Edward Davis Wynot collection, 1917-2009, Date acquired: 07/04/2016, Date accessioned: 2020-05-18
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Wynot, Edward Davis
- Extent:
- 1 boxes 8 VHS/DVD tapes
- 1 items 1 helmet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Edward Davis Wynot collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-16-2017
Background
- Scope and content:
This collection relates to former Florida State University History professor Edward Davis Wynot, items are from his personal collection. The collection contains multi-media items about World War II including VHS sets and DVDs. This collection also includes a World War I helmet.
- Biographical / historical:
Edward Davis Wynot is a former faculty member of Florida State University's Department of History. After graduating from Dartmouth College (B.A., 1965), Edward D. Wynot earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Indiana University in 1967 and 1970 respectively. An authority on eastern Europe, particularly Poland, he has written or edited four books:Polish Politics in Transition: The Camp of National Unity and the Struggle for Power, 1935-1939 (Georgia, 1974); Poland and the Coming of the Second World War: The Diplomatic Papers of Anthony Drexel Biddle, Jr., 1937-1939 by Philip V. Cannistraro and T. Kovaleff (Ohio State, 1976); Warsaw Between the World Wars: Profile of the Capital City in a Developing Land, 1918-1939(East European Quarterly and Columbia University Press, 1983); and Caldron of Conflict Eastern Europe, 1918-1945(Harlan Davidson, 1998). He has also published approximately thirty journal articles and chapters in edited books. Source: https://history.fsu.edu/people/other-faculty
- Acquisition information:
- This collection was donated by Edward Wynot, Jr. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on July 4, 2016.
- Custodial history:
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Soviet Union
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns
World War, 1914-1918--United States
World War, 1939-1945 - Names:
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953--Political and social views
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Political and social views.
Cronkite, Walter.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Access and use
- 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], Edward Davis Wynot collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-16-2017
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
