Harvey Broome

Personal life Broome married his wife Anna, who shared his love of the outdoors, in 1937. They lived in a house that the couple relocated from Broome's grandfather's farm to Knoxville; they also owned a cabin in the Smokies. Harvey Broome died of a heart attack on March 8, 1968, while building a birdhouse out of a hollow log.

In his will, Broome left his papers and library to the McClung Historical Collection, a department of the Knox County Public Library System in Knoxville, Tennessee. Anne Broome donated additional papers, correspondence and writings. There are 55 boxes in the collection.