Document Type
Other
Publication Date
11-21-2007
Keywords
Nelson Poynter Memorial Library -- Catalogs; Florida -- Archival resources; Archives -- Florida -- Catalogs; American newspapers -- Florida -- Pinellas County; Gulf Beach News -- Indexes; Journalism and Media Studies Provenance; Local and Regional History Provenance
Abstract
Special Collections and Archives acquired nearly 200 individual and unique issues of the Gulf Beach News in October 2007. These issues represent the largest and most complete run of this newspaper known to exist. They came indirectly from the collection of Walter Pliny Fuller (1894-1973), a native of Bradenton and early pioneer of St. Petersburg who wrote for local newspapers and earned a notable reputation as an amateur local historian. Fuller frequently contributed articles for this newspaper. He also authored two first-person accounts of St. Petersburg history. The contents occupy 2.75 linear feet and include 198 individual issues of the newspaper. Inclusive dates cover weekly issues printed between January 1944 and February 1951, with some notable gaps (especially in 1945 and the first half of 1946). Items reside in chronological order.
Superseded Note
This finding aid has been superseded. To access the most up-to-date collection documentation, please visit USF St. Petersburg Special Collections & University Archives' repository on ArchivesSpace.
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Scholar Commons Citation
Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections and University Archives.; Schnur, James Anthony; Reynolds, Shawn; and Fuller, Walter Pliny (1894 - 1973), "Walter Fuller Archives of the Gulf Beach News [finding aid]" (2007). Special Collections and University Archives Legacy Finding Aids: All Items. 31.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/scua_finding_aid_all/31

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1900-01-00