{"id":4921,"date":"2016-11-10T17:03:11","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T17:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/?p=4921"},"modified":"2016-12-02T20:35:18","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T20:35:18","slug":"tom-brokaw-donates-his-papers-and-artifacts-to-ui-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/11\/10\/tom-brokaw-donates-his-papers-and-artifacts-to-ui-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brokaw Donates His Papers and Artifacts to UI Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Collection spans five decades of work as TV journalist, correspondent for NBC<\/h3>\n<p>Tom Brokaw, former anchor of the NBC Nightly News and co-anchor of the Today show, attended the UI early in his academic career and has been a longtime Hawkeye supporter. This morning he announced on the Today show that he was donating papers and artifacts representing his 50 year career to UI Libraries.<\/p>\n<p>Read about this historic donation in Iowa Now:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spr.ly\/60188GHGm\">http:\/\/spr.ly\/60188GHGm<\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4921 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/11\/10\/tom-brokaw-donates-his-papers-and-artifacts-to-ui-libraries\/15016398_10154605018178847_5124092487147897805_o\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/11\/15016398_10154605018178847_5124092487147897805_o-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Pan Am bag, photo, and letters from Tom Brokaw&#039;s papers\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/11\/15016398_10154605018178847_5124092487147897805_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/11\/15016398_10154605018178847_5124092487147897805_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/11\/15016398_10154605018178847_5124092487147897805_o.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4926'>\n\t\t\t\tSelections from Tom Brokaw&#8217;s Papers\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/11\/10\/tom-brokaw-donates-his-papers-and-artifacts-to-ui-libraries\/800px-nbc_news_anchor_tom_brokaw\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/11\/800px-NBC_News_Anchor_Tom_Brokaw-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Portrait photo of Tom Brokaw - public domain image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/11\/800px-NBC_News_Anchor_Tom_Brokaw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/11\/800px-NBC_News_Anchor_Tom_Brokaw.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In describing his donation on the Today Show on November 10, 2016, Brokaw praised the UI Libraries and cited the &#8220;World Class&#8221; library as being one of the reasons for his donation. Stay tuned to this space to learn more about the collection, how to access it, and for future news about Mr. Brokaw.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video segment from The Today Show here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/5EACfA\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/5EACfA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4927\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/11\/new-piktochart_17994151_1f966390b7725f0ec35b26cb7806bb552b4b619f.jpeg\" alt=\"new-piktochart_17994151_1f966390b7725f0ec35b26cb7806bb552b4b619f\" width=\"600\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/11\/new-piktochart_17994151_1f966390b7725f0ec35b26cb7806bb552b4b619f.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/11\/new-piktochart_17994151_1f966390b7725f0ec35b26cb7806bb552b4b619f-300x208.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givetoiowa.org\/GiveToIowa\/WebObjects\/GiveToIowa.woa\/wa\/goTo?area=libraries\">Donate to the University Libraries\u2019 Special Collections Fund<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Want to stay connected? \u00a0Follow us on social media:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/uiowaspecialcollections\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2848 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"facebook\" width=\"33\" height=\"33\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/uispeccoll\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4447 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/05\/instagram-logo-796x404-e1463157305165.jpg\" alt=\"Instagram logo\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/uispeccoll.tumblr.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2851 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/tumblr-e1463157511494.jpg\" alt=\"tumblr\" width=\"30\" height=\"31\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/uispeccoll\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2849 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/Twitter.jpg\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"34\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collection spans five decades of work as TV journalist, correspondent for NBC Tom Brokaw, former anchor of the NBC Nightly News and co-anchor of the Today show, attended the UI early in his academic career and has been a longtime Hawkeye supporter. This morning he announced on the Today show that he was donating papers<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/11\/10\/tom-brokaw-donates-his-papers-and-artifacts-to-ui-libraries\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Tom Brokaw Donates His Papers and Artifacts to UI Libraries&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":4924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[426,99,425,427,424,398],"syndication":[435],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4921"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4921"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4935,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4921\/revisions\/4935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4921"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=4921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}