urn:taro:ttu.sw.00173 Margaret McCollum (Mrs. John Wesley) Mooar: An Inventory of Her Papers, 1870-1920, in the Southwest Collection, Special Collections Libraries Abel Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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July 2003 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Karen Hicks, July 2003. Finding aid written in English Tue Jul 22 15:23:39 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.sw.00173 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the Margaret McCollum (Mrs. John Wesley) Mooar Papers, 1870-1920 Abel Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, June 2003 Descriptive Summary Mooar, Margaret McCollum Margaret McCollum (Mrs. John Wesley) Mooar Papers, 1870-1920 Papers related to activities of Margaret Mooar in Colorado City, Texas. S 721.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 1 wallet (0.1 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

A music teacher, Margaret was born in 1862 in Newburgh, New York. She married John Wesley Mooar, a businessman and rancher, and moved to Colorado City, Texas. They had two children, Lydia Louise Mooar and John Combs Mooar. Mrs. Mooar was the first music teacher in Colorado City and was active in women's clubs. Margaret M. Mooar died in 1918 in Colorado City.

 Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence and literary productions. It bulks (1911-1912) with correspondence pertaining to the genealogy of the Mooar family. Includes notes from women's club meetings most notably the Up-to-Date Club of Colorado City, Texas. Also includes some musical programs and club ribbons.

 Index Terms

The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.

Subjects (Persons) Mooar, Margaret McCollum Mooar, Margaret McCollum--Family Moore family--Genealogy Places Colorado City (Tex.) Colorado City (Tex.)--Social life and customs Subjects Women--Texas--Colorado City--Societies and clubs

Gift, 1955

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

Abel Ramirez, June 2003

 Preferred Citation

Margaret McCollum Mooar Papers, 1870-1920, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

 Colorado City, Texas. Odessa, Texas: Backroads Graphics, 1976. Lore and Legend: A Compilation of Documents Depicting the History of Colorado City and Mitchell County. Colorado City, Texas, 1976.

For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:

John Wesley Mooar Papers, 1871-1917 and undated Lydia Louise Mooar Papers, 1876-1971 and undated Collection Inventory Papers, 1870-1920 1 1 Correspondence to Mrs. John W. Mooar, 1912 1 2 Musical Programs for Beethoven and Harmony Halls, 1900 1 3 Up-to-Date Club, Women's Club of Colorado City, Texas, 1870-1920 1 4 Up-to-Date Club, Women's Club of Colorado City, Texas, 1900