William J. Moore papers
Collection MSS121
1871-1952, undated(0.2 Linear feet ; 1 box, 1 flat file)
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Creator
- Moore, William J.
- Title
- William J. Moore papers
- ID
- MSS121
- Date
- 1871-1952, undated
- Extent
- 0.2 Linear feet ; 1 box, 1 flat file
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Monique Bourque.
- Sponsor
- EAD encoding of this collection’s finding aid in 2020 was supported by a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and by the Young Friends of HSP.
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- William Moore was born in Philadelphia and grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He attended Howard University and taught in Delaware; West Chester; and Cape May, New Jersey. He founded an elementary and junior high school for Black children in Cape May and was its principal for 52 years. He worked as a tennis coach at a local country club during the summers. The collection contains his parents' marriage certificate, his manuscript autobiography, writings on race relations and other subjects, notes on the history of West Cape May and some of its inhabitants, clippings, and other items.
Preferred citation
Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], William J. Moore papers (MSS121), Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Background
William J. Moore was born in Philadelphia circa 1872, and grew up in West Chester. He graduated from West Chester High School in 1890, and completed the Normal School program at Howard University in 1892. He taught school in West Chester before settling in Cape May, New Jersey. He married shortly after moving to Cape May, and he and his wife had seven children. He founded an elementary and junior high school for Black children in Cape May and was its principal for 52 years. He worked as a tennis coach at a local country club in the summers, and died in 1973.
Scope and content note
This collection is of primary interest for its observations on race relations in a middle-class community in the early twentieth century. Included are drafts of Moore's autobiography, a series of writings on race relations which may have been intended as a book manuscript, notes on the history of Cape May and some of its inhabitants, and personal documents, including the marriage certificate of Moore's parents.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Historical Society of Pennsylvania , 1993.
1300 Locust StreetPhiladelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200
Provenance
Gift of Wilbur Moore, 1975.
Accession number M75-01.
Processing note
Finding aid reformatted by Lindsey Schwartz, 2020.
Related Materials
Separated materials
Photographs have been separated to PG344.
Controlled Access Headings
Personal Name(s)
- Moore, Wilbur
Subject(s)
- African American athletes.
- African American school principals--New Jersey.
- African Americans--Biography.
- African Americans--Relations with whites.
- Cape May (N.J.)--History.
Collection Inventory
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Autobiography (undated) |
1 | 1 | ||
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Autobiographical notes, speeches (undated) |
1 | 2 | ||
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"The Problem Explained and What it Involves" (undated) |
1 | 3 | ||
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"Remedies Suggested by the Belief of a Race Problem" (undated) |
1 | 4 | ||
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"Denial of a Race Problem by its Foremost Advocates" (undated) |
1 | 5-6 | ||
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"Comments on Bishop Turner's Views" (undated) |
1 | 7 | ||
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"Comments on Professor Kelly Miller's Views" (undated) |
1 | 8 | ||
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"The True Problem and the Nature of the Remedy" (undated) |
1 | 9 | ||
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"Comments on Booker T. Washington's Views"; "Comments on Thomas Page Nelson's Views" (undated) |
1 | 10 | ||
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Notes, history of Cape May (undated) |
1 | 11 | ||
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Clippings (1947-1952) |
1 | 12 | ||
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Qualifying certificates - teaching; West Chester Library Association - documents (1887, 1893, 1894, 1901) |
1 | 13 | ||
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Marriage certificate- John R. Moore and Marion Alexander; Qualifying certificates- teaching- William J. Moore; Pittsburgh Courier, Philadelphia edition (1871, 1892-1904, 1950, undated) |
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