Archival Collections

Oral history interview of Lola Lee Daniell Bruington, of Pensacola, by Sandra F. Whitehead with tapes and typed transcripts. Mrs. Bruington discusses area cemeteries, (especially St. Michaels), the red light district, bootlegging, her work as educator and nurse at Camp Dix, Bellevue Hospital, and at Vassar, and her childhood and life in Pensacola.

Papers of Hays Malcolm Fernald, Pensacola, Florida, 1913-1915, consisting primarily of the letters of Ann Harned, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Upon Fernald's move to Pensacola, his fiancee, Miss Harned wrote to him nearly daily, describing life in Philadelphia, trips she made, opera concerts, and her activities as a Suffragist and officer in the Women's Suffrage Movement in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Includes letters of Hayes' sister describing life in the Philadelphia navy yard, 1915. Other correspondents and subjects include J.M. Vincent, Pensacola Seed and Nursery Company, Western Casualty & Guaranty Company, the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, and phrenology.

Deeds, wills, land surveys, newspaper clippings, research materials. This collection contains manuscripts and research files concerning the Krebs family of Pascagoula, Mississippi, as well as materials, some photocopied, of historical research concerning Pensacola, Florida. Other subjects and persons relevant to this collection include Justin Flood, Lewis Gabriel, cotton gins, inventions, the Panton Leslie Company, Fort Barrancas, Florida, Fort George, Florida, sasquatch, Bernardo de Galvez, the Pensacola Opera House, and Pensacola folklore.

Records, 1975-1987, of the Pensacola Chapter of the National Association of Accountants. Records include minutes, treasurer's reports, membership information, editorial committee records, chapter newsletters, national association publication (Association Leader), and yearbooks.

The Pensacola Lost Neighborhoods Collection consists of a series of newspaper columns and supporting materials from the Pensacola News Journal in February and March, 1999 highlighting the areas of the Tanyard, West Hill or Belmont-Devilliers, and Hawkshaw, primarily African-American neighborhoods of Pensacola, Florida, with emphasis on their history and social life, 1900 through the 1950s. Includes letters and reminiscences of Jean Badgett Burgess, Ida Y. Coleman, Victoria Gaines Grasty, Neil Graham Hibbert, Diane Gaines Jackson, Rita E. Jones, Callie (Nix) Martin, Brenda Davis Ricks, Helen Smith, and Theresa Taylor. Series writers and editors included Elizabeth Trevor Buchinger and Michael Ryan.

Records, 1972-2000, of the Pilot Club of Greater Pensacola, a service club. Includes awards and certificates, newsletters, yearbooks, and other materials noting the club's history, fund-raising activities, and service programs, such as Hurricane Opal counseling, Epilepsy Services of Northwest Florida, and recycling in Escambia County.