Laura Elizabeth Smith Hiott scrapbook

Collection — Container: 15.0039 - Box 1

Identifier: 15.0039

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Scope and Contents

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.

Dates

1942-1945
Other: Majority of material found within 1942-1945
Other: Date acquired: 10/29/2015
Other: Date accessioned: 2020-06-04

Creator

Hiott, Laura Elizabeth Smith (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Biographical or Historical Information

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