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Collection including correspondence, 1846-1854, of W. H. DeForest written from New Orleans (1846-1849) and San Juan de Nicaragua [Grey Town or San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua] (1851) with descriptions of area, life, and business plans, and a diary (1860), writer unknown, mostly concerning Mobile, Alabama. [14 pieces]

Delbert E. Wylder served in the Army Air Force in the "Screaming Red Ass" Fighter Squadron, 350th Fighter Group, 22nd Tactical Wing, 12th Air Force in Italy. Jack Wylder served in the Army Air Force in the Pacific, spent most of the war in hospitals, and received a medical discharge. The collection contains a manuscript titled "Letters to the Home Front," which is comprised of a series of letters written by two brothers, Jack and Delbert Wylder, during their time in the AAF. Delbert Wylder was stationed in Pisa, Italy, and received the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, a Bronze Star, and a European Campaign Medal. He was involved in several dogfights while in Italy and later met one of his German counterparts after an English and Italian historian reunited them. This manuscript features photographs and biographies of the people to whom the letters are addressed. Also included are three issues of "Red Ass Screams" newsletters (1996-7). The publication contains articles about the 347th Fighter Squadron, 350th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force. The 347th flew from September 1942 to August 1945, fighting in England, Algeria, Tunisia, Corsica, Sardinia, and Italy. The magazines include articles written by the men of the 347th, reflecting on their combat experiences, favorite missions, entertainment, maintenance of aircraft, insignia, fuselage art, etc.

Delinquent tax ledger, circa 1928, for Santa Rosa County, consisting of names and addresses of owners of real estate in Santa Rosa County who have failed to pay taxes on property. Arranged alphabetically by name of delinquent taxpayer or corporation.

This collection includes letters, photocopies of 2 personal scrapbooks, and photographs related to Dell Dinneen who served as a U.S. Army nurse during World War II in the European and Mediterranean Theaters with the 61st Field Hospital.

This collection relates to Major General Delmar T. Spivey who was an U.S. Army Air Corps prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III in Germany from August 1943 until May 1945. Then Colonel Spivey was in charge of gunnery training for B-17 flight crews of the U.S. 8th Air Force based in England. He was sent to England with several other gunnery instructors to teach air gunnery to bomber flight crews who were being decimated by German fighter aircraft. He was participating in his first combat mission as a nose gunner/ observer on a bombing mission over Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhr Valley when his plane was disabled by anti-aircraft fire. After the plane crash landed, he was taken prisoner and sent to Stalag Luft III. This collection contains POW letters, documents, telegrams, and a published biography of his experiences in the POW camp.

Vaughn Delong served in the Army Civil Service/Affairs in the European Theater (ETO); he began in the 30th Division, transferred to Detachment H6H2 of Civil Affairs, became the commanding officer of Detachment I7DZ, and ended his time in Germany as the Chief of Education and Cultural Relations for the military governments in Hesse as a civilian with the powers of a brigadier general. The collection of Vaughn Delong includes a manuscript entitled "After the Fighting Ends," which details Delong's transition into the U.S. Army Reserve, training, and time spent in England, Belgium, and American-occupied Germany. He wrote of his time spent as a Civil Service Officer, as the officer in charge of the German county Oberlahnkreis, and as judge of a military court for civilian cases. He then detailed the educational reform in Germany and the difficulties inherent in German education. Also included in the collection is Delong's curriculum vitae, which details his academic background and the jobs and responsibilities he held both in the United States and in Europe. Finishing the collection are three photos, which are of thirteen members of the Civil Service in fatigues, three men in front of an Army Jeep, and a mass grouping of bodies.

Two Delta Delta Delta booklets (constitution and songs of)

Delta Zeta sorority initiation pin.  The pin is engraved with the words, "Mary J. Madson," "2-22-70," and the greek symbols, Alpha Sigma (the chapter FSU chapter).  Not photographed for 3D collection.  [3D Object].

The Elston Roady Collection documents Dr. Roady's studies of elections on the local (Leon County, Florida), state (Florida), and national levels and his research in political campaign finance. The materials include typescripts and reference materials used in creating his revised edition of Florida Votes (1972), background information and letters to Florida Secretary of State Firestone from Roady and Annie Mary Hartsfield about their proposal to update the 2nd edition through the 1980 elections (an updated version was not published); a speech Roady delivered when he was given the "Distinguished Alumni Award" by the Illinois State University Alumni Association; a Florida Supreme Court Petition for Rehearing involving Florida Governor Claude Kirk; election materials; a scrapbook compiled for the 1956 Florida gubernatorial campaign of Fuller Warren; reference materials pertaining to the Watergate issue, and memorabilia.