07. P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History

Dr. Hirshberg was a professor of English at the University of South Florida. He began editing and contributing to the JDM Bibliophile, a fan publication of John D. MacDonald’s literary works in 1966. The collection includes biographical notes about JDM, drafts and correspondence relating to his work on the JDM Bibliophile, and extensive documentation of the JDM conference. The collection spans 1953 to 1999.

Records from the Alachua County School Desegregation Case: Wright v. Board of Public Instruction of Alachua County.

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

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.

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

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).

Two small pocket diaries and personal and official correspondence of Davenport, who saw service in Florida during the Second Seminole War.

Papers relating to the feasibility of constructing a canal across the Florida peninsula, by consultant to the Canal Authority of the State of Florida.

Correspondence on Florida politics and the Cross Florida Canal, and Ocala newspaper editorials.

Speeches from Reubin Askew's term as governor of Florida, 1971-1979.