Collections

Magazines published by the FSU Valencia Study Center.

Book prospectus pamphlets from Nonesuch Press (1924-1963) and two letters of correspondence from the Nonesuch Press to book buyers. The prospectuses include detailed descriptions of the selections of literary works that will be made available through the Nonesuch Press for the determined year. Information about each publication includes the original author, the quality of the paper, the materials used to bind the book, the size of the book, and information about the illustrations.

This collection contains assorted over-sized illustrations and graphics for a number of topics not related to Florida history.

Pages from the scrapbook of Norma Griffin Jones with photographs of Florida State College for Women Campus.

This collection relates to Technician 5th Grade Norman Conway Benson who served with Company A, 1st Battalion, General Headquarters, United States Army Forces Pacific during World War II. The collection includes the contents of two scrapbooks, letters, government and identification information, and additional photographs during Norman Conway Benson's time serving the Army in the Philippines in 1944 and 1946. The letters and photographs originate from Norman Conway Benson's family, friends, and wartime girlfriend, Barbara Louise Howard. Photographs in the collection include family, friends, and Benson's time spent in the Philippines, Leyte, Luzon, Hollandia, New Guinea, and Canada. Additional identification information of Benson's mother, Lillian Benson is included in the collection.

The Norman Johnson Collection documents the development of Sunrise Golf Village and the City of Sunrise from 1960 to 1964. It contains 3 large aerial photographs of Sunrise; 1 real estate promotion brochure titled "Better Living Begins in Sunrise"; 1 Sunrise Golf Village scrapbook; and 1 advertisement with text "Upside-Down House Moved to New Location".