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Elsie Heine collection, 1941-1947, Date accessioned: 2019-10-17

 

Summary

Creator:
Heine, Elsie, 1918-2011
Schneider, Sue
Extent:
1.5 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Elsie Heine collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_19_0023

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Elsie Heine who served as a Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Services (WAVES) during World War II in the United States as a Seaman 1st Class Radioman. This collection contains a yearbook pertaining to WAVES service during World War Two, published in 1947, While So Serving and a photograph scrap book containing photographs, military documents, and emphemera.

Biographical / historical:

Elsie Heine was born on October 18, 1918 in Romania and immigrated to the United States at the age of six with her parents, Joseph and Marie Heine and settled in Cincinnati, OH. She served in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service or WAVES during World War II as a Seaman 1st Class Radioman. She entered service in June 1944 and completed initial basic training at Hunter College, Bronx, NY. Then she completed radio training at Miami University on November 27, 1944. After completing radio training, she was assigned to Corpus Cristi, TX. From 1947-1949 she served in the Naval Reserves. In 1949 she married Carl W. Schneider of Cincinnati and shortly afterward moved to Madeira Beach, FL. Heine passed away on December 14, 2011 and is buried at Bay Pines National Cemetery, Bay Pines, FL along with her husband.

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.

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:

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], Elsie Heine collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_19_0023

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