Moore papers
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Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Dorothy Beatrice Gleason Moore Papers include a diary, correspondence, memorabilia, a scrapbook, biographical information, and photographs dating from 1924-1993. Most of this material relates to her 1926 trip to England, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Poland, Switzerland, France, Latvia, and Lithuania. These documents include a travel diary, letters and postcards to and from Moore, itineraries, guidebooks and other memorabilia, and photographs. The scrapbook reflects her activities as a student at Mount Holyoke College, chiefly in 1924-1925. It includes comments about faculty members and the campus, class songs and yells, lists of "favorite things," social functions, "memorable trips," and "dates and doings." Biographical information consists of newspaper clippings, an invitation to her wedding in 1938, and copies of her obituaries. Photographs are of Moore and some of her friends, including several Mount Holyoke College classmates. This collection is organized into six series: |