Document Type
Other
Publication Date
2-16-2007
Keywords
Nelson Poynter Memorial Library -- Catalogs; Florida -- Archival resources; Archives -- Florida -- Catalogs; World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.); Scrapbooks -- Illinois; Literature and Humanities Provenance
Abstract
A former resident of the Fountain Inn—a retirement facility once adjacent to the Poynter Library that was demolished in February 2004—Betty Morris acquired a small scrapbook of clippings from a World’s Fair in the 1890s and various materials describing transportation issues in central Florida in the mid-twentieth century. The scrapbook contains clippings and hand-copied poetry, prayers, and letters collected by Ms. Morris's mother, Gussie Palmer Morris (nee Colcock), who was the granddaughter of Benjamin Morgan Palmer, a well-known Louisiana preacher from the Civil War and Reconstruction years.
Superseded Note
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Scholar Commons Citation
Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections and University Archives.; Dhondup, Keri; and Morris, Gussie Palmer, "Betty Morris Scrapbook and Materials : A Collection Guide" (2007). Special Collections and University Archives Legacy Finding Aids: All Items. 24.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/scua_finding_aid_all/24

Comments
1900-01-00