Finding Aid for the Everett T. Moore Papers, 1950-1975
Processed by Anne Caiger; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 2003
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Everett T. Moore Papers, 1950-1975
Collection number: 1256
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Anne Caiger, August 1980
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, July 2003
© 2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Everett T. Moore Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1950-1975
Collection number: 1256
Creator:
Moore, Everett T.
Extent: 11 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)
2 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Everett Thomson Moore (1909-1988) was the head of the UCLA library reference department (1946-61), assistant university librarian,
and a member of the school of Library Service faculty (1961). The collection consists of Moore's correspondence, files, and
materials relating to intellectual freedom, the California Harmful Matter law, and the case of Moore
vs. California Attorney General Evelle J. Younger, a case in which Younger claimed that individual librarians could be prosecuted
for giving juveniles access to questionable reading materials.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold
the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Everett T. Moore Papers (Collection 1256). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Everett Thomson Moore was born on August 6, 1909 in Los Angeles, California; BA, Occidental College, 1931; MA, Harvard University,
1933; Certificate of Librarianship, UC Berkeley, 1939; head of reference department (1946-61) and assistant university librarian
and member of the school of Library Service faculty beginning in 1961 at UCLA; member of the board of directors, American
Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, beginning in 1961; cofounder, trustee, and vice-president, Freedom to Read Foundation;
Moore brought a legal action against California Attorney General Evelle J. Younger, who claimed that individual librarians
could be prosecuted for giving juveniles access to questionable reading materials, and the California Court of Appeal ruled
in Moore's favor in 1976; Moore died on January 5, 1988.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, files, and other papers relating to Everett T. Moore, Associate University Librarian
Emeritus at UCLA and former president of the California Library Association. Includes materials relating to intellectual freedom,
the California Harmful Matter law, and the case of Moore
vs. California Attorney General Evelle J. Younger.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Moore, Everett T.--Archives.
College librarians--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Libraries--Censorship--California.
Boxes 1-4
Files relating to intellectual freedom issues, 1960-1969.
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence, American Library Association Bulletins, articles and material on Albany, Georgia.
Boxes 5-6
Intellectual freedom miscellaneous files, 1950s-1960s.
Box 7
Materials relating to free speech controversy, University of California.
Box 7
Publications relating to the same, mostly by Walton Caughey.
Box 7
Correspondence and papers, California Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee, 1953-1965.
Box 8
Memoranda for state committees, American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom, 1970-1975.
Box 8
California Proposition 18 files, 1972.
Box 8
Intellectual freedom miscellaneous files, 1972-1973.
Box 8
E.T.M.'s letter of December 7, 1973, to the
Los Angeles Times (freedom to speak, freedom to use).
Physical Description: 1 file.
Box 8
Materials relating to the Supreme Court's obscenity ruling, 1973.
Box 9
Files relating to suit, E.T.M.
vs. Attorney General Younger, in
re California Harmful Matter law, 1971-1975.
Box 10
Printed materials relating to E.T.M.'s service in World War II.
Box 10
Personal correspondence received during residence in Japan, 1967-1968.
Boxes 11-12
Printed materials by and about Lawrence Clark Powell.
Box 12
Printed materials by and about Robert Gordon Vosper.
Box 12
Printed miscellany relating to UCLA staff and the library.
Box 12
Book: F.T. Blanchard.
The Art of Composition. Boston: The Athenaeum Press, 1934.
Box 13
Philippine information training program packet.
