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Collection includes envelopes, printed postal covers, and other postal history ephemera collected by Mr. James A. Stansel of Tampa. Covering the period 1931 to 1988, the material bears numerous postmarks and other postal markings ["Buy Defense Bond" stampings, etc.]. The bulk of the materials originated in Tampa, although postmarks for other Florida locales and a few non-Florida cities are also represented.

This collection is comprised of materials by and about the Virginia author, James Branch Cabell. The first item in the collection is a set of original typed (with one set of copies) letters by Cabell to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1940-1953). The copies were typed from original letters in the University of Florida Special Collections.

This collection consists of an oral history transcript of an interview with 2nd Lt. James J. Crooke, who served in World War II. Crooke served in the Army Air Corps with the 303rd Bomb Group in the European Theater (ETO).

The collection of First Lieutenant James Feerick contains an oral history transcript of an interview provided by the Reichelt Program for Oral History. Feerick served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as part of the 8th Bomber Command, 1st Bombardment Wing, 91st Bombardment Group in the European theater. He was based in London at Bassingbourne.