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African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy collection, 1791-2003

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Collector, Ms. Carol Mundy amassed this collection of monographs, manuscripts, sheet music, pamphlets, journals, newspapers, broadsides, posters, photographs, and rare ephemera focusing on the African American history. While the collection is comprehensive both nationally and internationally, it also contains materials that pertain to the African American experience in central Florida.

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17th-20th Century Correspondence and Documents, 1664-1976

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The 17th-20th Century Correspondence and Documents consists of letters, documents, and various forms of correspondence relating to notable names and celebrities from between 1618 and 1981.

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Non-Florida Broadsides and Printed Ephemera, bulk 1743-2003

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This collection contains assorted over-sized illustrations and graphics for a number of topics not related to Florida history.

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19th c. Florida Letters, 1835-1891

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Correspondence. This collection is comprised of various groups of letters about Florida, dating between 1837 and 1891 most of which deal primarily with land issues.

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George Day Stone Civil War Collection, bulk 1861-1880

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The George Day Stone Civil War Collection contains 96 letters and associated pieces of ephemera relating to correspondence between George Day Stone during his military service during the American Civil War. Primarily, the letters date to 1862-1865. George Day Stone was born in Jefferson, Ohio on October 10, 1829, and died September 9, 1898. He was laid to rest at Cross Creek Cemetery in Wintersville, in the town of Jefferson, Ohio.

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Bryant West Indies British Parliamentary Acts Collection, 1712-1873

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This collection represents a sample of British Parliamentary Acts regarding the British West Indies.

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Children's Home Society of Florida collection, 1862-2019, bulk 1902-1997

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The Children's Home Society of Florida Collection contains organizational papers and ephemera that document the creation and operations of Florida's oldest non-profit adoption agency. The collection includes organizational papers from its state and local divisions, photographs, news clippings, audio and visual media, scrapbooks, and blueprints of the many receiving homes in the state, but does not contain adoption records. Adoption records remain at the CHSFL Adoption Archive and are available by contacting the society directly.

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Advertisements for Walt Whitman works, 1855-1889, Date acquired: 03/31/1956

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Two prints of Walt Whitman advertisements from 1889 and 1855.

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Alachua, Gadsden and Leon Counties Civil War papers, 1862-1865, Date acquired: 05/10/1967

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These photocopies of Civil War papers include a letter from Bird B. Wright of Shepherdstown in Jefferson County, Virginia to his wife Amy R. Wright of Quincy Florida in Gadsden County. The letter dated September 21, 1862, informs her that he has been badly wounded while in combat near Sharpsburg, Maryland and gives instructions how to get to the place where he is and tells her that she or his brother should come to see him. Among other things, he tells her that his Captain was killed the same day he was wounded. Also included is a Certificate of Parole, Waldo, Alachua County, Florida, dated May 20, 1865 to J. A. Tompkins...Private of Co. B. 2nd Regiment, Florida Calvary, and a transmittal letter with further details by Weston Taylor of Tallahassee, Florida to "Mrs. Frost."

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Allen Forte Treatise Collection, 1715-1894