Fairbanks collection, 1817-1942.

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Fairbanks collection, 1817-1942.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50659676

Personal, correspondence, books, business records, and writing materials. These letters also include sketches of Anderson Station Stockade, fortifications, camps and hospitals, descriptions of Civil War in Florida, Confederate and southern poems. His business papers discuss real estate matters, timber rights, the Palatka sawmill, the Bulow Plantation, maps, surveys, correspondence and other materials. He also includes political papers and materials on Florida history, including local histories of Nassau county, war with the Indians, the Oglethorp expedition, and Florida authors, including a law suit against Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings related to her book, Cross Creek. Materials related to the writings of George Rainsford Fairbanks are also in the collection including newspaper clippings, press notices, and examples of his work. The collection also contains some materials on religion, including the diocese of South Florida and the Episcopal church. Some of the materials related to St. Augustine, New Smyrna and Daytona Beach are housed in the Florida vertical files, and many of the books in the collection have been cataloged and stored separately, and can be viewed upon request.

2017 items, 3284 pieces (including 26 bound volumes)

Florida State University

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SNAC Resource ID: 7630908

Florida State University

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Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953

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Fairbanks, George R. (George Rainsford), 1820-1906

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