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Dorothy Hoffman Papers, 1930, 1942-1974

 

Summary

Creator:
Hoffman, Dorothy Lois, 1903-1985
Extent:
5.70 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Name of Item], [Date of Item], Dorothy Hoffman Papers, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1985-025

Background

Scope and content:

The Dorothy L. Hoffman Papers consists of personal and professional correspondence, papers pertaining to her employment at Florida State University (FSU) and committees on which she served, Department of Modern Languages records, course materials, materials documenting her work with professional organizations and honor societies, some publications, memorabilia, and scrapbooks

Biographical / historical:

Born in Liston, Indiana, on November 18, 1903, Dorothy Lois Reeves Breen Britsch (Hoffman) earned her A.B., M.A., and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1926, 1927, and 1936, respectively.

In 1927, she joined the faculty of Florida State College for Women (FSCW) as an Instructor. In 1934, she was promoted to Assistant Professor of Spanish and French; in 1936 she was promoted to Associate Professor, and in 1946 to Professor. From 1952-1953, she served as acting head of the Florida State University (FSU) Modern Languages Department, and was named Distinguished Professor for 1963-1964.

When she retired in 1974, her teaching career had been the longest in the university's history. She held numerous departmental and university positions, such as chair of the Faculty Professional Relations Committee, departmental representative to the Faculty Senate and Graduate Council,  and President of the FSU Religious Council.  She played a major role in such activities as organizing the University Credit Union and the University Christian Fellowship, and served on nearly all of the university standing committees. She held regional and national offices in a wide range of professional and honorary organizations, such as the Phi Beta Kappa National Council, and directed the Interchurch Training Institute to prepare officers and teachers for church schools. She died in 1985.

Note written by

Acquisition information:

Estate of Dorothy Hoffman

Gift.

Processing information:

The collection was originally processed in December 1985, and was updated by Deborah Rouse in 2000 and Burt Altman in 2006.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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], Dorothy Hoffman Papers, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1985-025

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