Gloria Jahoda Papers, 1864-1980, Date acquired: 03/01/1968, bulk 1958-1980
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 8.50 Linear Feet
- 9 Reels magnetic tape reels
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Glorida Jahoda Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/MSS_0-332
Background
- Scope and content:
Includes background research, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, newspaper articles, and other publications documenting the personal life and professional career of author and Florida historian Gloria Jahoda. Significant topics include genealogy, ecology, northwest Florida, publishing rights, classical music, WFSU-FM radio programs, the Muscogee Creek Nation, and Jahoda's book The Road to Samarkand, a biography of English composer Frederick Delius.
- Biographical / historical:
Gloria Adelaide Love Jahoda was born October 6, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, to Adelaide and Chase Whitney Love. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Master of Arts in Anthropology, both from Northwestern University. While teaching at the University of Wisconsin she met her husband, Gerald Jahoda, whom she married in 1952. The two moved to Tallahassee, Florida, in 1963, where Gerald Jahoda taught library science at Florida State University. Though she began writing novels full-time in 1957, Jahoda's nonfiction works received greater recognition, including The Other Florida (1967), The Road to Samarkand: Frederick Delius and His Music (1969), River of the Golden Ibis (1973), The Trail of Tears (1975), and Florida: A Bicentennial History (1976).
- Acquisition information:
Gift of Gloria Jahoda
Given by the author beginning in 1968 with an additional three items given on June 11, 1970, and another four on February 26, 1973.
- Arrangement:
Arranged in four series:
1. Biographical Materials on Jahoda, arranged chronologically.
2. Correspondence, arranged by correspondent or subject, and chronologically thereunder.
3. Works by Jahoda, drafts, and relevant research material, and drafts, arranged chronologically by creation or publication date of the relevant work.
4. Publications collected by Jahoda in the course of research or due to personal interest, arranged by subject.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Glorida Jahoda Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/MSS_0-332
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
