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Business and Personal Documents, 1887-1932

Series III holds correspondence and cards received by the Nehrling family concerning plants, Nehrling's articles and personal matters. Most of the letters are written in English but some are in German. Financial papers include notes of payments and amounts owed in addition to materials showing that Nehrling borrowed money. In Memoriam was written by Witmer Stone as a tribute to Nehrling. Notes, labels, news clippings and pamphlets are small amounts of material on a variety of subjects that were kept by the Nehrling family. The stereopticon cards show the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Florence and the Yakushi Temple at Nikko, Japan. Not all the photographs are identified but they include Nehrling, Adolph Lietz and Sarah Payton Weld. Individual items listed below represent the collection but do not include every item.

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Businesses, 1890-1950 10 items Box 10

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Cantor Morton Pliskin Collection, 1890-1986 1.00 Linear Feet

The collection of Cantor Morton Pliskin consists of manuscript music, print music, personal songbooks, personal papers, programs, and pictures relating to his professional life as a cantor. Music books have been cataloged and relocated to Rare Books. Audio recordings have been relocated to Judaica Sound Archives. Cantor Pliskin was known as a "wunderkind" cantor who started singing next to his father who was a cantor at the age of 13. After his family moved to Chicago he studied at the Hebrew Theological College of Jewish Studies in Chicago, the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and the University of Northern Illinois (where he focused on cantorial history). After graduating and serving as a cantor in Minneapolis for a few years he returned to Chicago where he served at the congregations of Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation and A.G. Beth Israel. Cantor Pliskin also had well established relationships with Cantor Moses Silverman and Dr. Bauer. He passed away on January 9, 2008.

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Cantor Murray Yavneh, 1863-1974, Date acquired: 08/22/2012, bulk 1920-1970 1.50 Linear Feet 3 document boxes other_unmapped

In 2012, Cantor Murray Yavneh donated his collection of nearly 200 pieces of print music, music manuscripts, song books, and periodicals to Florida Atlantic University. The collection dates from 1863 to 1976 and includes: cantorial music Hebrew and Yiddish songs, American popular standards, and instrumental works.

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Cantor Zvi Aroni Music Collection, 1890-1991, Date acquired: 00/00/1991, bulk 1970-1990 7.50 Linear Feet

In 1991, the family of Zvi Aroni [neé Shalom Zvee Aronowitz] donated his collection of print music, music manuscripts, personal songbooks, pictures, programs, and video recordings relating to his professional life as a cantor. Music books have been cataloged and relocated to Rare Books. Audio recordings have been relocated to Judaica Sound Archives. Cantor Aroni studied voice with Cantor Samuel Kavetsky and had a close relationship with the composer, Reuven Kosakoff. Many of their manuscripts can be found in the Collection. Cantor Aroni came to America in 1947 where he served as cantor in synagogues in Philadelphia and New York City. From 1964-1968 he served as Cantor of the Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue in Toronto, Canada. It was here that he was able to realize his dream of reviving the boy choir and integrating it into the service. From 1968-1979 Cantor Aroni lived and sang in NYC. He was Cantor at Beth Torah in North Miami Beach until his death in 1990.

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Captain Hugh Black Papers, 1840-1913, Date acquired: 01/30/1964 1.00 boxes 1 Box 0.25 Linear Feet

Black, Hugh

The papers include letters and one diary written during the Civil War (1863-1864) by Black to his wife, Mary Ann Black, from various places in Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia and contain descriptions of army life and of the battlefields.

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Cards, 1882-1939 15 items D-ring box album with 4 hotel lobby cards, 9 advertisement cards, 1 lodging card, 1 notepad and business card Box 3

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Carey Hand Funeral Home Records, 1891-1955 22 Linear Feet 9 Boxes, 1 Flat File, and 34 Funeral Registers

Carey Hand Funeral Home

Contains records and ledgers on services provided at the Carey Hand Funeral Home. Materials include memoranda regarding the death and burial of deceased individuals, registers of the death, burial and payment information, plots in the Greenwood and Palm cemeteries, financial records, cremation records, ambulance service records, vault storage records, and Central Florida Veterans and Orlando Airbase Servicemen's death, burial, and military information. The records are particularly useful in historical and genealogical research on the Orlando and Central Florida area from 1891 to 1955.

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Carlton J. Corliss Papers, 1859-1978 1701.00 items

The collection includes correspondence, publications, service records, diaries, memorabilia, articles, research notes, speeches, genealogical information, photographs, and scrapbooks created or collected by Carlton J. Corliss. The majority of the papers are related to railroads, various railway companies that Corliss worked for, and publications about railroads. Topics include the Florida East Coast Railway, the Illinois Central Railroad Company, the Association of American Railroads, Abraham Lincoln, Florida, public relations, and his book, MAIN LINE OF MID-AMERICA. The collection also includes some writings of Robert S. Chilton from his service in the State Department.

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Carol Mundy: African American Legacy Research Files, 1790-2012 2.25 Linear Feet 5 Boxes

This research collection primarily looks at African American Legacy in small town Florida, including Eatonville, Apopka, and Ocoee. Through photographs, manuscripts, census data, historic home registers, and so much more; you can dive deep into researching these historic African American cities. Delve into the historic homes and their inhabitance of these historic cities through this collection. The documents in this collection are primarily photocopies, or photographs of original documents. The documents in this collection as a result were printed or created recently.

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