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Vintage Florida Postcards, 1930-2025

.5 Linear Feet
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Materials included in the Vintage Florida Postcard collection include postcards from regions spanning the State of Florida.

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Barnett Family Collection, bulk 1859-1934

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This collection contains an assortment of personal belongings of Carlos Barnett and his family and their transition to the United States. This includes personal letters, immigration papers, photographs, negatives of photographs, obituaries, and personal mementos, including of religious beliefs.

17th-20th Century Correspondence and Documents, 1664-1976

4.00 boxes 2 Linear Feet
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The 17th-20th Century Correspondence and Documents consists of letters, documents, and various forms of correspondence relating to notable names and celebrities from between 1618 and 1981.

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17th-20th Century Correspondence and Documents, 1664-1976 4.00 boxes 2 Linear Feet

 

Edith Daly Papers of Eugene Elliott, bulk 1849-1980

9 boxes
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Family papers of Eugene (Gene) M. Elliott, a historical figure in St. Petersburg known for raising money for the Gandy Bridge and attempting to create a subdivision on Weedon Island.
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Edith Daly Papers of Eugene Elliott, bulk 1849-1980 9 boxes

 

Waverly Growers Association Collection, 1921-1994, 2000

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The Waverly records include Office Files about day-to-day business mostly between 1930 and 1950's. Of special note are the files from the WWII years discussing rationed items. James C. Morton (JCM) was an operations director, and his files date mostly in the 1950's and are about fruit. Operations and Supply files include documents about running and supplying the Waverly complex. The Membership newsletters are dated 1937 and 1938, then jump to 1957 and run until 1977. Files from Audio-Visual materials include scrapbooks, photographs, and negatives. The first scrapbook includes images for a retirement party for W.C. "Bill" Pedersen. Bill Pedersen created the Waverly Welcome House (photographs), a rest area and spot for tourists to learn about citrus growing, while purchasing fruit. The Welcome House was located between Cypress Gardens and Bok Singing Tower, along Route No. 540 in central Florida. The second scrapbook, includes, clippings, documents and photographs of people and places around the compound

Ellen Peterson Legacy Collection, 1923-2018

9.00 Linear Feet
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This collection includes the scrapbook and journal from her bike trip, family photos, and correspondence from various stages of her life. Also included are projector slides, Sierra Club awards, an energy map of Southwest Florida, posters, bumper stickers, Happehatchee flyers, and pictures of her Florida home, which later became a part of Happehatchee. The largest part of this collection is the newspapers documenting her effort to save the planet.

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1940s Pictures Part 1, 1940-1949 Box 3, Folder 5

 

1940s Pictures Part 2, 1940-1949 Box 3, Folder 6

 

1940s Pictures Part 3, 1940-1949 Box 3, Folder 7

 

Jordan Park collection, 1938-1980

10 boxes 4 Document Boxes, 4 Object Boxes, 2 Oversized Boxes
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The materials in the Jordan Park Collection nearly were discarded; the good fortune of the preservation of these items is considerable. Poynter Library received the various photographs, property records, maps, documents, and scrapbooks from Dayton Stone in June 2009. These materials depict the Jordan Park residential units built by the St. Petersburg Housing Authority.

African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy collection, 1791-2003

26 Linear Feet 36 boxes and 73 flat files
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Collector, Ms. Carol Mundy amassed this collection of monographs, manuscripts, sheet music, pamphlets, journals, newspapers, broadsides, posters, photographs, and rare ephemera focusing on the African American history. While the collection is comprehensive both nationally and internationally, it also contains materials that pertain to the African American experience in central Florida.
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Additional Materials, 1791-1990, Undated

 

Harold E. Watson collection, 1929-2013, Date acquired: 12/05/2013

5 Linear Feet 10 boxes 1 folders 1 oversized folder 1 items flag box
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This collection centers around a Brigadier General in the U.S. Air Force.  It includes items related to his time in the military and his personal life before and after retirement. It includes personal letters, special orders, magazines, books, newspapers and clippings, event brochures, pamphlets, education records, personnel files, flight logs, photographs, VHS Tapes, cassette tapes, and flags spanning from the 1930s until the early 2000s.

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2nd Bombardment Association, 1939-1988 13.0078 - Box 2, Folder 009

 

Career Development, 1937-1989 13.0078 - Box 3, Folder 003

 

Cigar Industry supplementary material, 1900-1995

1 boxes 0.42 Linear Feet
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This collection contains materials related to the cigar and tobacco industry in the United States, with a focus on Tampa manufacturers. Included are documents related to labor union organizing at local levels and membership to the Cigar Makers' International Union of America, tobacco industry publications, cigar art, advertisements, and other assorted documents.
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#3103 Perfecto Garcia, 1937-1943 Box 1, Folder 23, Object 3

 

Cigar Industry supplementary material, 1900-1995 1 boxes 0.42 Linear Feet

 

To #81 Elseo Perez, 1940-06-07 Box 1, Folder 19, Object 2