Finding Aid for the Virginia P. Moore Papers, circa 1910-1912
MS-2376 University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 10, 2006.
Summary Information
Virginia P. Moore Papers
Date/Date Range : circa 1910-1912
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: This collection, the Virginia P. Moore Papers, ca. 1910-1912, contains eight items, with two photographs of Moore, a few dessert recipes, a letter from M. Bessie Degraw of the Madison Rural Sanitarium, a newspaper clipping, and two cards.
MS-2376
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
Collection is property of the UT Special Collections Library. Elizabeth V. Eaddy Dameron, great-niece of Miss Virginia P. Moore, donated the photographs in November 1996.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], Virginia P. Moore Papers, MS-2376. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Biography / History
Virginia Pearl Moore was one of the first five home demonstration agents in the U.S. She served in this field of work in Tennessee and Florida from 1909-1946. Miss Moore was from Gallatin, Tennessee. She organized garden and canning clubs in six Tennessee counties while she was the state's organizer of School Improvement Work. She was appointed State Collaborator for Tennessee in 1911. Miss Moore served as Assistant Home Demonstrator Agent at Florida State College for Women at Tallahassee from 1923-1946. She also served as assistant director and state home demonstration agent at the University of Tennessee. In June 1937 she was one of only two women invited to speak at the International Housing Congress in Paris. Miss Moore retired from home demonstration work in 1946.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection, the Virginia P. Moore Papers, ca. 1910-1912, contains eight items, with two photographs of Moore, a few dessert recipes, a letter from M. Bessie Degraw of the Madison Rural Sanitarium, a newspaper clipping, and two cards. One of the photographs is from ca. 1910 and the letter from August 29, 1912. Otherwise, there are no dates.
See the Virginia P. Moore Collection in MS-1546 for more documents.
Subject Terms
- Pearl, Virginia Moore, 1880-1950.
- Tennessee -- Social life and customs.
Contents List
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Photograph of Virginia P. Moore, circa 1910
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Item
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Letter to Moore from M. Bessie DeGraw of the Nashville Agricultural and Normal Institute, The Madison Rural Sanitarium, thanking her for her visit to the Sanitarium, 1912 August 29
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Item
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New Year's card from "Anna" with writing about an ad on the back, undated
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Item
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Front and back copies of newspaper clipping, undated
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Item
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Photograph of Moore, undated
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Item
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Business card of "Mrs. Wirt Johnson Carrington, Genealogist," undated
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Item
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Recipes for Gingerale Salad, Jellied Fruit Salad (with note from "ALK" ), and Pear and Ginger Salad, undated
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Item
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Recipe for Sally Lunn cake, undated
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