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Florida State University--Alumni and alumnae

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Charles H. Turner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FSUML-2020-011
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...
Dates: 1953-1982

Melvin Magidson transcript

 File — Single Folder Collections - 2001 Box 11 (01.0278-01.0305), Folder: 01.0285 - Folder 1
Identifier: 01.0285
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: September 14, 1999; Event: Majority of material found within February 1943 - October 1945; Other: Date accessioned: 2001-07-26

Robert Manning Strozier Speeches and Addresses

 Collection
Identifier: HPUA 2001-012
Abstract

This collection consists of speeches and addresses written by Dr. Strozier while employed as the Dean of Students at the University of Chicago and as the President of Florida State University. Also this collection contains memorabilia from Dr. Strozier's Inauguration ceremony at Florida State University.

Dates: Created: 1947-1960

Todd Silverman collection

 Collection — Box Single Folder Collections - 2006 Box 2 (06.0075-06.0150), Folder: 06.0133 - Folder 1
Identifier: 06.0133
Scope and Contents

This collection relates to Todd Silverman who served in the U.S. Navy as a radio and radar operator on PBY and PBM flying boats in the Pacific Theater Operation during World War II. The collection contains an oral history transcript and photographs.

Dates: October 28, 2005; Event: Majority of material found within 1943-1945; Other: Date accessioned: 2006-10-08