Jennie
Moore Papers
Blair-Caldwell
African American Research Library
Denver Public Library
2001
| Provenance:
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The collection was purchased from
Paul Stewart by the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library. |
| Ownership: |
Literary and copyrights have been assigned
to the Denver Public Library. |
| Call Number: |
MS-ARL15 |
| Size: |
1 box (1.00 linear f oot) |
| Processed By: |
Tammi E. Haddad |
| Date: |
August 2001 |
Biographical Note | Scope and Content Note | Container Listing
Biographical Note
Jennie Douglass Moore was born on 08 April 1886 to Robinson and Mary Alexina Douglass. She was the tenth of fifteen children.
Attended school in Alabama and graduated from Salem University in 1907.
Taught in the Alabama Public Schools.
Relocated to Denver (from Detroit) in the early-1940s.
Active in civic organizations (such as the National Council of Negro Women) devoted to betterment of blacks.
In 1978, published The Rhyme of a Race and Other Poems.
Died on 15 August 1981.
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Scope and Content Note
The Jennie Moore Collection contains personal photo albums, correspondence, and original, unpublished manuscripts. back to the top
Container Listing
Series I: Personal Papers
Box 1
| Box 1 |
FF1 |
Biography |
undated |
| Box 1 |
FF2 |
Black Woman's Voice (Volume 7, Number
1) |
04/1980 |
| Box 1 |
FF3 |
Correspondence |
10/1978 |
| Box 1 |
FF4 |
Dramatic Reader on Tour |
undated |
| Box 1 |
FF5 |
Jesse G. Herndon's Administrator's Deed |
1964 |
| Box 1 |
FF6 |
Linda Transau Poster |
1987 |
| Box 1 |
FF7 |
Memorial |
8/20/81 |
| Box 1 |
FF8 |
Mourning Card |
undated |
| Box 1 |
FF9 |
National Council of Negro Women, Inc. |
04/1980 |
| Box 1 |
FF10 |
Proclamation from City of Denver |
05/1980 |
| Box 1 |
FF11 |
Program for J.D. Moore in Recital |
06/1971 |
| Box 1 |
FF12 |
The Arts Alternative: ICON |
06/1992 |
| Box 1 |
FF13 |
Tophatters Invitation |
11/1956 |
| Box 1 |
FF14 |
United Mortgage Company |
01/1977 |
Series II: Manuscripts
Box 1
| Box 1 |
FF15 |
By the Shore of the Sea |
undated |
| Box 1 |
FF16 |
Notebook |
undated |
| Box 1 |
FF17 |
Some Reflections |
undated |
Series III: Photographs
Box 1
| Box 1 |
FF18 |
Unidentified Loose Photographs |
1945, 1956, n.d |
| Box 1 |
FF19 |
Album |
n.d. |
| Box 1 |
FF20 |
Album / Scrapbook |
n.d. |
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