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Allen Morris Papers
Bank of Florida Letter
The three page letter, signed by E.G. Booth, secretary to D.S. Kennedy, Esq. of New York, gives a list of drafts drawn on several individuals and then the details of a bill of lading covering 41 bales of cotton, all being sent for discount. The postscript refers to the financial difficulties then existing in Florida banking circles.
Captain Hugh Black Papers
Clement Acton Griscom Papers
These papers include a letter from Clement Acton Griscom to his son Lloyd, who served as a foreign diplomat to Japan in the early 1900s. Also included is a small Christmas gift card signed "From Bronson Winthrop," and a small envelope addressed to Col. Lloyd Griscom, care of Miss Griscom, Water Oak Plantation, Tallahassee, Florida. The fourth item in the collection is a letter from G. Leslie Isaac to "Col. Griscom" at Luna Plantation, Tallahassee, concerning a trip to a fair and a car purchase. Includes MSS 0-304.
Clifton Paisley Collection
Cromartie Land Records
Documentation of the land holdings of Alexander Cromartie (1807-1870) of Leon County, Florida. Includes an 1868 manuscript land indenture transferring two parcels of land to Cromartie's son, Alexander G. Cromartie; and an 1870 map by surveyor W. L. Robeson, detailing the division of Cromartie's 978 acres near Lake Iamonia after his death.
Doak S. Campbell Papers, 1935-1972
Donald Tucker Political Papers
This collection is comprised of political papers on a broad range of people and subjects accumulated during Donald L. Tucker's term as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives.
Dr. Edward Bradford Papers
Dr. F. A. Byrd Papers
El Destino and Chemonie Plantation Papers
Fallschase Development Reference Files
The Fallschase Development Reference Files includes newspaper articles which documented the Fallschase development process; agreements and other legal materials; minutes from public meetings held in 2005 and 2006; Fallschase development proposals, maps/surveys of the land of the proposed Fallschase community; memorandums to and from the Board of County Commissions; correspondence to and from Robert Rackleff and other Leon County commissioners.
Florence Gregory Walker Collection
Personal items of Florida State College for Women student Florence Gregory (B.A. Sociology, 1940) and Florida State University (M.S., Social Work, 1962). Items includes photographs, scrapbooks, and other ephemera related to her years as a student at FSCW/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.
Florida Promotional and Historical Materials
Advertisements for land, goods, and services in Florida. Specific locations include Duval, Flagler, Leon, Manatee, Marion, and Putnam Counties. Also known as MSS 0-113
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Majority of materials from this collection have been digitized and are available through the FSU Digital Library.
Frank Douglas Moor Collection
Fred Elliot Papers
Gamble Family Papers
Biographical information, extracts from the journal of Major Robert Gamble, plantation record book, and "Gambles Hill: a Rebirth of and Elegant Richmond" by Vera Palmer.
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Select materials from the Gamble Family Papers have been digitized and are available through the FSU Digital Library.
George T. Ward Secession Broadside
This collection consists of a broadside regarding the secession of Florida from the Union and a duplicate of that broadside. The broadside was issued by George T. Ward before the State Convention at Montgomery, Alabama in January 1861. It is addressed "To the People of Leon County," and begins "My name has been suggested as a candidate for the State Convention, from your county..."
Also known as MSS 0-256.
Gramling Civil War Diary
Herman Kurz Collection
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.
J. S. Lester Plantation Papers
The J.S. Lester Plantation Papers include an 1895 doctor's bill, a transmittal letter, and a 4-page list of receipts (1868) for money received by fourteen ex-slaves; the plantation was located in Leon County, Fla. Also known as MSS 0-167.
L. E. Bradley Account Books
This collection consists of 18 holograph account books covering the years from 1927 to 1961 with some years missing.
Letters and Documents Pertaining to Land and Land Grants in the Tallahassee Area
Typed copies of letters and documents originating in Tallahassee, Leon County and Newnansville, Alachua County, Florida, and Paris, France pertain to land grants of General Lafayette and "grant land for the seat of government in the territory of Florida.
Mary Ann Lindley Papers
Mary Bates Letters
Mary Simpson Yarbrough Class of 1928 Ring
Mary Simpson Yarbrough's 1928 class ring.
Pine Hill Plantation Papers
Red Hills of Florida Collection
Store account books
Sydney V. Coxetter Agriculture Collection
The collection contains correspondence, financial records, and legal papers related to the seed, agricultural produce, and livestock businesses of Sydney V. Coxetter, and legal papers pertaining to the real estate holdings of Coxetter and his wife Winnifred (Dennis) Coxetter, and those of George Elliot Dennis and his wife Ida H. Dennis in Lloyd and Tallahassee, Florida.
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