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Reubin Askew Papers, 1937-2006, bulk 1969-1989

 

Summary

Creator:
Askew, Reubin O'D., 1928-2014
Askew, Donna Lou Harper
Extent:
16.68 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Reubin Askew Papers, Claude Pepper Library, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2008-010

Background

Scope and content:

The collection was given by Reubin O'Donovan Askew in 2008. It contains materials related to his time serving in the Florida House of Representatives, Florida State Senate, and as Governor of Florida.  Included in the collection are campaign files, correspondence, newspaper articles, photographs, audiovisual materials, memorabilia, and copies of speeches. Additionally, there are records documenting his 1988 Presidential bid, as well as other materials relating to his life after his service as a Florida public official. Also included in the collection are the personal papers of his wife, Donna Lou Harper Askew.

Biographical / historical:

Reubin O'Donovan Askew, 37th Governor of Florida, was born on September 11, 1928, in Muskogee, Oklahoma. In 1937, he and his mother moved to Pensacola, where Reubin graduated from Pensacola High School in 1946.  Later in 1946, he entered the United States Army as a paratrooper and later was discharged as a Sergeant. Askew then attended college at Florida State University before joining the United States Air Force from 1951.

Acquisition information:
Materials given by Reubin Askew in 2008
Physical location:
Claude Pepper Library
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. 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 Associate Dean for Special Collections and 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], Reubin Askew Papers, Claude Pepper Library, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2008-010

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA