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Arranged chronologically (except for clippings, which are last), this series contains materials compiled by Foster and used for research of his manuscript. Materials include meeting minutes, correspondence, notes, promotional material, contact lists, itineraries, sales and tax projections, photographs, a development proposal, a press release, a newsletter, a radio editorial, Disney labor documents, a stock certificate, a security analysts' report, an audio recording of the Lake Buena Vista press conference [1971], a speech by John Rubel, materials related to a dispute with an Orange County Commissioner, and a large number of newspaper clippings.

The series contains research materials collected by Steven Craig Trelstad in relation to his master's degree thesis, "Civil War Memory and the Preservation of the Olustee Battlefield." These include assessment reports, management summaries, and notifications of undertakings written by Osceola National Forest Service District Historian/Archaeologist Christopher M. Lydick, 3 publications related to the Battle of Olustee, its reenactment, and the preservation of the battlefield, an itinerary for the 2010 Olustee Reenactment, and 8 maps related to the Olustee battlefield.