WAUMoranJohnM1604.xml Guide to the John M. Moran Papers 1884-1970 Moran (John M.) Papers Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2007 (Last modified: 1/31/2020)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written inEnglish. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 1604 (Accession No. 1604-001) Moran, John M. John M. Moran papers 1884-1970 5" linear Collection materials are inEnglish. Papers of a businessman of Seattle, Washington

Businessman of Seattle, Washington.

John M. Moran was born in 1884, the eldest son of Robert Moran, who was Seattle mayor, 1888-1889, and an owner of the Moran Bros. Co., builders of the first battleship built here (the Nebraska, 1904). John M. Moran was a foreman for the construction of Rosario, a lodge built by his father on Orcas Island in the San Juans. He attended grammar school in Seattle, but was a graduate of Cornell University, New York. Moran founded the Moran Mfg. Co. and built centrifugal pumps until selling the business in 1941. He was trustee of the Washington Mutual Savings Bank for 25 years, and was active in the First Avenue Improvement Association in the 1930s. He was president of the College Club, a member of the Arctic Club, Rainier Club and Rotary. John Moran died in 1970. (Bio. material from obit, Seattle Times, 12-26-1970.)

Reports, court records, clippings, and maps relating to the Moran Brothers Company, shipbuilders, Seattle; 1884-1970.

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Donated by Mrs. John F. Burns, 4/15/1971

 Moran, John M.--Archives Moran Brothers Company (Seattle, Wash.) Moran, Robert, 1857-1943 Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Civil Procedure and Courts Businesses and Corporations Ships and Shipping Maps