FSU. Florida State University Collections

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The Academic Mace Sketch is a revised drawing of the Florida State University academic mace used during formal academic related processions.

Scope and Contents The American Association of University Professor-FSU Chapter Records document the history of this organization that represented faculty and other higher education professionals at Florida State University. The collection contains activity files, agendas, committee files, correspondence, election materials, financial records, membership, minutes, newsletters, programs, and resolutions. Predominant topics include academic freedom; collective bargaining representation; faculty elections; merit; political activity; recruitment/retention; and salaries; and financial support of higher education in Florida. It is significant to researchers studying the early history of faculty representation...

Scope and Contents This collection contains a variety of materials about the life and career of Augustus B. Turnbull III. Subjects covered by these materials include: Tallahassee, bicycling, conservation, land use, Lake Bradford, public opinion, schools, citizens, housing, drainage, sewers, traffic, Florida, Society of Civil Engineers, Council of Neighborhood Associations, parks and recreation, town meetings, transportation, Florida State University, Charles Joe Carter, and a White House luncheon menu. There are also a series of photographs: Switzerland, Augustus Turnbull, President John F. Kennedy, George Smathers, Marjorie Turnbull, and others. As well, there are 24 blueprints, showing geographical area...

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Memorabilia, 35mm fils, office records, helmet, video tapes Box 1: Files Box 2: Files, FSU folder, video tapes 1986-1987, Newspaper 1997 Box 3: Comic books (2), plack/awards (10), art history book. FSU folder, Florida State bumper stickers (2), Siminole Booster photos 3 set, Folder: AEI speaker Box 5: Helmet, hand written note Box 10: Files, newspapers, Sugar Bowl Magazine 1997, TV guides (2) 1997 Box 11: Newspapers

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Typescript for book, Planning, Decision-Making, Problem Solving, An Introductory Guide by former Florida State University School of Communications Dean Clarence W. Edney.

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One flash drive and a folder containing correspondence, release forms, interview questions, and audio from an oral history project run by the College of Nursing

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The Committee of 30 Scrapbooks document the activities of this group, formed in 1998, for the purpose of recognizing the 30th year celebration of women's intercollegiate athletics at Florida State University. Contents include articles from the Florida State Times, Report to Boosters, and Tallahassee Democrat newspapers, fact sheets, invitations, and programs. Covers 1998-2005.

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Includes President's Committees files from Lick's term as FSU President.

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This collection contains two typescript copies of a letter from U.S. Senator Edward J. Gurney to FSU Library Director N. Orwin Rush on the subject of Title II funding.

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Virtual photograph. Part of the FSU Public History project.

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Printing plate that appears to depict some sort of battle re-enactment

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What is a Fine Art? Brochure

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Collection consists of four postcards. One, from 1908, shows Florida State Female College with a note to Mr. Thomas Burney from "Cousin Ruby" on the back. The other three were not used. They show Dodd Hall, Library, Florida State University; "Poplar Forest" Home of Thomas Jefferson, near Lynchburg, VA; and Robert Manning Strozier Library, FSU, Tallahassee, FL.

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One newspaper

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Bound Florida Flambeau, September 1960-May 1961.

Online Copies Available

The Florida Flambeau is digitized through 1996 and is available in FSU Digital Library.

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Correspondence, financial records, membership records, meeting minutes, publications, and reports kept by Florida State College for Women faculty active in the Florida Home Economics Association.

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This collection consists of four postcards related to Tallahassee and Florida State University history. One card is of the John Ringling Mansion in Sarasota, Florida, postmarked 1952. One is a greeting card from Florida State University in Tallahassee, postmarked 1953. One is of the Tomb of Prince and Princess Murat in Tallahassee, postmarked 1954. The last card is of Trinity Methodist Church in Tallahassee, postmarked 1953.

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Includes a booklet describing the history of the club and the minutes of meetings, a letter from a club member, and an album of photographs taken by Professor Eva Mae Atwood.

Scope and Contents The Florida State University Historical Photograph Collection is a large and diverse array of visual materials ranging from the late-19th to the 21st century. Formats represented include black and white and color photographic prints; 35mm, 120mm, and 4x5 acetate negatives; and other various kinds of small photographic ephemera including postcards, leaflets, and promotional materials. The bulk of this collection was produced by an official Florida State University entity or department with the express purpose of publication, dissemination, or otherwise public-facing service for the University. The majority of photographs pertain to specific academic departments, student clubs...

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The collection contains 12 Florida State University postcards of various Florida State University buildings: Coyle E. Moore Athletic Center (2), Fine Arts Building, Art Gallery and Mainstage Theatre (2), Mildred and Claude Pepper Library in Dodd Hall (1), Robert Manning Strozier Library (2), Rovetta Business Building (2), The University Center (1), and Westcott Building (2). Although they are undated, the photos were taken during the 1980s.

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised primarily of newspaper clippings and correspondence, and documents the controversy from 1991 through 2005 over FSU's use of Native American names and symbols representing Renegade and Osceola, the Seminoles, and their use in athletic merchandise. There is correspondence between representatives of the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Florida Creek Indian Council with FSU reaffirming support for the Seminole name and Marching Chiefs over the use of the Seminole name, war chant, and "tomahawk chop" as well as letters between university officials about the President Dale Lick's Presidential Study Group on the Use of Seminole Symbolism and Tradition...

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of materials about summer institutes, workshops and programs, for teachers, students and their families at Florida State University. Programs for students include Arts and Crafts camp, Boy's State, Girl's State, cheerleaders clinic, 4-H club, mathematics camp, music camp, the Press Institute for High School Students, science camp, state science fair, summer school, scholarships, and twirling camp. Programs for teachers and parents include the Association for Childhood Education, coaches clinic, programs in school administration and supervision, counseling and guidance training, crafts workshops for teachers, an industrial nurses workshop, programs about...

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These papers contain early Florida county voting registration data for primary and general elections from 1914 to 1962. They were used in connection with a voting study done by Elston Roady and Annie Mary Hartsfield of the Florida State University Institute for Social Research. There are 46 individual county lists of numbers of Florida registered voters and 18 county summary lists of numbers of registered voters.

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One FSCW belt buckle, one Sammy Seminole Pen