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Saint Andrews Bay (Fla.) Scrapbook, 1892-1896, Date acquired: 09/00/1983

 

Summary

Creator:
Saint Anrews Bay
Extent:
1.00 items
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Scrapbook, 1892-1896, with newspaper clippings (primarily from the St. Andrews Buoy Newspaper), illustrations, and other clipped matter concerning the St. Andrews and Cromanton area of Florida (now Panama City) and Perote, Alabama. Includes social notes, travel accounts, poetry, wedding invitations, a description of the 22 homes along the Bay in 1885 and other area news.

OTHER INFORMATION:

Most clippings are from the St. Andrews Buoy, a newspaper begun in 1891 for which no copies exist now. Especially noted in the scrapbook are: 4th of July oration by Edwin A. Emmons (leaf 2, verso); wedding invitation, at the home of Capt. L. M. Ware (leaf 6); J. N. Forbs, " St. Andrews Bay", notes of a sail, 1885, and brief comment on all 22 homes near the bay (leaf 13, verso); bookmark of the "States" of the union (leaf 14, verso); portrait of Mrs. W. F. Lewis, proprietress of Lewis House, Pensacola (leaf 18); program of a musical recital, St. Andrews, 1894 (leaf 20); Harry M. Evans, two articles, 1893, on a sailing trip on the bay and account of a sail from Pensacola to St. Andrews (leaf 20-21, 23); John Dean Andrews, "Who Can Tell of St. Joseph?" an article by one who grew up near the St. Joseph lighthouse, 1845 (leaf 26); account of the grounding of the ship "Nettie", Nov., 1895 (leaf 27, verso); poem illustrated with typographic designs (leaf 42); and an account of a New Year's Eve tableau, with a live elephant on display, ca. 1895 (Leaf 49 verso).

Acquisition information:
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Servies, in memory of Allen M. Clayton, September 1983
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:
University Archives and West Florida History Center
11000 University Pkwy
Pensacola
FL
32514
USA