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Southwest Florida Newspaper Collection, bulk 1920-2018

74 Linear Feet

Abstract Or Scope: The Historic Newspaper Collection is a varriety of newspapers from cities in Southwest Florida. The newspapers include Caloosahatchee Current, Hendry County News, The Fort Myers Press, The Florida Flambeau, The Caloosa Belle, The Community Press, and others. Their dates range from 1920-2018.

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Ashland Times-Gazette, 143rd Year, Number 201, Thursday, August 26, 1993 Box 53

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Ashland Times-Gazette, 143rd Year, Number 203, Saturday, August 28, 1993 Box 53

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Ashland Times-Gazette, 143rd Year, Number 204, Monday, August 30, 1993 Box 53

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Bruce, William George, Papers, 1881-1978, Date acquired: 00/00/1985

5.00 items

Abstract Or Scope: Photocopies of a diary of a trip south, 1921, and a scrapbook, 1881-1978, of William George Bruce, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin businessman and Pensacola, Florida shipyard owner. The diary documents Mr. Bruce's trip to New Orleans and Pensacola, including the Pensacola Navy Yard, and the Bruce, Ollinger, and Watson families, with photographs. The scrapbook covers newspaper clippings, especially family marriages and deaths, for Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Pensacola, Milton, Bagdad and Blackwater, Florida. Subjects include poetry, yellow fever, race problems, and the Blackwater Academy. A separate index ia available.

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"A Short Visit South" by William George Bruce. Folder 2

Same as folder 1 but only 42 pp. of the text. Photocopy, acid-free paper. [1 piece]

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"A Short Visit South" by William George Bruce., 1921 Folder 1

Photocopy of a bound book loaned for copying by Martin Bruce, 1985. The original bound book was a blue typescript, bound with photographs glued in; the cover was titled "A Visit South" and printed with the owner's name, Annie Bruce Watson. Title page reads "A Short Visit South" by William George Bruce, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1921. Photocopy, 88 leaves (on acid-free paper). With 47 B/W 5 x 7 photographs reproduced from originals in book. This book is a diary of a trip of William George Bruce who left Milwaukee by train to deliver an address before the National Association of Commercial Organization Secretaries meeting in New Orleans. Bruce and Monica left Milwaukee on October 22, 1921, with stopovers in Chicago. Among items discussed in the diary are comments on separate facilities for black and whites in Memphis, descriptions of New Orleans, the French Quarter, the race problem in the South; his visit to Pensacola and visits with Annie Bruce Watson, Genevieve Johnson, Bruce Watson; trips to Bruce Drydocks, the Navy Yard and hydroplanes, genealogy and story of Frederick Bruce in World War I; the Ollinger-Bruce dry docks at Bagdad, and the Watson, Bruce, and Ollinger families. Photographs are primarily family members with some interesting scenes of Pensacola, New Orleans, and the Navy Yard and hydroplane fleet [1 piece]

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Box 1

Pasquale DiPierro collection, 1943-1951, Date accessioned: 2019-10-03

1 Linear Feet 2 half boxes

Abstract Or Scope: This collection relates to Electrician's Mate 1st Class Pasquale DiPierro who immigrated from Italy in 1920 and served with Company A, 5th Platoon, 118th Naval Construction Battalion, "Seabees" in the Pacific Theater during World War II on New Guinea and the Philippines. He was recalled during the Korean War and served again with the U.S. Navy in a construction battalion. The collection includes letters, military personnel documents, 118th Naval Construction Battalion newsletters, and objects.

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Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Campaign Medal Box, 1944-1945 19.0021 - Box 2, Object 003

Abstract Or Scope: This item is a blue cardboard box with wrapping and cover for that contained the Asiatic-Pacific medal made by the U.S. Mint.

Framed Medals, 1943-1945 19.0021 - Box 2, Object 001

Abstract Or Scope: This frame contains mounted a World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, and Asiatic Pacific Campaign medal. Also mounted are three medal ribbon bars for these medals as well as the Navy Good Conduct Medal, and the Philippine Liberation Medal.

Mounted and Framed Seabees Pillowcase, 1943-1945 Box 19.0021-Box 3, Frame 001

Abstract Or Scope: 17 by 17 mounted and framed U.S. Navy Seabees blue dyed silk pillowcase with yellow cord border.

La Gaceta Spanish Revolutionary War prints, 1900-1910, Date acquired: 08/14/2014

1.73 Linear Feet 1 boxes

Abstract Or Scope: A series of newspaper prints donated by La Gaceta, featuring portraits of Cuban revolutionary leaders, military officers, and other important figures. Most were taken from the Havana publication, La Caricatura.

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Asi Estan Las Cosas…Y Basta Caricaturas de "La Caricatura" Num. 1 Box 1

Bartolomé Masó, Mayor General del Ejercito Cubano Box 1

Coronel Orencio Nodarse, Director General de la Loteria Nacional; Candidato a la Alcadia de la Habana Box 1

Facilities Building Plans, Addendum, Undated

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Askew Student Life Building, 1998 Roll 260B Askew Student Life Building Part B

Abstract Or Scope: Construction plans for the Student Life Building

Askew Student Life Building, 1998 Roll 260B Askew Student Life Building Part A

Abstract Or Scope: Construction plans for the Student Life Building

Bellamy, 1965 Roll 8A Bellamy

Abstract Or Scope: Construction plans for the Social Science Building

Bernard L. Weiss Print Collection, 1578-1778

2.00 Linear Feet

Abstract Or Scope: The print collection donated to FAU Libraries by Major General Bernard L. Weiss, U.S. Air Force, consists of seventeen lithographs and/or printed renditions from the Renaissance period, from artists Jost Amman, Wenceslaus Hollar, and Adriaen van Ostade. The collection includes a letter in French from 1693.

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A soldier's letter, 1693 Box 1, Folder 1

One letter written in French with wax seal

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Bearded man with chain necklace, 1647 Box 1, Folder 7

One small portrait engraving of man with beard wearing a large cap and heavy chain necklace with baubles; Aquatint engraving by Hollar after Holbein; Ex collectione Arundeliana, #1548

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Bernard L. Weiss Print Collection

James A. Harper Photographs Collection, [Boca Raton Campus], June 6, 1964, Date acquired: 01/01/2007, bulk 1964

1.00 Linear Feet There are 35 21/4"X21/4" negatives and 3 contact sheets for a total 38 items. other_unmapped

Abstract Or Scope: On June 6, 1964, James A. Harper photographed the university before it was scheduled to open in August, 1964. The photographs document the exterior of the buildings, the breezeway, the interior of the Utilities Building, and e campus. Mr. Harper, 1918-2004, was a veteran of WWII. He had a photography business and was a professional photographer in the Delray/Boca Raton area from the mid-1950s and to 1972 when he moved to Sebring, Florida.

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Assembling Equipment, 1964 Box 1

Abstract Or Scope: Two men are assembling equipment inside one of the buildings; Unknown location

Assembling Equipment, 1964 Box 1

Abstract Or Scope: Two men are assembling equipment inside one of the buildings; Unknown location; Negative not on the contact sheet

Blurry-Unidentifiable, 1964 Box 1

Butler and Cowart families collection, 1943-1950, Date acquired: 07/28/2015 by Dr. Marie E. Cowart, bulk 1945-1947

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Abstract Or Scope: This collection pertains to Thomas A. Butler, who served as a First Lieutenant in the 468th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) Battalion during World War II. Butler served in France and Germany from 1944-1945, receiving five battle stars and a bronze star medal. In the immediate months following the war, he was stationed at the Berchtesgaden Hof Hotel, which was adjacent to Hitler's retreat at Obersalzberg, where he operated the Hotel as a retreat for Army officers. Butler maintained a detailed Service Record Book that includes his personal information, transfers, the locations he was deployed, the people he met, and military letters he received during and after the war. In aggregate, Butler's collection includes: A U.S Military Service Record Book, including a personalized autographed photograph of General of the Air Force Henry (Hap) Arnold, one Berchtesgaden photo album created by Butler himself, Butler's awarded and framed Bronze Star, and two artifacts retrieved from Germany: one Nazi Party armband and one stationary folder.

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Assignment Letter Order Number 12, March 24, 1950 15.0014 - Box 1, Folder 002, Object 007

A Military letter that lists the instructions of assignment for each individual member of the unit. It includes an entry for Thomas A Butler and list what his assignment would be if the army was to be mobilized. (#3)

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Autographed Photograph from Henry Arnold General of the Air Force- Page 63 15.0014 - Box 1, Folder 001, Object 021

A personal autographed picture from the General of the Army Henry H. Arnold. The caption on the photograph reads: "To Lt. T.A. Butler, Good luck and best wishes. Thanks for a pleasant stay at Berchtesgaden"- Henry Arnold.

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Berchesgarden Hof Portfolio, Pre-1945 Box 15.0014 - Box 2, Object 001

Abstract Or Scope: A brown leather folder from the Berchtesgaden Hof Hotel which survived the Nazi Era. The folder is inscribed in a Bronze-colored font: "Berchtesgaden Hof- Berchtesgaden." The folder is patterned down the edges with straight horizontal lines with the four corners contain swastikas rotated on a 90 degree angle.

Pensacola Arts Council Papers, 1967-1979, Date acquired: 04/00/1979

428.00 items

Abstract Or Scope: Papers, 1967-1979, including correspondence, publicity, newspaper clippings, programs, and other materials.

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Associated Council of the Arts, 1968 Folder 1

[18 pieces]

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Box 1

By-Laws (Other Arts Councils) Folder 2

[8 pieces]

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Florida Free Highway Association Papers, ca. 1950, 1947-1953

0.25 Linear Feet 1 Box

Abstract Or Scope: The Florida Free Highway Association Papers contains organizational information that documents the mission and goals of this anti-toll road association. The collection includes a mission statement, association goals, correspondence, press releases and a member's directory.

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Association Files, 1950-1953.

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Correspondence., 1947-1952. Box 1, Folder 1

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Educational Financial Campaign., ca 1952.. Box 1, Folder 2

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