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17th-20th Century Correspondence and Documents
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1948-003
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Select materials from this collection have been digitized and are available through the FSU Digital Library.
Dates:
Created: 1664-1976
Found in:
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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
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
Erasmus H. Tomlinson Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2008-001
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials of the E.H. Tomlinson and Son Real Estate Company from 1893-1958. The series include client records, correspondence, day books, maps, blueprints, and scrapbooks. Contained in these series are family correspondence, financial records, legal documents, deeds, contracts, reports, photographs, newspaper clippings, postcards, and pamphlets.
The collection documents the activities of the E.H. Tomlinson and Son Real Estate Company during the last decade of the Nineteenth Century and the first half of the Twentieth Century. The collection contains considerable business and family correspondence that gives a first hand account of Florida real estate...
Dates:
Created: 1893-1958; Other: Majority of material found in 1906-1944
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
Red Hills of Florida Collection
Collection — Container: OS Box 1
Identifier: MSS 1994-002
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...
Dates:
Created: 1820-1994
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
Sydney V. Coxetter Agriculture Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 1986-30
Abstract
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.
Dates:
Created: 1872-1947; Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1930
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
Thomas D. Bailey Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0-11
Scope and Contents
This collection contains detailed information about Florida schools during the administration of Thomas D. Bailey as State Superintendent of Public Instructions.
The items in the collection are: 69 page typewritten essay on the Development of the Florida Department of Education 1900-1965; A typewritten "When I took office in 1949..." statement; Typewritten Statement by Thomas D. Bailey, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tallahassee, Florida - Re: Progress in Florida education; and Statement by Thomas D. Bailey, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tallahassee, Florida, August 23, 1965, annoucing Bailey's retirement, which was submitted to Florida's...
Dates:
Created: 1949-1967; Other: Date acquired: 07/00/1971
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
Thomas D. Bailey Papers (Photocopies)
Collection — Box: 137
Identifier: MSS 1-22
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopied materials related to Thomas D. Bailey's time as Florida Superintendent of Public Instruction. It contains correspondence from 1955-1971, personal and biographical data about Bailey, as well as a large number of speeches and statements made while in office.
These speeches cover a wide array of topics including graduation speeches for the Naval Air Station Civilian Apprentices in Pensacola; aid to children; Bible reading and prayer in public schools; the House Committee of Public and Higher Education; the necessity of community junior colleges as presented at the Southern States Work Conference in Daytona Beach; opposition to close sessions...
Dates:
Created: 1951-1972
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
Weymouth Tyree Jordan Papers
Collection — Box: 857
Identifier: MSS 79-7
Abstract
This collection contains a wide variety of materials realted to Weymouth Tyree Jordan, his life and his career. Includes biographical materials, correspondence, articles, photographs, writings, research materials, announcements, books, and related materials.
Dates:
Created: 1822-1970
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
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