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Moore (Teresa Hihn) Papers
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Table of contents What's This?
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Arrangement
  • Biographical / Historical
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • Related Materials
  • Scope and Contents
  • Conditions Governing Use

  • Contributing Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz
    Title: Teresa Hihn Moore Papers
    Creator: Moore, Teresa Hihn, 1896-1996
    source: Benner, Gordon A.
    Identifier/Call Number: MS.216
    Physical Description: 13.75 Linear Feet 10 cartons, 1 flat box
    Date (inclusive): 1830-1993
    Language of Material: English.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gifts of Gordon Benner, Executor of the Estate of Teresa Agnes Hihn Moore, 1997; and Lisa Farrand.

    Arrangement

    This collection is arranged in four series:
    • Series 1: Business Records
    • Series 2: Personal and Hihn Family Papers
    • Series 3: Photographs and Scrapbooks
    • Series 4: Ephemera and Artifacts
    Materials within each series are arranged chronologically unless otherwise specified.

    Biographical / Historical

    Teresa Agnes Hihn Moore was born in 1896 in San Jose, California, the daughter of Louis William Hihn and Harriet "Hattie" Israel Hihn, and the granddaughter of Frederick A. Hihn (1829-1913), a prominent businessman and early settler of Santa Cruz. Hihn Moore attended Berkeley High School and then Stanford University, where she studied law and political science, was active in her sorority, starred in theatrical plays, and graduated in 1920. She married Walker Moore in 1924 in Chicago, before moving to New York City so that Mr. Moore could pursue an acting career on Broadway. Hihn Moore divorced her husband in 1927, and returned to Aptos, California, to manage the Hihn family orchards and other companies, which she inherited along with property in Washington State. She invested in oil and gas companies, real estate, agriculture, and numerous other ventures. Hihn Moore was also a creative writer, producing a book manuscript titled Gold Rush Pioneer Wives: Memories of an 1849 Grandmother, as well as many poems and stories. She was also very interested in religion, and donated funds to Stanford University to establish the endowed chair position of Teresa Hihn Moore Professor in Religious Studies. Teresa Hihn Moore died in 1996 at the age of 99.

    Preferred Citation

    Teresa Hihn Moore Papers. MS 216. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

    Processing Information

    Preliminary inventorying and processing conducted by Stanley D. Stevens and Jennifer Fosgate, circa 1990-2015. Processing completed in 2020 by Vivian Underhill and Alix Norton in the Center for Archival Research and Training (CART).

    Related Materials

    Related materials on the Hihn family and companies can be accessed by searching the following subject headings in UCSC Library Search:
    • Hihn, Frederick Augustus, 1829-1913
    • Hihn Family
    • F. A. Hihn Company
    Papers and records of Frederick A. Hihn, grandfather of Teresa Hihn Moore, can be found in this collection:

    Scope and Contents

    This collection documents the life and career of Teresa Agnes Hihn Moore (1896-1996). Hihn Moore managed a range of investments in orchards, timber, oil and gas, and other ventures across Santa Cruz County, inheriting and operating much of her grandfather Frederick A. Hihn's properties and businesses. The collection primarily includes her business records from these family properties and businesses, including deeds, contracts, and maps; and her personal papers, including her creative writing and correspondence with family members. The collection also includes genealogical research files that Hihn Moore compiled on the Hihns and Israels--her paternal and maternal families, respectively--her personal photographs and scrapbooks, legal documents from the survey and partition of the Hihn estate, and collected ephemera and artifacts.

    Conditions Governing Use

    Property rights for this collection reside with the University of California. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. The publication or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Santa Cruz County (Calif.) -- History
    Businesswomen -- California -- Santa Cruz
    Ranch managers
    Agricultural industries -- California -- History
    Real estate development -- California -- Santa Cruz County
    Scrapbooks
    Writings (Documents)
    Business records
    Moore, Teresa Hihn, 1896-1996
    Benner, Gordon A.