Celia Shanker Fine papers

Collection — Container: Single Folder Collections - 2001 Box 25 (01.0583-01.0609), Folder: 01.0584-Folder 1

Identifier: 01.0584

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

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.

Dates

1942-1945
Other: Majority of material found in 1944
Other: Date donated by 11/09/2001

Creator

Fine, Celia Shanker, 1919-1980 (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

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.

Extent

1 folders

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

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.