Carolyn and Richter Moore Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: AppMs-0501

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of materials relating to Richter Moore's research and to the involvement of Richter and Carolyn Moore in the Democratic Party. Included are personal and professional correspondence, campaign materials, pamphlets, photographs, newsclippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, fliers, materials from local organizations, local election posters, and files on local history, including Jonesborough, Greeneville, Boone's Creek, and State of Franklin, Tennessee. There is some original correspondence from R.C. Stonecipher and several claims, signed by W.G. Brownlow, for reimbursement for Civil War-related losses.

Dates

Creation: 1930-2003
Creation: 1955-1995

Creator

Moore, Richter, Jr., 1928-1996 (Person)
Moore, Carolyn Dabbs, 1931-2010 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

None

Conditions Governing Use

None

Extent

13.10 linear feet (18 legal size boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder, 1 scrapbook)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Materials are arranged alphabetically by type. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically, and then chronologically. Newspaper articles, notes for courses, and personal schoolwork are foldered according to Richter Moore's original order.

Method of Acquisition

Carolyn Moore began donating the papers in 1997, accession numbers 1997-020, 1997-029, 1997-035, 1997-046, 1997-053, 1997-069.

Separated Materials

The following books were cataloged for the Archives of Appalachia book collection:

Whittaker, Otto, editor. Best of "Hillbilly:" A prize collection of 100-proof writing from Jim Comstock's West Virginia Hillbilly. New York: Pocket Books, 1969.

Williamson, Thames. The Woods Colt. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1933.

Various publications not directly related to Richter Moore or the collection have been seperated and cataloged. Newspapers not related to Richter Moore or the collection have also been separated and placed in a historic newspaper collection.