A Preliminary Inventory of Her Papers in the Manuscript Collection at the Harry
Ransom Humanities Research Center
Creator:
Ruth Moore, 1903-1989
Title:
Ruth Moore Papers
Dates:
1943-1962
Extent:
5 boxes and 9 galley folders (2.1 linear feet)
Abstract:
The Ruth Moore Papers contain manuscripts
for eight of her works of fiction, as well one for a book of poetry, Cold as a Dog and the Wind Northeast: Ballads (1958).
The Ruth Moore Papers contain typescript drafts and galley files for eight of her
works of
fiction, as well a typescript for a book of poetry, Cold as a Dog and the Wind Northeast: Ballads (1958). There is also
a letter to Moore from Elisabeth Hamilton at William Morrow & Company, Inc., concerning
an award for her novel Jeb Ellis of Candlemas Bay (1952).
Related Material
Additional Moore correspondence can be found in the papers of Thayer Hobson, her editor
at
William Morrow & Company, Inc.
