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The Latin American Sheet Music Collection consists of original piano-vocal music and folk song arrangements by significant composers and songwriters from Central and South America.

This collection relates to Sander Buchman who served as an Electronic Technician's Mate Third Class in the U.S. Navy aboard U.S.S. AMC(V)2 Minesweeper on the East Coast of the U.S. during World War II. The collection consists of a U.S. Navy winter jacket and military personnel documents.

This collection primarily consists of letters sent from Private Frederick C. Jackson, 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, to his parents, as well as a 1944 diary with entries from Jackson during the Battle of Anzio. The collection also contains a 1947 printed history of the 180th Infantry Regiment and a scrapbook containing homefront newspaper clippings related to the 45th Infantry Division and the Italian Campaign, as well as Jackson's wounding at Anzio.

The major portion of the papers were from the files of William H. Watson, senior member of the Pensacola law firm of Watson & Pasco, and its successors. Mr. Watson was born in Walton County, Florida, February 22, 1876. He read for the law and was admitted to the bar in 1897. Samuel Pasco (1878- ), Clarence J. Brown (1890- ), Samuel Pasco, Jr.(1909- ), and James Baker Watson (1909-1976) also served at various time with the firm.

Materials collected and created by John Albright in researching the biography of Paul Dirac, including correspondence, photographs, monographs, scholarly publications, and a 1988 draft of Albright's biography of Dirac.

Records, 1947-1964, including event programs and photographs. The Association presented musical artists including opera singers, quartets, chamber and philharmonic orchestras and other musical events in Pensacola. Select artists include Duke Ellington, Marcel Marceau, Max Rudolf, and Beverly Sills.

Stanley Kerner (b. 1926), a native of Brooklyn, New York served in the United States Army during the latter-end of World War II in the Signal Corps attaining the rank of Sergeant. His posting was at Signal Corps Headquarters in Caserta, Italy at the Royal King's Palace from 1945 to 1947.

Permanent Files 1947-1953 A-P