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USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections

USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections

The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122
Tampa
FL
33620-5400
USA
https://lib.usf.edu/special-collections/
The Special Collections at the Tampa Campus focuses on our core collecting areas including Florida studies, LGBTQ+, Florida Environmental and Natural History (FLENH), childrens and young adult literature as well as serving as the home for the institutional archives for the University of South Florida. The Special Collections at Tampa also encompass the Herbarium as well as our digitization unit.

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Antonio Pereira collection, 1915-1988, Date acquired: 00/00/1995 4 Linear Feet 6 boxes

 
Pereira, Antonio, -1988

Consists of materials related to Antonio Pereira's activities as a professional wrestler and his work with the Boy Scouts of America and the West Tampa Boys Club.  Includes correspondence, reports, news clippings, awards, trophies, and photographs.  Also includes a key to the city of Tampa, presented by Mayor Nick Nuccio in 1967.

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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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Autograph collection, 1826-1950, Acquired 1974 1.7 Linear Feet 5 boxes

 
University of South Florida
The Autograph Collection is a series of materials acquired and curated by the University of South Florida library, including correspondence, photographs, and assorted signatures.The second series in this collection consists of 48 personal autograph books from the United States, with two books written in the German language.
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Baynard Hardwick Kendrick collection, 1915-1972, bulk 1930-1972 8.27 Linear Feet 18 boxes

 
Kendrick, Baynard (1894-1977)
This collection contains manuscripts of most of Kendrick's writings, including his detective stories, histories, and other novels. It also contains materials on Kendrick's work with the blind, including the Blinded Veterans Association and the American Association for Workers for the Blind, as well as newspaper clippings, correspondence, photos, scrapbooks, items concerning Cuban refugees, interview transcripts, and phonograph dictation records.
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Bearss family papers, 1868-1945, Date acquired: 08/00/1999 0.83 Linear Feet 2 boxes

 
Bearss Family

Includes account books of William O. Bearss, tax assessments, abstract titles of land, Amanda Bearss' autobiography (manuscript, photocopy and typescript form), and assorted family papers documenting the family's citrus and other agricultural enterprises, land dealings and activities.

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