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John Bassett Moore Papers A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2013 Contact information: Additional search options available at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms0141013 LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/ Prepared by Manuscript Division Staff Collection Summary Title: John Bassett Moore Papers Span Dates: 1866-1949 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1885-1938) ID No.: MSS33332 Creator: Moore, John Bassett, 1860-1947 Extent: 100,000 items ; 298 containers ; 119.2 linear feet Language: Collection material in English Location: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Summary: Lawyer, educator and jurist. Correspondence, letterbooks, autobiographical and biographical material, memoranda and notes, speeches, literary manuscripts, and printed matter principally concerning the subject of international law, which Moore taught, wrote about, and practiced. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. People Adee, Alvey A. (Alvey Augustus), 1842-1924. Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898. Borchard, Edwin, 1884-1951. Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925. Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947. Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923. Dodge, Cleveland H. (Cleveland Hoadley), 1860-1926. Foster, John Watson, 1836-1917. Gray, George, 1840-1925. Gresham, Walter Quintin, 1832-1895. Hay, John, 1838-1905. Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948. Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945. Knox, Philander C. (Philander Chase), 1853-1921. Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914. Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857. McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941. Moore, John Bassett, 1860-1947. Putnam, William L. (William Le Baron), 1835-1918. Root, Elihu, 1845-1937. Rowe, L. S. (Leo Stanton), 1871-1946. Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946. Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. Organizations League of Nations. North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration (1910 : The Hague, Netherlands) Subjects Fisheries. International law. Neutrality. Spanish-American War, 1898. Places John Bassett Moore Papers 2 East Asia. Latin America. Occupations Lawyers. Administrative Information Provenance The papers of John Bassett Moore, lawyer, educator, and jurist, were given to the Library of Congress by his daughters, Phyllis Elwyn Storey, Anne Ferguson Frederick, and Angela Turner Plac, in 1959. Additions were received from Yale University, 1975-1976, and Richardson Dougall, 1981. Processing History The papers of John Bassett Moore were arranged and described in 1960 and revised and expanded in 1979. The finding aid was revised in 2013. Copyright Status Copyright in the unpublished writings of John Bassett Moore in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public. Access and Restrictions The papers of John Bassett Moore are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Preferred Citation Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, John Bassett Moore Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Biographical Note Date Event 1860, Dec. 3 Born, Smyrna, Del. 1877-1880 Attended University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. 1880-1883 Studied law with Edward C. Bradford, Wilmington, Del. 1885 Entered Department of State as law clerk 1886-1891 Third assistant secretary of state 1887 Secretary to Conference on Samoan Affairs 1887-1888 Secretary to Conference on North Atlantic Fisheries 1891-1924 Professor of international law and diplomacy, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1898 Assistant secretary of state Secretary and counsel to the American Peace Commission, Paris, France John Bassett Moore Papers 3 1903-1904 Agent of the United States before the United States and Dominican Mixed Commission 1910 United States delegate, Fourth International American Conference, Buenos Aires 1910 Minister plenipotentiary to the Centenario, Chile 1912 United States delegate, International Commission of Jurists, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1913-1938 Member, Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hague, Netherlands 1913-1914 Counselor, Department of State 1915 Member, Pan American Financial Conference, Washington, D.C. and vice chairman, Inter- American High Commission 1921-1928 Judge, Permanent Court of International Justice, Hague, Netherlands 1922-1923 Ambassador extraordinary, United States delegate, and president, Commission of Jurists on Rules for Aircraft and Radio in Time of War, Hague, Netherlands 1947, Nov. 12 Died, New York, N.Y. Scope and Content Note The papers of John Bassett Moore (1860-1947) span the years 1866-1949, with the bulk from the period 1885-1938. The collection consists of correspondence, a few letterbooks, notes, memoranda, manuscripts of speeches, articles, and books, memorabilia, newspaper clippings and printed matter. The papers are organized into nine series: Diary Memoranda; General Correspondence; Subject File; Autobiographical and Biographical File; Speech, Article, and Book File; Scrapbooks; Miscellany; William L. Marcy Biographical File; and Addition. The dominant subject is international law. Much of Moore's life, from when he entered the Department of State as a law clerk in 1885 until he resigned from the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague in 1938, was devoted to the study and practice of international law, and the collection reflects this central theme. The typescript of an unpublished memoir edited by Edwin Borchard, and a large file of miscellaneous autobiographical and biographical material is included in the papers. Significant correspondents include Alvey A. Adee, Thomas F. Bayard, William Jennings Bryan, Edwin Borchard, Nicholas Murray Butler, William R. Day, Cleveland H. Dodge, John Watson Foster, George Gray, Walter Quintin Gresham, John Hay, Charles Evans Hughes, Hiram Johnson, Philander C. Knox, A. T. Mahan, W. G. McAdoo, William L. Putnam, Sir Cecil Spring Rice, Elihu Root, L. S. Rowe, Harland Fiske Stone, and Woodrow Wilson. Arrangement of the Papers This collection is arranged in nine series: • Diary Memoranda, 1883-1925 • General Correspondence, 1877-1949 • Subject File, 1879-1948 • Autobiographical and Biographical File, 1885-1945 • Speech, Article, and Book File, 1889-1944 • Scrapbooks, 1866-1942 • Miscellany • William L. Marcy Biographical File • Addition, 1884-1945 John Bassett Moore Papers 4 Description of Series Container Series BOX 1 Diary Memoranda, 1883-1925 Diary-like memoranda of various events. Arranged chronologically. BOX 2-88 General Correspondence, 1877-1949 Letters sent and received. Arranged by year or span of years and therein alphabetically by name of correspondent. BOX 89-205 Subject File, 1879-1948 Correspondence, notes, memoranda, newpaper clippings, and printed matter. Arranged in major topics and thereunder alphabetically. BOX 206-220 Autobiographical and Biographical File, 1885-1945 Notes, memoranda, photocopies and typescripts of Moore's papers and other source material as assembled by him and his assistants in the preparation of his memoirs. Includes an unpublished memoir edited by Edwin Borchard. An index to a portion of this series is in Container 206. The unindexed portion is grouped by type of material. BOX 221-234 Speech, Article, and Book File, 1889-1944 Holograph, typed, near-print, and printed copies as well as drafts of speeches, articles, remarks, and book reviews. Also included is correspondence regarding Moore's writings. Arranged by type of material and therein chronologically. BOX 235-275 Scrapbooks, 1866-1942 Bound and unbound mounted clippings. Bound volumes are arranged chronologically by the earliest date in each volume and unbound material by subject. BOX 276-288 Miscellany Announcements, calling cards, invitations, birthday and anniversary greetings, notes and memoranda, loose newspaper clippings and printed matter. Arranged by type of material. BOX 289-293 William L. Marcy Biographical File Miscellaneous papers collected for a projected biography of Marcy, including correspondence, transcripts of letters and related material, notes, memoranda, a typescript of a diary (1833-1857), printed matter and newspaper clippings. Unarranged. BOX 294-298 Addition, 1884-1945 General correspondence, subject files, writings, and miscellaneous material. Organized alphabetically by type of material and therein by subject or topic. John Bassett Moore Papers 5 Container List Container Contents BOX 1 Diary Memoranda, 1883-1925 Diary-like memoranda of various events. Arranged chronologically. 1883-1925 BOX 2-88 General Correspondence, 1877-1949 Letters sent and received. Arranged by year or span of years and therein alphabetically by name of correspondent. 1877, R. H. Skinner 1884-1887, "A-Z" miscellaneous 1885, More family 1886, Moore family 1887, Moore family 1888 "A-Z" miscellaneous Moore family 1889 "A-Z" miscellaneous Bayard, Thomas F. Moore family 1890 "A-Z" miscellaneous Lindsay, John D. Moore family 1891 "A-Z" miscellaneous Bancroft, Frederick Bayard, Thomas F. Harrison, Benjamin Low, Seth Moore family Rives, George Lockhart BOX 3 1892 "A-Z" miscellaneous Bayard, Thomas F. Field, D. O. Moore family 1893 "A-Z" miscellaneous