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This collection primarily consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and personal notes regarding Roberts City residents and culture.

Genealogical research papers and materials concerning John Roberts, Zachariah Wesley Roberts, John Rich, James Rich, Benjamin Franklin Tidwell, Lewis Benton, and related families of Alexander, Andress, Andrews, Antone, Archer, Bell, Benton, Biggs, Booker, Burns, Butler, Butt, Byrd, Clifford, Clopton, Coe, Conley, Danforth, Ellis, Etheridge, Frazier, Gates, Gibson, Gilmore, Goldbach, Grant, Green, Johnson, Jones, Koza, Leone, Lutz, McQuigg, McWilliams, Mills, Moore, Morton, Neal, Oberhaus, Phillips, Pickert, Pierce, Pinney, Pokrant, Price, Rich, Richards, Roberts, Robertson, Schlafer, Staples, Stewart, Tidwell, Tolton, Watson, and Watt families of Pensacola, Florida, and Pleasant Grove (Escambia County), Florida; Mobile County, Alabama; and southern Alabama. Includes census and lists of residents of Warrington and Woolsey, Florida in 1878, and a dwelling survey of Warrington in 1930-1931.

Personal papers, 1970-1987, constituting correspondence files as President of the University of West Florida.

President, University of West Florida, 1974-1987.

The collection consists of papers and memorabilia related to civil rights history in Jacksonville and Hurst's experiences as a member of the NAACP Youth Council in the 1960's. The collection focuses on the NAACP sit-ins of stores in James Weldon Johnson Park, formerly known as Hemming Park or Plaza, and Hurst's book about Ax Handle Saturday.