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> Personal Papers (1930, 1950-1984)

Container: Box 981  

Note: Correspondence from friends, family, and colleagues; class lecture notebook belonging to her husband James P. Breen; photographs.

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>> Correspondence (1930, 1950-1984)

Container: Box 981  

Note: Correspondence from friends, colleagues, her niece Geraldine Givens, and other family members reminiscing about Florida State University, trips, marriages, weddings, and Hoffman's work with the Christian Training Institute, an organization devoted to Christian primary school education. Correspondents include FSU President Doak Campbell and History Professor Venila Shores.

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>>> Correspondence (1930, 1950-1960)

Container: Box 981  Folder 1  

Extent: 24 items

>>> Correspondence (1961-1964)

Container: Box 981  Folder 2  

Extent: 29 items

>>> Correspondence (1965-1984)

Container: Box 981  Folder 3  

Extent: 29 items

>>> Correspondence-Undated

Container: Box 981  Folder 4  

Extent: 21 items

>>> Christian Training Institute (1948-1953)

Container: Box 981  Folder 5  

Extent: 99 items

>> Notebook

Container: Box 981  

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>>> Notebook: Ceramics 12 (n.d.)

Container: Box 981  Folder 6  

Extent: 1 item

>> Photographs (1952-1962)

Container: Box 981  

Note: Photographic Christmas greetings cards from various friends and their families.

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>>> Photographs (1952, 1962)

Container: Box 981  Folder 7  

Extent: 5 items

> Professional Papers

Container: Box 981-98  

Note: Correspondence, committee files, Spanish language course materials, memorabilia, and other records related to her work at FSU, the FSU Department of Modern Languages, and her activities in professional organizations related to modern language teaching.

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>> Florida State University (1942-1973)

Container: Box 981-982, 986  

Note: Subject files documenting her FSU committee and student counseling activities and planning for Homecoming activities.

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>>> Appointment Papers and Salary (1942-1973)

Container: Box 981  Folder 8  

Extent: 26 items

>>> College of Arts and Sciences (1969-1972)

Container: Box 982  Folder 1  

Extent: 20 items

>>> Committees (1948-1970)

Container: Box 982  Folder 2  

Extent: 22 items

>>> Correspondence (1947-1971)

Container: Box 982  Folder 3  

Extent: 73 items

Note: Includes correspondence from her former students requesting letters of reference or pursuing doctoral degrees, and from colleagues at Florida State University and other academic institutions discussing their teaching careers.

>>> Counseling (1949-1950)

Container: Box 982  Folder 4  

Extent: 21 items

>>> Homecoming 1963 (1963)

Container: Box 982  Folder 5  

Extent: 5 items

>>> Homecoming 1964 (1963)

Container: Box 982  Folder 6  

Extent: 1 item

>>> Homecoming 1965 (1965)

Container: Box 982  Folder 7  

Extent: 58 items

>>> Humanities Council Lecture Committee (1953)

Container: Box 982  Folder 8  

Extent: 16 items

>>> Humanities Ph.D. Committee (1953)

Container: Box 982  Folder 9  

Extent: 25 items

Note: Concerns her committee work planning a doctoral program in the humanities at FSU.

>>> Interamerican Studies Program (1953)

Container: Box 982  Folder 10  

Extent: 19 items

>>> Translation Service (1943, 1948, 1967-1975)

Container: Box 986  Folder 6  

Extent: 21 items

Note: Correspondence from various academic institutions requesting that Dr. Hoffman transcribe letters, university transcripts, and certifications that students graduated from or attended Florida State University.

>> Florida State University. Department of Modern Languages. (1947-1973)

Container: Box 982-983  

Note: Book orders for the Department, committee minutes, materials related to foreign study, travel, and job opportunities for students, and general information.

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>>> Book Orders (1933, 1963, 1967-1971)

Container: Box 982  Folder 11  

Extent: 39 items

>>> Book Publisher Information Cards (ca. 1965)

Container: Box 988  Folder 1  

>>> Foreign Study and Travel #1 (1947-1954)

Container: Box 983  Folder 1  

Extent: 59 items

>>> Foreign Study and Travel #2 (1949-1954)

Container: Box 983  Folder 2  

Extent: 21 items

>>> Interns (1954)

Container: Box 983  Folder 3  

Extent: 2 items

>>> Job Opportunities for Language Majors (1950)

Container: Box 983  Folder 4  

Extent: 5 items

>>> Modern Languages, Dept. of-General Information (1 of 2) (1966-1973)

Container: Box 983  Folder 5  

Extent: 46 items

>>> Modern Languages, Dept. of-General Information (2 of 2) (1970-1974)

Container: Box 983  Folder 6  

Extent: 72 items

>>> Modern Languages, Dept. of-Spanish Portuguese Division Meeting Minutes (1967-1973)

Container: Box 983  Folder 7  

Extent: 18 items

>>> Student Information Cards (1957-1958)

Container: Box 988  Folder 2  

Extent: 1 item

>> Course Materials (1947-1974)

Container: Box 984-985, 987  

Note: Lecture notes, class schedules, course outlines, class rosters, syllabi, proposals to change course requirements, charts used in her Spanish language classes, examination questions and student responses, student papers.

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>>> Class Materials (1968-1972)

Container: Box 984  Folder 1  

Extent: 25 items

>>> Class Materials (1 of 2) (1969, 1973-1974)

Container: Box 984  Folder 2  

Extent: 23 items

>>> Class Materials (2 of 2) (1946, 1959-1974)

Container: Box 984  Folder 3  

Extent: 52 items

>>> Course Notes-"Golden Age of Spain" (ca. 1956)

Container: Box 984  Folder 4  

Extent: 12 items

>>> Graduate Students-General (1950-1954, 1966-1974)

Container: Box 984  Folder 5  

Extent: 34 items

>>> Graduate Students: A-D (1959-1971)

Container: Box 984  Folder 6  

Extent: 43 items

>>> Graduate Students: E-M (1949-1971)

Container: Box 984  Folder 7  

Extent: 66 items

>>> Graduate Students: N-R (1948, 1964, 1967-1969)

Container: Box 985  Folder 1  

Extent: 57 items

>>> Graduate Students: S-Z (1964-1971)

Container: Box 985  Folder 2  

Extent: 21 items

>>> Humanities 102, 103 (1947-1949)

Container: Box 985  Folder 3  

Extent: 53 items

>>> Language Requirements (1938-1951)

Container: Box 985  Folder 4  

Extent: 48 items

>>> Library Purchase Requests (1951, 1967)

Container: Box 985  Folder 5  

Extent: 15 items

>>> Spanish Christmas Songs (n.d.)

Container: Box 985  Folder 6  

Extent: 12 items

>>> Spanish Classes (1966-1970)

Container: Box 985  Folder 7  

Extent: 30 items

>>> Spanish 427: January 22, 1968 exam (1968)

Container: Box 985  Folder 8  

Extent: 15 items

>>> Term Papers (1954, 1963, 1969)

Container: Box 985  Folder 9  

Extent: 9 items

>>> Term Paper: "A Study of the Life and Works of Gabriel Mistrela," by Vivian Mercer. (1947)

Container: Box 987  Folder 1  

Extent: 2 items

>> Professional Organizations and Honor Societies

Container: Box 986-987  

Note: Information about scholarships sponsored by honorary society chapters, correspondence to chapter deans; congratulatory letters and newsclippings about Hoffman's selection as FSU's Distinguished Professor of the Year for 1963-1964; newsletters, annual reports, and minutes of honorary fraternities; correspondence with FSCW President Edward Conradi and reports about the creation of a Phi Beta Kappa chapter at the College in 1935, and notes for speech given by Hoffman at 30th anniversary of the FSU Phi Beta Kappa Chapter in 1965.

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>>> Alpha Lambda Delta (1946-1949)

Container: Box 986  Folder 1  

Extent: 8 items

>>> Distinguished Professor, 1963-1964 (1963)

Container: Box 986  Folder 2  

Extent: 4 items

>>> Phi Beta Kappa (1926-1981)

Container: Box 987  Folder 2  

Extent: 61 items

>>> Phi Kappa Phi (1943, 1952, 1967-1974)

Container: Box 986  Folder 3  

Extent: 26 items

>>> Professional Organizations (1951, 1962, 1967, 1971)

Container: Box 986  Folder 4  

Extent: 7 items

>>> Sigma Delta Pi (1943-1944, 1948, 1967-1975)

Container: Box 986  Folder 5  

Extent: 15 items

>> Publications (1939-1976)

Container: Box 986  

Note: Correspondence regarding the activities of the Comediantes, an informal, international group of people interested in Spanish drama (Dr. Hoffman was a member); requests from colleagues for critiques of their bibliographies; pamphlets and reprints inscribed by their authors; bibliographies and press release about translation services provided by the FSU Department of Modern Languages.

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>>> Bulletin of the Comediantes (1955-1965)

Container: Box 986  Folder 7  

Extent: 9 items

>>> Publications and papers (1939, 1946-1976)

Container: Box 986  Folder 8  

Extent: 30 items

>> Memorabilia

Container: Box 986-987, OS1  

Note: Certificates and plaques presented to Dr. Hoffman.

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>>> Distinguished Professor Award (April 20, 1963)

Container: Box 986  Folder 9  

Extent: 1 item

>>> Garnet Key Membership (December 8, 1965)

Container: Box 986  Folder 10  

Extent: 1 item

>>> Dr. Hoffman's Desk Nameplate

Container: Box 986  

Extent: 1 item

>>> Dr. Hoffman's City of Tallahassee Appreciation Award (October 18, 1972)

Container: Box OS1  Folder 1  

Extent: 1 item

>>> Dr. Hoffman's Florida State University Alumni Association Century Club Distinguished Member Plaque (October 7, 1966)

Container: Box 987  

Extent: 1 item

>> Scrapbooks

Container: Box 988-988A and OS1  

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>>> Scrapbook 1: Letters and newsclippings honoring Dr. Hoffman for her selection as FSU's Distinguished Professor for 1963-1964. (1963/1964)

Container: Box 988  

Extent: 73 items

>>> Scrapbook 2: Photographs of Hoffman family taken at their home and newsclippings documenting FSU events. Loose photos are enclosed in archival folder in scrapbook. (1972-1974)

Container: Box 988A  

Extent: 74 items

>>> Scrapbook 3: Letters and photographs of family and friends at various events. Loose photos are enclosed in archival folder in scrapbook. (1973-1974)

Container: Box 988A  

Extent: 73 items

>>> Scrapbook 4: Newsclippings documenting Dr. Hoffman's work with the Tallahassee Business and Professional Women's Club, and other local organizations. (1958-1974)

Container: Box OS1  

Extent: 136 items

>>> Scrapbook 5: Newsclippings, souvenir postcards, and programs documenting activities in which Dr. Hoffman participated or that interested her. (1963-1965)

Container: Box OS1  

Extent: 104 items

>>> Scrapbook 6: Letters congratulating Dr. Hoffman for her selection as FSU's Distinguished Professor for 1963-1964, and photographs of the reception held in her honor for this award. (1963-1965)

Container: Box OS1  

Extent: 14 items