Washington Representative W.D. Outman administrative files, 1942-1950.

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Washington Representative W.D. Outman administrative files, 1942-1950.

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This series contains the files maintained by W.D. Outman, as Director of the Florida Economic Advancement Council, from 1941 to 1945, and as Washington Representative for the Dept. of Agriculture, from 1945 to 1950. The Florida Economic Advancement Council files include reports, minutes, and correspondence between W.D. Outman and Council members, Governor Spessard Holland, Secretary of State R.A. Gray, Commissioner of Agriculture Nathan Mayo, and Attorney General J. Thomas Watson. The bulk of the collection dates between 1945 to 1950. It includes correspondence, reports, chronological (reading) files, subject files, legislation, press releases, and newspaper clippings. There is correspondence from individuals and businesses seeking Outman's assistance in representing their interests in Washington. There is also correspondence between Outman and the United States Senators and Congressmen from Florida concerning economic development in Florida.

5.50 cubic ft.

Florida State Archive

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Florida State Archive

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Holland, Spessard L. (Spessard Lindsey), 1892-1971

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Lawyer, judge, governor, and U.S. Senator from Florida. Born in Bartow, Florida. Educated at Emory University and the University of Florida. Served in the Florida Senate, 1933-1939; Governor of Florida, 1941-1945; U.S. Senate, 1946-1971. From the description of Spessard L. Holland Papers, 1913-1972. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 27175101 Spessard Lindsey Holland's career in public service spanned approximately fifty years....

Mayo, Nathan, 1876-1960

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Nathan Mayo (1876-1960) was born in Whitakers, North Carolina, December 1, 1876 and moved with his parents to Ocala, Fla., in 1886 at the age of 10. His first business enterprise as a young man was a country store (later the Mayo-Lyles Store) in Summerfield, to the south of Ocala, in Marion County. In the years leading up to World War I he expanded his business ventures into citrus growing, the turpentine industry (1905) and cotton ginning (1916). Mayo represented Marion County in t...

Watson, J. Tom b. 1885.

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Florida Economic Advancement Council.

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Outman, William D.

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Florida. Dept. of Agriculture.

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W.D. Outman was the Washington Representative for the Dept. of Agriculture from 1945 to 1950. Previously, he was the Director of the Florida Economic Advancement Council's office in Washington, D.C. The Council was created in 1941 (Ch. 20510, Laws) to cooperate with the Florida Congressional delegation to promote Florida's industry, commerce, agriculture, tourism and other state economic features. The Council was abolished in 1945 (Ch. 22858, Laws). The Council's staff was transferred to the Dep...

Gray, R. A. 1882-1975.

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