MS 0712.1
Diaries , 1926
1 folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0712, The Dorothy Gleason Moore Papers.
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/10/13
Description:
This series consists of a travel diary entitled
"My Walking? Tour around the Baltics with
Variations" with entries from June 19 - August
28, 1926. The volume describes her daily
activities during a tour of Europe in 1926. It
includes information about her travels in Sweden,
England, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Poland,
Switzerland, France, Latvia, and Lithuania. Her
observations include such commentary as "June 21.
Spent the day on deck. Fooled around with several
Amherst men and one Harvard youth who can't seem
to remember his own name. Had a regular skein of
german beer which does not appeal to me. My trip:
sea - blue - glorious; sleep - necessary,
overcoming; men - inebriated, disgustingly
foolish; moon - sublime; Food - at all hours, all
kinds; Crew - German, friendly; Date with Dick -
adorable."
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MS 0712.2
Correspondence , 1926-1927, 1974-1990
2 folders
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0712, The Dorothy Gleason Moore Papers.
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/10/22
Description:
This series consists of letters and postcards
written to and by Moore, 1926-1990. Of particular
note are documents relating to her trip to Europe
in 1926. These items include postcards that she
sent to her mother and letters from people whom
she met during the trip (including an Estonian
man who wrote a love letter to her, 15 August
1927).
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MS 0712.3
Memorabilia , 1926
9 folders
By form of material
Forms part of MS 0712, The Dorothy Gleason Moore Papers.
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/10/22
Description:
This series consists of materials relating to
Moore's 1926 tour of Europe, including her
passport, travel itineraries, a map of the tour
route, postcards, and guidebooks. The guidebooks
include a publication entitled "Poland's Access
to the Sea and the Claims of East Prussia,"
published in 1926.
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MS 0712.4
Biographical Information , ca. 1926-1993
1 folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0712, The Dorothy Gleason Moore Papers.
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/10/22
Description:
Consists of newspaper clippings about Moore and
her friends. These clippings include obituaries.
The series also contains an invitation to Moore's
wedding in 1938.
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MS 0712.5
Scrapbook , 1924-1928
1 folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0712, The Dorothy Gleason Moore Papers.
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 1999/10/22
Description:
This series consists of a scrapbook Moore kept as
a student at Mount Holyoke College, 1924-1928.
The volume primarily contains a list of friends,
comments about faculty members and the campus,
class songs and yells, lists of "favorite
things," social functions, "memorable trips," and
"dates and doings," 1924-1925. It also includes
some memorabilia such as ticket stubs,
photographs, and a program for a 1924 football
game between Columbia and Syracuse.
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MS 0712.6
Photographs , ca. 1924-1990
1 folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0712, The Dorothy Gleason Moore Papers.
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 2001/04/30
Description:
This series contains photographs of Moore as well
as several of her Mount Holyoke College
classmates. These primarily consist of
photographs taken while she was a student at
Mount Holyoke, 1924-28. There are also some later
photographs of several of Moore's classmates.
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