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Margaret Brockett collection, 1917-2010, Date accessioned: 2019-11-08

 

Summary

Creator:
Brockett, Margaret, 1907-2007
Brockett, Donald, 1937-1986
Brockett, Ronald, 1937-1982
Extent:
.25 Linear Feet 1 quarter box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Margaret Brockett collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_10_0018

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Margaret Brockett, who remained on the homefront in a domestic role as a mother of twin boys, Ronald and Donald Brockett, during World War II. The collection contains a variety of memorabilia that Margaret kept during her time of the war, such as cookbooks, children's drawings, and more. The collection provides insight into the ways that the United States functioned during the war.

Biographical / historical:

Margaret Brockett was born on January 27, 1907 in Clinton, Iowa and moved with her family to California in 1916. She graduated from Perris Union High School as Valedictorian in 1925 and from Riverside Community College in 1927. Thereafter, she served for 45 years in the Riverside County School Department. She was an 80-year resident of Riverside, CA. Margaret was married to Ralph H. Brockett, born in 1892, and had twin sons, Ronald Dee Brockett and Donald Guy Brockett. Brockett passed away on March 28, 2007 and is buried in Perris Valley Cemetery, Perris, CA near Riverside.

Acquisition information:
Donated
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], Margaret Brockett collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_10_0018

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