University of Alberta Archives: H.W. Morrison
Morrison, Hugh Whitney
Journalist, Publicist
1908-
After graduating with a B.A. from the University in 1930, Hugh
Whitney Morrison studied in England on a Rhodes Scholarship,
then worked as a news reporter in London, England and Toronto
before joining the Canadian Broadcasting Company in 1938 as
Director of Talks and Public Affairs. From 1942 on he held several
positions as a publicist in New York, Montreal and Toronto and from
1972 to 1978 he served as Director of the Public Relations Studies
Program at Humber College.
Multiple media, 1928-1988, 0.08 m
Biographical, personal, [1929]-1988
Memoirs of Frederick Augustus Morrison, 1875-1929; Hugh
Whitney Morrison.
Memorabilia, [194-]-1988
Includes news clippings; correspondence; obituaries of
Matthew Halton, W.H. Alexander, Max Wershof.
Photographs, 1928-[1980]
University of Alberta staff and students (6 images),
includes J.T. Jones.
Publications, 1958
Oxford Today and the Canadian Rhodes Scholarship. (Toronto:
Gage, 1958).
Access: Open