Helen G. Moore Oral History Interview, June 9, 1977
(Oral History #OH0045)
Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Helen G. Moore Oral History Interview |
| Creators: |
Lennon, Donald R.
Moore, Helen G. |
| Repository: | ECU Manuscript Collection |
| Languages: | English |
| Extent: | 0.01 Cubic feet, 2 audiocassettes, 2.5 hours, 55 pages . |
Administrative Information
General note
1931-1977
Access Restrictions
No restrictions
Copyright Notice
Repository does not own copyright to the oral history collection. Permission to cite, reproduce, or broadcast must be obtained from both the repository and the participants in the oral history, or their heirs.
Preferred Citation
Helen G. Moore Oral History Interview (#OH0045), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Acquisition Information
- Gift of Helen G. Moore
Processing Information
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Encoded by Apex Data Services
Biographical / Historical Note
Miss Moore is a native of Albany, New York. She was sent to Japan in 1931 where she taught at Kwassui Girls School at Nagasaki. After four years she returned to New York, where she taught school for two years. Miss Moore returned to Japan in 1937 and remained there until evacuated to the Philippines in March 1940. During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines she was interned and for 72 days she was imprisoned at Santiago Prison in Manila. In 1945 she was liberated and returned to the U.S. She once more returned to Nagasaki in 1947 where she resumed her missionary work for the Methodist Church.
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