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Edna Kosant Garboski collection, 1941-1944, Date accessioned: 2012-10-24

 

Summary

Creator:
Garboski, Edna, 1924-
Extent:
.25 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Edna Kosant Garboski collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-12-1960

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Edna Garboski, a woman who stayed on the homefront in Stockholm, New Jersey during World War II. The collection primarily contains a series of letters from servicemen in the Army, Army Air Force, and Navy from 1941 to 1944. It also includes photographs of her brother-in-law, Stephen Garboski, while he was in service, as well as miscellaneous materials such as newspaper clippings, drawings, and photographs she received during this time.

Biographical / historical:

Edna Kosant Garboski was born on May 30, 1924 in New Jersey. During World War II, she stayed on the homefront in Stockholm, NJ. In 1944, she married Peter F. Garboski, a farmer from Union, NJ. She now lives in Florida.

Custodial history:

This collection was gifted by Edna Garboski.

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], Edna Kosant Garboski collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-12-1960

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