Collections

On June 6, 1964, James A. Harper photographed the university before it was scheduled to open in August, 1964. The photographs document the exterior of the buildings, the breezeway, the interior of the Utilities Building, and e campus. Mr. Harper, 1918-2004, was a veteran of WWII. He had a photography business and was a professional photographer in the Delray/Boca Raton area from the mid-1950s and to 1972 when he moved to Sebring, Florida.

This collection relates to James A. Huffaker who served as a 2nd Lieutenant as a Bombardier/Navigator on a B-26 Martin Marauder with the 552nd Bomb Squadron, 386th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force, based in England during World War II. This collection includes two silk maps of Western Europe.

James and Harriet Meeks Collection contains two World War II ration books, 35 photographs including images of the 1926 hurricane and the Meeks family from the 1920s through the 1950s, and one scrapbook of the Floirda Lions Motorcade to Chicago, July 14-17, 1937 with 75 photographs.

James Woodrow McGill and Thelma Blanche Wright McGill were newlyweds when James was drafted into the Army in July 1944. Collection includes a 638 page manuscript filled with letters between James and Thelma, photographs, ephemera, and newspaper articles written by James, who served as a wartime correspondent. James was stationed in New Guinea and the Philippines and received a Purple Heart. He was a radio technician and combat correspondent with the M Company, 34th Infantry. James also contracted the Dengue Fever. The letters are mostly love letters, but also describe everyday life of the G.I.

Collection includes envelopes, printed postal covers, and other postal history ephemera collected by Mr. James A. Stansel of Tampa. Covering the period 1931 to 1988, the material bears numerous postmarks and other postal markings ["Buy Defense Bond" stampings, etc.]. The bulk of the materials originated in Tampa, although postmarks for other Florida locales and a few non-Florida cities are also represented.

Tax receipts and other business papers of James A. Taylor.

This collection is comprised of materials by and about the Virginia author, James Branch Cabell. The first item in the collection is a set of original typed (with one set of copies) letters by Cabell to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1940-1953). The copies were typed from original letters in the University of Florida Special Collections.

Items donated by James B. Tippin Jr., class of 1950. The collection includes a memoir written by Tippin, as well as ephemera that reflect his experience at the Tallahassee Branch of the University of Florida and Florida State University.