Biographical note: Museum curator and editor; Yndia Smalley Moore was born in Tucson, AZ on June 28, 1902. Her father was George Smalley, editor of the Tucson Citizen newspaper. She attended Tucson High School and later attended the University of Arizona. With Prof. Byron Cummings she opened a Mexican tea room in Tucson called La Cazuela. Miss Smalley married Army officer James Patrick Moore in 1930 and left Arizona until his death in 1946. Returning to Tucson, she became involved with the Tucson Fine Arts Association which later became the Tucson Museum of Art. In 1955, she became a curator at the Arizona Historical Society and five years later she became its director. In 1964, Moore resigned from the Historical Society and became the historical editor at the Tucson Citizen. Yndia Moore died January 13, 1997.
From the description of Early newspaper articles and manuscripts, 1870-1915, 1945-1972. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 645659431
