Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Moore, Dorothea, 1860?-1942
- Abstract:
- Letters of Dorothea Lummis Moore written to her husband Charles Fletcher Lummis while in medical school in Boston.
- Extent:
- 2.38 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Dorothea Moore letters, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of letters from Dorothea Moore to her first husband, Charles Fletcher Lummis. They describe the life of a woman in medical college in the 1880s and bring out a little-known period in the life of Charles Fletcher Lummis.
- Biographical / historical:
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Dorothea Rhodes Lummis Moore was secretly married to Charles Fletcher Lummis (later a well-known author and editor in California) in 1880 while she was still a student at the Boston University School of Medicine. After graduation she began the practice of medicine in Los Angeles, California, in 1885. She was divorced from Lummis in 1891, and later married Dr. Ernest Carroll Moore, provost of the University of California at Los Angeles.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Ronald Woodlin, August 1974.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Huntington Library Staff. In 2020, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged chronologically.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Dorothea Moore letters, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191