Galvez Commission Records, 1980-1981, Date acquired: 06/00/1981
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Galvez Commission
- Extent:
- 1414.00 items
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
Records, 1980-1981, including minutes, correspondence, budget and planning documents, publications and research files and other materials concerning the Galvez celebration, May 3-10, 1981 honoring the bicentennial of the capture of Pensacola by the Spanish under Bernardo de Galvez in 1781. Subjects include Fort Barrancas, the H.M.S. Mentor, Fort George, Seville Square, Bernardo de Galvez, the H.M.S. Bounty, the historical drama Yo Solo, Juan Sebastian Elcano (ship), the North Hill Preservation Society, Palafox Place, and related activities of the commission and celebration.
- Acquisition information:
- the Galvez Commission, Rosilyn Dodson, Executive Director, June 1981
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Financial records--Florida--Pensacola.
Minutes--Florida--Pensacola. - Names:
- Bounty (Ship).
Juan Sebastian de Elcano (Training ship).
North Hill Preservation Society (Pensacola, Fla.)
Mentor (Ship: 1780-1781).
Galvez, Bernardo de, 1746-1786. - Places:
- Palafox Place (Pensacola, Fla.)
Pensacola (Fla.)--Bicentennial celebrations, etc.
Fort George Island (Fla.)
Seville Square (Pensacola, Fla.)
Pensacola (Fla.)--History--Siege, 1781.
Fort Barrancas (Fla.)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Open to researchers, dependent on our compliance with U.S. Copyright Law, HIPPA requirements, donor agreements and other applicable state and federal statutes. Occasionally we may need to review a collection before permitting immediate access.
- Terms of access:
Digital photography, scanning, and photocopying of materials is prohibited. Permission may be granted by the Special Collections Librarian for such reprography dependent on issues of copyright, ownership, condition, donor agreements, etc. In general, staff do not make reproductions of copyright materials or materials for which title is not owned by the institution. Recent revisions in the U.S. Copyright Law extended the copyright of correspondence, letters, and other personal papers to the life of the author plus seventy years.
- Location of this collection:
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University Archives and West Florida History Center11000 University PkwyPensacolaFL32514USA
