Mary Gudger Moore Papers
M1983.2
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
- Title
- Mary Gudger Moore Papers
- ID
- M1983.2
- Date [inclusive]
- 1908-1917
- Extent
- 0.4 Linear feet ; 1 box
- Physical Description
- Contains handwritten notebooks, and typed documents. Typed documents are generally photocopies, and some are transcriptions of the handwritten pages.
- Location
- Located in Special Collections, Row 7, Section 1
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation
Mary Gudger Moore Papers, Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville
Scope and Contents
Contains recollections of the history of Asheville, and western North Carolina written by Mary Gudger Moore (1833 - 1917). The collection contains original manuscripts handwritten in pencil, for the unpublished,The Romance of Western North Carolina, and My Book, which cover the history of the region, as well as Gudger Moore's family history. Copies of manuscripts, typed by Mrs. Charles H. Stanton Jr., the granddaughter of Mary Gudger Moore are also in the collection.
Also included are recollections of Asheville Western North Carolina written by Mary Gudger Moore for John Preston Arthur, author of Western North Carolina: A History, 1730–1913, a history of the Moore family written by Gudger Moore (a typed transcript is also included), and "directions for my funeral" by Mary Gudger Moore.
There are some materials not authored by Mary Gudger Moore. These are, a history of Sand Hill School, written in 1913 by Dorothy Moore Gaston, granddaughter of Mary Gudger Moore, and two documents, by unknown authors, describing the genealogy of the Moore family .
Administrative Information
Publication Information
UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
Ramsey Library, CPO # 1500One University Heights
Asheville, North Carolina, 28804-8504
828.251.6645
speccoll@unca.edu
Rights
Literary rights retained by donor. Transcript may not be published in whole, or in part, nor may anyone quote from it without the explicit permission of the donor. Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Creators
Mary Gudger Moore ; Mrs. Charles H. Stanton Jr.
Processing Information
Originally processed by Special Collections staff, Jamie Patterson, 2003 & 2005. Reprocessed with new finding aid by Colin Reeve, May 2017
Collection Inventory
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Box 1 |
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Folder 1: "The Romance of Western Carolina", First Installment, First Book. Mixture of handwritten and typed pages, nd |
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Folder 2: "The Romance of Western Carolina, Book First". Handwritten in notebook, nd |
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Folder 3: "The Romance of Western Carolina, Book Third". Handwritten in notebook, nd |
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Folder 4: "The Romance of Western Carolina". Typed manuscript of Book First" and "Book Third", separated by additional material (from Book Second). Typed version has some minor differences from handwritten. nd. [Also includes a glossary, possibly by another author.] |
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Folder 5: "My Book". Handwritten in notebook, nd [Very fragile] |
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Folder 6: "My Book" Book II. Handwritten in notebook, nd [Very fragile] |
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Folder 7: "My Book". Typed manuscript of books I and II, nd |
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Folder 8: "Some Early Recollections of Asheville and Western North Carolina. Written at the Request of John P. Arthur". Handwritten, 1912 |
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Folder 9: "Some Early Recollections of Asheville and Western North Carolina. Written at the Request of John P. Arthur". Typed copy of handwritten pages from 1912 |
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Folder 10: "The Moore Family History", handwritten by Mary Gudger Moore for her daughter Lucy, 1908 |
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Folder 11: "The Moore Family History". Typed copy of document in Folder 10 |
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Folder 12: "Directions for My Funeral" by Mrs. Mary Gudger Moore, June 7, 1917. Typed. |
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Folder 13: "A History of Sand Hill School" written by Dorothy Moore Gaston for her commencement, April 11, 1913 [Photocopy] |
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Folder 14: Moore family genealogy. Two typed histories, nd |
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