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Correspondence, 1930-1990
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The correspondence files are arranged alphabetically; most of them have the name of the person writing, but some files have subject titles. Some letters have been arranged in chronological files, but all have similar subjects. Mulford and Racine Foster corresponded with individuals and organizations around the world about all aspects of their business including identifying and selling bromeliads. They corresponded with experts at such institutions as the Smithsonian and Kew Gardens as well as local nurseries. The series also includes personal correspondence, Christmas cards and letters to publishers. Further correspondence with publishers may be found in its own subseries. The folder entitled "Lectures" contains arrangements for Mulford Foster to lecture not the lectures themselves, which may be found in the Lectures subseries. Correspondence between Racine and Mulford includes various other writings by them both. Some letters include photographs; Tom Lineham returned some photographs to Racine Foster within his letter and Kay Schools illustrated her letters with drawings of bromeliads. Correspondence sometimes continued for decades, but often a folder contains only a single letter. Occasionally, both sides of the correspondence is available, which shows that Mulford and Racine frequently responded to each other's letters. Family correspondents include Racine's sisters Jeanne Denny and Florence Hall and Mulford's brothers Hubert and Preston and his sisters May Hurff and Rosena Whitlock. Notable correspondents include David Fairchild, A. J. Hanna, F. C. Hoehne, Harry Leu, Victoria Padilla and Lyman B. Smith.
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Correspondence (1931-1939), 1931-1939 10 letters
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This folder contains correspondence from the following individuals and oganizations:
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Correspondence, 1934 - Part 1 Box 3, Folder 3
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Correspondence from 1934 including: 1933-1934 Personal and business correspondence: 6/4/1934 to Maurice Hollins re: graduation; 6/6/1934 re: buying a car; 6/1/1934 to/from Lucy Ellis; 6/1/1934 to Maurice Hollins offer of job; Letters to and from bond holders w/ advice re: hold or sell for cents on the dollar; Christine Hollins May 1934; Minority Leader Bertrand Snell 5/14/1934 re: help collecting interest on bonds; Frank Slocum; J. R. Easton; Justice Rivers Buford; conversations about golf and golf course; Commander Ewin Cochran, USS Macon; Multiple letters of support for Judge Rivers Bufordd for federal judgeship position; 2/3/1934 letter re: bad investment in divorce settlement trust funds.to J. F. T. O'Connor, U. S. Comptroller; IRS Notice of no income tax returns filed for 1930, 1931; March 1934 announcement from U.S. Dept of Labor re: National Reemployment Service; Armstead Brown;; March 8, 1934 letter to Maurice Hollins re: receipt of notice of marrying Christine Hollins; T. Frank Phillips; Sen. Duncan U. Fletcher re: Corporation Bankruptcy Act; Soreno LundSpecial Road and Bridge District Refunding; Dixie, Jr. illness;City of Clearwater buying its bonds for cash at significant discount; request for Dunedin Delinquent tax list;Pennsylvania Hotel, NY, NY; Aubrey Moorefield - DMH wants to cover hotel expenses; Dixie, Jr. in hospital two months with arthritis, both legs in casts; Offer to buy District Fourteen School Bonds above market, DMH signed when in office; Justice Rivers Buford; Telegrams negotiating pruce for school district and Dunedin Bonds; proposal to invest in fertilier production under patented bacteria method (the Thomas Process); letter re: seeing as many Florida license plates as NC in Brevard, NC; notice of purchase of U. S. Treasury Bonds for trust for Allie (Hollins) Patterson; hospital bill for 3 months - $1,000; Col. J. M. Guilliams; T. L. Weaver; Dog track election;J. E. Brooks; Baynard Brothers Realty; purchase of real estate tax certificates and paving and sewer liens;City printing jobs awarded to St. Petersburg Printing Company;Frank Wilcox, City of St. Petersburg division of tax assessment on certain lots;Louise Ellis re: Florida job; G. T. Whitfield, Clerk of FL Supreme Cout re: Motion to QuashC. B. Tredway, Chairman State Road Department;Charles A. Van Fleet, Florida Military Academy; DMH purchase of tax certificates in S. Petersburg, Clearwater, Sebring and Highlands County; mutiple letters re: exchange of differing municipal bonds; letter of November 22, 1934 to L. M. Dakin, Receiver for Special Road and Bridge District Bonds at $600 per $1,000 bond; mutiple letters re health of Myrtle Sproule; Paul Hollins; Lucy Ellis; Dee Sutterlin;Edward Ball; George Tribble;Building Dixie, Jr. a filling station w/ quarters at Pasadena Golf Course; Hendersonville Bondholders' Committee re refunding plan; FL Rep. Walter P. Fuller, State Se. J. Locke Kelly; amongst others
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Correspondence, 1934 - Part 2 Box 3, Folder 4
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Correspondence from 1934 including: 1933-1934 Personal and business correspondence: 6/4/1934 to Maurice Hollins re: graduation; 6/6/1934 re: buying a car; 6/1/1934 to/from Lucy Ellis; 6/1/1934 to Maurice Hollins offer of job; Letters to and from bond holders w/ advice re: hold or sell for cents on the dollar; Christine Hollins May 1934; Minority Leader Bertrand Snell 5/14/1934 re: help collecting interest on bonds; Frank Slocum; J. R. Easton; Justice Rivers Buford; conversations about golf and golf course; Commander Ewin Cochran, USS Macon; Multiple letters of support for Judge Rivers Bufordd for federal judgeship position; 2/3/1934 letter re: bad investment in divorce settlement trust funds.to J. F. T. O'Connor, U. S. Comptroller; IRS Notice of no income tax returns filed for 1930, 1931; March 1934 announcement from U.S. Dept of Labor re: National Reemployment Service; Armstead Brown;; March 8, 1934 letter to Maurice Hollins re: receipt of notice of marrying Christine Hollins; T. Frank Phillips; Sen. Duncan U. Fletcher re: Corporation Bankruptcy Act; Soreno LundSpecial Road and Bridge District Refunding; Dixie, Jr. illness;City of Clearwater buying its bonds for cash at significant discount; request for Dunedin Delinquent tax list;Pennsylvania Hotel, NY, NY; Aubrey Moorefield - DMH wants to cover hotel expenses; Dixie, Jr. in hospital two months with arthritis, both legs in casts; Offer to buy District Fourteen School Bonds above market, DMH signed when in office; Justice Rivers Buford; Telegrams negotiating pruce for school district and Dunedin Bonds; proposal to invest in fertilier production under patented bacteria method (the Thomas Process); letter re: seeing as many Florida license plates as NC in Brevard, NC; notice of purchase of U. S. Treasury Bonds for trust for Allie (Hollins) Patterson; hospital bill for 3 months - $1,000; Col. J. M. Guilliams; T. L. Weaver; Dog track election;J. E. Brooks; Baynard Brothers Realty; purchase of real estate tax certificates and paving and sewer liens;City printing jobs awarded to St. Petersburg Printing Company;Frank Wilcox, City of St. Petersburg division of tax assessment on certain lots;Louise Ellis re: Florida job; G. T. Whitfield, Clerk of FL Supreme Cout re: Motion to QuashC. B. Tredway, Chairman State Road Department;Charles A. Van Fleet, Florida Military Academy; DMH purchase of tax certificates in S. Petersburg, Clearwater, Sebring and Highlands County; mutiple letters re: exchange of differing municipal bonds; letter of November 22, 1934 to L. M. Dakin, Receiver for Special Road and Bridge District Bonds at $600 per $1,000 bond; mutiple letters re health of Myrtle Sproule; Paul Hollins; Lucy Ellis; Dee Sutterlin;Edward Ball; George Tribble;Building Dixie, Jr. a filling station w/ quarters at Pasadena Golf Course; Hendersonville Bondholders' Committee re refunding plan; FL Rep. Walter P. Fuller, State Se. J. Locke Kelly; amongst others
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