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Sally Thompson collection, 1976-2019

89 boxes 1 folders 44.5 Linear Feet
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The Sally Thompson collection consists of professional papers covering Thompson's career in environmental advocacy, public administration, and education. This collection consists of organizational documents, reports, periodicals, public awareness campaign materials, and other items related to environmental and conservation advocacy in Florida, with attention to the Tampa Bay area. Topics of interest include green spaces, urban planning, environmental policy and legislation, citizen activism, wildlife conservation, energy, hydrology, land management, and restoration projects.
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1998 Florida Trails & Greenways Conference, 1998 Box 43, Folder 1

 

Bert Williamson Webb papers, 1941-1945, Date accessioned: 2018-10-26

1 folders
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This collection relates to Bert Williamson Webb who served as a Captain in the U.S. Army with the 178th Ordnance Depot Company during World War II in the European Theater of Operations. Webb received a Bronze Star Medal for his service. This collection includes a manuscript memoir of Webb's World War II service in the U.S. Army, photographs, unit history with roster, and pre-war cadet booklet.

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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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1990s Pictures Part 1, 1990-1999 Box 3, Folder 23

 

1990s Pictures Part 2, 1990-1999 Box 3, Folder 24

 

Florida Citrus Mutual Papers, 1930s-2000s

3.1 Linear Feet
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This collection encompasses various materials produced by or written on the Florida Citrus Mutual organization. It has a wide date range, with files beginning in the 1930s, and ending in the early 2000s. It includes records of legal issues, including tariffs and regulatory laws. It also includes several business files, from meeting accounts to associate records to statistics reports to marketing materials. It has the 1987-2002 Market News Bulletin for the organization. It also contains three boxes of photographs, which largely feature members of the organization.

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Harrison "Buzz" Price papers, 1948-2006

178.9 Linear Feet 357 boxes, 8 flat files
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The Harrison "Buzz" Price collection, 1952-2006 is comprised of reports, proposals, research, photographs, and company files related to Price's work career as an economics consultant for theme parks and tourist attractions. The collection primarily documents the business activities of the Harrison Price Company (HPC), but some materials from earlier projects with Economic Research Associates (ERA) are also included. This collection offers insight into the theme park and tourism industry in the U.S. and internationally. It features background research involved in planning attractions, feasibility analysis reports for attraction locations, and notes from collaborative sessions on project ideas. Price was involved in projects for Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Six Flags, Universal Studios, MGM, Cedars Fair, Knott's Berry Farm, and several other entertainment organizations and resorts. The papers are divided into eight series: Reports, Proposals, Speeches, World's Fairs, Images, Subject Research Materials, Project Research Materials, and Price Company Files. Harrison "Buzz" Price was born in Oregon City, Oregon on May 17, 1921. In 1930, his family moved to San Diego, California. In 1942, Price earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology. After serving in the Army during World War II, he also earned an M.B.A. from Stanford in 1951. That same year, Price joined the Stanford Research Institute, where he assisted in locating the site for Disneyland in Anaheim, California. He managed the Stanford Research Institute's LA office for several years before founding Economic Research Associates (ERA), a consulting company in economics, in 1958. While at ERA, Price helped to locate the site for Walt Disney World in Central Florida in 1963, wrote a Universal Studios tour feasibility analysis in 1964, and carried out 6,000 consulting studies. In 1969, Price sold ERA to Planning Research Corporation, the world's largest conglomerate of professional service consulting. He became Planning Research Corporation's Chairman of the Board after serving seven years in corporate management. Price went on to start an independent consulting company in 1978, founding the Harrison Price Company. In 1994, Price was the first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) and was elected to the International Association of Amusement Parks Hall of Fame in 1995. For 37 years and up until his death, Price served, alongside Edie Wasserman, as a trustee of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). Price also published a book in 2004 about his work in the themed entertainment and attractions business titled Walt's Revolution! By the Numbers. Harrison "Buzz" Price passed away in Pomona, California on August 15, 2010, at the age of 89.

Peace River Valley Citrus Groves Collection, 1993-2017

3.67 Linear Feet 3 Five Inch Legal Standard Document Boxes and 1 19x25 Oversize Flat Box.
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This collection contains annual membership and meeting records, photographs, newspapers, magazines, newspaper clippings, audio/visual materials, and photographs of PRVCGA members, events, businesses, and workshops. Any newspaper or magazine articles that mentioned PRVCGA or Barbara Carlton (formerly Barbara Oxford) are included in this collection as either loose clippings or part of the scrapbook. Most of the photographs are candids of events and meetings, however there are several official portraits as well.

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Susan Evans Papers, 1988-2021, bulk 1993-2011, 1995-2007

53 Linear Feet
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The Susan Evans Papers include various materials surrounding her long serving term, such as items from Florida Gulf Coast University founding, campus planning, history, and athletics. Forms of media included text, photographs, VHS tapes, physical objects and letters. Topics and subjects range from University Groundbreaking to Susan Evans's time as a Vice President. The first part of this collection includes Series Athletics, Campus Planning, History and one Sub-Series Objects and Ephemera. The second part of her collection includes Series Early Years, Presidential Search, Events, FGCU Early Years Event Photography. The third and last part of this collection is, FGCU VHS Collection, Charlotte County Site Selection, Football Feasibility Study, FGCU News Article Releases.

Office of University Advancement, 1975-2020

22 Linear Feet
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Record Group consists of documents, photographs, and ephemera regarding Advancement and Communications and Marketing, 1997 to 2020.  The record group consists of 3 series, Promotion and Event Materials, Departments, and Press. Each series is arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically therein.  Large, oversized materials are at the end of each series.

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Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council Collection, 1920-2020

408 Linear Feet
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Southwest Florida (SWFL) has a unique environmental ecosystem consisting of preserves, sanctuaries, swamps, estuaries, and coastlines. The Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council Collection offers an extensive array of documents, reports, maps, and materials documenting the development and conservation of the SWFL region from the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council.

Gentges Family collection, 1937-2018, Date accessioned: 2018-05-07

8 Linear Feet 14-1/2 boxes, 1-full box 1 items flag box
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This collection relates to Staff Sergeant Charles R. Gentges who served with the 34th Infantry Division in the North African and Italian campaigns during World War II. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal with two oak leaf clusters and the Bronze Star Medal. The collection also relates Charles R. Gentges' wife Florence, and daughter, Mary Elizabeth Gentges.

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34th Indiana Division Veterans Association Papers, 1950-2018 18.0014 - Box 13, Folder 002

 

Charles and Florence Marriage Related Papers, 1945-2005 18.0014 - Box 12, Folder 013