Ion L. Farris Campaign Scrapbook
Scope and Content
This scrapbook contains news clippings from Farris' campaign as a gubernatorial candidate in 1916.
Dates
- Creation: 1916
Creator
- Farris, Ion L., 1878-1934. (Person)
Access
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical Note
Ion L. Farris was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1878. His family moved to Marion County while he was still a boy. He decided to become a lawyer, studying in the offices of Herbert Anderson and W.K. Zewadski. After passing the bar he became a noted figure in public life. He was elected to the Florida Senate as a Democrat, becoming a very prominent party member. In 1916 he ran for governor but lost in the primary.
Extent
0.03 Linear feet (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Scrapbook of clippings about the 1916 gubernatorial campaign of Ion L. Farris.
Physical Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
Topical
- Title
- A Guide to the Ion L. Farris Campaign Scrapbook
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Stephen Jackson
- Date
- December 2007
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu