Title: Harlan E. Moore Collection, 1931-2004
Collection identifier: 872
Primary Creator: Moore, Harlan E.
Extent: 1.3 cubic feet
Subjects: Champaign County (Ill.), Charity organization -- Illinois, Farms, Krannert Art Museum, Lumber
Forms of Material: Personal papers, Professional papers
Harlan E. "Ed" Moore (1885-1979), raised in Mt. Sterling, Ill., was a leader in the building materials business and a philanthropist in Champaign, Ill.
From 1918 to 1933, Moore was a sales representative for the Champaign branch of the Johns-Manville Lumber Co. In 1933 he formed Harlan E. Moore and Co., which was the first U.S. company to offer building materials wholesale. Moore also owned the Fisher (Ill.) Lumber Co., and farms in Piatt and Brown Counties.
Moore donated a portion of the Piatt County farm to create the Harlan E. Moore Heart Research Foundation, which used hogs as research specimens. He and his wife Theresa also donated generously to the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, establishing the Theresa E. and Harlan E. Moore Collection, which includes many ancient Greek vases.
Repository: Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
Acquisition Source: Dan Eaton, a trustee of the Foundation, donated the collection to the Library in 2003-2004.
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/ihlcsfa/moore-harlan.pdf
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