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Laura Elizabeth Smith Hiott scrapbook, 1942-1945, Date acquired: 10/29/2015, Date accessioned: 2020-06-04, bulk 1942-1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Hiott, Laura Elizabeth Smith
Extent:
1 items
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Laura Elizabeth Smith Hiott Scrapbook, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_15_0039

Background

Scope and content:

This collection is related to Laura Elizabeth Smith Hiott. The collection contains a scrapbook of military base letterheads, booklets: The WAC, Manual for Civil Defense. Also included are newspaper articles from Miami Herald and the Jacksonville (Florida) Times-Union which reveal Ms. Smith Hiott's perspective on major events during the war and often focus on servicewomen.

Biographical / historical:

Laura Elizabeth Smith Hiott served in the US Army Aircraft Warning Service in Grant, Florida. The Smith's were Florida homesteaders, and her parents were sharecroppers. During the 1930s, the family lived for some years in a railroad car. Ms. Hiott's granddaughter reports that, although she worked at the church on Sundays taking care of children, she was neither particularly religious or particularly political, but her support of President Roosevelt stemmed from a belief that he was in their corner. Ms. Hiott was the eldest of eight children. One of her younger brothers, Elmer E. Smith from Grant, Florida was U.S. Civilian Contractors From Morrison Knudsen Company Who were executed by the Japanese on 7 October 1943 on Wake Island. She assembled the scrapbook during World War II.

Note written by Jan-Ruth Mills

Custodial history:

This collection was gifted by Linda S. Alcoff, Ms. Smith Hiott's granddaughter. The collection was donated on October 29, 2015.

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Arrangement:

Arranged by creator.

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], Laura Elizabeth Smith Hiott Scrapbook, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_15_0039

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