Bertie Badger Moyers Papers, 1916-1964
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1.25 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Bertie Badger Moyers Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1987-005
Background
- Scope and content:
The collection includes stories, serial rights, radio rights and scripts, and lyrics written by Bertie Badger Moyers. The radio and serial rights and scripts form the bulk of the collection and date from the early 1920s. Also included, is one book entitled Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual, in which there is an entry for Ms. Moyers on page 324.
- Biographical / historical:
Bertie Badger Moyers was born in Louisville, Kentucky on June 22, 1871, but in early childhood began coming to Central Florida with her parents for vacation. She and her husband Godfrey lived in thirty-five different places before settling in Winter Park, Florida.
Moyers wrote screenplays, short stories, articles, radio scripts, and poetry. At 71, she became a song-writer, and some of her songs were heard on radio stations in Orlando, Florida. Her sister, Emily Badger Green, was a writer.
- Acquisition information:
- Given by Moyers Family
- Processing information:
Processed May 1987.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.
- Terms of access:
All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
Bertie Badger Moyers Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1987-005
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
