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 233 Collections and/or Records:

Florida Currency Portfolio

Collection

Identifier: MS 255

Abstract

Various items of Florida, Georgia, and Virginia currency from territorial years through the Great Depression.

Dates: 1832-1929

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Charles Hull Ewing Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms 027

Abstract

Charles Hull Ewing of Chicago was a property owner and real estate developer in the Bradenton-Sarasota region of Florida during the early to mid 1900s. This collection includes business papers relating to his real estate holdings and transactions.

Dates: 1919-1954; Majority of material found within 1927-1940

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Charles Oscar Andrews Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms 003

Abstract

Senatorial Papers from his terms as a member of the Florida Congressional Delegation, 1936-1946.

Dates: 1936-1946

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Austin Cary Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms 012

Abstract

Papers relating to forestry, naval stores, and the turpentine industry in Florida.

Dates: 1905-1936

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Floyd T. Christian Speeches

Collection

Identifier: Ms 015

Abstract

Speeches on education and related issues made between 1965 and 1972, during Floyd T. Christian's tenure as Florida Superintendent of Public Instruction/Commissioner of Education.

Dates: 1965-1972

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Morita Mason Clark Note Cards

Collection

Identifier: Ms 017

Abstract

Note cards used by Morita Mason Clark for her thesis, "The Development of the Citrus Industry in Florida before 1895."

Dates: 1947

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Heloise H. Cruzat Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms 019

Abstract

Personal letters and business correspondence pertaining to the Panton, Leslie, and Company, and their successors John Forbes and Company, by entrepreneur John Innerarity.

Dates: 1788-1848

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

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

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

William Davenport Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms 022

Abstract

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

Dates: 1835-1842

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

John Henry Davis Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms 023

Abstract

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

Dates: 1940-1974

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida