Sister City Scrapbook, 1962-1983, Date acquired: 07/13/2017
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Taylor, Sanford
- Abstract:
- Digital images with printed copy of scrapbook concerning the Pensacola People to People Council, Inc., and its successor, Pensacola Sister Cities International, Inc., 1962-1983, including newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, pamphlets, brochures and other materials collected by Sanford Taylor about Pensacola's connections with sister cities of Chimbote, Peru; Miraflores, Peru; and Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Includes materials concerning Harold B. Grow, Mrs. John A. Merritt (Betty Merritt), Mrs. Calvin Todd (Anne Todd), Vince Whibbs, Reinhold Holm, as well as materials about the Chimbote earthquake, visits of officials from sister cities, the Reader's Digest award to the city, and the involvement of the University of West Florida.
- Extent:
- 1.00 folders
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
Scrapbook concerning the Pensacola People to People Council, Inc. and its successor, Pensacola Sister Cities Inhternational, 1962-1983 with materials concerning Pensacola's connections with sister cities of Chimbote, Peru; Miraflores, Peru; and Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Digitized with permission from original scrapbook held by the UWF Historic Trust, Inc., July 2017.
- Biographical / historical:
Per Amelia Asmar, this scrapbook was compiled by Sanford Taylor. It covers the organization from 1962 through roughly 1983.
Note written by
- Acquisition information:
Loan from UWF Historic Trust
Original three-ring binder of plastic sleeve pages loaned to UWF Archives and West Florida History Center for digitization.
- Arrangement:
Digital images are in order as they appear in the scrapbook. Scrapbook is a three-ring notebook with plastic sleeve pages and items are inserted in them, either mounted on paper or simply put into the sleeves. In scanning, items were unfolded and scanned in their entirety, including booklets and other multi-page items. Some sleeves have identifications on the outside written on stickers; this information was added to the scan of the original item from inside the sleeve.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Taiwan--Description and Travel
University of West Florida--Peruvian Studies
University of West Florida--Taiwan Relations - Names:
- Sister Cities
Pensacola Sister Cities International, Inc.
Pensacola People to People Council, Inc.
Grow, Harold B.
Whibbs, Vince.
Merritt, Betty (Mrs. John A. Merritt)
Todd, Anne (Mrs. Calvin Todd)
Holm, Reinhardt
Taylor, Sanford - Places:
- Peru--Photographs.
Chimbote, Peru
Miraflores, Peru
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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University Archives and West Florida History Center11000 University PkwyPensacolaFL32514USA
