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Edward T. Burke Jr. collection, 1940-2003, Date acquired: 07/10/2003, bulk 1940-1946

 

Summary

Creator:
Burke, Edward T., Jr.
Extent:
4 boxes
1 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Edward T. Burke, Jr. collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_03_0139.

Background

Scope and content:

The materials in the Edward T. Burke Jr. collection document activities of a U.S. Navy Chief Torpedoman who served on the U.S.S. Broome in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters during World War II and his life after the war. i)

Biographical / historical:

Edward T. Burke Jr. served in the U.S. Navy as a Chief Torpedoman from 1940 to 1946. He then served in the U.S. Naval Reserve, Submarine Division, from 1946 to 1948. His service was spent in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters. After World War II, Mr. Burke was an active participant in various memorial initiatives and military servicemen's clubs. He biographed his time in the U.S. Navy and his post-war life as well and donated his collection to the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience in 2003. His obituary can be found at https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=edward-theodore-burke&pid=1600479.

Acquisition information:

Edward T. Burke Jr. and Theodora Burke

Donated

Custodial history:

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

Processing information:

Collection processed 22 September 2016, Updated June 10, 2020.

Arrangement:

Chronological

Accruals:

Edward T. Burke donated his collection to the Institution on WWII originally in 2003. After his death, his daughter, Theodora Burke decided to donate additional materials to the original collection held by the Institution on WWII in 2015.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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 T. Burke, Jr. collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_03_0139.

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