Florida Documents collection, 1777-1979 | University of Miami Special Collections

By Laura Capell

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Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: Letter to Lloyd Mintum, 1836

Dade Massacre, Seminole War

Folder 2: Acosta, F. N.: Letter to Dr. G. W. Van Vleck, 1907

Folder 3: Armon, Clara.: Deed of Conveyance to Henry Ferris, 1834

Folder 4: Backus, Electus: Documents, 1838-1840

Seminole Wars in Florida (notes, drawings, maps)

Folder 5: Baldwin, J.: Invoice, 1839

Seminole War

Folder 6: Barker, Martin: Letter to General Jones, 1841

Fort Dallas

Folder 7: Baron, Charles: Receipt, 1856

Folder 8: Beaujean, Captain Rufus W.: Diaries, 1888-1895

Folder 9: Beaujean, Captain Rufus W.: Diaries, 1888-1859

Folder 10: Blair, Montgomery: Letter to Simon Cameron, 1861

Folder 11: Broward, N. B.: Seaman Filibusters in Cuba, 1905-1909

Folder 12: Brown, Thomas: "Acts of Violence at Key West Directed against Spanish Subjects", 1849-1853

Folder 13: Call, Richard K.: Letter Draft to George Graham, 1830

Investigating the Spanish land grants: draft of a letter in which Call reported on his mission to Havana as assistant U.S. counsel in the cases of the Arrendondo and Forbes land grants made by Spain prior to cession. After some lenghty litigation the government  would eventually lose, but Call has here claimed success in his efforts to discredit some of the grants to influential traders, in accordance with American aims. His letter goes to the heart of the subject of land ownership that has in one way or another always been vitally connected with the state's history and very existence.

Folder 14: Call, Richard K.: Letter to C. C. Clay, 1836

Seminole War

Folder 15: Cape Florida Lighthouse Supply Document, 1854

Folder 16: Cape San Blas Lighthouse Notice, 1859

Folder 17: Catts, Sidney J.: Autograph, undated

Folder 18: Chaires, Benjamin: Letter to Sullivan and Barbour, 1835

Folder 19: Chester, Peter: Land Warrant, 1779

Governor of West Florida during the American Revolution

Folder 20: Cooke, Anson J.: Letter to Wife, 1849

Fort Dallas

Folder 21: Croom, W.W.: Letter to Hardy L. Croom, 1836

Seminole War

Folder 22: Dade, Francis Longhorne: Poem and Clippings, undated

Folder 23: Duval, William P.: Letter to Andrew Jackson, 1824

Territory of Florida

Folder 24: Eaton, John Henry: Letter to the Director of the United States Branch Bank, Washington, 1828

Folder 25: Edmeston, Sir Robert: Letter to Thomas Fowler, 1787

Claims in East Florida

Folder 26: Fairchild, David Grandison: Letter to Mr. Leyshon, 1939

Folder 27: Farragut, Rear Admiral David: Naval Order, 1864

Folder 28: Flagler, Henry Morrison: Letter to Jos. Richardson, 1905

Folder 29: Flamingo Films: Record of Organization, 1933

Box 2

Folder 1: Florida Construction Company: Minutes Book, 1881-1882

Folder 2: Florida Railroad Company: Indenture, 1856

Folder 3: Florida Title Company: Titles and Title Transfers, 1880-1936

Folder 4: Forward, Walter: Letter to D. Levy, 1843

Folder 5: Gadsden, James: Letter to Andrew Jackson, 1836

Seminole War

Folder 6: Gates: Letter to Lieutenant Ord, 1840

Folder 7: Haines, T. J.: Letter to Colonel Munroe, 1856

Seminole War

Folder 8: Hascall, H. A.: Abstract of Provisions and Monthly Summary Statement, 1837

Folder 9: Haulsey, John B.: Document to J. M. Currie, 1878

Payment and list of provisions purchased by J. M. Currie (light house keeper, Cedar Key, FL) Haulsey was Secretary of Treasury

Folder 10: Hill, B. H.: Letter to Colonel Munroe, 1855

Folder 11: Hogan, John B.: Letter to Robert Brent, 1818

Folder 12: Holden, Henry H.: Receipt, 1842

Alachua County

Folder 13: Hollywood, Florida, After the Hurricane, 1926

Folder 14: Hood, Wash.: Letter to Mary E. Wood (sister), 1831

Folder 15: Howard, Louisa H.: Letter, St. Augustine, Florida, 1872

Folder 16: Hunt, Harry W.: Letter to N. P. Doring [?], 1818

Folder 17: Invoice: Clothing, Camp, and Garrison Equipage, 1854

Folder 18: Jesup, Thomas Sidney: Letter to Clement Corner Clay, 1836

Article "The Capture of Osceola," Seminole War

Folder 19: Jesup, Thomas Sidney: Letter to Jacob Lewis, 1837

Folder 20: Jesup, Thomas Sidney: Letter to Thomas Lawson, 1838

Commanding General in Florida from Fall 1837- Spring 1839

Folder 21: Jesup, Thomas Sidney: Letter to George McKay, 1843

Folder 22: Jesup, Thomas Sidney: Letter to John Munroe, 1855

General advice to one of his successors in the Florida command, recalling his experience there

Folder 23: Kennedy, Jacqueline: Letter to Grant Stockdale, 1962

Folder 24: Lacock, Abner: Letter to President James Munroe, 1822

Appointment of the first civil governor of the territory of East Florida

Folder 25: Langer, A. H.: Letter to Parents, 1864

Jacksonville, Florida

Folder 26: Lebrun, Donald.: Letter to Mrs. George E. Merrick, 1975

University Drive

Folder 27: Maddy, E.: Letter to Captain Jeff Williamson, Jacksonville, Florida, 1884

Folder 28: Marks, Henry S.: "History of the Miami Jewish Community, 1896-1906", undated

Folder 29: McIntosh, John: Letter, East Florida, 1792

Officer of the Georgia Line in 1775. In 1814, he commanded the Georgia division that went to Pensacola

Folder 30: McIntosh, John: Letter to William McWhir, 1814

Officer of the Georgia Line in 1775. In 1814, he commanded the Georgia division that went to Pensacola

Folder 31: McKenzie, Collins: Letter to Robert Edmonstone, 1777

Box 3

Folder 1: McNicoli, Robert Edwards: "Miami and Latin America", 1936

Folder 2: Milton, John: Script Money, 1836

State of Florida pledging state public lands

Folder 3: Morgan, Lieutenant Edwin A. (addressee): Letter, Garey's Ferry, East Florida, 1838

Folder 4: Mosley, William: Letter to T.J. Chace, 1847

Folder 5: Munroe, Kirk: Letter to Ford T. Mass, Coconut Grove, Florida, 1899

Folder 6: Nest, J. P. van: Letter to Wife, Fort Barrancas, Florida, 1865

Folder 7

Item 1: Newport, E.F.: Diary, 1883

Diary of a trip from Lane Park to Lake Okeechobee, Florida

Item 2: Newport, E.F.: Letter to Marjorie Stoneman Douglas, 1950

Folder 8: Orlando, Frank and Jerry Black: "Classification in the Juvenile Court: The Delinquent Child, the Child in Need of Supervision", 1974

Folder 9: Payne, George: Letter to H. W. Pierce, 1848

Folder 10: Penman, James: Letter to Captain Bissett, 1779

Raid of the Spanish privateer on the East Florida plantations

Folder 11: Philips, W.H.: Letter to George McRoy, 1841

Alachua County

Folder 12: Piper, Thomas: Letter from D.H. Taft, 1838

Folder 13: Piper, Thomas: Affidavit, 1842

Alachua County

Folder 14: Ramsden, F.: Letter to Robert Ramsden, 1865

Folder 15: Rathorne, William R.: Letter to R. T. Kipam, 1838

Folder 16: Reid, Robert Raymond: Letter to Joseph McCants, 1840

Indian Key Massacre

Folder 17: Richardson, J. B.: Letter to Marcia Richardson, 1842

Folder 18: Right of Way for the Florida Southern Railway Company, 1881

Folder 19: Riley, James Whitcomb: Letter to Charles Deering, 1916

Folder 20: Ring, Barbara T.: Letter to University of Miami Board of Regents, 1927

Folder 21: Ringgold, George H.: Letter to Colonel Larned, 1850

Fort Dallas

Folder 22

Item 1: Robinson, Michelle LeJeune: Letter, 1971

Item 2: Our Trip to Florida" from Diary of Frances C. Henkel, 1921

Folder 23: "The Sea Breeze," v.1 no.5, Disston City, Florida, 1886

Folder 24: Seward, William H.: Letter to S. Cameron, 1861

Key West

Folder 25: Sewell, John: Letter, Miami, Florida, circa 1890s

Folder 26: Stribling, Admiral C. K.: Naval Order, Key West, Florida, 1865

Folder 27: Taylor and Brooks: Letter to Sullivan and Barbour, Apalachicola, Florida, 1835

Folder 28: Taylor, Zachary: Letter to General Jesup, 1827

Folder 29: Taylor, Zachary: Letter to General Jesup, 1838

Seminole War

Folder 30: Taylor, Zachary: Letter to Alexander Macomb, 1839

Seminole War

Folder 31: Taylor, Zachary: Letter to Colonel Davenport, 1839

Seminole War

Folder 32: Taylor, Zachary: Letter Signed to General Jones, 1839

Seminole War

Folder 33: Thomas, Lorenzo: Signed Orders, 1861

Fort Pickens Invasion

Folder 34: Turner, Cecil C.: Speech, "Changes in South Miami", 1979

Folder 35: Dykisha Potter ENG105 Final Portfolio

A series of essays about the Wynwood Art District of Miami

Box 4

Folder 1: Vademcum: For the Organization and Development of the Community, 1970 (1 of 2), 1970

Wynwood Neighborhood

Folder 2: Vademcum: For the Organization and Development of the Community, 1970 (2 of 2), 1970

Wynwood Neighborhood

Folder 3: Vincent, J. M.: Letter to Colonel Munroe, 1856, and Monroe, Wirth Autograph Latter Signed to Mr. Harkins, 1856

Folder 4: W. Vose, Colonel W.: Letter to Charlotte Vose, 1842

Folder 5: Warren, Benjamin: Affidavit, 1840

Alachua County

Folder 6: White, Joseph M., and R. K. Call: Letter to John C. Calhoun, 1823

Seminole Indians

Folder 7: Wilder, John: Roster of Commissioned Officers, 2nd USA Infantry, 1864

Folder 8: Wolff, Reinhold: "Miami Metro" Manuscript, undated

Folder 9: Worth, William T.: 3 Documents to Major Hitchcock, 1841

Seminole War

Folder 10: Wyse, F. O.: Letter to Brother, 1839

Seminole War

Folder 11: Young, N. E.: Letter to H. E. Hoover, 1899

Folder 12: Letters From Shark Industries, 1938

Folder 13: Dykisha Potter ENG105 Final Portfolio

Box 5

Folder 1: Certificate for the Florida Exhibit: A Century of Progress, 1934

Folder 2: Chester, Peter: Appointment as Botanist for John Lorimer, 1778

Folder 3: Deed for Land in the Colony of West Florida, Pensacola, 1775

Folder 4: Seminole Land and Investment Company: Deed, 1909

Box 6

Folder 1: Connie Tucker Imprisonment memo and newsletter, 1970, 1970

Folder 2: Newsletter: Florida Christian Migrant Ministry, July 1974

Folder 3: Pamphlet: Russia 1917-1921, There is no stopping half-way. We must conquer or die., 1970, 1971

Folder 4: Paper: "Tampa's Rearguard: Tampa Latin' Aid to Loyalist Spain During the Spanish Civilar War.", 1995

By Ana M. Varela-Lago

Folder 5: Political Tract: Survival of the White Race, 1980

Tract with application for membership to The Church of The Creator

Folder 6: Political Tract: " White Side Are You On?"

by the Tampa Workers' Affinity Group

Folder 7: Newsletter: Boletin de Informacion Libertaria (3), 1969, 1970, 1973

Movimiento Libertario Cubano en el Exilio

Folder 8: Political Tract: Smash the Power of the Ku Klux Klan!, [1937]

Committee for Defense of Civil Rights in Tampa

Folder 9: Political Tract: Statement: Miami Rebellion Against Racism

National Anti-Racist Organizing Committee, S.F. - Bay Area Chapter

Folder 10: Newspapers: "Sds, New left Notes"

Folder 11: Newspaper: "Amazing Grace"

"Amazing Grace" Newspaper

Folder 12: The Black Archives: 2007

Program from 11-11-07 Honors Luncheon.

Folder 13: Dade County Black Heritage Trail

Pamphlet about historic overtown folklife village.

Folder 14: Emergency Southeast Conference on Immigration Rights and Political Asylum: Political Resolutions  Adopted by the Conference

Printed document listing resolutions.

Folder 15: Miami Conventions Coalition, 1972

Contains article and letter from the Miami Conventions Coalition regarding Republican convention in Miami, as well as "Miami to Chattanooga, Greensboro to Contra Costa Co: KKK & Racist Violence Spreading Across U.S."

Folder 16: Political Tract: Republican Convention Miami, 1972

Political Tract advocating protest against Nixon at the 1972 Republican Convention in Miami.

Folder 17: Political Tract: Anita Bryant, "I Don't Hate the Homosexuals", 1977

Political Tract written by Anita Bryant condemning homosexuality, produced by her organization, "Protect America's Children."

Folder 18: Phi Epsilon Mu Newsletter

Newsletter for the Central Florida Sisters chapter of Phi Epsilon Mu volumes 6 numer 1, volume 7 numbers 1 2, 4 and 5, and volume 12 number 2

Box 7

Folder 1: The Right To Vote, 1957

Southern Newsletter Volume 2, number9. Louisville, KY: the newsletter. Begins with a three-page report from Florida, where Bernard Raymund says the state legislature 'threw its supreme spasm of hatred" in resolutions against federal troops in Little Rock.

Folder 2: Stonewall: Annual Report 2000, Library and Archives, 2000

"Preserving Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Culture Since 1973"

Folder 3: Let Freedom Ring, 1969

Typescript :"Let Freedom Ring" telephone service,( together with associated materials). Sarasota, FL. Assemblage of over 200 scripts for the weekly service, each a single sheet of varying size. "Let Freedom Ring" was a network of automated telephone messaging stations headquartered in Sarasota. The scripts, attacking issues such as Nixon's weakness in the face of Communist treason, Soviet hands behind the civil rights movement, Kissinger's traitorous internationalism, the evils of welfare, anti-American betrayals of Christianity, etc.

Folder 4: Diary of Lietenant Walter McFarland, 1860-1863

22. McFarland: Diary of Lietenant Walter McFarland of the Union Corps of Engineers, stationed at Fort Pickens, on the Gulf Coast of Florida

Box 8: Albert J. Wilcox collection

Item 1: Civil War diary of Corporal Albert J. Wilcox, 1862-1864

74 page manuscript diary of Corporal Albert J. Wilcox (Company I, 144th New York Regiment.) Dated January 1, 1862 - August 7, 1864. The diary describes his activities and experiences during the Civil War as a soldier in the Union Army, mostly in the Jacksonville, Florida area.

Item 2: Photo of Albert J. Wilcox in soldier uniform, n.d.

Item 3: Photo of Albert J. Wilcox in soldier uniform, n.d.

Item 4: Photo of Albert J. Wilcox, n.d.

Item 5: Photo of Huldah Sophia Wilcox, n.d.

Box 9

Item 1: Scrapbook: Bay Biscayne Bridge Company, 1926-1930