M98-04 – WADDY WILLIAM MOORE III COLLECTION

Waddy William Moore III was born on January 29, 1928 in Helena, Arkansas to Waddy William Moore Jr., and Floretta Williams Moore.  Waddy Moore Jr., was an official with the Interstate Grocery Company.  The younger Moore graduated from Helena High School in 1946.  After graduating from high school Waddy Moore III joined the United States Air Force and served from 1946-1949.  He achieved the rank of Staff Sergeant prior to his discharge in 1949.  After his discharge from the Air Force he enrolled at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.  In 1953 two important events transpired in Mr. Moore’s life, he was wedded to Gay Garrigan and received a Bachelor of Science in Education degrees (B.S.E.).  After receiving his B.S.E. he immediately enrolled in the Master of Arts (M.A.) program at the University of Arkansas and received a Master of Arts degree in 1955.  However, it should be noted he completed his classwork toward the M.A. degree in 1954.

In 1955 Moore enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he completed several courses toward his Ph.D. before joining the staff at Webb School, Bell Buckle, Tennessee.  Moore served on the staff at Webb School, a boys prep school, from 1955-1957.  A major impetus for Moore to temporarily put his Ph.D. work on hold and find a job, was the birth of their first daughter, Bonnie Gay Moore.  Bonnie was born  in Memphis, Tennessee in 1955.  The couples second daughter, Elizabeth Blanch Moore, would be born in 1959 at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Upon leaving Webb School, Moore returned to Chapel Hill to complete his course work toward his Ph.D.  He would finally receive his Ph.D. in 1963 after completing his dissertation on “Territorial Arkansas, 1910-1936.”

Moore completed his dissertation while serving as Assistant Professor of History at Northeast Louisiana State University in Monroe, Louisiana, where he taught from 1060-1965.  Interestingly enough, while teaching at Northeast, he would have as a student Don Jones, a future long-time member of UCA’s history department.  Dr. Jones stated that Dr. Moore had a big-impact on his life in deciding to make a career of teaching history.

Dr. Moore joined the faculty at the University of Central Arkansas in 1965 as Associate Professor of History.  He reached rank of Associate Professor 1970 when he was promoted to full-Professor of History.  Dr. Moore continued serving as Professor of History until his retirement in 1993.  In addition to being a Professor of History he is also the creator of the Oral History Office, the forerunner of the Ozark Heritage Institute, and was its director from 1968-1993.  Dr. Moore was also instrumental in the creation of the UCA Archives.

The teaching of American and Arkansas history were Dr. Moore’s specialty along with teaching senior seminar courses which instructed students how to conduct research and write history.  Dr. Moore is the past president of the Faulkner County Historical Society where he edited the society’s quarterly, Faulkner Facts and Fiddlings, from 1970-1974.  He is also past president of the Arkansas Historical Association, 1974-1976, and was elected to the Council of the Oral History Association and would serve as its President.

Books which were authored by Dr. Moore include:  Arkansas, Land of Opportunity, an Arkansas in the gilded Age, 1874-1900.  Dr. Moore collaborated with fellow UCA faculty member Dr. Glenn Smith in creating “Scene” a monthly KETS-TV program that discussed current events in the light of history.  Among his most noteworthy articles is “Oral History.” which was published in History News in March, 1975.

Dr. Moore is a member of Phi Alpha Theta, Kappa Sigma, the Southern Historical Association, and America Association of State and Local History.  In 1999 he was elected Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at UCA.  Dr. & Mrs. Moore make their home in Conway, Arkansas.

Arrangement:

Series I – Personal Correspondence

Series II – Oral History, Black History, etc.

Series III– Constitutional Convention

Series IV– Nursing Association

Series V – School Board Meeting

Series VI– Southwestern Library Association

Series VII– Business Correspondence

 

 

Series I – Personal Correspondence

Box 1

File 1 – Personal Correspondence, 1960-1992

File 2 – Personal Cards:  Birthday and Christmas

File 3 – Chamber of Commerce, 1971-1976

File 4 – Jerry Brown for President telephone poll, political, 1976

End of Box 1

End of Series 1

 

Series II – Oral History

Box 1

File 1 – The Oral History Program – Bibliography, Spring 1976

File 2 – O.H. Clippings and Pamphlets, 1966-1969

File 3 – O.H. Clippings and Pamphlets, 1970-1978

File 4 – O.H. Clippings and Pamphlets, 1970-1978

File 5 – O.H. Clippings and Pamphlets, 1973-1984

File 6 – Kentucky O.H. Conferences, 1976-1978

File 7 – Deb Williams Interviews/FCHS on baseball, 1976

File 8 – Non O.H. Publications, 1974-1979

File 9 – Non O.H. Publications, 1979-1980

File 10- O.H. Publications, 1974-1984

File 11- Students Work:  Paul English, James L. Campbell, and Don Rinker

File 12- Summary of Columbia Collection by James D. Kimmer, 1990

File 13- Miscellaneous Oral History Information

File 14- O.H. Correspondence, 1976-1977

File 15- O.H. Association Correspondence, 1979-1980’s

File 16- O.H. Association Correspondence, 1990’s

End of Box 1

 

Series II – Oral History

Box 2

File 1 – 2nd National Colloquium on Oral History – Columbia University – Arden House, Harriman NY, November 18-21, 1967

File 2 – 3rd Oral History Colloquium – University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Nebraska, November 22-25, 1968

File 3 – 4th Oral History Colloquium – Warrington, Virginia, November 7-10, 1969

File 4 – 5th Oral History Colloquium – Pacific Grove, California, November 13-16, 1970

File 5 – 6th Oral History Colloquium – Indiana University – Bloomington, Indiana, October 8-10, 1971

File 6 – 7th Oral History Colloquium – Austin, Texas, November 10-12, 1972

File 7 – 8th Oral History  Colloquium – West Point, Kentucky, November 1-2, 1973

File 8 – 9th  Oral History Colloquium – Jackson Lake Lodge, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, September 13-15, 1974

File 9 – 10th Oral  History Colloquium – Ashville, North Carolina, October 23-26, 1975

File 10- 11th Oral  History Colloquium – Canada, September 9-10, 1976

File 11- 12th Oral History Colloquium – Coronado, California, October 21-23, 1977

File 12- 13th Oral History Colloquium and Workshop – Savannah, Georgia, October 19-22, 1978

File 13- 14th Oral History Colloquium – Michigan State University, October 24-28, 1979

File 14- 15th Oral History Colloquium – Tamarron – Colorado, October 2-3, 1980

File 15- 16th Oral History Colloquium – Burlington, Vermont, September 24-25, 1981

File 16- 17th Oral History Colloquium – San Antonio, Texas, October 8-10, 1982

File 17- 18th Oral History Colloquium – Seattle, Washington, September 29- October 2, 1983

File 18- 19th Oral History Colloquium – Lexington, Kentucky, September 20-23, 1984

File 19- 20th Oral History Colloquium – Pensacola, Florida, October 31-November 3, 1985

File 20- 21st Oral History Colloquium – Long Beach, California, October 23-26, 1986

File 21- 22nd Oral History Colloquium – St. Paul, Minnesota, October 15-18, 1987

End of Box 2

 

Series II – Oral History

Box 3

File 1 – Oral History Colloquium – Waco, Texas, February 25-26, 1988

File 2 – Oral History Colloquium – Galveston, Texas, October 19-22, 1989

File 3 – Oral History Colloquium – Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 8-11, 1990

File 4 – Oral History Colloquium – Snowbird, Utah, October 10-13, 1991

File 5 – Oral History Colloquium – Cleveland, Ohio, October 15-18, 1992

End of Box 3

 

Series II – Oral History

Box 4

File 1 – Newspaper Articles – Titan Missile Explosion – Damascus, Arkansas, September 20,1980- October 18, 1981

File 2 – History of Arkansas State Teachers College

File 3 – Black History, 1970’s

File 4 – History Teaching Material

End of Box 4

Box 5

File 1 – Manuscript, “The Historic Restoration and Additions of the Faulkner County Library”, Steve Hartje

File 2 – Manuscript, “The Stranger”, Jessie Bush

File 3 – Manuscript, “Arkansas Banking History”, Thomas G. Wilson

File 4 – Manuscript, “Why People Migrated to Faulkner County”, Robert B. Walz

File 5 – Manuscript and Genealogy, “Guy A. Simmons”, Hattie Ann Kelso

File 6 – Photographs and Slides, Louis Starr

File 7 – Slides, Enid Douglas, 1980

File 8 – Slide, Ron Marcello and Eugenia Meyer, 1974

File 9 – Photographs, Oral History Association Wingspread Conference, July 1979

File 10 – Photographs, Unknown Oral History Association Conference

File 11 – Teaching Arkansas History Materials, 1988 – 1991

Scrapbook – Various People and Events, 1985-1990

End of Box 5

End of Series II

 

Series III- Constitutional Convention

Box 1

File 1 – Constitutional Conventional Daily Journal

File 2 – Delegates to Constitutional Convention

File 3 – Radio Show

File 4 – Arkansas Constitutional Convention Bibliography, 1969-1970

End of Box 1

End of Series III

 

Series IV– Nursing Association

Box 1

File 1 – Arkansas State Nurses Association Special Gift Fund, Inc. – Approximate Budget O.H. Program, 1970

File 2 – Daphne D. Doster – First Dean, U of A School of Nursing

File 3 – UALR Nurse Training Program, 1947-1963

File 4 – History of Nursing in Arkansas, 1879-1940’s

File 5 – History of Nursing in Arkansas, 1950-1969

File 6 – Arkansas State Nursing Association – Annual Meeting Programs, 1914-1966

File 7 – Arkansas State Nursing Association – Miscellaneous, 1914-1942

File 8 – Arkansas State Nursing Association – Miscellaneous, 1954-1970

File 9 – Arkansas State Nursing Association Newsletter – Arkansas Light, 1930’s, 1940’s, 1950’s, 1960’s

File 10- Arkansas State Nursing Association – Public Health Nursing, 1937-1954

File 11- Arkansas Conference of Social Work, 1937-1960

File 12- Arkansas State Nursing Issues, 1956-1969

File 13- Newspaper Articles, 1914-1969

File 14- Arkansas State Nursing Association – Past Presidents

File 15- Mrs. Marjorie M. Ward Falconer – President of Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1927-1928

File 16- Miss Mary Belzner – President of Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1932-1934

File 17- Mrs. Eupha Sue Hixon Knox – President of Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1934-1937

File 18- Eupha S. Hixon Knox Photo Collection, 1920-1970’s

File 19- Arkansas State Nurses Association 50th Anniversary, 1912-1962

File 20- Correspondence from Eupha S. Hixon Knox – Newspaper clippings and pamphlets, 1975

File 21- Newspaper clippings – Nurse/Administrator, Eupha Sue (Hixon) Knox, 1936-1972

File 22- Mary Atchley Johnson, President of Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1937

File 23- Mrs. C. Moody Sanders, President of Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1939-1941

File 24- Mrs Marie Broach, President of Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1944-1946

File 25- Mrs. Claudia Lamar McMillin, President of Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1946-1948

File 26- Mrs. Odessa Christain, President of Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1948-1950

File 27- Catherine Hockaday, President of Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1950-1953

File 28- Mrs. Christine Needham, President of Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1940-1941 & 1954-1956

File 29- Mrs. Anne Presley, President or Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1956-1957

File 30- Hilda Scott, President of Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1957-1958

File 31- Mrs. Dorthea Funk, President of Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1958-1962

File 32- Mrs. Mary Kutz, President of Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1964

File 33- Miss Marguerite Burt, President of Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1962-1964

File 34- Sister Patricia L. Findley, President of Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1964-1966

File 35- Mrs. Nettie Jane Goss, President of Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1966-1968

File 36- Mrs. Margaret Sengle, President of Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1968-1970

File 37- Mary Emma Smith, Boardmember – Arkansas State Nurses Association

File 38- Mary M. Roberts, RN

End of Box 1

 

Series IV– Nursing

Box 2

File 1 – Nursing, 1970

File 2 – Proposal Agreement – Oral History/Arkansas State Nursing Association, 1972

File 3 – Arkansas State Nursing Association Special Gift Fund Grant Request/Oral History Program, 1973-1974

File 4 – Re-application Arkansas State Nursing Association Past President Grant, 1974

File 5 – Special Gifts Fund Meeting, 1974-1975

File 6 – Arkansas State Nursing Association Special Gifts Fund Committee, 1975

File 7 – State Nurses Association Project, 1975

File 8 – Arkansas State Nursing Association Special Gifts Fund, 1975-1976

File 9 – State Health Department Workshop, 1975-1977

File 10- UCA Department of Nursing, 1979

End of Box 2

End of Series IV

 

Series V – School Board Meeting

Box 1

File 1 – School Board – Conway, 1971-1972

File 2 – School Board Race – Conway, 1971

File 3 – School Board Minutes, 1972

File 4 – School Board Minutes, April 1971- August 1972

File 5 – School Board Minutes, 1973

File 6 – School Board Agendas, December 1973- August 1974

File 7 – School Board Agendas, September 1974-1975

File 8 – School Board, 1975

File 9 – School Board, 1975

File 10- Conway Millage Election, 1975

File 11- School Board, 1976

File 12- School Board, 1976

File 13- School Board Committees, 1977

File 14- School Board Election, 1977

File 15- School Board, 1976-1977

End of Box 1

End of Series V

 

Series VI– Southwestern Library Association

Box 1

File 1 – Society of American Archivists – Society of Southwestern Archivists, 1976-1980

File 2 – National Endowment for the Humanities Public Program, 1978

File 3 – Southwestern Library Association, 1978-1980

File 4 – Southwestern Library Association – Oral History and the Library, 1978-1980

File 5 – Southwestern Library Association On-site Training Evaluation, July-September 1980

File 6 – Southwestern Library Association Oral History Project, 1980-1981

File 7 – Southwestern Library Association – Last Phase, April-June 1981

File 8 – Southwestern Library Association – Oral History On-site Training, 1980

File 9 – Southwestern Library Association – Oral History Project – Sample Transcripts, 1981

File 10- Southwestern Library Association – Oral History Project Request, 1980

File 11- Southwestern Library Association – Oral History Project – Ozarks Library, 1980-1981

File 12- Chaps Meeting – SWLA/NEH Oral History – Tri-Lakes Regional Library, 1980

File 13-  SWLA/Coal Miners Research Project – Raton, New Mexico, 1980

File 14- SWLA/Hardwood Foundation – Oral History Program – Taos, New Mexico, 1980-1981

End of Box 1

End of Series VI

 

Series VII– Business Correspondence

Box 1

File 1 – Correspondence, 1958-1961

File 2 – Correspondence, 1962

File 3 – Correspondence, 1963

File 4 – Correspondence, 1964

File 5 – Correspondence, 1965

File 6 – Correspondence NDEA, 1966

File 7 – Correspondence, 1966

File 8 – Correspondence, 1967

File 9 – Correspondence, 1968

File 10- Correspondence, January-April 1969

File 11A- Correspondence, May-December 1969

File 11B- Chamber of Commerce, January 1969- May 1971

File 12- Correspondence, January-May 1970

File 13A- Correspondence, June-September 1970

File 13B- Correspondence, October-December 1970

File 14A- Correspondence, January-May 1971

File 14B- Correspondence, January-December 1971

End of Box 1

 

Series VII– Business Correspondence

Box 2

File 1 – Correspondence, January-August 1972

File 2 – Correspondence, September-December 1972

File 3 – Correspondence, January-May 1973

File 4 – Correspondence, June-September 1973

File 5 – Correspondence, October-December 1973

File 6 – Faulkner County Centennial Pageant, 1973

File 7 – Correspondence, January-March 1974

File 8 – Correspondence, April-June 1974

File 9 – Correspondence, July-September 1974

File 10- Correspondence, October-December 1974

File 11- Correspondence, January-April 1975

File 12- Correspondence, May-August 1975

File 13- Correspondence, September-December 1975

File 14- Correspondence, September-December 1975

End of Box 2

 

Series VII– Business Correspondence

Box 3

File 1 – Campus Mail, 1976-1977

File 2 – Correspondence, January-March 1976

File 3 – Correspondence, April-June 1976

File 4 – Correspondence, July-September 1976

File 5 – Correspondence, October-December 1976

End of Box 3

 

Series VII- Business Correspondence

Box 4

File 1 – Chamber of Commerce Correspondence, July 1976-1981

File 2 – Campus Mail, 1977

File 3 – Correspondence, January-April 1977

File 4 – Correspondence, May-August 1977

File 5 – Correspondence, September-December 1977

File 6 – Faculty Rotating, 1977

File 7 – Campus Mail, 1978

File 8 – Correspondence, January-May 1978

File 9 – Correspondence, June-September 1978

File 10- Correspondence, October-December 1978

File 11- Correspondence, January-April 1979

File 12- Correspondence, May-September 1979

File 13- Correspondence, October-December 1979

End of Box 4

 

Series VII– Business Correspondence

Box 5

File 1 – Campus Mail, 1979-1980

File 2 – Campus Mail, 1980-1981

File 3 – Correspondence, January-May 1980

File 4 – Correspondence, June-October 1980

File 5 – Correspondence, September-December 1980

File 6 – Correspondence, January-March 1981

File 7 – Correspondence, April-June 1981

File 8 – Correspondence, June-December 1981

File 9 – Campus Mail, July 1981- June 1982

File 10- Campus Mail, July 1981- December 1982

File 11- Conway Chamber of Commerce, 1981-1982

File 12- Correspondence, January-March 1982

File 13- Correspondence, April-June 1982

File 14- Correspondence, July-September 1982

File 15- Correspondence, October-December 1982

End of Box 5

 

Series VII– Business Correspondence

Box 6

File 1 – Correspondence, January-March 1983

File 2 – Correspondence, April-June 1983

File 3 – Correspondence, July-September 1983

File 4 – Correspondence October-December 1983

File 5 – Campus Mail, July 1983 & June 1984

File 6 – Correspondence, January-June 1984

File 7 – Correspondence, July-September 1984

File 8 – Correspondence, October-December 1984

File 9 – UCA Publications Committee, 1984-1986

File 10- Correspondence, January-March 1985

File 11- Correspondence, April-July 1985

File 12- Correspondence, August-December 1985

File 13- Campus Mail, July-December 1985

End of Box 6

 

Series VII- Business Correspondence

Box 7

File 1 – Correspondence, January-June 1986

File 2 – Correspondence, July-December 1986

File 3 – Campus Mail II, 1986

File 4 – AEH Sesquicentennial Grant

File 5 – Correspondence, January-March 1987

File 6 – Correspondence, April-August 1987

File 7 – Correspondence, September-December 1987

File 8 – Campus Mail, 1987-1988

File 9 – Campus Mail, August-December 1988

File 10- Correspondence, January-March 1988

File 11- Correspondence, April-June 1988

File 12- Correspondence, July-December 1988

File 13- Correspondence – Ozark Heritage, January-November 1988

File 14- UCA Campus Contact, 1988-1989

End of Box 7

 

Series VII- Business Correspondence

Box 8

File 1 – Campus Mail, January-March 1989

File 2 – Campus Mail, April-June 1989

File 3 – Correspondence, January-June 1989

File 4 – Correspondence, July-December 1989

File 5 – Correspondence, January-March 1990

File 6 – Correspondence, April-June 1990

File 7 – Correspondence, July-October 1990

File 8 – Correspondence, November-December 1990

File 9 – Correspondence, January-February 1991

File 10- Correspondence, March-May 1991

File 11- Correspondence, June-August 1991

File 12- Correspondence, September-December 1991

File 13- Correspondence, January-May 1992

File 14- Correspondence, June-December 1992

File 15- W.W.II and History Department Screening Committee, November 1989- December 1992

File 16- History Department – Miscellaneous

File 17- Correspondence, January-July 1993

End of Box 8

End of Series VII

End of Collection