A.G.T. Moore papers
Scope and Contents
A.G.T. (Andrew Given Tobias) Moore was active in the forestry and lumber industries while also a forest conservationist. He wrote articles and papers on land utilization in addition to giving speeches throughout the United States. Moore was on the Board of Trade, New Orleans and Gainesville, Florida; traffic manager of Southern Pine Association, New Orleans; and director of the Southeast and Southwest Shippers Regional Advisory Board. The collection includes biographical material, correspondence (1920s-1970s), addresses and articles written by Moore on lumber transportation cost problems and forest conservation, as well as photographs of logging operations.
Dates
- 1913-1970
- Other: Majority of material found in 1920s-1950s
- Other: Date acquired: 11/08/1981
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Biographical / Historical
A.G.T. (Andrew Given Tobias) Moore (1889-1961) was active in the forestry and lumber industries while also a forest conservationist. He wrote articles and papers on land utilization in addition to giving speeches throughout the United States. His addresses and articles were often about lumber transportation cost problems and forest conservation. Moore was on the Board of Trade, New Orleans and Gainesville, Florida; was traffic manager of Southern Pine Association, New Orleans; and was director of the Southeast and Southwest Shippers Regional Advisory Board.
Extent
10.00 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
The collection is arranged by topic, then chronologically, as follows: biographical material, correspondence, addresses by Moore, forest and lumber-related articles and papers, Southern Pine Association material, photographs, and volumes. The collection consists of ten boxes.
Source of Acquisition
Children of A.G.T. Moore.
Processing Information
Collection processed by H.B.
- Moore, A. G. T. (Andrew Given Tobias), 1889-1961.
- Articles Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Clippings (information artifacts) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Forest conservation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Forests and forestry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lumber -- Transportation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lumber trade -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Local sources
- Southern Pine Association.
- Speeches Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- United States. Interstate Commerce Commission.
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Author
- LAC Group
- Date
- 07/07/2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Tulane University Special Collections Repository
