Celia Shanker Fine papers, 1942-1945, Date donated by 11/09/2001, bulk 1944
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Fine, Celia Shanker, 1919-1980
- Extent:
- 1 folders
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Celia Shanker Fine papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-01-0584
Background
- Scope and content:
This collection relates to Celia Shanker Fine who served as a secretary at the Department of Agriculture on the Home Front in Washington, DC, during WWII. She was a typist and stenographer for the school lunch program, and her collection reflects her viewpoint as a Jewish-American civilian.
- Biographical / historical:
Celia Shanker Fine was born on September 7, 1919 in Virginia and served as a secretary at the Department of Agriculture on the Home Front in Washington, DC, during WWII. She was a typist and stenographer for the school lunch program, and her collection reflects her viewpoint as a Jewish-American civilian. Her letters were written to her then-boyfriend, Joel I. Fine, whom she later married, and mentions her three brothers' involvement in the war, changes in American society, war-related romances, concerts, and changes after the war ended. There are 67 letters in this collection dated from 1944 to 1945. Fine passed away in Falls Church, VA on July 20, 1980.
- Acquisition information:
- These papers were donated by Celia Shanker Fine. The papers were acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on November 9, 2001.
- 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], Celia Shanker Fine papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-01-0584
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
