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William Hamilton Underground Newspaper Collection, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Jodi Geever-Ostrowsky, Patricia M. Landon Nov 2014

William Hamilton Underground Newspaper Collection, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Jodi Geever-Ostrowsky, Patricia M. Landon

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This collection includes a variety of underground newspapers, various pamphlets and flyers, and various documents related to political activities, social justice, American involvement in the Vietnamese conflict, and other events during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Collected by William “Bill” Hamilton, a 1995 graduate of the University of South Florida, these materials illustrate the topics of discussion from that time and how the alternative and underground press characterized the rapidly changing social landscape. Most of the underground papers and miscellaneous documents originated from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Mr. Hamilton donated these papers to the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library …


The 'Muggs And Skeeter' Cartoon Collection Of Wally Bishop, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Glorea Charland Nov 2014

The 'Muggs And Skeeter' Cartoon Collection Of Wally Bishop, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Glorea Charland

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This collection consists of more than 450 panels of the “Muggs and Skeeter” cartoon drawn by Wallace Bond “Wally” Bishop, a longtime resident of St. Petersburg. Wally Bishop and his wife, Louise C. Bishop became leaders in a variety of social circles and cultural organizations in the greater St. Petersburg area. In the late 1930s, they bought the elaborate mansion constructed by C. Perry Snell on Brightwaters Boulevard at the mouth of Coffee Pot Bayou. In Louise’s later life, her profound concern for ethics in undergraduate education led to the establishment of the Bishop Center for Ethical Leadership and Civic …


Emil August Nordstrom Scrapbook [A Collection Guide], Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Anthony J. Casale Jun 2014

Emil August Nordstrom Scrapbook [A Collection Guide], Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Anthony J. Casale

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Emil August Nordstrom served as an engineer for the City of St. Petersburg, later as a partner in an architectural and engineering firm in St. Petersburg, and also as executive director of the Housing Authority of St. Petersburg. Born in 1883 or 1884, Nordstrom passed away in St. Petersburg on August 26, 1973, and was survived by his daughter, Dorothy King. This small scrapbook contains clippings and information about Nordstrom’s engineering work and structures he was involved with in the City of St. Petersburg between 1926 and 1937. Although none of the clippings appear to be about Nordstrom in the …


"Billy Dean" Scrapbook [A Collection Guide], Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Anthony J. Casale Jun 2014

"Billy Dean" Scrapbook [A Collection Guide], Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Anthony J. Casale

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This scrapbook includes a compilation of newspaper clippings from a variety of sources and covers the mid-1930s. Approximately one-half of these clippings focus on stories related to St. Petersburg or Florida more broadly, while the remainder cover events as broad as English royalty to the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936). The compiler of the materials in this scrapbook is unknown, though the name “Billy Dean” appears on this document. It is uncertain as to whether this was an actual proper name, or whether it was a nickname or pseudonym. Jen Runyon donated this scrapbook and another one that captures the activities …


Papers Of Nelson Poynter, Third Accession, Jodi Geever-Ostrowsky, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives. Apr 2014

Papers Of Nelson Poynter, Third Accession, Jodi Geever-Ostrowsky, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives.

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On 13 September 2013, William C. Ballard—a former member of the Fisher & Sauls law firm—deposited a collection of personal correspondence and other documents related to the management and operation of the Times Publishing Company with Special Collections and University Archives, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. These documents, held by the firm since approximately 15 June 1978, the date of Nelson Poynter’s death, cover the years primarily from 1936 through 1959 and may have been helpful in establishing intra-familial relationships regarding the St. Petersburg Times [now Tampa Bay Times], St. Petersburg Evening Independent, and other publishing and operational entities of the …


Earl Weir Floridiana Collection, Second Accession, Jodi L. Harman, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Earl Weir Apr 2014

Earl Weir Floridiana Collection, Second Accession, Jodi L. Harman, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Earl Weir

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Earl Weir, a longtime St. Petersburg resident who now lives outside of the area, originally donated materials related to his family’s history and the Tampa Bay region in 2012. Many items from the original accession were digitized versions of home movies, and they were received in multiple installments. Some artifacts were also included in the original accession, such as an electric clock from Webb’s City, a longtime department store located in St. Petersburg. Mr. Weir donated a second accession of items in early 2014 while visiting the Poynter Library. This finding aid enumerates materials from this second accession only, comprised …


The Neighborhood News Photographic Collection, Jodi L. Harman, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives. Mar 2014

The Neighborhood News Photographic Collection, Jodi L. Harman, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives.

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Many of the images in this collection once appeared in the “Negro” news section of the St. Petersburg Times. At some point in time, they were acquired by the Neighborhood News Bureau, a partnership of USFSP and other entities that documents events in and shares news of Midtown, an area of southern St. Petersburg with a substantial African American population. In January 2014, Dr. Deni Elliott, Chair of Journalism and Media Studies at USFSP and the Eleanor Poynter Jamison Chair of Media Ethics and Press Policy, transferred this collection from the Neighborhood News Bureau offices to the Poynter Library to …