Everett Moore
| Everett Thomson Moore | |
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Powell Library at UCLA
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| Born |
August 6, 1909 Highland Park, California |
| Died | January 5, 1988 (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Librarian, writer, educator |
| Nationality | American |
Everett Thomson Moore (August 6, 1909 – January 5, 1988) was a Harvard University educated librarian active in the Freedom to Read Foundation, which promoted intellectual freedom in libraries. He worked as an academic librarian at the University of Illinois, University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, Los Angeles, eventually joining UCLA's School of Library Service faculty in 1961. Moore is most famous for challenging California's attorney general on issues of censorship and intellectual freedom in libraries in the case of Moore v. Younger. In 1999, American Libraries named him one of the "100 Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century".
Moore was born in Highland Park, California. He graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in 1931 and went on to earn his Master of Arts in English from Harvard in 1933. After teaching at the Webb School for several years, Moore earned his library science certificate from UCLA in 1939. He then began working as a reference librarian at Berkeley and the University of Illinois until the United States' involvement in World War II.
During World War II Moore served as a major in the United States Army. Stationed in the Southwest Pacific, he worked as an education officer under General Douglas MacArthur.
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