Red Hills of Florida Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of the background files, notes, correspondence, permission, maps, manuscripts, and other materials that were collected or created by Clifton Paisley during the writing of his work, Red Hills of Florida. Included among these items are biographical sources, census data, maps and surveys of the Red Hills region, letters to and from local organizations and persons, newspapers, and interviews. The majority of the collection consists of those materials which actually played a part in the publication of the book. These items include notes, manuscripts, galley proofs, camera ready copies, and photographs mainly dating from the 1970s and 1980s when the book was being compiled and published.
Dates
- created: 1820-1994
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to all researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been transferred to the Florida State University Libraries. All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Biographical or Historical Information
Clifton Paisley, the donor and author of the book, Red Hills of Florida is a retired Florida State University editor, researcher, and a local history author. Mr. Paisley served as Research Editor of the Graduate Research Office and over the course of his career wrote many pieces on the history of Leon County and the surrounding region. He is also responsible for two monographs dealing with local history entitled, From Cotton to Quail and Red Hills of Florida. He was born in Texas in 1915 and died in Tallahassee, Florida, in 2000.
Extent
29.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Method of Acquisition
Given by Clifton Paisley in September 1994
Existence and Location of Originals
Portions of collection available online?: No
Processing Information
Processed September 1994
Subject
- Paisley, Clifton (Person)
- Goffman, Judy (Person)
- Avant, David (Person)
- Bailey, William (William Alton) (Person)
- Barnett, Ronald David, 1943- (Person)
- Blitch, John (Person)
- Bowen, Clara Adger, 1837-1915 (Person)
- Florida Historical Society (Organization)
- Ohio Historical Society (Organization)
- Lowery, Woodbury, 1853-1906 (Person)
- Macomb, David Betton, 1793-1837 (Person)
- Millican, James, 1910-1955 (Person)
- Nichols, Richard (Bookseller) (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Apalachicola National Forest (Fla.)
- Calhoun County (Fla.)
- Gadsden County (Fla.)
- Jackson County (Fla.)
- Jackson, Lake (Leon County, Fla. : Lake)
- Jefferson County (Fla.)
- Lake Miccosukee, Florida
- Leon County (Fla.)
- Miccosukee (Fla.)
- Monticello (Fla.)
Topical
- Agriculture--Florida
- Antebellum Florida, 1845-1861
- Archaeology
- Blacks--United States
- Cemeteries
- Civil War in Florida, 1861-1865
- Contemporary Florida, 1960-
- Depression and the New Deal Years in Florida, 1930-1941
- Economics and Society: Post-Civil War Florida, 1865-1913
- European Discovery and Settlement in Florida, 1492-1821--The Second Spanish Period, 1783-1821
- Interviews.
- Leon County (FL)--History
- Madison County (Fla)--History.
- Missions
- Natural Bridge, Battle of, Fla., 1865
- Plantations--Florida
- Plantations--Southern States
- Quails
- Railroads
- Red Hills (Fla. and Ga.)--History.
- Seminole Indians--Wars
- Tallahassee (Fla.)--History
- Territorial Florida, 1821-1845
- The Florida Boom and Bust, 1919-1929
- The Post War Florida, 1945-1960
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- World War I, 1914-1918--Florida
- Yellow fever
Uniform Title
- Title
- Red Hills of Florida Collection
- Author
- Burt Altman
- Date
- 00/00/1994
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the FSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
116 Honors Way
PO Box 3062047
Tallahassee FL 32306-2047 US
850-644-3271
lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu