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Apalachicola Tent and Awning Company Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 02.09.0054
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the business records from the Apalachicola Tent and Awning Company once located in Apalachicola, Florida. The company manufactured pyramidal tents under contract from the United States Army from early 1941 to at least October 1942. The records are unclear as to when the company ceased operations. J.H. Hodges, Sr. owned the building that housed the company from 1935 until 1951. The records reflect a wide range of day to day operations including ordering...
Dates: 1941 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1942; Date acquired: 03/18/2009

Jack Appel transcript

 Collection — Box: Single Folder Collections-2003 Box, Folder: 03.0103 - Folder 1
Identifier: 02.03.0103
Scope and Contents Private First Class Jack Appel's oral history transcript details his life before and during World War II where he served with the 17th Signal Operations Battalion in the United States Army in the European Theater of Operations. His oral history elaborates on his early life, contracting Spinal Meningitis, completing basic training, trying to apply to Officer Candidate School, becoming a driver/messenger, arriving in Europe, landing at Normandy, traveling through France Belgium, and...
Dates: 1943-1945; Date acquired: 06/10/2003

Jack Appel transcript

 Collection — Box: Single Folder Collections-2003 Box, Folder: 03.0103 - Folder 1
Identifier: 02.03.0103
Scope and Contents Private First Class Jack Appel's oral history transcript details his life before and during World War II where he served with the 17th Signal Operations Battalion in the United States Army in the European Theater of Operations. His oral history elaborates on his early life, contracting Spinal Meningitis, completing basic training, trying to apply to Officer Candidate School, becoming a driver/messenger, arriving in Europe, landing at Normandy, traveling through France Belgium, and...
Dates: 1943-1945; Date acquired: 06/10/2003

Archimedes L. A. Patti Research Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC.026
Abstract This collection contains the research materials collected by Archimedes L. A. Patti for use in his historical writings. Known for his military career, his work in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and his relationship with Ho Chi Minh, Patti was recognized later in life as a respected researcher and historian on Indochina affairs. Notes, manuscripts, ephemera, photographs, maps, books and scrapbooks are held in this collection. Of important note are photographs given to Patti by Ho Chi...
Dates: 1922-1993

Archives Department Research Subject Files

 Collection
Identifier: M2020-09.09
Abstract

Subject files containing notes, photocopies, and other research on various subjects, places, buildings, etc., created by Archives staff in response to user inquiries.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1981-2021

Archives Research Subject Files

 Collection
Identifier: M2020.09
Abstract

Subject files containing notes, photocopies, and other research on various subjects, places, buildings, etc., created by Archives staff in response to user inquiries.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1981-2021

Archives Video Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: M2015-12.##lmk
Abstract

This collection comprises video materials which have been digitized and placed online for viewing. The materials in this collection (and this site) tend to be single videotapes which have come to the Archives and may not be part of another collection or for which access is easier through this collection. Each videotape has been digitized and each has its own description.

Dates: To Be Determined

Arguelles Family Photo Albums

 Collection
Identifier: SPC8005
Scope and Contents This collection maintains vast photographs of the Arguelles family starting in the 1930s. The significance of this collection relates directly to what life was like for a typical Cuban family before the Revolution and before Fulgencio Batista seized power. This includes photographs of plantations, farms, local airfields, and even a typical day at the beach with the family. Digital images of these albums are available through the Digital Library of the Caribbean (Dloc). Physical copies are...
Dates: 1937-1948

William J. Arlet collection

 Collection — binder: Photographs-1998 Binder
Identifier: 98.0708
Scope and Contents

William J. Arlet served with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. This collection includes photographs and documents related to William J. Arlet. This collection also includes captured Japanese photographs, which were acquired in 1943 on Guadacanal, Solomon Islands from a United States Marine who was about to deploy to his next assignment.

Dates: 1933-1945; Date acquired: 1998-09-10; Date accessioned: 2020-04-02

William J. Arlet collection

 Collection — binder: Photographs-1998 Binder
Identifier: 02.98.0708
Scope and Contents

William J. Arlet served with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. This collection includes photographs and documents related to William J. Arlet. This collection also includes captured Japanese photographs, which were acquired in 1943 on Guadacanal, Solomon Islands from a United States Marine who was about to deploy to his next assignment.

Dates: 1933-1945; Date acquired: 09/10/1998

Arlyn Austin Katims Civil War Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC00013
Scope and Contents The Arlyn Austin Katims Civil War Collection focuses upon the Civil War from the Union position. Within the collection are illustrations, currency, and a number of artifacts from the era. Items of special interest include an authentic mourning card from Abraham Lincoln's funeral and newspapers reporting Lincoln's death.In 1995, Dr. Robert B. Katims donated more than 345 books, 337 periodical issues, and 304 artifacts to FAU Special Collections upon the death of his wife, Arlyn...
Dates: 1861-1992; Majority of material found in 1861-1865

James A. Armstrong collection

 Collection — Box: Single Folder Collections - 2020 Box, Folder: 20.0007 - Folder 1
Identifier: 02.20.0007
Content Description

This collection relates to Technical Sergeant James A. Armstrong who served 691st Ordnance Company in the European Theater of Operation. He participated beginning with the Normandy Campaign and each subsequent campaign with the company through to Germany. After the war, he was also commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant Ammunition Supply Officer and assigned to the 633rd Ordnance Company. The collection contains letters, military documents, and photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1945-1947; Date acquired: 09/11/2020; Service (Great Britain, France, Belgium): 1945-1944; Service (Holland, Germany, Austria): 1944-1945; Service (France): 1945

Lyle D. Armstrong collection

 File — Box: Single Folder Collections-2003 Box, Folder: 03.0049- Folder 1
Identifier: 02.03.0049
Content Description This collection relates to Lyle D. Armstrong and his service in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Pacific Theater of Operations. The collection contains a veteran's questionnaire where he shares his experience in service and recalls a memory of being in Manila when the Japanese Envoys came to speak to General MacArthur. He also mentions that he kept in contact with some of the men he met in service. The collection also contains photographs of Armstrong and his three older brothers,...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1944-1946; Date accessioned: 2003-06-15

Lyle D. Armstrong collection

 File — Box: Single Folder Collections-2003 Box, Folder: 03.0049- Folder 1
Identifier: 02.03.0049
Content Description This collection relates to Lyle D. Armstrong and his service in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Pacific Theater of Operations. The collection contains a veteran's questionnaire where he shares his experience in service and recalls a memory of being in Manila when the Japanese Envoys came to speak to General MacArthur. He also mentions that he kept in contact with some of the men he met in service. The collection also contains photographs of Armstrong and his three older brothers,...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1944-1946

Oscar J. Armstrong papers

 Collection — Box: Single Folder Collections - 2016 Box, Folder: 16.0001 - Folder 1
Identifier: 02.16.0001
Scope and Contents This collection includes a United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas Intelligence Information Bulletin on Okinawa, dated 15 November 1944. It also includes a U.S. Naval Training School (Hollywood Beach Hotel, Hollywood, Florida) graduation class 4-44 yearbook entitled "The Quarterdeck," dated 21 July 1944.  Other content includes Thanksgiving and Christmas 1945 dinner menus for U.S. troops in Samar,...
Dates: 1944-1945; Date acquired: 02/09/2016

Arnold Busch papers

 Collection
Identifier: 02.07.0102
Scope and Contents This collection includes letters written to Arnold Busch, a basketball coach for Calvary Methodist Church in Lakewood, Ohio, by the students he previously coached. Whether drafted or enlisted, many of the men kept up a correspondence with Busch throughout the war years. This collection also includes Calvary Church newsletters and pamphlets, pamphlets regarding persons registered for service, ration books and other rationing documents, and letters returned to Busch because their recipients...
Dates: 1934-1946; Majority of material found in 1943-1946; Date acquired: 08/06/2007

Arnold Busch papers

 Collection
Identifier: 02.07.0102
Scope and Contents This collection includes letters written to Arnold Busch, a basketball coach for Calvary Methodist Church in Lakewood, Ohio, by the students he previously coached. Whether drafted or enlisted, many of the men kept up a correspondence with Busch throughout the war years. This collection also includes Calvary Church newsletters and pamphlets, pamphlets regarding persons registered for service, ration books and other rationing documents, and letters returned to Busch because their recipients...
Dates: 1934-1946; Majority of material found in 1943-1946; Date acquired: 08/06/2007

Ars Poetica

 Collection — Box: 1816
Identifier: MSS 2007-039
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of copies of the Ars Poetica pamphlet with information pertaining to the Shaw collection. Subjects of the newsletters include recent acquisitions to the collection, humorous happenings, news related to poetry, and poetry by the author.

Dates: October 1978-Spring 1985

Art Catalog Slides

 Collection — Box: HUA 2015-007
Identifier: HUA 2015-007
Content Description

Art Catalog Slides, including images of statues around campus

Dates: Undated

Art Department Theses and Dissertations

 Collection — Container: HUA 2016-001 Box 1
Identifier: HUA 2016-001
Content Description

See list in G:\Heritage\Collections\Art Department Theses and Dissertations - to be cataloged

Dates: 1951-2008

Arthur and Mayce Seymour Collection

 Collection — Box: 1079;OversizeFolders1-3
Identifier: MSS 82-5
Scope and Contents

The Arthur and Mayce Seymour Collection, in addition to containing correspondence between them, other family members, and friends, has articles written by the Seymours and many poems by Mayce. A major portion of the collection consists of photographs taken by the Seymours during their trips to India and China in the 1920s. Numerous paintings and sketches made by Mayce during these travels are also included.

Dates: 1899-1965

Arthur Eason papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 02.99.0271
Scope and Contents This collection includes several different types of documents that refer to the attack on the American 106th Division in St. Vith, Germany on December 16, 1944. The attack on the 422nd, 423rd, and 424th Infantry Regiments of the 106th Division resulted in 8,663 casualties, 416 deaths, 1,246 injuries, and 7,001 soldiers M.I.A. (missing in action).  Pvt. Arthur Eason was captured and transferred to P.O.W. (prisoner of war) camps. Eason was transferred to the Stalag IV B camp in Northeastern...
Dates: 1944-1945; Majority of material found in 1944-1945; Date acquired: 06/01/1999

Arthur Eason papers

 Collection — Container: Letters/Documents/Photographs
Identifier: 02.99.0271
Scope and Contents This collection includes several different types of documents that refer to the attack on the American 106th Division in St. Vith, Germany on December 16, 1944. The attack on the 422nd, 423rd, and 424th Infantry Regiments of the 106th Division resulted in 8,663 casualties, 416 deaths, 1,246 injuries, and 7,001 soldiers M.I.A. (missing in action).  Pvt. Arthur Eason was captured and transferred to P.O.W. (prisoner of war) camps. Eason was transferred to the Stalag IV B camp in Northeastern...
Dates: 1944-1945; Majority of material found in 1944-1945; Date acquired: 06/01/1999

Arthur Edwin Brenton papers

 Collection — Box: Single Folder Collections - 1998 Box, Folder: 98.0391 - Folder 1
Identifier: 02.98.0391
Scope and Contents

The collection relates to Arthur Edwin Brenton who served aboard the USS  Pennsylvania battleship during World War II in the Pacific Campaign as a member of the U.S. Marine Guard.  The collection includes a diary, typed transcript of the diary, personal papers, newspaper clippings, as well as ship's newsletters.

Dates: 1942-1945; Majority of material found in 1944; Date acquired: 06/16/1998

Arthur Edwin Brenton papers

 Collection — Box: Single Folder Collections - 1998 Box, Folder: 98.0391 - Folder 1
Identifier: 02.98.0391
Scope and Contents

The collection relates to Arthur Edwin Brenton who served aboard the USS  Pennsylvania battleship during World War II in the Pacific Campaign as a member of the U.S. Marine Guard.  The collection includes a diary, typed transcript of the diary, personal papers, newspaper clippings, as well as ship's newsletters.

Dates: 1942-1945; Majority of material found in 1944; Date acquired: 06/16/1998

Arthur G. Johnson papers

 Collection — Box: Single Folder Collections - 2002 Box, Folder: 02.0401 - Folder 1
Identifier: 02.02.0401
Scope and Contents Arthur G. Johnson served in a U.S. Navy Construction Battalion (Seabee) from December 1942 through the end of World War II. This collection consists of an oral history interview transcript. In the transcript, Johnson recounts his experiences from basic training to North Africa, then on to Banica River in the South Pacific, Okinawa and back to Guam where he broke his neck, taking him out of the war. The interview also talks generally about the Seabees, family life after the war,...
Dates: 1942-2001; Majority of material found in 1942-1945; Date acquired: 10/02/2002

Arthur G. Johnson papers

 Collection — Box: Single Folder Collections - 2002 Box, Folder: 02.0401 - Folder 1
Identifier: 02.02.0401
Scope and Contents Arthur G. Johnson served in a U.S. Navy Construction Battalion (Seabee) from December 1942 through the end of World War II. This collection consists of an oral history interview transcript. In the transcript, Johnson recounts his experiences from basic training to North Africa, then on to Banica River in the South Pacific, Okinawa and back to Guam where he broke his neck, taking him out of the war. The interview also talks generally about the Seabees, family life after the war,...
Dates: 1942-2001; Majority of material found in 1942-1945; Date acquired: 10/02/2002

Arthur N. Sollee Papers

 Collection — Container: M84-1
Identifier: M84-1
Abstract As Director of the Jacksonville Expressway Authority during the pivotal transportation years of 1956-1972, Mr. Sollee was a major influence in the development of the Jacksonville, Florida road system in Duval County, Florida in the mid-twentieth century. The collection consists primarily of correspondence, subject files and reports, and newspaper clippings relating to transportation projects in Duval County. It includes extensive documentation on the development of Jacksonville's road...
Dates: 1927-1984; Date acquired: 00/00/1984

Arthur S. Barclay Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC.080
Abstract

A collection of slides and photographs that belonged to American botanist Dr. Arthur S. Barclay. These images include personal photographs of Dr. Barclay and his family or subjects of Dr. Barclay's research. Most notable are Dr. Barclay's trip to Colombia while a student at Harvard University in 1956, samples of datura plants collected in the Southwestern United States, and the aftermath of automobile accident involving Dr. Barclay's International Harvester B-120 Travelall.

Dates: 1940-1977; Majority of material found in c. 1961-1962

Arthur Williams Building Collection

 Collection — Container: HP Miscellaneous Documents box 1
Identifier: HP 2007-066
Scope and Contents

The collection contains items related to the dedication of the Williams Building in 1963. (See box list.)

Dates: 1963

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