed without the sinews of war and that this circular would be likely to end upon that note. I recommend that a small fund be raised and annual subscriptions added to it without restrictions but with the expectation that it would be used for the general purposes of the corporation rather than for the Black House. While some of our members would not find an annual assessment agreeable, I -4- recommend that we try the experiment of a voluntary annual assessment of from $10 to $25 per member subscribing. Anyone who yields to this plea is asked kindly to send a cheque payable to the corporation to Mr. Hale at his Boston office and he will make it reach the treasurer after keeping a record of it. I also recommend that our corporation members take an interest in the Black House and that from time to time we raise special funds so that desirable improvements are not retarded by financial considerations. At the present time I ask for from $300 to $400 for proper electrification. No electrical fixture, globe, or lamp should appear in the historic rooms, but with floor receptacles and flood lights, or modest equiv- alents for flood lights, we should be much better off. A principal reason for doing the thing now is a desire to have the house open at night. In summer Hancock County and Ellsworth are full every night of tourists with nothing much to do. In the day time the natural beauties of the County are severe competitors for the Black House, but in the evening, both because the house is more beautiful when lighted with candles and a little stimulation from concealed flood lights and because of the absence of competition, material additional revenue should be obtained, and those who visit the Black House in the evening will have an experience of beauty not likely to be forgotten and different from the day-time conditions. Here, also, I would be obliged to you if you would send your cheque, payable to Hancock County Trustees of Public -5- Reservations, to Mr. Hale at 60 State Street, Boston, that he may keep in touch with the subscriptions and acknowledge them. He will forward all moneys to the treasurer. Dave Hennen Morris, President P Summary Report Hulls Cove Residence, Sand Beach Residence, and Lunt House A National Register Determination of Eligibility L page 6 of 13 MHPC Historic Building/Structure Inventory Forms A separate MHPC Historic Building/Structure Inventory Form was prepared for each of the properties (see attached forms). The forms contain a full description of the property's setting, architecture, and character-defining features; a history of the property; an evaluation statement that discusses the historical significance of the property and whether or not it meets the National Register Criteria for listing; and a bibliography of sources consulted. Supporting information includes a location map, sketch site and floor plans, black-and-white photographs, a key to photographs, and copies of historic photographs, if such were found to exist for the property. Property Descriptions Hulls Cove Residence and Garage The Hulls Cove Residence is located at 501 Eden Street (Route 3), approximately 400 feet southeast of the intersection of Ocean Avenue and 400 feet northwest of the entrance to the Acadia National Park Hulls Cove Visitor Center in Bar Harbor. It was constructed about 1912 to serve as a caretaker's cottage for Bogue Chitto, the summer estate of Dave Hennen Morris. Bogue Chitto was a rambling Shingle- style cottage that was built by Morris's father, John A. Morris, the "Louisiana Lottery King," in Figure 4. Hulls Cove Residence and Garage. 1887-1888. It was located on a bluff overlooking Hulls Cove on the opposite side of Route 3 from the Hulls Cove Residence. Dave Hennen Morris was a prominent New York attorney and served as the U.S. Ambassador to Belgium between 1933 and 1937. Morris died in 1944 and his wife, Alice Vanderbilt Shepard Morris, continued to spend her summers at Bogue Chitto until her death while visiting Bar Harbor in 1950. In 1951, John D Rockefeller, Jr. acquired the caretaker cottage property from Morris's estate and subsequently donated it to the federal government for inclusion in Acadia National Park. The property was formally incorporated into the park in 1953 and has been in continuous use as a park ranger's residence since that time. MHPC USE ONLY INVENTORY NO. MAINE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Historic Building/Structure Survey Form Continuation Sheet PROPERTY NAME: Hulls Cove Residence TOWN: Bar Harbor COUNTY: Hancock SURVEYOR: PAL DATE: May 2006 DATA FIELDS (From Survey Forms): 34 The second floor has four bedrooms located off an L-shaped hall that extends from the stair landing (Photograph 14). At the end of the hall is the house's only full bathroom. Like the kitchen, it has been completely remodeled and all of the original fixtures and finishes have been replaced. The northeast corner bedroom contains a doorway that leads to the staircase to the attic story. The attic contains two additional bedrooms and walled storage spaces. The basement has a poured concrete floor and side walls and unfinished ceilings (Photograph 15). The skewed concrete foundation of the first floor fireplace and a brick chimney stack are located in the center of the room. A modern furnace and water heater are located under the staircase on the east wall. A shower stall, laundry facilities, and lavatory are located along the south basement wall. Garage The Hulls Cove Garage was purportedly built in 1913 and was moved to the property from its original location on the Dane Farm in the 1950s (Photographs 16-17). It is a one-story, one-by-two-bay, wood frame building oriented to the east and facing the circular portion of the driveway. The front-facing gable roof is covered with asphalt shingles and has open leaves with exposed chamfered rafter ends. The south elevation contains an overhead wood panel door. The north and south sides each have two single double hung sash windows with two-over-one lights. The west elevation has a single window of the same type. Integrity Statement The Hulls Cove Residence is in good condition and retains a relatively high degree of its historic architectural integrity. The only significant alteration to its original exterior appearance has been the removal of the crowning balustrade on the front porch roof. The most significant interior alteration occurred in 1993 after a pipe burst during a freeze and caused significant damage to the kitchen and full bathroom. Both rooms were subsequently completely remodeled with modern fixtures, cabinetry, and appliances. The garage is not original to the property, having been moved from the Dane Farm after the property was incorporated into the Park in 1953. History The Hulls Cove Residence was constructed about 1912 to serve as a caretaker's cottage for Bogue Chitto, the summer estate of Dave Hennen Morris. Bogue Chitto, meaning "Big River" in Choctaw Indian dialect, was a rambling Shingle- style cottage that was built by Morris's father John A. Morris in 1887-1888. It was located on a bluff overlooking Hulls Cove on the opposite side of Route 3 from the Hulls Cove Residence (Colby and Stuart 1877; Helfrich and O'Neil 1982:51). John A. Morris was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1836. His father, Francis Morris, amassed a considerable fortune in the mercantile and telegraph industries. John Morris went to Harvard Scientific School and received a degree in chemistry in 1856, After graduating he moved to Texas and was involved in the beef industry. In 1857 he married Cora Hennen, MHPC USE ONLY INVENTORY NO. MAINE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Historic Building/Structure Survey Form Continuation Sheet PROPERTY NAME: Hulls Cove Residence TOWN: Bar Harbor COUNTY: Hancock SURVEYOR: PAL DATE: May 2006 DATA FIELDS (From Survey Forms): 34 daughter of Alfred Hennen, a prominent Louisiana attorney and owner of one of the state's largest rice plantations. The couple moved to Hennen's plantation at St. Tammany, Tangipahoa Parish and subsequently owned and used the property as their winter residence after Hennen's death in 1870. The property was later developed into a garden showplace by Samuel Zemurray, owner of the United Fruit Company, and is known today as Zemurray Gardens (Mortimer 1896:456; NPS n.d.). After the Civil War, Morris formed a partnership with Charles T. Howard and founded the Louisiana State Lottery Company, a private corporation that received a charter from the state legislature to run the notorious Louisiana State Lottery. Created at a time when most other states had abolished lotteries, the Louisiana State Lottery was for a time the only state-chartered form of gambling in the country and made incredible profits for the investors in the company. Some was spent to improve its public image by making hefty donations to a variety of organizations and relief efforts. Other money went toward securing political support through the bribery of state officials. Despite these efforts, however, strong anti-lottery forces on the state and national levels ultimately combined to bring the lottery down in 1890 when the U.S. Congress enacted a law prohibiting the use of the mails for lotteries and the citizens of Louisiana rejected by an overwhelming margin the extension of its charter (Gordon 1994). Besides his involvement in the lottery, Morris invested in a variety of other businesses and was a pioneer in the construction of high-rise buildings in New Orleans, developing two fireproof skyscrapers there in the 1890s. He also developed Morris Park Racetrack in the Bronx in the area where the Morris Park neighborhood is today. In addition to the Louisiana plantation and Bogue Chitto, Morris owned a home in New Orleans, a large estate in Throgs Neck, New York, and a ranch in Texas. His involvement in high-society social circles included membership in a variety of elite clubs in New York and Louisiana. John and Cora Morris had three children, Alfred Hennen, Isabel, and Daven Hennen. John Morris died at his Texas ranch on May 26, 1895 (Fortier 1914:645-646; Mortimer 1896:456). After Morris's death, his son, Dave Hennen, inherited Bogue Chitto. Dave Hennen Morris was born in 1872 in New Orleans and received his early education in schools in Germany and France. He attended the New York Homeopathic Medical College and practiced homeopathic medicine for several years before enrolling at Harvard University where he graduated in 1896. The previous year he married Alice Vanderbilt Shepard, daughter of Elliot Fitch Shepard and Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt and granddaughter of William Henry Vanderbilt. He subsequently attended New York Law School and received a master's degree in constitutional law from Columbia University in 1909. Morris had wide ranging business interests that included practicing law in New York City, serving as the vice president of the St. Louis Southern Railway Company, and investing in hotels and other real estate ventures. In addition to his involvement in numerous charitable, medical, and educational organizations, he found time for a variety of cultural and sporting activities and was an accomplished violinist, yachtsman, owner of a prominent race horse stable, and a founder of both the Aero and Automobile Clubs of America. He was among a small group of friends that managed the campaign that led to Franklin D. Roosevelt's nomination for president at the Democratic national convention in 1932. His efforts were rewarded in 1933, when Roosevelt appointed him U.S. Ambassador to Belgium and Minister to Luxembourg. He served in those posts until 1937. He and Alice had six children, Dave H., Jr., Louise, Lawrence, Noel, Emily, and Alice. The family's full-time residence was a lavish eight-story Italian Renaissance-style town house at 19 East 70th Street in New York City that was MHPC USE ONLY INVENTORY NO. MAINE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Historic Building/Structure Survey Form Continuation Sheet PROPERTY NAME: Hulls Cove Residence TOWN: Bar Harbor COUNTY: Hancock Hairt SURVEYOR: PAL DATE: May 2006 DATA FIELDS (From Survey Forms): 34 designed by architect Thornton Chard in 1909. The building currently houses the Knoedler Art Gallery (Dennis 1916:129; NYCAGO n.d.; The New York Times 1944). The Morris's spent part of most of their summers at Bogue Chitto. They were active members of New York City's "Bar Harbor Colony," a group of summer residents of Mount Desert Island that regularly got together for social engagements and to raise money for various charities. In the 1910s they made several improvements to the Bogue Chitto estate, Boy including constructing a large garage to house automobiles and hiring noted landscape architect Beatrix Farrand to design some of the gardens. In 1912, Morris purchased a 3-acre parcel of land on the south side of Eden Road, opposite the Harba Bogue Chitto property, from Edward B. Mears. Morris subsequently erected a cottage to house the estate's caretaker on Essay the lot (HCRD 1912; Smith 1952; UC Berkeley 2003). After Dave Hennen Morris died in 1944, Alice Morris continued to spend her summers at Bogue Chitto until her death while visiting Bar Harbor in 1950. In February 1951 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. purchased property on which the caretaker's residence was located from the Morris heirs. On July 28, 1952 Rockefeller donated the property to the U.S. Government for incorporation into Acadia National Park (HCRD 1951, 1952). The property was formally accepted by the Director of the National Park Service on March 17, 1953 and has been used as a ranger's residence since that time (Lisle 1953). Sometime after acquiring the caretaker's cottage, a small garage that was originally built in 1912 on the Dane Farm was moved to the property. Bogue Chitto was demolished about 1961 (Helfrich and O'Neil 1982:51). Evaluation of Significance The Hulls Cove Residence does not appear to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as an individual property or as a contributing property in a larger historic district. While the building was constructed during Bar Harbor's Gilded Age period, the most significant period of development in the history of the town, its associative value under that historical context is tenuous and does not rise to the level necessary to list the property under National Register Criterion A. The property, which was purchased by Dave Hennen Morris in 1912, was a later addition to the Bogue Chitto estate that was initially developed by John A. Morris in 1887-1888. The building was constructed for the utilitarian function of housing the estate's caretaker and suffered a serious loss of its historical setting and association when Bogue Chitto was demolished in the early 1960s. The house does not evoke a feeling of time and place sufficient to relate the property to important events in local history. Had Bogue Chitto survived, however, the caretaker's house would likely be eligible for inclusion in the National Register as part of a historic district comprising the larger estate. Criterion B applies only to properties directly associated with the productive life of individuals whose specific contributions to history can be identified and documented. While it was constructed by Dave Hennen Morris, a wealthy and politically prominent person in the history of the United States, it has no direct relationship with Morris because he did not live or work at the place during his lifetime. In addition, there are other extant properties, most notably his full- time townhouse in New York City, that are directly related to and better represent his lifestyle. MHPC USE ONLY INVENTORY NO. MAINE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Historic Building/Structure Survey Form Continuation Sheet PROPERTY NAME: Hulls Cove Residence TOWN: Bar Harbor COUNTY: Hancock SURVEYOR: PAL DATE: May 2006 DATA FIELDS (From Survey Forms): INTERIOR FIRST FLOOR PHOTOGRAPH LOCATIONS N DECK BACK PORCH Q 4 8 Approx. Scale in Feet 10 KITCHEN DINING ROOM 13 CHIMNEY FP 12 LIVING ROOM FOYER UP 11 9 FRONT PORCH 4 PHOTO LOCATION = MHPC USE ONLY INVENTORY NO. MAINE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Historic Building/Structure Survey Form Continuation Sheet PROPERTY NAME: Hulls Cove Residence COUNTY: Hancock TOWN: Bar Harbor DATE: May 2006 SURVEYOR: PAL DATA FIELDS (From Survey Forms): SITE MAP EDEN HULLS COVE RESIDENCE (S.R.3 GARAGE PARKING N ACADIA NP HULLS COVE VISITOR'S CENTER 0 100 200 APPROX SCALEMEFEET 3/25/2019 Dave Hennen Morris - Wikipedia WIKIPEDIA Dave Hennen Morris Dave Hennen Morris (April 24, 1872 - May Dave Hennen Morris 4, 1944) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and Thoroughbred racehorse owner who co- founded the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA). [1] Contents Early life Career Thoroughbred horse racing Personal life References External links United States Ambassador to Belgium and Envoy to Early life Luxembourg In office Morris was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 24, 1872. He was the son of John Albert July 6, 1933 - May 5, 1937 Morris and Cora Hennen, the daughter of President Franklin D. prominent New Orleans Judge Alfred Hennen. Roosevelt His father was descended from the Colonial Preceded by Hugh S. Gibson Morris family of Morrisania. [1] His siblings Succeeded by Hugh S. Gibson included Alfred Hennen Morris (1864-1959), a Personal details vice-chairman and steward of The Jockey Club, and Frances Isabel Morris, who married Lewis Born April 24, 1872 Cass Ledyard (1851-1932), the prominent New Orleans, attorney. [2] Louisiana, U.S. Died May 4, 1944 He graduated, Magna cum Laude, from (aged 72) Harvard University in 1896, from New York degree in Constitutional law from Columbia New York, U.S. University in 1909. [1] Political party Democratic Spouse(s) Alice Vanderbilt Career Shepard (m. 1895) Following his father's death in 1895, Dave Children Dave Hennen Jr., Morris inherited considerable wealth and held Louise, Lawrence, business interests in railroads, hotels, and Noel, Emily, Alice other enterprises. He was vice-president of the Parents John Albert Morris St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. (Cotton Cora Hennen Belt Route). Residence 19 E. 70th Street, From 1933 to 1937, he was appointed the New York United States Ambassador to Belgium and Education Harvard University Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Columbia Plenipotentiary to Luxembourg by his friend, University Franklin D. Roosevelt. [3] During this joint New York Law appointment, he resided in Belgium, where he School and his wife continued to make international contacts for the language that would later take Occupation Lawyer, the name Interlingua. He also was Vice businessman, President of the Research Corporation and diplomat, racehorse owner Counselor of the Belgian-American Educational Foundation, where Ezra Clark Known for Co-founder of IALA Stillman was Secretary. [4] Morris was a founder of the Aero Club of America and of the Automobile Club of America. [5] Along with his wife Alice, he co-founded the International Auxiliary Language Association, which in 1951 would present Interlingua to the general public. [6] He was treasurer of the IALA from its establishment in 1924 to his death in 1944. His son, Lawrence, then assumed the position. [7] Thoroughbred horse racing His father was a prominent figure in Thoroughbred horse racing who owned Morris Park Racetrack in The Bronx, New York. Dave Morris and brother Alfred, a Vice-Chairman and steward of The Jockey Club, owned, bred, and raced a number of successful https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave Henn Morris 2/6 3/25/2019 Dave Hennen Morris + Alice Louise Vanderbilt Shepard - Our Family Tree Our Family Tree Branch: Cam and Kate Grand Fitch Shepard + Delia William Henry Parents Maria Dennis Vanderbilt + Maria Louisa Kissam Parents Elliot Fitch 25 JUL 1833 -- 25 MAR 1893 epard To share information about this couple, rgaret 23 JUL 1843 -- 3 MAR 1924 go to Add > "A Discussion Post" here isa Vanderbilt Spouses Ma 19 JUN 1895 Names Dave Hennen Morris Alice Louise Events Bir 24 APR Vanderbilt Shepard 1872 Ed 1896 Bir7 DEC 1874 Ed O 1933 - USA Ambassador to 1937 Del 15 AUG 1950 Belgium Aged: 75.7 years O 1933- USA Ambassador to 1937 Luxembourg De 4 MAY 1944 Aged: 72 years Children First Name Birth Dt Death Dt Birth Place 1 Dave Hennen 14 JUN 1900 1 APR 1975 NY, New York Co, N 2 Louise 8 NOV 1901 19 OCT 1976 NY, New York Co, N 3 Marion Lawrence 29 APR 1903 NOV 1967 NY, New York Co, N 4 Ralph Noel 25 DEC 1904 1 NOV 1928 NY, New York Co, N 5 Emily Hammond 24 JUN 1907 20 DEC 1995 ME, Hancock Co, B 6 Alice Vanderbilt 12 NOV 1911 15 JUL 1986 NY, New York Co, N v A Asso- Name Relation ciates Franklin Delano Appointed Amb. to Roosevelt Belgium Franklin Delano Appointed Amb. to Roosevelt Luxembourg Suggest To suggest changes to these records, login & edit by clicking the names above, & your suggested changes will be saved for the record moderator to review. 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I forgot my login About this site @ Contact this Researcher Contact Site Administrator Join us on Facebook The functionality and structure of this website are Copyright © 2008 - 2019 Ray Gurganus, All Rights Reserved The information on this page belongs to the people listed under "Access". https://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Dave-Hennen-Morris/p475206 ter except the Rocky Mountain Park, and I feel confident that this number, great as it is, will increase with amazing rapidity in the future if steps are taken to enable persons of moder- ate means, to whom a visit to the far west is an impossibility, LAW OFFICES of to come to Mount Desert Island and spend there without undue DAVID B. OGDEN expense the leisure time which the summer affords them. Every- 54 William Street where on the island are to be found sites of exceptional beauty New York for the erection of small houses, and the cost of living is not ex- cessive. There are thousands of men situated as I am and have April 3, 1918. HON. SWAGAR SHERLEY, been - hard workers whose strength and vitality can only be Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, maintained by breaking away from labour for a short period- Washington, D.C. to whom this Park is going to prove a measureless blessing. DEAR SIR: If the Government proposes to spend any money upon its park I understand that Secretary Lane has recommended an appro- system, I think that the Sieur de Monts ought to receive that priation of $50,000 for the improvement and protection of the proportion of the total appropriation which the number of its Sieur de Monts National Monument. visitors bears to the aggregate number of visitors to other parks. This is a matter which is of very great interest to myself and The remarkable opportunities for increase and greater useful- to countless other persons who are situated more or less as I am. ness it offers under right development seem to entitle it to that, It is now upwards of fifty years since I and my family first went Very sincerely yours to Mount Desert Island, and I think I can say that in every in- (Signed) DAVID B. OGDEN tervening summer some member of my family has been there. It is there that during the whole of my professional life I have found strength and refreshment more abundantly than I have found it elsewhere either in this country or in Europe. The breezes from the Atlantic mingling with the life-giving breath of the forests of pine and spruce, the matchless grandeur of the distant views, the beauty and picturesqueness of the immediate surroundings, and, above all, the coolness of the atmosphere make a combination which cannot be matched on the Atlantic coast north of Rio de Janeiro. If ever nature indicated a benefi- cent purpose of affording health and enjoyment to the sons of men, she has done it on Mount Desert Island. That it should have been set apart as a National Park was, I think, one of the most important peaceful events of our recent national history. It is now protected by law from invasion of every kind, but what still remains to be done is that this legal protection should be made actual. The woods must be conserved, the wild life must be protected, new means of access must be devised and put in execution. Already the statistics show that the number of visitors during the past two years exceeds the number going to any other national park of recreative charac- Wild sardens of Gradia 508.73 SIEUR DE MONTS NATIONAL MONUMENT 1918 A GROUP OF LETTERS Addressed to the Chairman of the Ap- propriations Committee of the House of Representatives at Washington on the occasion of the first inclusion of this park in the annual park estimates of the Government Not for Publication 251050 3/25/2019 MRS. MORRIS DEAD; ENVOY'S WIDOW, 75; Member of Vanderbilt Family Aided Y.W.C.A. and Backed International Language Wa The New York Times https://nyti.ms/1R7aV3X ARCHIVES 1950 MRS. MORRIS DEAD; ENVOY'S WIDOW, 75; Member of Vanderbilt Family Aided Y.W.C.A. and Backed International Language Was Radcliffe Graduate Honored By Belgians AUG. 16, 1950 About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times's print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems. Please send reports of such problems to rchive_feedback@nytimes.com BAR HARBOR, Me., Aug. 15 (AP) -Mrs. Dave Hennen Morfris of New York, widow of the former United States Ambassador to Belgium and Minister to Luxembourg, died at her summer cottage Bogue Chitto today. Her age was 75. Subscribe and see the full article in TimesMachine 9 You have 10 articles to enjoy this SUBSCRIBE ARTICLES month. REMAINING NOW journalism, as it originally appeared. *Does not include Crossword-only or Cooking-only subscribers. A version of this archives appears in print on August 16, 1950, on Page 29 of the New York edition with the headline: MRS. MORRIS DEAD; ENVOY'S WIDOW, 75; Member of Vanderbilt Family Aided Y.W.C.A. and Backed International Language Was Radcliffe Graduate Honored By Belgians. C 2019 The New York Times Company 9 You have 10 articles to enjoy this SUBSCRIBE ARTICLES month. REMAINING NOW https://www.nvtimes.com/1950/08/16/archives/mrs-morris-dead-envoys-widow-75-member-of-vanderbilt-family-aided.h 2/2 3/25/2019 Dave Hennen Morris (1872-1944) - Find A Grave Memorial Find A Grave Dave Hennen Morris BIRTH 24 Apr 1872 New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA DEATH 4 May 1944 (aged 72) Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA BURIAL Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum New Dorp, Richmond County (Staten Island), New York, USA PLOT Morris Plot Located In the Burial Grounds Photo added by Bobby Kelley MEMORIAL ID 182770332 . View Source Diplomat, Lawyer, Philanthropist, He was the son of John Albert Morris and Cora Hennen, the daughter of prominent New Orleans Judge Alfred Hennen. His father was descended from the Colonial Morris family of Morrisania. He became a New York attorney with business interests in railroads, hotels and other ventures. on June 19, 1895, he married Alice Vanderbilt Shepard, daughter of Elliot Fitch Shepard and Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt. Morris was a founder of the Aero Club of America and of the Automobile Club of America. Socially, Dave and Added by Mary Cummins Alice Morris moved in rarefied circles, giving support to many political, charitable and civic causes. He also found time, with his brother Alfred, to breed race horses. In 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt appointed him U.S. ambassador to Belgium. His father was a prominent figure in Thoroughbred horse racing who owned Morris Park Racetrack in The Bronx, New York. David Morris and brother Alfred, a Vice-Chairman and steward of The Jockey Club, owned, bred, and raced a number of successful Thoroughbreds. Among their major racing wins were the 1898 Belmont Stakes with Bowling Brook, and the 1899 Kentucky Derby with Manuel. Morris died at his home, 19 East 70th Street in Manhattan. Family Members Parents Spouse John Albert Alice Morris Vanderbilt 1836-1895 Shepard Morris Cora 1874-1950 Hennen Morris See Wikipedia 1838-1922 reference. Children ? Dave I Hennen Morris 1900-1975 ? Louise Morris Mills 1901-1976 Lawrence Morris https://www findagrave.com/memorial/182770332/dave-hennen-morris 2/4 causes. He also found time, with his brother Alfred, to breed race horses. In 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt appointed him U.S. ambassador to Belgium. His father was a prominent figure in Thoroughbred horse racing who owned Morris Park Racetrack in The Bronx, New York. David Morris and brother Alfred, a Vice-Chairman and steward of The Jockey Club, owned, bred, and raced a number of successful Thoroughbreds. Among their major racing wins were the 1898 Belmont Stakes with Bowling Brook, and the 1899 Kentucky Derby with Manuel. Morris died at his home, 19 East 70th Street in Manhattan. Family Members Parents Spouse John Albert Alice Morris Vanderbilt 1836-1895 Shepard Morris Cora 1874-1950 Hennen Morris See Wikipedia 1838-1922 reference. Children I ? Dave Hennen Morris 1900-1975 ? Louise Morris Mills 1901-1976 Lawrence Morris 3/25/2019 Dave Hennen Morris (1872-1944) - Find A Grave Memorial 1903-1967 Ralph Noel Morris 1904-1928 Emily Hammond Morris Hadley 1907-1995 Alice Vanderbilt Morris Sturges 1911-1986 Created by: Bobby Kelley Added: 27 Aug 2017 Find A Grave Memorial 182770332 SPONSORED BY Bobby Kelley Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 March 2019), memorial page for Dave Hennen Morris (24 Apr 1872-4 May 1944), Find A Grave Memorial no. 182770332, citing Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum, New Dorp, Richmond County (Staten Island), New York, USA ; Maintained by Bobby Kelley (contributor 46959922) . Copyright © 2019 Find A Grave . Privacy Statement . Terms of Service https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182770332/dave-hennen-morris 4/4 M6 20f4 ARCHIVAL COPY Fill THE NEW YORK TIMES, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1944. DAVE H. MORRIS, 72, LAWYER, DIPLOMAT Ambassador to Belgium 1933- 1937 Dies-Sportsman, Musi- cian, Friend of Roosevelt Dave Hannen Morris, Ambassa- dor to Belgium and Minister to Luxembourg from 1933 to 1937, and one of President Roosevelt's old-time friends, died yesterday in his home at 19 East Seventieth Street, after a long illness. He was 72 years old on April 24. Mr. Morris was a brilliant law- yer, a homeopathic physician for a brief spell as a youth, an accom- plished violinist, a yachtsman, a tennis player, and for many years was prominent as co-owner of a DAVE HENNEN MORRIS racing stable. In addition he was The New York Times Studio, 1941 on the directorates of several busi- He won immediate favor in Bel- ness corporations and a leader in gium when, upon his arrival, it educational organizations. was noted that he carried a violin Mr. Morris was born in New case. One of the leading papers of Brussels remarked: "We like diplo- Orleans, the son of John A. Morris, mats who are artists, for we feel member of a Westchester County that artists. will understand us bet- (N. Y.) family dating from the ter and act accordingly." Revolutionary days, and Cora After resigning his post as Am- Hennen Morris. He received his bassador, Mr. Morris continued his early education in France and Ger- interest in Belgian affairs and at many and passed his entrance his death was a director of the examinations for Harvard in 1890, Belgium - American Educational but did not study there until two Foundation, president of the Bel- years later. gium War Relief Society and head In the interval he became a of the Belgium American Asso- special student at the New York ciates. Homeopathic Medical College and Another of his varied interests surgical assistant at Helmuth was the International Language House. He was graduated magna Association. He long was an ad- cum laude from Harvard in 1896. vocate of a simple common auxil- He also was graduated from New iary language as an aid to inter- York Law School in 1901 and re- national amity. On the sporting ceived a master's degree in con- side he was one of the founders stitutional law from Columbia Uni- of the Automobile Club of America versity in 1909. and one of its first presidents. Had Racing. Stable Headed Medical Groups Although he devoted most of his Mr. Morris was at one time pres- time to the practice of law until ident of the New York Medical President Roosevelt nominated him College and Hospital for Women for the post of Ambassador to Bel- and was chairman of the executive gium in May, 1933, he found time, committee of the New York Or- among other things, to breed and thopedic Dispensary and Hospital, race many horses with his brother, vice president of New York Post- Alfred Hennen Morris. Their Graduate Medical School and Hos- horses won several leading stakes. pital. He also was chairman of the board of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foun- dation. Recently he was active in Chinese medical affairs and was a director of the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China. lof 2/ ARCHIVAL COPY Dave Hennen Morris Dies at 72; Former Ambassador to Belgium Close Friend of Roosevelt Practiced Law Here; Was Honored by KingLeopold Dave Hennen Morris, American Ambassador to Belgium and Min- ister to the Grand Duchy of Lux- emburg from 1933 to 1937, died yesterday at his home, 19 East Seventieth Street. He was seventy- two years old. An intimate friend of President Roosevelt, Mr. Morris was one of the small group of friends that managed his pre-convention cam- paign in 1931, resulting in his nomination for President. Later, Mr. Morris became a member of the executive committee of the Democratic Campaign Committee. The "Dear Dave" letter, in which the President accepted his resigna- tion as ambassador in 1937, at- tracted national attention. Mr. Morris had a wide range of Blank & Stoller business interests. From 1901 to Dave Hennen Morris 1933 he was a practicing attorney in New York, devoting much of his studied for a time at New York time to the interests of the Legal Homeopathic Medical College but Aid Society, of which he was a di- later turned to law. After his grad- rector. He also was a director of uation, in 1901, from New York the American Arbitration Associa- Law School, he attended Columbia tion and was active in furthering University, taking his master's de- arbitration in settling controver- gree there in 1909. sies out of court. Throughout his life, however, he Received Many Honors retained an interest in medicine and medical subjects. He was for He was a director of the Ameri- a time president of the New York can and Knickerbocker Ice Com- Medical College and Hospital for panies and served for a time as Women and, at the time of his vice-president of the St. Louis death was a trustee and chairman Southwestern Railway Company. of the executive committee of the With his brother, Alfred Hennen New York Orthopedic Dispensary Morris, he managed family real and Hospital. He also was vice- estate holdings in Louisiana and president and a trustee of the New Texas. York Post Graduate Medical Life brought him many honors. School and Hospital, vice-presi- King Leopold of the Belgians con- dent, treasurer and a director of ferred on him the Order of the the Research Corporation and Grand Cordon, and the Universi- chairman of the Josiah Macy jr. ties of Ghent and Brussels both Foundation gave him honorary doctorates, as An Accomplished Violinist did Syracuse University and Tufts He was an accomplished vio- College. linist and planist, a crack tennis Since his return from Belgium he had continued his active in- player and a well known whip in his younger days. From his father terest in Belgian affairs. He was president of the Belgian War Re- he inherited a celebrated racing stable and his "all scarlet" colors lief Society and of the Belgian- won many notable events, includ- American Associates. He also was ing the Belmont, Realization and president of the Diplomatic Affairs Metropolitan handicaps. Foundation; Inc., and active in Mr. Morris was a trustee of the work of the Fletcher School Barnard College, vice-president of of Law and Diplomacy. the Phi Beta Kappa Associates, Born in New Orleans, Mr. Mor- president of the World Religious ris was a son, of John A. and Cora Education Associates and a direc- Hennen Morris. His father had tor of the Edwin Gould Founda- amassed a fortune in the Louis- tion. iana lotteries, and his family was widely known there. Mr. Morris His clubs included the Faculty was educated at private schools of Harvard; the Algonquin of Bos- and at Harvard University, where ton: the Union, University, Met- ropolitan and Harvard Clubs of he was graduated magna cum New York and the Kettle Club of laude in 1896. Bar Harbor, Me. Turned to Study of Law Surviving, besides his wife and While an undergraduate at brother, are two sons, Lieutenant Harvard, he went to Europe. On Colonel Dave Hennen Morris ir., the voyage he met Alice Vanderbilt United States Army, now in the Shepard. daughter of Colonel South Pacific, and Lawrence Mor- Elliott F. Shepard, owner of "The ris: three daughters, Mrs. Dudley New York Mail and Express." Miss H. Mills, Mrs. W. Knight Sturges Shepard's mother was Margaret jr. and Mrs. Hamilton Hadley, and Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard and her a sister, Mrs. Lewis Cass Ledyard. grandfather, William H. Vander- Funeral services will be at 11 bilt. She and Mr. Morris were a. m. tomorrow at the Madison married in 1895. Avenue Presbyterian Church, at After leaving Harvard Mr. Morris Seventy-third Street. 1944 3 of 4 M6, file x Dave Hennen Morris who died at his home in New York city on May 4th, 1944, was one of the finest men who ever lived on Mount Desert Island where for over sixty years he made his summer home. There was no orthwhile Island endeavor with which he was not sympathetic, In many of them he was an active par- ticipant; in not a few he was the leader, Having been one of the founders of the Automobile Club of America it was natural that he should be in the forefront of the movement to open the Island to automobiles. Because of his fondness for music and his proficiency as a violinist, he rendered valuable aid for many years in furthering the artistic purposes of the Building of Arts. While his keen love of the sea and of nature in all her forms, fitted him peculiarly for membership on the Board of the Hancook County Trustees of Public Reservations to which he was elected in 1926 and of which he became President in 1940. This relationship made him keenly alive to the great possibilities for the development of Acadia National Park which he was among the earliest Island residents to recognize. He took the deepest interest in all that pertained to the Park and on various occasions rendered valuable service in the solution of some of its most difficult problems. A man of vision, always open-minded and forward-looking, he was possessed of sound judgment and good, old-fashioned common sense. These qualities and the ability to get on with people made him invaluable to the many enterprises in a wide variety of fields, with which he was connected and fitted him in an unusual degree for the position of Ambassador to Belgium which he occupied with marked distinction during the later years of his life. But above all, Dave Morris was a man of high character, un- impeachable honor, deep spiritual sensitiveness and radiant faith. A devoted husband,a wise father, a loyal friend and an outstanding citizen he will ever be an example and an inspiration to all who were privileged to know him. with bowed heads but with grateful hearts do we thus pay tribute to our beloved friend and fellow worker who lived victoriously and died triumphantly. written by J.O.R.J. august 1944 at request of Board of Hancoch CITY Twister.