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Philomene Asher Gates Collection, 1934-1938, Date acquired: 06/03/2010

 

Summary

Creator:
Gates, Philomene Asher
Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet 9 Folders in box 1813
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Name of Item], [Date of Item], Philomene Asher Gates Collection, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/HP-2010-013

Background

Scope and content:

Select materials from this collection have been digitized and are available through the FSU Digital Library as part of a larger photograph collection.

Biographical / historical:

Philomene "Phil" Asher Gates (formerly known as Philomene Asher) was born on March 19, 1918 in Daytona Beach, Florida. She grew up in Orlando, Florida and after graduating from high school, attended Florida State College for Women in 1934. While a student at FSCW, Gates was active in Even activities, Pi Beta Phi Sorority, and other college organizations, events, and programs. Upon graduating in 1938 with her bachelor's degree in Commerce, she was recruited by the Orlando Sentinel to travel to Europe and the Soviet Union to report on developments there. Although disillusioned by conditions she saw in the Soviet Union and Germany, and the censorship of her weekly reports to the Sentinel, she remained interested in political and social issues. After returning and moving to Washington, DC, at the age of twenty she was one of only three women entering the George Washington University Law School, where she earned her law degree in 1941. Her legal career began as an attorney of general counsel in the Office of Price Administration, after which she moved to the office of the chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Sharon Stearns.
Processing information:

Entered 30 August 2010.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Terms of access:

To request permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from the archives, please contact Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. Researchers must obtain separate permission from the copyright holders of material held within University Archives collections for which the institution does not hold copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Name of Item], [Date of Item], Philomene Asher Gates Collection, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/HP-2010-013

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