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Moore, Doris Langley, 1902-1989

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1902 - 1989

Biography

Fashion historian who founded the Museum of Fashion in Bath, which is also known as the Museum of Costume. Author who wrote on Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace, and Edith Nesbit. Granted OBE.

Found in 932 Collections and/or Records:

Moore, Doris Langley to John Bland, 1932-03-11

 Item — Box 2: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215445], Folder: 8
Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.8.125
Scope and Contents

Transcribed copy of the original letter.



Dates: 1932-03-11
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Edith Nesbit archive, 1880s-2000s / Series 1: Correspondence

Moore, Doris Langley to John Bland, 1931-08-21

 Item — Box 2: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215445], Folder: 9
Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.9.048
Scope and Contents

Transcribed copy of the original letter.



Dates: 1931-08-21
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Edith Nesbit archive, 1880s-2000s / Series 1: Correspondence

Moore, Doris Langley to John Bland, 1931-06-04

 Item — Box 2: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215445], Folder: 10
Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.10.019
Scope and Contents

Transcribed copy of the original letter.



Dates: 1931-06-04
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Edith Nesbit archive, 1880s-2000s / Series 1: Correspondence

Moore, Doris Langley to John Bland, 1931-05-08

 Item — Box 2: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215445], Folder: 10
Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.10.048
Scope and Contents

Transcribed copy of the original letter.



Dates: 1931-05-08
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Edith Nesbit archive, 1880s-2000s / Series 1: Correspondence

Moore, Doris Langley to John Bland, 1932-11-19

 Item — Box 2: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215445], Folder: 7
Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.7.069
Scope and Contents

Transcribed copy of the original letter.



Dates: 1932-11-19
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Edith Nesbit archive, 1880s-2000s / Series 1: Correspondence

Moore, Doris Langley to John O'London's Weekly, 1931-10-19

 Item — Box 2: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215445], Folder: 9
Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.9.041
Scope and Contents

Transcribed copy from the original letter.



Dates: 1931-10-19
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Edith Nesbit archive, 1880s-2000s / Series 1: Correspondence

Moore, Doris Langley to Julia Briggs, 1987-12-23

 Item — Box 2: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215445], Folder: 7
Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.7.001
Scope and Contents

"Dear Julia, Your letter received this morning was very gratifying and made me more eager than ever to see you here, but now we have reached Christmas week - a period about which my feelings are absolutely pro-Scrooge - I have to postpone making any definite appointment..."

Dates: 1987-12-23
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Edith Nesbit archive, 1880s-2000s / Series 1: Correspondence

Moore, Doris Langley to Julia Briggs, 1983-10-24

 Item — Box 2: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215445], Folder: 7
Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.7.002
Scope and Contents

"Dear Mrs Briggs, I write with difficulty because my hands, my typewriter, and my spectacles are all out of order, so prepare for errors. It was true I was in pain when you and William made your otherwise very agreeable visit here. I have now had the report of an X-ray and it seems that my spine, besides having osteo-arthritis, is tending to crumble for the want of chalk, so now I await instructions for coping with this..."

Dates: 1983-10-24
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Edith Nesbit archive, 1880s-2000s / Series 1: Correspondence

Moore, Doris Langley to Julia Briggs, 1976-08-14

 Item — Box 2: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215445], Folder: 7
Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.7.003
Scope and Contents "Dear Mrs Briggs, So many people who are asking a favour of a stranger "begin with an apology" but so few make it easy to reply by sending a stamped addressed envelope. Your letter comes at a time when I am coping with immense and most undesirable plans for alteration of the Museum of Costume founded by me in Bath - which are occasioning a great deal of letter-writing; when I am trying to get my last book to press despite perpetual interruptions; and when I am beginning work with a temporary...
Dates: 1976-08-14
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Edith Nesbit archive, 1880s-2000s / Series 1: Correspondence

Moore, Doris Langley to J.W.N. Sullivan, Esq. of the Times Literary Supplement, 1932-05-25

 Item — Box 2: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215445], Folder: 8
Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.8.099
Scope and Contents

Transcribed copy of the original letter.



Dates: 1932-05-25
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Edith Nesbit archive, 1880s-2000s / Series 1: Correspondence

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Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography 1
Children's literature, English. 1
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Women -- England -- London -- Biography 1
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