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UCF Special Collections

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

26 Linear Feet 36 boxes and 73 flat files
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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USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections

Florida Photograph collection, bulk 1883-1977

8.78 Linear Feet 42 boxes
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UCF Special Collections

Florida Ephemera collection, circa 1813-2007

13 Linear Feet 26 Boxes, 1 Flat File
The Florida Ephemera Collection is a collection of brochures, advertisements and news clippings documenting the history of Florida. Although the collection includes information about Florida as a whole, it focuses on the Central Florida area, and Orlando in particular. The collection contains information about most aspects of life in Florida including business and industry, real estate and development, tourism and wildlife.
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Florida Gulf Coast University Special Collections

Turner Railroad Collection, 1809-2007

14.00 Linear Feet

Consists of publications, advertisements, photographs, administration and research on the east coast railroads of the United States collected by history scholar Gregg M. Turner. Consists of four series, including but not limited to documents and photographs of railroad history (1830-1890), the Plant System Co. Inc.(1860-1902), the three primary railroads on the eastern seaboard of the United States (1830-present), and independent railroads. A portion of the collection has been digitized by Florida Gulf Coast University's Library Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives and is available on D[url=https://fgcu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/search/?type=edismax&collection=fgcu:0216]igitalFGCU[/url].

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Booklets, 1830-1930 Box 3, Folder 2

 

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.

  1. Railroads, 1830-present
  2. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
FIU Special Collections

Cienfuegos Collection, 1819-1991

3 boxes 3 archival storage cartons

The materials in this collection gather resources to aid in the research of the commercial, eclesiastical, economic, and geographical history of Cienfuegos, Cuba, as well as featuring texts on important figures and locations. It includes full texts and editions of regional newspapers, as well as the more intimate look at sketches, blueprints, seals, and correspondence, postcards, and business cards.

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AARLCC Special Collections

Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection, Circa 1788-2012

67 Hollinger Boxes 2800 Books
The Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection documents the professional and personal life of pioneering librarian, Dorothy Porter Wesley. It contains manuscript materials, artwork, research files, and correspondence dating from 1905 to 2012 as well as Wesley's personal library of more than 2,800 books and pamphlets.
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UCF Special Collections

Michael A. Spencer Bromeliad Research Collection, 1754-2014

130 Linear Feet 259 boxes, 2 flat files
Michael A. Spencer assembled this collection of publications, photographs, drawings, correspondence programs and other materials focusing on the discovery, taxonomy and cultivation of bromeliads. Mulford B. Foster, Racine Foster and Lyman B. Smith are among the significant bromeliad collectors whose work is documented here.
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FIU Special Collections

Bidegain Papers, 1917-1998

0.00 Linear Feet

This collection contains various documents from Central and South America, including Brazil, in relation to the church and how society around is changing, and what the views from the church are regarding those changes. Most of the collection is written documents pertaining to the churches view on these changes and how it is related to their personal values, including from the Vatican, such as Vaticano de Obispas (Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region, on: "New paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology").

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Florida Atlantic University Libraries

John Burke Letters Collection, 1861-1888

.5 Linear Feet 1 document box

This collection of letters and documents describe John Burke and his experiences as an American Civil War soldier in the Union Navy. There are 21 letters, correspondences, and a general affidavit with an itinerary. Most of the letters, John Burke writes to his wife Mary Burke informing her of his life on the union navy ship USS R.R. Cuyler. Mr. Burke's journey begins with him getting drunk and enlisting in the navy. The bulk of the letters, Mr. Burke requests that his wife send him provisions and explains to her how to collect his pay. There are a few letters asking about the family and news from home.

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FSU Special Collections & Archives

St. John's Episcopal Church Records, 1832-2002, Date acquired: 10/17/2016

44 Linear Feet 48 boxes 1.1 Gigabytes

Administrative records; member registries; meeting minutes of the Vestry and church circles; Bibles, Books of Common Prayer, hymnals, and other liturgical works; documentation of the history of St. John's Church and the Episcopal Diocese of Florida; service bulletins and other periodicals; sermon transcripts; photographs; and motion pictures.

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