Manuscript Collection Inventory
Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Harlan E. Moore
Collection, 1931-2004.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
Harlan
Harlan
Harlan
Harlan
E.
E.
E.
E.
Moore
Moore and Co.
Moore Charitable Trust
Moore Heart Research Foundation
Box 1:
I. Harlan E. Moore
Biographical Information, 1950, 1952, ca. 1976
Obituaries, 1979
Interview by Rev. W. Edward Harris, ca. 1970s (2 cassette tapes)
Moore Estate – Documents and Correspondence, ca. 1970s
Finances, 1950, 1964-70
Honors, Awards, Appointments, 1950, 1952, 1979
Real Estate
Property Maps, 1931, Harlan E. Moore's Green Street lots
Insurance Survey for Property in Piatt County, Ill., 1942
Contracts and Correspondence with McJilton Family, 1951
Appraisal of Land in Champaign County, Ill., 1957
Mortgage Papers and Bills of Sale, 1961-73
Writings by and about Harlan E. Moore, 1954, ca. 1970s-80s
II. Harlan E. Moore and Co.
Harlan E. Moore and Co.: A Story of Service, pamphlet,
12 pages, c.1960
"Blaze Sweeps Moore Plant in Champaign," Champaign-Urbana
News-Gazette, Mar. 17, 1981 (Deck 8 flat storage)
"Moore Reconstruction," ibid. Apr. 22, 1981
Advertisement, Cramer Company purchases Home Insulation
Division of the Harlan E. Moore Company, ibid., Apr. 7, 1985
(Deck 8 flat storage)
Correspondence, 1952, 1970-77. (Some letters relate to
Harlan E. Moore's gifts.)
Finances
1978-82
1983-88
1989-95
Lease regarding partnership with Charitable Trust, 1985
“Valuation of Harlan E. Moore Co. Inc., performed by James A.
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Gentry, IBE Distinguished Professor of Finance, UIUC,” 1990
Sale of Moore and Co. – Documents and Correspondence, 1995-96
III. Harlan E. Moore Charitable Trust
Trust Agreement, 1976 (Amended 1978)
General Administrative Documents
Correspondence (General), 1977, 1982-83
Minutes of Meetings (Shareholders), 1979-95
Minutes of Meetings (Trustees)
1977-80
1981-84
1985-90
1991-96
1997-2004
Legal and Financial Documents
Charitable Trust v. United States
Civil Action No. 91-2330 (1992)
Correspondence and Related Documents, 1992-93
Correspondence with and about the I.R.S., 1976-86
Notes on the I.R.S., 1977-83
Financial Reports, 1979-98
Annual Reports to the State of Illinois (Form AG-990), 1981-98
Tax Returns (Federal)
1976-84
1985-92
1993-98
Tax Returns (State), 1978-96
Philanthropy
Krannert Art Museum, booklet, Inside Illinois article, and
ephemera regarding the Theresa E. and Harlan E. Moore
Collection
Moore Park, near Sterling, Brown County, Ill., from Harlan E.
Moore bequest to Brown County Soil and Water Conservation
District. and Soil, two maps, two articles (photocopies),
1991, 1996, in Deck 8, flat storage cabinet)
3
WILL-TV – Letter (1976); article in Patterns, Feb. 1990.
Box 2:
Related Interests
Harlan E. Moore Farms
Piatt County Farm (Harlan E. Moore Heart Research Foundation)
Application for Complete Farm Management Service, 1979
Map, 1982
Correspondence, 1977, 1994-97
Finances, 1994-97
Transfer of Farm from to Heart Research Foundation –
Correspondence and Related Documents, 1998
Brown County Demonstration Farm
Photographs of Brown County Farm and Vicinity, 1981, 1988
Brown County, Ill., SWCD (Soil and Water Conservation
District) Newsletter, features articles on the Moore Farm,
1987-92
Fisher Lumber Co.
Finances, 1977-96
Sale of Company – Documents and Newspaper Clippings, 1994-96
Photographs, 1995
Lyle Cagle, Manager: articles in Fisher Reporter, Nov. 1996,
and Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, Nov. 28, 1996; obituary,
ibid., July 30, 2001
Example of Harlan E. Moore Charitable Trust Letterhead
IV. Harlan E. Moore Heart Research Foundation
Articles and Research, by Fred A. Kummerow and others, 1979-90
"Hog house helps researchers fight human heart disease,"
News-Gazette, Mar. 29, 1986, on Kummerow's research
(Deck 8, flat storage cabinet)
By-Laws, 1978, 1980
Annual Meetings – Agendas and Minutes, 1979-95
Correspondence, 1976-90
Finances, 1979-88
Internal Reports, 1979-83
Memoranda, 1975-83
Illinois Power Company brochure on Harlan E. Moore
Heart Research Foundation, c.1978