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Florida County and City Histories, 1922

 

Summary

Extent:
0.55 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Florida County and City Histories, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1992-024

Background

Scope and content:

The materials included in this collection appear to be class papers done by students at the Florida State College for Women around 1922. Among the counties covered are Alachua, Clermont Lake, Manatee, Sarasota, Sumter, Suwanee, Taylor, Walton, Jefferson, Lake, Osceola, Washington, Columbia, and Dade Counties. Among the cities covered are Miami, Jacksonville, Pensacola, Madison, Orlando, Wildwood, Live Oak, De Funiak Springs, Monticello, and West Palm Beach.

Biographical / historical:

In 1905, through the Buckman Act, the State Legislature reorganized higher education in Florida, establishing a school for male students in Gainesville, and a school for female students in Tallahassee. Florida State College in Tallahassee became the female school and was named the Florida Female College. This name was objectionable to friends and supporters of the college, thus in 1909 it was renamed the Florida State College for Women (FSCW). In 1946, a flood of applicants seeking admission to the University of Florida created a crisis situation as the number desiring admission was one-third more than could be accommodated. As a result, a branch accommodating 500 men was opened in Tallahassee at Dale Mabry Field, a deactivated army installation. In 1947, the Legislature took further action and designated both the University of Florida and the Florida State College for Women as coeducational, at the same time changing the name of FSCW to The Florida State University.

Acquisition information:
1922; class papers done by students at Florida State College for Women
Processing information:

Processed November 1992.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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:

Copyright owned by Florida State University

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 and 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:

Florida County and City Histories, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1992-024

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