Pamela Moore Papers, 1939-2018, bulk 1950-1964

Pamela Moore Papers, 1939-2018, bulk 1950-1964

Summary Information

Abstract

Pamela Moore (1937-1964) was an American novelist, best known for Chocolates for Breakfast (1956). The papers contain correspondence, clippings, contracts, diaries, drafts, manuscripts, memorabilia, photographs, notebooks, notes, outlines, proofs, school materials, sketch books, and a collection of published editions of Moore's novels.

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#1928
Bib ID:
13202800 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Moore, Pamela, 1937-1964
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
12.75 linear feet (21 document boxes, 1 record storage carton, 1 card file box, 6 custom book boxes, and 1 temporary box)
Language(s):
Material is in English and in French, with some materials in Dutch, German, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Slovenian, and Spanish..
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

Digital files can be accessed upon request via a secure laptop in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library's Reading Room. Otherwise, this collection has no restrictions.

Some materials currently housed in a temporary boxes will be reboxed, but all items are accessible at this time. Please note that the final diary has a very fragile binding and should be handled with care.

Description

Summary

Pamela Moore (1937-1964) was an American novelist, best known for Chocolates for Breakfast (1956). Although Moore's career was short, the collection contains a wealth of documentation about her life and writings during this period. The papers contain correspondence, clippings, contracts, diaries, drafts, manuscripts, memorabilia, photographs, notebooks, notes, outlines, proofs, school materials, sketch books, and a collection of published editions of Moore's novels.

The collection also includes materials related to Moore's unpublished works, including articles, novels, short stories, plays, and poetry. The collection contains a significant amount of materials for both Prophets Without Honor and Kathy, including contracts, notes, notebooks, outlines, typescripts, and other materials. These are also working files for several other projects that include character sketches, notes, synopses, and manuscripts of varying lengths. There are also typescripts for poems and several short stories, and some materials related to ideas for plays. The collection includes notes, typescripts for both published and unpublished articles, as well as copies of Moore's published articles. In many cases, Moore's unpublished works are untitled, so some manuscripts may be found to be related to one another or to larger novel projects upon further examination of the available records.

The collection includes contracts, outlines, typescripts, setting copies, and other materials related to Moore's published novels. The collection lacks a full typescript for render"italic">The Exile of Suzy Q, but includes working files with typescript pages. For Chocolates for Breakfast and The Pigeons of St. Marks / East Side Story / Diana, which went through some revisions, there are multiple typescripts and revisions in the collection. There are several published editions of all of Moore's novels in the collection, as well, primarily of foreign editions of her works.

The collection also includes material related to Moore's professional activities, including correspondence, contracts, clippings files, financial records, photographs, and memorabilia.

Moore's papers contain many personal materials, including books, correspondence, diaries, financial records, a passport, photographs, receipts, school records, sketchbooks, and travel notes. These records shed light on Moore's relationships with her husband, her family, and with Edouard de Laurot, among others. Later correspondence and notes by others also shed light on Moore's life and work. Lastly, Moore's diaries provide insight into her family life, emotional life, relationships, social life, travel, writings, and ultimately, in her final diary entries, her suicide.

The collection includes printed materials related to Moore's life and work. There are several editions of Moore's published novels; these are primarily foreign editions. The editions include original editions of Moore's novels, as well as foreign editions based upon the Harper Perennial edition of Chocolates for Breakfast (2013). The printed materials also include several books owned by Moore, several of which are inscribed to her, or signed by her. A few of these also relate to equestrians who knew and worked with Moore.

A copy of the catalog prepared the literacy agency for this collection is included with the papers. The catalog provides more detailed subject information and context on correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, and other materials in the collection. While the final arrangement and organization of the collection differs from the catalog, it is still a valuable resource.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in seven series and several subseries.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

Digital files can be accessed upon request via a secure laptop in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library's Reading Room. Otherwise, this collection has no restrictions.

Some materials currently housed in a temporary boxes will be reboxed, but all items are accessible at this time. Please note that the final diary has a very fragile binding and should be handled with care.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Pamela Moore Papers; Box and Folder (if known); Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

No additional material is expected.

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2017.2018.M104: Source of acquisition--Kevin Kanarek (Represented by Sarah Funke-Butler). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--2018.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers processed by Catherine C. Ricciard in October 2018. A small addition of a few files was processed in November 2019.

Finding aid written by Catherine C. Ricciardi in November 2018, and revised in November 2019.

Revision Description

2018-09-07 File created.

2018-11-02 XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

2019-11-19 Finding aid was updated by Catherine C. Ricciardi. A few files of additional material were added to the collection.

2022-10-12 Finding aid was updated by Catherine C. Ricciardi. Description of digital materials in Series VIII added.

Biographical / Historical

Pamela Moore was born on September 22, 1937, the daughter of Donald and Isabel Moore (née Walsh). Both of Moore's parents were writers. They had married in 1934, and Isabel's young daughter, Elaine, had adopted Moore's surname after their marriage. By the mid-1940s, the Moores had divorced, and Pamela Moore split time between her father in California and her mother in New York.

While studying at Barnard College, Moore published her first book Chocolates for Breakfast in 1956. The first American edition of the book was published in September 1956, at the start of Moore's senior year. As Moore had planned to spend her senior year in France, she had already left the county when the edition was published in the United States. The novel became a bestseller not only in the United States, but also in Italy and France. The book went into multiple printings and was translated into several languages. The book gained notoriety for its content, which was uncommon for the 1950s, and it was compared to Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan at the time. Moore spent much of the next two years in Europe, returning to the United States in the spring of 1958.

Moore was educated at Rosemary Hall (now Choate Rosemary Hall) and Barnard College. While Moore was matriculated with the Class of 1957 at Barnard College, it appears that she received her diploma in 1958 from the records in the collection.

Moore married Adam Kanarek shortly after returning to the United States in 1958. The couple settled in New York, where Kanarek was studying at Brooklyn Law School. They had one son, Kevin, in 1963.

Moore wrote another novel during this period, Prophets Without Honor, but it remains unpublished. Moore had started this novel in Europe, and it was based upon her relationship with Edouard de Laurot, whom she had met on her way to France in 1956. Knopf had bought the novel based upon an outline, but rejected the finished manuscript when it diverged significantly from the original outline and ultimately rescinded its contract.

Moore published three additional novels after Chocolates for Breakfast but none of these matched the success of her first novel. Moore's next novel was rejected by American publishers, and published as Les Pigeons de Saint Marc by Julliard in France (1960) and as East Side Story by Longmans (1961). The book received favorable reviews in France and was reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement in the United Kingdom, but it did not receive much notice otherwise. The development of a screenplay for Chocolates for Breakfast was also explored during this period, but ultimately the project did not move forward. Moore's next novel, L'Exil de Suzy-Cœur, was published only in France (1962), and Moore and Kanarek travelled to Europe for its publication. Moore's last novel, The Horsy Set, was published by Simon & Schuster in 1963, but it did not sell well, and did not receive reviews in prominent magazines or literary publications.

Moore continued to write, and began work on a novel tentatively titled Kathy, which had grown out of her revisions to Prophets Without Honor. The novel remained unfinished at the time of Moore's death.

Moore died by suicide on June 7, 1964, at her home in New York City.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Clippings (Information Artifacts)
Correspondence
Diaries
Fiction (general genre)
Manuscripts (documents)
Personal papers
Photographs
Sketchbooks
Name
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Barnard College
Julliard (Firm)
Longmans, Green, and Co.
Lord, Sterling, 1920-
McCall, Monica
Moore, Don, 1904-1986
Moore, Isabel, 1911-1989
Moore, Pamela, 1937-1964
Simon and Schuster, Inc
Subject
Novelists

Series I: Manuscripts and Related Materials, 1942-2013 [Bulk Dates: 1950-1964]

This series includes manuscripts as well as related materials such as drafts, notes, notebooks, outlines, and proofs.

Contracts for first editions were originally filed with the corresponding manuscripts, and are included in this series. Additional contracts are filed in Subseries II.2: Contracts.

In general, any related correspondence is filed in the professional correspondence files in Subseries II.1.


Subseries I.1: Published Novels, circa 1952-1964, 2013

This subseries contains contracts, drafts, manuscripts, outlines, and proofs for Moore's four published novels.


Subseries I.1.1: Chocolates for Breakfast, circa 1952-1956, 2013

The first American edition of Chocolates for Breakfast was published by Rinehart in September 1956, with the French edition being published by Julliard soon after, in November. A second French edition, the "nouvelle édition" that included new revisions by the author, was published in 1957.

This subseries includes a contract, drafts, excerpts, typescripts, and the setting copy for the first American edition. There is also a file of working material for the Nouvelle Edition, which came to the collection from Eddie de Laurot, the son of Edouard de Laurot. In addition, there are proofs and related correspondence for the Harper Perennial Edition, published in 2013.

There are some early short stories related toChocolates for Breakfastin Subseries I.3: Short Stories.


Box 1 Folder 1

1st Edition--Contract (Rinehart & Company), 1956


Box 1 Folder 2

1st Edition--Turning Point (Story 1) and Untitled (Story 2), 1952, undated

Note on pencil (not by Moore) associates the character of Bill in this story with the character of Barry in the novel.


Box 1 Folder 3

1st Edition--Typescript (Incomplete), circa 1956

Pages 2-283.


Box 1 Folder 4-5

1st Edition--Ribbon Typescript, circa 1956, 2 folders

The original clean version of the typescript carbon that became the setting copy.


Box 1 Folder 6-7

1st Edition--Setting Copy, circa 1956, 2 folders

Annotated, with substantial corrections. Pages that were cut are included in the setting copy, with pencil lines through the pages.


Box 1 Folder 8

1st Edition--Excerpt, circa 1956

Pages 117-122.


Box 2 Folder 1-2

Nouvelle Edition (French), circa 1956, 2 folders

This contains about 2" of working material, primarily of inserts and the preface. Substantial annotations. In English and in French.


Box 2 Folder 3-7

Harper Perennial Edition--Proofs and Related Correspondence (Folders 1-5, of 8), 2013, 5 folders

Several sets of proofs, with some related cover letters, for the reissue of Chocolates for Breakfast in 2013.


Box 3 Folder 1-3

Harper Perennial Edition--Proofs and Related Correspondence (Folders 6-8, of 8), 2013, 3 folders

Several sets of proofs, with some related cover letters, for the reissue of Chocolates for Breakfast in 2013.


Subseries I.1.2: The Pigeons of St. Marks / East Side Story / Diana, circa 1959-1963

The working title for this novel wasThe Pigeons of St. Marksand it was published asLes Pigeons de Saint Marcby Julliard (1960). It was published asEast Side Storyby Longmans in the United Kingdom (1961) and later asDianaby Dell in the United States (1964). The Dell contract (1963) is included in this subseries.

The subseries includes an outline, sample copy, and the setting copy and the long galleys for the Longmans version. The revised manuscripts were possibly circulated to American publishers, such as Fawcett.


Box 3 Folder 4

East Side Story--Contract (Dell), 1963 December


Box 3 Folder 5

Pigeons of St. Marks--Outline, circa 1960

Outline, with 2 pages typescript notes reviewing the outline, and 4 pages of handwritten notes following the outline.


Box 3 Folder 6-7

Pigeons of St. Marks--Sample Copy, 1960, 2 folders

Wrapper notes that this is the "1st copy of original Pigeons manuscript. No edition was made from this." 244 pp. ribbon typescript on onion skin, largely stamped by Odette Arnaud, and "Exemplaire de Press / Sample Copy."


Box 3 Folder 8-9

East Side Story--Setting Copy (Longmans), circa 1961, 2 folders

Wrapper notes that this is a "Copy of Pigeons manuscript original version from which the Brisith edition was set. 244 pages"


Box 22 Folder 1

East Side Story--Long Galleys, circa 1961

"Marked Proof" with proof reader marks in blue ink.


Box 4 Folder 1

Pigeons of St. Marks--Revised, circa 1962


Box 4 Folder 2-3

Pigeons of St. Marks--Revised Copy for Fawcett, 1962, 2 folders

With envelope.


Box 4 Folder 4

Pigeons of St. Marks--Typescript Carbon, undated

Pages 298-307 (Chapter 17) only.


Subseries I.1.3: The Exile of Suzy Q, 1961-1964

This subseries includes the contracts with Julliard (1961) and Paperback Library (1963), as well as a cover proof, and a file with various typescript pages, corrections, and drawings of maps. The collection does not include a full typescript or proof for this book.

There is related material in Subseries I.7: Drafts and Fragments.


Box 4 Folder 5

Contract (Julliard), 1961


Box 4 Folder 6

Contract (Paperback Library), 1963


Box 4 Folder 7

Cover Proof (Paperback Library), circa 1964


Box 4 Folder 8

Various typescript pages, corrections, and drawings of maps, 1961, undated


Subseries I.1.4: The Horsy Set, 1962-1963

This subseries includes the contract and setting copy, both for Simon & Schuster.


Box 4 Folder 9

Contract (Simon & Schuster), 1962


Box 4 Folder 10

Setting Copy (Simon & Schuster), 1963


Subseries I.2: Unpublished Novels and Novellas, circa 1957-1964

This subseries contains contracts, outlines, drafts, manuscripts, notes, notebooks, and related materials.


Subseries I.2.1: Prophets Without Honor, circa 1957-1959

Prophets Without Honorwas to have been Moore's second novel. Knopf purchased the novel based upon an outline submitted by Moore and Laurot, but ultimately rescinded its contact in 1959. Both the contract and the rescindment are in this subseries.

The subseries also includes outlines, various typescripts, and a portion of the final version (Chapter 7-end, only).

There is related material in Subseries I.7: Drafts and Fragments.


Box 4 Folder 11

Contract and Rescindment (Knopf), 1957, 1959


Box 4 Folder 12

Note on Revisions (Pamela Moore to Sterling Lord), undated

It is unclear which version this note pertains to; it may not be in the collection.


Box 4 Folder 13-14

Outlines, undated, 2 folders


Box 5 Folder 1

Outlines and Typescript Pages, undated

Typescript is for pages 1-155, but some pages are missing.


Box 5 Folder 2

Typescript Pages, undated

Typescript is for pages 1-122, but some pages are missing. Heavily annotated working typescript and typescript carbon.


Box 5 Folder 3-6

Typescript, undated, 4 folders; 696 pages

Heavily annotated typescript and typescript carbon.


Box 6 Folder 1-4

Typescript, undated, 4 folders; 813 pages

Container cover indicates that this version is the longest version. Contains a few corrections.


Box 6 Folder 5

Clean Typescript (Folder 1, of 3), undated, 1 folders; 540 pages


Box 7 Folder 1-2

Clean Typescript (Folders 2-3, of 3), undated, 2 folders; 540 pages


Box 7 Folder 3-5

Carbon of Clean Typescript, undated, 3 folders; 540 pages


Box 7 Folder 6-7

Final Version (Incomplete) (Folders 1-2, of 3), undated, 2 folders

Typescript contains pages 78-482 (Chapter 7-end), only. Clean typescript.


Box 8 Folder 1

Final Version (Incomplete) (Folder 3, of 3), undated, 1 folders

Typescript contains pages 78-482 (Chapter 7-end), only. Clean typescript.


Subseries I.2.2: Kathy, circa 1963-1964

Kathygrew out of Moore's revisions toProphets Without Honor; the novel was unfinished at the time of Moore's death.

The early title of this work wasTho' All the World Betrays Thee, and it is also referred to asKathy on the RocksandMy Sister Kathy. The working contract from Dell for the book (1964) uses the titleDebut.

This subseries includes outlines, notebooks, notes, as well as various carbons, drafts, typescripts, and "rejects."

There is material related toKathyin Subseries I.8: Other Notes and Notebooks, and Subseries III.2: Diaries.


Box 8 Folder 2

Contract (Dell), 1964

Tentatively titled "Debut"


Box 8 Folder 3

Outline, undated


Box 8 Folder 4

Outline and Notes on Eiffel Tower, undated


Box 8 Folder 5

Typescript Pages and Notes on Infant Prodigy, undated


Box 8 Folder 6

Old Version Notes; Kathy on Long Island; Alex and Ferenc, undated


Box 8 Folder 7

Tho' All the World Betrays The--Typescript, undated

Contains pages 1-77 and 133-155.


Box 8 Folder 8-9

Typescript, undated, 2 folders

Possibly an early version.


Box 9 Folder 1-8

Typescripts, undated, 8 folders

Several folders of typescripts, carbons, drafts, and "rejects".


Box 9 Folder 9

My Sister Kathy--In Paris; On a Boat; Interview, undated, Typescript


Box 10 Folder 1

My Sister Kathy--Warner and Bing, undated, Typescript


Box 10 Folder 2

Current Quotes, undated


Box 10 Folder 3

Notebook, undated


Subseries I.2.3: Other Titles, circa 1957-1964

This subseries contains materials related to other unfinished novel projects. Most of these, with the exception of "Rosemary", had working titles. It is unclear if any of these were related to Moore's other writing projects.

This subseries includes outlines, character sketches, synopses, and typescript chapters and pages.

There is additional material related to some of these projects in Subseries III.2: Diaries.


Box 10 Folder 4-5

Beauty and the Books, undated, 2 folders

Typescripts for first few chapters, synopsis, notes.


Box 10 Folder 6

The Debut--Outline, undated

Primarily character sketches; this does not appear related toKathy.


Box 10 Folder 7

The Kowalski Family--Outline, 1959


Box 10 Folder 8

Mountain of Love, undated

Synopsis, some typescript pages.


Box 10 Folder 9

Northcape, circa 1961

Approximately 1" of manuscript and typescript pages, and notes. Moore notes that she is working on a novel with this title in correspondence to E.P. Dutton (1961). Original enclosure is labelled "Northscape: American Search for Myth beyond Reason and Physical Reality"


Box 22 Folder 2

Northcape (Enclosure), circa 1961

This is the original enclosure for the Northscape materials, above.


Box 10 Folder 10-11

Rosemary, undated, 2 folders

This was untitled. Includes approximately 150 typescript pages, maps, and notes. It appears that this and Summer Stage might be the same story.


Box 10 Folder 12

Summer Stage, undated

Typescripts for the first chapters. It appears that this and Rosemary might be the same story.


Subseries I.3: Short Stories, 1945-1962, undated

This subseries contains drafts and typescripts for several short stories. Many of the stories are untitled, and most are undated.


Box 11 Folder 1

Angela, undated


Box 11 Folder 2

Are There Any Wounded?, circa 1962


Box 11 Folder 3

Baby Shoes, undated

Title on typescripts is "Battle of Brooklyn Heights." Envelope lists title as "Baby Shoes."


Box 11 Folder 4

Easter Sunday, circa 1953

There are other versions of this story in the "Short Stories" folder at the end of this subseries.


Box 11 Folder 5

Gentleman from Virginia, undated


Box 11 Folder 6

Greetings from Monaco, undated


Box 11 Folder 7

Guilty, undated


Box 11 Folder 8

Independence Story, undated


Box 11 Folder 9

Ivo, undated


Box 11 Folder 10

Maureen, undated


Box 11 Folder 11

The Murder Between Them, undated


Box 11 Folder 12

My Other Lover, 1945


Box 11 Folder 13

Poor Philippe Story, undated


Box 11 Folder 14

Professor Tristan Story, undated


Box 11 Folder 15

Red Shoes, undated

Unfinished story.


Box 11 Folder 16

She Married a Jew, undated


Box 11 Folder 17

Their Bones Nourish No Sacred Groves, undated


Box 11 Folder 18

What is General Lee Going to Do?, undated


Box 11 Folder 19

Pompeiian Red / At Sea / Nina the Arabic Scholar, undated

Three short pieces; originally housed in one envelope.


Box 11 Folder 20-21

Short Stories, 1952-1957, undated, 2 folders

This is a set of fiction stories. The set includes "Veteran," "Just an Incident," "The Girl with the Long Hair," "Easter Sunday," "Charm Boy," "The Land," "Haven," "The Lost Gold Mine," "A Full Love," "Bad Actor," and "Motherland." "Bad Actor" is an early story related to Chocolates for Breakfast.


Subseries I.4: Poetry, 1950-1952

This subseries contains one set of poems, written between 1950 and 1952.


Box 11 Folder 22

Poetry, 1950-1952

This is a set of poems. The set includes "To the Midnight Caller," "The Night," "Night's Call," "My Evening," "Reason," "A Love of Youth," "Letter to My Fiance," and "La Nuit Vient."


Subseries I.5: Plays, undated

This subseries contains outlines, a few typescript pages, and notes for two undated plays.


Box 12 Folder 1

Be Damned, Eternity, undated

A few typescript pages, outline, and notes.


Box 12 Folder 2

The Shattered Heart, undated

Typescript pages, outlines.


Subseries I.6: Articles, 1950s-1960s

This contains materials related to both published and unpublished articles, and includes typescripts, notes, and clippings of published articles.


Box 12 Folder 3

"A Little Slavic Village in the Heart of Manhattan", undated

Suggested article for Holiday. See also: "Miscelleneous Works" folder in "Drafts and Fragments" subseries.


Box 12 Folder 4

"Are American Men Afraid of Sex?" Playboy, 1957 February

Copy of the full issue of Playboy; includes Moore's published article.


Box 12 Folder 5

"Blueprint for the Basic Training of a Wife", undated

Suggested article for Playboy.


Box 12 Folder 6

Music Hall Article, 1962 April

Includes typescript, in English, and photocopy of the published version, in French.


Box 12 Folder 7

"Where is Your Husband?", undated

From envelope labeled, "Articles - Susan"


Subseries I.7: Drafts and Fragments, 1942-1978, undated

This subseries contains a few folders of unorganized manuscript pages, notes, correspondence, and other materials.

Some items are clearly related to works elsewhere in Series I, but many are unidentified.


Box 12 Folder 8

Ideas, undated

This includes various notes. It also includes additional Treasure Mountain maps, related to The Exile of Suzy Q.


Box 12 Folder 9

Luny Piece, undated

A few typescript pages, partially in French.


Box 12 Folder 10

Miscellaneous Works, undated

Includes "A Little Slavic Village in the Heart of Manhattan," a Veronica Saga family tree, and some unidentified typescript pages, possibly related to the unpublished Rosemary novel.


Box 12 Folder 11

Questionable Papers, 1942-1978, undated

This file contains various materials, including notes for Prophets Without Honor and other stories, various typescript pages, interview questions, and some miscellaneous correspondence.


Box 12 Folder 12

Various Manuscript Fragments and Notes, undated

Includes various unidentified typescript pages and notes. A few relate to Professor Mundy and Prophets Without Honor, and there are notes on Simon and Sylvie.


Subseries I.8: Other Notes and Notebooks, 1962-1964, undated

This subseries contains notebooks and notes on various subjects.


Box 12 Folder 13

Clippings on Young Socialites and Partying, 1964 April


Box 12 Folder 14

Notebook, 1963, Composition Notebook

This notebook contains some notes related to Kathy, as well as serving as a personal notebooks with notes on her childbirth classes, shopping lists for the hospital, etc.


Box 12 Folder 15

Notebook, undated, Pennant Winner Composition Book

This notebook contains notes on Bourgeois Realism, Truman Capote vs. French intellectuals, and a draft of story "Pompeii in Red."


Box 12 Folder 16

Notes on "Women Who Drink Too Much", circa 1962

Notes on articles by Neal Gilkyson Stuart from Ladies Home Journal and Readers Digest.

Series II: Professional Files, 1956-1964, 1987, 2002-2011

This series contains correspondence, contracts, clippings files, and items Moore received from her publisher René Julliard.

There are also some professional topics covered in the correspondence, financial, tax, and legal files in Series III: Personal and Biographical Materials.


Subseries II.1: Correspondence, 1956-1964, 1987, 2002-2011

This subseries includes correspondence with individuals, literary agents, and publishers, on a variety of professional issues. This correspondence was largerly maintained in one alphabetical set. The correspondence also includes condolence letters, mostly from professional contacts, written to Adam Kanarek after Moore's death in 1964, and a few folders of fan mail and correspondence from readers.

The subseries also includes some later correspondence with Adam and Kevin Kanarek on subjects related to Moore.

Correspondence and other materials related to Edouard de Laurot are filed in Series III: Personal and Biographical Materials.


Box 12 Folder 17

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1957-1964

Includes correspondence to Moore on reactions to the novel Young Assassins; correspondence on Prophets without Honor


Box 12 Folder 18

Fernando Arrabal, 1960-1961, 2011

Includes a 2011 email to Kevin Kanarek with Arrabal's recollections of Moore.


Box 12 Folder 19

Odette Arnaud, 1957-1964

French literary agent.


Box 12 Folder 20

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1957-1964, 1987, 2004


Box 13 Folder 1

Atheneum Publishers, 1961


Box 13 Folder 2

Bantam Books, 1960-1963

Correspondence on the reissue and screenplay for Chocolates for Breakfast.


Box 13 Folder 3

Peter Basch, 1958, undated

Photograph. Includes copy of Peter Basch Photographs: Beauties of the World, Fawcett, 1958. Includes negative for a partially nude image of Moore (unpublished); contact sheets for this photo shoot and other Basch photographs of Moore are filed in Series IV: Photographs..


Box 13 Folder 4

Bernice Block, 1961-1962

Includes correspondence on the screenplay for Chocolates for Breakfast.


Box 13 Folder 5

British Publishers and Agents, 1956-1963

Includes correspondence with Ursula Winant agent) and Longmans (publisher).


Box 13 Folder 6

Leroy Breunig, 1950s, 2005

Breunig was a professor of French Literature at Barnard College. The 2005 correspondence is between Breunig's nephew and Kevin Kanarek.


Box 13 Folder 7

Sidney Burrell, 1960

Burrell was a professor in the History Department at Barnard College.


Box 13 Folder 8

Al Capp, 1963, undated


Box 13 Folder 9

Condolences, 1964

This file contains several condolenece letters to Adam Kanarek following Moore's death in 1964. There are others in the individual correspondence files. The file also contains a bill for Moore's funeral and related expenses from Campbell Funeral Home.


Box 13 Folder 10

Kurt Desch / German Publishers, 1956-1961


Box 13 Folder 11

E. P. Dutton, 1961

Includes correspondence pertaining to Exile of Suzy-Q.


Box 13 Folder 12

Fan Mail, 1956-1958

Correspondence relates to Chocolates for Breakfast.


Box 13 Folder 13

Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1961-1964

Includes correspondence pertaining to East Side Story.


Box 13 Folder 14

Robert Gottlieb (Simon and Schuster), 1963-1964, 2002

Includes some correspondence between Gottlieb and Adam Kanarek.


Box 13 Folder 15

Juan Goyanarte, 1961-1962

Publisher in Argentina.


Box 13 Folder 16

Grove Press, 1961


Box 13 Folder 17

Rust Hills (Esquire Magazine), 1961


Box 13 Folder 18

Franz Horch, 1957-1958

Literary agent


Box 13 Folder 19

Israel, 1961


Box 13 Folder 20

J.B. Lippincott Company, 1962


Box 13 Folder 21

James Brown Associates, Inc., 1961

Correspondence pertains to the submission and rejection of Exile of Suzy-Q.


Box 13 Folder 22

Japan, 1961-1962

Correspondence pertains to a payment dispute over Chocolates for Breakfast.


Box 13 Folder 23

Jack Jolles, 1960-1961, 1964

Includes a condolence letter.


Box 13 Folder 24

Julliard, 1957-1963


Box 13 Folder 25

Jacques Lanzmann, 1961


Box 13 Folder 26

Raymond Las Vergnas, 1961


Box 19 Folder 11-12

Last, 1964-1967, 2 folders

This file contains financial material, particularly related to Mondadori, royalty reports, a few publisher letters, and material relating to Contemporary Authors appearance.


Box 13 Folder 27

John Leggett (Harper & Brothers), 1961

Correspondence pertains to the rejection of Exile of Suzy-Q.


Box 13 Folder 28

Carolyn Ruth Swift Lenz (Lyn Lenz), 1964, 2003, undated

Lenz was Moore's teacher and friend at Rosemary Hall. The character of Ms. Rosen in Chocolates for Breakfast is based on Lenz. Correspondence includes her reaction to the novel, a letter of condolence, and a later letter to Adam Kanarek regarding his wish to put a stone marker on Moore's grave.


Box 13 Folder 29

Little, Brown and Company, 1961

Correspondence regarding the submission and rejection of Exile of Suzy-Q. Includes comments from readers at the company.


Box 13 Folder 30

Sterling Lord, 1957-1961

Literary agent. Includes agreement and correspondence.


Box 13 Folder 31

Sylvie Marion, 1962


Box 13 Folder 32

Ann Martin--Correspondence to Robert Nedelkoff, 2008

Martin had written an early article about Pamela Moore; Nedelkoff contacted her about his own writings about Pamela Moore.


Box 13 Folder 33

Jean Jacques Mayoux, 1960


Box 13 Folder 34

Monica McCall, 1956-1957

Literary agent. Includes correspondence pertaining to Chocolates for Breakfast, including reader's comments from Ladies Home Journal and Women's Home Companion.


Box 13 Folder 35

New York Times Sunday Book Review, 1961

Contains typescript of a review of Gombrowicz's Ferryduke and a carbon of Moore's letter to the editor of the Sunday Book Review. Includes a clipping of the published letter to the editor.


Box 13 Folder 36

Playboy, 1961

Rejection letter.


Box 14 Folder 1

Reader Correspondence, 1956-1962

Reader correspondence; includes some drafts of replies from Moore.


Box 14 Folder 2

Rinehart and Company, Inc., 1956

One item, an invitation to discuss the manuscript for Chocolates for Breakfast.


Box 14 Folder 3

Simon and Schuster, 1962-1964

Includes letter from Moore on her time in Paris after the publication of Chocolates for Breakfast. Other correspondence pertains to The Horsy Set.


Box 14 Folder 4

Milburn David Smith, Jr., 1964 September-December

Copies of Jaguar magazine from December 1964 which includes an article on Moore. Also includes correspondence from Smith to Adam Kanarek with a litter from Don Fine (editor at Dell) to Smith with his recollections of Moore.


Box 14 Folder 5

Constantin Tacou, 1958


Box 14 Folder 6

Jozef Wittlin, 1961-1964


Subseries II.2: Contracts, 1956-1963

This subseries contains contracts, signed and unsigned, for various editions and licensing rights to Moore's works. There is also a file of contract copies.

Contracts for first editions remain filed with their corresponding manuscripts in Series I.


Box 14 Folder 7

Contracts, 1957-1963


Box 14 Folder 8

Contracts (Copies), 1956-1961


Subseries II.3: Clippings Files, 1950, 1956-1964, 1997-2014

This subseries primarily consists of clippings related to the publication of Moore's novels: many were obtained from a clippings service. These are primarily in English and in French, although there are some items from the German and Italian presses, and others.

There are also some later articles (2000-2014) related to Moore.


Box 14 Folder 9

Clippings, 1950

Clipping on the junior riders at the National Horse Show; includes photograph of Moore.


Box 14 Folder 10

Chocolates for Breakfast--Clippings, 1956-1957

In English.


Box 14 Folder 11

Chocolates for Breakfast--Clippings, 1956-1957

Primarily in French. Includes some clippings in German, Italian, and other languages.


Box 14 Folder 12

Chocolates for Breakfast--Clippings on Paperback Release; Screenplay, 1960

Includes short clipping on the book's release in paperback edition. Includes several clippings on the development of the screenplay for the novel.


Box 14 Folder 13

Cosmopolitan, 1958, 1959

Two issues of the magazine; include mentions of Moore in articles about current writing.


Box 14 Folder 14

East Side Story / The Pigeons of St. Marks--Goyanarte Catalog, 1961


Box 14 Folder 15

East Side Story / The Pigeons of St. Marks--Clippings, 1960-1961

In English, French, Polish, and Italian. Includes a few typescript translations from French publications.


Box 14 Folder 16

East Side Story / The Pigeons of St. Marks--Manuscripts/Typescripts of Related Items, 1961

These items were originally together in one plastic enclosure, filed in the clippings files. This folder includes typescripts of interview questions and answers, quotations, carbons of a few rejection letters from publishers, and a handwritten copy of an article published in Brazil.


Box 14 Folder 17

The Exile of Suzy Q--Clippings, 1962

In French.


Box 15 Folder 1

The Exile of Suzy Q--Clippings, 1962

In French.


Box 22 Folder 8

Paris Match Magazine, 1962

In French. Includes a short article on Moore.


Box 15 Folder 2-3

The Horsy Set--Clippings, 1962-1964, 2 folders

Primarily in English.


Box 15 Folder 4

Obituaries, 1964

In English and in French.


Box 15 Folder 5

Robert Nedelkoff, "The Remainder Table" The Baffler #10, 1997

Article on Moore.


Box 15 Folder 6

"Great Girl Trash", 2000

Includes Chocolates for Breakfast.


Box 15 Folder 7

Le Parisien Magazine, 2014

Magazine includes article on the reissue of Chocolates for Breakfast. In French.


Subseries II.4: Julliard--Promotional Materials and Souvenirs, 1956-1964

This subseries contains items that Moore received from her publisher René Julliard.

Moore received several items whenChocolates for Breakfastwas published in France: a scarf, a set of dishes, and three matchbooks that were created as promotional items for the book.

Two other items appear to have been issued as "souvenirs" after the death of René Julliard in 1962: a book, titledEn Souvenir de René Julliard(1963), and a paperweight, which has an accompanying card on the stationary of Madame René Julliard (1964).


Box 23

Chocolates for Breakfast--Matchbook, 1956

Matchbooks featuring the book's cover and a picture of Moore.


Box Temporary Box C

Set of Dishes, 1956

French publisher René Julliard gave items to Moore to celebrate release of Chocolates for Breakfast in France, including this set of plates. The plates include signatures of authors and artists related to the publishing house. Moore's set has 11 8" plates. There should be 12 plates; #5 is missing from this set.


Box 23

Scarf, 1956

Silkscreen scarf designed by Bernard Buffet, depicting book case of titles published by Julliard in 1956, including Chocolates for Breakfast.


Box 20

En Souvenir de René Julliard. Paris: Julliard, 1963

Book. René Julliard, founder of Julliard, died in 1962.


Box 23

Paperweight and Card, 1964

Lucite paperweight with green feather pen and René Julliard's signature. It includes handwritten card in French, indicating that the paperweight was created in memory of Julliard, who died in 1962.

Series III: Personal and Biographical Materials, 1948-2013 [Bulk Dates: 1948-1964]

This series contains personal and family correspondence, diaries, official documents, school files, sketchbooks, travel notes, and a set of financial, tax, and legal files.

Photographs are filed in Series IV: Photographs.


Subseries III.1: Personal Correspondence and Related Materials, 1956-2013

This subseries contains correspondence and related materials such as clippings, magazines, and personal documents.


Subseries III.1.1: Family, 1956-2002

This subseries contains correspondence involving members of Moore's family. The correspondence is between Moore's family and Pamela Moore, Adam Kanarek, and Kevin Kanarek, with the exception of a few items sent to Isabel Moore by Jerry Asher.

This series includes correspondence written during Moore's lifetime, as well as later correspondence between her family members.

The subseries also contains a few other items – clippings, draft cards, postcards, and a life insurance policy – related to individual family members.


Box 15 Folder 8

Adam Kanarek--Correspondence with Pamela Moore, 1957-1963


Box 15 Folder 9

Elaine Moore Moffat, 1957-1962, undated

Correspondence with Isabel Moore, Pamela Moore, and Adam Kanarek. Also includes a photocopy of a typescript of what are apparently Elaine's notes/quotations from a memoir by Isabel Moore, going back to Isabel's childhood and ending with the end of her marriage to Don Moore.


Box 15 Folder 10

Donald Moore--Correspondence to Kevin Kanarek, 1979-1986

Includes obituaries.


Box 15 Folder 11

Donald Moore--Correspondence with Pamela Moore, and to Adam Kanarek, 1957-1966, 1979-1984, undated


Box 15 Folder 12

Donald Moore--Draft Cards and Documents, 1942


Box 16 Folder 1

Isabel Moore--Correspondence from Jerry Asher, 1956

Asher was an MGM publicist and later a fan magazine writer.


Box 16 Folder 2

Isabel Moore--Correspondence with Adam Kanarek, 1957-1964


Box 16 Folder 3

Isabel Moore--Correspondence with Pamela Moore, 1957-1958, undated


Box 16 Folder 4

Isabel Moore--Forgive Me, My Darling--Advertisement and Memo, circa 1964

Isabel Moore wrote a memoir regarding Pamela Moore, but there are no known copies of the book. According to the "In the Next Room" essay in the Harper Perenniel edition of Chocolates for Breakfast, it was never published, although there were advance advertisements. There is a 9-page memo in the file with quotations and notes from the text in this file.


Box 16 Folder 5

Isabel Moore--Press Clippings, 1939, 1962-1963


Box 16 Folder 6

Isabel Moore--Life Insurance Policy, 1936


Box 16 Folder 7

Postcards, Miscellaneous, 1950s-1960s

Seven postcards. One was mailed to Adam Kanarek in 1953; the others are unsent.


Subseries III.1.2: Edouard de Laurot, and Others, 1956-1963, 1982, 2013

This subseries contains correspondence from Moore to Laurot, as well as clippings, and several issues of Film Culture magazine.

The correspondence file for Laurot is a photocopy of the original file kept by Jonas Mekas; Mekas retains the original file. This file contains correspondence from Moore to Laurot (given to Mekas for safe keeping by Laurot) and from Laurot to Mekas, some of which concern Moore.

The subseries also contains clippings on Laurot and Mekas, and copies of Film Culture magazine, which they co-founded in the 1950s.

This subseries also contains a few miscellaneous files kept by Pamela Moore. There is also a file of correspondence with journalists and friends in France. One of these dates to Moore's time in Paris. These files include business cards, clippings, correspondence, notes, drafts, etc.


Box 16 Folder 8

Edouard de Laurot--Correspondence, 1956-1957, undated, Photocopies

Photocopies in this file were provided by Jonas Mekas, who retains the originals. This file contains correspondence from Moore to Laurot (given to Mekas for safe keeping) and from Laurot to Mekas, some of which concern Moore.


Box 16 Folder 9

Edouard de Laurot--Draft of Letter to Mr. Borde, undated

Draft, with notes by Moore.


Box 16 Folder 10

Edouard de Laurot and Jonas Mekas--Clippings, 1960


Box 16 Folder 11-12

Film Culture Magazine, 1955-1958, 2 folders

Various issues.


Box 16 Folder 13

Miscellaneous, 1956-1957, 1982, 2013

File contains notes, drafts, fragments, receipts, business cards, etc. dating to Moore's time in Paris. There are a few later items: a letter from school friend Barbara Montgomery to Alison Ehringer with her recollections about Moore and Adam Kanarek (1982) and a short postcard from George Morris to Kevin Kanarek (2013).


Box 16 Folder 14

Pamela Moore--Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1957-1963

File contains a few pieces of correspondence, and sketches of furniture.


Box 16 Folder 15

Pamela Moore--Miscellaneous Correspondence and Notes, 1958-1961, undated

File contains correspondence, notes, articles, etc.


Box 19 Folder 10

France--Journalists and Friends, 1957-1962


Subseries III.2: Diaries, 1948-1964

This subseries contains six diaries, kept between 1948 and 1964. Some diaries also contain clippings, notes, drafts of her writings, and other materials.

There are also a few personal notes in a 1963 notebooks filed in Series I.8: Other Notes and Notebooks.


Box 24

Diary, 1948 May-August; 1951 April-August, Red diary, with clasp

This diary is accessible, but please take care that the lock remains open during use.


Box 25

Diary, 1952-1953, 1956, Gray "Ledger"

Some portions of this were used as a creative journal, and the portion from 1956 was to record her emotions during the writing of Chocolates for Breakfast. Items inserted loosely inserted into the front of the diary have been removed and housed in an appropriate folder. See Box 17, Folder 12.


Box 17 Folder 12

Diary--Inserted Items, 1952-1953, 1956, Gray "Ledger"

Includes items inserted loosely inserted into the front of the diary: report card from Rosemary Hall, typescript of the story, "Veteran," with teacher's comments and grade, and clipping of Moore's first byline in the Greenwich Times. The diary itself is in Box 25.


Box 26

Diary, 1953 May-1954 April, Small blue diary


Box 27

Diary, 1956, 1959, 1961, Large red and black volume.

Covers Moore's travels and her relationship with her family during 1956. Also includes telegrams from Moore's father, letters from Adam Kanarek, and other items. Includes draft and notes for "Heat."


Box 28

Diary, 1959-1963, National Diary for 1961

Diary is used primarily for clippings, and also includes notes and outlines for Kathy.


Box 29

Diary, 1963-1964, National Diary for 1961, with Officer of the Medical Examiner Sticker on Front

This diary is missing its spine and the binding is quite fragile. It is accessible at this time, but please handle with care.

This diary served both as a diary and a writing notebook. It includes drafts and notes for Kathy, Northscape, and several short stories and plays. There is a table of contents in the front of the volume. This volume also contains her last diary entries: entries and notes about her pregnancy and the birth of her son, and entries from 1964, including an entry for June 7th. This volume was used as evidence by the Office of the Medical Examiner, and the printed form sticker from the office is still affixed to the front of the volume.


Subseries III.3: Documents, 1956-1962

This subseries contains Moore's drivers' license and passport.


Box 19 Folder 1

Drivers' License, 1962


Box 19 Folder 2

Passport, 1956-1958


Subseries III.4: Financial, Tax, and Legal Files, 1956-1967

Moore maintained a set of financial, tax, and legal files that are primarily related to her failure to pay taxes in 1957. This led to ongoing issues with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the United States. These files include correspondence, forms, subpoenas, warrants, notices of judgment, tax returns, bank statements, royalty reports, and other materials.

A savings account book, a file on medical expenses, and a file of receipts also pertain to Moore's finances during this period.


Box 19 Folder 3-5

Tax and Legal Files, 1957-1967, 3 folders

File includes correspondence, forms, subpoenas, warrants, notices of judgment, tax returns, bank statements, receipts, and royalty reports. These are related to Moore's failure to pay income tax in 1957.


Box 19 Folder 6

Savings Account Book, 1958 September-1959 August


Box 19 Folder 7

Medical, 1958 May-December

Medical bills, and list of medical expenses for 1958.


Box 19 Folder 8

Receipts--Columbia University, New York City, Paris, 1956-1957


Subseries III.5: School Materials, 1949-1958

This subseries contains school files from both Rosemary Hall and Barnard College.

The Rosemary Hall files include school notebooks and a school magazine. There is an additional report card in Subseries III.2: Diaries (with the gray "ledger" diary). Moore's class photographs are filed in Series IV: Photographs.

The Barnard College files include correspondence and other materials related to the submission of Moore's senior thesis and her progress towards the completion of her degree, as well as a copy of her senior thesis, other academic papers, notes, a yearbook, and Moore's diploma.


Box 17 Folder 1

Rosemary Hall--School Notebooks, 1949-1950

With notes on French, Grammar, History, English, etc.


Box 17 Folder 2

Rosemary Hall--Question Mark Magazine, 1949 October


Box 17 Folder 3

Barnard College, 1954-1957

This file includes correspondence and other records pertaining to Moore's progress towards the completion of her degree, including the completion of her senior thesis. The file includes transcripts, reports of standing, and bursar's receipts, as well as correspondence with Professors Burrell and Mundy, as well as the Registrar.


Box 17 Folder 4

Barnard College--Mundy, undated

This file includes a history exam with a note from Professor John Mundy, papers, notes, and pages 136-150 of a corrected typescript of Prophets Without Honor.


Box 17 Folder 5

Barnard College--Papers--The Dardanelles Expedition, 1956 May


Box 17 Folder 6

Barnard College--Papers--L'Affaire Aragon, undated


Box 17 Folder 7

Barnard College--Papers--Incomplete Paper on Glanville, undated


Box 17 Folder 8-9

Barnard College--Senior Thesis--"Towards an Existentialist Interpretation of History", 1957 September, 2 folders

Includes a working draft and the final copy.


Box 17 Folder 10

Barnard College--Yearbook, 1957

Moore is listed with the Class of 1957 but there is no school portrait of her in the yearbook. There is an unidentified photogaph of her on page 64.


Box 22 Folder 6

Barnard College--Diploma, 1958


Box 17 Folder 11

Blue Book Exam Essay, undated


Subseries III.6: Sketchbooks and Artworks, 1953-1958, undated

This subseries contains five sketchbooks, and a few additional artworks and drawings. One of the items contains a montage of characters from Chocolates for Breakfast.


Box 18 Folder 33

Co-Mo Sketchbook, 1953

Pencil sketches and poetry.


Box 18 Folder 34

Middlesex Sketchbook (1), undated

Figures, faces, hands, legs, etc. Primarily in pencil, one in color.


Box 18 Folder 35

Middlesex Sketchbook (2), undated

Pencil portraits. One nude, a few include two figures. One entitled, Figures, faces, hands, legs, etc. Primarily in pencil, one in color.The Co-Eds."


Box 18 Folder 36

Rich Art Studio Sketchbook, undated

3 pastels of a house, 1 of a girl's face. Draft letter in pencil related to Pigeons of St. Marks.


Box 18 Folder 37

Stuart Sketchbook, 1958

Items in ink, pastel, watercolor, and pencil. Various subjects.


Box 18 Folder 38

Montage of Characters and Settings from Chocolates for Breakfast, circa 1956

Small pencil drawing.


Box 18 Folder 39

Artworks, undated

Various pages of sketches and drawings.


Box 22 Folder 3-5

Artworks, undated, 3 folders

3 items: a portrait of a girl (in color), a city scene (unfinished, partially in color), and a sketch.


Subseries III.7: Travel Notes, 1962


Box 18 Folder 40

Travel Notes, 1962

Travel notes for the Azores, Lisboa, Gilbraltar, Naples, Pompeii, and Palermo.

Series IV: Photographs, 1939-1964, undated

This series contains both personal and professional photographs of Moore and Moore's family.


Subseries IV.1: Professional Photographs of Pamela Moore, 1940s-1964

This subseries contains class pictures, contact sheets and prints for several professional photo shoots related to the release of several of Moore's books, portrait photographs, and the obituary issued by APWire Photo.


Box 18 Folder 1

Class Pictures, 1940s-1953

Three items, probably from Rosemary Hall.


Box 18 Folder 2

Press Conference, Paris, 1957 January

Includes one photograph, and caption. In French.


Box 18 Folder 3

Keystone Press Photographs, Paris, 1957 January

Four photographs, with captions.


Box 18 Folder 4

Reporters Associés Photographs, circa 1956-1958

Six photographs, stamped Reporters Associés, Paris. Includes one photograph with Edouard Laurot.


Box 18 Folder 5

Moore in Paris, circa 1956-1958

Seven photographs. These may have been cut out from contact sheets for the Reporters Associés images. They are not stamped, but some of the images are the same.


Box 18 Folder 6

Photographs by Peter Basch, circa 1956-1958

Five photographs and three contract sheets.


Box 18 Folder 7

Pamela Moore with Lamp, circa 1956-1958

Three photographs of Moore with a lamp with various liquor labels on the lamp shade.


Box 18 Folder 8

Cunard Line Photographs (Exile of Suzy-Q), 1962 March

Three photographs of Moore, in one she holds the book Exile of Suzy-Q. File includes related newsletter from Cunard Line.


Box 18 Folder 9

Photographs for The Horsy Set and Similar Images, circa 1963

Nine photographs and six contact sheets.


Box 18 Folder 10

Unidentified Contact Sheets, circa 1956-1963

Three contact sheets; all images of Pamela Moore.


Box 18 Folder 11

Miscellaneous Portraits of Moore and Adam Kanarek, circa 1956-1963

One portrait of Moore (possibly a school photograph) and one portrait of Moore and Kanarek. Photographs are small, approximately 2x2".


Box 18 Folder 12

APWire Photo and Obituary, 1964 June 8

Photograph and obituary issued by the Associated Press.


Subseries IV.2: Snapshot Photographs, 1956-1962, undated

This subseries contains snapshot photographs, primarily of Moore and Adam Kanarek. Many of the photographs are dated, but most are unidentified.


Box 18 Folder 13

Europe, circa 1956-1958

Three photographs of Moore.


Box 18 Folder 14

Arctic Circle, circa 1956-1958

Three photographs of Moore at the Arctic Circle, possibly in Finland.


Box 18 Folder 15

Snapshots, circa 1956-1958

Ten photographs, mostly of Moore. A few are identified as "St. Andrew".


Box 18 Folder 16

Snapshots, 1958 August

Ten photographs of Moore, Adam Kanarek, and travel scenes.


Box 18 Folder 17

Snapshots, 1958 November

Seven photographs of Moore and travel scenes.


Box 18 Folder 18

Snapshots, 1958 August and November

Six photographs of Moore and Adam Kanarek.


Box 18 Folder 19

Snapshots, 1959 June

Three photographs of Moore, and two children.


Box 18 Folder 20

Snapshots, 1962 August

Seven photographs of Moore, Adam Kanarek, and travel scenes.


Box 18 Folder 21

Snapshots, circa 1958-1963

Three photographs of Moore.


Box 18 Folder 22

Snapshots, circa 1958-1963

Five photographs of Moore, possibly in Florida.


Box 18 Folder 23

Snapshots, circa 1958-1963

Three photographs, and seven contact sheets. Photographs of Moore and travel scenes.


Box 18 Folder 24

Miscellaneous Contact Sheets, circa 1956-1963

Various contact sheets, cut into strips. These include images of Moore, Adam Kanarek, Kanarek's children (Moore's stepchildren) and possibly other family members, and travel scenes.


Subseries IV.3: Family and Miscellaneous Photographs, 1939-1963, undated

This subseries contains photographs of Moore's family, as well as additional photographs of Adam Kanarek and some photographs of his family. There are also some unidentified photographs, perhaps of family, in this subseries.


Box 18 Folder 25

Elaine Moore Moffat and Others, circa 1940-1960

Seven photographs and one negative. Includes identified photographs of Elaine Moore Moffat and Cadet Albert Merkle. A few other photographs are unidentified.


Box 18 Folder 26

Donald Moore, 1950s

Black and white portrait photograph of Donald Moore in his army uniform. 3 copies.


Box 18 Folder 27

Donald Moore, 1950s

Two negatives of portrait photographs of Donald Moore in his army uniform. One is in black and white, and one is in color.


Box 18 Folder 28

Donald Moore--Childhood Home, undated

Photographs of Donald Moore's childhood home in Bellevue, Iowa. Includes a wedding invitation for his parents.


Box 18 Folder 29

Donald and Isabel Moore, 1940s


Box 18 Folder 30

Donald, Isabel, and Pamela Moore at the Stork Club, 1940s


Box 18 Folder 31

Adam Kanarek, Kanarek Family, and Unidentified, 1939, undated

16 photographs and one contact sheet. This file contains photographs of Adam Kanarek, as well as some photographs of his family in Poland. Other photographs are unidentified.


Box 18 Folder 32

Miscellaneous Photographs, circa 1950s

This contains a small set of unidentified photographs and related contact sheets, perhaps family photographs.

Series V: Printed Materials, 1956-2016

This series contains various editions of Moore's books, books owned by Moore, and a few additional items that are related to Moore.


Subseries V.1: Editions of Moore's Books, 1956-1964, 1988, 2013-2015

This subseries contains several editions of Moore's works. There are original editions, as well as various editions of the reissue ofChocolates for Breakfastby Harper Perennial in 2013.


Chocolates for Breakfast , 1956-2015


Box 20

Chocolates for Breakfast. Paris: Julliard, 1956

Many pages are uncut.


Box 20

Chocolates for Breakfast. Nouvelle edition. Paris: Julliard, 1956


Box 20

Cocktails Zum Frühstück. Wien: Verlag Kurt Desch, 1957

In German. 2 copies.


Box 20

Cioccolata a Colazione. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1957

2 copies.


Box 20

Chocolaadjes aan het Ontbijt. Utrecht: A.W. Bruna & Zoon, 1957

In Dutch.


Box 20

Sjokolade til Froskost. Fonna Forlag, 1959

In Norwegian


Box 20

[Chocolates for Breakfast]. Tel-Aviv, Israel: Desheh Publishing House, Ltd., 1961

In Hebrew


Box 20

Chocolates for Breakfast. Buenos Aires: Goyanarte, undated

Many pages are uncut.


Box 20

Cioccolata a Colazione. Edizione Euroclub Italia, 1988


Box 20

Sladko Življenje. Na Robu, 2013

In Slovenian


Box 20

Cioccolata a Colazione. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 2014


Box 20

Cocktails. Munich: Piper, 2015


Box 20

[Chocolates for Breakfast]. Cheonmirae, 2015

In Korean


The Pigeons of St. Marks / East Side Story / Diana, 1960-1964


Box 20

Les pigones de Saint-Marc. Paris: Julliard, 1960

Many pages are uncut.


Box 20

East Side Story. Longmans, 1961

In English.


Box 20

E I Piccioni di Piazza St. Mark. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1961


Box 20

Palomas en San Marcos. Buenos Aires: Goyanarte, 1961

Many pages are uncut.


Box 20

Diana. New York: Dell, 1964

In English.


The Exile of Suzy Q , 1962-1964


Box 20

L'exil de Suzy-Cœur. Paris: Julliard, 1962

2 copies.


Box 20

El Exilo de Suzy-Q. Tlacoquemécatl, Mexico: Editorial Diana, S.A., 1964


The Horsy Set , 1963


Box 20

La Cavalière. Paris: Julliard, 1963

2 copies.


Box 20

The Horsy Set. Simon & Schuster, 1963

2 copies. Both in library binding.


Box 20

Las Amazones (The Horsy Set). Tlacoquemécatl, Mexico: Editorial Diana, S.A., 1963


Box 20

Readings for Men: No Red Ribbons and The Horsy Set. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, circa 1963

A printing of No Red Ribbons, by John E. Quirk, and The Horsy Set, in one volume.


Subseries V.2: Books Owned by Moore, 1918-1963

This subseries contains seven books owned by Moore. Several of these are signed by Moore, or inscribed by to Moore.


Box 21

The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy. New York: Macmillan, 1918

Signed by Pamela Moore.


Box 21

Aragon. L'homme Communiste. Gallimard., 1953

Many pages are uncut.


Box 21

Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. New York: Macmillan, 1943

Inscribed to Pam by her father, Donald Moore, and signed by Pamela Moore.


Box 21

V. Gordon Childe. History. London: Cabbott Press, 1947

Signed by Pamela Moore. Includes some annotations.


Box 21

Norman Fruchter. Coat Upon a Stick. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1963

Inscribed to Moore by the author.


Box 21

Jacques Lanzmann. Cuir de Russie. Julliard., 1957


Box 21

Andrew C. McLaughlin. A Constitutional History of the United States. Student's Edition. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935

Signed by Pamela Moore.


Box 21

Gordon Wright and the United States Equestrian Team. Horsemanship., 1958

Inscribed to Moore by Gordon Wright, 1959.


Subseries V.3: Other Items, 1952, 1962, 2016

This subseries contains three items on subjects that are related to Moore.


Box 22 Folder 7

Life Magazine, 1952 September 1

Includes feature on Ernest Hemingway


Box 16 Folder 16

Culture and Life Magazine, 1962 March


Box 16 Folder 17

Untacked Magazine, 2016 January-February

Includes feature on George Morris, who knew Moore. There is an item of correspondence from him to Kevin Kanarek elsewhere in the collection.

Series VI: Literary Agent's Catalog of Archival Collection, circa 2017

This series contains a copy of the literary agent's catalog of the collection available for purchase. The catalog includes detailed information and subject analysis on correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, and other materials in the collection.

Please note that most of the interviews described in the catalog on pages 43-44 were never received by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. There is material related to interviews with Jonas Mekas and Michael "Dandy Kim" Caborn-Waterfield in Series VIII: Digital Materials.


Box 19 Folder 9

Literary Agent's Catalog of Archival Collection, circa 2017

This is a copy of the catalog created for the collection by the literary agent representing Kevin Kanarek. It contains more detailed content information about many items in the collection. Note that the interviews listed in the catalog have not yet been received at Columbia University.

Series VII: Archived Web Site, 2018

This series contains a web site capture of the Chocolates for Breakfast website, http://chocolatesforbreakfast.info/, created by Moore's son, Kevin Kanarek. Many (but not all) of the photographs of Moore, as well as editions of the book, are of materials contained in this collection.

The archived site is here:http://chocolatesforbreakfast.info/

Series VIII: Digital Materials, 2010-2014

Digital files can be accessed upon request via a secure laptop in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library's Reading Room.

This series includes two audio files and one transcript of Kevin Kanarek's interviews with persons related to Moore. There is an audio file for an interview with Jonas Mekas. There is an audio file and a corresponding transcript for an interview with Michael "Dandy Kim" Caborn-Waterfield (the model for "Andrew Neville" in Chocolates for Breakfast); the transcript is available digitally as a pdf and a printed copy of the file has been placed in Box 19 Folder 13.

The series also includes clips of two interviews on subjects related to Moore. Both were done by outside sources, and may be available elsewhere. The first is a video clip of Courtney Love speaking about how she was named after Courtney Farrel, the protagonist of Chocolates for Breakfast, giving her reading of the story, and discussing the overlap between the book and her own life (from VH1, 2010). The second is an audio clip of Jonas Mekas discussing his association with Edouard (Yves) De Laurot, including de Laurot's wartime past and their short-lived collaboration on Mekas' first film, Guns of the Trees (from Web of Stories, 2013).


Box Laptop

Digital Materials

Digital files can be accessed upon request via a secure laptop in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library's Reading Room.


Box 19 Folder 13

Michael "Dandy Kim" Caborn-Waterfield--Interview Transcript, 2014 November 20