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Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library Title: Richard O. Moore papers Creator: Moore, Richard O. Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS Physical Description: 9 Linear Feet7 cartons, 1 oversize folder, 1 portfolio Date (inclusive): 1945-2013 Abstract: This collection contains the papers of the American poet, documentarian, producer, and public radio pioneer Richard O. Moore. It includes correspondence; manuscripts for poetry and prose; notebooks containing poetry and journal entries; and material documenting Moore s involvement with KPFA public radio and the Pacifica Foundation, KQED-TV in San Francisco, KTCA-TV in Minneapolis/St. Paul, and the San Francisco Renaissance. Also included are portraits and production photographs from Moore s work on various television series about American writing and poetry, and broadcast masters and other audiovisual recordings from various programs that Moore worked on. Language of Material: Collection materials are in English. Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog. Access Collection is open for research, with the exception of unprocessed digital material. Portfolio 1: NEGATIVES RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Publication Rights Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], The Richard O. Moore papers, BANC MSS, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Alternate Forms Available There are no alternate forms for this collection. Separated Materials Digital materials have been transferred to the Digital Collections Unit of the Bancroft Library. Acquisition Information The Richard Moore papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Richard O. Moore on September 24, 2014. Accruals No additions are expected. Arranged to the folder level. Processing Information Processed by Lori Dedeyan in 2017. Biographical / Historical Richard O. Moore was born in Alliance, Ohio on February 26, 1920, the only child of Harold Ellsworth Moore and Frances Elizabeth. The family was drastically impacted by the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and lived with various relatives before moving to California in 1934. Frances Elizabeth s death of tuberculosis in 1938 devastated her son and was a pivotal event in the formation of his worldview. Moore attended the University of California, Berkeley from 1940-1941, studying poetry and briefly editing its student literary magazine. During this time, he led campus anti-war demonstrations, was introduced to his friend and mentor, the BANC MSS 2
poet Kenneth Rexroth, and became an active member of the San Francisco Renaissance. Moore was expelled from UC Berkeley in 1941 for failing to complete courses and moved to San Francisco. During this time, he studied dance with May O'Donnell and José Limón. He continued to write poetry and was a vocal pacifist, counseling young men seeking to apply for Conscientious Objector status during World War II. He applied for re-admittance to UC Berkeley and received his bachelor s degree in 1949, with an emphasis on English Literature and Medieval History. In 1949, Moore helped found the Pacifica Foundation and KPFA in Berkeley with Eleanor McKinney and Lewis Hill, with the intent to devote the station to the principles of nonviolence and pacifism. KPFA went on the air on April 15, 1949 and was the first non- commercial, listener- supported radio station in the United States. Moore left KPFA in 1952 and in 1954 began a career in television broadcasting as an early staff member of KQED in San Francisco, becoming its Director of Public Affairs. Moore attended the graduation division of Columbia University from 1960 as a CBS Public Affairs Fellow, with an emphasis on Philosophy of Science. In 1961 he returned to KQED, directing over 100 documentary films on a variety of topics, including a film entitled Take This Hammer with James Baldwin. From 1969-1973, Moore served as President and General Manager of KQED, Inc. In 1975, Moore helped found PTV Productions, where he produced and directed independent films and television series, including The Writer in America(1978) and On Death and Dying (1980), and consulted with CPB, PBS, and various other foundations. In 1981, he joined KTCA in Minneapolis-St. Paul as head of Special Projects. Moore retired in 1990 and returned to California to concentrate on his poetry. While living in Point Arena on the Northern California coast, Moore began to assemble his poetry. At the Squaw Valley Writer s Conference, he met poet Brenda Hillman, who encouraged him to publish. After the death of his wife, Ruth Margaret, in 1997, he left Point Arena and visited Claremont in Southern California, where he audited philosophy seminars on Wittgenstein at Claremont Graduate University. In 2003, he returned to The Redwoods in Mill Valley, where the editing of a selection of poems took place. This selection was published as a book, Writing the Silences: selected poems 1946-2008, by the University of California Press in 2010. A second volume, Particulars of Place, was published by Omnidawn in 2015. Moore also published chapbooks, such as A Selection for Ruth (1997), China Diary (2012), Outcry (2014), and In Passing (2015). Moore had six children. He died on March 25, 2015. This collection contains the papers of the American poet, documentarian, producer, and public radio pioneer Richard O. Moore. It includes correspondence; manuscripts for poetry and prose; notebooks containing poetry and journal entries; and material documenting Moore s involvement with KPFA public radio and the Pacifica Foundation, KQED-TV in San Francisco, KTCA-TV in Minneapolis/St. Paul, and the San Francisco Renaissance. Also included are portraits and production photographs from Moore s work on various television series about American writing and poetry, and broadcast masters and other audiovisual recordings from various programs that Moore worked on. The collection is divided into six series: Series 1 (Correspondence) includes incoming and outgoing correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues. Series 2 (Writing) includes typescripts for various collections of poetry, notebooks containing manuscript poetry and prose, screenplays for various television programs, and text for various lectures. Series 3 (Professional career) largely includes material relating to Moore's work at KCTA-TV in Minneapolis/ St. Paul. Series 4 (Personal) includes class notes from Columbia University and Claremont Graduate University, various notes, and collected material. Series 5 (Photographs) contains portraits and production photographs from Moore's television programs, such as The Writer in America (1978) and The Story of Route 66 (1982). It includes writers such as John Ashberry, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, Ross MacDonald, Wright Morris, Toni Morrison, Muriel Rukeyser, Anne Sexton, Eudora Welty, and others. Series 6 (Audiovisual) contains broadcast recordings and other videos from Moore's life and work. Digital materials include drafts and copies of poetry, including delete, :IT:, Over Time, and late and new poems dated from the 1990s. This material is unavailable until processed. Subjects and Indexing Terms Poets, American--20th century--california Poets, American--California--San Francisco Bay Area Public television--united States Public radio--united States Public radio--san Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) BANC MSS 3
Pacifists--United States Moore, Richard O. Series 1. Correspondence 1945-2009 Physical Description: Carton 1, folders 1-17, 33 Arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Ingoing and outgoing correspondence with colleagues, family, and friends. folder 1 Family 1963, 1979, 1997-2007 folder 2 Foster, Ed (editor, Talisman House) 1992-1995 folder 3 Gleason, Ralph 1975 folder 4 It (poetry collection) 1997-1999 folder 5 Kessler, Stephen 2000-2003 folder 6 Moore, Ruth 1963-1979 folder 7 Miscellaneous 1990-2007 Nathan, Leonard- letters and writing 1977, 1992-2004 Folders 8-10 Parkinson, Thomas- letters and writing circa 1945-1985 Folders 11-13 folder 14 Retirement 1990 UC Press- Writing the Silences 2006-2009 Folders 15-16 Carton 1, Welty, Eudora 1975-1980 Folder 33 folder 17 Writers' photos 1978-1981, 2007-2008 Series 2. Writing 1945-2013 Physical Description: Carton 1, folders 18-32; Cartons 2-3; folders 1-15; Carton 5, folder 1 Arranged into categories of writing and alphabetically within each category. Includes typescripts for collections of poetry, essays and short stories, screenplays, lectures, and journals. Poetry and prose folder 18 The Book of Quotations 1986 delete circa 1995 Folders 19-21 : IT : 1990, circa 1997 Folders 22-24 folder 25 Late Poems circa 1990 Lenses of Perceptions circa 2000-2001 Folders 26-28 folder 29 The Making of an American Wasp undated Over Time circa 1991 Folders 30-31 folder 32 Particulars of Place undated The Place Where Forgetting Begins circa 1980 Folders 1-3 Sonnets circa 2013 Folders 4-6 BANC MSS 4
Series 2.Writing 1945-2013 Folders 7-12 Folders 13 Folders 14 Folders 15-16 Folders 17 Folders 18 Folders 19 Folders 20-24 Writing the Silences circa 2010 Fragments and untitled poems undated Poems and poetry prizes 1949 Poem typescripts circa 1951-1979 Poem typescripts 1980s Poem typescripts and copies circa 1990-2001 Late poetry- Claremont circa 2001 Poem typescripts 1991, circa 2001-2012 Includes fragments of: Distances, Games, Illusions of Light, Particulars of Place, and Standing Here. Published poetry and articles 2002 Folders 25 Short stories circa 2003 Folders 26-27 folder 28 Essays 1980, circa 2003-2012 Journals and notebooks carton 5, folder 1 China travel diary and poems 1979, 2012 carton 3, folder 1 Milan journal and poetry 1978 carton 3, folder 2 Journal entries 1985, 2000 carton 3, Notebooks 1945-2002 Folders 3-17 carton 3, folder 18 Notebook undated Television screenplays carton 3, folder 19 The Beauty of Things- Robinson Jeffers film essay proposal (KQED) undated carton 3, folder 20 James Joyce: A Film Biography 1980 carton 3, John Dos Passos: "Swallowing America Whole" 1981 Folders 21-24 carton 4, folder 1 Lewis Thomas TV series 1978 carton 4, folder 2 The Wide Net (Eudora Welty script) undated Lectures carton 4, Mill Valley Seniors for Peace lectures 2003-2012 Folders 3-13 Includes lectures: Fever and Dreams (2003); The United Nations "past or passing to come?" (2004); The Inauguration (2004); The Bush Doctrine (2004); Iraq: Withdrawal and Consequences (2006); Israel-Palestine: An Historical Overview (2006); Post Election: 11/13/06 (2006); reports and updates on Iraq (2007); reports on Iraq and the Middle East (2008); The Economy and Foreign Policy (2008); What Now? (2008); Corporations, Obama, and Change (2009); Populism, Pragmatism, and Politics (2009); The War on Terror: Who is the Enemy? (2011), Visual: Map of Middle East and North Africa (2011); A Meditation on War and the Legacy of Iraq (2012); and various other untitled lectures. carton 4, folder 14 SFMOMA talk 2011 carton 4, folder 15 "Poetry and Politics" (St. Mary's College) 2011 Series 3. Professional career 1979-2013 Physical Description: folders 16-23 Includes material related to Moore's career in public television. BANC MSS 5
Series 3. Professional career 1979-2013 carton 4, folder 16 KPFA oral history transcript 1995 carton 4, folder 17 "Public Television and the Future... A Different Approach" circa 1979 carton 4, folder 18 Twin Cities Public television 2007-2008 carton 4, folder 19 KCTA publicity 1979-2000 carton 4, folder 20 Minnesota TeleCenter publicity 1989 carton 4, folder 21 KCTA potential programming material circa 1983 carton 4, folder 22 Publicity 2010-2013 Series 4. Personal material 1960-2012 Physical Description: folders 23-38; Carton 5, folders 2-9 Arranged in a roughly chronological order. Includes classwork from Columbia University and Claremont School of Religion, as well as personal notes and collected reading. carton 4, folder 23 Classwork: Philosophy 9 (Columbia University) circa 1960 Classwork: Philosophy 106, 214 (Columbia University) circa 1960 folder 24 Classwork: Philosophy 107 (Columbia University) circa 1960 folder 25 Classwork: Philosophy 125 (Columbia University) circa 1960 folder 26 Classwork: Philosophy 161, 162 (Columbia University) circa 1960 folder 27 Classwork: Physics (Columbia University) circa 1960 folder 28 Classwork: Gnosticism, NT 492 (Claremont School of Religion) 2001 folder 29 Classwork: Religion 363 (Claremont School of Religion) 2001 folder 30 Classwork: Philosophy 77 (Claremont School of Religion) circa 2001 folder 31 Classwork: Wittgenstein on religion circa 2001 folder 32 Classwork: philosophy and religion circa 2001 folder 33 Classwork: philosophy and religion 2002 folder 34 Classwork: Kierkegaard- Phillips 2002 folder 35 Classwork: Wittgenstein- Phillips 2002 folder 36 Resume circa 1980 folder 37 Comments on 'Sharing the Earth' by Nelson Foote circa 2009 folder 38 carton 5, folder 2 Therapy session logs 2004 carton 5, folder 3 Line dancing 2006-2007 carton 5, folder 4 Collected articles and issues of Muir Beach Beachcomber 1979-2008 carton 5, folder 5 Miscellaneous 1988, 2011 carton 5, Sharing the Earth, by Nelson N. Foote (typescript) circa 2011 Folders 6-7 carton 5, folder 8 Some Truths from Helican (possibly by Leonard Nathan) undated carton 5, folder 9 Writing by Carol Nathan undated BANC MSS 6
Series 5.Photographs 1956-2009 Series 5. Photographs 1956-2009 Physical Description: Carton 5, folders 10-23; Oversize folder 1; Portfolio 1 Arranged by project. Includes production photographs of various programs that Moore worked on, such as "Route 66" and "The Writer in America". Also includes portraits of Moore and various other writers. carton 5, folder 10 Going Somewhere: the story of Route 66. KTCA circa 1982 carton 5, folder 11 The Writer in America: Robert Duncan circa 1978 carton 5, folder 12 The Writer in America: John Gardner, Randall Jarrell, Muriel Rukeyser, Anne Sexton circa 1978 carton 5, folder 13 The Writer in America: Janet Flanner circa 1978 carton 5, folder 14 The Writer in America: Ross MacDonald circa 1978 oversize_folder 1 The Writer in America: Ross MacDonald (oversize production photo) 1977 Note 16" x 20". Includes production crew: Phil Greene, Dick Moore, Susan Wengraf, Mark Berger. Photograph G. Suddarth Kelly. carton 5, folder 15 The Writer in America: Wright Morris circa 1978 carton 5, folder 16 The Writer in America: Toni Morrison circa 1978 carton 5, folder 17 The Writer in Ameria: Eudora Welty circa 1978 carton 5, folder 18 Moore and various writers circa 1956-1978 Includes John Ashberry, Robert Duncan, Stanley Kunitz, Denise Levertov, and others. carton 5, folder 19 Portraits of Tom Wolfe, Thomas Parkinson, and a portrait of Gertrude Stein by Imogen Cunningham undated carton 5, folder 20 Images of Allen Ginsberg undated carton 5, folder 21 Portraits of Moore circa 1989 carton 5, folder 22 Moore with unidentified group 2009 carton 5, folder 23 Unlabeled photographs undated portfolio 1 Negatives circa 1956-1982 Conditions Governing Use NEGATIVES RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Contains matching negatives for much of the photographic print material. Includes images of American writers and production shots from Going Somewhere: the story of Route 66 (KTCA, 1982); The Writer in America (1975); material from KQED; and other programs. Included are John Ashberry, Robert Duncan, Denise Levertov, Ross MacDonald, Wright Morris, Muriel Rukeyser, Anne Sexton, Eudora Welty, Louis Zukofsky, and others. Series 6. Audiovisual 1983-2001 Physical Description: Cartons 6-7 Largely contains video recordings of educational television programs worked on or received by Moore. Also includes some personal recordings. Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements Special equipment or further processing may be required to access this material. Please contact the reference desk in advance of your visit. BANC MSS 7
Series 6.Audiovisual 1983-2001 Carton 6 Lannan Literary Series (VHS) 1989 The Lannan Literary Series, no. 1: Louise Gluck. Los Angeles: Lannan Foundation, 1989 The Lannan Literary Series, no. 2: Galway Kinnell. Los Angeles: Lannan Foundation, 1989 The Lannan Literary Series, no. 3: W.S. Merwin. Los Angeles: Lannan Foundation, 1989 The Lannan Literary Series, no. 4: Lucille Clifton. Los Angeles: Lannan Foundation, 1989 The Lannan Literary Series, no. 5: Philip Levine. Los Angeles: Lannan Foundation, 1989 The Lannan Literary Series, no. 6: Czeslaw Milosz. Los Angeles: Lannan Foundation, 1989 The Lannan Literary Series, no. 8 v. 1: Gary Snyder. Los Angeles: Lannan Foundation, 1989 The Lannan Literary Series, no. 8 v. 2: Gary Snyder. Los Angeles: Lannan Foundation, 1989 The Lannan Literary Series, no. 9: Allen Ginsberg. Los Angeles: Lannan Foundation, 1989 The Lannan Literary Series, no. 10: Yehuda Amichai. Los Angeles: Lannan Foundation, 1989 The Lannan Literary Series, no. 11: Joy Harjo. Los Angeles: Lannan Foundation, 1989 Carton 6 The Writer In America (KTCA2/KTCI17) master tapes (VHS) 1986 The Writer in America: Janet Flanner. 1/2/86. 30:00 The Writer in America: John Gardner. 1/2/86. 30:00 The Writer in America: Ross MacDonald. 1/2/86/. 30:00 The Writer in America: Wright Morris. 1/2/86. 30:00 The Writer in America: Toni Morrison. 1/2/86. 30:00 The Writer in America: Muriel Rukeyser. 1/2/86. 30:00 The Writer in America: Eudora Welty. 1/2/86. 30:00 Carton 6 Various recordings (VHS) 1991-2001 China Tour '99 Master. Voices and Visions: Ezra Pound (South Carolina Educational Television Network). The British Embassy Players' Old- Time Music Hall 2000. For Richard. The Mysteries. Patricia Olson. 1999. For Richard and Ruth Moore. Ap. 91. Guitar? Eugene McCarthy: I'm Sorry I Was Right. St. Paul: The Center for International Education. 2001. Dorothea Lange: A Visual Life. dir. Meg Partridge. Valley Ford, CA: Pacific Pictures. 1994. Bay Window: Making the Grade. A KQED Production. 1999. John Coltrane in Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual. Los Angeles: Rhino Home Video. 1995. Carton 7 KCET broadcast videocassettes (U-matic) 1983 KCET. LA Arts 83. KCET.(Address label belonging to Mary jane O'Donnell) KCET. Wasted Young (R 1 of 2). Recorded 11-3-83. KCET. Wasted Young (R 2 of 2). Recorded 11-3-83. KCET. Wasted Young (segment 2 and 3). KCET. Journal. Episode 5. Recorded 4-2-83. BANC MSS 8