Collections

Materials largely relate to the history and preservation of the Six Miles Cypress Slough Preservation, including oral histories, advocacy works, and news articles. Oral histories were collected through Dr. Carlson's Research in Public History course, primarily from 2012.

The Sixto Campano Collection contains 1,076 pieces of original American sheet music dating from 1848 to 1974, with almost 900 titles published before 1924. The bulk of the collection contains pre- and post-Civil War minstrel pieces, commomnly known as "plantation melodies", as well as ragtime, vaudeville, blues, and jazz pieces. Noted composers and songwriters include W.C. Handy, Scott Joplin, John Rosamond Johnson, Bob Cole and Bert Williams. Images, illustrations and photographs demonstrate 19th and early 20th century attitudes towards African Americans and include Gene Buck, Walter Dittmar and the Starmer Brothers.

This sketch was written by General James Patton Anderson while at his home in Monticello, Florida, recuperating from a wound he had received on the evening of the 31st of August, 1864, while in command of his division at the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia, during the Civil War. The first ten pages of the sketch are written by Anderson himself and the last page contains additional information added by Etta Adair Anderson, his wife, and Margaret Bybee Anderson, their daughter.

This collection contains letters, artifacts, photographs, and ephemera from Vincent and Leona Mazzoni's time served during World War II. Leona and Vince wrote letters to their sister, Josephine Gaudio, who saved all of these items. Both Vincent and Leona served in the Pacific Theater. Leona served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in the China Burma Indian Theater with the 172nd General Hospital and Vincent in the U.S. Army on New Guinea.

Records of the Special Libraries Association Florida & Caribbean Chapter.

Includes a manuscript entitled, "List of slaves owned by Trombley Smith", regards Airville plantation, Virginia, on July 1, 1828. The list shows the name, age, occupation, and in some cases the ancestry of the enslaved person, as well as births (male or female) and details of deaths. Also, following the names of some enslaved peoples, in parenthesis, are notes showing dates of sales of the enslaved and name of purchaser. Likewise are notes showing dates of purchases of enslaved individuals and name of person from whom purchase was made.

"Slaves Arriving at Plantation Hope" by Robert Williams, 1996, acrylic on canvas. Frame measures 41 x 46 inches.

Features a poster with film names, dates, and imagery from the Lorax