Charles Moore papers, 1914-1917

Moore, Charles, b. 1855 d. 1942
Museum director
Detroit, Mich.

Collection size: 6.1 linear ft. (on 3 microfilm reels)

Collection Summary: Business correspondence concerning the Detroit Museum of Art, the National Commission of Fine Arts, the Detroit City Planning and Improvement Commission, and the League to Enforce Peace; minutes of meetings of the National Commission of Fine Arts; published and unpublished writings including typescripts of lectures, handwritten manuscripts, notes, outlines, and galley proofs for Moore's HISTORY OF MICHIGAN; and Detroit Museum of Art bulletins and other printed material.

Biographical/Historical Note: Museum director; Detroit, Michigan. Directed Detroit Museum of Art 1914-1917. Later name changed to Detroit Institute of Arts.

Lent for microfilming by DIA Archives.

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