Miscellaneous ephemera pertaining to Will McLean's FLORIDA SAND (Part 1): "…a new enlarged edition of the Florida poems, songs, folktales and stories written by Will McLean. The whipping boss in the prison camps, Indians, pioneers, explorers, swamps, the Florida Keys, wild animals, and the springs are some of the things that Will McLean writes about. There is even a 'Ballad of Will McLean.' Some of Mr. McLean's ballads and songs have been set to music, and he has recorded an album under the title FLORIDA SAND. Both the book and the album are being distributed by Sunny Mountain Records, Box 14592, Gainesville, Florida 32604..." The folder includes: Edited and unedited chapters, promotional ephemera, correspondence pertaining to the book and album, etc.

Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as correspondence between McLean and his family, musical collaborators and colleagues and his longtime companion and champion Margaret Mary Longhill. This fascinating research collection reveals a complicated, creative and eccentric activist who lived to sing the praises of his home and to bring attention to the history of Florida and the environmental damage that threatened the ecology of this beautiful and fragile landscape. The researcher will find a vast archive of primary source ephemera that chronicles the 20th Century Florida folk music world and the talented musical pioneers who paved the way for future artists who now entertain and inform at the many folk festivals across the state.