[Papers] 1949-1978.

Florida Historical Society

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The Florida Historical Society was established in 1902, incorporated in 1905. It was the successor to the Historical Society of Florida. In 1940 it absorbed the Florida State Historical Society founded in 1921. Julien Chandler Yonge was the editor of the Florida Historical Quarterly from 1925 to 1955. From the guide to the Florida Historical Society Records, 1923-1982, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida) Hi...

University of South Florida. Tampa Campus Library. Special Collections Dept.

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Florida Library Association

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Chapman, Margaret L.

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Librarian. Margaret Chapman became the first director and librarian of Special Collections at the University of South Florida in February 1962. During her tenure (1962-1971), she helped develop collections in Floridiana and rare books, encouraged the Florida Historical Society and its research library to relocate to the University of South Florida, and acquired the papers of Florida Governor LeRoy Collins and Congressman Sam Gibbons. From the description of [...