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This collection contains six Aviator's Flight Log Books from Captain Hilliard C. Smathers' time as a pilot with the U.S. Navy, from 1930-1951. Also included is the flag that flew in Smathers' honor over the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. and two certificates confirming this occasion. The US Naval Aviator certificate contains a picture of Smathers, as well as the date on which he was officially certified as a Naval Aviator - March 21, 1942 - and three instrument rating cards.

Collection consists of the research files of the Hillsborough County Department of Museums developed under the Florida Maritime Research Grant, or PSE VI. The files contain photographs, news articles, brochures, pamphlets, publications, directories, book listings, and other materials. The content of the files covers a wide range of subjects, including steamboats, historic ships, shipwrecks, the commercial fishing industry, the Port of Tampa, and the Tampa Port Authority.

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.