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This collection is comprised of permits to sell spirituous and other liquors, permits issued to a variety of people to pass and repass on specific dates or for specific periods of time, each signed by the Mayor, permits for balls and dances, permits to reside, city ordinances, and other related materials.

This collection consists of tax books for the city of Tallahassee, Florida, from 1879 to 1887. Various tax collectors and assessors are listed, including: James W. Jefferson, P. D. Demilly, William H. Matthews, E. W. Yellowhair, and W. H. Thompson.

All items are a responce to the 400th Year Remembrance of Slavery and Recognition of the contributions of African Americans. Item 1- Board of (Leon) Country Commissioners folder with Proclamation October 24, 2019 Item 2- Letter from/signed by Governor Ron DeSantis October 22, 2019 Item 3- Board of (Leon) Country Commissioners folder with A Tribute signed by Florida House Representative, Ramon J. Alexander, not dated. Item 4- United States of America Congressional Record Signed by member of congress, Hon. Al Lawon, Jr. October 23, 2019 Item 5- "1610 and Beyond" program schedule. Item 6- Proclamation from the Governing Body of the City of Tallahassee. Signed by Mayor John E. Daily . October 24, 2019

This item is a notice of authorization to receive into military service of the Confederate States, companies, battalions, or regiments within the territorial limits of Northwest Florida between the Suwannee and Choctawhatchee Rivers and 21 counties (listed) of Southern Georgia. The notice is signed by Howell Cobb, Brigadier General, Commanding District. The item is a printed page, approximately 4 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, entitled: Head Quarters, District of Middle Florida, Quincy, January 28, 1863.

This collection consists of Civil War letters and applications for leave of absence, all in manuscript. The first letter is from C. M. Blount, 1st Lieutenant Company B 26th Georgia Regiment, to Colonel R. H. Chilton, dated January 22, 1864, and consists of a request for leave. E. M. Blount, 26th Georgia Regiment, Camp near Smoketown, dated November 13, 1862, is a request for leave, sending him to McIntosh County, Georgia. The next letter is from H. B. Dobyns, Barrack 79, Rock Island, Illinois, to his sister, dated 1864, in which he requests clothing. Another letter is from W. L. Jones, 48 Regiment North Carolina Troops, Camp Mangum near Raleigh, dated 1862, in which he writes to his brother about army life. There are two letters from R. W. Dixon, Camp of the 26th North Carolina Regiment, dated 1864, to James A. Jones regarding business issues the need attending while Dixon is in the service.

Lloyd E. Slater Collection contains a photograph of a Black Civil War soldier (daguerreotype in case). It also contains 6 lithographic prints by artist Emma Cartwright Bourne dating 1932-1933.