Virginia P. Moore Papers
This collection, the Virginia P. Moore Papers, ca. 1910-1912, contains eight items, with two photographs of Moore, a few dessert recipes, a letter from M. Bessie Degraw of the Madison Rural Sanitarium, a newspaper clipping, and two cards. One of the photographs is from ca. 1910 and the letter from August 29, 1912. Otherwise, there are no dates.
See the Virginia P. Moore Collection in MS.1546 for more documents.
Dates
- circa 1910-1912
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection, the Virginia P. Moore Papers, ca. 1910-1912, contains eight items, with two photographs of Moore, a few dessert recipes, a letter from M. Bessie Degraw of the Madison Rural Sanitarium, a newspaper clipping, and two cards.
Biographical/Historical Note
Virginia Pearl Moore was one of the first five home demonstration agents in the U. S. She served in this field of work in Tennessee and Florida from 1909-1946. Miss Moore was from Gallatin, Tennessee. She organized garden and canning clubs in six Tennessee counties while she was the state's organizer of School Improvement Work. She was appointed State Collaborator for Tennessee in 1911. Miss Moore served as Assistant Home Demonstrator Agent at Florida State College for Women at Tallahassee from 1923-1946. She also served as assistant director and state home demonstration agent at the University of Tennessee. In June 1937 she was one of only two women invited to speak at the International Housing Congress in Paris. Miss Moore retired from home demonstration work in 1946.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
Collection is property of the UT Special Collections Library. Elizabeth V. Eaddy Dameron, great-niece of Miss Virginia P. Moore, donated the photographs in November 1996.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository