Moore, John Trotwood, 1858-1929. Family papers, 1849-1957.
Title:
Family papers, 1849-1957.
Contains correspondence, speeches, literary manuscripts, legal documents, accounts, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and genealogical data of John Trotwood Moore and other members of the Moore family, including his wife, Mary Brown Daniel Moore; his son, Merrill Moore; and his father, Judge John Moore. Subjects covered in the collection include John Trotwood Moore's writings and literature in general; Tennessee and U.S. politics; historic preservation, monuments, and memorials; the anti-evolution and labor movements; the Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I; historical buildings and events in Tennessee, most notably the State Capitol and the Tennessee Sesquicentennial celebration; Andrew Jackson; Alabama history; genealogy of the Moore, Brown, and Daniel families; and horse breeding and showing. Prominent correspondents include Rex Beach, Joseph W. Byrns, Frank G. Clement, George Creel, Jonathan Daniels, Donald Davidson, Charles G. Dawes, Thomas F. Gailor, John Wesley Gaines, Will T. Hale, Archibald Henderson, Cordell Hull, Frank James and Cole Younger (the latter a relative of Mary Daniel Moore), Luke Lea, Kenneth D. McKellar, George Fort Milton, Meredith Nicholson, Thomas Nelson Page, Andrew Johnson Patterson, Austin Peay, Gifford Pinchot, Grantland Rice, Albert H. Roberts, Will Rogers, John K. Shields, James G. Stahlman, T.S. Stribling, Booth Tarkington, L.D. Tyson, Harold Bell Wright, and Alvin C. York.
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39.48 linear ft.
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