Wernicke, Otto Heinrich Louis, Papers, 1928-1931, Date acquired: 08/00/1982
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Wernicke, Otto Heinrich Louis
- Extent:
- 989.00 items
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
Inventor; pine industry and tourism promoter; realtor.
Correspondence and personal papers, 1928-1931, covering activities in the pine industry (pine distilling, turpertine, paper mills, forestry, the Pine Institute of America), as an inventor, and as a promoter of West Florida (Pensacola Chamber of Commerce, the Gulf Coast Highway Association, the Old Spanish Trail Association), and land development and civic activities in Pensacola and Gull Point, Florida.
Correspondents and subjects include Cannon Ball Baker, Edward N. Ball, Albertino J. Beland, Millard F. Caldwell, Duncan U. Fletcher, the Bagdad Land and Lumber Company, the Pace family, Floridatown Hotel, Pensacola Beach Corporation, Pensacola Country Club, Pensacola Tar and Turpentine Company, and the Pensacola Yacht Club.
- Acquisition information:
- Mr. Julius F. Wernicke, Jr., Pensacola, Fla., August 1982
- Processing information:
Cataloged 08/18/1982
- Arrangement:
These correspondence files are arranged alphabetically, with larger subject files following the letter. For example, after the "B" folder comes a separate folder for "Ball". The listing for each folder is selective and only highlights the more important correspondence. "See" references were added to facilitate research when Mr. Wernicke divided a subject among the various correspondents. Please note that Mr. Wernicke was familiarly known to everyone as "Dad" and this should not be construed as strictly in the family sense.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Real property--Florida--Escambia County.
Real property--Florida--Santa Rosa County.
Turpentine--Florida--Escambia County.
Paper mills--Florida--Escambia County.
Forest management--Florida--Escambia County.
Golf--Tournaments--Florida--Pensacola.
Clubs--Florida--Valparaiso.
Sand dunes--Florida--Escambia County.
West Florida--History--20th Century.
Devils Point (Fla.)--History--20th Century.
Valparaiso (Fla.)--Clubs - Names:
- Pine Institute of America.
Old Spanish Trail Association.
Bagdad Land and Lumber Company.
Florida Forestry Service.
Pensacola Chamber of Commerce.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company.
Gulf Coast Highway Association.
Floridatown Hotel (Floridatown, Fla.).
Pensacola Beach Corporation.
Pensacola Country Club.
Pensacola Tar and Turpentine Company.
Pensacola Yacht Club.
Pensacola Gulf Coast Inc.
Southern Forestry Congress.
Escambia Canners & Produce Company.
Pace Family.
Wernicke, Otto Heinrich Louis, 1862-1930--Correspondence.
Wernicke, Julius F.
Abbey, Gertrude.
Armstrong, H. Clay, 1870-1950.
Baker, Cannonball, 1882-1960.
Baker, Henry Lee.
Ball, Edward N.
Beland, Albert J.
Caldwell, Millard Fillmore, 1897-
Fletcher, Duncan Upshaw, 1859-1936.
Payne, John H.
Work, E. C. - Places:
- Pensacola (Fla.)--Description and Travel.
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
