FSU/HER. FSU Heritage Collections

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The Mary Mendenhall Wood Collection contains photos, publications, resolutions, memorabilia, typescripts and correspondence documenting the activities of Mrs. Mary Mendenhall Wood, Mrs. Florence Williamson and Mr. John G. Kellum.

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The Mary Pickens Talley Morgan Collection contains four items related to her years at Florida State University.

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"F Club" ring of Florida State University student Mary S. Geraghty (BS, Education, 1973).

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Mary Simpson Yarbrough's 1928 class ring.

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This collection is significant to researchers studying the history of Leon County, the history of the Florida State College for Women, and women's colleges because it documents the academic activities of Mary Simpson Yarbrough, who attended Florida State College for Women during the 1920s.

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The May Ryburn Papers contain a variety of materials related to Ryburn's personal and professional life. Ryburn lived in both Chicago and Miami and worked as a journalist and English teacher. Included are her personal and travel journals, correspondence, materials used in her teaching career, photographs, published works, and genealogy information and records. The collection contains letters to Ryburn from Eleanor Roosevelt and Florida Governor Leroy Collins.

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Includes Distaff issue May 1941) and 18th commencement program (May 1923)

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The collection contains items related to the cost of attending Florida State College for Women.

Scope and Contents 4 sound discs : 78 rpm ; 9 3/4 in.  [3D Object]. "The Alumni Association of Florida State University takes pleasure in presenting this album of recordings by the vocal and instrumental organizations of the University School of Music." -- inside front cover. Contents:  Introduction by University president Doak S. Campbell ; organ postlude and prelude -- Sea moods / Tyson-Benham, arr. by Bryceson Treharne -- Lady of liberty / Miller-Welbaum, arr. by Williams-Sherman -- Faust Ballet Music. Allegro vivo / Gounod -- Peter / arr. by Homer Whitford ; What's in the air today? / R. Eden, arr. by A. W. Kramer -- Ozymandias, king of kings / Gaul -- March, op. 99 /...

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Evelyn L. Mudge was a Florida State College for Women student, class of 1925 (BS, Education).  This is the typescript memoir of her freshman year at FSCW.

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Items collected by Myrtle Bailey.

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The collection contains items and ephemera related to Florida State College for Women in the 1940s.

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The scrapbook was kept by Nellie Colcord Weidenbach during her freshman year at Florida State College for Women, from 1935-1936.

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One typed manuscript; believed to be an Odd demonstration play. A parody of royal court drama featuring the efforts of Prince Evenskey to prevent Prince Oddwin's ascension to the throne of Flastacovia.

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The Olga Larson Collection contains items related to her years as a student and a mathematics professor at Florida State College for Women including correspondences, certificates, and personal documents.

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Opperman silver piece and cigarette lighter.

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Personal items of Florida State University student Pat Arrants (B.S., Home Economics, 1958). Items includes photographs, yearbooks, and other ephemera related to her years as a student at FSU.

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Select materials from this collection have been digitized and are available through the FSU Digital Library as part of a larger photograph collection.

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The collection contains memorabilia and ephemera related to student life at Florida State University.

Scope and Contents The collection features items relating to clubs and organizations that Peggy Barker Teague was involved with during her years at Florida State College for Women, especially the Spirogira honor society, Tarpon Club, and the College Government Association. This includes newspaper clippings, ephemeral documents, and two scrapbooks containing similar documents and items. The largest item is a pillow with the Spirogira skull and cross bones. Online Copies Available Select materials from this collection have been digitized and are available through the ...

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This scrapbook includes newspaper clippings of old buildings in Tallahassee, Florida including public buildings like churches, the state Capitol, the Governor's Mansion, the Florida Supreme Court, Florida State University, banks, hotels, and libraries. There are also clippings regarding residences.

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Programs, invitations and other items related to Florida Female College and Florida State College for Women, accumulated by Board of Control member, Philip Keyes Yonge during his tenure on the committee.

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Select materials from this collection have been digitized and are available through the FSU Digital Library as part of a larger photograph collection.

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This collection consists of a diploma and other items related to Florida State University student/alumnae Polly Marks Whitley (BS, Education, 1948).

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This collection contains printed and bound copies of correspondence from Florida State University presidents.

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Princess Charming: The Life Story of Kathryn Reece Haun, by Nancy Whitfield.  Signed by the author.

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The Ramona Cruikshank Beard Scrapbook contains programs, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other items related to her years as a professor in the Music Department at Florida State University.

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The collection contains student related documents and ephemera, including diplomas and student grade reports, from Florida State College for Women/Florida State University student Gwendolyn Patterson Thompson (LI, 1936; BA, Education, 1938; MA, Education, 1953) and Florida State University student Pamela Milton Thompson (BS, Education, 1966; MA, Education, 1971).

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The Reubin Askew Student Memorabilia documents his activities as a student in the late 1940s and as president of Florida State University's Student Government Association in 1951. Includes an FSU Student Honor Code pamphlet, "Honorbound," Askew's student government presidential campaign paper insert for badge, on which is written "Vote for Rube Askew for President U.G.A," and his Freshman Beanie, on which his nickname "Rube" is stitched.

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The collection contains photographs related to student life on West Campus at Florida State University.

Online Copies Available

Select materials from this collection have been digitized and are available through the FSU Digital Library as part of a larger photograph collection.