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Charles Moore

Born: 10/20/1855   Ypsilanti , MI
Died: 1942
Parents: Charles Moore, Adeline Moore
Spouse: Alice Williams (Merriam) Moore (d.1914)
Children: MacAllaster, James

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Wakefield, Birthplace of George Washington Biography , History Adult Washington: The Wakefield National Memorial Association 1932
The Life and Times of Charles Follen McKim Biography , History Adult Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company 1929
The Family Life of George Washington Biography , History Adult Boston New York, Houghton MIfflin company 1926
Daniel H. Burnham, Architect, Planner of Cities Biography , History Adult Boston New York, Houghton MIfflin company 1921
History of Michigan Biography , Michigan History Adult Chicago, IL : Lewis publishing company 1915
The Saint Marys Falls Canal : exercises at the semi-centennial celebration at Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, August 2 and 3, 1905, together with a history of the canal by John H. Goff, and papers relating to the Great Lakes
- edited and compiled by Charles Moore. 		Michigan History Adult Detroit, Mich. : Semi-Centennial Commission 1907
In Memory of Hon. James McMillan, Senator in the Congress of the United States from Michigan; proceedings of the Senate and the House of representatives in joint convention, Wednesday, April second, 1903. Sketch of Senator McMillan's life by Charles Moore. Pub. by authority of the Legislature of 1903 Non Fiction Adult [Lansing, Mich., Press of R. Smith printing co. 1903
The improvement of the park system of the District of Columbia. I.--Report of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia. II.--Report of the Park Commission Non Fiction Adult Washington, Govt. Print. Office 1902
The Northwest Under Three Flags, 1635-1796 History Adult New York, London : Harper and brothers 1900
The discoverers of Lake Superior Michigan History Adult Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan Political Science Association 1897
The Ontonagon Boulder in the National Museum at Washington Non Fiction Adult Charles Moore 1895

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Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Marygrove College Detroit , MI 1980 -1981

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Overseer Harvard College Cambridge 1924 -1930
Acting chief Division of Manuscripts, Library of Congress Washington 1918 -1927
Director Detroit Museum of Art Detroit , MI 1914 -1917
President Detroit Planning Commission 1912 -1919
Member, appointed Chairman, 1915
- Commission was charged with the responsibility of determining the suitability of proposed monuments, statues, and public buildings in Washington. 		National Commission of Fine Arts Washington 1910 -1937
Secretary Security Trust Company Detroit , MI 1908 -1914
Chairman Submarine Signal Company Boston 1906 -1980
Secretary Union Trust Company Detroit , MI 1904 -1906
Secretary to U.S. Senator,James McMillan, Clerk to U.S. Senate Committee of the District of Columbia Washington 1889 -1903
Newspaper positions DetroitMichigan,others 1878 -1895

Other Comments:

Charles Moore Papers (1901-1940) are located at Bentley Historical Library, Ann Arbor, MI. Additional Charles Moore papers are located at the Library of Congress and the Detroit Institute of Art.

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