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Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 2000 Special Collections Department Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Papers of Margaret and John Travers Moore 1914-1994 11161 ca. 8,000 items (27 Hollinger boxes; 11 linear shelf feet) English This collection consists of the papers of Margaret (1903-1984) and John Travers Moore (1908-1994), ca. 1914-1994, ca. 8,000 items (27 Hollinger boxes; 11 linear shelf feet), poets and authors who published their material in a wide variety of journals, magazines, and books from the 1930's until John Moore's death in 1994. The papers include published and unpublished literary manuscripts, correspondence, audio and video recordings, artwork, memorabilia, bound volumes, photographs, books (transferred to the Rare Books Division), printed material, newsclippings, scrapbooks, certificates and awards, genealogy notes, several philatelic covers, a bust of John Travers Moore and paintings by Robert J. Smith, a friend of Moore's, and sheet music by Moore. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Papers of Margaret and John Travers Moore, 1914-1994, Accession # 11161, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

 Acquisition Information

The Moore papers were bequeathed to the University of Virginia Library by John Travers Moore, Hendersonville, North Carolina, through his executor E.K. Morley, on December 5, 1994.

 Biographical/Historical Information

Information about the life and publications of Margaret and John Travers Moore can be found throughout the collection but particularly in the Memorabilia Series in the Introduction to the Files (Box 25) compiled by John T. Moore, 1984-1994, which reveals much about how Moore viewed their work and their relationships to publishers, friends, and family. About eleven hundred letters listed in this introduction were housed in photographic albums but these were removed and interfiled for preservation purposes. Other files with personal information include: Certificates and Awards (Box 24), Genealogy and Family History (Box 24), Photographs (Box 25), Newsclippings (Box 25), Scrapbooks of Press Releases and Poems published in Periodicals (Box 26), and the oversize photograph album arranged in rough chronological order and identified by Moore.

Published sources include Contemporary Authors (1995), The Marquis Who's Who in America, page 2435 (1994) and Who's Who in American Women (1982).

 Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of the papers of Margaret (1903-1984) and John Travers Moore (1908-1994), ca. 1914-1994, ca. 8,000 items (27 Hollinger boxes; 11 linear shelf feet), poets and authors who published their material in a wide variety of journals, magazines, and books from the 1930's until John Moore's death in 1994. The papers include published and unpublished literary manuscripts, correspondence, audio and video recordings, artwork, memorabilia, bound volumes, photographs, books (transferred to the Rare Books Division), printed material, newsclippings, scrapbooks, certificates and awards, genealogy notes, several philatelic covers, a bust of John Travers Moore and paintings by Robert J. Smith, a friend of Moore's, and sheet music by Moore.

The manuscripts series (Boxes 1-14) contains mostly unpublished manuscripts. Those that have been published include: All Along the Way, The First Moon Landing, How Can I Show You God, Jeannette?, The Little Band and the Inaugural Parade, Pepito's Journey, Pepito's Speech at the United Nations, Pepito's World, Sappho's Poetry,and The Story of Silent Night.

The correspondence series (Boxes 15-23) contains correspondence with editors and publishers, friends and family, and others, arranged alphabetically by folder title. Persons with their own correspondence folders include: Jean Pierre and Muriel de Chambrun (friends of the Moores for almost forty years); James E. Creekman (Moore's dismissed attorney); Harris and Hazel Huston (some of his oldest friends; Harris attended law school with Moore and served in the American Embassy at Curacao, Netherlands Antilles); Tina Miller (editor at D.C. Heath and Company); nephew Jerry Moore (writes concerning Moore family genealogy and news); Margaret and John Moore to each other; Margaret and John Moore to their parents; George and Peggy Rumberger; artist and friend Robert Smith and Nancy Mackey (his daughter), see also drawings by Smith (Box 24) and list of large paintings at the end of the guide; and the University of Virginia, chiefly Edmund Berkeley, concerning Moore's intention of making the University the repository for his literary work.

The correspondence, 1929-1988, with George and Peggy Rumberger, Margaret's brother and sister-in-law, contains fourteen letters and photographs, 1944-1945, concerning the service of George Rumberger in the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, in Burma as a master sergeant during World War II. Rumberger won a citation for the Bronze Star for his advance planning for the Stillwell Road. Other items present in the Rumberger folder include a map of North Burma with Rumberger's notes about his itinerary and the area written in the margins. He also describes his experiences in Burma and India, mentioning riding elephants, hunting tigers, the deprivations and hardships of the soldiers, the Ledo Road, the dense and isolated jungles, and a Buddhist school in Burma. The folders of correspondence with individuals is the best source for personal information about the Moore's missing from the other files.

Topics with separate folders include: banking & savings bonds (Box 15); contracts (Box 15); copyrights (Box 16); Ireland as retirement location (Box 17); lectures (Box 17); the Nobel Peace Award nomination for Pepito and the United Nationstrilogy (Box 18); Perfection Form Company Poetry Poster Series, etc. (Box 19); publishers and editors (Box 19); Spoken Arts publisher Arthur Luce Klein (Box 20); reprints & permissions (Box 20-21); royalties (Box 22); social security (Box 22); and Moore's controversy with the Walt Whitman Center for Arts and Humanities (Box 23).

Manuscripts and published books with their own correspondence folders include: Around the Corner from Our House(Box 15) which records the long term disagreement of John Travers Moore with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lerner of Lerner Publications and Carolrhoda Books about the publication of Around the Corner from Our Houseand All Along the Way; copyright concerns regarding The Story of Silent Night(Box 16); the composition and promotion of The Little Band and the Inaugural Paradeas a musical play, including correspondence with Carol Davis and Denise Adams (Box 17); the publication of the Pepito and the United Nationstrilogy by the United Nations (Boxes 18- 19); Moore's work on the World War II publication Plane Facts(Box 19); Moore's attempt to publish his manuscripts "Portrait of America" (Box 19); "The Road" formerly titled "Jingalong" (Box 21); "Sinmin (Lord Elephant), which includes some wonderful letters from Burma, describing how to capture elephants (Box 22); "Sports Poems" (Box 22); and correspondence concerning Moore's classic children's book The Story of Silent Night.

 Organization

The papers have been arranged in three large series: I) Manuscripts (Boxes 1-14); II) Correspondence Files (Boxes 15-23); and III) Memorabilia and Miscellaneous Material. The Correspondence Series retains the original reverse chronological order of the files.

 General Correspondence Files

A Correspondence

Manuscripts mentioned include: "April Fool's Day," "And So Was the Cat," At the Foot of the Manger"At Night," "Among These Hills" & "Picture Poems," How Can I Show You God, Jeannette?, "The Easter Bup," "A Star for the Christ Child," "At the Margins," "The Astronomer" "Easter Nightingale," "The Voice" and "April Rain"

Correspondents include:

Ruth Cantor, Literary Agent (1966 Oct 7; 1964 Jun 23) Ruth Hill Viguers, Editor of The Horn Book(1965 Feb 25) Royal D. Frey, Air Force Museum re Plane Facts(1963 Dec 21) Edith Mackin, The Authors Guild (1959 Feb 4) Virginia Sobotka (1959 Jul 23-Aug 6; 1958 Jan 9 & 21, Dec 18) Laura Harris (1952 Oct 2-1953 Oct 13) Major Harry E. Shubart, Army Air Forces (1944 Aug 5) Anne Stoddard (1943 Mar 26)

B Correspondence

Manuscripts mentioned include: "The Bicycle," "Blinky," "Minnows," "The Blessing of the Padre," "The Bachelor's Ballad," "The Beetle," "The Butterfly," and an unsubmitted draft of a "National Code of Book Reviewers"

Correspondents include: Karl Maslowski & Donald Borror re bird behavior (1971 Jul-Aug) Paschal Boland, The Grail(1955 Jun 11)

C Correspondence

Manuscripts mentioned include: "The Cardinal" "The Child," "Christmas Carol," Cinnamin Seed,"The Cincinnati Waltz," "City Lights," "Clem Takes A Wife," "Close to the Sky," "The Coat," "The Colt," "Comparisons," "The Contest," "Cooks Bookmarks," "Crocodile Tears," "Quiet Is My Love."

Correspondents include: Capital University (1972 Mar 15; 1981 Mar 4) Harry Carlson, Fraternity Records (1972 Feb 29) Miriam Chaikin (1970 May 12) Chicago Tribunere Story of Silent Nightreprint (1976 Jan 29) Congressman James McClure Clarke (1983 Apr 18) Marion Belden Cook (1951) Steve Allen and others, CBS, re song "Quiet is My Love" (1951- 1952) Congressman Bill Hendon re Social Security (1982 May 12; 1985 Oct 24) Ellen Sarrah, Good Housekeeping(1982 Jun 8)

D-E-F Correspondence

Manuscripts mentioned include: "The Deeps," "Dirge for the Old Year," "Easter Song," "The Echo," "Everywhere and In Between," "Farm Mother," "Favorites," "The First King of Israel," "The First Moon Landing," "Poems," and "There's Motion Everywhere"

Correspondents include: Dayton's Women's Press Club (1942 Nov 9) University of Dayton art exhibit re Robert J. Smith (1967 Sep 11)

Distinguished People A-H

Neil A. Armstrong Robert Braine, composer Pearl S. Buck William F. Buckley, Jr. Barbara Bush Jimmy Carter Nathalia Crane Frank Crumit Phil Donahue (letter to, only) M.R. "Bob" Evans, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Robert Frost Paul W. Gallico C. Hugo Grimm Helen Hayes Daniel Whitehead Hicky Ralph Hodgson Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr., North Carolina J. Edgar Hoover Hubert H. Humphrey Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., North Carolina

Distinguished People I-Z

Governor Ruby Laffoon, Kentucky Senator H.C. Lodge, Jr. Henry Loomis, The White House J.B. Montini, Vatican Secretary of State, (later Pope Paul VI) Patricia Nixon Louise G. Owen Pope John XXIII (form letter) Oscar Rasbach, composer Monsignor G.B. Re (for Pope John Paul II) Mrs. Vernon Reid, Deputy Assistant to Governor James A. Rhodes, Ohio Marthe Ruspoli [Samuel C.] Stu, Archbishop of Chicago Senator Robert A. Taft Deems Taylor Jean Thomas, The Traipsin' Woman Boyce A. Whitmore, Mayor of Hendersonville Walter Winchell (photostat)

Family Correspondence

This includes correspondence from all relatives except their parents, Jerry Moore, and George Rumberger who all have a separate folder. Correspondents include: Aunt June Moore, Rose Julia, Gould and Rose, Shirley and Sharon Hatfield, Jean and Edith, George H. Lee, Mark Moore, Helen (sister of J.T.M.) and Jim, and Lucille Barlow-Schmitt.

G Correspondence

Manuscripts mentioned include: "Favorites," "The Goblin Garden," "God's Wonderful World," "Going Up," "Gratitude," "Green Fingers," "Reading Games," "Rondel in Pinafore," "Thank You, God"

Correspondents include: Licia Gaut-Correll, with article re Moore "A Lifetime In Literature" (1991 Sep 10) Ginn & Company, Faith & Freedom Series (1958 Sep 16 & 23, Nov 28) Cyril Clemens (1955 Jan 18; 1958 Aug 22; n.d.)

H Correspondence

Manuscripts mentioned include: "Calico Carnival," "The Hallowe'en Goblin," "Heritage," "Hidden Garden," "Homeward," "Hours of May," "The House," and "Sun Patterns"

Correspondents include: Henry Holt and Company (1991)

I-L Correspondence

Manuscripts mentioned include: "Just-Before Times," The Little Band and the Inaugural Parade(Junior Literary Guild Selection in 1968), "Little Zo," "The Lyrist of Lesbos," "The Last Flower," They Saw Him Fly,"Wind in the Grass," Little Stories About the Saints, Big Saints, Little Saints,"Lanterns," "They Legion of the Dead," and "The Lost Land"

Correspondents include: Life Experience School (1986 Jun 11) Bernard Knox, Center for Hellenic Studies (1978 Sep 18; 1979 Jun 18, 22, Oct 31) Derek C. Bok (1978 Oct 2, Nov 4) Virginia Sobotka (1957 Dec 12) Philip Mahin, The Grail(1955 Aug 3) Paschal Boland The Grail(1953 Jun 1) Margaret Cousins (1943 Dec 7)

M Correspondence

Manuscripts mentioned include: "The Multitudinous Caravan," "Mountain Ballads," "Moonlight," "The May Basket," "The Child," "The Message," "March Came in Like a Lion"

Correspondents include: Ingrid and Bob Margrave (1984 Sep 4; [1985 Jul 1]; 1988 Apr 27) Herbert S. Bailey, Princeton University Press (1982-1983) controversy re "The Multitudinous Caravan"

N-O Correspondence

Manuscripts mentioned include: "The First Moon Landing," "The Gifts," "New England Poems," "Northern Holiday," "OH -H-H!" "The Old Umbrella," "Olivet," On Cherry Tree Hill,"Other Singers," "Portrait of America," and The Three Tripps(source for ideas, 1971 Feb 19)

Correspondents include: Cyril Clemens (n.d.) NASA (1979 Jul 6) National Catholic Welfare Conference (1942 Jan 21) New York Statue Committee & Cosmopolis Inscription (1981 Oct 1 & attached) Cletus E. Oberst (1987 May 19, Jun 23) Oddo Publishing Company re inability to publish "Guess What I Am" (1971-1975) Ohio Historical Society (1970 Oct 28) Our Lady of Cincinnati College (1956 May 13)

P Correspondence

Manuscripts mentioned include: "Autumn," "Bonny Bugs," "A Child's Christmas Carol," "Cloud Horses," "The Computer That Didn't," "Everywhere & In-Between," "First Flight," "From Sea to Sea," "Funday Funnies," "Goblin Garden," "Go-Things," "Halfway," "The Halloween Pumpkin," "The Last Flower," The Little Band and the Inaugural Parade,"Let Me Live Dangerously," "Love Lyrics," "My Skateboard," "Night World," "Nooks and Crannies," "Peaceful the Dark," "Peanuts for Miss Bedelia," "Peppercorns," "Peter Polter Guyst," "The Peter Pan Heart," "A Pixie on Main Street," "The Place," "Poem for Editors," "Poetry of Flight," "Portrait of America," "Rondel in Pinafore," "Sputnik," "The Stranger," "Talking Weather," "Voices of the Wild," "Wee Wings," "Weeds," and "The Whisper"

Correspondents include: Atheneum policy (1979 Dec 3 & 27) National Science Teachers Association & the insect poems (1983 Feb 4) Eleanor Nichols, McGraw-Hill (1964) John Frederick Nims (1980 Jul 31) "Poethaven," notes re (n.d.) Poetrymagazine (1984 Dec 3 & 13; 1985 Jan 22 & 28) Henry Charles Suter & plagiarism charge (1943 Sep-Oct) Charlotte Zolotow (1979 Oct 23, Nov 8, Dec 4)

Q-R Correspondence

Manuscripts mentioned include: "Bun Bun," "Quiet is My Love," "Petals," "The Rabbit Who Wanted To Play," "The Race," "The Rebel," "The Recollections," "Reptiliana," "The Robin," "The Robin's Song," and "The Round Book"

Correspondents include: Regnery Gateway, Inc. re anthology of 101 poems idea (1982-1983) Charles Roush re poetry writing (1968 Apr-Jun)

S Correspondence

Manuscripts mentioned include: "Astronauts," "Cosmonaut," "First Moon Landing," "Harvest," "Nooks and Crannies," "Rhymes and Chimes," "The Santa Claus Party," "Silent Majority Speaks," "Silly Milly," Sing-Along Sary,"Sliding," "Snow," "So Many Springs," "Songs of Shadows," "Sound-Alikes," "Spring Comes to the Hillside," "Sputnik, Blast-Off," "Stand Tall," "Strange Insects and Animals," and "Sun Patterns"

Correspondents include: Arizona reminiscences of J.T. Moore (1968 Mar 1) National Review(1979- 1980) Smithsonian Air & Space Museum (1969 Nov 10, Dec 4,8, 11; and 1979 [Jan?] 19* Statue of Liberty Song (1984 Mar-Jun) Julia Louise Sutor (1970 Apr 21)

T Correspondence

Manuscripts mentioned include: On Cherry Tree Hill,"Talky Bird," "The Teacher," "They Saw Him Fly," "The Three Sons," The Three Tripps,"To Be In Love," "Trees," "Turtles," "Two Song," and "Two Tears for Ireland"

U-Z Correspondence

Manuscripts mentioned include: "The Affectionate Bee," "Bird Language," "The First Moon Landing," "Holiday, Happy Day," "Liberty Shall Stand," "The Little World," "The Turtle," "The View," "Voices of the Wild," "Wallflowers," "Water Walkers," We Are Like Wine,"Where I Live," "The Whisper," "Work," and "A Young World of Poetry"

Correspondents include: Little, Brown Company controversy over "A Young World of Poetry" manuscript (1982-1983) War Department, Army Air Forces Air Technical Service Command, Hq., ATSC, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio - Moore's record of service (1945 Nov 5) Xavier University, Margaret Moore employed there 1947-1967 (1955 Jan 7; 1956 Mar 22; 1958 Jun 3; 1959 Feb 2; Jul 22; 1963 Oct 16; 1969 Feb 1; 1972 Jan 5) Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation (1973 Jan 4; 1980; 1993 Feb 5, Mar 17 & 21, Apr 2 & 7)

Contents List Manuscripts 1-14

All manuscipts are by John Travers Moore unless otherwise noted

 All Along the Way ca.1973 1 America: The Masterpiece n.d. 1 Around the Corner from Our House ca. 1971 1 At the Foot of the Manger ca. 1971 1 Barky and Friends n.d. 1 A Bit-About n.d. 1 Bonny Bugs 1981, n.d. 1 Christmas album 1976 1 The Computer That Didn't Give Up ca. 1982 1 "Definition of a Poet" n.d. 1 Everywhere and In-Between ca. 1969 1 The First King of Israel by Thomas Emmet Moore, Revised and Edited by John Travers Moore n.d. 2 2 folders The First Moon Landing 1979 2 The Four Seasons n.d. 2 Funday Funnies n.d. 2 2 folders Funny Fellows 1981, n.d. 2 The Goblin Garden n.d. 2 Guess What I Am by Margaret Moore ca. 1971 2 Holiday, Happy Day ca. 1977 3 2 folders The House Without A Name by Margaret Moore n.d. 3 How Can I Show You God, Jeannette? ca. 1950 3 How Can I Show You God, Jeannette? [1950] Oct 6 3 Inroads n.d. 3 It Might Have Been ca. 1982 3 "A Letter to the World" n.d. 3 The Little Band and the Inaugural Parade ca. 1968 3 The Little World n.d. 3 Little Zo 1969 3 Love Lyrics ca. 1982 3 2 folders Love Lyrics ca. 1982 4 The Lyrist of Lesbos: A Play n.d. 4 Metropolia: Echoes of New York n.d. 4 The Milestone n.d. Miniatures n.d. 4 2 folders Miniatures II n.d. 4 2 folders The Multitudinous Caravan ca. 1974 5 3 folders

including Carbon & Discards

 The Night World ca.1979 5 Nooks and Crannies by Margaret Moore ca. 1977 5 Obie and Huk by Margaret and John Travers Moore n.d. 5 One Green Tree n.d. 5 Overtones n.d. 5 2 folders Parodies of Famous Poems n.d. 6 Peanuts for Miss Bedelia by Margaret Moore ca. 1978 6 Pepito's Journey 1986-1988 6 2 folders Pepito's Speech at the United Nationsby Margaret and John Travers Moore 1983 6 Pepito's Speech at the United Nations(Re-Illustrated) by Margaret and John Travers Moore 1988-1989 6 Pepito's Speech at the United NationsScreenplay by Dan Bredemann 1990 6 Pepito's World 1987-1988, n.d. 6 Pepito's World 1988 6 Galleys Peter Polter Guyst ca. 1978 6 A Pixie on Main Street ca. 1979 7 2 folders The Pocket-Hankerchief Wild by Margaret Moore 1977 7 2 folders Poemettes n.d. 7 Poems by Margaret Moore n.d. 7 Poems (First Published) by Margaret Moore 1920, n.d. 7

including Stories for Neighbors, "Such Funny Sights" & Background Material

 Poems for the Young (Some Original Manuscripts) n.d. 7 Poems for the Young n.d. 7

"Leftovers" or Discards from other poetry collections

 Poems - General & Experimental n.d. 8 3 folders Poems - Odds & Ends n.d. 8 Poems - Original Manuscripts n.d. 8 Poethaven: The Storybook House and Garden 1991 Apr 11 8 The Poetry of Flight: A Picture History of Aviation n.d. 8 Poetry (Loose poems removed from the Albums) 1978-1994 8 Quiet is my Love n.d. 9 Quill and Star: An Autobiography (with final editing) ca. 1988 9 3 folders Quill and Star: An Autobiography 1988 9 2 folders Quill and Star: An Autobiography n.d. 9 2 folders

Carbon Copy

 Quill and Star: An Autobiography n.d. 10 2 folders The Road, formerly Jingalong 1993-1994 10 4 folders The Round Book n.d. 10 Sappo's Poetry(Paraphrase, Addition, Extension) ca. 1962-1979 10 Silly Milly by Margaret Moore n.d. 10 Sinmin, Lord Elephant ca. 1978 11 2 folders Song of the Road by Margaret and John Travers Moore n.d. 11 2 folders Songs (Original Manusceipts) n.d. 11 Songs of Appalachia n.d. 11 2 folders Songs of shadows (Sex in Verse), with illustrations by the author n.d. 11 Sound-Alikes, by Margaret and John Travers Moore n.d. 11 Sports Poems 1983 12 3 folders Stories & Poetry (Experimental) by Margaret Moore n.d. 12 The Story of Silent Night(Original) 1965 12 The Story of Silent Nightprinted in The Chicago Tribune1975 Dec 25 12 The Story of Silent Night(For the Stage) 1986-1988 12 Storyettes n.d. 12 Strange Insects and Animals 1985-1990 12 Sun Patterns n.d. 13 2 folders The Tangiers Cat n.d. 13 To Be in Love ca. 1976 13 Together Poems by Margaret and John Travers Moore n.d. 13 Voices of the Wild ca. 1977 & 1990 13 You Are Two People: O'Leary and Other Irish Poems n.d. 13 A Young World of Poetry (Original Worksheets) 1982 13 A Young World of Poetry ca. 1982 14 5 folders Correspondence Files 15-23 A - Correspondence 1943-1992 15 Around the Corner From Our House 1971-1983 15 2 folders B - Correspondence 1937-1984, n.d. 15 B - Correspondence re Banking and Savings Bonds 1967-1992 15 C - Correspondence 1938-1991 15 2 folders Jean Pierre and Muriel de Chambrun 1965-1991 15 2 folders Contracts 1950-1988, n.d. 15 Copyright 1931-1992 16 3 folders Copyright - The Story of Silent Nightca. 1962-1994 16 D-E-F Correspondence 1921-1987 16 James E. Creekman (Dismissed Attorney) 1983-1986 16 Distinguished People: A-H 1934-1990 16 Distinguished People: I-Z 1931-1986 16 Family Correspondence 1955-1989 16 "Fan" Letters 1956-1994, n.d. 16 G Correspondence 1926-1992 16 H Correspondence 1940-1991 16 Harris and Hazel Huston 1950-1989 16 I-L Correspondence 1931-1994 16 Ireland as a Retirement Location 1973-1979, n.d. 17 Lectures 1939-1966 17 The Little Band and the Inaugural Parade: A Musical Play 1984-1991 17 2 folders M Correspondence 1920-1990 17 Memoranda of John Travers Moore ca. 1983-1994, n.d. 17 Tina Miller 1983-1985 17 Jerry Moore 1979-1991 17 Margaret and John Moore 1927-1984, n.d. 17 2 folders Margaret and John Moore - Letters to their parents 1926-1950, n.d. 17 Margaret Moore - Condolence Letters 1984 17 N-O Correspondence 1942-1991 17 Nobel Peace Award Nomination 1984-1990 18 P Correspondence 1932-1993, n.d. 18 Pepito and the United Nations 1987-1993 18 5 folders Pepito and the United Nations 1971, 1982-1986 19 4 folders The Perfection Form Company Poetry Poster Series, etc. 1985-1991 19 Plane Facts 1943-1945, 1965 19 "Portrait of America" 1969-1970, 1983-1984 19 Publishers and Editors 1969-1994 19 Publishers - Spoken arts 1989-1991 20 Q-R Correspondence 1945-1983 20 Reprints and Permissions 1985-1994 20 7 folders Reprints and Permissions 1939-1984 21 9 folders The Road (formerly Jingalong) - Correspondence 1987-1991 21 Royalties 1957-1994 22 3 folders George and Peggy Rumberger 1929-1988 22 S Correspondence 1937-1994 22 "Sinmin (Lord Elephant)" 1956-1978 22 Robert Smith and Nancy Mackey (his daughter) 1942-1993 22 Social Security 1946-1993 22 2 folders Sports Poems - Correspondence 1983-1987 22 The Story of Silent Night- Correspondence 1958-1990, n.d. 23 2 folders T Correspondence 1944-1992 23 U-Z Correspondence 1936-1993 23 University of Virginia 1982-1993 23 2 folders Walt Whitman Center for the Arts and Humanities, Camden, New Jersey 1987-1989 23 Memorabilia & Miscellaneous Material Syracuse University Commencement Booklet 1926 24 Bound Volume Date Diary of Margaret Rumberger and John Travers Moore 1927-1929 24 Bound Volume Sales Records for A Child's Book of Psalmsand Near Centerville 1946-1951 24 Bound Volume "The Symphony" by John Travers Moore, with a foreword by Nathalia Crane, and dedicated to Margaret Moore 1949 Jun 28 24 Bound Volume Diary (locked) ca. 1957-1959 24 Bound Volume Receipts & Expenses Account Books 1953-1994 24 Three Bound Volumes Annual from Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, where Margaret Moore served as a librarian, page 27 1962 24 Bound Volume United Nations Diary, "One Year in the Literary Life of John Travers Moore" 1987 24 Bound Volume Poems by Margaret Moore, some used in Certainly, Carrie, Cut the Caken.d. 24 Bound Volume Miscellaneous Material Certificates and Awards 1924-1994 24 Drawings by John Travers Moore and Early Sketches of Robert J. Smith 1931, n.d. 24 Genealogy and Family Histories of John Travers Moore and Margaret Rumberger Moore, with photographs ca. 1919-1994, n.d. 24 Introduction to the Files compiled by John Travers Moore ca. 1984-1994 25 Memorabilia - Paper 1926-1988, n.d. 25 2 folders

for additional memorabilia objects see Box 27

 Newsclippings 1940-1991 25 Newsclippings and Press Releases re the Pepito Books and the United Nations 1985-1991 25 2 folders, United States & Foreign Philatelic Covers 1928-1938 25 Photographs ca. 1942-1990 25

also see oversize photograph album for a more complete photographic record of the Moores

 Plane Facts, published by the Air Service Command 1944-1945 25 Printed Material 1920-1988 25 Scrapbook of John Travers Moore's Poems in Periodicals 1931-1984 26 Scrapbook of Margaret R. Moore's Poems in Periodicals 1939-1988 26 Scrapbook of Press Releases re Margaret and John Travers Moore 1920-1985 26 3 folders Stationery by Margaret and John Travers Moore - watercolors n.d. 26 The Traipsin' Woman; Words and Music by John Travers Moore 1966 26 Printed Copies Trees & Flowers, Two - Pictures & Poems, including "Springburst" by John Travers Moore, produced by Philip Green Educational Limited n.d. 26 Memorabilia Objects The Golden Balloon Award for Outstanding Comtribution to Children, given to Margaret and John Travers Moore for their book Pepito's Speech at the United Nations, the first children's book published by the United Nations 1988 April 24 27 A Poem by John Travers Moore, "The Other Part," done in needlepoint n.d. 27 A Brass Plate Sign with the name of "Poethaven," the Moore's first home in Hendersonville, North Carolina n.d. 27 A Small Painting of a Nativity Scene on a Piece of Wood n.d. 27 Engraved blocks and an engraved plate reproduction of the bronze sculpture head of John Travers Moore done by Robert J. Smith n.d. 27 2 items Engraved name plate of John Travers Moore used for engraved stationery n.d. 27 Dry point by Robert J. Smith, reproduced on a block, used as an illustration for A Child's Book of Psalmsn.d. 27 Rose petals from the bridal bouquet of Margaret Rumberger, a ring with a green stone in the setting, a pocketknife, two magnifying glasses & other keepsakes 1928 27 The Society of Medalists Eighth Issue, 1933, "There is no easy way from the earth to the stars," by Gaetano Cecere (1894-?), sculptor 1933 27 Certificate of Promotion to the High School, Margaret Rumberger 1917 Jun 15 OS Box M-21 Du Bois High School Diploma, Margaret Rumberger 1921 Jun 2 OS Box M-21 Norwood High School Diploma, John Travers Moore 1926 Jun 11 OS Box M-21 Syracuse University, Bachelor of Science in Library Science, Margaret Rumberger 1926 Jun 14 OS Box M-21 Marriage License of Margaret Rumberger and John Travers Moore, Hamilton County, Ohio 1928 Jun 16 OS Box M-21 Law License of John Travers Moore, State of Ohio 1933 Aug 4 OS Box M-21 Copy of the Marriage License of Margaret and John Travers Moore 1967 Jul 25 OS Box M-21 University of Dayton degree of Juris Doctor, John Travers Moore 1984 Dec 20 OS Box M-21 Posters re Pepito's Speech at the United Nations[ca. 1986] OS Box M-21 Photograph Album of Margaret and John Travers Moore, "A Pictorial Autobiography ca. 1914-1990 Phonographs How Can I Show You God, Jeannette?by John Travers Moore and read by Margaret Moore 1952 Jun 24 Radio Station WSAI Interview of Margaret and John Travers Moore, Campus Callboard Program, St. Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio 1954 Dec 11 "Let's Listen to a Story" The Three Trippsby Margaret and John Travers Moore, Radio Station WMCA, New York City 1960 May 1 Record Album to Accompany Language and How to Use ItBook 6, side 2, record 2, the poem "Jet" by John Travers Moore 1969 "My Gift is Love" by John Travers Moore and narrated by Ken Linn n.d. "The Cincinnati Waltz" by John Travers Moore, organ solo Helen Gough, vocal by Ray Jogan n.d. 2 copies Cassette Tape Recordings Moore's The Little Band and the Inaugural Parade, Lyrics and Music by Carol Davis and Denise Adams 1985 HS 121 2 Cassette Tapes Reel-To-Reel Tape Recordings "Let's Listen to a Story," A radio Program in New York on WMCA, The Three Trippsadridged, also on record 1960 May 1 HS 121 Miscellaneous Poetry Readings and informal gatherings, including Margaret and John Travers Moore, the Marquise de Chambrun, R.J. Smith, John Travers Moore's 59th birthday in 1967 and a radio interview in 1972 ca. 1967-1972 HS 121 The First Moon Landing narrated by John Travers Moore, identifying all voices 1969 Jul 20 HS 121 a) Readings by the Marquise de Chambrun of her poetry and that of Moore b) Radio personality "Farmer Russ" for Station WHVL, Hendersonville, North Carolina, interviews John Travers Moore at "Poethaven" regarding The Story of Silent Nightc) Memorabilia, the Moores discuss highlights in their travels in the United States and Europe 1975 HS 121 "My Gift is Love" by John Travers Moore, narrated by Ken Linn n.d. HS 121 Video Tape Recordings On Common Ground: A Tour of the United Nations, produced by the United Nations, 30 minutes 1987 HS 121 Pepito's Dream A.J. Shalleck Productions, Inc., 27 minutes ca. 1990 HS 121 Americana Calendar Series: Artist--Robert J. Smith & Conversation with Artist Jack Smith, Story by Elmer Webster, Read by Paul Law, Interviewer: Virginia Visser (Produced by Instructional Television, Emporia State University, Kansas [ca. 1994] HS 121 Sales Records for the literary work of Margaret and John Travers Moore ca. 1939-1983 Card File Tray 72 Large Paintings & Other Artwork by Robert J. Smith "John Travers Moore, A Portrait in Bronze" and its pedestal 1942 Stettinius Gallery Madonna and Child" n.d. "Autumn" n.d. Untitled Landscape n.d. Framed Pencil Portrait of Margaret Moore n.d. Large Framed Photograph of Margaret Moore n.d. A Watercolor and an oil by John Travers Moore n.d.