Papers, 1849-1944.

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Papers, 1849-1944.

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Personal and business records, correspondence, account books, photographs, scrapbooks, school papers, real estate and post office records, shipping records. Gustave Axelson's son's letters, dating 1913-1918, tell of John Newton Axelson's life as a student at Washington and Lee University and at the University of Florida in Gainesville, and military camp in Kentucky in 1918. The personal papers of Reverend John Newton, a Presbyterian minister, cover his life as a teacher at Knox Hill Academy, 1849-1863, his travels as a minister in California, Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Florida, 1863-1870, his private school at Mary Esther, Florida, 1870-1888, with ministerial records of baptisms, marriages, and his work with the Florida Chautauqua and in real estate at Mary Esther. Other persons, subjects and places mentioned in the collection include the ship Doris, Rutherford B. Hayes, Eleanor King, Calvin Lewis, Mary Christian Newton, baptisms and marriages, real estate, evangelistic and missionary work, land grants, painting, post offices, American Civil War in Florida, China, Missouri, Michigan, Lexington, Virginia, Lousiville, Kentucky, and Marianna, Tampa Bay and Walton County, Florida.

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University of West Florida, John C. Pace Library

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University of West Florida, John C. Pace Library

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University of Florida

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The original campus plans for the University of Florida at Gainesville were developed by the firm of Edwards & Walter. Edwards & Walter were contracted to design and layout the campus buildings in 1905. Additional plans were developed by the firm's successor, Edward and Sayward. In 1925, Rudolph Weaver, Director of the University's School of Architecture, assumed the position of Architect for the Board of Control and was responsible for campus planning throughout the state. ...

Newton, John, Reverend.

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Kohler family.

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Newton, Mary Christian.

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King, Eleanor Parker

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Dancer, choreographer, educator, and author. From the description of Papers, 1931-1991. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122456037 Eleanor King, possibly of Liverpool, England. From the description of Eleanor King commonplace book, 1781-1783. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 659560960 Modern dancer and choreographer. From the description of Letters to Grace Stevenson, 1942-1984. (New York Public Library). WorldCat ...

Rogers family.

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Doris (Ship)

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Newton family.

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Harrison family.

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Knox Hill Academy (Knox Hill, Fla.)

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Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893

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Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1822 and earned degrees from Kenyon College and Harvard Law School before starting a career as a lawyer in Cincinnati. Hayes served as a major general in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1864. Hayes then was elected Governor of Ohio and later served one term as President of the United States (1877-1881) before retiring to his home in Fremont, Ohio, where he died in 1893.President of the Uni...

Lewis, Calvin

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Washington and Lee University. University Library

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Axelson, Esther Newton

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Campbell family.

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Axelson family.

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Axelson, Gustave.

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Newton, John D. C.

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Florida Chautauqua

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Axelson, John Newton, 1896-1964

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