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Mercedes Gardner Photograph Collection, 1948

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The Mercedes Gardner Photograph Collection contains 14 photographs of Fort Lauderdale in 1948. 11 of the photographs are of newly-built homes in Fort Lauderdale, one of the photographs is of the New River, one is of Las Olas Boulevard, and one is of Fort Lauderdale Beach.

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Mervine P. Mix journal, 1836-1837

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The collection consists of two binders with photocopies of the original letters of Captain Mervine H. Mix, USS Concord, and a typed version of the letters for the years 1836 - 1837. Also included in the collection is a binder that contains photocopies of Captain Mix's private journal for the years 1836 - 1837.

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Message of the President by John Milton, 1864, Date acquired: 05/03/1956

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Printed copy of Message of the President, Executive Department, Tallahassee, December 9, 1864, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Confederate States Congress, Richmond, Virginia. Signed by John Milton, Governor of Florida, the document is a "Joint Resolution of Confidence in and Thanks to President Jefferson Davis." Also signed by A.K. Allison, President of the Senate; F.L. Villepigue, Secretary of the Senate; Philip Dell, Speaker House of Representatives; Wm. Forsyth Bynum, Clerk House of Representatives; John Milton, Governor of Florida, and B.F. Allen, Secretary of State.

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Messer-Cantrell Family, circa 1935-2012

Metal bread loaf pan, Undated

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1 metal bread loaf pan

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Metal Plaques, Undated

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"Library of Philosophy" building plaque and "In Memory of Helen Dorman Haines" Copper Plate

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M.G. Nelson collection, 1943-1945, Date acquired: 1192-06-30

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This collection includes an oral history interview transcript of M.G. Nelson who worked for the Wainwright Shipyard in Panama City, Florida during World War II. He assisted with payroll.

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Michael C. Sansone papers, Date accessioned: 2000-09-11, bulk 1943-1946

Michael D. Kolb collection, 1998-2002, Acquired: 03/14/2003

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The Michael D. Kolb collection includes materials related to the Kolb's feature film screenplay and stage script, "The Lectors." Supplementary materials provided by the author provide the following synopsis: An elderly Julian Abuzmann, a hand rolling cigar maker and cigar shop owner, tells his grandson and his friends the story of the great Lectors strike that rocked the cigar industry in Ybor City – Tampa, Florida at the start of the Depression. After cigar manufactures cut wages, John Crawford, a communist organizer for a new cigar makers union, asks Julian, a young lector in a factory, to persuade the lectors to distribute propaganda and speak out for the union. To the chagrin of Isobel, his wife, Julian speaks along with Benito, an elder lector who is his best friend, at a labor rally broken up by the KKK. Later that evening, vigilantes beat Julian. After an inflammatory reading to the factory workers, Moses Castillo, the boss at Benito's factory, bans him and tears down his lector's platform. During another rally, violence erupts between KKK vigilantes and the cigar makers. Then the communists cause several factories to strike. Benito persuades Julian to let him lead the strike because he says Julian has a family. Julian and other lectors continue reading in the factories, as the tension rises. On Thanksgiving, John Crawford's communists agitate the cigar makers to go on strike. Then the manufacturers, led by Charles Jeffers, change the strike into a lock out. The cigar makers march violently to the factories in protest and hold more rallies. Julian and Benito hatch a plan to play good guy/bad guy with the manufacturers. Julian begins to seek a peaceful solution, while Benito continues to protest. Violence and negotiations last for several weeks. A federal injunction and threats by the secret committee of the twenty-five, a vigilante group, stops the cigar makers. During a climatic rally, Julian, Benito and several other lectors make passionate speeches about patriotism and the flag in order to persuade the cigar makers to resolve the strike. Intertwined into the story is how Julian and his wife confront their differences to conceive another child, along with scenes depicting the Spanish culture, the holiday celebrations of the cigar makers and the society balls of the manufacturers, and the cigar makers performing their craft.

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Michael John Kocurko, Sr., circa 1935-2012

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The collection of the Kocurko Family is centered around the life of Michael John Kocurko, Sr. It contains a scrapbook chronicling Michael's time as a 1st Sergeant in the Medical Unit with the Army Air Corps in California, including his travel to the Philippines through the service. It also contains a manuscript written by Tom Kocurko, a member of the younger generation Kocurkos, about the wartime generation Kocurkos, about the wartime generation of Kocurkos, including Frank, James, Michael, and Tom, discussing their WWII experience and servicemen. There are also family service records, family photos, and letters sent between the different family members, mostly to Shirley, Michael's wife, from Michael's other relatives. Also included is sheet music from wartime. It also contains ephemera, including a wedding invitation, a cartoon entitled "Letters From the Girlfriend," a Christmas card, and a Christian pamphlet. This collection also contains Christmas and Thanksgiving cards, along with newsletters from wartime. There is also a letter index documenting all of the mail in the collection.

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