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Records, 1934-1976, of Henry and Virginia Hilton-Green concerning the Pensacola Yacht Club, the Gulf Yachting Association and the St. Petersburg/Havana yacht races of 1935, 1936, 1941, and 1948, including programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, the Jib Sheet newsletter, and memorabilia about these organizations, club activities and regattas.

The collection's two major groupings of papers are Antebellum and Civil War newspapers in OS Box 1 and Gilded Age, Progressive, and 20th century newspapers in OS Box 2. The majority of the papers are from the southern states in the United States. OS Box 3 is photostat copies of its contents.

The Historical Newspaper Collection was donated by the History Department to FAU Libraries. The newspapers cover important historical events such as: World War II; Space; and the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy