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Darius Browning collection, 1942-1945, Date accessioned: 2020-05-31

 

Summary

Creator:
Browning, Darius, 1917-1990
Extent:
.25 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Darius Browning collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-11-1940

Background

Scope and content:

The collection relates to Darius Browning who served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army with the 233rd Ordnance Company (Bomb Disposal) in Panama during World War II. This collection includes dog tags, service ribbon, and copies of discharge for Darius Browning. Several publications make up the collection along with "His Service Record" that encourage a servicemen/women to record significant experiences.

Biographical / historical:

Darius Libiran Browning, born on September 7, 1917 in Bradley County, Tennessee served as a private with a bomb disposal unit in the Panama Canal Zone from 1942-1945. Prior to the war he worked as molder for the Dixie Foundry Company in Cleveland, Tennessee (1936-1942) and briefly for Cooperative Store Number 2 and Murry Ohio Manufacturing Company. He passed away on February 1, 1990.

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

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], Darius Browning collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-11-1940

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