Ruth Moore
Ruth Moore
Embedded Files
1903 – 1989
1903 – 1989
January 17, 2021 (2)
January 17, 2021 (2)
Ruth Moore Celebration with the Theatre Project in Brunswick, 1994
Click above for Gotts Island Maine: Its People 1880-1992 (The Moore family starts on page 30). (16)
Read this wonderful tribute to Ruth Moore in this Keynote Speech by Senator Dennis Damon at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, Walpole, Maine, December 17, 2003. (23)
Quote from Senator Damon’s Keynote Speech: “In 1946 Ruth Moore wrote Spoon Handle. This her 2nd novel was set on fictitious Big Spoon Island off the coast of Maine. Later 20th Century Fox made it into a movie. The movie, Deep Waters, was filmed on Vinalhaven and in Rockland. She hated the movie. She was so true to herself and to her place. She said to me one time, about the movie, ‘now you tell me, have you ever seen lobster fishermen with creases in their khakis?'”
Listen to Talk of the Towns: A Valentine to Ruth Moore and her Writing (10) Wonderful reminiscence of people who knew Ruth Moore
Visual Text & Virtual Visit
Primary Sources
Primary Sources
Click above for a collection of correspondence with author Ruth Moore,
as well as newspaper clippings, from the Maine State Library. (17)
You will need to be logged into your school account to read this. (18)
You will need to be logged into your school account to read this. (18)
Click here to read Ruth Moore’s essay It Don’t Change Much which appeared in the New Yorker on October 27, 1945. (19)
Click here to read Ruth Moore’s short story The Soldier Shows His Medal from The Best Maine Stories. You will need to be logged into your school account to read this. (20)
Click the link to read an excerpt from The Weir – You will need to be logged in to your school account to read this. (21)
Click the link to read Ruth Moore’s poem The Offshore Islands on page 6 of the PDF Hancock County Cultural Directory (22)
Access to eBooks
Access to eBooks
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Click here to search for books by this author in the BHS Library’s 24 Maine Authors Special Collection. Choose Maine and Brunswick High School then log in with the username and password you use for email to access eBooks in the catalog.
Obituary
Obituary
Photo Credits and Sources:
1. https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2353&context=cq
2. https://www.pressherald.com/2021/01/17/publisher-revives-ruth-moores-honest-portrayals-of-maine-island-life/
3. https://www.ellsworthamerican.com/living/living-entertainment/gotts-island-born-ruth-moores-stories-come-alive-on-stage/
4. http://bassharborlibrary.com/ruth-moore-days/
6. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l_VjrLJ62j86PkaxLQ_w-sg2SYARWf3h_95fDf6L1uA/edit
7. https://downeast.com/books/ruth-moore/
8. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/610d5055699fb835cba4d997/t/61bcddef5da4092e57c4bc12/1639767549284/2012-A-Literary-Refuge_ocr.pdf
10. https://archives.weru.org/talk-of-the-towns/2021/02/talk-of-the-towns-2-10-21-a-valentine-to-ruth-moore-and-her-writing/
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Moore#/media/File:Moore_homestead.jpg
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Moore#/media/File:Moore_homestead.jpg
13. https://www.pinterest.it/psgott/gotts-island-maine/
15. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/69015.Ruth_Moore?from_search=true&from_srp=true
16. https://swhplibrary.net/digitalarchive/files/web/Gotts%20Island%20Maine%20-%20Kenway.pdf
17. https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1145&context=maine_writers_correspondence
18. Excerpt from Spoonhandle by Ruth Moore.
19. Things Don’t Change Much by Ruth Moore – New Yorker magazine, October 27, 1945.
20. Excerpt from The Weir by Ruth Moore.
21. The Soldier Shows His Metal from The Best Maine Stories.
22. https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=cultural_directories
24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v7DgQIFYrc
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