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.