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Select Florida Studies Manuscripts

 
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  • Crisis! La Victora de las Nacioned Unidas Depende de la Apertura de un Segundo Frente Ahora! by Ramon Diez

    Crisis! La Victora de las Nacioned Unidas Depende de la Apertura de un Segundo Frente Ahora!

    Ramon Diez

    Broadside advertising a meeting of the Local 500 for a General Membership Meeting at the Labor Temple to discuss the expulsion of Democratic members and the need for union involvement in Second Front operations during World War II.

  • Cigars Made in Clean Factories have the Cigar Makers' Union Label on the Box by Cigar Makers' International Union of America and Allied Prinitng Trades Council

    Cigars Made in Clean Factories have the Cigar Makers' Union Label on the Box

    Cigar Makers' International Union of America and Allied Prinitng Trades Council

    Paper bag for cigars depicting the label on union-made cigars for purchaser awareness.

  • Diary, Ramon Tapia, 1880-1934 by Ramon Tapia

    Diary, Ramon Tapia, 1880-1934

    Ramon Tapia

    Diary of Ramon Tapia, a Tampa cigar worker, at the turn of the 20th century. The diary is in Spanish. An English-language transcript is available in the USF Libraries Reading Room, but due to copyright restrictions is not published online. The diary is a photocopy of the original and appears to be out of order in places, but the reason is unknown.

  • Letter, Ben Stern to Anna Stern, December 1918 by Ben A. Stern

    Letter, Ben Stern to Anna Stern, December 1918

    Ben A. Stern

    A member of the American Expeditionary Forces, Ben Stern wrote this letter home to his sister Anna from France in December 1918. The 48-page letter details the last two months of the First World War and the first month after the armistice.

  • Scrapbook of United Fruit Company Photographs, 1917-1931 by United Fruit Company

    Scrapbook of United Fruit Company Photographs, 1917-1931

    United Fruit Company

    One unbound scrapbook of black and white photographs of United Fruit Company's banana plantations and workers. Also included are black and white photographs of villages, people, buildings, and homes in Guatemala, Honduras, Antigua, and the United States. Collection consists of approximately 100 photographs.

  • Journal of Jessie C. Rohrer, circa 1916-1959 by Jessie C. Rohrer

    Journal of Jessie C. Rohrer, circa 1916-1959

    Jessie C. Rohrer

    The journal of Jessie C. Rohrer containing personal anecdotes, recipes, and farming notes. The journal also contains an account of the 1921 Tampa Hurricane and the flood resulting from the breaking of the Hillsborough River dam in 1933.

  • Flier, Camille at Ballast Point Casino, Summer 1907 by Earl P. Adams and Ballast Point Casino

    Flier, Camille at Ballast Point Casino, Summer 1907

    Earl P. Adams and Ballast Point Casino

    Flier for the 1907 production of "Camille" by the Adams' Peerless Players at the Ballast Point Casino, starring Mr. Mortimer Snow.

  • Booklet, Joaquin Mascanana Union No. 500 Membership by Cigar Makers' International Union of America

    Booklet, Joaquin Mascanana Union No. 500 Membership

    Cigar Makers' International Union of America

    Cigar Makers’ International Union of America booklet certifying that Joaquin Mascanana No. 14200 was initiated by Union No. 500 of Tampa, Florida, September 1, 1906. Includes stamps for union dues paid between May 1906 and April 1908.

  • Inventory of Estate of Vicente Martinez Ybor by Unknown

    Inventory of Estate of Vicente Martinez Ybor

    Unknown

    An inventory of the estate of Vicente Martinez Ybor, who founded the cigar making industry in Tampa, Florida, and his firm V.M. Ybor & Manrara.

  • Ellis Hughes Diary: Book 1 by Ellis Hughes

    Ellis Hughes Diary: Book 1

    Ellis Hughes

    The first volume of Ellis Hughes' diary kept during the Second Seminole War and his tour of duty as an Assistant Surgeon in Florida during the years 1838-1840. In addition, Hughes provides a visual dimension with sketches of the people and places he visited.

  • Ellis Hughes Diary: Book 2 by Ellis Hughes

    Ellis Hughes Diary: Book 2

    Ellis Hughes

    The second volume of Ellis Hughes' diary kept during the Second Seminole War and his tour of duty as an Assistant Surgeon in Florida during the years 1838-1840. In addition, Hughes provides a visual dimension with sketches of the people and places he visited.

  • Ellis Hughes Diary: Transcript by Ellis Hughes

    Ellis Hughes Diary: Transcript

    Ellis Hughes

    An incomplete transcript of the first volume of Ellis Hughes' diary kept during the Second Seminole War and his tour of duty as an Assistant Surgeon in Florida during the years 1838-1840. In addition, Hughes provides a visual dimension with sketches of the people and places he visited.

  • Diary of Captain Mervine P. Mix by Mervine P. Mix

    Diary of Captain Mervine P. Mix

    Mervine P. Mix

    Diary and letters written by Capt. Mervine P. Mix. The diary covers the period from January 12, 1836 to August 15, 1837 and includes descriptions of naval operations, troop movements, scouting expeditions, and the Seminole. Mix also described the settlements of Key West, Tampa Bay, and Pensacola. The letter book (March 1836-February 1837) contains fair copies of Mix's numerous letters to government officials, military officers, Concord crew members, and captains of other vessels.

  • Letter Book of Captain Mervine P. Mix by Mervine P. Mix

    Letter Book of Captain Mervine P. Mix

    Mervine P. Mix

    The letter book (March 1836-February 1837) contains fair copies of Mix's numerous letters to government officials, military officers, Concord crew members, and captains of other vessels.

    Related materials: Diary and letters written by Captain Mervine P. Mix. The diary covers the period from January 12, 1836 to August 15, 1837 and includes descriptions of naval operations, troop movements, scouting expeditions, and the Seminole. Mix also described the settlements of Key West, Tampa Bay, and Pensacola.

 
 
 

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