Baars Family Papers, 1857-1960, Date acquired: 08/00/1985
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Baars Family
- Extent:
- 4291.00 items
- M1985-20 other_unmapped
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
Personal papers and business records, 1857-1960, of Henry G. S. Baars, his wife, Mary Elison (Minnie) Dunwoody, and their four children: John Ernest, Theodore Dunwoody, Henry G. S., and Annie E. Baars, of Pensacola Florida. Records include correspondence, ledgers, photographs, maps, genealogy, and related records documenting family life and the professional life of Henry Baars, an exporter of lumber and timber, a real estate developer, and as vice-consul for the Austro-Hungarian Empire at Pensacola.
Papers include abstracts, contracts, deeds, land patents, land maps, maps of the Pensacola Wharf area and various Spanish land grants, stock certificates, tax records, and other business records for the Baars and Caldwell Realty Company, Baars and Hudson Export Company, Baars Air Field, Baars Export Company, Baars-Caldwell-Freeman Company, Bagdad Shipbuilding Company, Baylen Street Wharf, Bermancald Land Company, Christ Episcopal Church, Cordova Bridge, Cordova Park, Dunwoody-Aiken Towboat Company, Garcon Point, Gulf Export Company, Gulf View Heights Company, H. Baars and Company, Lakeview Haven Company, Lakeview Property, Lakeview Streetcar Company, Magnolia Bluff Addition, Maura Place, McDavid-Hyer Company, Metro Hat Works, Palafox Shipbuilding Company, Pensacola Apartment House Company, Pensacola Shipbuilding Company, Richland Farms, and the Silver Shores Hotel Company.
Key correspondents include Reverend Henry C. Blandford, Annie E. Baars Blandford, John A. Merritt, and Alexander and Mary D. Stoddard. Other materials include reminiscences and memoirs of Bryan Dunwoody, and of "Will" Jones Dunwoody (1895) on the Civil War, and minutes of the Pensacola City Council, 1948-1949
A detailed Index to the collection is available at the repository.
- Acquisition information:
- estate of Henry G. Baars, August 1985
- Processing information:
Cataloged 03/28/1990
- Arrangement:
Alphabetical by person, then by company
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
Land grants--Florida.
Lumbering--Florida--Pensacola.
Businessmen--Florida--Pensacola.
Real estate developers--Florida--Pensacola.
Consuls--Florida--Pensacola.
Consuls--Austria.
Maps--Florida.
Genealogies--Florida.
Abstracts--Florida.
Contracts--Florida.
Deeds--Florida.
Stock certificates--Florida.
Tax records--Florida.
Memoirs--Florida.
Reminiscences--Florida.
Minutes--Florida.
Ledgers--Florida.
Photographs--Florida. - Names:
- Bagdad Shipbuilding Company.
Bermancald Land Company.
Christ Episcopal Church (Pensacola, Fla.)
Dunwoody-Aiken Towboat Company.
Gulf Export Company.
Gulf View Heights Company.
H. Baars and Company.
Lakeview Haven Company.
Lakeview Property (Firm).
Lakeview Streetcar Company.
McDavid-Hyer Company.
Metro Hat Works.
Palafox Shipbuilding Company.
Pensacola Apartment House Company.
Pensacola Shipbuilding Company.
Richland Farms.
Silver Shores Hotel Company.
Pensacola (Fla.)--City Council.
Baars and Caldwell Realty Company.
Baars and Hudson Export Company.
Baars Air Field.
Baars Export Company.
Baars-Caldwell-Freeman Company.
Baars family.
Baars, Annie B.
Blandford, Henry C.--Correspondence.
Merritt, John A.--Correspondence.
Stoddard, Alexander--Correspondence.
Stoddard, Mary Newman--Correspondence.
Blandford, Annie E. Baars.
Dunwoody, Bryan.
Dunwoody, Jones.
Baars, Henry G. S. (Henry Gerhardt Sophus), 1844-1909.
Baars, Mary Elison Dunwoody.
Baars, John Ernest.
Baars, Theodore Dunwoody, 1876-1941.
Baars, Henry G. S. - Places:
- Baylen Street Wharf (Pensacola Fla.)
Magnolia Bluff (Fla.)
Garcon Point (Fla.)
Cordova Bridge (Pensacola, Fla.)
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
