The Autograph Collection is a series of materials acquired and curated by the University of South Florida library, including correspondence, photographs, and assorted signatures.The second series in this collection consists of 48 personal autograph books from the United States, with two books written in the German language.
Journal in manuscript kept by US Army Private Bartholomew M. Lynch, commanded by Lieutenant John Graham during the Florida War. Early entries document his training and travel from New York to Florida on board the "Southern liner called America." Includes an eyewitness description of the captive Seminole leader Osceola, dated May 2, 1837.
The Bookbinding teaching collection, 1790-1850, is an artificial collection created by UCF Special Collections & University Archives staff. It contains a variety of rare books acquired for the purpose of teaching book history, bookbinding, and to allow hands-on learning. It includes examples of American historical stab binding and traditional eastern stab binding.
This folder contains "The Story of the Atlantic Coast" booklets, "The Florida Special" songbook, a booklet on agricultural and horticultural scenes along the Atlantic coastline, and a guidebook to Highlands County and South Central Florida.
Documents in manuscript and three printed forms filled out in manuscript originating in British East and West Florida, Territorial Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi, dating from 1773 to 1868.
