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Anne Levine Filardo papers, 1942-1945, Date acquired: 10/10/2000

 

Summary

Creator:
Filardo, Anne Levine, 1922-2010
Extent:
.5 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Anne Levine Filardo papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_00_0171.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of letters, bulletins, pamphlets, newspapers, and photographs of a homefront worker during WWII. Anne Levine Filardo served as a machinist at Ranger Aircraft and a teacher at Kaiser Swan Island Shipyard - Childcare Center. This collection contains letters, bulletins, pamphlets, newspapers, and photographs. The documents included contain information on nutritional health, the history of the child care center, activities for children during air raids, and consumer information related to war bond budgets and home economics.

Biographical / historical:

Anne Levine Filardo was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 5, 1922, and passed away on April 24, 2010. She was a graduate of Brooklyn and Bank Street Colleges and NYU. She served as a machinist at Ranger Aircraft in Queens, New York which at the time was a division of the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation and later became head teacher of the after-school program for six to ten-year-olds at Kaiser Swan Island Shipyard in Portland, Oregon. The child care center provided health services, recreation, education, meals and beds for children whose mothers worked in the shipyard. Filardo often incorporated music and crafts into the children's schedule. Filardo's day typically began at 3:30 pm until parents picked up their children near midnight.


Acquisition information:

Anne Levine Filardo

Donation

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], Anne Levine Filardo papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_00_0171.

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