Juanita Pauline Marotta Collection, 1943-2006, Date accessioned: 2020-04-03
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Marotta, Juanita Pauline, 1917-2014
- Extent:
- 1 folders The collection contains one folder, with two photos, a letter for the commendation of her military services, and a sixteen-page oral history transcript.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], juanita Pauline Marotta collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-06-0203
Background
- Scope and content:
This collection relates to Juanita P. Marotta, a woman that enlisted in the Women's Army Auxillary Corps (later Women's Army Corps). The collection contains a portrait photograph of Juanita P. Marotta from her time in the Women's Army Corps and another later photograph that is un-dated from her personal life. It also contains a transcript of her oral history interview.
- Biographical / historical:
Junaita Pauline Marotta was born on September 27, 1917 in Trade Lake, Wisconsin. The township is now known as Frederic, located in the northwestern section of the state. Marotta's maiden name was Dahlberg. She was born into a family of teachers, both her mother and father were in the educational occupation. She attended school beginning in 1923. Her family moved to Grantsburg in 1927, but moved back to Trade Lake (Frederic) due to impacts from the Great Depression a few years later. THe was the oldest of six children, five girls and one boy. Marotta's father developed Parkinson's Disease, and her mother took over the family farm. Marotta attended university Gustavus Adolphus College beginning in 1936 and worked under the National Youth Administration program (part of the Work's Progress Administration of the New Deal). She graduated with a major in History, Public School Music, and teaching minors in Frencg, English, and Biology.
- Acquisition information:
- Donation
- Custodial history:
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
- Dimensions:
- 1 archival folder
- 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], juanita Pauline Marotta collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-06-0203
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
