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Heritage Protocol Postcard Collection.  Collection of postcards pertaining to Florida State University and its predecessor institutions.

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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 university publication collection.

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The Heritage Protocol Florida State College for Women Silver Collection contains miscellaneous silver pieces that were used in the dining halls.

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The items in this collection include photographs from Dr. Herman Kurz botany field research. There are also photographs from the Florida State College for Women Faculty-Senior Baseball Game in the early 1920s.

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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.

Scope and Contents Henry Louis Hill served as a captain with the U.S. Army's 97th Infantry, Field Artillery, S-3 Battalion during World War II. This collection contains a veteran's questionnaire from Louis Hill; a one-page faded cartoon of native women on Guadalcanal; and a brief (less than one page) recount of how Hill came upon a Japanese lantern, which is also part of the collection. The collection also contains a black and white photograph of the president of Florida State College for Women (FSCW), Dr. Edward Conradi, buying supposedly the first defense bond issued in Tallahassee, FL, from Miss Mart Pierson (later married to Henry Louis Hill). According to the inscription on the photograph, the date...

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The items in the Janet MacGowan West Collection contain a scrapbook related to her years as a student at Florida State College for Women as well as miscellaneous items including correspondence, a luggage tag, and newspaper clippings.

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This collection includes memorabilia and photographs from the Florida State College for Women (FSCW) dated 1917 to 1919. Many items are attached to sheets of black construction paper including a Liberty Day Program, a Grade Report for Lois A. Turner, a supper menu from the Leon Hotel, and a FSCW Christmas Vespers church program. The collection also contains many photos including a few that were probably taken at a sea-side excursion and some that portray Lois Turner Burke.

Scope and Contents The collection of Janet Wells contains an oral history transcript of an interview provided by the Reichelt Program for Oral History, photographs and documents pertaining to her experience serving with the WAVES during World War II. Included are photographs of WAVES recreational activities, military portraits, and personal photographs of family and friends. Collection documents include letters regarding qualifications and service, receipts, certificates of satisfactory service, graduation, certificates, WAVES anniversary celebration programs, identification cards, tourist memorabilia, photographs, invitations, a booklet on transitioning back to civilian life, and uniform tickets....

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Scrapbook of F-Club induction, year 1957-1958.

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Select materials from this collection have been digitized and are available through the FSU Digital Library.

Scope and Contents The Jewell Genevieve Cooper Scrapbook chronicles her years as a student at Florida State College for Women, from 1924 to 1930. The scrapbook contains many rare photographs offering a unique insight into student life during the 1930s. Photographs in the scrapbook are digitized and available in the FSU Digital Library. A complete version of the scrapbook is also digitized and available by following the link below. Online Copies Available The entire scrapbook is digitized and viewable here: ...

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Personal items of Florida State College for Women student Kathleen Robinson Pacetti (formerly Margaret K. Robinsion) (BA, 1937). The collection consists of a a silver with blue enamel FSCW link bracelet, a copper FSCW Bookmark, and her memoirs of FSCW that she wrote in 1977.

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The scrapbook contains photographs and memorabilia relating to Florida State College for Women.

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Select materials from this collection are digitized and available through the FSU Digital Library.

Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of correspondence and documents relating to Ken van Assenderp's involvement with Florida State University in the years since his time as a student. The Task Force Papers document Van Assenderp's service with a task force appointed to serve under Dr. Leo Sandon to assess and write the Statement of Values of the Florida State University dealing with "responsible freedom, values, and moral standard at the Florida State University". The Florida State University Research Foundation Papers consist of correspondence and documents, particularly drafts of strategic plans and background material, relating to the formation of the...

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The scrapbook contains memorabilia relating to Laura Carson's senior year at Florida State University, 1946-1947.  The scrapbook is preceded by three pages labeled 'Dates to Remember.' (See box list.)

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The scrapbook contains photographs and other memorabilia and ephemera related to Laura Quayle Benson's student years at Florida State College for Women. (See box list.)

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http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_HUA_2007041

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Class ring of Lenore Benson Raborn Boonstra (BS, 1945, Commerce).

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Academic robe and two caps belonging to former Florida State College for Women/Florida State University classics professor, Mettie Lynette Thompson.  The collection also includes a wooden plaque with the FSCW seal.

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This oral history interview transcript pertains to Melvin Magidson, who was inducted into the U.S. Army Air Force in February of 1943 and was discharged in October of 1945 with the rank of lieutenant. In the transcript, Magidson mostly recounts various Air Force bases that he trained at throughout Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and the northeast. Magidson never served overseas due to the war in Europe and in the Pacific both ending shortly after the end of his training.

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Skeleton keys from the former FSCW Dormitory Magnolia Hall.

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Personal photographs of Margaret E. Hennessey "Betty" Corry (formerly Margaret E. Hennessey) who attended Florida State College for Women in the late 1930s.

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

Scope and Contents The Colman Papers document the history of Florida State College for Women (FSCW) and student activities prior to and during the World War I years. The collection consists mostly of letters Colman wrote as an FSCW student to her parents in Lake Alfred. The letters describe the campus buildings and a fire at "East Hall" in 1916, her activities in campus organizations such as the Young Women's Christian Association, the Minerva Club (a literary society), the Anvil Literary Society, and the FSCW Glee Club; participation in Field Day athletic competitions, an Odds vs. Evens basketball game on Thanksgiving morning, and learning how to play the piano and the...

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Items belonging to Florida State College for Women graduate Marian Rawls Harrison.  Materials include two photographs, FSCW diploma, Palmer College (DeFuniak Springs) diploma, and FSCW diploma mailing tube.  Not photographed for 3D collection.  [3D Object].

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Five individual scrapbook pages of Florida State College for Women student Marje Alice Elston (circa 1927-1929).  The pages include faculty, and buildings and grounds, as well as a few personal photographs.  There are also newspaper clippings and two menus ("Banquet 1927" and the Summer School Banquet, 28 July 1928).

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https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:fscwmelstonscrap

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The Marilyn Williams Hicks ('40) Collection includes photographs, ephemera, and other items from her years as a Florida State College for Women student.

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The Marion Buford Collection contains three items related to her years as a student at Florida State College for Women.

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The Marion Laura Stine Collection consists of one photograph album, and one scrapbook.

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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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Martha Ellen Hackl Eilertsen (formerly Martha Ellen Hackl) was a Florida State College for Women student, class of 1943 (BA, Arts and Sciences). The items in the collection include programs and one photograph. (See box list.)

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The Mary Alice Hunt Collection includes materials related to her years as a student and alumnae at Florida State College for Women / Florida State University, and later items related to her professional career as a librarian and library science professor. The collection includes a student notebooks, photographs, and ephemeral items.

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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 Mary Cobb Nelson Scrapbook consists of photographs and ephemeral items related to her years as a Florida State College for Women student from 1923 to 1928.

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Florida State College for Women in the 1920s" is a term paper written by Mary Ellen Smith in 1967 for her History 427 course. The paper is 15 pages long and includes footnotes and maps of the school from the 1920s. It contains information about the formation of FSCW, its location, and general information about student life.

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Photographs and ephemera of Florida State University student (class of 1965), Mary Gallant, formerly Mary Petway, and her mother, Florida State College for Women student (class of 1940), Elizabeth Evans.