Finding Aid for the Ernest Carroll Moore Papers, ca. 1900-1955
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Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Finding Aid for the Ernest Carroll Moore Papers, ca. 1900-1955
Collection number: 124
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/
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- Manuscripts Division staff
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- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, August 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Ernest Carroll Moore Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1900-1955
Collection number: 124
Creator:
Moore, Ernest Carroll, b. 1871-
Extent: 22 boxes (11 linear ft.)
2 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Ernest Carroll Moore (1871-1955) was born in Youngstown, Ohio. He was the president of the Los Angeles State Normal School
(1917-19), professor of education and director, UCLA (1919-29), vice-president of UCLA (1929-31), provost of UCLA (1931-36)
and professor of philosophy and education (1936-41). He was also the author of many books on education. The collection contains
personal correspondence, materials from the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, clippings about Moore, papers concerning education
in the Los Angeles area, reprints of articles sent to Moore, a catalog of Moore's library, and microfilm of Moore's diaries,
appointment books, and commonplace books.
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
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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.
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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
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ernest Carroll and Kate Gordon Moore.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ernest Carroll Moore Papers (Collection 124). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Moore was born on July 20, 1871 in Youngstown, Ohio; attended Ohio Normal University, Columbia University, and University
of Chicago; resident worker at University Settlement, New York (1894-95) and Hull House, Chicago (1896-98); superintendent
of Los Angeles schools, 1906-10; professor of education at Yale (1910-14) and Harvard (1913-17); president, Los Angeles State
Normal School, 1917-19; professor of education and director, UCLA, 1919-29; vice-president, UCLA, 1929-31; provost, UCLA,
1931-36; professor of philosophy and education, 1936-41; director, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1936; trustee, Los Angeles
Philharmonic Orchestra, 1936; author of many books on education, including,
I Helped Make a University (1952); died January 23, 1955 in Los Angeles.
Scope and Content
Collection contains personal correspondence, materials from the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, clippings about Moore, papers
concerning education in the Los Angeles area, reprints of articles sent to Moore, a catalog of Moore's library, and microfilm
of Moore's diaries, appointment books, and commonplace books. In addition to writings and book reviews by Moore, the collection
contains manuscripts and research materials for Moore's books:
I Helped Make a University (1952) and
The Story of Instruction (1936). Also contains materials related to the loyalty oath controversy at UCLA.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Personal correspondence (Boxes 1-7).
- Manuscripts and notes (Boxes 8-11).
- Typescript of material for
The Story of Instruction (Boxes 12-13).
- Printed articles and books by Moore (Box 14).
- Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce material (Box 15).
- Communism at UCLA (Box 16).
- Clippings and article about Moore (Box 17).
- Minimum course of study (Box 18).
- Education in Los Angeles area (Box 19).
- Reprints of articles given to Moore (Box 20).
- Catalog of Moore's library, memorabilia, photographs, presentation copy of
The Story of Instruction (Box 21).
- Etching with autographs (Box 22, oversize).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Moore, Ernest Carroll, 1871- --Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--History--Archival resources.
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
College administrators--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Related Material
The Godfather of UCLA: Regent Edward A. Dickson [oral history transcript] / Ann Sumner, et al, interviewees. UCLA Oral History Department interview, c. 1983. Available at
Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
University of California, Los Angeles. Office of the Chancellor. Administrative files of Provost Ernest Carroll Moore, 1917-1936.
Available at University Archives, UCLA.
Box 1
Personal corespondence for the years 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, & 1913.
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters from Sir John Adams, John M. Brewer and Ezequiel A. Chávez.
Box 2
Personal correspondence for the years 1911, 1914, 1916-1920, 1922, 1923-1928.
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters from persons noted, Box 1.
Box 3
Personal correspondence for the years 1929-1935.
Scope and Content Note
The folders for the years 1933-1935 contain several letters which are concerned with the communist problem on the UCLA campus. Includes letters from persons
noted, Box 1; and from Mary Austin.
Box 4
Personal correspondence for the years 1936-1947, 1950, and one folder of undated letters.
Box 5
One folder of correspondence (bound) between Moore and Ezequiel A. Chavez. 1906-1947.
Box 5
A report by E.C. Moore, submitted to Mr. C.D. Hine of the State Board of Education, Hartford, Connecticut. June 5, 1911.
Box 5
Replies to the correspondence referred to in Box 1 & 2.
Box 6
Replies to correspondence referred to in Box 2 and Box 3 (1927-1933).
Box 7
Replies to correspondence for the years 1934 and 1935. In addition, this box contains a folder of replies titled undated and a folder of replies titled fragments.
Box 8
Manuscript and proof copy of
I Helped Make a University.
Box 8
Manuscript of
California's Educators.
Box 8
A translation by Moore of Guiseppi Salvivli's,
Education in Italy in in the 8th, 9th, & 10th Centuries.
Box 9
The Schools After Luther.
Physical Description: Manuscript (typescript).
Box 9
A folder of book reviews by E.C. Moore.
Box 10
A collection of Moore's articles and a lecture.
Box 11
Material dealing with Moore's work on the Jefferson Letters plus the manuscript of the intended edition of Jefferson Letters.
Typescript of Materials for
The Story of Instruction:
Box 12
The Historical Writing in the Middle Ages.
Box 12
Historical Writing during the Reformation.
Box 12
Loyola and the Reformation.
Box 12
Luther and the Reformation.
More Typescript of Materials for
The Story of Instruction. Other writings:
UCLA Founding.
Note
Removed to Box 8 [is manuscript for
I Helped Make a University].
Box 14
Printed Articles and books by Moore.
Box 15
Material from Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Box 16
Material on communism at UCLA collected by and sent to E.C. Moore.
Box 17
Clippings about E.C. Moore.
Box 17
Manuscript of article on his philosophy of education by Kate G. Moore.
Box 18
Material concerning the Minimum Course of Study.
Box 19
Papers concerning education in the Los Angeles area.
Box 19
Schools Record Book of Los Angeles Superintendent of Schools.
Box 19
Reports of the Academic Senate.
Box 20
Reprints of articles presented to Moore.
Box 21
Catalog of Moore's library.
Box 21
Volume entitled
The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth by Thomas Jefferson. 1904.
Box 21
Moore, Ernest Carroll.
The Story of Instruction... New York: Macmillan. 1938.
Note
Presentation copy from the author to Lily Bess Campbell, September 15, 1938.
Oversize Box 22
Etching with autographs, November 1988.