Florida.
Found in 251 Collections and/or Records:
Royal Palm Nurseries Papers
In 1881 Pliny Reasoner, just turned eighteen years of age, arrived in Manatee County, Florida, from his home in the Midwest. Over the next seven years, he built Royal Palm Nurseries, an enterprise that would become Florida’s longest established nursery business. This collection documents the founding and early history of Royal Palm Nurseries and contains a run of the nursery catalogs that provide information on early horticulture and the introduction of new plants to Florida.
Rufus Nims Architectural Drawings
Architectural drawings created by South Florida architect Rufus Nims. These include plans for residences and buildings in Florida, Louisiana, New York, Costa Rica, and several countries in the Caribbean. The collection also includes motel and hotel designs for Howard Johnson, Marriott, and other corporations. Also, included is AV material concerning Nim's projects.
Rural Women's Health Project Collection
Ruth M. Baldwin Papers
Articles, correspondence, manuscripts for books and articles, and records of purchases for Ruth Baldwin's children's book collection.
Samuel Ashe Swann Papers
Samuel Ashe Swann's ledgers, letter books, tax certificates, deeds, and account books document Florida's growth in the 19th century. Swann was a real estate speculator, developer, and railroad business man.
Samuel Darwin McConnell Papers
Correspondence of Samuel D. McConnell before, during, and after the Civil War, as well as other documents relating to S. D. McConnell.
Samuel Proctor Collection
Samuel Proctor was an American historian, a pioneer in the field of oral history, and the founder and first director of the University of Florida's oral history program.
Sara Gaíl de Farber and Bess de Farber Papers
This collection holds materials created by Joseph Farber, father, and mother and daughter, Sara Gaíl de Farber and Bess Gaíl de Farber, respectively. The larger part of the collection includes materials that relate to Sara Gaíl's life and work in Argentina and the US. Separate folders hold materials relating to Bess de Farber's performance commemorating her mother's and father's emigration to the US from Poland, and Argentina, respectively, and her family and genealogical research.
Sidney Walter Martin Papers
Notes and manuscripts of historical works pertaining to Florida, created by historian Sidney W. Martin.
Sierra Club Florida Chapter Records
Correspondence, minutes, newsletters, and miscellaneous materials of an environmentalist organization.