Collections

Family correspondence, 1895-1920, newspapers clippings, family photographs and various papers relating to Simpson & Company Lumber Mill, Bagdad, Florida. Mr. H.T. Wright, Mrs. Carpenter's, was a prominent member of this firm. Many photographs from Mrs. Carpenter's family photograph album, 1900-1914, were copied and deposited in the Pensacola picture file.

Personal papers, 1896-1973, of Dickson H. Carter, Pensacola attorney, consisting of photographs, correspondence, speeches, and other writings. Includes materials pertaining to Judge Francis B. Carter, including Masonic awards and writings.

Collection includes letters with holograph poems, one of which was by Ernest Dowson. Newspaper clippings, newsletters and two pictures - one of Governor John W. Martin and one of Major John W. Tench.

Politician; Governor of Florida, 1917-1921.

The Chapman Collection contains 25 photographs dating from circa 1900 to 1959 of the Thomas Henry Chapman family and of Pompano Beach, Florida. It includes images of early Broward County railroads, damage from the 1926 hurricane, and various agricultural crops and locations, including the Chapman's tomato-packing plant and the pepper field. It also includes photographs of early residents of Pompano taken in the 1950s.

A collection of photographs of the Chapman family (Shaw and Wiley) from 1880 until before the advent of the Second World War. Included in the collection are numerous images, negatives, and some documents pertaining to the life of the family when the family lived in Tampa, Florida in the early years of the 20th Century.