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 235 Collections and/or Records:
Austin Cary Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms 012
Abstract
Papers relating to forestry, naval stores, and the turpentine industry in Florida.
Dates:
1905-1936
Louis Bishop Capron Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms 011
Abstract
The Louis Bishop Capron Papers comprise personal correspondence, fiction and nonfiction manuscripts, and photographs of this children's author and amateur ethnographer of the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee Indians. Most of the materials pertain to Capron's interest in and friendship with the Seminoles.
Dates:
1913-1971
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
Spessard L. Holland Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms 055
Abstract
Personal and official political papers, dated 1913-1972, of former U.S. Senator and Florida Governor, Spessard Lindsey Holland.
Dates:
1913-1972
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