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Kathleen Hardee Arsenault Literature Research Collection, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur Dec 2002

Kathleen Hardee Arsenault Literature Research Collection, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur

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During the mid-1990s, Kathleen Hardee Arsenault conducted research on two notable authors, Francis Robert Goulding and Lois Lenski. A member of the Poynter Library faculty from 1981 through 2009 and a graduate of Wellesley College and Simmons College, she has written articles and scholarly reviews on a variety of Florida topics, including the historical development of children’s literature in Florida. Arsenault previously served as dean of the Poynter Library.

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Committee On Issues Of Sexual Orientation (Ciso) Records . . . First Accession, December 2002, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur Dec 2002

Committee On Issues Of Sexual Orientation (Ciso) Records . . . First Accession, December 2002, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur

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The Committee on Issues of Sexual Orientation (CISO), an Advisory Committee to the President of the University of South Florida, first convened in September 1993. Later renamed the Committee on Issues of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (CISOGI), this advisory body regularly meets with USF executive staff, human resources personnel, and representatives from the diversity and equal opportunity offices. This university-wide body has consulted with groups about adding non-discriminatory clauses and partner benefits for all employees, regardless of sexual orientation. In addition, this committee supports leadership initiatives and opportunities for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered students at the University of …

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Hapgood/Berry Photographic Collection : A Collection Guide, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, William Hapgood, Sylvia Hazel Smith Berry Aug 2002

Hapgood/Berry Photographic Collection : A Collection Guide, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, William Hapgood, Sylvia Hazel Smith Berry

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During the 1930s, William Hapgood and Sylvia Hazel Smith Berry spent their winters in St. Petersburg to get away from the snow and cold weather of New England. While wintering in Florida, they lived in a home in the 13th Street Heights neighborhood and participated in the many social and cultural activities available for seasonal residents. This collection of twenty photographs and four photographic postcards displays images of St. Petersburg taken during the winter and spring of 1933. Many popular sites are represented, including the “Million Dollar” Pier, Williams Park, and the 1933 Festival of States parade. These photographs were …

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Wilder's Park Collection : A Finding Aid, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, Henry Crossley Aug 2002

Wilder's Park Collection : A Finding Aid, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, Henry Crossley

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During the late 1990s, Lee Irby—a graduate student in history at USF—wrote his master’s thesis on the migration of retirees to St. Petersburg. As part of his research, he interviewed Fred E. Wilder, a veteran of the Second World War who moved to southeastern St. Petersburg in 1953. Wilder had acquired four acres of land at the intersection of Sixth Street and Thirty-second Avenue (formerly Bayou Lake Avenue) South. By 1954, he opened Wilder’s Trailer Park, with offices located at 770-32nd Avenue South. During the next few years, Wilder’s Park became a magnet for retirees from other areas in search …

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The Donald Saxer/United States Maritime Service Training Station (Usmsts), Bayboro Harbor, Collection : A Collection Guide, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, Donald Saxer, Apr 2002

The Donald Saxer/United States Maritime Service Training Station (Usmsts), Bayboro Harbor, Collection : A Collection Guide, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, Donald Saxer,

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Donald Saxer, a cadet who trained at the United States Maritime Service Training Station at Bayboro Harbor in 1943 and later joined the staff, collected many of the items in the Saxer/USMSTS, Bayboro Harbor, Collection. Rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer, Saxer became an important leader at Bayboro Harbor. After the station closed in 1950, Saxer remained as part of the staff that managed the facilities until the City of St. Petersburg took control of the site in the mid-1950s. He donated these materials in October 2001. Some items in this collection were originally gathered by H.F. Kuether, …

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John C. Briggs Collection Of Ichthyology, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, John C. Briggs Mar 2002

John C. Briggs Collection Of Ichthyology, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, John C. Briggs

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John C. Briggs earned his Ph.D. in biology and natural science from Stanford University in 1952. For many years, he taught at the Department of Marine Science (now College of Marine Science) located on the physical campus of USF St. Petersburg. After entering phased retirement in the 1980s, he negotiated a purchase/partial donation of his extensive collection of works on ichthyology, natural science, botany, and biology to the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. The Briggs Collection offers a valuable research tool due to the breadth of the collection and its many unique and rare titles. Nearly all monographs are searchable through …

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