Phillip Weidling Collection, Circa 1912-1976
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1 Photograph Binder Box
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Phillip Weidling Collection, Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
The Phillip Weidling Collection contains 91 photographs, negatives, and papers that belonged to the Weilding family of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The photographs document the early airfields and aviators of Broward County, the early history of Port Everglades, the development of the city of Sunrise in the 1950s, boats, and golfing during the 1910s-1920s.
- Biographical / historical:
Phillip Weidling was a local historian and author who lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from 1912 to 1980. He was born in Ohio in 1905 and moved to Fort Lauerdale in 1912 at age 7. He graduated from Fort Lauderdale High School. He was a newspaper reporter in Fort Lauderdale. He authored the book "Dreams My Bartender Taught Me: and other stories of old Fort Lauderdale" in 1989 and the 1963 children's book "Secret of the old bridge." He also co-authored the book "Checkered Sunshine: the story of Fort Lauderdale 1793-1955" with August Burghard in 1974. Weidling died in 1995.
Phillip Weidling's father was Carl P. Weidling, an attorney from Tiffin, Ohio. Carl Weidling served as a state representative in 1923, 1925, and 1926. He also developed the first golf course in Fort Lauderdale (now the site of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport), and developed much of the island properties in Fort Lauderdale. He was also owner and president of the Fort Lauderdale Herald. In 1944 he married Mrs. Glen E. Dewey, who was the chairman for the Board of the Chicago Women's District Golf Association for nine years prior to moving to Fort Lauderdale.
- Acquisition information:
- Phillip Weidling donated the materials to the Broward County Historical Commission in October 1983 (Accession BCHA-1983.7).
- Processing information:
This collection received item level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Photographs
- Places:
- Fort Lauderdale (Fla.)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Phillip Weidling Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
Phillip Weidling Collection, Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library.
- Location of this collection:
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Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library100 S. Andrews AvenueFort LauderdaleFL33301USA
