Search

The collection consists of holographic, photocopied, and typed correspondence, scrapbooks focusing on Mr. Dreier's career and accomplishments, assorted slides of Snell Isle and Florida fruits and flowers, clippings of Dreier's editorials published in the St. Petersburg Times between 1940 and 1951, and clippings of his column "Brickbats and Bouquets," published in 1939.  The collection also includes Dreier's "Vagabonds' Notebooks," which are personal journals that incorporate photographs of family members, their homes, guests, and vacations.

This collection includes the business papers of Thomas H. (Harvey) Bond and the estate papers of Thomas H. Lloyd of Jefferson County, Florida. Other materials and topics covered by the collection include business invoices, a 15-page reprint from the Florida Historical Quarterly entitled, "Thirty cents cotton at Lloyd, Florida, 1916-1919" by Clifton Paisley, banking papers, railroad bills, executors papers and related correspondence of Miss Annie Lloyd Bond, an invoice book, ledger, bookkeeping journal, farm account book, household account book, and the tax roll for the town of Lloyd.

This oral history interview transcript relates to Thomas H. Moorer who attended the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD from 1928 to 1933. In 1935, Moorer completed flight school and was stationed in Hawaii. He was present on December 7, 1941, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Moorer continued to serve in the Pacific Theater during World War II and remained in the U.S. Navy after the war.  In 1964, he had become an Admiral and by 1970, the Chairman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, serving until 1974.

This collection contains two German language cigarette photograph books titled Adolph Hitler: Bilder ais dem leben des Fuhrers and Deutschland Erwacht. These books were published during the Nazi era and were propaganda where individuals would paste photographs received as premiums.

The Thomas LeRoy Collins Papers, 1903-1991, largely document this Florida statesman's post-Gubernatorial career (1961-1991). While these materials are predominantly from this period, there are also files from his earlier years as Florida Representative, Florida Senator, and Florida Governor.