President’s Assistant, Jean More

University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632

email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Published in 2005

Collection Overview

Title:	President’s Assistant, Jean More
Date range:	1982-1999
Creator:	Moore, Jean
Extent:	12 box(es) (4.25 linear feet)
Abstract:	This collection contains materials documenting the career of Jean Moore as the University President’s Assistant from 1982-1999. Materials include newspaper clippings, correspondence, memoranda, press releases and office files from when she served as chief liaison to the state legislature.
Language of materials:	English
Repository:	University Archives and Special Collections
Collection number:	Rec. Gr. 6

Scope & content

The records of Jeanne Moore, 1982-1999, document her career in the Communications Department at the University of Rhode Island. The records consist of two series. Series I consists of the records accumulated by Jeanne Moore in her position as Director of Communications during the President Eddy administration. These include correspondence and memoranda, drafts of press releases, news clippings, speeches, and files dedicated to important events during President Eddy’s career at URI. Jeanne Moore’s office files as chief liaison to the state legislature are also represented in the records. These records document her efforts in marketing, government relations, and the essential legislative initiatives of the University, during the Edward Eddy (1983-1991) and Robert Carothers (1991- ) administrations.

After processing, the records were arranged into two series:

Series I, Public Relations- The Eddy Administration, series contains documents dealing with Jean Moore's responsibilities during the tenure of President Eddy at the University of Rhode Island (1983-1991). The correspondence and memoranda pertain to Jeanne Moore’s promoting the University and apprising the president on media and public responses. Records are indicative of her interaction with Eddy on a wide array of topics related to University relations and with public officials. Documents include drafts of public relations responses, news clippings and press releases, speeches and interviews by President Eddy. There is also a substantial amount of information related to issues of governance in the Eddy administration with respect to public relations. Of interest in this series are records documenting the controversial search for an athletic director, Eddy's response to the Koch Report, the “Options for Higher Education Governance Report 1994," and information pertaining to the reorganization of URI in 1987. The records are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within the folders.

Series II, Liaison to the Legislature, documents Moore's position as URI's Chief Liaison to the Legislature from 1985-1999. These documents consist of information related to government relations, the Grassroots Network (the University's public awareness group), and legislative events, issues, and priorities for higher education. The records are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within the folders.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into two series as follows:

• 1. Public Relations - The Eddy Administration
• 2. Liaison to the Legislature

Historical note

Before being employed in the Communications Department of the University of Rhode Island, Jeanne Moore acquired an impressive educational background. Her degrees included a B.S. in Nursing from The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, a B.S. in Technical Journalism from Oregon State University, and an MBA with a marketing emphasis from The University of Rhode Island. Moore participated in several science writing internships from 1972-1975 and then moved on to become the Director of Public Relations at Butler Hospital, in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1977, she became the Director of Marketing and Public Relations for the Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island. In this position she was in charge of all media relations and acted as the hospital's spokesperson. Jeanne Moore was hired by the University of Rhode Island in 1982 to serve as its Director of Communications. She was responsible for four departments: the University News Bureau, Photography, Radio and Television, and Publications. During Moore's tenure the publication, “The University Pacer” was created as an organ of the University to encourage funding and promote the University's research accomplishments. One of Moore's primary functions was to manage the University Relations Program, this included marketing and advertising activities, designing, printing, and distributing of reports and brochures promoting the University. Moore was also instrumental in the planning and coordinating of campaigns for bond issues. She was successful in promoting three such bond initiatives: $4.8 million in 1982, $8.7 million in 1986, and $17.7 million in 1988. In 1992 Moore became the Assistant Vice President of Communications and Information and her work became increasingly focused upon the legislative agenda of the University. Moore became the head of the URI Grassroots Network in 1996. This volunteer program was dedicated to supporting the University’s government relations and legislative agenda at the community, local, and state levels. Moore served as the primary lobbyist and spokesperson for URI, working in both Rhode Island and Washington, DC. Her efforts on behalf of URI contributed to the success of eight higher education bond issues that produced about $150 million for URI. Moore retired in January of 2001 and Andrea Hopkins was named as her successor.

Access & Use

Access to the collection:	Any qualified person doing scholarly research is permitted to use material housed in the Special Collections Unit.
Use of the materials:	Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication.
Preferred citation:	President’s Assistant, Jean More, Rec. Gr. 6, University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections.
Contact information:	University Archives and Special Collections 15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011 Tel: 401-874-4632 email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Acquisition:	The files were transferred to the University Archives at the time of Jeanne Moore’s retirement in 2001.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID
Author:	Finding aid prepared by Mathew Bose and Sarina Rodrigues.
Encoding:	Finding aid encoded by Mathew Bose and Sarina Rodrigues. 2005, updated by Erin Mullen on 2014 Mar 28, updated by Mark Dionne on 2020 April 22.
Descriptive rules:	Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Related material:

Records of the President, Edward D. Eddy (Rcg 1.14)

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