Scope and Contents Voter Registration Books, 1914-1950 of primary and general elections, and poll tax registers, 1928-1936, for Santa Rosa County, Florida. Registration books are arranged by precinct, show name of voter, age, occupation, city or place of residence, and election, with occasional notes of place moved to, married name, or reason for deletion from the rolls (death, etc.). Poll tax registers show name of voter and receipt number for that year. Each ledger is indexed by initial letter of...

Scope and Contents Delinquent tax ledger, circa 1928, for Santa Rosa County, consisting of names and addresses of owners of real estate in Santa Rosa County who have failed to pay taxes on property. Arranged alphabetically by name of delinquent taxpayer or corporation. OTHER INFORMATION: Ledger is undated, however an entry appears under Floridale Townsite Corporation. Floridale was planned in 1927 and 1928, but failed because of the 1929 depression. The 1928 date for this volume is...

Scope and Contents Personal papers, 1976-1986, concerning research on Octavia Walton Le Vert (1810-1877) and publication of Satterfield's biographical book, Madame Le Vert: A Biography of Octavia Walton Le Vert (1987). The papers include correspondence with family descendants, archivists, researchers, publishers, and agents; photocopies of research materials including primary (letters and diaries) and secondary sources (journal articles and book excerpts), and final manuscript. Subjects include the Le Vert,...

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Publications of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Hadji Temple (Shriners) of Pensacola, Florida, including progrms for sponsored conventions, ceremonials, softball leagues, and related events. [17 pieces]

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Personal papers of the Simmons Family of Pensacola including family photographs and photocopies of birth certificates, wills, and other materials about the family, 1947-1980.



One of few collections at UWF about black families in Pensacola.

Abstract Digital images with printed copy of scrapbook concerning the Pensacola People to People Council, Inc., and its successor, Pensacola Sister Cities International, Inc., 1962-1983, including newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, pamphlets, brochures and other materials collected by Sanford Taylor about Pensacola's connections with sister cities of Chimbote, Peru; Miraflores, Peru; and Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Includes materials concerning Harold B. Grow, Mrs. John A. Merritt (Betty...

Abstract Handwritten notes of references to slavery, slaves, slave auctions, runaway slaves, Jonathan Walker, crimes committed by or legal and court proceedings involving blacks, with names of paper, date, page number, and brief description. Primarily covers the Pensacola Gazette (1821-1858), the Pensacola Florida Democrat (1846-1851), West Florida Times (1857), Pensacola Weekly Observer (1861) and the Santa Rosa News-boy (1863). Compiled by Brian R. Rucker, 2008. Users are cautioned that Dr....

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Papers, 1891-9185, pertaining to the Snodgrass family of Bagdad, Florida including deeds and purchases of land, descriptions and drawing of home, visits of Florida Governors to the town, and related materials.



NOTE: Some of the items in the collection show the attempt to rename the town in the 1880s from Bagdad to Blackwater and back. Snodgrass property included purchases from the Bagdad Sash Factory Company.

Scope and Contents The Materials in this collection consist of videotapes documenting protests of anti-abortion groups and entrances of patients and escorts into Pensacola, Florida abortion clinics of Pensacola Women's Medical Services (Cordova Park) and The Ladies Center clinic (9th Avenue and Creighton Road). These tapes were made between August 1993 and July 1994 by Bill Caplinger, a University of West Florida Employee and an excort volunteer. These videotapes were copied by UWF Instructional Media Center...

Scope and Contents The framed picture collection represents the inventory of framed materials owned by Special Collections that are not parts of other manuscript collections. These materials may be located in the Department or may be on display throughout the University Library. All items are indexed through the Special Collections card catalog with appropriate inventories and accession records maintained by the department. Items #1-5--Each is a framed color photograph of a UWF...

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Records and papers of Sphere magazine, a science fiction fan magazine published in Cantonment, Florida. Includes issues of the magazine, 1956-1959, and correspondence files with writers, subscribers and science fiction fans, 1958, 1960, 1966. Includes letters of Brian W. Aldiss and Leslyn MacDonald Macabee concerning their writing and comments on John W. Campbell, Robert A. Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, and others.

Scope and Contents Personal papers, 1937-1971, concerning his military career (1937-1971) and as Commandant of the United States Army Management School (1968-1971), including biographical materials, copies of the Howitzer, correspondence and vita pertaining to guest speakers at the U.S. War College, and materials on the history and disestablishment of the U.W. Army Management School in 1971. Correspondents include Paul Seabury, Clinton Rossiter, Max Lerner, W. C. Westmoreland, Henry Kissinger, and Thomas J....

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Records, 1892-1985, including correspondence, annual reports, certificate of ownership books, perpetual care records, minute books, payroll files, burial registers, and plat maps showing names of individuals in St. John's cemetery, and other records pertaining to the history of St. John's Cemetery and Escambia Lodge No. 15 of Free and Accepted Masons.

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Materials concerning the history of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Milton, Florida, including photocopies of correspondence of Bishop Frank A Juhan, research records about early church activities, ministers, the church building, baptisms, marriages, burials, and confirmations (1867-1916), sermons of Reb. S. Albert Kennington (1977-1982); and related records pertaining to the McDougall, Golson, Creary, and Keeling families, the Ladies Aid Society of Milton, and Milton history. [682 pieces]

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Records, 1878-1961, including correspondence, annual reports of officers, bylaws, and related materials. Also known as the St. Michael's Benevolent Club or St. Michael's Benevolent Social Club.

Scope and Contents Autobiographical files of Leora M. Sutton, consisting of scrapbooks (1937-1947), a photograph album (1960-1970), and personal memoirs of growing up in Plano, Vinton, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Scrapbooks cover life between 1945 and 1947 including playbills, restaurant programs, etc. for Los Angeles, Hollywood, Chicago, New York, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Photograph album covers historic houses, archaeological excavations, and historic preservation and restoration in Pensacola, Florida,...

Scope and Contents Papers and research files, 1960-1975, including typescripts, photographs, research notes, drafts of publications, and other papers chiefly on history of Pensacola, its buildings and families.  Subjects and organizations include the Pensacola Historic Preservation Society, the Dorothy Walton House Foundation, the Seville Square Settlers, the Pensacola Historic Restoration and Preservation Commission (later the Pensacola Historic Preservation Board), the Downtown Improvement Board, the Dorothy...

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Records, 1937-1943, consisting of invoices and correspondence concerning wholesale food purchases.

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Materials concerning the history and economic impact of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in the southern United States, including federal, state, and local government documents and other related papers, 1975-1976.

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Research materials concerning Thomas Jefferson Jernigan (1825-1903) and the Jernigan family of Santa Rosa County, Florida

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Correspondence, imprints, greeting cards, photographs and other papers relating to Mrs. Verlie Robinson Thomas, 1901-1978, of Pace and Milton, Florida, a teacher and librarian at Milton High School. Included also are papers relating to Jesse Thomas, Ruby Robinson, I.A. Allen, Felix Robinson and other relatives of Mrs. Thomas, as well as imprints of educational interest in Santa Rosa and Escambia counties, 1920-1970.

Scope and Contents Ben W. Thompson private account ledger (photocopy), 1866-1888, covering the Ben W. Thompson private account with Simpson and Company, Bagdad, Florida. Lists income such as salary, loans, interest, rent, and sale of personal stock. Gives expenses such as cash drawing, draws on stock and stores, payment of bills with identification of names of merchants, items purchased and amounts paid. Entries begin with January 1866 through January 27, 1876 with notes of purchase of burial casket; and...

Scope and Contents Personal papers of Grace Thompson, Gulf Breeze, Florida, consisting of photocopies of correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials concerning the writing and production of "The March Sisters of Concord" a musical play about Louisa May Alcott and its productions in New Jersey, New York, and England in 1978-1979; materials concerning the development of Andrew Jackson Day in Florida in 1983; research materials, original music and playscripts for the Grace Thompson...

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Collection including correspondence, 1846-1854, of W. H. DeForest written from New Orleans (1846-1849) and San Juan de Nicaragua [Grey Town or San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua] (1851) with descriptions of area, life, and business plans, and a diary (1860), writer unknown, mostly concerning Mobile, Alabama. [14 pieces]

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Union soldier from Maine.

Summary: Civil War letters (1862-1864) from Tibbetts, Company K, 15th Maine Infantry, while stationed in Pensacola, Fla., describing daily camp life, routines of chores, picket duty, and incidents in and around Pensacola; together with research materials about Tibbetts provided by Elizabeth D. Vickers.

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Manuscript letter, April 1, 1861, written aboard the U.S.S. Brooklyn, off Santa Rosa Island (Fort Pickens) noting the Brooklyn's return from Key West, and placement of troops on the U.S.S. Sabine.

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Records reflecting his work as a legislator from the Escambia and West Florida region with materials concerning issues in the Panhandle, constituent letters, and related materials. Select topics include Santa Rosa Island and higher education.

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Collection contains correspondence, minutes of directors, reports, programs, publicity material and newspaper clippings of four organizations in which Mr. Todd, present owner of T.T. Todd Wholesale Grocery Company, was a director of during the late 1950s and early 1960s. These include The Fiesta of Five Flags, The Pensacola Port Authority, the State Chamber of Commerce and the Pensacola Y.M.C.A.