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Pat Schroeder Collection, 1953-1966

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Three menus from dinners hosted by the Les Amis D'Escoffier Society of South Florida, 1953-1966, and two aerial photographs circa 1949-1950 of the Bahia Mar Yacht Center.

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Louise Heur Schulz collection of Tampa photographs, 1921-1977, Date acquired: 00/00/1998

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One box of primarily black and white photographs of Tampa, including twelve 8" X 10" photos and 31 photos of varying sizes.  Also includes two holograph letters written by Schulz to Leland Hawes.

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Robert H. Dodd papers, 1936-2009, bulk 1941-1945

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Robert H. Dodd was in the Army Air Force during World War II and served with the 459th Bombardment Group. His collection includes handwritten letters to his parents about his Air Force training in the USA and time overseas in Italy and North Africa. The collection also includes an oral history about his upbringing, time in Yugoslavia, Austria and Italy during the war and his retirement in Florida. Aerial photographs of Italian and Romanian cities and newspaper photocopies are also included.

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Francis A. Mirigliano collection, 1943-1945, Date acquired: 09/08/2016

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This collection relates to Francis A. Mirigliano who served as a gunner crewman on a B-29 Superfortress bomber on Tinian, Marianna Islands during World War II with the 39th Squadron, 6th Bombardment Group of the 20th Air Force. The collection includes Mirigliano's dress uniform, leather bomber style jacket decorated with hand painted B-29 nickname of "Snuggle Bunny," pilot's navigation leather flight portfolio, pilot training log book, personal letters and postcards, newspaper clippings, Tinian base newspaper, flight personnel lists, war service certificates, flight records of bombing missions, files of restricted and de-classified documents, fabric navigational maps of Japan and the south China Sea, hula skirt made from a parachute, Japanese propaganda flyers, foreign language training books, war time cartoons, personal canteen and mess kit, and photographs chronicling Mirigliano's basic training, pre-aviation cadet training at Gettysburg College, social life during all of his training experiences, Tinian Island Air Field base, women stationed on base, and photographs of aerial bombing missions.

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Photographs of the Nazi War Crime Trials, 1945-1946

Progress Village Records, 1957-1977

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This collection consists of historic materials related to the Progress Village community, which was established in the 1950s to provide affordable housing for members of Hillsborough County's African American population.

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Verna Slaton-Wade and Bob White Collection, Circa 1926

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The Verna Slaton Wade and Bob White Collection comprises 35 black and white photographs, including the Van Auken House, showing extensive hurricane damage to commercial buildings, residences, and coastal areas in Fort Lauderdale after the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926.

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College of Marine Science photograph collection, bulk 1960s

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Collection of photographic prints primarily from the USF Marine Science Institute and the early years of the USF St. Petersburg campus.

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Shackelford Family Collection, 1930-1950

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The Shackelford Family Album Collection contains three postcards, photographs and one photo album of the Shackelford family, friend Katherine Rawls, and the Rawls family. Photographs date from the 1930s to 1940s. Genealogical materials such as family trees, a photocopy of Alexander W. "Henry" and Willie Shackelford's marriage certificate, and notes on family members are also included.

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Elena Pathak Collection about the Ben White Raceway, 1936-1979

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Collected by Elena Pathak, this collection includes information and materials about the Ben White Raceway. The key information it contains is found in the directories. These directories describe which horses are staying at the raceway, the company that owns them, the trainers, and which barn they are being housed in. In addition, postcards and a photograph are included in this collection to further emphasize the grandeur of the Ben White Raceway, and to remember the founder, Ben White.

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