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This collection relates to Fannie Hutchison, a Wainwright shipyard employee during World War II. This collection contains an oral history transcript of an interview with Hutchison. She tells her experience as an electric welder on the night shift from 1942-1945. Hutchison shares that she had six sons in service, including one step-son that was taken as a prisoner of war by the Japanese. She describes her typical workday, as well as an incident where a man was injured on the job. Hutchison also comments on the diversity of workers at the shipyard and recounts preaching the Bible to shipyard workers. She discusses the pay difference between welders and tackers.

The collection of Fannie Ushkow consists of manuscript music, print music, personal songbooks, personal papers, programs, and pictures relating to his professional life as a cantor. Music books have been cataloged and relocated to Rare Books. Audio recordings have been relocated to Judaica Sound Archives. Pianist and vocalist Fannie Ushkow held a master's degree in music and was a devoted member of Hadassah.  She created several original musical-theatre programs for their events and also published television programs for local South Florida public television. For 13+ years, Fannie Ushkow was devoted to directing the Melodears choral group at her home in Century Village in West Palm Beach.