Collections

This collection contains a typed copy of a letter by Faith Williams, a student at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, dated July 13, 1953, to Robert Frost, and his reply which is undated. In her letter of July 13, 1953, Faith Williams asked questions of Robert Frost about his poem, "Mending Wall." The answers given by Robert Frost in his reply are very enlightening about the poem under discussion and instructive as to interpretation of poetry in general.

This collection consists of WWII U.S. Army Air Corps 9th Bombardment Group photographs, letters, military papers, and documents. Also included in this collection are extensive aerial and personal photographs, date book, unit yearbook, and "buddy book" address book.

Robert Bjoring served in the Army Air Corps/Army Air Force in the Pacific Theater. The collection includes a manuscript by Robert Bjoring entitled "A 1920 baby", which includes information about his time with the AAC/AAF in the Pacific. It is a personal recollection of his life during the late 1930s and his wartime experiences. Bjoring was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and remained a POW until October 1945.

The materials in this collection reflect the creator's involvement with the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) Fraternity while he was a student at Florida Southern College. The collection contains decals, news articles, photographs, and a lookbook that was created to support the chapter's initiation into the national fraternity. Of special interest is a scrapbook created by Mr. Black. The collection also contains correspondence related to chapter reunion dinners as well as a memento of the college in the form of a small, wooden replica of Annie Pfeiffer Chapel.

Typed transcription of a radio interview with Robert George Clapp, a member of the original Florida State University Library Science faculty. Interview was conducted by C.S. Smith as an assignment for LS 570. Prepared for Pam Box 518 for Martha Jane Zachert's course.

The collection contains materials relating to the activities of the following Northeast Florida organizations during the time periods listed: Civic Round Table of Jacksonville, Florida (1990-2000); Community Foundation in Jacksonville (2001); Duval Audubon Society (1993-1996); Florida League of Conservation Voters, Northeast Florida Chapter (1982-1997); Jacksonville Community Council Inc. (1996-2000); Jacksonville Environmental Protection Board (1983-1984); Jacksonville Symphony Association Guild (1984-2009); Northeast Florida Coastal Zone Management Citizens Advisory Committee (1977-1981); Riverside Avondale Preservation (1983-2009); San Marco Preservation Society (1981-1999); Volunteer Jacksonville, Inc. (1994). Documents, primarily research and study materials, correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, surveys, newsletters, and minutes and agendas of meetings. The majority of correspondence and documents relate to the membership and activities in these organizations of Robert G. Grimes, a Jacksonville insurance executive and community activist. Mr. Grimes was active in a number of community organizations from 1977 to 2000, and served in different capacities as an officer, board member, and newsletter editor. Environmental groups are well-represented, due to his interest in conservation issues. Of particular interest are printed materials and correspondence relating to the Mimi and Lee Adams Environmental Awards, an annual Jacksonville environmental award named in memory of Mimi Adams, an environmental activist, and her husband, Lee, a nature artist.