Elizabeth Vann Moore Papers, 1898, 1908-2009

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Elizabeth Vann Moore Papers, 1898, 1908-2009

1898-2009

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/1215

Collection (1898, 1908-2009) consists of research materials related to the history of Edenton and the Albemarle-Chowan region of North Carolina. Elizabeth Vann Moore (1912-2010) of Edenton spent her life researching local and family history topics. Her notebooks and correspondence reflect her involvement in writing Historic Edenton Guidebooks, the 300 year history of St. Paul's Parish in Edenton, a North Carolina Historical Review article on John Mare, and extensive information about the Edenton Tea Party, as well as work with the Edenton Historical Commission and the North Caroliniana Society. Also included are personal items such as her poetry, diplomas, plaques, and DVDs of interviews with Miss Moore done in 2007 by Martha Daniels.

18.25 Cubic feet, 59 archival boxes and 3 oversize folders

eng, Latn

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11619484

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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North Caroliniana Award

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Moore, Elizabeth Vann

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Elizabeth Vann Moore, daughter of John Augustus Moore, Sr., and Mabel Vann Moore, was born in Henderson, N.C., on February 3, 1912, and died on January 1, 2010, in Edenton, N.C., where she had lived since 1933. She graduated from St. Catherine's School in Richmond, Va.; attended Sweet Briar College in Virginia in 1929; earned a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1933 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and earned a Master of Arts in English in 1938 from Columbia University. Miss Mo...