Moore and Allen families papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Moore and Allen families papers
Creator: Allen family
Creator: Moore family
Inclusive Dates: 1786-2018
Language(s): English
Extent: 9.5 Linear Feet 8 boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 oversize folders
Collection Number: ms4533
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence and genealogy regarding the Moore and Allen families and includes the Shaw, Whitaker, Brantley, Micklejohn families as well. The major portion of the collection documents the Jere N. Moore family, his newspaper career as editor of the Union Recorder, and correpondence with his wife Sarah while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, box, folder], Moore and Allen families papers, ms4533, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Photographs - Robert Boling, Lucia Moore

 

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Lucia Brantley Moore

 

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Photographs - Robert Boling Moore family

 

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Photographs - George Moore

 

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Photographs - William B, Phyllis Moore

 

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Photographs - Charles Leighton Moore Sr., Jr., III

 

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Photographs - May Allen Moore

 

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May Allen Moore family

 

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Photographs - Martha Micklejohn Coombs, Henrietta Micklejohn Moore, Mary Micklejohn Caraker

 

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Photograph - Dawson Allen Moore III

 

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Floride Moore Gardner

 

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Correspondence - Floride Moore Gardner

 

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Photographs, clippings - Friends, family

 

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Photographs - Unidentified child, group of women

 

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Photographs - Moore family reunion

 

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Photographs - Edwina Moore

 

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Clippings, photographs, social calendar - Edwina Moore Clay, 1964

 

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Edwina Moore Clay - General Convention of the Episcopal Church, 1988

 

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Correspondence - Edwina Moore Simpson

 

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Artifacts - Edwina Moore

 

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Photographs - Whit Clay

 

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Photographs - Michael Clay

 

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Photographs - Whit, Michael Clay

 

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Whit, Michael Clay

 

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Powell Allen Moore

 

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Moore family history

 

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Newspaper clippings

 

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Printed material

 

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Slides - Moore family

 

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Slides - Allen family

 

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Slides - Friends

 

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Old Oglethorpe University - Typescript - Sarah Cantey Whitaker Allen - given to May Moore

 

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Old Oglethorpe University - Typescript - Sarah Cantey Whitaker Allen - given to Mrs. Jere Moore

 

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Photographs - Houses

 

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Jere Neuville Moore

 

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Photographs - Jere N. Moore

 

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Photographs, clippings - Sarah Allen Moore

 

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Correspondence - Sarah A. Moore

 

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Photographs - Jere, Sarah Moore family

 

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Photographs, correspondence - Jere N. Jr, Kay Moore

 

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Jere N. Moore - Writing

 

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Writing - Unidentified

 

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Diary - Jere N. Moore, 1942

 

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214th AAA Battalion history

 

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Memos, maps, ephemera - Jere N. Moore - WWII

 

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Photographs - Jere N. Moore - WWII

 

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Jere N. Moore - US Army service records, 1940-1946

 

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Jere N. Moore - US Army service records, 1947-1963

 

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Photographs - Jere N. Moore - Journalism

 

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Photo album - St. Regis Paper Co. press tour, 1957

 

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Printed material - Georgia Press Association, Press Institute, Journalism School

 

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Program - 1st Annual Conference of Rural-Urban Women of Georgia, 1938

 

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Jere N. Moore - Georgia Military Colege

 

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Jere N. Moore - Speech to the Georgia Democratic Convention

 

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Democratic National Convention - Program, newsletters, correspondence, 1945, 1956

 

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Democratic National Convention - Buttons, ribbon

 

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Mexico trip - Jere N. Moore family

 

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Jere, Sarah Moore - 50th wedding anniversary book

 

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Jere N. Moore - Memorial book, 1985

 

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Sarah C. Moore - Memorial book, 1989

 

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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church - Sarah Moore memorial contributions, 1989

 

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Clippings - Jere N. Moore Jr.

 

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Jere N. Moore Jr. - Obituaries, condolences, 2008

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore

 

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Cards - Jere N. Moore

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to/from his children

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore - Floride Moore, 1942-1943

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore - Edwin, Alma Allen

 

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Correspondence, special occasions - Jere N. Moore, 1943-1944

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore - Kingsley Brown (New Zealand)

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore from other service members, 1942-1944

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore, 1940 February-April

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1942 November

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1942 December

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1943 January

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1943 February

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1943 March

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1943 April

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1943 May

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1943 June

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1943 July

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1943 August

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1943 September

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1943 October

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1943 November

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1943 December

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1944 January

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1944 February

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1944 March

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1944 April

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1944 May

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1944 June

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1944 July

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1944 August

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1944 September

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1944 October

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1944 November

 

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Correspondence - Jere N. Moore to Sarah Moore, 1944 December

 

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Correspondence fragments

 

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Autograph album - Effie Harris, 1875-1879

 

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Autograph album Charles Moore, 1888

 

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Family photo album

 

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Scrapbook - Clippings

 

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Ration books - WWII

 

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Photograph, cabinet card - John Allen

 

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Photographs - Dr. H.D. Allen, Sally and family

 

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Photographs - H.D. Allen family

 

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Clippings - H.D. Allen family

 

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Photographs - Edwin W. Allen

 

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Henrietta Floride Allen

 

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Photographs - Jesse Allen

 

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Photographs, clippings - H. Dawson Allen Jr. family

 

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Photographs - T. Powell Allen, Alma

 

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Dick Allen

 

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Correspondence - H.D. Allen , 1879

 

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Correspondence - Sallie Allen, 1937-1939

 

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Correspondence - T. Powell Allen to Sallie, H.D. Allen Sr., 1917, 1938, undated

 

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Scrapbook Allen family - Clippings

 

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Sallie C. Allen estate, 1946

 

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Allen's Invalid Home - Brochures, reports

 

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Allen's Invalid Home - Photographs, postcards

 

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Allen family - Clippings

 

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Allen family history

 

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Allen, Whitaker family history

 

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Whitaker family genealogy

 

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W.G. Whitaker

 

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Indenture - Moses F. Lewis - Seton Grantland, 1844

 

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Confederate bond

 

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Indenture for cotton - Robert Renfroe - Samuel Whitaker, 1869-1870

 

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Milledgeville history

 

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Photo album - Moore family

 

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Scrapbook - clippings

 

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Scrapbook (fragile) - clippings

 

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Scrapbook - Jere Moore family - Photographs, clippings

 

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Portrait on glass - James Cantey

 

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Ephemera - Tickets, cards, printing stamp

 

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Ribbons - Georgia Press Association - Jere Moore, 1931-1938

 

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Certificate, award, resolution - Jere N. Moore

 

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Cartoon welcoming Jere Moore back to Milledgeville - Georgia Press Association 50th Anniversary Convention - by Brewerton

 

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Cartoon - Sarah Moore characature by Baldy

 

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Allen family name history

 

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Land grants - Jesse Saunders, Greene County - Mary Webb, Effingham County, 1786

 

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Invoice, receipt for enslaved people - William Whitaker - James, Samuel Boykin, 1828

for the sale of a named family: Hector and wife Bina, and children Irving, Flanders, Henry, Randy, Ellick, Bob.

 

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Loyalty Oath - Isaac Newell Sr., 1865

 

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Newspaper - The Evening Star, no. 35,770 - Washington, D.C., 1942 April 7

 

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Newspaper - The Southern Recorder, vol. XLV, no. 20 - Milledgeville, Georgia, 1864 May 17