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Slavery and Plantations in Saint Domingue Collection

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Identifier: MS Group 159

Abstract

Collection of 22 handwritten letters pertaining to potential sales of various plantations and holdings, including slaves, in St. Domingue (present-day Haiti).

Dates: 1779-1791

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

Spessard L. Holland Papers

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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

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

Stan Soocher Collection on John D. MacDonald

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Identifier: MSS 0626

Abstract

This archive consists of materials that Stan Soocher collected while involved in helping organize John D. MacDonald Conferences and working on the JDM Bibliophile Magazine that was dedicated to the legacy of the prolific writer John D. MacDonald.

Dates: 1981 - 1998

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

State Defense Council of Florida Collection

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Identifier: Ms 030

Abstract

Informational bulletins, memoranda, and correspondence created or collected by the State Defense Council of Florida during World War II.

Dates: 1941-1945

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

Stephens-Bryant Family Papers

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Identifier: Ms 095

Abstract Correspondence, diaries, and other papers and relics of Winston J.T. Stephens (1820-1864)- plantation owner, militia officer, and Confederate army officer; his wife, Octavia Bryant Stephens (1841-1908); and other family members including Henry H. Bryant (1847-1930), Davis H. Bryant (1839-1913), and William A. Bryant (1837-1881). Topics include the Civil War in Florida, military service, the Battle of Olustee, plantation life, slavery, and conditions along the St. Johns River during the...

Dates: 1664-1989; Majority of material found within 1836-1931

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

Stetson Kennedy Papers

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Identifier: MSS 0403

Abstract

Articles, manuscripts, correspondence, talks, subject files from the working papers of writer and activist Stetson Kennedy.

Dates: 1916 - 2016; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2011

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

Stirt Family Collection

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Identifier: MSS 0352

Abstract Irving Stirt (1921-2010) grew up in Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania and immigrated to the United States in 1940. He lived in New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Marinette (WI), during which time he completed high school, enlisted in the U.S. army, and married. Stirt's family, who remained in Kaunas, are presumed to have been killed by the Nazis in 1941. This small archive includes a diary, letters, documents, and photographs that evidence Stirt's departure from Lithuania at the age of 19, the death...

Dates: 1923-2010; Majority of material found within 1938-1941

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

Syd Herlong Congressional Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms 052

Abstract

U.S. Representative Syd Herlong's legislation and correspondence files from the 85th Congress (1957) to the 90th Congress (1968). Also include a small number of committee, voting record, campaign and speech files.

Dates: 1943-1968; Majority of material found within 1957-1968

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