Meroë Marston Phelps Morse (June 20, 1923 – July 29, 1969) was an American photographic researcher who worked for Polaroid and was a key contributor to the development of instant photography.

[2] She attended Smith College where she worked with art historian Clarence Kennedy who was an early consultant to Polaroid.

[2] She became manager of their Black and White Photographic Research in 1955, charged with "creating a stable black-and-white print," a problem which would take years to solve.

[4] Adams gave lectures and taught courses, championed by Morse, on the Polaroid process for company employees.

Morse also worked with many other consulting photographers including Paul Caponigro, William Clift, Marie Cosindas, Minor White, Gerry Sharpe, and Brett Weston.

[2] Fortune magazine noted Morse’s contributions as manager of black-and-white film research stating "Since 1948 [Land’s] closest associate in developing and improving the sixty-second process has been a Smith arts major named Meroe Morse.... Land credits her with many important contributions, especially those leading to Polaroid’s present impressive line of films.