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Motion picture films documenting the productions of Beckley Films, Inc of Bradenton, Florida.

This collection relates to the Utah Beehive Chapter of the Merchant Marine veterans' organization who served during World War II. The collection contains various documents and photographs related to veterans of this chapter.

This collection consists of eleven 10 1/2 inch reels of 1/2 inch magnetic audio tapes used as the basis for a record album released by Kaloosa Records of Tampa, Florida in 1972. The music was recorded live at the White Springs Bluegrass Festival, held at the Steven Foster Memorial Folk Festival in White Springs, Florida. Ben Brown, a University of South Florida graduate, produced and directed the recording. Performers featured at the festival included Charlie Cox, Dave Bellamy, Country Grass, Chubby Anthony, Dale Crider, Grade and the Good Guys, Thompson family, Orange Blossom Bluegrass, Rose City Boys of Thomasville, Georgia, and Sunny Bluegrass.

Addresses delivered by former Florida Circuit Judge Ben C. Willis and an article written by Willis for the Florida Heritage Foundation News and Views. These materials are useful to researchers studying Tallahassee life during the 1930s. According to Lee Willis, these addresses were probably given at the Exchange Club in Tallahassee, which met at the Cherokee Hotel until it closed.