Collections

Typescript of The fisherman and his boat.

Books, survey, correspondence, papers, and related materials. This collection concerns the library career of Louise Richardson, Florida State College for Women Library Director and later Special Collections Director when it became Florida State University. There is a cost accounting survey of the catalog department at FSCW, a file on the Florida Library Association, and correspondence between Louise Richardson  and President Doak S. Campbell, dated August 11, 1953, regarding inventory of the library collection. Also included are various papers about the history of the library at FSCW, and rare book materials at the University of California. Of note in the collection is a book entitled, "Louise Richardson and the Florida State University Library." This is a typescript of a biography of Miss Richardson. It is accompanied by drafts and research materials.

This collection consists of correspondence received in response to a letter dated March 12, 1963 announcing the death of Louise Richardson, former director of the florida State University Library.

Includes periodicals, articles, musical works, greeting cards, and artifacts related to Clement C. Moore's poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" (frequently published as "The Night Before Christmas"). Content includes full or partial reproductions of the poem, parodies, histories, and commentaries, as well as adaptations of the poem to advertisements and popular music.

This collection consists of correspondence and documents related to the Louise Richardson Loan Fund Scholarship at Florida State University.

This collection consists of an unbound manuscript about Louise Richardson and her contribution to the Florida State University Library. Florence Bethea appears to be the author of the manuscript.

Lt. Louis Goldbrum (U.S. Army, 1941-1947) was assigned to the 1st Aircraft Warning Company as the company photographer. This collection contains an oral history transcript where he discusses the evacuation of Bague, Philippines, where he was stationed, following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. He was captured by the Japanese and remained a POW until January 1945.

The collections consists of fraternity memorabilia, Furen's yearbooks and Commencement ceremony program, and his obituary. Of special note is the Orange Peel a newsletter of the local fraternity chapter.