Fuller Warren Papers, 1927-1973
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Warren, Fuller
- Kefauver, Estes
- Extent:
- 60900.00 items
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Fuller Warren papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2004-001
Background
- Scope and content:
Papers, books, photographs, memorabilia, correspondence, speeches and scrapbooks. This collection consists mainly of papers connected with Fuller Warren's public life: his campaigns of 1948 and 1956, and particularly the four years he was Governor, from January 4, 1949, to January 6, 1953. One of the best documented areas in the collection deals with Warren's controversy with Senator Estes Kefauver over crime in Florida.
- Biographical / historical:
Fuller Warren, the thirtieth Governor of Florida (January 4, 1949-January 6, 1953), was born in Blountstown, 45 miles west of Tallahassee on October 3, 1905. He was the third of seven children of Charles and Grace (nee Fuller) Warren.
- Arrangement:
The Fuller Warren Papers are divided into two series: Official Papers and Personal Papers. There are several subseries contained within the two series.
- Physical location:
- Claude Pepper Library.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Users may access this collection at the Claude Pepper Library.
- Terms of access:
All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast, or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of University Libraries. 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:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Fuller Warren papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2004-001