Identity elements
Reference code
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1911-1979 (Creation)
Extent
4.50 Linear Feet, 4.00 Boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Thomas Brooks, a professor of Family Economics and Management at Southern Illinois University. The collection consists of materials Brooks assembled to write a biography of consumer leader, Colston E. Warne.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Thomas Brooks Collection/Colston E. Warne Biography reflects the efforts of Brooks to write a biography on consumer leader, Colston Warne. A professor of Family Economics at Amherst College for 40 years, Warne played an important part in organizing… read more
System of arrangement
The collection comprised of four boxes and is organized into six series; 1) Administrative Files, 2) Research Files, 3) Warne's Personal Files, 4) Literary Works, 5) Oral Interviews, and 6) Printed Material.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
No access restrictions: All materials are open for research.
Conditions governing reproduction
The reseacher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
- Latin
Generated finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
It received accession number P1988.44.
Immediate source of acquisition
Acqusition Source: Thomas Brooks
Acqusition Method: Donation.
Acqusition Date: 19880101
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
The Thomas Brooks Collection was donated to the University Archives in 1989 by Thomas Brooks, a professor of Family Economics and Management at Southern Illinois University. The collection consists of materials Brooks assembled to write a biography of… read more
Specialized notes
- Citation: [Item title], [item date], Thomas Brooks and Colston Warne papers, Box [number], Folder [number or title], Morse Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University Libraries.
Alternative identifier(s)
Archon Collection ID
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Archivist's note
Finding Aid Author: Linda Ackerman and Kim Nelson, Consumer Movement Archives student assistants
Processing Info: The collection was processed in 1990 by Linda Ackerman and Kim Linda Ackerman and Kim Nelson.
The first accession number assigned was PC 122… read more