Louise Beard Moore Collection
Scope and Contents
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Professor and journalist. Correspondence, memoirs, and professional papers (1890-1991) of Louise Beard Moore and her husband, Morris Price Moore, and the papers of their relatives, Richard Benjamin Moore, May Cannon Moore, Virgil Byron Beard, and others. These papers concern the Oklahoma and Tennessee newspapers and publications on which Louise and Morris worked, including the University of Oklahoma's "Oklahoma Daily" and "The Sooner" yearbook; the papers also include Louise Beard Moore's teaching files (1957-1972), her newspaper subject files, and correspondence (1968-1971) regarding the Oklahoma Memorial Association and Oklahoma Hall of Fame. The family papers relate to the wheat farming and rural life of Virgil Byron Beard in Bison, Oklahoma; and the life and work of Richard Benjamin Moore and May Cannon Moore in McKenzie, Tennessee.
Dates
- 1890-1991
Creator
- Moore, Louise Beard, 1905-1992 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
24 ft. (24 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Douglas and Lou Hale.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Hale, Douglas and Lou. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1992.
- Agriculture -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Beard, Virgil Byron, 1873-1951
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Garfield County (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Journalism -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kaufman, Kenneth C. (Kenneth Carlyle), 1887-1945
- McKenzie (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Moore, May, 1875-1925
- Moore, Morris Price, 1905-1949
- Moore, Richard Benjamin, 1874-1929
- Oklahoma Daily
- Oklahoma Hall of Fame
- Oklahoma Memorial Association (Norman, Okla.)
- Poetry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Poets -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- University of Oklahoma -- : Journalism.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
