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07. P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History

 Classification
Identifier: 07
Florida History major manuscript collections include the papers of many prominent political and social leaders, as well as the papers of civic, trade and social organizations. Many of the manuscript groups contain business records as well as photographic materials that document the state's agricultural, environmental, military, and social history (the citrus, cattle, and naval stores industries; Seminole Wars; ethnic relations; immigration; etc.). Please note that a separate list exists for the Florida History Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.

Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:

Index Cards Listing Articles about Florida in the New York Evening Post

 Collection
Identifier: MS 73b
Abstract

A card index listing articles about Florida which appeared in the New York Evening Post between 1816 and 1821.

Dates: 1816-1821

Indian Affairs - Florida Seminoles Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 147
Abstract

Photocopies of correspondence, reports, and other papers related to the Seminole Tribe of Florida found in the National Archives, primarily in the files of the Office of Indian Affairs between 1820 and 1897.

Dates: 1820-1974; Majority of material found within 1881-1947

Ion L. Farris Campaign Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: PKY 88.025
Abstract

Scrapbook of clippings about the 1916 gubernatorial campaign of Ion L. Farris.

Dates: 1916

J. Broward Culpepper Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 020
Abstract

Miscellaneous papers relating to higher education in Florida, and the state universities in particular.

Dates: 1941-1968

J. Herbert Burke Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 207
Abstract

Correspondence, biographical information, speeches, campaign materials, legislative papers, and photographs of Representative J. Herbert Burke of Florida.

Dates: 1966-1996

J. J. Finley Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0594
Abstract

Letters from J. J. Finley to family members.

Dates: 1857 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1857 - 1924

James A. Lasseter and Mary Rita Lane Lasseter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0634
Abstract

The James A. Lasseter and Mary Rita Lane Lasseter Papers contain material related to James and Rita Lasseter’s military service in India during World War II. The most significant items are the diaries that James and Rita kept while on board the S.S. Brazil .

Dates: 1933 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1942 - 1944

James B. Hodges Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 053
Abstract

Papers documenting Florida political history, particularly 1916-1938, and relating to James B. Hodges' career as a member of the Florida House of Representatives (1909); mayor (1909-1910) and city council member (1913-1920) of Lake City; and member of Florida State Executive Committee of the Democratic Party and of the Board of Control and State Plant Board. Also includes a large concentration of Governor Sidney Catts correspondence.

Dates: 1902-1938

James Branch Hodges, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 054
Abstract

Legal and political correspondence of attorney, state legislator, and member of the state Democratic Party executive committee.

Dates: 1941-1966

James David Glunt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 043
Abstract Documents collected by James David Glunt for his dissertation, primarily relating to Florida history in the second Spanish period (1784-1821) and territorial period (1821-1845), particularly plantation slavery. A donation of additional material in 2016 included material on the Bradford family of Tallahassee and papers of George Noble Jones, which appear in Plantation Records from the Papers of George Noble Jones, coedited with U. B. Phillips. The rest of the...
Dates: 1797-1930; Majority of material found within 1820-1880