Thomas Brooks papers

Identity elements

Reference code

US US kmk P1988.44

Level of description

Collection

Title

Thomas Brooks papers

Date(s)

  • 1911-1979 (Creation)

Extent

4.50 Linear Feet, 4.00 Boxes

Name of creator

(1929-2017)

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 organizingread 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 ofread 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

182

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 122read more