Collections

The Josiah J. Brown Letters Collections contains 207 letters and associated pieces of ephemera relating to correspondence between Josiah Brown and various family members and business partners between the years 1861 and 1887.

The collection reflects the lives and activities of the Avellanals, a prominent pioneering Ybor City family, with the bulk of the collection documenting the life and career of Lt. General José Luis Avellanal y Jimenez. Among the papers in the collection are pamphlets, diaries, ledgers, correspondence, invoices and receipts, contracts, real estate title abstracts, lawsuits (including testimonies), certificates, photographs, corporate minutes, audits, medical reports, patents, stock certificates, newspaper clippings, and a small number of artifacts.

The bulk of the collection documents the life and career of Dr. José Ramon Avellanal, a prominent Ybor City physician and founder of El Bien Publico Clinic. Among the papers are biographical materials, correspondence, patents, estate papers, and documents pertaining to Dr. Avellanal's medical practice, drug store businesses, Public Welfare Company, and other ventures.

Also known as MSS 92-16, MSS 92-23, MSS 96-5, MSS 96-8, and MSS 96-12.

Agenda and minutes of meetings of the Journal of Library History editorial board. Includes some correspondence, a Directory of Library Historians Preliminary Edition, and an agenda of the Fourth Library History Seminar from 1971.

Two scrapbooks, photo of Joyce Carlton-Paye, leather and paper bound FSCW souvenir photo book, 1947 leather bound commencement program, 1947 commencement invitation, beanie, 50th class reunion medalion, 50th reunion badge, 60th reunion book, 50th reunion book, Footlight program with photographs, Heritage Tower book, Heritage Tower medal.

Personal items of Florida State University student Joyce Murriel Chick (BS, Psychology, 1951; MS, Psychology, 1952).  Items are mostly newspaper clippings. (See box list.)

Architectural and engineering drawings related to construction and renovation projects managed by the J.R. Clancy stage rigging firm (1885-present), including theatrical designs, drawings for standard parts, wiring diagrams, and standard assemblies for stage rigging systems.