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Politics and government.

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:

Gleason Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 042
Abstract

Papers of the Gleason Family, who played a significant role in the development of Florida's agricultural, commercial, and residential lands in the post-Civil War period. The collection consists primarily of the papers of William H. H. Gleason, the records of Gleason Brothers, and the papers of William Henry Gleason, George G. Gleason, and W. Lansing Gleason.

Dates: 1861-1946; Majority of material found within 1885-1946

Gwendolen M. Carter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 193
Abstract

The Carter Collection is comprised of the research and personal files of Gwendolen Carter. The papers are predominantly related to her research of southern Africa, particularly South Africa, during the 1970s and 1980s.

Dates: 1932-1991; Majority of material found within 1970-1987

Haitiana Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 023
Abstract

Correspondence and other records documenting politics in Haiti in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

Dates: 1789-1954

Huber Christian Hurst Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms Coll. 001
Abstract

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, political, professional, and personal papers documenting Hurst's education, personal life, and work with the Florida Republican Party and as Postmaster of Jacksonville.

Dates: 1897-1960; Majority of material found within 1920-1956

Ion L. Farris Campaign Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: PKY 88.025
Abstract

Scrapbook of clippings about the 1916 gubernatorial campaign of Ion L. Farris.

Dates: 1916

J. J. Finley Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0594
Abstract

Letters from J. J. Finley to family members.

Dates: 1857 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1857 - 1924

James B. Hodges Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 053
Abstract

Papers documenting Florida political history, particularly 1916-1938, and relating to James B. Hodges' career as a member of the Florida House of Representatives (1909); mayor (1909-1910) and city council member (1913-1920) of Lake City; and member of Florida State Executive Committee of the Democratic Party and of the Board of Control and State Plant Board. Also includes a large concentration of Governor Sidney Catts correspondence.

Dates: 1902-1938

James Branch Hodges, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 054
Abstract

Legal and political correspondence of attorney, state legislator, and member of the state Democratic Party executive committee.

Dates: 1941-1966

James Hardin Peterson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 081
Abstract

Papers of James Hardin Peterson, a lawyer and congressman representing Florida's 1st district for 18 years in the House of Representatives.

Dates: 1929-1951

Jane Hiers Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0621
Abstract

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, committee notes, and other records related to Criminal Justice, Civil Rights, and local politics in Gainesville and Alachua County created by Gainesville local community activist Jane Hiers.

Dates: 1955 - 2004