Frost Family Collection, Circa 1885-2009
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 2 Hollinger Boxes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Frost Family Collection, Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
The Frost Family Collection contains materials documenting the Frost family, one of Dania's first and most prominent families. The collection materials date from the 1890s through 2009. The collection includes newspaper clippings collected by and about the Frost family. notes on Frost family and Frost family tree, a printout of email correspondence concerning Frost family history, and a small book on Port Everglades in Florida. Correspondence concerns the Frost family business. Financial papers includes deeds and ledgers of payroll dating from the 1890s to 1940s, an abstract of title, Certificate of Membership of M.C. Frost in the National Highway Charts Association, a tax sale certificate, a receipt, and checks. The photographs in the collection are of particular interest as they document the earliest history of Dania as well as the Frost family. Also included are photographs of the Seminole New Dania Reservation from 1927.
- Biographical / historical:
Andrew Christian (A.C.) Frost was born in Denmark in 1846. He moved to the United States in 1876 and settled in New York. His occupations and business led him to work and live in Illinois, Wisconsin, a return to Denmark, Miami and then Dania (at the time called Modello, Florida). Throughout his life, A.C. Frost worked many jobs, including that of chief clerk and bookkeeper, work for a construction company building the Illinois state capitol building, and odd jobs at the Leeland Hotel in Springfield, Illinois. He was also the proprietor of a general store with a post office, a store building, and a home in an area that would come to be called "Frostville" in Oconto County, Wisconsin. In Dania, Florida, he developed farms and built the first general store (1922) with a post office in addition to other businesses. He purchased land and developments in the Dania area, and his support helped to establish an independent Broward County.
A.C. Frost died in Dania, Florida on February 12, 1924, leaving behind a large family, including sons who helped him develop land in Florida while he travelled to former areas of residence. Frost had three wives (Mary Gregerson Frost, Mary Hanson Frost, and Catherine Johnson Frost) and ten children during his lifetime.
- Processing information:
The Frost Family Collection received file level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection.
- Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into eight series: Series I. Printed and Handwritten Materials, Series II. Correspondence, Series II. Series III. Newspaper Articles, Series IV. Maps, Series V. Photographs and Slides, Series VI. Deeds, Series VII. Personal Papers, and Series VIII. Financial Ledgers.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
The Frost Family Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
Frost Family Collection, Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library.
- Location of this collection:
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Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library100 S. Andrews AvenueFort LauderdaleFL33301USA
