FLVC logo

Search

UCF University Archives

Orlando Shakespeare Theater Collection, 1974-2013, bulk 1986-2009

6 boxes 3.33 Linear Feet
The Orlando Shakespeare Theater Collection contains playbills, programs, reviews, newspaper clippings, films, cassettes, reels, and schedules. It also includes items relating to the Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival Partnership (OSF) such as Simply Shakespeare, Central Florida's first Shakespearean troupe, and the UCF Shakespeare Summer Institute as well as the NEH grant funded faculty study project "Hamlet: Exploring the Renaissance Mind in Action" which was presented in the Summer 1991.
Top 3 results view all 207
FSU Special Collections & Archives

College of Business Records, Date acquired: 02/18/2010

9.00 boxes

Documents pertaining to the College of Business.

Top 3 results view all 136
UNF Library Special Collections and University Archives

Grace Brooks Solomon Papers, 1963-2005

2.58 Linear Feet

This collection is home to the personal papers of Grace Brooks Solomon, a political activist in Jacksonville, Florida, most notably known for her work during her presidency of the Minority Women's Coalition. These papers provide insight into the professional career and personal life of Grace Brooks Solomon as well as her efforts to memorialize her sister, former Jacksonville City Council Member, Sallye Brooks Mathis. Furthermore, this collection grants a look into the many racial issues and desegregation efforts made by women of color as well as school board members in Florida during the 1980s and 90s.

Top 3 results view all 44
Allen Music Library Special Collections

Howard Wilson Collection, 1931-1959

43 items 1 folders

The Howard Wilson collection consists of one folder of memorabilia and 42 compositions, primarily manuscript solo and chamber works. Included are several settings of poetry by Audrey Wilson, Howard's wife, and herself a professor in the Humanities Department at FSU.

Top 3 results view all 44
UWF University Archives and West Florida History Center

Archives Department Research Subject Files, bulk 1981-2021

10 folders 1 Archives document case (.35 c.f.)
Subject files containing notes, photocopies, and other research on various subjects, places, buildings, etc., created by Archives staff in response to user inquiries.
2 results

407 South Palafox, 2019 1 folders Box 1, Folder 1

 

Research materials on 407 South Palafox, Pensacola, Florida, to identify history of the building, including maps, notes from city directories, etc. As of 2021 housing the Bodacious Olive

Archives Department Research Subject Files, bulk 1981-2021 10 folders 1 Archives document case (.35 c.f.)

 
Subject files containing notes, photocopies, and other research on various subjects, places, buildings, etc., created by Archives staff in response to user inquiries.
UCF Special Collections

Wagar Space collection, 1944-1986

18.6 Linear Feet 6 boxes, 37 volumes and 1 flat file
The Wagar Space collection, 1944-1986 represents the interests of Commander Howard Wagar, from the 1940s to the 1980s. His main collecting interest was the space program, for which he collected periodicals, newspaper clippings, public relations materials, photographs, and prints. Subjects include the Apollo missions, the lunar module landing, the Skylab and Viking projects, Mars, the Russian Space Program, and astronauts. The collection also includes information about events such as the post World War II atomic bomb tests, the rise of Fidel Castro to power in Cuba, and the assassination of U.S President John F. Kennedy. This collection provides insight into International space program activities. Commander Howard Wagar was born in Fairmont, Minnesota in 1906. He moved to New Jersey in the 1920s, where he worked for WAAM radio station in Newark. He received his radio operators liscense in 1928 and worked as an operator for the merchant marines in various radio stations. Wagar joined the Navy in 1943, where he served until 1966, advancing to the rank of Commander. In the Navy, Wagar participated in sensitive Navy missions, including the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb tests, the Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Project, and the Apollo Space Project.
Top 3 results view all 207
UCF Special Collections

Share Your Mercury Memories Time Capsule Collection, 1960-2003

4 Linear Feet 4 Boxes, 1 Flat File
Mercury Time Capsule was unveiled during the Mercury worker union at Launch Complex 14 in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Gordon Cooper's May 15, 1963 flight during the closing of Project Mercury. Project Mercury veterans shared their memory by writing a few inner reflections of Project Mercury and sealed them in a provided envelope which are scheduled to be opened on July 21, 2038 at noon. The contents of the envelopes cannot be viewed until that time. Collection also includes the Florida Space Coast History Project gathered artifacts all pertain to Project Mercury which are provided for display purposes once the capsule is opened.
Top 3 results view all 65
Florida Gulf Coast University Special Collections

First United Methodist Church of Fort Myers, bulk 1872-2016

16.5 Linear Feet

This collection consists of documents, photographs, and ephemera belonging to the First United Methodist Church of Fort Myers, located in Downtown Fort Myers, Florida. This collections documents the history, evolution, and eventual conclusion of this church, from the time it was first established in 1872 until its conclusion in 2016.

Top 3 results view all 403
FSU Special Collections & Archives

Elwood Harry Fredrickson papers, 1943-1952, Date acquired: 10/16/2007, bulk 1943-1945

2.00 boxes

This collection pertains to First Lieutenant Elwood Harry Fredrickson who served as a bombardier in the 743rd Bomb Squadron, 455th Bomb Group. The collection contains flight records, textbooks and notes from flight school, assignments from flight school, various documents regarding Fredrickson's postings, personnel lists, volumes one and two of the 455th Bomb Group Journal, booklets on aviation and cadet life, various receipts, certificates and photographs.

Top 3 results view all 33
FIU Special Collections

Vicentico Valdés Collection, 1959-1995, Date acquired: 00/00/2012, bulk 1965

13.00 boxes
Vicentico Valdés was born on December 10, 1919 in Havana, and died on June 26, 1995 in New York. His career began as a singer of "El Nacional". Later on, he became a member of "El Sexteto Jabón Candado" and "La Orquesta de Cheo Belén Puig y Cosmopolita". In the 40's he integrated the sextet of "Los Leones" in Cuba and he also recorded with "El Conjunto Tropical de Humberto Cané" in México. Upon moving to New York he sang at the Hispanic Theater, the Million Dollar, the Park Plaza, the Palladium, and Puerto Rico. Moreover, he joined the orchestras of famous artists such as Noro Morales, Tito Puente, and Bobby Valentine multiple times. Vicentico also recorded in Havana with "La Sonora Matancera" and years later he formed his own orchestra, which was directed by different artists until he finally decided to sing a solo and spread his music throughout different nations of Europe and Latin America. He was known as one of the best "Bolero" singers from all times, which earned him the popular title of "La voz romántica de Cuba" and "La voz elástica de Cuba".
Top 3 results view all 129

Limit your search

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »