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Cay Hohmeister collection, 1943-1945, Date acquired: 05/19/2016

 

Summary

Creator:
Hohmeister, Cay
Hohmeister, Cay
Extent:
1 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Cay Hohmeister collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_16_0008.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes 2 American knitting pamphlets from between 1943 and 1945, titled "Knit for Victory" and "Practical, Warm Hand Knits for Service Men." Continued from World War I, the "Knit for Victory" campaign emphasized the contributions women on the homefront could make to the war effort. Pamphlets of patterns like these were available to provide instructions for women to knit socks, sweaters, hats, and other essentials to help soldiers stay warm overseas.

Biographical / historical:

Cay Hohmeister served as the director of the LeRoy Collins Leon Country Public Library for 8 years (retiring in 2018) and worked for 18 years with the library. She completed her graduate studies in library sciences in 1976.

Custodial history:

This collection was donated by Cay Hohmeister. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on May 19, 2016.

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], Cay Hohmeister collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_16_0008.

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