Baars Family Papers
Scope and Contents
Personal papers and business records, 1857-1960, of Henry G. S. Baars, his wife, Mary Elison (Minnie) Dunwoody, and their four children: John Ernest, Theodore Dunwoody, Henry G. S., and Annie E. Baars, of Pensacola Florida. Records include correspondence, ledgers, photographs, maps, genealogy, and related records documenting family life and the professional life of Henry Baars, an exporter of lumber and timber, a real estate developer, and as vice-consul for the Austro-Hungarian Empire at Pensacola.
Papers include abstracts, contracts, deeds, land patents, land maps, maps of the Pensacola Wharf area and various Spanish land grants, stock certificates, tax records, and other business records for the Baars and Caldwell Realty Company, Baars and Hudson Export Company, Baars Air Field, Baars Export Company, Baars-Caldwell-Freeman Company, Bagdad Shipbuilding Company, Baylen Street Wharf, Bermancald Land Company, Christ Episcopal Church, Cordova Bridge, Cordova Park, Dunwoody-Aiken Towboat Company, Garcon Point, Gulf Export Company, Gulf View Heights Company, H. Baars and Company, Lakeview Haven Company, Lakeview Property, Lakeview Streetcar Company, Magnolia Bluff Addition, Maura Place, McDavid-Hyer Company, Metro Hat Works, Palafox Shipbuilding Company, Pensacola Apartment House Company, Pensacola Shipbuilding Company, Richland Farms, and the Silver Shores Hotel Company.
Key correspondents include Reverend Henry C. Blandford, Annie E. Baars Blandford, John A. Merritt, and Alexander and Mary D. Stoddard. Other materials include reminiscences and memoirs of Bryan Dunwoody, and of "Will" Jones Dunwoody (1895) on the Civil War, and minutes of the Pensacola City Council, 1948-1949
A detailed Index to the collection is available at the repository.
Dates
- Creation: 1857-1960
- Creation: Date acquired: 08/00/1985
Creator
- Baars Family (Family)
Language of Materials
English .
Conditions Governing Access
Open to researchers, dependent on our compliance with U.S. Copyright Law, HIPPA requirements, donor agreements and other applicable state and federal statutes. Occasionally we may need to review a collection before permitting immediate access.
Conditions Governing Use
Digital photography, scanning, and photocopying of materials is prohibited. Permission may be granted by the Special Collections Librarian for such reprography dependent on issues of copyright, ownership, condition, donor agreements, etc. In general, staff do not make reproductions of copyright materials or materials for which title is not owned by the institution. Recent revisions in the U.S. Copyright Law extended the copyright of correspondence, letters, and other personal papers to the life of the author plus seventy years.
Extent
4291.00 items
Arrangement Note
Alphabetical by person, then by company
Source of Acquisition
estate of Henry G. Baars, August 1985
Physical Description
M1985-20 other_unmapped
Processing Information
Cataloged 03/28/1990
Subject
- Baars, Annie B. (Person)
- Baars family. (Family)
- Blandford, Henry C.--Correspondence. (Person)
- Merritt, John A.--Correspondence. (Person)
- Stoddard, Alexander--Correspondence. (Person)
- Stoddard, Mary Newman--Correspondence. (Person)
- Blandford, Annie E. Baars. (Person)
- Dunwoody, Bryan. (Person)
- Dunwoody, Jones. (Person)
- Baars, Henry G. S. (Henry Gerhardt Sophus), 1844-1909. (Person)
- Baars, Mary Elison Dunwoody. (Person)
- Baars, John Ernest. (Person)
- Baars, Theodore Dunwoody, 1876-1941. (Person)
- Baars, Henry G. S. (Person)
- Bagdad Shipbuilding Company. (Organization)
- Bermancald Land Company. (Organization)
- Christ Episcopal Church (Pensacola, Fla.) (Organization)
- Dunwoody-Aiken Towboat Company. (Organization)
- Gulf Export Company. (Organization)
- Gulf View Heights Company. (Organization)
- H. Baars and Company. (Organization)
- Lakeview Haven Company. (Organization)
- Lakeview Property (Firm). (Organization)
- Lakeview Streetcar Company. (Organization)
- McDavid-Hyer Company. (Organization)
- Metro Hat Works. (Organization)
- Palafox Shipbuilding Company. (Organization)
- Pensacola Apartment House Company. (Organization)
- Pensacola Shipbuilding Company. (Organization)
- Richland Farms. (Organization)
- Silver Shores Hotel Company. (Organization)
- Pensacola (Fla.)--City Council. (Organization)
- Baars and Caldwell Realty Company. (Organization)
- Baars and Hudson Export Company. (Organization)
- Baars Air Field. (Organization)
- Baars Export Company. (Organization)
- Baars-Caldwell-Freeman Company. (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Abstracts--Florida.
- Contracts--Florida.
- Deeds--Florida.
- Genealogies--Florida.
- Ledgers--Florida.
- Maps--Florida.
- Memoirs--Florida.
- Minutes--Florida.
- Photographs--Florida.
- Reminiscences--Florida.
- Stock certificates--Florida.
- Tax records--Florida.
Geographic
- Baylen Street Wharf (Pensacola Fla.)
- Cordova Bridge (Pensacola, Fla.)
- Garcon Point (Fla.)
- Magnolia Bluff (Fla.)
Occupation
- Businessmen--Florida--Pensacola.
- Consuls--Austria.
- Consuls--Florida--Pensacola.
- Real estate developers--Florida--Pensacola.
Topical
- Title
- Baars Family Papers M1985-20
- Date
- 02/16/2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the UWF University Archives and West Florida History Center Repository
Bldg. 32
11000 University Pkwy
Pensacola FL 32514 US
