Series 1, Biographical and Personal Materials (circa1932-1965) consists of general biographical material by and about Hugh Moore, awards received by Moore, publications, several essays and letters to the editor by Moore, radio broadcasts, and a speech given by Moore. These materials are of a personal nature.
The order in which these materials were sent to Princeton has been maintained.
General, undated
Awards, 1971
General Material, 1946, 1965
Publications, undated
Radio Broadcasts, undated
People's Platform CBS (Panel Discussion) American Foreign Policy - Neutrality Act, circa 1936
Railroad Award, 1959 December 18
Series 2, Correspondence (circa 1932-1972)includes correspondence and an alphabetical listing of all correspondents. Correspondence by the same individuals may be located in both the Subject and Organization series and the Correspondence series.
The correspondence in this series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. In cases where there is a substantial amount of correspondence a separate folder has been designated by name. The alphabetical listing of all correspondents is found after the box and folder listing
A, undated
B, undated
Bostrom, Harold, 1967-1972
C, undated
Canfield, Cass, 1961-1969
Clayton, William, 1957-1968
Copeland, Lammot, 1957-1968
D, undated
Draper, William, 1962-1972
E, undated
F, undated
G, undated
Greissemer, Tom, 1951-1966
H, undated
I-J, undated
K, undated
Kefauver, Estes, 1955-1962
J, undated
L, undated
Lader, Lawrence, 1966-1972
M, undated
May, William, 1963-1970
Marts, Arnauld, 1963-1968
N, undated
O, undated
Oram, Harold, 1961-1972
Osborne, Lithgow, 1958-1970
P, undated
R, undated
Rockefeller, John, III, 1961-1968
Rockefeller, Prentice, 1961-1968
S, undated
Sanger, Margaret, 1955-1961
Schmidt, Adolf, 1962-1981
Shields, Richard, 1965-1976
T-Z, undated
Walter, Rep. Francis, 1944-1963
Warren, Hamilton, 1960-1968
Series 3, Subject and Organizational Files (1922-1972) contains the core of The Hugh Moore Fund Collection. Here may be found materials reflecting the wide-ranging diversity of Hugh Moore's life-long interests in the areas of international relations and population.
In an effort to provide a sense of order to what would otherwise be a purely alphabetical listing, certain materials have been grouped under the subject headings NATO, Population, and the United Nations. In general, organizations are arranged alphabetically. The exceptions to this arrangement are those groups whose names changed over the period of time in which Moore was involved with them. In these cases, regardless of the different names, all materials will be listed alphabetically under the most recent name of the organization in chronological order, from earliest to most recent. For example, Hugh Moore was active in the United Nations Association. These materials are located under the general subject heading "United Nations", and then under the organizational name, "American Association for the United Nations," the most recent name of the United Nations Association. Also under this organizational name will be found materials relating to the United Nations Association's predecessor, the League of Nations.
Correspondence, 1951-1971
Session 1, 1951 May 21-25
Session 5, 1954 July 30-August 2
Session 23, 1963
Session 42, 1972
Business Men's Committee, 1939
By-laws, 1939
Commission of Enquiry, 1939
Correspondence, 1939-1941, 1944
Financial Materials, 1939-1940
Manifestos, 1939-1940
Manual of Organization, undated
Meeting Minutes, 1939-1940
Neutrality Act, 1939
Non-Partisan Committee, 1939
Publications: Pamphlets, undated
By-laws, undated
Chapters, undated
Collaborating Committees, undated
Correspondence, 1944-1945, 1947
Field Work, 1944
Fundraising, 1944-1945
Publications, 1944-1945
Bulletins, 1944
Newspaper Clippings, 1944-1945
Pamphlets, undated
Press Releases, 1944-1945
Radio Script (ABC), 1945
Town Meeting of the Air, 1945
Correspondence, 1939-1948
Publications, 1939-1942
Reports, 1940, 1944, 1948
Reports -- "A Ten Year Record", 1949
Federal Union, 1940, 1952-1971
Food for Freedom, 1943
Correspondence: General, 1939, 1941-1947
European-American Club, 1944
Free World (Magazine), 1941-1943
Mundo Libre, undated
Organizational Materials, 1942
Publications: Pamphlets, undated
Reports, 1941-1945
New Commonwealth Society, 1938-1939
Reports, 1952-1959
Undated Materials, undated
Atlantic Institute, 1960, 1962
Board of Directors, 1949
Board of Governors, 1950, 1960
Businessmen's Board, undated
Committee Chapters, 1950
Committee Congress, 1951 November
Constitution & By-laws, 1949
Correspondence, 1952-1962
Meeting Minutes, 1949-1952
Board of Directors, 1949-1950
Board of Governors, 1950-1952
Executive Committee, 1949-1951
Executive Committee, 1951-1952
Membership Committee, 1949-1950
Political Committee, 1951 March
Public Relations Committee, 1949
Speakers Bureau, 1949 April
Members list, 1949 September
Membership proposals, 1949
Publications, 1949-1957
Appeals, 1949
Articles, 1950 August
Christmas card, 1949
Newspaper Advertisements, undated
Newspaper Clippings, 1949-1957
Newspaper Clippings, 1950
Newspaper Clippings, 1951
Pamphlets, 1949, 1955
Press Releases, 1949
Reports, 1949-1952 July
Background Report, 1950 May
Membership Committee, 1949-1951
Secretary's Reports, 1950
Speaker's Bureau, 1949
Correspondence, 1952-1954
Correspondence, 1955-1963, 1969, 1972
Financial Materials, undated
Meeting Minutes, 1956, 1959-1960
Statements, 1954
Berlin Trip, 1962
Daily Proceedings, 1962 January 8-20
Participants, 1962
Preparation & Organization, 1962
Newspaper Clippings, 1962 January
Publications - Pamphlet, 1962
Speeches, 1962
Correspondence, 1961-1962
Financial Materials, 1961-1962
Participants, 1962
Reports, 1962 June
Organizations, General, undated
Population, 1938-1974
General, 1948-1973
Board of Directors, 1964
Goals of the AVS, 1964 April
Publications, 1962-1969
Bulletins -- AVS News, 1964-1969
Newspaper Clippings, 1962-1968
Pamphlets, undated
Press Releases, 1965-1968
Reports -- President's Report, 1965
Correspondence, 1971
Interview w/ H.M, (typescript), 1971
Project notes, 1971
Reviews, 1971
Contraception, 1954-1967
"Draper Report" (The President's Committee to Study the U.S. Military Assistance Program), 1958-1959
Correspondence, 1954-1959 April 23
Appeal Letters, 1966-1967
Advertisements, 1964-1968
The Battle for Food, 1967
Crime, 1968
Pollution, 1967-1968
Two-child families, 1964
Board of Directors, 1972-1974
By-laws, undated
Correspondence, 1959, 1961-1970
Correspondence, 1966-1972
Manhattan Project, 1967
Publications, 1961-1968
Reports, 1966-1967
Correspondence, 1963-1965 September
Correspondence, 1966-1972
Dinner of the PCC, 1965 May 25
Draper Dinner, 1969
Duncan Plan, 1969
Manifesto, 1957-1958
Meeting Minutes, 1965-1970
Committee Members, 1965
Publications, 1966-1971
Reports, 1965 March 20
Statements, undated
Board, undated
Fundraising Appeal, 1963 March 4
Correspondence, 1962 December-1966
Documents, 1962-1963
Request for funds (proposal), 1963
By-laws, 1961, 1967
Correspondence, 1938-1939
Reports, 1957
Press Preview, 1957
"Program Impact", 1957
"A Program of Public Service", 1957
Progress Report, 1957
Publications, 1956-1971
Annual Reports, 1956-1971
Newsletters, dates not examined
Newspaper clippings, 1961, 1968
Pamphlets, dates not examined
Sterilization, 1959-1970
Tydings Bill, 1970
Press Releases, 1961
Margaret Sanger Tribute, 1961 May 12
Speeches (A-Z), 1961 May 12
Correspondence, 1960-1962
Fact Sheet, 1960
Financial Statements, 1961
Award to Joseph Sunnen, 1964
By-laws, 1953
Fourth International, 1953 August
Eighth International, 1967 April
Second Regional, 1958 April 14-19
World Population, 1959
Correspondence (H. Moore), 1955-1972
Executive Committee Members, 1968
History, 1969
Meeting Minutes, 1953-1969 November
Publications, 1954-1973
Newsletters, 1958-1973
Pamphlets, undated
Victor Fund, 1966-1973
Annual Reports, 1954-1961
Reports, 1955-1969
Program of U.S., 1956
President's Report, 1969 October 3
IPPF Population, 1969 April 2
Meeting Minutes, 1960, 1961, 1967
Organizational Chart, undated
Correspondence, 1953-1954, 1960-1966
World Population Report, 1965
Publications - Pamphlets, undated
Princeton Meeting, 1960
Publications, 1960-1963
Newsletter, undated
Newspaper Advertisements, 1960-1961
Newspaper Clippings, 1960-1962
Pamphlets, 1963
Correspondence, 1954-1970 January
General Reports, 1955-1960
Interview w/ Pres. Eisenhower, 1956
Publications, 1954-1969
Newspaper Clippings, 1954-1969
Pamphlets, undated
Press Releases, 1954-1959, 1965
Re: St. Lawrence Seaway, undated
Reports, 1953-1965
United Nations, 1937-1965
Correspondence, 1942-1943 December
Meeting Minutes, 1943
Members, undated
Statements -- Policies, undated
Correspondence, 1937-1944
Covenant (revised), 1938 June 7
Financial Materials, 1942-1944
Meeting Minutes, 1939-1944
Program of Expansion, 1938 May 27
Publications, 1938-1944
Statements, 1937-1944
By-laws, 1945 June
Congressional Speaking Tours, 1943
Correspondence, 1942-1959, 1964
Financial Materials, 1943-1944
Members, undated
Organizational Chart, undated
"Oswego Project", 1943
People's Section for the UN, 1946
Plan of Organization, 1958
Publications, 1943-1945
Statements, undated
Business Advisory Committee, 1955
Correspondence, 1955-1957
Lists of Officers, Directors, 1955
Meeting Minutes, 1955
Membership, undated
Publications, 1954-1962
UN World Citizens Association, 1946
World Brotherhood Mobilization, 1946
Board of Directors, 1947-1956
Certificate of incorporation, 1922
Correspondence, 1943-1964
Meeting Minutes, 1922-1958
Reports, 1945-1956
World Peace Foundation, 1946
Series 4, Photographs (circa 1939-1970) contains photographs relating to The Hugh Moore Fund and Moore's activities with the Fund.
The photographs in this series are arranged in alphabetical order, by subject.
Adams, Sir Grantley, undated
Greissemer, Tom, undated
Group photographs, undated
Moore, Hugh, undated
Population, 1953-1971
Sanger, Margaret, undated
Series 5, Oversize Materials (1947; 1967-1969) contains newspaper advertisements of the World Population Emergency Campaign and the Campaign to Check the Population Explosion, and two sets of display boards for presentations given by the Save the United Nations (S.U.N.) Committee and the World Population Emergency Campaign (WPEC).
The order in which these materials were sent to Princeton has been maintained.
Series 6, March 2012 Accession includes reports, subject files, and posters from the Hugh Moore Fund.
The order in which these materials were sent to Princeton has been maintained.
People in Crisis, 1966
An Answer to: The Dilemma of the West, Proposal of the Atlantic Citizens Convention, Paris, 1962
Emphasis: A Report from the Boston University Symposium on Population Growth and Birth Control, 1965
Population Profiles 4: People in Population, United Nations Fund for Population Activities, 1976
- Scope and Contents
Consists of correspondence, memoranda, articles, speeches, photographs, and posters belonging to Moore, relating to his interest in the areas of world peace and world population. The organizations which the Hugh Moore Fund supported or on which Hugh Moore served include the United Nations Association, the League of Nations, American Council on NATO, the Atlantic Citizen's Congress, the Atlantic Institute, and the Atlantic Union Committee. The subject files relating to the United Nations contain materials relating to Moore's involvement with the American Association for the United Nations (1937-1962), formerly known as the League of Nations Association and the United Nations Association. Materials relating to Moore's role as a consultant to the U.S. Delegation at the 1945 San Francisco conference to establish the United Nations are found as well, located under the Americans United for World Organization.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Moore, Hugh, 1887-1972
Hugh Moore (1887-1972) was an industrialist, philanthropist, and perennial organizer. Born in Kansas on April 27, 1887 and raised in Missouri, Moore attended but did not graduate from Harvard (he is considered a member of the Class of 1907). At the age of 21 Moore, and his brother-in-law went to New York City to promote the idea of a sanitary paper drinking cup to replace the "common cup" that could be found in train stations, hospitals, and other public venues. Encountering much initial skepticism, Moore and his brother-in-law soon won over a group of investors by writing letters on Waldorf-Astoria Hotel stationery. With the help of W. T. Graham, President of the American Can Co., and other investors, Moore and his brother-in-law founded the Dixie Cup Corporation. In 1957 he sold Dixie Cup to the American Can Company, and began to devote his efforts entirely to the causes of world population and world peace, in which he had already taken a great deal of interest. He continued to be active in directing the work of the Hugh Moore Fund until his death in 1972.
Moore established The Hugh Moore Fund in 1944 with the specific goal of promoting world peace. His conception of world peace was broad, as can be seen from the materials in this collection relating to the United Nations and NATO on international, national and local levels. However, Moore's most important contribution to the understanding of the concept of world peace was his insistence that population be an element of the definition of world peace, and that it be a factor in issues relating to international relations. An overpopulated, underfed, and undereducated world was a world in which peace could not exist, at least not equally for all, he believed. Moore has consistently been characterized as ahead of his time in this matter. His pamphlet, The Population Bomb, published in the early 1950s, dealt with "population control" issues that were considered taboo at the time, and coined the phrase "population explosion" as a warning that the world would "breed itself to death." Moore was deeply concerned about birth control and euthanasia, and continued to address them despite a great deal of opposition voiced by many experts in the field of population studies. John D. Rockefeller III, chair of The Population Council considered Moore's publication of The Population Bomb a mistake and thought that it would create general panic.
- Acquisition:
The Hugh Moore Fund Collection was donated to Mudd Library by Hugh Moore and Louise Moore Pine in a series of accessions from 1975 to 1994. Earlier accessions were integrated and processed as one collection. Later, additional accessions were simply added to the collection. In 1994 a final accession was received. All accessions have now been integrated to form one collection. As a result, materials have been rearranged and placed into an order that is as straightforward and accessible as possible.
The materials in Series 6 came from the estate of Louise W. Moore Pine (Hugh Moore's widow) via her executrix, Antonia Grifo in April 2012 . The accession number associated with this gift is ML.2012.018.
- Appraisal
Materials relating to the Dixie Cup Corporation were removed from the collection in 1995. The Dixie Cup Records are located in the archives at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. Please contact the Archives and Special Collections at Lafayette College for information regarding this collection.
A small group of materials relating to the Committee on the Marshall Plan, of which Moore served as treasurer, were separated from the collection in April, 1994, and sent to the Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri where they will complement the other holdings on the Marshall Plan that Moore had sent to that library at an earlier date.
Several books that came in the April 2012 accession were sent to the book sale.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Melissa Johnson during 1994 and 1995. Finding aid written by Melissa Johnson during 1995. The finding aid was updated by Maureen Callahan in April 2004 in order to incorporate materials in the April 2012 accession. These materials were re-housed in archival folders and boxes at this time.
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- Credit this material:
Hugh Moore Fund Collection; Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/12579s25h
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-31
- Subject Terms:
- Birth control -- United States -- 20th century.
Developing countries -- Population policy -- 20th century.
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- 20th century.
Peaceful change (International relations) -- 20th century.
Population policy -- 20th century.
Public health -- International cooperation -- 20th century.
Public officers -- United States -- 20th century.
Reconstruction (1939-1951)
Social reformers -- United States -- 20th century.
Water resources development -- Canada -- Saint Lawrence Seaway.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Peace.
World health -- 20th century. - Genre Terms:
- Articles.
Correspondence
Photographs, Original.
Posters.
Reports.
Speeches. - Names:
- Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies
Council on foreign relations
American Association for the United Nations
Americans United for World Organization (U.S.)
Atlantic Citizens' Congress (U.S.)
Atlantic Union (U.S.)
Atlantic Union Committee
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
World peace foundation
World Population Emergency Campaign (U.S.)
United Nations association of the United States of America
United Nations association of the United States of America
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference 1944 Bretton Woods, N.H.
United Nations
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
League of Nations.
International Free World Association.
International Planned Parenthood Federation.
Hugh Moore fund
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Planned parenthood federation of America
Population Crisis Committee
Canfield, Cass, 1897-1986
Clayton, Will, 1880-1966
Draper, William F., 1912-2003
Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963
Lader, Lawrence
Marts, Arnauld C.
Osborne, Lithgow
Rockefeller, John D., III (John Davison), 1906-1978
Roper, Elmo, 1900-1971.
Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966 - Places:
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-
United States -- Population policy -- 20th century.