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Collection includes letters with holograph poems, one of which was by Ernest Dowson. Newspaper clippings, newsletters and two pictures - one of Governor John W. Martin and one of Major John W. Tench.

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Brown leather binder with zipper, Florida State College for Women (FSCW) logo on cover. ID tag inside identifies Ms. Catherine Welch of Renolds Hall, 2nd floor, rm. 145 as the owner. Also in collection is a small white vinyl wallet with Ms. Welch's home address and the logo of FSCW embossed on front.

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This collection pertains to Edward J. Cavanary who served in the U.S. Army as an Adjutant in the 7^th Field Hospital during WWII. This collection contains a photographic copy of a scrapbook, as well as photographs, postcards, playbills, letters, ticket stubs, flyers, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, drawings, maps and a book of  true experiences of members of the 7^th Field Hospital written by John Kidda and Fred Marston.

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This collection is related to Raphael "Ray" Edward Cavanaugh, a World War II U.S. Marine. The colelction includes one Japanese World War II flag signed by men from his unit, which was the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd U.S. Marine Division. In addition the collection contains a U.S. Marine Corps ID Card; 1 uniform lanyard (Croix de Guerre); 1 metal ribbon bar; 1 sharpshooter medal; a 4th Marine Division patch; a 2nd Marine Division patch; 5 pieces of Japanese currency; 2 ration coupon booklets; and one picture of Raphael "Ray" Edward Cavanaugh himself in uniform.

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VHS, Betamax, and Umatic Tapes, scrapbooks and photo albums, women's volleyball programs, women's volleyball media guides, miscellaneous files

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This collection contains material relating to Florida State University volleyball. The material includes articles, photographs, practice notes, 8mm tapes, player handbooks, and more.

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booklet in memory of Reubin Askew

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This collection contains two t-shirts from Center for Participant Education events in the 1990s.

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This collection relates to Technician 5th Grade Charles Wilfong Chalker who served with the 76th Infantry Division in the European Theater during World War II. The collection contains three German World War II period flags brought back after the war from Europe by Chalker.

Scope and Contents Business records and correspondence of Colonel Chandler Holmes Smith, including: personal letters from his wife, children and other relatives; applications addressed to Colonel Smith as Trustee of the Florida State Agricultural College by Lancelot W. Andrews, Ph. D., Cambridge, Mass., for "professorship in chemistry," and by H. N. Felkel, Tallahassee, Florida, "for the chair of English Literature and Elocution"; letters from W. N. Gordon and Co., Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants, Savannah, Ga., Warren and Axson, Commission Merchants, Savannah, Fred H. Hill, Wholesale Grocer, Savannah, Banking House of A. P. Wright and Co., Thomasville, Ga., M. J. Boughton, S. A. Pattison, Daniel...

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Ralph Chapman (MSM with the Royal Army Service Corps) served with the British 8th Army in the Middle East and Italy from 1941-1944. The collection contains v-mail letters sent to Chapman's wife and son at home in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Folder containing typewritten resume/CV 1954 for Charles A. Revetta

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This manuscript relates to Sergeant Charles Alden Haug who served with Company B, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division during World War II in the European Theater of Operations. He was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge and Bronze Star Medal. This collection contains an unpublished manuscript memoir.

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This collection consists of an oral history interview transcript of a U.S. Army Air Corps cook and baker, who served in England during World War II in the 2003rd Ordnance Unit at Melchbourne Park. This collection also contains a unit history.

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This collection contains an oral history transcript of Staff Sergeant Charles Diedling, a flight engineer on a B-24 with the 460th Bomb Group at Spinazola, Italy. Charles Diedling discusses his training as a flight engineer and waist gunner for the B-24 at Keesler AFB, Mississippi and Loredo AFB, Texas.  In June of 1944, he was assigned to the 460th Bomb Group of the 15th Air Force in Spinazola, Italy. Diedling was shot down over Germany becoming a prisoner of war.

Scope and Contents The Charles H. Turner Collection consists principally of scores and personal effects donated by David Brinson and Turner's mother, Norma Turner. The scores are primarily copies of handwritten arrangements of jazz standards made for Sinatra's band, but there are also some published scores, including a few brass arrangements of Baroque pieces like the six-part Ricercar from Bach's Musical Offering. Other materials in the collection include photographs, newspaper clippings, and programs; sound recordings; assorted FSU memorabilia; four recorded interviews with Norma Turner; recorded interviews with Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and Florence Ashby, who knew him during his time at FSU; and a...

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The collection consists of a photograph of the first doctorate awarded by Florida State University, as well as an issue of the Florida Flambeau.

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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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This letter is a power of attorney in manuscript signed by Charles Haire of Tallahassee, Florida, to Leslie A. Thompson, also of Tallahassee, dated 1836, and empowering Thompson to act for in "in all premises."

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Charles Campbell was bombardier on a B-17 who was shot down over Linz, Austria and captured by the Germans. While in captivity, he was sent to Mauthausen concentration camp and managed to keep a journal of his experiences there. He served with the 483rd Bombardment Group. Just prior to the war's end, Campbell was transferred to an unidentified Stalag and credits this with saving his life. The collection includes reproductions of 483rd Bomb Group artwork, a statement and picture of the Mauthausen concentration camp from after the war, a World War II memoir with pictures and documents and a copy of his obituary.

Content Description The Charles R. Mathews Papers on Medicare Implementation contains a binder from the "Presidential Meeting on Medicare Implementation" in Washington, DC on June 15, 1966, along with other meeting related primary source materials (name badges, press releases, program booklets, list of participants, published articles). Documents date from 1964 to 2008, with the bulk of items created in 1966 and relating to the establishment and implementation of Medicare. Online Copies Available Selected materials from the Charles R. Mathews Papers on Medicare Implementation have been digitized and are available through the ...

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Memorabilia, 35mm fils, office records, helmet, video tapes Box 1: Files Box 2: Files, FSU folder, video tapes 1986-1987, Newspaper 1997 Box 3: Comic books (2), plack/awards (10), art history book. FSU folder, Florida State bumper stickers (2), Siminole Booster photos 3 set, Folder: AEI speaker Box 5: Helmet, hand written note Box 10: Files, newspapers, Sugar Bowl Magazine 1997, TV guides (2) 1997 Box 11: Newspapers

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The Charlotte Edwards Maguire Collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, photographs, audiovisual materials related to her involvement with the Florida State University College of Medicine. The collection also includes materials from her non-FSU professional career, as well as personal documents and family photographs.

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FSU Chief Full-a-Bull costume, circa 1969 (of questionable validity).  While it has some native American features, it does not resemble the costume in the 1969 Tally Ho yearbook.

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The Chieftain - News of the F.S.U. Bands, Vol. 2, Nos. 1-6

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This collection is related to J. Charles "Charlie" Christensen (Staff Sergeant) who served in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater with Company B, 1st Battalion, 337th Infantry, 85th Infantry Division. The collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, documents, and letters.

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The personal photographs of Florida State College for Women student Christine Stenstrom, class of 1933 (BS, Education).

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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 Cinema Corporation of America Collection documents the history of this film distribution company, and American producer and director Cecil B. DeMille's role in its founding.

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This collection contains cinema promotional materials in various formats, including press books, 33 1/3 and 45 records, cassette tapes of radio commercials and video tapes.

Each press book contains advertising material for the promotion of a particular film such as stories about the stars or production of the movie, actual layouts of various sizes, campaign plans, and related information. In size, the press books vary from a single page or sheet to a booklet of a dozen or more pages. Some contain various enclosures such as pictures and additional ad sheets.

The records consist of 33 1/3's and 45's which may contain several radio commercials of various lengths.

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This collection consists of materials about Judge Hugh M. Taylor, a Circuit Court Judge of Gadsden County, Florida, for the 2nd Judicial Circuit. The majority of the materials relate to court and judicial matters, and materials include the following subjects: Florida Bar, Circuit Judges, courts, Ivey C. Cox, Florida Constitution Advisory Commission letters, Florida Commission on Constitutional Government, Judicial Council of Florida, David F. Dickson, Albert L. Sturm, judicial compensation materials, and constitutional revision materials.