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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Genevieve Pearce Moore Diary, #3943, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Genevieve Pearce Moore of High Point, N.C., May 1972.

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A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.

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• Diaries.
• Greensboro (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• High Point (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Moore, Genevieve Pearce, b. ca. 1889.
• Music--Instruction and study--United States--History--20th century.
• Teachers--Florida--History--20th century.
• Teachers--New Jersey--History--20th century.
• Teachers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Travelers--Diaries.
• Women travelers--Diaries.
• Women--Florida--Social life and customs.
• Women--New Jersey--Social life and customs.
• Women--North Carolina--Social life and customs.

Genevieve Pearce Moore (born circa 1889) of High Point, N.C., was an elementary school teacher and counselor in North Carolina, Florida, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C.

The collection includes the intermittent personal diary of Genevieve Pearce Moore. The entries concern Moore's daily personal and domestic life, her work with school children, especially in music; her various social, church, volunteer, and club activities; and her frequent vacation trips. The majority of the entries were written from North Carolina locations, primarily High Point, Leaksville, and Aberdeen.