FLVC logo

Search

USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections

Hester family collection, 1854-1987, Date acquired: 00/00/1995

3.31 Linear Feet 5 boxes
A large portion of this collection relates to the years that Louise and Alberta Hester spent at Hillsborough High School, with misc. assorted personal materials.
Top 3 results view all 29
FSU Special Collections & Archives

Herman C. Giles papers, 1943-1946, Date acquired: 02/23/2000

.5 Linear Feet This collection is formed of 1 half box, containing 9 folders. Four folders contain 280 letters. One folder contains photographs. One folder contains an oral history. Three folders contain scrapbook items.

This collection pertains to Herman C. Giles (Combat Infantry Rifleman with the 103rd Infantry Division), who served in the European Theater. He served as a corpsman with a medical detachment to the 66th Infantry Division according to his typed "Background" statement. His discharge papers note that he was a rifleman in Company G, 411th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry Division, serving in the European Theater, 1943-1945. Giles was stationed at Camp Blanding in 1943, Columbus, GA, for Air Corps training in 1943, and then Texas for infantry training. This collection contains a number of letters on Camp Blanding stationery. He describes Camp Blanding as "a mile and a half in the middle of hell" in a letter dated 3/5/1943. A letter dated 4/11/43 includes a diagram and floor plan of Camp Blanding itself. He then transferred with his unit to France and saw combat in the Vosges Mountains with the 103rd Infantry Division. This collection contains 208 letters, 15 V-mails, 11 telegrams, and one postcard to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Giles of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Herman Giles was born in Nashville, Tennessee). There are also eight photographs in the collection (one in color and seven in black and white) of his family, the 103rd Infantry Division, the U.S. Mainland and the European Theater, and photographs of him in London, England, Dallas, Texas, Stark, Florida, Nashville, Tennessee, and Dillingen, Germany. It also contains letters from Giles to his parents and scrapbook items. The collection also contains an oral history transcript of an interview provided by the Reichelt Program for Oral History. The collection also includes a 14-page manuscript entitled "History, Background, and Synopsis of Military Career."

Top 3 results view all 12

Herman C. Giles papers, 1943-1946, Date acquired: 02/23/2000 .5 Linear Feet This collection is formed of 1 half box, containing 9 folders. Four folders contain 280 letters. One folder contains photographs. One folder contains an oral history. Three folders contain scrapbook items.

 
Giles, Herman C.

This collection pertains to Herman C. Giles (Combat Infantry Rifleman with the 103rd Infantry Division), who served in the European Theater. He served as a corpsman with a medical detachment to the 66th Infantry Division according to his typed "Background" statement. His discharge papers note that he was a rifleman in Company G, 411th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry Division, serving in the European Theater, 1943-1945. Giles was stationed at Camp Blanding in 1943, Columbus, GA, for Air Corps training in 1943, and then Texas for infantry training. This collection contains a number of letters on Camp Blanding stationery. He describes Camp Blanding as "a mile and a half in the middle of hell" in a letter dated 3/5/1943. A letter dated 4/11/43 includes a diagram and floor plan of Camp Blanding itself. He then transferred with his unit to France and saw combat in the Vosges Mountains with the 103rd Infantry Division. This collection contains 208 letters, 15 V-mails, 11 telegrams, and one postcard to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Giles of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Herman Giles was born in Nashville, Tennessee). There are also eight photographs in the collection (one in color and seven in black and white) of his family, the 103rd Infantry Division, the U.S. Mainland and the European Theater, and photographs of him in London, England, Dallas, Texas, Stark, Florida, Nashville, Tennessee, and Dillingen, Germany. It also contains letters from Giles to his parents and scrapbook items. The collection also contains an oral history transcript of an interview provided by the Reichelt Program for Oral History. The collection also includes a 14-page manuscript entitled "History, Background, and Synopsis of Military Career."

Letters to Parents, 1943 00.0236 - Box 1, Folder 004

 

This folder contains correspondence from Herman C. Giles, detailing life in boot camp, and asking about various issues at home, from the air-conditioning unit to the specifications of his barracks at Camp Blanding, Florida. He details life in boot camp and training at Keesler Field, Mississippi. He writes about his transfer to Air Crew Training in Kentucky as well. He often discusses how his friends who are stationed in other locations are doing, and details how he finds the places he is stationed. At one point, his parents visited him. He also discussed his concerns about the naval transport. Giles discusses his hopes to be in the Air Corps, and the training he received.

FSU Special Collections & Archives

Editha Anderson Shaw collection, 1944-2007, Date accessioned: 2007-04-03

.25 Linear Feet 1 items

This collection relates to the nursing career of Editha Anderson Shaw, which began in 1944 as a member of the U.S. States Cadet Nurses Corps in 1946. This collection contains photographs, correspondence, an oral history transcript, and a series of objects. The bulk of collection focuses on Shaw's training at the School of Nursing at Riverside Hospital in Newport News, Virginia and Children's Hospital School of Nursing in Washington, DC. The collection includes an extensive oral history about her childhood, education, observation about racial segregation in the south, medical care offered to returning World War II veterans, and postwar career in nursing.

Top 3 results view all 11

Artifacts, 1944-1947 Box 07.0036-Box 1, Folder 009

 

This folder contains several artifacts, including three Cadet Nurse patches, two coin bracelets, a USN double heart, gold Riverside Hospital pin, gold USN pin, four nurse cadet cross pins, silver U.S. Navy cap pin, and a silver U.S. Navy nurse pin.

Currency and Military Document, 1944 Box 07.0036-Box 1, Folder 006

 

This folder inclues a French Francs issued in 1944 along with a Safe Conduct Pass for German soldiers seeking to surrender to Allied Forces.

Documents and Photographs, 1944-1970 Box 07.0036-Box 1, Folder 005

 

This folder contains a "Souvenier from Coney Island" and a photocopy of a photograph of two sailors, one is identified as Alfred Gan of Brooklyn, New York. The folder contains a letter of admission for Editha Anderson Shaw to the School of Nursing at Riverside Hospital, Newport News, Virginia along with a card issued by the U.S. Public Health service verifying her status as a cadet nurse. A diploma of graduation from School of Nursing at Newport News and a certification completion of training at Children's Hospital School of Nursing in Washington, DC can be found in the folder. The folder includes certifications to practice nursing from the states of Virginia, New York, and Texas.

UCF University Archives

University of Central Florida Eternal Knights collection, 2008-2025

.6 Linear Feet 2 boxes 9.43 Gigabytes
The University of Central Florida Eternal Knights collection, 2008-2025, documents past University of Central Florida (UCF) Eternal Knights Memorial Services, organized by the Office of Student Involvement. Materials in the collection include service programs, as well as unclaimed certificates of achievement, Student Government letters, name tents, letters of remembrance, and honorary degrees. The collection also contains two glass awards, a diploma cover, and a small ribbon from the ceremony. The collection encompasses services held from 2008 to 2025. The University of Central Florida's first Eternal Knights Memorial Service took place in 2002. Held each spring in the Student Union by the Office of Student Involvement (OSI), the service honors the lives of students who have passed away over the course of the academic year, from the previous spring and summer leading up to the current semester. Students, family, and friends are invited to attend and recognize individuals, along with the broader UCF community. A livestream is available for those who cannot attend in person.  
Top 3 results view all 18
UNF Library Special Collections and University Archives

Northeast Florida Regional Ephemera Collection. General Materials., 1857-

8.00 Linear Feet
The collection provides historical evidence and documentation of daily activities, events and life in Northeast Florida from the mid-nineteenth century to date. The core of the collection are print ephemera, including calendars, cards, certificates, correspondence, folders, journals, pamphlets, posters, stationery, stickers, tax receipts, and tickets. Items span the years 1857-2012, with the bulk of the materials concentrated in the late twentieth century. Unique early printed items include an envelope postmarked 1861 addressed to a prominent Jacksonville resident, and an 1890 St. Johns River steamboat trip pass. Important biographical information about local African American leaders is provided in annual Black History Month calendars. Artifacts and memorabilia include commemorative coins and plates, holiday ornaments, souvenir pins and license plates, and tokens from the Jacksonville trolley in the late nineteenth century.
Top 3 results view all 65

Black History Calendar. Box 1, Folder 1

 

Black History Calendar. Jacksonville, Fla., Burger King Restaurants, 1989- . Other sponsors include: Florida State College at Jacksonville (former Florida Community College at Jacksonville (1989-2009); First Coast News; Jacksonville Public Library. Annual, themed calendar issued during Black History Month (February); provides valuable source material relating to local leaders, organizations, enterprises and other informative data not readily available elsewhere. 1989-1990: Weaving the Fabric of Freedom: a Reflection of the Black Legacy in Jacksonville (2 copies; c.2 lacks title page) 2001: Building the Future (2 copies) 2003: The Souls of Black Folk 2004: Brown v. Board of Education - 50th Anniversary 2005: The Niagara Movement (2 copies)

  1. Calendars

Black History Calendar. Box 1, Folder 2

 

2006: Celebrating Community: a Tribute to Black Fraternal, Social and Civic Institutions (2 copies) 2007: From Slavery to Freedom: the History of African Americans in the Americas 2008: Carter G. Woodson & the Origins of Multiculturalism (2 copies)

  1. Calendars
FSU Special Collections & Archives

Jean Gibbs Hoffman Family collection, 1945-2001, Date acquired: 12/22/2017, bulk 1945-1946

1 folders OS Folder 1 boxes 1 artifact box

This family collection relates to three relatives who served during World War II: Rollin Lewis Gibbs, Jr. who served with the U.S. Navy as a Storekeeper 2nd Class; Helen Jean Brickley who served with the United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve) as a Lieutenant Commander; and Frank Brickley who served with the United States Marine Corps as a Technical Sergeant. The collection includes photographs, certificates, documents, and artifacts.

3 results

Artifacts, circa 1941-1945 Box 17.0036 - Box 1

 

This box contains the following items: 3 cans of U.S. military olive green colored ration heating fuel; 2 ounce metal container of U.S. military gun oil; 1 metal can of U.S. military foot powder; 1 metal olive green colored gun oiler; U.S. Navy emergency ration for life raft; Frank Brickley's Engineer Compass and canvas carrying case; American Red Cross Greene County roll up cloth sewing kit; a cloth sewing kit that which is stenciled "F. Brickley"; and U.S. military canteen with cup and cover that belonged to Frank Brickley.

Jean Gibbs Hoffman Family collection, 1945-2001, Date acquired: 12/22/2017, bulk 1945-1946 1 folders OS Folder 1 boxes 1 artifact box

 
Gibbs, Rollin Lewis, Jr., 1924-1971

This family collection relates to three relatives who served during World War II: Rollin Lewis Gibbs, Jr. who served with the U.S. Navy as a Storekeeper 2nd Class; Helen Jean Brickley who served with the United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve) as a Lieutenant Commander; and Frank Brickley who served with the United States Marine Corps as a Technical Sergeant. The collection includes photographs, certificates, documents, and artifacts.

Miscellaneous Documents and Photographs, 1945-2001 WWII General Collections: Oversize Box 10, Folder 17.0036

 

This oversize folder includes the following items: Photocopy of a U.S.M.C. Honorable Discharge of Frank Brickley; 1948 certificate of appreciation to Frank Brickley for his service; April 14, 1946 Notice of Separation for Rollin Lewis Gibbs, Jr.; President Bill Clinton certificate of appreciation to Rollin Lewis Gibbs, Jr. for his service; photocopy of April 14, 1946 Honorable Discharge for Gibbs, Jr.; Amvets National Service Foundation National Memorial Roster card for Rollin L. Gibbs; color photograph of Gibbs, Jr. in uniform and his wife Margaret Losik Gibbs, photocopy of document "War History, Commander LST Flotilla 34, April 1945-January 1946"; The Little Club, U.S. Grant Hotel, San Diego, CA, May 5, 1945, nite club photograph of Helen J. Losik in WAVE uniform; March 12, 1945 The Fairmont Hotel, San Franscisco nite club photograph U.S. naval officer group photograph, with Helen J. Losik; and a photocopy of a certificate of appreciation for service signed by President Ronald Reagan to Helen J. Brickley.

FSU Special Collections & Archives

Milton Family Papers, undated

10 Linear Feet
Top 3 results view all 78
USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections

Children's and Young Adult Ephemera collection, bulk 1985-2022

2 Linear Feet
A collection of ephemera, including commemorative pins, bookmarks, print materials, and more, that detail the ways in which children's and young adult novels are promoted by publishers.
Top 3 results view all 72
UCF Special Collections

Susan M. Pittman Collection, 1923-1988

3.25 Linear Feet 4 Boxes
Susan M. Pittman was the younger daughter of Colonel Wallace Fisher Stovall, the founder of the Tampa Tribune Publishing Company, Florida. The collection includes Susan's personal files, seven scrapbooks detailing her life and activities, materials related to her first husband Richard A. Mack, various greeting cards, letters, and stamps. A stitched landscape of Pittman's childhood home which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places is also found in the collection.
Top 3 results view all 25
AARLCC Special Collections

Errol "Elgo" and Patricia Lewis Collection, Circa 1800-2001

6 Artwork 4 Objects

The Errol Elgo and Patricia Lewis Collection contains artwork by Elgo and other artists as well as household objects used in Jamaica.

Top 3 results view all 14

Limit your search

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »