Collections

This collection documents the functions and activities of the Florida Bandmasters Association. Included are governance-related materials such as constitutions and bylaws, as well as informational bulletins; financial records; minutes of state, district, and committee meetings; and correspondence to and from Association leadership. Of note for genealogists are annual membership directories and membership applications from the 1940 into the 1960s that include a resume and photograph of each applicant. The collection also includes detailed records of band contests and festivals, with records pertaining to the administrative and logistical efforts as well as results. Other documentary forms found in the collection are a small number of musical scores and cassette tapes of performances.

This collection primarily consists of holograph and typed correspondence, financial records, membership rosters and surveys, newsletter layouts, and photocopies of articles about bibliophilia, bookbinding, typography, and book history. Newspaper clippings originally maintained in collection have been removed and replaced by photocopies for preservation purposes.

Records of the Board of Regents, 1964- , including minutes, agendas, reports, publications, budgets, mission statements, program reviews, and other working papers of the Board and its state universities. Subjects concern educational budgets, policies, governance, academic policies, planning, and related educational concerns.

This collection contains assorted over-sized illustrations and graphics for a number of topics of Florida's history.

This collection contains a selection of business letters that serve as examples of early business letterheads from various places in Florida. They are quite elaborate and contain pictures, maps and extensive advertising. They are from different towns and cities in Florida and date from 1879-1896. The letters are mostly to W.D. Bloxham and W.D. Barnes, both comptrollers for the state of Florida. Barnes was comptroller from 1881-1890 and Bloxham from 1890-1897.

The materials in this collection have been arranged into 3 series: Manual, Memorandums, and Stamps.

This collection contains information regarding the Florida Citrus Exchange rules and packinghouses. It has various advertisements and historical reports. The bulk of this collection is made up of photographs, ranging from employees, Citrus Queens, and award ceremonies to groves, machinery and packinghouse exteriors and interiors. Many of these photographs are of individual counties' exchange offices. There are also several periodicals in this collection, such as the Seald-Sweet Scratch Pad. Overall, all the information contained in this collection focuses on Florida Citrus exchange history.

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.