Collections

Gladys Martin Black (formerly Gladys Martin) was a Florida State College for Women student, class of 1918 (BS, Home Economics).  The Items in the collection include scrapbook pages and other student ephemera and memorabilia, as well as items related to her 50 year reunion. (See box list.)

1946 FSCW Class Ring belonging to Gladys Silverblatt Friedman

This collection contains music collected by Joyce Glasser. Dates range from 1864 to 1998 and contains a variety of types including Judaic, Show Tunes, and Popular Songs, and Patriotic Pieces.

Brandy snifter (with 1857 FSU seal), pin back button, and yearbooks (with miscellaneous empemera in the pages).  Combine with 2009-048 and rename Glenda Sears Collection.  Not photographed for 3D collection.  [3D Object].

This collection relates to Technician 5th Grade Glen G. Davidson, who served in World War II with the 68th Quartermaster Company, a refrigeration unit. The collection contains military documents, scrapbooks of newspaper clippings from the war, personal diaries, letters and artifacts. He served in the North African, Italian, and Western European Campaigns.

This collection contains comprehensive information relating to the development of mechanical harvesting machinery and the process of invention and marketing. It has detailed records of various designs for machinery, as well as the abscission chemicals used to make mechanical harvesting easier. It also contains photographs of machinery in use.

This collection relates to Glenn Edward McDuffie who served as a Gunner's Mate 3rd Class with the U.S. Navy during World War II. McDuffie claimed to be the sailor kissing a nurse in the World War II Victory over Japan August 15, 1945 photograph which was taken by Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. The collection includes various documentation, testimony, interviews, polygraph examination results, photographs, forensic examination reports, and documents related to supporting the claim by McDuffie.