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Gary Ross Mormino Historic Periodicals collection, 1928-1961

 

Summary

Creator:
Mormino, Gary Ross (1947-)
Abstract:
Collection consists of historic periodicals from the 1930s through 1960s that cover US/world events from USF Professor Dr. Gary R. Mormino.
Extent:
4.5 Linear Feet The contents occupy acid-free containers to ensure their preservation and occupy 4.50 linear feet.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Gary Ross Mormino Historic Periodicals collection, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes a variety of newspapers and news magazines that document US/world events during the 1930s through 1960s. The majority of the newspapers came from Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania, though there's occasional issues from areas such as Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, and other US cities.

Biographical / historical:

Materials were donated by Dr. Gary R. Mormino, Professor Emeritus of History and Florida Studies, and a member of the faculty within the USF System since 1977. Professor Mormino frequently taught classes on the social history of the United States with an emphasis on the Second World War, and some of these newspapers certainly provided students with supplemental primary and secondary source material as examples of how the press and journalists covered events leading up to World War II. The original compilers of these newspapers and magazines since their original dates of publication remain unknown.

Acquisition information:
USF Professor Dr. Gary R. Mormino donated materials.

Access and use

Terms of access:

None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Preferred citation:

Gary Ross Mormino Historic Periodicals collection, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL.

Location of this collection:
140 7th Avenue South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA