Lucy and Michael O'Brien papers, 1920-1985, Date acquired: 00/00/1962

Summary

Creator:

O'Brien, Lucy Fulghum

O'Brien, Michael (1909-1980)

Abstract:

A collection of personal correspondence, writings, and research.

Extent:

5.63 Linear Feet

15 boxes

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Lucy & Michael O'Brien Papers, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, publications, notebooks, speeches and manuscripts.  Additionally, the collection contains research materials on Tampa history from the 1930s to the mid-1960s, and a substantial amount of information on Katherine Mansfield. Manuscripts included in the collection are The Woman at the Opposite Table, and The Chuch and the Domination of Darkness. Also included are manuscripts of Michael O'Brien's short stories.

Biographical / historical:

Lucy Fulghum O'Brien was a journalist and author. O'Brien attended Florida State College of Women where, in 1935, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in Journalism.O'Brien was the first woman report to cover breaking news for The Tampa Tribune. Many of O'Brien's articles were published under the pseudonyms Julie Dale and Ruth Alden. After retiring from the Tribune, O'Brien opened an antiques store, The Red Horse. Originally located in the Hyde Park district of Tampa, Florida, the store eventually moved to Ybor City and became the first retain tenant in Ybor Square.

Note written by Kevin Arms, 2013

Acquisition information:

Lucy and Michael O'Brien

Donation

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged by material type:

1.  Correspondence: Letters to and from Jack Wilson, as well as a myriad of book publishers and personal friends. Includes some letters regarding research on Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp.

2. Miscellaneous: Photographs, interview notes and Fulghum Family genealogy

3. Writings: Newspaper Articles, Women's World columns, manuscripts of poems and two unpublished books.

4. Research on Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp: Scrapbooks, notebooks and manuscripts of unpublished works.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related

Related material:

O'Brien, Lucy F. The Tribune's First Woman Reporter. In Tampa Bay history, Vol 4. No. 1.  Tampa, Fl: Dept. of History, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of South Florida.

http://digital.lib.usf.edu:8080/fedora/get/usfldc:T06-v04n1_82-000/DOCUMENT?search_terms=Vol%204

O'Brien, Lucy F. From 17 to 71: Poems. Tampa: s.n., 1985. Print

O'Brien, Lucy Fulghum. "The Tribune's First Woman Reporter." Tampa Bay History 4.1 (Spring/Summer 1982), 50-68. 

O'Brien, Lucy F. Florida Facts & Figures Everyone Uses. Tampa, Fla: Trend House, 1969. Print.

O'Brien, Lucy F. The Mourners and the Mourned. Philadelphia, 1947. Print.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Journalists -- Florida
Journalists -- Florida -- Tampa
O'Brien, Lucy Fulghum -- Correspondence

Names:

Mansfield, Katherine (1888-1923)

Places:

Tampa (Fla.) -- History -- 20th century

Terms of access:

None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright.  Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Preferred citation:

Lucy & Michael O'Brien Papers, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Location of this collection:

USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections

The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus

4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122

Tampa

FL

33620-5400

USA

Contact:

https://lib.usf.edu/special-collections/