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Allen Morris Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1966-187
Scope and Contents The Allen Morris Papers consist of personal and professional records and research materials accumulated by Mr. Morris over a period of about forty-one years. The papers consist of correspondence; biographical sketches of Florida officials and other famous Floridians; photographs, programs, and other materials related to the Allen Morris Legislative Awards; historical data concerning place names, historical houses, rivers and river boats. Also included is a complete file of "Cracker Politics," the column that Allen Morris was responsible for writing for so many years, as well as notes and materials compiled and used in the creation of the Florida Handbook. A large...
Dates: 1861-1970

Beverly Jean Fogarty Smith Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: HP 2008-001
Scope and Contents

Personal items of Florida State College for Women/Florida State University student Beverly Jean Fogarty Smith (formerly Beverly Jean Fogarty) (BA, Education, 1950). Items include freshman papers, programs, personal photographs, and assorted ephemera and memorabilia. She is the sister of Marjorie Fogarty Lee (Accession No. HP-2007-014). (See box list.)



Online Copies Available

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

Dates: Created: 1946-1952; Other: Majority of material found in 1946-1950; Other: Date acquired: 01/15/2008

Blue Ridge Institute for Southern Community Service Executives Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1976-019
Abstract

This collection includes the proceedings of the annual Blue Ridge Institute, presentations that were not part of the proceedings but were presented at the Institute, programs, invitations, invitation lists, correspondence, background material, photographs and various related materials, including audio tapes and video tapes.

Dates: Created: 1927-2006

College of Business Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: HUA 2014-089
Dates: Other: Date acquired: 02/18/2010

Don Veller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2006-020
Abstract

Autographs, clippings, manuscripts, photographs, poems, portraits, programs, reports, resumes, and memorabilia documenting the personal and professional life of  Dr. Don Veller, longtime Golf and Football Coach for Florida State University.

Dates: Created: 1948-2003; Other: Majority of material found in 1993-2003

Elizabeth Byrd Taylor Scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: HP 2007-098
Scope and Contents

The Elizabeth Byrd Taylor Scrapbook consists of photographs and ephemeral items related to her years as a Florida State College for Women student from 1922 to 1926.



Online Copies Available

  • The entire scrapbook is digitized and viewable here: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_HUA2007098
  • Select individual objects from the scrapbook were digitized separately and viewable here: https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:fscwebtaylorscrap
  • Dates: Created: circa 1922-1926

    Evelyn Whitfield Henry Scrapbooks

     Collection — Container: Scrapbooks 1 and 2
    Identifier: MSS 1986-012
    Scope and Contents

    This collection consists of two scrapbooks covering Tallahassee and Florida history for over a century, 1861-1961. The first scrapbook, "Chronology of Tallahassee and Florida History," consists of newspaper clippings and original documents including an aerial photograph of the Florida Capitol, the by-laws of the United Confederate Veterans, photographs of St. Johns Episcopal Church, and a pen and ink drawing of Wakulla Springs. The second scrapbook contains newspaper clippings and original documents such as inaugural programs. This second scrapbook deals with Florida governors, U.S. Presidents, and local Tallahassee history.

    Dates: Created: 1861-1961

    Gloria Jahoda Papers

     Collection
    Identifier: MSS 0-332
    Scope and Contents

    Includes background research, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, newspaper articles, and other publications documenting the personal life and professional career of author and Florida historian Gloria Jahoda. Significant topics include genealogy, ecology, northwest Florida, publishing rights, classical music, WFSU-FM radio programs, the Muscogee Creek Nation, and Jahoda’s book The Road to Samarkand, a biography of English composer Frederick Delius.

    Includes materials previously described as MSS 79-2, MSS 80-3, MSS 83-2, MSS 83-2, MSS 84-01, and MSS 2004-007.

    Dates: Created: 1864-1980; Created: Majority of material found in 1958-1980; Other: Date acquired: 03/01/1968

    Guyte P. McCord, Sr. Collection

     Collection — Box: 363
    Identifier: MSS 1970-181
    Scope and Contents

    Items found in this collection include the personal papers of Guyte McCord, consisting of correspondence, records of the Tallahassee Historical Society, newspaper clippings, articles, and papers relating to Judge James B. Whitfield. Also included in the collection are the official programs of the inaugurations of five Florida governors, miscellaneous publications, and typescripts of manuscripts published in issues of "Tallahassee Historical Society Annual."

    Also known as MSS 0-181.

    Dates: Created: 1885-1961

    James Velma Keen Papers

     Collection — Multiple Containers
    Identifier: MSS 1970-150
    Abstract

    Correspondence, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, photographs, and speeches documenting the career of attorney, Florida legislator, educator, and businessman James Velma Keen, from 1926 when he began practicing law in Sarasota, Florida, until his death in Tallahassee, Florida, in March 1963.

    Dates: Created: 1922-1967; Other: Majority of material found in 1955-1967

    John MacKay Shaw Collection

     Collection — Multiple Containers
    Identifier: MSS 2008-006
    Abstract

    The John MacKay Shaw Collection consists of the Childhood in Poetry Collection and other materials he collected that relate to the six themes that are evident throughout the Collection: bibliography, biography, children, collecting, publishing, and writing. These other materials include articles, audiovisual materials, biographical materials, catalogs, correspondence, literary materials, notes, photographs, programs, and publications documenting his personal, business, and collecting activities.

    Dates: Created: 1737-2007

    Mary Lou Norwood Collection

     Collection
    Identifier: HP 2007-076
    Scope and Contents

    The collection contains memorabilia and ephemera, including a scrapbook and photo album, related to FSCW.



    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.

    Dates: Created: 1941-2007

    Mode L. Stone Collection

     Collection
    Identifier: HP 2011-018
    Scope and Contents

    Items belonging to FSU professor (1946-1973) and Dean of Education (1956-1967).  Items include correspondence, programs, booklets, photographs, slides and personal papers.

    Dates: Created: 1940-1978; Other: Date acquired: 05/24/2011

    Ruby Diamond Family Papers

     Collection — Box: Folder3
    Identifier: MSS 2007-037
    Abstract

    Correspondence, genealogical materials, newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorabilia pertaining to Ruby Diamond and the related Hirschberg and Williams families.

    Dates: Created: 1860-1994

    Stetson Kennedy collection

     Collection — Box: 1818
    Identifier: MSS 2008-031
    Abstract

    Articles, correspondence, memorabilia, newsclippings, and other materials related to Stetson Kennedy's professional career.

    Dates: Created: 1940-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 1992-2002; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2001

    Watkins Family Papers

     Collection
    Identifier: MSS 1956-058
    Abstract

    The Watkins Family Papers contain personal letters, business records, bible correspondence course materials, legal documents, memorabilia, and newsclippings.

    Dates: Created: 1877-1931