A Guide to the
Geoffrey Morley-Mower Collection, 1999-2001
SC# 5015
Compiled by: Julia Merkel, March 2006
Revised By: Tara Mastrangelo, Sept. 2010
Descriptive Summary
Repository: Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University
Title: Geoffrey Morley-Mower Collection, 1999-2001
Collection No.: SC# 5015
Creator: Geoffrey Morley-Mower
Extent: 1/2 Hollinger box; 0.21linear feet
Language: English
Abstract:
The Geoffrey Morley-Mower Collection, 1999-2001, includes a draft of Morley-Mower's memoir Flying Blind, correspondence with artist and collection donor Richard K. McNealy, and images and copies of paintings and drawings used to illustrate Flying Blind.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions:
The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk. (library-special@jmu.edu).
Preferred Citation:
The Geoffey Morley-Mower Collection, 1991-2001, SC# 5015, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.
Acquisition Information:
This collection was donated in 2006 by Richard K. McNealy, retired USA colonel and cover artist for Morley-Mower's Flying Blind.
Biographical Note
Geoffrey Morley-Mower (1918-2005), was born in London, England. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1937 and served for 31 years. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Force Cross. Morley-Mower flew Hawker Hurricanes, American Mustangs, and subsonic jet aircraft, and his assignments included India, the Middle East, Gibraltar, and Cyprus. Towards the end of his service with RAF, he was assigned to the Pentagon and subsequently moved his family to the United States. In 1968, Morley-Mower became a James Madison University professor in the English Department. He continued his career at James Madison until his death in 2005.
Scope and Content
The Geoffrey Morley-Mower Collection, 1999-2001, includes a draft of Morley-Mower's memoir Flying Blind, correspondence with artist and collection donor Richard K. McNealy, and images and copies of paintings and drawings used to illustrate Flying Blind.
The collection includes correspondence received by Richard K. McNealy from Morley-Mower, which primarily deals with the illstrations which McNealy created for Flying Blind. A copy of correspondence from Yucca Tree Press is also included. The images of the collection include a hand drawn diagram of the "Wapiti" in ink, copies of paintings by McNealy, John Young, and Wilfred Hardy, a copy of the publisher's proof for the cover of Flying Blind, and photocopies of Morley-Mower's personal aerial and ground photographs.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged topically in three folders.
Bibliography
Morley-Mower, Geoffrey. Cabell Under Fire. New York: Revisionist Press, 1975.
Morley-Mower, Geoffrey. Flying Blind. New Mexico: Yucca Tree Press, 2001.
Morley-Mower, Geoffrey. Messerschmitt Routlette. Minnesota: Phalanx Press, 1993.
Contents
Draft of Flying Blind Correspondence, 1999-2001 Images
