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This collection pertains to Dorothy Marshman Fredrickson who served as a WAVE at the United States Navy Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California. The collection contains letters from Fredrickson to her mother and sister. There are also photocopies of scrapbook pages as well as leisure photographs, newspaper clippings, greeting cards, menus, ticket stubs, railroad timetables, playbills, and show programs from the scrapbooks. The collection also contains periodicals and other publications from various sources, most concerning the Navy and/or WAVES, and WAVES rules and regulations handbooks.

This collection contains issues of Polk Progress, and notes, clippings, and other materials used to develop the quarterly publication. Dr. Carl C. Brown authored Polk Progress, a detailed examination of the economy of Polk County, Florida and environs from 1983 through 2013. Polk Progress was initially published in print and eventually electronically. This collection includes printed issues and printed copies made from electronic files.