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Office of the Treasurer Records. Trustees of the Moore School of Electrical Engineering Files

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Call Number:
UPH 4.1.MSEE
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Extent:
7.25 cubic feet
Language:
English
Date:
1927-1990 (inclusive)
Creator:
University of Pennsylvania. Trustees of the Moore School of Electrical Engineering
Abstract:
The Trustees for the Moore School of Electrical Engineering were established by a bequest in the will of Alfred Fitler Moore. This collection contains all the official records the trust established for the benefit of the Moore School of Electrical Engineering.

The Trustees for the Moore School of Electrical Engineering were established by a bequest in the will of Alfred Fitler Moore. Moore was a wealthy Philadelphia manufacturer who died in 1912. After creating several trusts in his will for the lifetime of his wife and her siblings, he directed that the remainder of his estate be applied to a trust for the creation of school of electrical engineering. Moore requested that the school be named the Moore School of Electrical Engineering in memory of his parents, Joseph Moore and Cecilia Fitler Moore. The seven trustees of the trust to establish this school were to be appointed by the Orphans' Court of Philadelphia. Upon the termination of the life trusts in 1923, the surviving executors of Alfred Fitler Moore's will petitioned the Orphans' Court for the formation of the board of trustees for the school. After the trustees were appointed they requested that the court approve an agreement with the University of Pennsylvania which would make the University the managers of the new school. The trustees had argued that the value of Moore's estate ($1.5 million) was not enough to build a new school and that the best means to fulfill Moore's wishes was to have the school become a department of the university. The court consented to this proposal and an agreement was concluded between the trustees for the Moore School and the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. The trustees of the Moore School would cover the costs of the school for which the tuition pay. The trustees of the university would be ex officio members of the Board of Managers of school with full power to conduct the school.

In accordance with the agreement approved by the Orphans' Court the University of Pennsylvania pulled all the courses in electrical engineering from the Towne Scientific School and created a new department called the Moore School of Electrical Engineering in 1923. It operated the using the endowment created by Moore's will. Most of the members of the Trustees of the Moore School often included the provost and president of the University of Pennsylvania. Beginning in the 1960s the income from the endowment, tuition and research grants was not enough to cover the expenses of the school. In time the university supported the school and the Moore trust was no longer sufficient to continue the school on its own. In 1989 the trustees of the Moore School under the will of Alfred Fitler Moore petitioned the Orphans' Court for permission to appoint the University of Pennsylvania as the successor trustees and merge the trust directly into the endowment funds of the university. The Court granted this petition and the university created three endowed professorships from the trust's funds.

This collection contains all the official records the trust established for the benefit of the Moore School of Electrical Engineering. The first two subseries contain the minutes and supporting papers in the form of correspondence and reports used for the meetings of the trustees from 1927 to 1977, 1989 and 1990. The Alfred Fitler Moore Estate subseries contains legal documents and correspondence relating to the duty of the trustees in reporting their actions to the Philadelphia Orphans' Court which has jurisdiction over the trust primarily from 1923 to 1977. It also includes several published agreements between the trustees of the will of Alfred Fitler Moore and the University of Pennsylvania. The general file subseries contains primarily financial records, such as audits and investment reports. There is also correspondence relating to the expenditure of the trusts funds and assets for the Moore School, particularly the Electromagnetic Wave Research Laboratory and Education Center near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, the Graduate Research Center, and the X-Ray Laboratory Fund.

This series within the Office of the Treasurer correspondence record group is arranged into four subseries: minute books (1927-1979), 0.25 cubic feet; minutes supporting papers (1928-1990), 3.5 cubic feet; Alfred Fitler Moore Estate (1947-1988), 1 cubic foot; general file (1923-1989), 2.5 cubic feet. The first two subseries are arranged chronologically by date of the meeting and the remaining series are arranged alphabetical by subject matter.

Transferred to the University Archives in 1990 (Accession Number 90:51). The files came from W(illiam). Richard Gordon and included the records of the Investment Committee.

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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Finding Aid Author
J.M. Duffin
Finding Aid Date
1999

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1923 - 1927.
Box 233 Folder 1
1928 - 1942.
Box 233 Folder 2
1943 - 1979.
Box 233 Folder 3

Meeting, 21 June 1928.
Box 233 Folder 4
Meeting, 6 May 1924.
Box 233 Folder 5
Meeting, 4 June 1926.
Box 233 Folder 6
Meeting, 1 July 1926.
Box 233 Folder 7
Meeting, 26 May 1927.
Box 233 Folder 8
Meeting, 18 June 1929.
Box 233 Folder 9
Meeting, 16 June 1930.
Box 233 Folder 10
Meeting, 23 June 1932.
Box 233 Folder 11
Meeting, 23 June 1933.
Box 233 Folder 12
Meeting, 12 March 1934.
Box 233 Folder 13
Meeting, 12 June 1934.
Box 233 Folder 14
Meeting, 13 June 1935.
Box 233 Folder 15
Meeting, 29 June 1936.
Box 233 Folder 16
Meeting, 14 May 1937.
Box 233 Folder 17
Meeting, 19 May 1937.
Box 233 Folder 18
Meeting, November 1937.
Box 233 Folder 19
Meeting, May 1938.
Box 233 Folder 20
Meeting, June 1939.
Box 233 Folder 21
Meeting, November 1939.
Box 233 Folder 22
Meeting, June 1940.
Box 233 Folder 23
Meeting, June 1941.
Box 233 Folder 24
Meeting, May 1942.
Box 233 Folder 25
Meeting, May 1943.
Box 233 Folder 26
Meeting, May 1944.
Box 233 Folder 27
Meeting, June 1945.
Box 233 Folder 28
Meeting, March 1945.
Box 233 Folder 29
Meeting, May 1945.
Box 233 Folder 30
Meeting, December 1945.
Box 233 Folder 31
Meeting, October 1946.
Box 233 Folder 32
Meeting, June 1947.
Box 233 Folder 33
Meeting, January 1948.
Box 234 Folder 1
Meeting, October 1948.
Box 234 Folder 2
Meeting, March 1949.
Box 234 Folder 3
Meeting, April 1949.
Box 234 Folder 4
Meeting, April 1950.
Box 234 Folder 5
Meeting, December 1950.
Box 234 Folder 6
Meeting, April 1951.
Box 234 Folder 7
Meeting, April 1952.
Box 234 Folder 8
Meeting, June 1953.
Box 234 Folder 9
Meeting, May 1954.
Box 234 Folder 10
Meeting, April 1955.
Box 234 Folder 11
Meeting, May 1955.
Box 234 Folder 12
Meeting, April 1956.
Box 234 Folder 13
Meeting, June 1956.
Box 234 Folder 14
Meeting, April 1957.
Box 234 Folder 15
Meeting, May 1957.
Box 234 Folder 16
Meeting, April 1958.
Box 234 Folder 17
Meeting, April 1959.
Box 234 Folder 18
Meeting, December 1959.
Box 234 Folder 19
Meeting, April 1960.
Box 234 Folder 20
Meeting, April 1961.
Box 234 Folder 21
Meeting, April 1962.
Box 234 Folder 22
Meeting, February 1963.
Box 234 Folder 23
Meeting, April 1963.
Box 234 Folder 24
Meeting, April 1964.
Box 235 Folder 1
Meeting, December 1964.
Box 235 Folder 2
Meeting, June 1965.
Box 235 Folder 3
Meeting, June 1966.
Box 235 Folder 4
Meeting, May 1967.
Box 235 Folder 5
Meeting, May 1967 (2).
Box 235 Folder 6
Meeting, May 1968.
Box 235 Folder 7
Meeting, June 1969.
Box 235 Folder 8
Meeting, June 1969 (2).
Box 235 Folder 9
Meeting, June 1970.
Box 235 Folder 10
Meeting, June 1970.
Box 235 Folder 11
Meeting, June 1971.
Box 235 Folder 12
Meeting, August 1972.
Box 235 Folder 13
Meeting, April 1973.
Box 235 Folder 14
Meeting, April 1973 (2).
Box 235 Folder 15
Meeting, April 1973 (3).
Box 235 Folder 16
Meeting, June 1973.
Box 236 Folder 1
Meeting, June 1974.
Box 236 Folder 2
Meeting, June 1974 (2).
Box 236 Folder 3
Meeting, January 1975.
Box 236 Folder 4
Meeting, June 1976.
Box 236 Folder 5
Meeting, June 1977.
Box 236 Folder 6
Meeting, June 1989.
Box 236 Folder 7
Meeting, September 1990.
Box 236 Folder 8

1923 - 1947 (1).
Box 236 Folder 9
1923 - 1947 (2).
Box 236 Folder 10
Correspondence, 1947.
Box 236 Folder 11
1947 - 1956 (1).
Box 236 Folder 12
1947 - 1956 (2).
Box 236 Folder 13
Draft.
Box 236 Folder 14
1956 - 1974 (1).
Box 236 Folder 15
1956 - 1974 (2).
Box 236 Folder 16
Correspondence.
Box 237 Folder 1
Agreements with University.
Box 237 Folder 2
Agreements with University.
Box 237 Folder 3
1923.
Box 237 Folder 4
1925 - 1947.
Box 237 Folder 5
1975.
Box 237 Folder 6
Basic Documents, 1957 - 1977.
Box 237 Folder 7
Notes of Testimony, 1923.
Box 237 Folder 8
Orphans' Court Petition, 1964.
Box 237 Folder 9
Trustees Appointments, 1953 - 1988.
Box 237 Folder 10

Annuity Plan, 1947.
Box 237 Folder 11
1966 - 1968.
Box 237 Folder 1
1969 - 1970, 1973.
Box 237 Folder 2
1984 - 1989.
Box 237 Folder 3
1923 - 1947.
Box 237 Folder 12
1948 - 1951.
Box 237 Folder 13
1952 - 1953.
Box 237 Folder 14
1954 - 1956.
Box 237 Folder 15
1957 - 1962.
Box 237 Folder 16
1963 - 1965.
Box 237 Folder 17
Bank Remittances, 1963 - April 1966.
Box 237 Folder 4
Bank Remittances, June 1966 - 1971.
Box 237 Folder 5
Bill of Sale, Apparatus and Equipment, 1927.
Box 237 Folder 6
Books and Journal Fund, 1926.
Box 237 Folder 7
Closing, 1989 - 1990.
Box 237 Folder 8
Correspondence, 1974 - 1978.
Box 237 Folder 9
Differential Analyzer.
Box 237 Folder 10
Director's Report, Fiscal Year 1972.
Box 237 Folder 11
Director's Report, Fiscal Year 1973.
Box 237 Folder 12
Director's Report, Fiscal Year 1973.
Box 237 Folder 13
Distribution, 1957.
Box 237 Folder 14
1964 - 1984.
Box 237 Folder 15
1964 - 1984 (2).
Box 237 Folder 16
1966 - 1967.
Box 237 Folder 17
Property, 1967 - 1980.
Box 237 Folder 18
1984 - 1990.
Box 237 Folder 19
Deeds, 1957 - 1978.
Box 237 Folder 20
Deeds, Bracken Site, 1983 - 1984.
Box 237 Folder 21
Bracken Site, 1983 - 1986.
Box 237 Folder 22
Endowment Fund, Investments, Pricing Sheets, 1976 - 1977.
Box 237 Folder 23
Endowment Fund, Investments, Pricing Sheets, 1978 - 1979.
Box 237 Folder 24
Endowment Fund, Investments, Pricing Sheets, 1980 - 1982.
Box 239 Folder 1
ENIAC Anniversary, 1987.
Box 239 Folder 2
Finance Committee, Correspondence, 1948 - 1964.
Box 239 Folder 3
General Council, 1948 - 1956.
Box 239 Folder 4
Girard Bank.
Box 239 Folder 5
Graduate Research Center, 1964 - January 1965.
Box 239 Folder 6
Graduate Research Center, 1965.
Box 239 Folder 7
Graduate Research Center, Agreement, 1964.
Box 239 Folder 8
Income Tax (990 Forms), 1976 - 1987.
Box 239 Folder 9
Insurance, 1986 - 1989.
Box 239 Folder 10
Investment Transactions and Commissions, 1977 - 1978.
Box 239 Folder 11
Investments, Summary, 1981 - 1983.
Box 239 Folder 12
Investments, 1956 - 1959.
Box 239 Folder 13
Legal Fees, 1976 - 1988.
Box 239 Folder 14
List of Assets, 1944 - 1954.
Box 239 Folder 15
Loan Fund, 1962 - 1977.
Box 239 Folder 16
Kidder Fees, 1983 - 1989.
Box 239 Folder 17
Minorsky Matter, 1934 - 1936.
Box 239 Folder 18
Miscellaneous, 1948 - 1969.
Box 239 Folder 19
Moore School Investments, 1978.
Box 239 Folder 20
Moore School Merger, 1948 - 1962.
Box 239 Folder 21
Name Change, 1979.
Box 239 Folder 22
Statement of Accounts, 1923 - 1940.
Box 239 Folder 23
Primary Account, General Statements, 1925 - 1958.
Box 239 Folder 24
Real Estate, Moore School Site, 1957 - 1968.
Box 239 Folder 25
RCA Computer, 1968.
Box 239 Folder 26
Securities.
Box 239 Folder 27
Scholarships, 1959 - 1964.
Box 239 Folder 28
Special Research Fund, 1959 - 1962.
Box 239 Folder 29
Statements, Balance Sheets, 1978.
Box 239 Folder 30
Student Affairs, 1963 - 1964.
Box 239 Folder 31
Temporary Investments, Income Liquidation, 1982.
Box 239 Folder 32
Transfer of Securities, 1943.
Box 239 Folder 32
X-Ray Laboratory Fund, 1929 - 1935.
Box 239 Folder 33
X-Ray Laboratory Fund, 1935 - 1945.
Box 239 Folder 34

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