Christopher Morley – The Morley Family

The Morley family, vacationing on Prudence Island in Narraganset Bay, September 1913. “Kit” (as Morley was known to his family) was 23 years old and recently returned from Oxford. He is seated next to his mother while his father, Frank Sr. sits in the doorway behind her. Brothers Felix, then 19 stands to the left and Frank Jr, 14, stands to the right.

Felix, Christopher & Frank Morley with their mother, Lilian circa 1907

Chris, Felix & Frank Morley, late 1940s

Helen Booth Fairchild, wife of Christopher Morley

Helen and Christopher Morley, 1920s

Helen and Chris with their children Chris Jr, Louise, Helen, and Blythe.

The Children depicted in Morley’s *I Know a Secret* Seated left: Jean Snyder, Buzz Cassidy Standing: Bonnie June Cassidy, Louise Morley, Chris Morley, Jr. Seated: Visitor, Marie Snyder

Chris Jr, Louise, & Helen on the porch of Green Escape

Louise and Helen on the porch of Green Escape

Chris Jr, Louise, & Helen With “Dame Quickly” 1923

Helen with the children in their car.

Chris and Frisky, 1927

Donny the Sheepdog

Chris Jr and Louise, 1930s

Green Escape, the Morley home in Roslyn Estates.

Chris and grandson, 1950s

Chris, Helen, and grandson, 1950s

Chris and Helen, with Helen’s mother (Mrs. George Fairchild) at the back steps of the Roslyn house. Hidden in the trees on the left lies the Knothole, Morley’s writing studio.

Helen with Alison and Janet Cochrane, daughters of Louise Morley Cochrane, in Roslyn, 1955.