Catts, Sidney J., Papers, 1894-1967, Date acquired: 07/00/1979
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Catts, Sidney J.
- Extent:
- 4900.00 items
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
Politician; Governor of Florida, 1917-1921.
Personal papers, 1894-1967, of Sidney J. Catts, DeFuniak Springs, Florida, and other family members, including correspondence, publications, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, and related materials. Much of the papers concern his term as Governor and activities in the Prohibition and Democratic Parties of Florida.
Although he ran on an anti-Catholicism platform, his tenure as Governor was marked by progressive legislation including prison and mental health reform; Prohibition; inclusion of women in Government and support for Women's Suffrage. He unsuccessfully ran for U. S. Senator in 1920, and again for Governor in 1924 and 1928.
Special Collections also houses a portion of the Governor's Library, 126 books kept intact as part of the Association Books collection.
- Acquisition information:
- Presented by the Catts Family, July 1979.
- Processing information:
Cataloged 07/1979
- Arrangement:
Chronological
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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
