Frances Yelden Morrow Collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 15
Scope and Contents
This collection includes early A.R.E. member and Edgar Cayce supporter Frances Y. Morrow's personal correspondence, A.R.E. publications, and materials related to the first Search for God Study Groups.
Dates
- 1907 - 1968
Creator
- Morrow, Frances Yelden King (Person)
Conditions Governing Use
Collection is open for research use.
Biographical / Historical
Frances Yelden King Morrow was born on December 22, 1880 in Baltimore, Maryland to Edwin Lewis King and Frances Gornall. She married Thomas P.W. Morrow (1879-1957) in 1907 and had two children, Gornall Leddon Morrow (1908-1992) and William Henry Morrow (1912-2006). Morrow was a founding member of Edgar Cayce's Study Group Number 1 and served as its first secretary. Many study groups met at her home in Norfolk, Virginia. She was also selected as a member and later secretary of the Healing Prayer group. Alongside Esther Wynne, she prepared the material that would become the Search for God books, using her skills as an expert typist. Frances Morrow died in Suffolk, VA on April 6, 1970 at the age of 89.
Extent
0.4 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Creator
- Morrow, Frances Yelden King (Person)
- Title
- Frances Y. Morrow Collection
- Author
- Jessica Newell
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Edgar Cayce Foundation Repository