urn:taro:utarl.02067 Eva Moore Postcards: A GuideFinding aid prepared by Brenda S. McClurkin Finding aid encoded by Brenda S. McClurkin, June 29, 2011. Finding aid written in English. November 2, 2011Encoding updated by Brenda S. McClurkin Descriptive Summary Moore, Eva. Eva Moore Postcards 1907-1911 Eva Moore was a young lady who lived in Meridian, Texas, in 1907. By August 1908, Miss Moore had moved to Temple, Texas, where she received mail in care of Cheeves Bros. This collection of 236 postcards documents the casual correspondence among family, friends and sweethearts at the turn of the 20th century. The postcards themselves primarily feature floral motifs, but also bear best wishes for special occasions such as birthdays and holidays, romantic themes, and occasionally greetings from a particular locale. AR5711 box (0.33 linear ft.) Materials are in English. Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library Biographical Note

Little is known about Eva Moore except that she resided in Meridian, Texas, in 1907 and early 1908, then moved to Temple, Texas, apparently to work for Cheeves Bros.

Scope and Contents

Postcards.

 Access

Open for research.

 Literary Rights Statement

Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.

 Provenance

Legacy gift, date of gift is unknown.

 Acquisition

Legacy gift, date of gift is unknown.

Accessioned as number 2011-90.

 Citation

Eva Moore Postcards, AR571, Box Number, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library.

 Processing Information

The postcards were cleaned, sleeved, and arranged by Ebone' Bruner.

 Related Material

AR311: Texas Postcard Collection

AR416: Jenkins Garrett Texas Postcard Collection

 Organization

The postcards have been arranged chronologically by their postmark date. Those postcards with illegible postmarks, with postmarks bearing only month and day, or postcards with no postmark have been assembled as undated cards.

Index Terms

These materials are indexed under the following headings in the catalog of The University of Texas at Arlington Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons Moore, Eva--Correspondence. Places Meridian (Tex.)--Social life and customs.Temple (Tex.)--Social life and customs. FormatsPostcards--Texas.Alternate TitlesHistorical Manuscripts Collection