The Vertical Files Collection, 1872-2016, is an artificial collection, contains a wide variety of collected materials documenting or relevant to Central Florida's local history. Collection also includes subject materials such as book arts, typography, travel, tourism, and the West Indies. Included are newsletters, magazines, news clippings, reports, pamphlets, documents, photographs, and handbooks.
University of South Florida. Department of Anthropology
Abstract Or Scope
Research materials, including photographs, newspaper clippings, and oral history interviews, compiled by the University of South Florida (USF) Department of Anthropology to support its African Americans in Florida research project (1993-1994).
Research materials used by Florida State University alumna Valerie Lassman to prepare her dissertation and publication A Violet in the Sahara, her biography of Frances Newman. Includes typescript of her book.
The biographical vertical files consist of articles from local publications including, but not limited to, the following: La Gaceta, The Tampa Tribune, The St. Petersburg Times and the Miami Herald. These files may contain feature length articles or obituary notices.
The Vincent J. Fonelli Collection includes materials on the life and personal artwork of Fonelli, who lived from 1906 to 1972. The collection consists of architectural drawings, paintings, photographs, hand drawings, and sculptures done by Fonelli around his time at Columbia University. Polish posters and newsletters are also featured in the collection.
