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Title: Betty C. Moore papers
Date (inclusive): 1936-2009
Collection Number: UA 370
Creator:
Moore, Betty Clark, 1915-2011
Extent:
1.46 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: This collection consists of the
personal and professional papers of Betty Clark Moore, a biologist and former research
associate at UC Riverside. Materials in the collection include correspondence, photographs,
research notes, and scientific publications written by Moore and others.
Languages: The collection is in English.
This collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries,
Special Collections & University Archives. Distribution or reproduction of materials
protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of
the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or
reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for
obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[identification of item] [date if possible]. Betty C. Moore papers (UA 370). Special
Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Gift of Sally M. Gall, 2012.
The collection was processed by Serena Rodholm, Student Processing Assistant, in 2017.
Processing of the Betty C. Moore papers was completed by undergraduate students from the
University of California, Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University
Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project was funded by the UCR
Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian.
Betty C. Moore, originally named Anna Elizabeth Clark, was born on January 1, 1915 in
Dedham, Massachusetts. She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1936 with a degree in
mathematics, and received her graduate degree in Zoology in 1937 at Columbia University
followed by a doctorate in 1949. Moore's research focused on very early egg development,
working with two species of frog eggs to manipulate parental genetic material. She
She moved to Riverside in 1969 when her husband John Clark was hired as a professor in the
biology department at the University of California, Riverside. Moore worked as an
independent research associate for the department, where she continued her work on frog
chromosomes and also worked on the fruit fly Drosophila. She also developed a strong
interest in the Botanical Gardens at UC Riverside, attending meetings and serving on their
board. She passed away on June 1, 2011.
This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of Betty Clark Moore, a
biologist and former research associate at UC Riverside. Materials in the collection include
family information, correspondence, photographs, research notes, and scientific publications
written by Moore and others.
This collection is arranged into two series as follows:
- Series 1. Personal, 1818-2005
- Series 2. Research and publications, 1939-2009
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
University of California, Riverside
Developmental biology
Drosophila
Embryology
Zoology
Black-and-white photographs
Research
notes