Archival Collections

The Florida State University Black Student Union (BSU) is a student government agency that offers black students a form of identity and social life on campus. Founded in 1968, BSU seeks to develop unity among black students and functions as a vehicle of communication to the faculty and administration of Florida State University. Please note this collection is unprocessed. See restrictions note for more information. Below is a listing of the collection's current contents.Box 1: Executive Board Meeting Agenda, 2013-14; BSU Seminole Minority Leadership Institute Application, after 2011; Student Government Applications, 2014 - Restricted; BSU Executive Board Contracts, 2013 - Restricted; BSU Executive Board Contracts, 2014 - Restricted; BSU Seminole Minority Leadership Application, 2013-2015; BSU Seminole Minority Leadership and Student Government Application, 2012-2013; BSU Seminole MInority Leadership Sign-In 2013; BSU Seminole Minority Leadership Event budget Forms, 2013-2014; BSU Seminole Minority Leadership Diamond Hill, 2017; BSU Seminole Minority Leadership Deztini Smith, 2016-2017; BSU Seminole Minority Leadership Application, 2013-2014; BSU Seminole Minority Leadership Office Hours, 2014; BSU Seminole Minority Leadership Menter and Student Application, 2011-2012; BSU Seminole Minority Leadership Applications and Programming Events, 2011-2013 Box 2: BSU Seminole Minority Leadership Accounting and Finances, 2004; BSU Seminole Minority Leadership Cancellation Forms; BSU Seminole Minority Leadership Application and Membership Plans, 2009; BSU Seminole Minority Leadership Contracts; BSU Seminole Minority Leadership Misc., photos, budget forms, Applications Box 3 OS: Oversized scrapbook, 1990-2008; Felt collage, ca. 2010 Box 4 OS: T-shirt, 2014-15

The Charlotte Edwards Maguire Collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, photographs, audiovisual materials related to her involvement with the Florida State University College of Medicine. The collection also includes materials from her non-FSU professional career, as well as personal documents and family photographs.

Bound Florida Flambeau, September 1960-May 1961.

Florida State University Building Appraisals as of April 1955. A few have material from 1956.

Folders hold press releases from the FSU News Bureau from the departments and schools at Florida State University (FSU) in 1964.

General files including press releases, correspondence and photographs of the Florida State University Graduations from 1952 to 1964.

The Florida State University Historical Photograph Collection is a large and diverse array of visual materials ranging from the late-19th to the 21st century. Formats represented include black and white and color photographic prints; 35mm, 120mm, and 4x5 acetate negatives; and other various kinds of small photographic ephemera including postcards, leaflets, and promotional materials. The bulk of this collection was produced by an official Florida State University entity or department with the express purpose of publication, dissemination, or otherwise public-facing service for the University. The majority of photographs pertain to specific academic departments, student clubs and activities, athletics organizations, and faculty and staff. The collection mostly covers the 20th century, encompassing the formation and existence of Florida State College for Women (FSCW, 1905 - 1947) to the creation and growth of Florida State University (1947 – Present). There are also some materials related to West Florida Seminary (1884-1901) and Florida State College (1901-1905). Date ranges for specific folders have been provided where appropriate and applicable.

Metal (bronze?) sign with the inscription "F.S.C.W. Building No. 6" mounted on a wooden plaque with the inscription, "Once Stood Near This Spot," beneath it.  A note that accompanied the plaque stated that the "new psychology building was built on the site of the old FSCW Building No. 6, where Park Avenue runs into the campus." The sign may have been for the old gymnasium which, after it was moved to the campus side at corner of Copeland Street and Park Avenue, served for a time as the location of the Social Welfare Department. 

The collection contains photographs related to Florida State College for Women and Florida State University.

Heritage Protocol Miscellaneous Documents, Publications, & Ephemera Collection. Collection of documents pertaining to Florida State University and its predecessor institutions.