Conceptual Memo # 2 The Commerce Journal Articles

Conceptual Memo # 2 The Commerce Journal Articles

I should clarify the title of this conceptual memo a little because it is not entirely accurate. There is included in this memo one article from The Greenville Harold Banner and one article from The Handbook of Commerce Texas 1872-1985, however the majority of the articles, seven, are from The Commerce Journal.

The article on Ivory Moore from the Commerce Handbook was written by Dr. James Conrad and is a good overview introduction of Moore’s life. Like the majority of The Commerce Journal articles, Conrad’s article focuses on the awards and accomplishments of Moore throughout his years of service. Conrad’s article will be useful to supplement the newspaper articles that also document the accomplishments of Moore.

As I mentioned earlier, The Commerce Journal articles are mainly articles that focus on Moore’s achievements in his professional career as an educator and as a community official. I do have one article that talks about Moore’s brief career as a Harlem Globetrotter. This article will be helpful in detailing Moore’s life and Career before his days at ETSU and in the city commission. I plan on using Moore’s resume to fill in blanks were the Globetrotter article is lacking. I think the Globetrotter article will be especially effective in showing how well-rounded Moore was simply because the other articles are related to either community awards or educational awards.

There are three articles that refer to Moore’s winning elections…one that focuses on his election to city council, another which deals with his election to Mayor and finally an article that comments on his last election where he was not re-elected. The commissioner article seems more favorable to African-American voters and Moore’s election while the Mayoral article has some questionable comments by other delegates and city officials. Both will be good for setting up a framework on Moore’s career. Again I plan on using Moore’s resume as a means of filling in factual details.

There are a few articles that deal with Moore’s awards…Norris Community Award, Citizen of the Year to name a few as well as articles that relate Moore’s delegation to the National Library conference and other awards and events. The Greenville Harold Banner article is lumped in with this group of articles.
Overall this group of articles provides a nice snapshoot of what the community felt was important in reviewing in Moore’s life. I think the articles also offer some great quotes showcasing Moore’s opinion and others about his work and himself. I will be using these to both supplement my narrative and as a guide post to the types of events in which Moore was involved.