United States.

Achille Murat Letters

Collection

Identifier: MS 276

Abstract

Correspondence between Achille Murat and Comte Thibaudeau on various topics, including Murat's life in Florida, his views on American government, and observations of American life.

Dates: 1822-1841

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

American Photo Company Photographs of the Port of Havana Construction

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0347

Abstract

This collection includes 25 duotone photographs of the construction of the Port of Havana in Cuba.

Dates: 1910-1912

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

Arthur W. Thompson Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 100

Abstract

Notes created by historian Arthur W. Thompson in researching U.S. Senator David Yulee and Jacksonian Democracy in Florida.

Dates: 1950-1961

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

Blanche Leigh Scrapbooks

Collection

Identifier: PKY 88.016

Abstract

Two scrapbooks created by Blanche Leigh regarding Confederate monuments and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Dates: 1926-1927

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

Abstract Records related to trade, manufacture, and cultivation of Cuban sugar. The records begin in the second half of the nineteenth century and end shortly after the nationalization of the Cuban sugar industry by the government of Fidel Castro. As a business archives, the Collection provides information on the manufacture and trade of Cuban sugar and the means by which Cuba's annual sugar harvest was financed and brokered. The collection provides descriptions of the social, political, and economic...

Dates: 1860-1984; Majority of material found within 1895-1970

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

Business Letters Describing the Financial Market in Cuba

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 176

Abstract

Includes correspondence, dated 1867-1871, from agents in Cuba reporting on business and market conditions to merchants in Portland, Maine.

Dates: 1867-1871

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

D. Robert "Bob" Graham Political Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 148

Abstract Records from the political career of D. Robert "Bob" Graham documenting his tenure as a Florida legislator, 1966-1978, and a United States Senator, 1987-2005. The collection also contains Graham's private papers and records from several commissions that Graham served on and also chronicles Graham's Workday experiences. Among the many record types, the collection contains correspondence, memoranda, press releases, speeches, articles, schedules and calendars, trip files, campaign materials,...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1966-2004; 1950-2010

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

Denishawn Dance Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 035

Abstract

Collection of letters, photographs, programs, posters, monographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, etc. pertaining to the professional and private lives of modern dance pioneers Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn and associates.

Dates: Circa 1900-2013; Majority of material found within 1900-1972

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