Collections

This collection contains papers from Paul W. Danahy, Jr.'s extensive career in public service, covering his legislative career (1966-1974), his service as Executive Director of the Local Government Study Commission (1963-1964), as attorney for the local legislative delegation (1959; 1964-1965), and as a judge both in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (1975-1977) and the Second District Court of Appeals (1977-1990). The collection was donated to USF with the intention of complementing the collections of T. Terrell Sessums and Louis de la Parte, and covers the period in Florida history where political power began to shift from its rural to its urban areas. It documents the attempts to reform and improve the structure and services of Hillsborough County's local governments during urbanization, as well as the effects stemming from the constitutional changes Florida underwent during this same time.

This collection contains the personal materials of Paul C. Wimbish, a notable South Florida realtor based in Miami. Paul was very active in bringing Spanish language courses to Dade County Schools. He was a graduate of the University of Miami and the Univeristy of North Carolina, and worked for both PanAmerican and NBC before going into real estate.

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.

Pearl Levy's oral history describes her life and significant events during World War II. In the Mosonmagyaróvár ghetto, she speaks about specific events she witnessed while in Hungary and her thoughts during the time. At Auschwitz-Birkenau she elaborates on various situations which includes her many jobs, stealing potatoes to survive, her feelings on the death of her parents and sister, escaping Dr. Mengele's death selection, the German kapos, the sonderkommando, roll call, Russian prisoners, clothing, and many more. While at Nuremburg working at the ammunitions factory making airplane motors, she discusses the Allied bombing raids which killed one of her sisters, her attitude on religion during the war, and the improved conditions. Her liberation is also detailed in her interview where she discusses her emotions seeing American soldiers, opinion on reprisal killings, a visit with an American military chaplain, her thoughts on the lesson of the Holocaust and her message to future generations.

The Pearl Tyner Collection contains personal belongings and ephemera.

The collection features items relating to clubs and organizations that Peggy Barker Teague was involved with during her years at Florida State College for Women, especially the Spirogira honor society, Tarpon Club, and the College Government Association. This includes newspaper clippings, ephemeral documents, and two scrapbooks containing similar documents and items. The largest item is a pillow with the Spirogira skull and cross bones.

Original audio and video files and collected research documenting the production of a documentary on the life and career of former Florida State University President Talbot 'Sandy' D'Alemberte.

Manuscript draft of Pelican Prill, published New York, Dutton, 1956.

There are four photographs and negative of Manta Rays caught by Captain Vreeland from his ship the "King Fisher".

Box 1:Records about racially diversifying human sciences with the help of MEMS scholarship, MEMS photos of events, PREMS applications, MEMS grant application process, emails, flyers, and papers about MEMS events, contains proposal for new building Box 2: Publications, speaking engagements, and Emerging Administrators Correspondence Box 3: Presentations, annual reports, photos of event, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges Monograph Box 4: Conferences, speeches, and presentations