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Florida -- Alachua County.

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Alachua County Abstract Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 001
Abstract

Business records of the company. Includes correspondence, tax bills, receipts, and notices concerning lands in Alachua County.

Dates: 1874-1930

Alachua County Branch - NAACP Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0628
Abstract

Records document the local Alachua NAACP chapter’s social justice advocacy efforts between 1946 and 2020 and consists of news clippings, meeting minutes, flyers, and other documents.

Dates: 1945 - 2020

Anita Spring Collection on Visions 2000

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0602
Abstract

Reports, background papers, summaries, newspaper clippings, and meeting notes produced by the Committee for Visions for the Future of Gainesville and Alachua County as part of the Florida Legislature's 1985 Act (House Bill 1408).

Dates: 1983 - 1987

Collection of Photographs attributed to "Carter of Canada"

 Collection
Identifier: MS 322
Abstract

This collection houses over 50 photographs of Gainesville families in front of their homes in the 1890s. Most of the works are noted to be by "Carter of Canada." Though no further designation of the photographer is given, it is likely to be William Webster Carter of Ontario, Canada.

Dates: 1890-1898

Cotman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0631
Abstract

Photographs, articles, awards, memorabilia and other documents related to the Cotman Family. Illinoy Cotman was the oldest African American resident in Archer, Florida who could recite details from the Rosewood massacre of 1922. Her son, Henry Earl Cotman was one of the first African American students to graduate from the University of Florida College of Medicine in 1970.

Dates: 1972 - 2014

Elmer Harvey Bone Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms Coll. 038
Abstract

Prints and negatives of people, places and events in Wellsburg, West Virginia, central Florida, and the University of Florida.

Dates: 1902-1965

Gainesville Modern Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0383
Abstract

Architectural drawings of significant Mid-Century Modern properties in Gainesville and Alachua County, Florida, which were collected and preserved by Gainesville Modern, Inc.

Dates: 1932-2020

Harold Campbell Stansfield Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: Ms Coll. 137
Abstract

A photograph album owned by University of Florida student Harold Campbell Stansfield. Includes photographs of the University of Florida, Camp McClellan (later Fort McClellan) in Alabama, and baseball spring training photographs of New York Giants and Boston Braves players and managers.

Dates: 1919-1924

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

Polly Doughty Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0443
Abstract

Subject files belonging to women’s rights activist Polly Doughty, primarily documenting her activity in Gainesville during the 1970s and 1980s while working to promote women’s rights. Of particular note is the large volume of material related to the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), the Florida/Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women (COSW), and the Florida League of Women Voters where she served as President for Alachua County.

Dates: 1965 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1990