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Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie, Indiana, 47306
765-285-5078 libarchives@bsu.edu

Mildred J. Moore papers RG.04.01.17
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Biographical Note / Historical Note / Administrative History......................................................................4
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Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................4
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 6
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Mildred J. Moore papers RG.04.01.17
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Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Mildred J. Moore papers undated
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English
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Mildred J. Moore papers, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries
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Mildred J. Moore papers RG.04.01.17
Mildred Moore is most well known for being the former chair of the Ball State Home Economics department from 1951-1973 having taken charge of the department after Mary Beeman's retirement.
Originally born in Mahaska County Iowa in 1906, she was a graduate of William Penn College and received her masters in education from Iowa State University in 1943. Before coming to Ball State
Teachers College, she worked at the University of Illinois, Stout State University and several Iowa high schools. The Moore Unit of the Home Management Complex was named in her honor and a scholarship for students seeking to study home economics/family and consumer sciences is named after her.
In addition to her work at Ball State University, Ms. Moore was also the president of the Indiana Home
Economics Association for two years, president of the Muncie Altrusa club for 19 years. Before taking up teaching, she owned and operated a farm near Des Moines, Iowa where she raised Black Angus cattle.
She passed away in 1995 at the age of 89.
This collection includes news clippings, academic and philanthropic certificates, and correspondence from her education, career, and post-retirement ranging from 1927-1995.
This collection is arranged by subject.
Publication Information
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
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Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Mildred J. Moore papers RG.04.01.17
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Mildred J. Moore papers RG.04.01.17
Newspaper clippings regarding Mildred Moore, 1952-1972
Artifacts and memorabilia, undated
Postcards, 1968
Photographs of Mildred Moore, 1960-1973
Obituaries for Mildred Moore, 1995/02/05
Educational and philanthropic certificates of Mildred Moore, 1934-1974
Retirement records, 1973
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