Al Burt Papers, 1948-2009 (bulk 1961-2007).

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Al Burt Papers, 1948-2009 (bulk 1961-2007).

Subject files, background notes, interviews, talks, correspondence, photographs and copies of articles and columns.

22 linear feet. (43 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7907131

University of Florida

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Burt, Alastair

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Alvin Victor Burt Jr. (1927-2008), Miami Herald reporter and columnist, was born Sept. 11, 1927, in Oglethorpe County, Georgia but grew up at the family home in Jacksonville, Florida. In later life, he prided himself on being both a native Georgian and a native Floridian. He always described Florida as "home," however, and would immortalize its people and places in his column "Al Burt's Florida." Burt studied journalism at the University of Florida, where he served as an...