Frank R. Crumbie Papers
Scope and Content
The papers consist primarily of scrapbooks, photographs, bibliographical notes, and correspondence. Seven of 10 scrapbooks are sequentially arranged from approximately 1922 to 1946, including news clippings and other material relating to all aspects of Haiti. Other scrapbooks contain material pertaining to specific topics such as superstitions and Faustin E. Wirkus, a U.S. Marine who became known as the "White King of La Gonave" (a Haitian island). The photographs, including some picture postcards, depict numerous Haitian scenes as well as from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Many of the photographs were taken by Hiss on the 1936-37 trip. Four notebooks contain bibliographical notes relating to Haiti and the West Indies in general. The papers also include correspondence and some manuscript notes by Hiss. In addition to the correspondence in Box 1, letters are dispersed throughout the scrapbooks. There is no distinct listing of this correspondence.
Dates
- Creation: 1922-1955
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1922-1946
Creator
- Crumbie, Frank R., -1960. (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are written in English and French.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical Note
Frank R. Crumbie served in several government positions in Haiti during the period of United States occupation, 1915-1934. He was customs inspector at Port-au-Prince and Cape Haitian from 1926 to 1927. In 1929 he assumed the duties of Customs Revenue Collector for Jeremie and Cape Haitian. During his time in Haiti Crumbie traveled extensively around the country, taking an extended trip in 1936-37 with photographer-writer Philip Hanson Hiss. Faustin E. Wirkus, also represented in the collection, was a U.S. marine who became known as the "White King of La Gonave" (he authored a book of that name: Doubleday, 1932).
Extent
4 Linear feet (7 boxes)
Abstract
Scrapbooks, photographs, bibliographical notes, news clippings and correspondence of Frank R. Crumbie, who served in several government positions in Haiti during the period of United States occupation, 1915-1934.
Physical Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
Acquisition Information
Crumbie's papers, along with some of his library of Haitiana, were acquired by purchase from his widow after his death in 1960.
Alternative Format Available
Digital reproductions of selected items in the Frank R. Crumbie are available online via the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC). Please read the Permissions for Use statement for information on copyright, fair use, and use of UFDC digital objects.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- A Guide to the Frank R. Crumbie Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Dept. Staff
- Date
- December 2008
- 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