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 help eh rank of Associate Professor until 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
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