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World War II letters collection, Date acquired: 07/00/1995

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A collection of letters and narratives about individual experiences at the close of the Second World War.

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Maria Alexander Callinicos Collection, bulk date unknown

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This collection contains production orders and brochures from plays featured at the Coral Gables and Parker Playhouses. Such examples include renditions of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Agatha Christie's Go Back for Murder, and Shelden Epp's Blues in the Night. There are over 100 play accounts in this collection, and these plays are based on more than just books, but classic plays as well, such as Neil Simon's The Gingerbread Lady. Here, individuals can grasp the creative reactions and perspectives from great writers of the past as they brought their masterpieces to South Florida.

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Marvin & Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection Pamphlets -- Speeches, 1746-1932

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The Marvin & Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection at Florida Atlantic University offers a wide variety of primary source materials suitable for research in the disciplines of history, political science, philosophy, pre-law and linguistics. With more than 13,000 items, the collection consists of printed and manuscript materials dating from the fifteenth century to the modern era. Materials include rare books, pamphlets, historical newspapers and journals, broadsides and cartoons, and documents.

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Reichelt Oral History Collection, 1969-2022

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Sound recordings, transcripts, and administrative files documenting the activities of the Reichelt Oral History Program in the Florida State University Department of History. Significant interview topics include United States military, life in Florida and Tallahassee, and student life at Florida State University and its predecessor institution Florida State College for Women.

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William Rios Collection, 1895-1984

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This collection contains information from the political perspective of Puerto Rico starting in the late 19th Century, briefly when it was still a Spanish territory but later an American territory. While mostly being articles, it also details what the economic, political, and health factors were on the island with additional articles on how U.S. politics were represented and perceived, such as when John F. Kennedy became president.

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Proctor and Martha Jones Collection on Napoleon, Date acquired: 01/01/1999

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Literary manuscripts, transcriptions, historical illustrations, and other research materials documenting Proctor Jones's research on Napoleon I and the Napoleonic era.

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Devery Anderson Papers, 1922-2014, bulk 1955-2005

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Newspaper articles, publications, interviews, and notes collected and created by author Devery Anderson during research for publications on Emmett Till, including his 2015 monograph Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement.

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John Harold Cox Photograph Collection, 1926

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The John Harold Cox Photograph Collection contains 52 photographs of the 1926 hurricane damage in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It also contains one photograph of Las Olas and the New River from 1926 before the hurricane, and a 2001 photograph of John Harold Cox and his wife, Stella Cox.

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Florida Lifestyle Radio Collection, 1997-1999

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This collection consists of thirteen cassette tapes of the radio program, "Florida Lifestyle Radio", which discussed matters interesting to seniors. Most tapes include a featured guest who focussed a particular topic.

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Florida State University Schools Materials, Undated