Tom Brokaw collection, 1941-1997, bulk 1998-2007

Summary

Creator:

Tom Brokaw

Extent:

120.00 Linear Feet

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Tom Brokaw collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-01-0171

Background

Scope and content:

Originally donated to the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience at FSU in 2001, the Tom Brokaw Collection is comprised of material sent to Tom Brokaw by World War II veterans before, during and after the publishing of his books, The Greatest Generation (1998) and The Greatest Generation Speaks (1999).

Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Arrangement:

The Tom Brokaw Collection is arranged within ten separate series. Series one through seven and nine and ten are arranged alphabetically while series eight is arranged chronologically and alphabetically within the series.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

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:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Tom Brokaw collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-01-0171