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Guyte P. McCord, Sr. Collection, 1885-1961

 

Summary

Extent:
8 folders 8 Folders
227 Items other_unmapped
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Guyte P. McCord, Sr. Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1970-181

Background

Scope and content:

Items found in this collection include the personal papers of Guyte McCord, consisting of correspondence, records of the Tallahassee Historical Society, newspaper clippings, articles, and papers relating to Judge James B. Whitfield. Also included in the collection are the official programs of the inaugurations of five Florida governors, miscellaneous publications, and typescripts of manuscripts published in issues of "Tallahassee Historical Society Annual."

Biographical / historical:

Guyte P. McCord, Sr. was president of the Tallahassee Historical Society (1935-1939) and throughout his lenghty career served in a number of official positions including Mayor of Tallahassee (1919, Mayor/Commissioner, 1920-1922), a Tallahassee City Commissioner (1934-1936), a United States Commissioner, Deputy Clerk of the United State District Courts, and Clerk of the Supreme Court (1939-1964).

Acquisition information:

Given by Guyte P. McCord, Sr.

The items of this collection were received at intervals over a period of several years, but chiefly from 1964 through 1968 when Mr. McCord was president of the Tallahassee Historical Society. While many of the papers consist of his copies of records of the Tallahassee Historical Society, others were accumulated by Mr. McCord during the time that he was Mayor of Tallahassee, Tallahassee City Commissioner, United States Commissioner, Deputy Clerk of the United States District Court, and Clerk of the Supreme Court.

Processing information:

Processed February 1970

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

Guyte P. McCord, Sr. Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1970-181

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA