Rita Fikkert Collection, ca. 1937-1951

Summary

Creators:

Fikkert, Rita

Extent:

1.6 linear feet (4 document boxes)

Language:

English.

Preferred citation:

Rita Fikkert Collection. Bernath Mss 26. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains correspondence, pamphlets, reports, articles, newspapers, flyers, tracts, and clippings from the World War II and post-WWII era, relating primarily to wartime relations with other countries; wartime mobilization of resources; support organizations; housing, labor, discrimination, and women's issues within the U.S.; propaganda; and censorship.

Some journals from the collection, such as Foreign Policy Reports and Voice of Freedom, have been transferred to the main stacks of the UCSB Davidson Library and can be searched on Pegasus, the UCSB Libraries online catalog.

A related Rita Fikkert Collection in the Performing Arts section of UCSB Special Collections [PA Mss 8], focuses on costume and costume design.

Biographical / historical:

Ruth Fikkert grew up in the Netherlands, was educated in part in the U.S., worked for the YWCA in California and New York, and had extensive training and experience in housing issues. Much of the material in the collection apparently came to the YWCA offices where she worked.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Rita Fikkert, 1969.

Physical location:

SRLF.

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

World War, 1939-1945.

Restrictions:

Collection is stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

Rita Fikkert Collection. Bernath Mss 26. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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