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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 238 Collections and/or Records:

Carlstrom Airfield World War I Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0567
Abstract

Photographs of Carlstrom Airfield in Arcadia Florida taken by either Lieutenant W.L.G. Smith, officer in charge of the photography section at Carlstrom, or Sergeant Thomas O’Connor, who trained under Smith in aerial photography.

Dates: 1917

Duvall Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0568
Abstract

Letters from Alma and Ralph Duvall in St. Augustine, Florida to their daughter Glorian at the Lasell Seminary School in Newton, Massachusetts during the 1927 winter season. The correspondence provides a detailed account of the Duvall's Florida adventures along with ample advice and direction to their boarding school daughter.

Dates: 1927 January 15-April 8

The Archives of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0576
Abstract

The Archives of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society contain the official records of the Society, other Society documentation, and material in divers formats relating directly, or indirectly to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. The Official Records primarily document the business of the Board of Trustees.

Dates: 1939 - 2007

Standard Manufacturing Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0582
Abstract

Articles of incorporation, history, cashbooks/ledgers, video, and other documents related to the Standard Manufacturing Company. A fiber and brush factory that operated in Cedar Key from 1910 to 1952.

Dates: 1909 - 2016; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1952

Sherry Sherrod DuPree Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0583
Abstract

This collection includes research and writing by Sherry Sherrod DuPree about Pentecostalism, the Rosewood Massacre, and African-American history related to the greater Gainesville area.

Dates: 1920 - 2025

William E. B. Hayman Sketches

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0585
Abstract

This collection of personal drawings documents four years that the artist William E.B. Hayman spent in St. Augustine and Deland, Florida. Unknown until this collection appeared, Hayman was one of the artists who worked on the rotunda of the Ponce de León Hotel, now Flagler College. He later bought land and built a house in St. Augustine.

Dates: 1884 - 1887

Photographs of Saint Augustine (Anonymous)

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0586
Abstract

Thirteen albumen photographs of Castillo de San Marcos and St. Augustine from the early 1870s.

Dates: 1870s

Florida Peace Movement Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0590
Abstract

This collection preserves audiovisual, photographic, and written documentation of the activism of Martina and John Linnehan to oppose deployment of nuclear armaments and support peace and environmental movements, centered mostly on Florida and Georgia.

Dates: 1979 - 2006

Florida Archaeological Council Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0591
Abstract

The working papers, minutes, presidents’ correspondence, and administrative records of the Florida Archaeological Council.

Dates: 1976 - 2007

Anita Spring Collection on Visions 2000

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0602
Abstract

Reports, background papers, summaries, newspaper clippings, and meeting notes produced by the Committee for Visions for the Future of Gainesville and Alachua County as part of the Florida Legislature's 1985 Act (House Bill 1408).

Dates: 1983 - 1987