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Archival Collection of Dr. Henry H. Nehrling from the Collection of Michael D. Kahn, 1855-1934 1.5 Linear Feet 2 Boxes

Nehrling, Betty Pooler Mitchell

These materials were in the possession of Betty Pooler Mitchell Nehrling, Henry Nehrling's second wife. Dr. Henry Nehrling was a horticulturist famous for his gardens in Gotha and Naples, Florida. The collection consists of letters, documents, photographs, postcards and monographs which provides insight into the familial and financial affairs of the Nehrling Gardens. It also offers a look at Henry Nehrling during the tumultuous years of Florida's boom and bust, and a glimpse of his failing physical and mental state while he sought refuge in a quiet communal colony in Southwest Florida.

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Arlyn Austin Katims Civil War Collection, 1861-1992, bulk 1861-1865 15.00 Linear Feet 17 boxes other_unmapped

The Arlyn Austin Katims Civil War Collection focuses upon the Civil War from the Union position. Within the collection are illustrations, currency, and a number of artifacts from the era. Items of special interest include an authentic mourning card from Abraham Lincoln's funeral and newspapers reporting Lincoln's death.

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Armando Mendez papers, 1895-1996, Date acquired: 12/26/2002 3.2 Linear Feet 9 boxes

Mendez, Armando (1914-1997)

The collection consists of the organized materials left behind by Armando Mendez following his research for his book Ciudad De Cigars: West Tampa (1994). The materials cover the tobacco industry and provide information and photographs relating to dozens of factories representing dozens of companies. There are also materials related to West Tampa historic places and people, such as former mayors, schools, and churches.

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Armwood Family papers, 1866-1991 7.5 Linear Feet 15 boxes

Orsley, Hazel Armwood , -2008

Contains records and related materials documenting the professional and personal lives of the Armwood family, a pioneering African American family in Hillsborough County, Florida.

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Arthur and Mayce Seymour Collection, 1899-1965 36.00 boxes

The Arthur and Mayce Seymour Collection, in addition to containing correspondence between them, other family members, and friends, has articles written by the Seymours and many poems by Mayce. A major portion of the collection consists of photographs taken by the Seymours during their trips to India and China in the 1920s. Numerous paintings and sketches made by Mayce during these travels are also included.

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Arthur B. Steinman Collection, Circa 1900-2000 121 Artwork 120 African Artifacts and 1 print by Thomas Hart Benton.

The Arthur B. Steinman Collection contains twentieth century African sculptures and masks from the central and western regions of Africa. It also contains one lithograph print of "Planting" signed by Thomas Hart Benton.

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Artwork, 1881-2006, Undated.

Series I contains various drawings, illustrations, paintings, and posters from many artists, but primarily from Edward W. Kemble. Art from other contributors such as Pataky, Joan Cromwell and Richard Caton Woodville are also present. Subjects of the drawings mostly include canaries, depictions of Black Americans and various Mexican landscape. An illustration of particular note is the portrait of Alexander Hamilton by William Sartain.

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As I Look Back, 1888-1936 Box 7, Folder 8

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A Specialist's Opinion, 1903 Box 2, Folder 49

bound issue from August 5, 1903; Vol LIII, no. 1379. Lithographs address yacht racing and the America's Cup; big business and prosperity. Lithographs include "A Specialist's Opinion" (title page; shows Thomas Lipton checking the pulse of an and an anthropomorphized female "America's Cup" on [presumably] a ship. Another ship is seen sailing in the background); "The Phoenix of Prosperity" (shows a large female figure labeled "Prosperity" wearing a white robe, a cornucopia labeled "Legitimate Business" on her shoulder. Out of the cornucopia flows coins and papers labeled "Increased Exports," "Good Crop Reports," "Higher Wages," "Larger R.R. Earnings," "Trade Ascendancy." The figure is rising from the flames of "Watered Stock," "Wildcat Schemes," "Mad Speculation," "Undigested Securities," "False Values," "Overcapitalization")

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Assorted Photographs, 1862-1951, Undated

The vast majority of these images are early African American studio portraits and snapshots salvaged from personal photo albums. Formats in this subseries vary, but include black and white, sepia, stereographs, and a few metal color prints.

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