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Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Charles Moore, author and art historian, were given to the Library of Congress by Moore between 1918 and 1940. Additions were made by James M. Moore in 1969.
The papers of Charles Moore were arranged and described in 1962 by Daniel Gilham and William Roberts and expanded in 1978 by Joseph Sullivan. The finding aid was revised in 2012.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Charles Moore is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Charles Moore are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Charles Moore Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Charles Moore (1855-1942) span the years 1848-1944, with the bulk of the material dated 1900-1937. The collection consists of Correspondence, letterbooks, datebooks, notes, articles, speeches, picture post cards, photographs, and newspaper clippings relating to the Plan of 1901 for Washington, D.C., the restoration of the White House in 1902-1903, the Washington, D.C., Park Commission, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, and American architecture. The papers are organized into six series: Datebook and Bound Correspondence ; General Correspondence ; White House Letters ; Speech, Article, and Book File ; Miscellany ; and Addition . Of special importance are materials reflecting Moore’s service on the Commission of Fine Arts, 1910-1937, including as chairman, that document his personal and business relations with prominent American architects and that make up the White House Letters series, 1884-1937. The book file relating to Moore’s work on Daniel Burnham includes original correspondence and other background items relating to Burnham.
Correspondents include Baron, Godfrey Rathbone Benson Charnwood, Baroness Dorothea Mary Roby Thorpe Charnwood, Daniel Chester French, Cass Gilbert, J. J. Jusserand, William Mitchell Kendall, Charles Follen McKim, James McMillan, Frederick Law Olmsted (1870-1957), Elihu Root, and Egerton Swartout. Presidential correspondents include Grover Cleveland, Calvin Coolidge, Benjamin Harrison, Hebert Hoover, William McKinley, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson and their wives.
This collection is arranged in six series:
Notebook of diary and newspaper clippings, bound volumes of special correspondence, and personal letterbooks.
Arranged by type of material.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and therein chronologically
Letters sent and received.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and therein chronologically.
Handwritten, typewritten, and printed copies of speeches, articles, and books, including research materials of original correspondence and other background matter relating to the publications and their subjects.
Arranged by type and title of writing.
Autobiographical and genealogical material, photographs, photocopies, newspaper clippings, and printed matter.
Organized by type of material but otherwise unarranged.
Correspondence, drafts of chapters of two book manuscripts, and a list.
Arranged by type of material.