Collections

The Heinl Collection is primarily concerned with Haiti. It includes photographs, print materials, and artwork from the late eighteenth century through to the late twentieth century. The photograph series contains images of Haiti from two periods: the U.S. occupation (1915-1934) and 1957-1971. Both sets have a strong focus on matters of military and diplomatic interest. The print materials include rare books, pamphlets, and letters, most of which are concerned with Haitian history. The art collection includes maps, prints, paintings, and drawings, including a number from colonial Saint Domingue.

The collection of the Kocurko Family is centered around the life of Michael John Kocurko, Sr. It contains a scrapbook chronicling Michael's time as a 1st Sergeant in the Medical Unit with the Army Air Corps in California, including his travel to the Philippines through the service. It also contains a manuscript written by Tom Kocurko, a member of the younger generation Kocurkos, about the wartime generation Kocurkos, about the wartime generation of Kocurkos, including Frank, James, Michael, and Tom, discussing their WWII experience and servicemen. There are also family service records, family photos, and letters sent between the different family members, mostly to Shirley, Michael's wife, from Michael's other relatives. Also included is sheet music from wartime. It also contains ephemera, including a wedding invitation, a cartoon entitled "Letters From the Girlfriend," a Christmas card, and a Christian pamphlet. This collection also contains Christmas and Thanksgiving cards, along with newsletters from wartime. There is also a letter index documenting all of the mail in the collection.

Personal papers, journal publications, and handwritten notebooks of Professor Michael Kasha.

This collection contains books, artifacts, and manuscripts related to the Napoleonic era and the French Revolution.

This collections covers the experiences of Mike Lazur during WWII and also includes information on his brothers, George and Joseph. All three brothers became crew on a ship at some point during the war. The main focus of the documents is around Mike, who went at sea at 18-years-old in 1939. The collection includes the transcripts of some poems Mike wrote while at sea, Mike's memoirs and photocopies of books, and a web page covering ships in which Mike traveled during the war.

Includes correspondence from Michael Pulman's hiring at FSU in 1964 and documents regarding his involvement in the Florence Study Center.

Personal papers of Michael Rothenberg, including drafts of works by Rothenberg; press clippings, broadsides, and other publications collected by Rothenberg on his work as a poet, author, songwriter, and botanist; sound recordings and audiovisual recordings documenting studio and live performances of works by Rothenberg; and correspondence, textiles, and artifacts documenting the work and life of San Francisco beat poet Philip Whalen.

The Michael Shaara Collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, teaching lectures and notes, speeches, financial documents, personal papers, books, awards, programs, newspaper clippings, and publications collected by author Michael Shaara (1929-1988). Manuscripts and drafts include his four novels ("The Killer Angels", "The Broken Place", "The Herald", and "For Love of the Game") and short stories.