Collections

A photograph of the 1947 Florida State College for Women Glee Club.

The Sara Culbreth Cooper Collection consists of personal photographs and two programs that were loaned for digitization. The bulk of the collection pertains to her participation in the Flying High Circus at Florida State University from 1947-1950.

The Sara Yearty Hughes Photograph Collection contains 25 photographs from her years as a student at Florida State College for Women.

A scrapbook donated to the Alumni Association. The creator of the scrapbook is unknown, but was most likely an education major at Florida State College for Women.

The Shackelford Family Album Collection contains three postcards, photographs and one photo album of the Shackelford family, friend Katherine Rawls, and the Rawls family. Photographs date from the 1930s to 1940s. Genealogical materials such as family trees, a photocopy of Alexander W. "Henry" and Willie Shackelford's marriage certificate, and notes on family members are also included.

The Sheldon Nead collection focuses on Nead's service in the Persian Gulf Command from 1944-1945. He was assigned to help transfer supplies from the United States to Russia through Iran. His collection consists of photographs, a book on the Persian Gulf Command, a Russian commemorative medal, a letter accompanying the medal, and a contemporary map of the Middle East.

The Spessard Lindsey Holland collection consists primarily of the personal correspondence, photographs, campaign materials, individual files, Floridiana, and memorabilia such as various awards and certificates, plaques, and miscellaneous novelty items. The collection has materials dated from the 1890s to the early 1970s with the majority of the collection dated after the 1930s.