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Personal papers and photographs concerning the Boyett, Goldsby, Helton, McNair, and Adams families of Myrtle Grove, Florida (now Pensacola). Includes Pensacola High School memorabilia of 1933, and a photograph of a water baptism by the Union Hill Baptist Church of myrtle Grove.



See accession 81-5 for other materials on Goldsby and Helton families of Myrtle Grove.

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Published "Programme of the dedicatory exercises of the new public school building no. 1, Pensacola, Florida. January 3d and 4th, 1887." Cover title of the booklet reads "Public School Reminiscences by Edna L. Maclay." This 12-page booklet gives a listing chronologically term by term of teachers, classes, places used for school, textbooks, a history of education from 1870 through 1886 and lists of textbooks, as well as names of school board members.

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Records concerning the history of the Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians of Calhoun County, Florida with emphasis on the Ramsey genealogy, the Apalachicola Indians, and the Harjo-Boggs-Parrot Tribe. Materials consist of bound books of photocopies of research materials including vital records, newspaper clippings, book and journal articles, and other data. Other names include the Harjo, Parrot, Boggs, Ramsey, Ward, and Stanley families.

Scope and Contents Writer and Historian, DeFuniak Springs, Florida. Personal papers, 1962-1983, including research files, interview notes, photographs, and newspaper articles about DeFuniak Springs and Walton County, Florida. Topics include biographies of settlers, genealogical notes on families, and information about DeFuniak Springs and its hotels, historic homes, library, schools, and churches. Additional files cover the Florida Chautauqua, freemasonry, the turpentine industry, railroads, and...

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School teacher, Pensacola, Fla.

Personal papers, 1942-1982, consisting of poems, articles, and other published materials, including histories of Myrtle Grove School, Escambia High School, and Five Flags Christian Academy. Includes newsletters of the Escambia Retired Teachers Association, edited by Miss Reedy.

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Personal papers concerning the Reese and West families including genealogical notes on the Pope, Orr, Reese, and West families of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi; biography of Judah P. Benjamin; diary of 1936 tour of American Southwest; Civil War recollections of Mary R. West in western Tennessee and Mississippi, and research records of Elizabeth H. West on Panton, Leslie and Company, 1931.

Scope and Contents Personal papers, 1904-1964, of Walter H. Resler, Brooklyn, New York and Pensacola, Florida including correspondence, photographs, clippings, imprints, glass negatives, periodicals, and microfilm. Subjects include the history of Brooklyn, Huntington, and Long Island, New York; Abraham Lincoln; World War II, including mobilization, scrap metal drives, and the American Legion of Huntington's Honor Roll of servicemen and women in World War II. Correspondents include Bernard M. Baruch and...

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Records and papers, 1971-1985, including minutes, newsletters, correspondence and related materials. Agencies and subjects include the Escambia County Veterans Round Table, the Naval Aerospace and Regional Medical Center (Pensacola), and military pay legislation with correspondence from U. W. Senators Lawton Chiles, Ed Gurney, Peter H. Dominick, Richard Schweiker, Sam Ervin, Lloyd Bentsen, and Representative Bob Sikes.

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Photocopies of research materials concerning Conecuh County, Alabama, 1814-1877, including letters (1844-1860) of James Jones about life in Conecuh, the 1860 Presidential election, cotton business, and activities in Pensacola. Other materials cover the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and Fort Jackson (1814), Fort Pickens (1861), a biography of Dr. George Columbus Reynolds, and a history of the Perote area, Pike County, Alabama.

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Microfilm of How I Reached Union Lines by Wade H. Richardson, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin teacher. Published in 1905, this volume details Richardson's life in Central Alabama, how he made his way to the Union lines in West Florida and spent from 1863 to 1865 in Pensacola. Includes mention of the 1863 yellow fever outbreak in Pensacola and the orgainzation of the 1st Florida Cavalry, U.S. Volunteers.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and general legislative papers of William J. Rish, who served from the 9th District in the Florida House of Representatives from 1970-1978. NOTE:   &nnsp;   &nnsp;   &nnsp;   &nnsp; Papers were collected at Tallahassee, March 7, 1979. Mr. Rish requests access to these at any time, and may withdraw the materials from the Library as necessary. While the Library is custodian of these materials they do not become the...

Scope and Contents Manuscript report November 2, 1723, concerning conditions in Escambia Bay (St. Maria de Galve) and St. Joseph Bay, describing the state of affairs with the Indians, and suggesting the means of fortifying these positions for continued Spanish colonization; mentions of Punta de Siquenza. With typescript translations of this document and of Rivera's 1744 report. OTHER NOTES: Additional information on Rivera may be found in Dr. William S. Coker's...

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Genealogy files of Robert Figueroa concerning the Fabel Family, with genealogical lineage typescripts showing family from Friedrich “Fritz” Fabel of Waterloo, Illinois (d. 1943) into Europe and primarily German States.  Some materials in German.

Scope and Contents Genealogical research papers and materials concerning John Roberts, Zachariah Wesley Roberts, John Rich, James Rich, Benjamin Franklin Tidwell, Lewis Benton, and related families of Alexander, Andress, Andrews, Antone, Archer, Bell, Benton, Biggs, Booker, Burns, Butler, Butt, Byrd, Clifford, Clopton, Coe, Conley, Danforth, Ellis, Etheridge, Frazier, Gates, Gibson, Gilmore, Goldbach, Grant, Green, Johnson, Jones, Koza, Leone, Lutz, McQuigg, McWilliams, Mills, Moore, Morton, Neal, Oberhaus,...

Scope and Contents Personal papers, 1933-1961, including correspondence, land abstracts, plat maps, and related material of organizations that Mr. Robertson was active in, or for, which he performed legal services, primarily in Santa Rosa County. Correspondents include Lex Green, Bob Sikes, Millard F. Caldwell, Claude Pepper, Charles Andrews; Florida Governors LeRoy Collins, Spessard L. Holland, Fuller Warren; and John C. Malone, Ashley Pace, and J. Edgar Hoover. Organizations include the...

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Personal papers, 1970-1987, constituting correspondence files as President of the University of West Florida.



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These are traditional reading files, i.e. carbon or photocopies of outgoing letters, arranged chronologically. There are no indexes to the collection.



James A. Robinson was the second President of the University of West Florida.

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President, University of West Florida, 1974-1987.



Honors and awards, 1972-1988, presented by organizations including the Republic of China, the Board of Regents, and the Republic of Korea.



OTHER INFORMATION: Contains a small number of artifact items that can be used for general exhibits and in University history displays.

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Personal papers, 1959-1977, chiefly of published articles, essays and publications in the fields of genetics, taxonomy, botany, and computer applications in these fields.

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Bound ledgers, business records and other related papers of the Rosasco Brothers, ship brokers, of Pensacola, Florida, 1895-1958.

Scope and Contents Personal papers, 1957-1960, of William S. Rosasco, III, concerning the planning and application papers for a federal savings and loan association in Milton, Florida, 1957-1960. Records include biographical statements of the Board of Directors, correspondence and chronological files, newspaper clippings, and related information on the savings and Loan industry in 1959. OTHER INFORMATION: At the time of application, two groups applied to open...

Scope and Contents Personal paper, 1981-1985, of William S. Rosasco, III, concerning the planning, establishment, and opening of the First National Bank of Santa Rosa, Milton, Florida. Includes Board of Directors' records, correspondence with federal regulators, newspaper clippings, and related materials concerning bank operations and policies. OTHER INFORMATION: An excellent body of materials concrning opening of a new bank in the 1980s climate of banking and...

Scope and Contents Records, 1984- , of the District Governor, Rotary International, covering District 6940 of Florida comprising Lake City westward to Pensacola, Florida. Records include materials concerning each of the 42 Rotary Clubs such as newsletters, visitation reports, annual reports on goals and objectives, club histories, membership directories, and other materials concerning Rotary organizations in north and west Florida. Also includes some records of the Live Oak Rotary Club, 1995-1996, of...

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"The Family of William and Ann Leonard Rouse of Mobile, Alabama" [by] William S. Cummins, September 1, 2015.  29 pp.  With photos.  Published copy.

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History of Santa Rosa County, 1821-1865, Ph.D. thesis for Florida State University, 1990.



NOTE: Original owned by author.

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Publications, programs, brochures, and records concerning the history of the Saenger Theatre in pensacola, Florida from its building in 1924 through restoration in 1981 and history since. Includes research notes, photocopies, newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorabilia.

Scope and Contents Scrapbook, 1892-1896, with newspaper clippings (primarily from the St. Andrews Buoy Newspaper), illustrations, and other clipped matter concerning the St. Andrews and Cromanton area of Florida (now Panama City) and Perote, Alabama. Includes social notes, travel accounts, poetry, wedding invitations, a description of the 22 homes along the Bay in 1885 and other area news. OTHER INFORMATION: Most clippings are from the St. Andrews Buoy, a...

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Scrapbook, 1964-1976, including programs and Mother of the Year books.

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A group of land records, 1856-1935, including mortgages, land grants, promissory notes, and other materials for lands in Santa Rosa County. Includes such firms as Balentine and Whitley, Milton, Florida; S. J. Stewart & Bro., Milton, florida; and Presidential land grants signed in proxy by Franklin Pierce, and William McKinley. An annotated calendar of names and land descriptions is available in the collection inventory.