Collections

This collection of correspondence and maps by World War I United States Army Officer Marvin Kemery describes the emotions and environment in which he served. Private Marvin E. Kemery, Fourth Army, 37th Division, 135th Field Artillery Regiment wrote home on a weekly basis. His letters discuss training and service overseas. This collection includes 45 letters with envelopes, two felt caps, one army patch and a eight maps.

Sheet music collection began by William Ezra Green and Nellie Blanche (Gisburne) Green at the turn of the twentieth century. The two performed together in Washington DC as a duo before relocating to Cleveland in the early 1900s. The collection was continued by their granddaughter, Gloria Marvin, who donated the collection.

This collection pertains to Marvin McArthur and his service in the Army during World War II in the Pacific Theatre of Operation. The collection contains a copy of a letter written by Marvin to his parents while he was stationed at Mindoro in the Philippines. He speaks of his duties on the island including policing items and digging up soldier's bodies to bring back to the states.

This collection relates to Marvin S. Waits who served with the 14th Air Force in China. He was enlisted from 1942-1945. This collection contains an interview with Waits with information about his experiences in China during the war, the censorship in the US Army, the terrors in the mission, and the relationship between soldiers and local people.

The Marvin & Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection at Florida Atlantic University offers a wide variety of primary source materials suitable for research in the disciplines of history, political science, philosophy, pre-law and linguistics. With more than 13,000 items, the collection consists of printed and manuscript materials dating from the fifteenth century to the modern era. Materials include rare books, pamphlets, historical newspapers and journals, broadsides and cartoons, and documents.

The Mary Alice Hunt Collection includes materials related to her years as a student and alumnae at Florida State College for Women / Florida State University, and later items related to her professional career as a librarian and library science professor. The collection includes a student notebooks, photographs, and ephemeral items.

Correspondence between Mary and Julia Pelot, their family members, and friends. Includes a scrapbook maintained by Julia Pelot during her time at FSCW. Includes letters from Henry Wirz, "the only hanged man in the Civil War"

2 newspaper clippings of poems by M. A.B. Evans. "The Jostling Crowd" and "The Wings o' the Wind"

Two letters written by Mary Bates of Tallahassee, Florida. Transcriptions are included with each original letter. One letter is written from Dudley, Massachusetts. Both letters are addressed to a Charles Dana, Jr. of Woodstock, Vermont.