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AAC. African Americans, Civil Rights, Enslavement

 Classification
Identifier: AAC

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

John A. H. Murphree Files Regarding the Virgil D. Hawkins Case

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0390
Abstract

Case files belonging to Florida Circuit Judge John A. H. Murphree concerning the 1956 Supreme Court Case Virgil Hawkins v. Board of Control regarding the admission of Virgil Hawkins, a Black man, as a law student at the all white law school at the University of Florida. Murphree was appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to act as commissioner on the case and gather information for the Florida Supreme Court ruling.

Dates: 1956, 1978

John T. Foster, Jr. and Sarah Whitmer Foster Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0546
Abstract

A collection of research materials and original source materials collected and preserved by John T. Foster Jr. and Sarah Whitmer Foster, especially pertaining to their work on Reconstruction-era Florida and northeast Florida in the 19th century.

Dates: 1866 - 1998

Judge John Milton Bryan Simpson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 090
Abstract

Correspondence, newspaper clippings and case briefings of Judge Bryan Simpson.

Dates: 1933-1983

Observations Importantes by Sugar Traders in Nantes, France

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0450
Abstract

"Observations Importantes" by anonymous sugar traders in Nantes, France, and an "Avis" written by the deputies of commerce of Brittany.

Dates: 1788

Raymond A. Mohl Research Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 236
Abstract

Raymond A. Mohl was a distinguished historian of modern America, who studied ethnic, social, and urban history. His areas of interest included urban planning/interstate highway construction, civil rights in Florida, and immigration in the New South. The collection is comprised of Mohl's writings, correspondence, and research materials primarily related to civil rights in Florida.

Dates: 1951-2014; Majority of material found within 1985-2011

Records of the Gainesville Chapter of The Links, Incorporated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0507
Abstract

Establishing records, minutes, handbooks, reports, publications, and other organizational records belonging to the Gainesville Chapter of The Links, Incorporated.

Dates: 1983 - 2019

Records of the Gainesville Women for Equal Rights (GWER)

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 167
Abstract

Records of the Gainesville Women for Equal Rights including correspondence, meeting minutes, and newsletters.

Dates: 1963-2001

Robert "Bob" Canney Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 191
Abstract

Papers of social activist Robert Benjamin Canney, primarily related to his trial and imprisonment following a 1970 anti-war demonstration in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Dates: 1964-1988; Majority of material found within 1967-1976

Slavery and Plantations in Saint Domingue Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 159
Abstract

Collection of 22 handwritten letters pertaining to potential sales of various plantations and holdings, including slaves, in St. Domingue (present-day Haiti).

Dates: 1779-1791

Steven F. Lawson Research Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0394
Abstract

Copies of research material gathered by Steven Lawson for articles on the Groveland case and the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee (Johns Committee).

Dates: 1949-1985; Majority of material found within 1949-1963