The scrapbooks, which were compiled by Morin from papers and memorabilia collected from 1947 to 1969, are chiefly useful for examination of the “high spots” of his career. Arranged together in the volumes are clippings of by-lined articles, correspondence, and photographs. The correspondence is largely congratulatory in nature, and while there are letters from many prominent individuals only those from Kent Cooper (passim), James C. Hagerty (8/27), Lyndon B. Johnson (5/32), Ann Landers (7/108), and Adlai E. Stevenson (3/7) rise above the routine. Coverage of his reporting begins with his work in the Washington, D.C. bureau in 1947 and includes papers pertaining to both Pulitzer Prize awards, as well as to his coverage of the coronation of Elizabeth II, presidential elections in 1952, 1960, 1964, and 1968, the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and heart disease. Because of the deteriorated condition of the clippings, the Morin scrapbooks have been microfilmed, and after filming the volumes were disassembled and the photographs separated to the Historical Society's Visual Materials Archive.
