Collections

Records, 1934-1976, of Henry and Virginia Hilton-Green concerning the Pensacola Yacht Club, the Gulf Yachting Association and the St. Petersburg/Havana yacht races of 1935, 1936, 1941, and 1948, including programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, the Jib Sheet newsletter, and memorabilia about these organizations, club activities and regattas.

The Hindi Diamond Collection documents the life and career of Hindi Diamond. Hindi was a reporter, editor, photographer and teacher. Her collection mainly consists of printed materials and photographs. This collection includes photographs she took of important individuals such Dwight D. Eisnehower, Queen Elizabeth, Richard Nixon, Juan D. Peron, King Leopold III of Belgium and Anastasio Somoza....etc. It also includes her articles from various magazines and newspapers such as the Coral Gables Community News, Miami Herald, Forward, and South Florida Business Journal...etc.. Lastly it includes her lesson plans and teaching materials for her classes.

Folder on the history of the program as the Normal School, Statement of purpose 1953-54, Statement of purpose circa 1980, supporting material for a disseration on Mode L Stone, includes Stone's dissertation, material on the start of the Southern Scholarship, excerpts from various news and journal articles on FSU

The collection's two major groupings of papers are Antebellum and Civil War newspapers in OS Box 1 and Gilded Age, Progressive, and 20th century newspapers in OS Box 2. The majority of the papers are from the southern states in the United States. OS Box 3 is photostat copies of its contents.

The Historical Newspaper Collection was donated by the History Department to FAU Libraries. The newspapers cover important historical events such as: World War II; Space; and the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy

Collection consists of the following: