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University of West Florida. Whitman Center Records, 1977-, Date acquired: 06/00/1992

 

Summary

Creator:
University of West Florida
Extent:
1982.00 items
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Records and working papers of the Donald L. Whitman Center for State and Local Government, 1977- , including reports, publications, correspondence, and research files. The Center performs research for pahnandle city and county governments, especially the City of Pensacola and Escambia County on a variety of fiscal, tax, and planning matters. Includes the records of the Revenue Study Committee (the Collier Commission), 1985-1986, which examined revenue sources for the City of Pensacola; the Local Government Study Commission (Charter Government Commission), 1985-1988, which examined charter government for Escambia County; and records of the earlier 1978-1988 Escambia County charter study committee.

Subject and topics are too numberous to enmerate but are covered in the collection inventory and in extensive name/subject descriptors.

OTHER INFORMATION:

The UWF Center for State and Local Government was founded in 1977 to work with county and municipal governments to provide research services and study reports. Administratively, the Center is tied to the Department of Political Science. In 1989, upon the death of founding Director, Donald L. Whitman, the Center was renamed in his honor.

Acquisition information:
Whitman Center, June 1992
Processing information:

Revised 03/20/2007

Revised 01/30/1997

Cataloged 07/02/1992

Arrangement:

Chronological

Accruals:

Additions from university archives backlog, Special Collections Department, January 1997

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Local government--Florida.
Municipal government--Florida.
County government--Florida.
Fire protection districts.
Panhandle Local Government Newsletter.
Pensacola (Fla.)--Afro-Americans--Culture Center.
Pensacola (Fla.)--Annexation.
Pensacola (Fla.)--Fire protection.
Pensacola (Fla.)--Government services.
Pensacola (Fla.)--Human Relations Commission.
Sand dunes--Florida--Escambia County.
Charter government.
Collier commission.
Names:
Donald L. Whitman Center for State and Local Government.
Whitman Center for Public Service. Local Government Study Commission.
Whitman Center for Public Service. Revenue Study Committee.
Escambia-Pensacola Human Relations Commission.
Florida. Institute of Government.
Pensacola Historic Preservation Board.
Okaloosa Utilities Authority.
Panhandle League of Cities.
Pensacola (Fla.). City Manager's Office.
Pensacola (Fla.)--Revenue Study Committee (1985-1986).
Santa Rosa County (Fla). Tax Assessor.
United Way of Escambia County (Escambia County, Fla.)
Escambia County (Fla.). Sheriff's Dept.
Escambia County (Fla.). Tax Assessor.
Flowers, Joe.
Holloway, Mike.
Kendig, Rodney.
Lawson, Ray.
Oldmixon, Joe.
Seely, Vince.
Teasley, C. E.
Walker, Larry N.
Whibbs, Vince.
Whitman, Donald L.
Bell III, Matt Langley.
Bowden, Jesse Earle.
Collier, Lacy.
Eggan, Eric.
Places:
Escambia County (Fla.)--Politics and government.
Florida--Politics and government--1951-
Pensacola (Fla.)--Politics and government.
Gulf Breeze (Fla.)--Taxation.
Escambia County (Fla.)--Charter government.
Pensacola Beach (Fla.)--Taxation.
Crestview (Fla.)--Charter.
Escambia County (Fla.). Comptroller's Office.
Escambia County (Fla.). Mayor's Office.
Escambia County (Fla.). School Board.
Escambia County (Fla.). Sheriff's Office.
Escambia County (Fla.). Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Escambia County (Fla.). Supervisor of Elections.
Escambia County (Fla.)--Civil Service.
Escambia County (Fla.)--Home Rule.
Escambia County (Fla.)--Human Relations Commission.

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:
University Archives and West Florida History Center
11000 University Pkwy
Pensacola
FL
32514
USA