Collections

The materials in this collection reflect the invention and marketing of the Orange Scream snack product. Additional materials are related to Charles Julian Fussell's work as a citrus industry sales and marketing executive.

The materials in this collection reflect the subject's invention and marketing of the Orange Scream snack product. Additional materials are related to his work as a citrus industry sales and marketing executive.

Correspondence from citrus grower Charles L. Warren, of Fellsmere, Florida, to his sisters. The bulk of the letters discuss the Okeechobee Hurricane and its damage, with one of the letters including a twig from Warren's destroyed fruit crop.

The Charles Norman Mills Collection contains audiocassette tapes, CDs, vinyl record albums, musical instruments, and books related to the art and music of the Harlem Renaissance collected by Harlem-born artist Charles Norman Mills (1920-2009). It also contains several pieces of Mills' artworks.

Charles Campbell was bombardier on a B-17 who was shot down over Linz, Austria and captured by the Germans. While in captivity, he was sent to Mauthausen concentration camp and managed to keep a journal of his experiences there. He served with the 483rd Bombardment Group. Just prior to the war's end, Campbell was transferred to an unidentified Stalag and credits this with saving his life. The collection includes reproductions of 483rd Bomb Group artwork, a statement and picture of the Mauthausen concentration camp from after the war, a World War II memoir with pictures and documents and a copy of his obituary.

Charles Robert Burrows served in the US Navy aboard the USS California and USS Tennessee in the Pacific Theater (PTO) during World War II. Before he was inducted in 1939, Burrows received four years of naval ROTC training at the University of Minnesota. Onboard the California and the Tennessee, he served as a gun division officer, a secondary battery officer, an air defense officer, and an officer-of-the-deck. During his time in the Navy, Burrows participated in 14 major operations in the Pacific Theater. He was awarded a Citation Ribbon, and his ship, the USS Tennessee, received a Navy Unit Citation. After the war, he was released to inactive duty with the rank of naval lieutenant. The collection includes a veteran's questionnaire and a manuscript. In the manuscript, Burrows recounts his experiences during the various naval campaigns and his daily life aboard ship.

The Charles R. Mathews Papers on Medicare Implementation contains a binder from the "Presidential Meeting on Medicare Implementation" in Washington, DC on June 15, 1966, along with other meeting related primary source materials (name badges, press releases, program booklets, list of participants, published articles). Documents date from 1964 to 2008, with the bulk of items created in 1966 and relating to the establishment and implementation of Medicare.

The Charles Rodes Collection contains photographs of Charles G. Rodes, his friends and family. The collection also comprises postcards collected by the family and feature Charles Rodes, Jr., Rodes Hotel, and the Rodes residence.

Correspondence, photographs, artifacts created by Charles Saxon Ausley and Dubose Ausley.