Florida
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Cornelius H. and Jean Hornstein Menger collection
Collection
Identifier: L105
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of letters, telegrams, and postcards to Jean Hornstein (later Menger) from her beau, then husband, Cornelius H. Menger, ranging from 1917 to 1940. The letters date from the time when Cornelius Menger served as a U.S. Army captain in World War I, and continue through his time in the armed service and after his discharge (1917-1940). Letters from Menger originate from France; England; New York City; Boston, Massachusetts; Washington, D.C.; Birmingham, Alabama;...
Dates:
1899-1957
Forry and Malott family photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP017
Identifier: SP017
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from the Forry and Malott family in Indianapolis, Indiana and Daytona Beach, Florida ranging from circa 1880 to 1945, regarding family life, recreational activities, and the family's house in Indianapolis.
Dates:
circa 1880-1945
James M. VanHook collection
Collection
Identifier: L308
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence and documents compiled by James M. VanHook during his activities with the Freemasons, the Samuel Simonson Post No. 226 of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), and the Clark County Historical Society (1783-1917). The collection includes land grants, indentures, and other legal documents from Charlestown and Clark County, Indiana; biographical and historical sketches; historical information about Blazing Star Masonic Lodge and the Charlestown Methodist...
Dates:
1796-1907, undated
Kathaleen Johnson Carter papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0234
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of typed and autographed documents from Esther Stanton Hampton Woodward in Florida between 1953 and 1967 regarding poetry about her late husband, Col Stanley Woodward; a photocopy of a typed document by Anna M. Votaw, undated, regarding Andrew Hampton; a photocopy of a typed diary by Sarah Ann Hampton Johnson, in Indiana, ranging from 1851 to 1882, regarding personal matters; and a photocopy of a typed and autographed diary by Jane Moon Hampton, in Indiana,...
Dates:
1851-1967, undated
Louise Wood, Highlands Hammock State Park collection
Collection — Folder S1918
Identifier: S1918
Scope and Contents
This collection has four letters related to Louise Wood's inquiry regarding the Richard Leiber Memorial Trail in the Highlands Hammock State Park (Sebring, Florida), including an April 12, 1969 letter from Captain R. G. Baylor, superintendent of Highlands Hammock; an April 18, 1969 letter from Allen Altvater, former superintendent of the park, and copies of Wood's response letters to Baylor and Alvater written on June 26, 1969. In Mr. Altvater's letter, he shares stories about Col. Lieber's...
Dates:
1966-1969
Mary Elizabeth Moody collection
Collection
Identifier: L713
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 6 photograph albums and 3 scrapbooks, containing photographs, papers, pamphlets, postcards, souvenirs, currency, and ephemera, created by Betty Goodale Moody in Indiana, Florida, around the United States, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt, ranging from circa 1936 to 2015, regarding her personal and family life, friends, and travels within the United States and the Middle East. There are also miscellaneous photographs whose subjects were identified by Moody and her...
Dates:
circa 1936-2015
Paul Dresser and Theodore Dreiser collection
Collection — Folder S0381
Identifier: S0381
Scope and Contents
The oldest item is the Old Mill time book, which Johann Paul Dreiser, Sr., manager of the Sullivan Woolen Mills, kept from March 1895 to 1901. A. R. Markle wrote a 9-page, typed article entitled “Paul Dresser‟s Birthplace.” There are several newspaper articles, which have been photocopied, about the family. A two-page article from The Rendells, Inc., entitled “Dreiser Answers Legal Objections to the Highly Controversial Text of His America Is Worth Saving‟ reports that he wrote the book in 1940...
Dates:
1895-1949
Roberta West Nicholson collection
Collection
Identifier: L320
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, photographs, poetry, writings, newspaper clippings, advertisements, ephemera, and genealogical materials from Roberta West Nicholson and other members of the Nicholson and West families and their acquaintances in Indianapolis, Indiana, North Carolina, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and South America, ranging from 1861 to 1965 and undated, regarding her career and interests, including politics and social issues, as well as those of her family...
Dates:
1861-1965, undated
Tim Morris photograph album
Collection — Folder SP009
Identifier: SP009
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photogrpah album created by Tim Morris during the World War II. The photographs show Morris as he traveled around with the army during the war.
Dates:
circa 1910-circa 1950
William Dunn Hynes papers
Collection — Folder S709
Identifier: S0709
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters from William Dunn Hynes in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee ranging from 1862 to 1865 regarding life in the Army and being a captive of the Confederates and an autographed, signed letter from William P. Duval in Florida on 1826/08/18 regarding territorial politics.
Dates:
1826, 1862-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William Dunn Hynes papers
