Description
Moran's papers contain family and business correspondence, including a
large collection of picture postcards, photographs, and a small amount of
memorabilia.
Background
Thomas Moran (1882-1963) was a Stockton, Calif. bakery truck driver and
bibliophile. He came to Stockton in 1904, working first as a streetcar
motorman, and, from 1909 until his retirement in 1951, for the Gravem-Inglis
Bakery. Moran began collecting books in 1929. When he died, he left behind a
library of some 15,000 volumes. Among other treasures, this library included a
first edition copy of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones, as well as first edition
copies of the works of Thornton Wilder, Erskine Caldwell and Conrad
Richter.