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Title: Thomas M. Moran Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1909-1955
Collection number: Mss17
Creator:
Thomas M. Moran
Extent: 0.5 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
Stockton, CA 95211
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Thomas M. Moran Collection, Mss17, Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Thomas Moran (1882-1963) was a Stockton, Calif. bakery truck driver and bibliophile. He
came to Stockton in 1904, working first as a streetcar motorman, and, from 1909 until his
retirement in 1951, for the Gravem-Inglis Bakery. Moran began collecting books in 1929.
When he died, he left behind a library of some 15,000 volumes. Among other treasures,
this library included a first edition copy of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones, as well as
first edition copies of the works of Thornton Wilder, Erskine Caldwell and Conrad
Richter.
Moran's papers contain family and business correspondence, including a large collection
of picture postcards, photographs, and a small amount of memorabilia.