Collections

Personal papers, notes, and photographs concerning the history of Santa Rosa County. Includes material on Floridatown, Pace, Mulatto, Avalon Beach, and various lumber mills and industries.

Correspondence, newsletters, letterheads, Director's Council minutes, formal memos, work assignments, Florida Heritage Project report, FDR/Churchill Vase Repair, pay and leave reports, Pepper weekly reports

"PepTalk Issues: Vol I #1-4, Vol II #1-2, Vol III #1, Vol IV #1. Vol V #1-2. Seminole Safety Guide Fall 1994"

Document signed by Peter Chester, Colonial Governor of West Florida in Pensacola, dated 1772, and is an order directing Elias Durnford, Surveyour-General, to measure five hundred acres of land to be granted to Ephriam Wolfe. The order was issued at the Secretary's Office and is certified by Ph. Livingston. The quality of paper, size, form and signatures are the same as used on other orders, surveyors maps and land grants issued by Peter Chester during the same period, some of which were processed and filed in Special Collections in 1954. The official seal is attached.

The collection contains a warrant for an inventory of the estate of William Gabbett, deceased, by Matthew Sopwith and James Sise. The warrant was issued by Peter Chester Esquire, "Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over his Majesty's Province of West Florida and the Territories depending thereon in America, Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same & Ordinary and Sole Judge for the Probate of Wills and Granting of Letters of Administration." Catherine Gabbett is named as wife of the deceased. The itemized inventory of the effects of the late Sergeant Gabbett was appraised and signed by Matthew Sopwith and James Sise, March 1777. The document bears the seal of the British arms. Additional to household furniture, silver and related items, it also includes colorful items of uniforms worn by the British officers of that time.

This letter is a chain letter entitled "Make Hitler Feel Like Thirty Cents" describing the steps to be taken in purchasing Defense Stamps to be used in the purchase of United States Government Defense Bonds.

This collection contains the career of Peter Harlem. Peter Harlem was a GIS Coordinator for GIS Center located in the Green Library. He was also research geologist at the Southeast Environmental Research Center (SERC) where he worked on mapping sea level rise using LiDar. His collection includes topographical maps of South Florida and research on climate change, sea level rise and Biscayne Bay National Park.