Collections

This collection contains newspaper articles on the movie industry in Florida from 1898 to 1980. Topics include the film industry in various Florida cities and film companies in Florida. Dr. Nelson wrote a dissertation entitled, Florida and the American motion picture industry 1898-1930. Other topics pertinent to the collection include: film companies, film studios, Tallahassee, motion picture companies, New York, Winter Haven history, Gainesville, Clearwater, Florida Keys, Ocala, Palm Beach, women directors, technicolor, Florida film history, Jacksonville, Tarzan, Florida Senate, New Port Richey, silent comedies, Florida House of Representatives, Florida culture, Tampa newspapers, Miami, Florida banking, newsreels, St. Petersburg newspapers, hurricanes, minoritized individuals, Black people in Florida film, Orlando, Palatka, theaters in Florida, Hollywood, Coral Gables, St. Augustine, Stuart, Civil War in film, governors, Cypress Gardens, Marianna, Pensacola, Panama City, Fort Lauderdale, Ormond Beach, Florida history, broadcasting, Burt Reynolds, Cuba, silent film industry, interviews with people in the Florida film industry including Billy and Arline Bletcher, Lucy Bowden Haughton, Sidney Vaughn, Bender A. Cawthen, Harold Haliday Costain, Glen Lambert, Jack Levin and Lucille Hardy Price, actors, animation, Canadian film, directors, comedy, horror, science fiction, musicals, westersn, film libraries in Los Angeles, Florida pornography films, Los Angeles Film Teachers Association, Japanese film, publicity stills of actors and actresses, and movie law. Contains MSS 86-21; MSS 88-2; MSS 89-16.

Administrative, legal and subject files and printed materials relating to Jacksonville-Duval County, Florida government consolidation. The consolidation materials span the years 1963-1993, with the bulk of the items concentrated in the transitional consolidation years of 1967-70. Newspaper clippings and printed materials form the majority of the collection. Few personal items are included. Resources include primary reports and speeches from prominent elected officials; an extensive group of editorials and daily newspaper articles (many written by Mr. Martin) exploring the numerous issues arising from merging the Jacksonville - Duval County governments; and insights into the Hans Tanzler era of Jacksonville mayoral history. Related collections on Jacksonville's government consolidation during the same time period include: Joe Carlucci Collection; Homer H. Humphries, Jr. Papers; Jacksonville, Florida, Government Consolidation Collection. Miscellaneous materials include additional research items held by Mr. Martin: newsclippings and correspondence relating to the British War Relief Society (1940-41); copies and transcriptions of Jacksonville, Fla. City Council. Minutes, 1870-85 / Selected Ordinances, 1870-1883; and Jacksonville, Fla. Board of Trade. Official Minutes, 1867-1871.

This collection relates to Richard Bruce Watkins who served two years in the Pacific Theater of Operations as a U.S. Marine platoon leader, then as a commander of the E Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division at Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa. Immediately after the war in August 1945, Watkins also served in China. The collection contains a manuscript entitled "Brothers in Battle--One Marine's Account of War in the Pacific" written by Watkins that concerns his time in the Pacific Theater.

This collection consists of six letters from Richard Bruce Worley, a U.S. Navy fireman who entered the service in 1944 and spent most of his time in northern and central California. The letters, dating from November of 1944 to June of 1945, are written to his parents in Ohio and describe a variety of his experiences living on army bases.

This collection contains the memoir of Richard Dern who served in the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front during World War II.

This collection relates to Private First Class Richard E. Anderson who served with Company L, 381st Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division, during World War II in the Philippine Islands and Okinawa. The collection includes a letter, memoir, and newspaper clippings.

Collection includes Richard E. Bozeman's manuscript "A Stravinsky Notebook," working papers, correspondence with publishers, and excerpts from articles about Igor Stravinsky published in the New York Times.