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Herbert and Betty Colker papers, 1935-1947, Date accessioned: 2011-01-26

 

Summary

Creator:
Colker, February 19, 1921 - April 16, 2016
Extent:
9 Linear Feet 8 full boxes, 1 photo album box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Herbert and Betty Colker papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-11-2006

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the personal papers, photographs, ephemera, documents, newspaper clippings, and various other papers relating to World War II years and post war years lives of Herbert and Betty Colker as well as many family members and their correspondences with the Colkers.

Biographical / historical:

Herbert Colker passed away on Monday, July 4, 2016, at his home. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 3, 1920 and moved to Huntington, WV in 1946, after serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, in order to join his brother, Joseph, in business at West Virginia Electric Supply Company. He was married to his wife Betty for 73 years. Betty was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 19, 1921 and moved to Huntington, WV in 1946 with Herbert. She passed away on April 16, 2016. Both Herbert and Betty are buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, WV.

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], Herbert and Betty Colker papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-11-2006

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