Vaughn E. Woods Papers, 1920-1969, 1980, 1993, 1999

Summary

Creator:

Woods, Vaughn

Extent:

1 Linear Feet

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

The Personal Materials series contains materials created or collected by the subject related to his personal interests. This series includes the Businesses sub-series, which contains materials from the businesses that Woods founded and owned. The series was arranged alphabetically based on subject.

The Reference Materials series contains materials collected by Vaughn Woods presumably to be used as reference materials through the course of his professional work and research. The series contains primarily bulletins, mostly from the University of Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, that cover a variety of agricultural topics from the 1920s to the 1960s. The series has been divided into subseries based on subject/topic (and subtopic if needed) and then has been arranged chronologically within each subseries.

Biographical / historical:

Vaughn Edmond Woods (1908-1999) moved to Davenport, Florida in 1931, and in 1932, he established the V. Woods Laboratory in the city. In 1937, he became the Soil Chemist for the Wilson and Toomer Fertilizer Company, where he would work for about 35 years, taking over from W.L. Tait. After Woods left Wilson and Toomer, he held a variety of roles: he opened Nepco Realty in Davenport and worked there for 30 years; he also became the owner of what was once known as the Pardee Groves in Davenport; and in the 1950s, he also served as the Mayor of Davenport. Woods retired in 1998 and passed away in 1999.

Acquisition information:

Based on Professor Thomas Mack's unpublished manuscript "Documented History of the Florida Citrus Archives," the materials are presumed to have been donated by Janey Powell, daughter of Vaughn Woods, alongside the Wilson and Toomer Fertilizer Co. Records; however, it is unknown exactly when the materials in this collection were donated to the Citrus Archives. The Thomas B. Mack Citrus Archives were transferred to the Roux Library in 2005 then to the McKay Archives Center in 2009.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related

Other descriptive data:

Vaughn Woods was the first cousin once removed of Col. Bayard F. Floyd, who also worked for the Wilson and Toomer Fertilizer Company. For more information on the company the two worked for, please see the Wilson and Toomer Fertilizer Company Records as well as the Col. Bayard F. Floyd Papers, who was a horticulturalist and Vice President of the company. See also the Holly Hill Grove and Fruit Company Photographs collection for photographs taken by the company for advertising purposes.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Woods, Vaughn E. (Vaughn Edmond), 1908-1999
Frost--Florida--Prevention
Citrus fruits--Florida--Effect of cold on
United States. Weather Bureau
Florida Citrus Commission
Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association
Meteorology, Agricultural--Florida
Reports

Places:

Lakeland (Fla.)--Climate

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Researchers must contact McKay Archives in advance for access to unprocessed born digital materials in this collection. Collection restrictions, copyright limitations, or technical complications may hinder the SPCUA's ability to provide access to unprocessed born digital materials.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish material from the Vaughn Woods Papers must be obtained from Sarah D. and L. Kirk McKay, Jr. Archives Center or the appropriate copyright holder. Please inquire if you have questions at 863-680-4453

Location of this collection:

Thomas B. Mack Florida Citrus Archives

Florida Southern College

111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr.

Lakeland

FL

33801

USA

Contact:

https://www.flsouthern.edu/library/archives