Papers, 1946-1981.

Pepper, Claude, 1900-1989

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Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951 and the Miami area in the United States House of Representatives from 1963 until 1989. Born in Chambers County, Alabama, Pepper established a legal practice in Perry, Florida after graduating from Harvard Law School. After serving a single term in the Florida House o...

Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998

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George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 45th Governor of Alabama for four terms. He is best remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. During his tenure, he promoted "low-grade industrial development, low taxes, and trade schools". He sought the United States presidency as a Democrat three times, and once as an American Independent Party candidate, unsuccessfully each time. Wallace notoriously opposed deseg...

Barkley, Alban W.

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Carter, Jimmy, 1924-

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Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.), thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, and grew up in the nearby community of Archery. His father, James Earl Carter, Sr., was a farmer and businessman; his mother, Lillian Gordy, a registered nurse. He was educated in the Plains public schools, attended Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute of Technology, and received a B.S. from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946. In the Navy he became a ...

Griffith family

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Sikes, Robert L. F. (Robert Lee Fulton), 1906-1994

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Random House (Firm)

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Wolfsen, Louis E.

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Ball, Edward, 1888-1981

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Born in Virginia in 1888, Edward Ball became a leading and powerful figure in Florida finance and politics when he took over the management of the estate of his brother-in-law, Alfred I. duPont. As trustee for this estate, he was able to spearhead profitable endeavors such as the St. Joe Paper Co., the Florida East Coast Railway, the Florida National Bank, and substantial real estate investments. Although he never held public office, his political clout was extraordinary. He was recognized as th...

Johnson, J. H. (John H.), 1937-

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Confederate officer, stationed in Charleston, S.C. From the description of Diary, 1864-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19851904 Epithet: Reverend; FSA; of the Spalding Society; son of Maurice Johnson British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000356.0x0001eb John Johnson was a ship carpenter working in Baltimore, MD in the first quarter of the 19th century. He apparently owned a s...

Local Government Study Commission (Escambia County, Fla.)

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Ball, Braden Lee

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Griffith, Leon Odell, 1921-1984

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Journalist, writer, and newspaperman. From the description of Papers, 1946-1981. (University of West Florida). WorldCat record id: 49695319 ...

Perry, John Holliday, 1881-1952

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Warren, Fuller, 1905-1973

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Thirteenth Governor of Florida, lawyer. Fuller Warren was born in Blountstown, Florida, on October 3, 1905. He developed an early interest in politics, running for a page in the State Legislature at the age of 13. He attended the University of Florida. While still a student, he was elected to the House of Representatives from Calhoun County, Florida, at the age of 21. He received his law degree from Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1929, and was admitted t...

Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958

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Richmond author James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) is best known for his controversial book, Jurgen (1919), a fantasy set in Cabell's mythical medieval world of Poictesme (pronounced Pwa-tem). The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice contended the book was obscene. A trial over its content brought the reclusive writer national fame. Throughout the 1920s, Cabell's literary peers, including H.L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis, praised his works. Cabell was born April 14, 1879, at 101 E. Frank...

Burns, Haydon, 1912-1987

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Florida East Coast Railway

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The Florida East Coast Railway Company was founded by Henry Flagler for the purpose of increasing the ease of travel to Florida, originally to St. Augustine and eventually to all of the state's east coast. From the description of Florida East Coast Railway Ledgers, 1907-1909. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 184842724 From the guide to the Florida East Coast Railway Ledgers, 1907-1909, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, Universit...

Florida National Group of Banks of the State of Florida

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The Florida National Bank began in Jacksonville as the Jacksonville Savings Bank and functioned with this name between 1886 and 1888. It was founded by merchant turned banker, Samuel B. Hubbard. In October 1888, the bank received a city license with the name of Southern Savings and Trust Company, a name it held until about 1898. In February 1900, the bank became known as the Mercantile Exchange Bank. In January 1905 it became the Florida Bank and Trust Company, the largest bank in Florida. In Au...

Caldwell, Millard Fillmore, 1897-1984

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Lawyer, politician, and judge. City attorney, Milton, Florida, 1926-1932; Attorney, Santa Rosa County School Board; Member, Florida House of Representatives, 1929-1931; Representative, U.S. Congress, 1933-1941; Governor of Florida, 1945-1949; Chairman, Board of Control for Southern Regional Education, 1948-1950; and justice of the Florida Supreme Court, 1962-1969. From the guide to the Millard Fillmore Caldwell Papers, 1938-1950, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smath...

Miller family

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