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Francis Poole was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont and his family moved to Florida where Poole attended high school in Tarpon Springs. By 1971, Francis Poole graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor's degree in English. While he was a student, Poole edited the literary magazine "Zephyr." After graduation along with Bert Furbee, they edited another literary magazine "Skullpolish." In 1974 he received a fellowship to the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. In 1977, Poole began publishing and editing "Blades" which he describes as "a tiny magazine." "Blades," in fact, is considered a poetry magazine of importance for both its content and its design which falls within the book arts category. In 1990, Poole joined the staff of the University of Delaware Library. Poole is the curator of the Paul Bowles Collection at the University of Delaware. Poole retired in 2017 from the University of Delaware. The collection at FAU Libraries consists of Poole's published books of poetry and the magazines he edited after graduating from Florida Atlantic University. His poetry has appeared in several notable publications: Southern Poetry Review, Shattered Wig Review, Rolling Stone, Philadelphia Poets, Village Voice, and the New York Quarterly.

The materials in this collection reflect the subject's interest in environmental preservation. Mr. Adams served in a number of environmental interest organizations such as the Isaac Walton League of America (IWLA), The Florida Water Task Force, and the Florida Wildlife Federation, to give but a few examples. The bulk of the collection contains correspondence, news clippings, legal documents, and blueprints/aerial maps of affected lands.

The materials in this collection have been organized into the following series: The Company Awards series contains awards and honors given to the Sullivan-Victory Groves company. The Company History series contains materials documenting both the history of Victory Groves and Sullivan-Victory Groves companies. Of note is a plaque containing a photograph of Frank Sullivan II alongside a copy of the first railroad manifest for the company. The Marketing Materials series contains materials used in marketing by both Sullivan- Victory Groves and its Competitors. In this series are materials such as catalogues, advertisements, and crate labels. The Sullivan Family series contains materials related to the Sullivan family or materials collected by members of the family.

This collection relates to retired U.S. Navy Captain Fred S. Bertsch Jr. who served as the Engineer Officer during World War II in the Pacific Theater of Operations on the destroyer U.S.S. Case and the Korean War as a naval aviator.  The collection includes a daily handwritten log journal of activities aboard the U.S.S Case which begins with his eyewitness account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, including the attack of the U.S.S. Arizona Battleship, through the end of 1943.  The collection also contains 133 original color slides, and digitized prints of the slides, taken by Bertsch Jr. aboard the U.S.S  Case during the Aleutian Island campaign in 1942, additional photographs, documents, artifacts, newspaper articles, and two publications authored by Bertsch Jr.

Articles, social media posts, ephemera, and creative works collected by FSU Libraries, documenting the life, death, and legacy of Emmett Till.