Zelma D. Abarbanel collection, 1943-1945, Date accessioned: 2019-05-29
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Abarbanel, Zelma D., 1916-2010
- Abarbanel, Zelma D., 1916-2010
- Extent:
- 1 folders 1 Folder
- 1 items 1 pair of WAC boots, stored in artifact Box 36
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Zelma D. Abarbanel collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_07_0119
Background
- Scope and content:
This collection refers to Zelma D. Abarbanel, who served as a Technician Fourth Grade with the WAC Second Detachment during World War II. Abarbanel worked as a stenographer and assistant for the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, in the Office of Weapons. The collection includes a transcript of an oral history interview, one letter, the military records of both Abarbanel and her husband, Milton Goldman Abarbanel, and several photographs depicting Abarbanel's life as a WAC.
- Biographical / historical:
Zelma D. Abarbanel was born on October 19, 1916, in New Haven, Connecticut. Abarbanel grew up in New Jersey, the oldest of three children. Abarbanel completed high school and business school before enlisting. She was twenty-six years old when she enlisted in the WAAC 1943, much to her parents' consternation. Abarbanel decided to enlist because of her patriotism, and in part because her Jewish heritage gave her a personal stake in the war in Europe.
- 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], Zelma D. Abarbanel collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_07_0119
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
