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Roderick Kirkpatrick Shaw collection, 1851-1884, Date acquired: 12/02/1964

 

Summary

Extent:
44.00 items
0 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Roderick Kirkpatrick Shaw Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/MSS_0-223

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of original manuscripts related to Joseph Finegan, the estate of John D. Bellechasse, the Florida Railroad Company, and General H. S. Sanford. These materials should be useful as a biographical sketch of Joseph Finegan. Other subjects covered by the collection include: Jacksonville, Cuba, Lake Monroe, auctions, mill property, Joseph Oliver, St. Mary's Parish in Louisiana, debts, David L. Yulee, Confederate States District Court of Florida, George W. Call, railroad construction, Joseph Finegan & Co, Fernandina, William Phelan, orange groves in Mellonville, Florida, land sales, Orange County, John Forbes, St. Augustine, and Savannah. The collection also contains several maps showing purchase of lands, the "Ross Plantation," and Byrne lands.

Additions to the collection included several historical Florida newspapers.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Mr. Roderick K. Shaw
Custodial history:

The newspaper additions were accompanied by a letter from Mr. Shaw explaining that he had received the newspapers from the editor of the Gadsden County Times, J. Love Hutchinson; Mr. Hutchinson collected them from R.H.M. (Bob) Davison of Quincy, Florida.

Processing information:

Processed March 1965. Additions processed in June 1968.

Accruals:

Additional gifts 1-3 were newspapers relating to Florida, 1877-1924. Received at the library December 13, 1967 and processed June 1968.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Roderick Kirkpatrick Shaw Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/MSS_0-223

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA