Moore and Allen families papers, 1786-2018

Summary

Creator:

Allen family and Moore family

Date:

1786-2018

Extent:

9.5 Linear Feet 8 boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 oversize folders

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

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

Background

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.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Families -- Correspondence
Families -- Photographs
Scrapbooks.
Photograph albums
Journalists -- Georgia.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean.
Family papers.

Preferred citation:

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