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Add-to-Archives Album, 2026

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Album of artwork and photos created by students at the FSU Libraries Add-to-Archives event on January 14, 2026.

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Columbia Restaurant and Gonzmart Family collection, 1903-2005, Date acquired: 00/00/2005

12.5 Linear Feet 29 boxes
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This collection consists of records related to the Columbia Restaurant, owned and operated by the Gonzmart family. Also included are personal records related to the Gonzmart family.

Adeline Wilkes Collection of Dr. Doris Clack Research Materials, 1975-1997, Date acquired: 02/14/2014, bulk 1995-1997

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Research materials and correspondence used by FSU faculty member Adeline W. WIlkes in writing biographical materials about Dr. Doris Clack.

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The Marie Stiefel Laura Riding Jackson collection, 1925-2024

0.6 Linear Feet 1 box
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The Marie Stiefel Laura Riding Jackson collection 1925-2024 contains materials created by and relating to poet and author, Laura Riding Jackson and Seizin Press including books, articles, manuscripts, and correspondence. This collection also includes materials created by Robert Graves, Shuyler Jackson, and Susan Morris, Riding Jackson's secretary. These materials are useful to historical, biographical, and literary research into the life and work of Laura Riding Jackson and Seizin Press. The collection is divided into five series as follows: Works about Laura Riding Jackson, 1963–2017 Works by Laura Riding Jackson, 1935–1984 Correspondence, 1941–1993 Materials from Laura's Kitchen, undated Books 1925-2024 Laura Riding Jackson, best known as Laura Riding, an American poet and author was born on January 16, 1901 in New York City, NY and died on September 2, 1991 in Wabasso, Florida. She was born Laura Reichenthal and began publishing under her married name, Gottschalk. Riding Jackson graduated Cornell University in 1921 and published her first poem in 1923 in the literary magazine The Fugitive and her first collection of poetry, The Close Chaplet in 1926. After her divorce in 1925, she assumed the surname Riding and moved to England to live with Robert Graves and his wife, Nancy Nicholson. She remained in Europe for 14 years, mainly England and Majorca, Spain, where Riding Jackson and Graves founded Seizin Press in 1927. In 1939, Riding and Graves left Europe for New Hope, Pennsylvania. In 1941, Riding Jackson married Schuyler B. Jackson and they moved to Wabasso, Florida, where she lived until her death in 1991. The Jackson's posthumously published a dictionary titled Rational Meaning: A New Foundation for the Definition of World and Supplementary Essays in 1997. Laura Riding's Florida house has been preserved by the Laura Riding Jackson Foundation and now sits at the Vero Beach campus of Indian River State College. The Foundation supports the legacy of Riding by offering educational events and workshops for writers of all ages, as well as preserving her home.

University Site Selection and Development, 1990-1998

6.5 Linear Feet 7 archival boxes and 1 map case drawer
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This collection consists of documents regarding university site selection in southwest Florida, including site submissions, site proposals, and contractor correspondence. It also includes documents on the development of FGCU from 1992 through 1998.

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Alex and Carol Stepick Collection, 1976-2003, Date acquired: 2012, bulk 1981-1998

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The Alex and Carol Stepick Collection consists of materials depicting the plight of the Cuban and Haitian refugees in the 1980s in Miami, Florida. The documents detail the treatment of refugees once on American soil and the condition in the countries they were escaping from; highlighting the contrasting experiences of Cuban and Haitian refugees. The collection demonstrates the work of Dr. Alex Stepick, Florida International University Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, in emphasizing the refugee situation on a local and national level. Materials also detail political lobbying on behalf of the Haitian refugees, and increasing awareness of their situation. The collection contains scholarly research, studies, and publications relating to the Cuban and Haitian refugees. The collection includes census-related materials, congressional records, economic reports, letters, newspaper articles, political materials, press releases, professional publications, research notes, surveys, etc.

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Florida State University Office of the President: Stanley Marshall Reorganization Files, 1972-1976

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This collection includes files on FSU academic programs and division files.

Augustus B. Turnbull Papers, 1971-1990

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This collection contains a variety of materials about the life and career of Augustus B. Turnbull III. Subjects covered by these materials include: Tallahassee, bicycling, conservation, land use, Lake Bradford, public opinion, schools, citizens, housing, drainage, sewers, traffic, Florida, Society of Civil Engineers, Council of Neighborhood Associations, parks and recreation, town meetings, transportation, Florida State University, Charles Joe Carter, and a White House luncheon menu. There are also a series of photographs: Switzerland, Augustus Turnbull, President John F. Kennedy, George Smathers, Marjorie Turnbull, and others. As well, there are 24 blueprints, showing geographical area in Leon County.

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University of West Florida. Library Staff Association Records, 1968-1999, Date acquired: 00/00/1993

814.00 items
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Records, 1968-1999, of the Library Staff Association, an organization within the John C. Pace Library, created to sponsor staff activities, socials, student appreciation events, and employee services. Records include bylaws, correspondence, membership files, committee records, and photographs.

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Elena Kurstin Cuban Memorabilia Collection, date unknown

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The Elena Kurstin Cuban Memorabilia Collection provides a glance at Cuban life and culture in the years prior to 1959. This collection contains assorted pieces of ephemera that depict the lives of average Cuban people. Included are photographs of the countryside and people, postcards, and advertisements. The Cuban tourist industry is well represented, especially the resorts and casinos of 1940s and 1950s Havana. The collection also includes magazine and newspaper articles about Cuba, both pre and post-revolution.

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