Collections

This collection relates to Viva Simmons and husband Staff Sergeant Roy Samuel Simmons, 152nd Infantry Regiment, 38th Infantry Division who was killed in action on May 16, 1945 in Luzon, Philippines. This collection contains letters, documents, photographs, ephemera, artifacts, name engraved Silver Star Medal, and name engraved Purple Heart Medal related to U.S. Army Infantry service of Roy S. Simmons and homefront wife Viva Simmons.

This collection contains the personal letters of Roy Willard Meyer sent to Clifford Benson, a lifelong friend, during and after World War II.  Though Meyer didn't enter military service until 1944, the letters begin in 1941.  Roy Willard Meyer served with the 15th Army Group as a Clerk typist during the occupation period.

This collection contains materials collected by Rubie Butterworth, including Florida State College for Women and Florida State University publications and photographs.

The collection contains items related to Rubie Byrd Hardwick's years as a student at Florida State College for Women.

The collection contains materials from student Rubie Plant's involvement in Pi Delta Phi (National French Honor Society) and Sigma Delta Pi (National Hispanic Honor Society) at Florida State College for Women. Rubie Plant was the vice-president of both honor societies during her senior year in 1946. Materials include meeting minutes, correspondence from members and national officers, and member information.

3 large scrapbooks with photographs, one diary, misc FSCW publications. 2 Student Handbooks, leather Conradi Memoir

The materials in this collection consist of one lapel pin for the Alpha Chi Omega sorority, c.a.1946-1947.

Correspondence, papers, records, journals, cashbooks (or account books), scrapbooks, newspaper articles, passport, currency, manuscripts, books, songs, pictures, stamps, clippings and legal papers. This collection contains a wide variety of materials. The correspondence, papers, records, bookkeeping journals and cash books of Julius Diamond reflect the economic conditions of the time and are good examples of how merchandising business was conducted. The scrapbook, assembled by John W. Trench, contains manuscripts, Civil War letters and clippings, describing events such as the battles of Gettysburg, Bull Run and Vicksburg. There is an original holograph passport issued by Consul General at Marseilles, France, to a native of Italy, taken during the war. Newspaper clippings discuss the price of gold, burial ceremonies, and the sale of enslaved persons. Also included are recipes, poems, songs and jokes written during and about the Civil War, as well as other historical documents not preserved elsewhere.