Jerome A. Moore papers, 1882-1974 (inclusive), 1952-1973 (bulk).

Jerome Aaron Moore was born on August 9, 1903, in Rio Vista, Texas. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in Spanish from TCU during the 1920s. In 1928, Moore began teaching Spanish at the College of Industrial Arts (later Texas Woman's University) in Denton. In 1937, he was awarded a PhD in Spanish literature from the University of Pennsylvania. While at TWU, Moore established the first formal summer school for American students in Mexico, a successful program held at Saltillo, Coahuila, in the summers of 1941, 1942, and 1943.

In 1943, Moore resigned from TWU to become the first dean of Add Ran College at TCU. Among his many assignments and chairmanships, he served as Chairman of the Department of Foreign Languages, secretary of the TCU Board of Trustees, and member of the Administrative Committee. In addition, he organized the undergraduate Department of Religion. Moore was appointed Dean of the University in 1970. He retired in 1972 and was given the title dean emeritus. He wrote a history of TCU, entitled Texas Christian University: a hundred years of history, published in 1974. Jerome A. Moore died on August 31, 1986. (Source: Hammond, John. Jerome A. Moore: A Man of TCU. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1974.)