Gage, Thomas

            General, British Forces in North America.

            Selected letters, March 1770, concerning assignments, orders, and reports from Pensacola, Florida.  Correspondents include Lieutenant Jones of His Majesty's 15th Foot Regiment, Elias Durnford, Frederick Haldimand, and a report on repairs to the barracks at Pensacola.

            Microfilm, 1 reel.   From Gage Papers, Clements Library, University of Michigan.

            Accession M1968-13/156.

 

 

Gaines, Edmund Pendleton (1777-1849)

            A.L.S. (photocopy), Pensacola, August 8, 1818 to Major General Andrew Jackson, describing the fortifications at Pensacola.

            1 item (photocopy).   Gift of James W. Moody.

            Accession M1968-11/69.

 

 

Gaines, Marion T.

            Newspaper editor and writer, Pensacola News Journal

            Personal papers, 1939-1975, including correspondence and records as a member of the City of Pensacola Human Relations Committee, 1966-1971.  Correspondents and subjects include Reubin O'Donovan Askew, Aubrey W. Fitch, Charles O. Andrews, Bob Sikes, John Holliday Perry, J. Edgar Hoover, and materials relating to minority employment and race relations in Pensacola, a report on Pensacola city parks (1969), and related papers.

            123 items (.34 c.f.).   Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Gaines.

            Accession M1983-22.

 

 

Galvez, Bernardo de

            A.L.S., Pensacola, Florida, April 22, 1781 to Chevalier de Monteil on artillery around Fort George during Siege of Pensacola.  With additional biographical and genealogical materials (photocopies). 

            6 items.   Gift of Galvez Commission (1981) and purchase (1982).

            Accession M1980-17.

 

 

Galvez, Bernardo de

            Correspondence, 1779-1781.  Typescript transcripts in Spanish.

            Microfilm, 1 reel.  Acquired from Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.   Spanish Provincial Records, Record Group 26, v. 15.

            Panton, Leslie and Company Research Collection, Microfilm No. 59.

 

 

Galvez Commission

            Records, 1980-1981, including minutes, correspondence, budget and planning documents, publications and research files and other materials concerning the Galvez celebration, May 3-10, 1981 honoring the bicentennial of the capture of Pensacola by the Spanish under Bernardo de Galvez in 1781.  Subjects include Fort Barrancas, the H.M.S. Mentor, Fort George, Seville Square, Bernardo de Galvez, the H.M.S. Bounty, the historical drama Yo Solo, Juan Sebastian Elcano (ship), the North Hill Preservation Society, Palafox Place, and related activities of the commission and celebration.

            1,414 items  (2.1 c.f.).   Gift of the Galvez Commission.

            Accession M1981-08.

 

 

Gamble, Thomas

            A.L.S., Pensacola, Florida, June 3, 1772, to Lord Barrington; states Gamble has heard from General Gage concerning Gamble's appointment to rank of Captain, and thanks Barrington for his support in securing the appointment. 

            1 item.  Purchase.

            Accession M1989-01.

 

 

Gardner, George Frederick (1896-1980)

            Diaries (1955-1980) and notebooks (1937-    ) including journals of a trip to Canada and Detroit in 1937, to Florida in 1940, and letters describing Saipan, Marianas Islands, in 1949.  Subjects include life in Pensacola, Hurricane Frederic (1979), weather, and orchid culture. Some entries in shorthand.

            57 items (1.02 c.f.).  Gift of Gardner family and Marjorie Reynolds.

            Accession M1980-20.

 

 

Gazeta de Madrid

            Microfilm set of this Spanish newspaper, 1779-1781, covering the movement of Galvez' forces against Mobile and the siege and capture of Pensacola, May 1781.

            Microfilm, 1 reel.            Originals in the Newberry Library, Chicago.

            Accession M1968-13/152.

 

 

Georgia.  Executive Department.

            Passports issued by the governors of Georgia, 1785-1820.  These passports are permits to travellers and settlers heading westward into areas of west Georgia, present-day Alabama, and West Florida.  This series is a typescript copy prepared by Mrs. J. E. Hays as part of the Works Progress Administration in Georgia, 1940.  Includes a supplement of passports taken from the letters of Benjamin Hawkins, U. S. Agent to the Creek Indians.

            Microfilm, 1 reel.            Originals in the Georgia Department of Archives and History.

            Microfilm No. 1175.

 

 

Gilman Family Papers

            Photocopies of correspondence, newspaper clippings, veteran records, wills, Bible records, deeds and land records, and other genealogical materials primarily pertaining to the Gilman or Gillman family of Alabama and West Florida, compiled by Doris G. Enfinger of Pensacola, Florida.  Includes related families of Tindle, McMillan, Ashcroft, and Thomas families of Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Escambia Counties, Florida, and Alabama, as well as Gilman families in other areas of the United States.  Key correspondents include Annie L. Thomas, Doris G. Enfinger, and Merton T. Goodrich.

            510 leaves (.18 c.f.).  Gift of Mr. Darrell Gillman.

            Accession M1991-09.

 

 

Gilmer, F. W.

            Photocopy of A.L.S., February 16, 1816, to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, Virginia.  Details the legal history of the Spanish claim upon the lands of Florida.

            3 leaves.   Original in the Missouri Historical Society.

            West Florida Collection No. 96.

 

 

Glass Plate Negatives Collection

            Also known as the Bell Glass Plate Photograph Collection, this collection consists of glass plate negatives, primarily portraits of Pensacola individuals, families, children and a few event (e.g. weddings) pictures.   The date range is predominantly 1900-1930, however this is not exact.  For example, one negative was a picture of an artist's portrait of Dr. John Gorrie (1803-1855).  Other photographs include Florida Governors, ministers, priests, Pensacola mayors, and other prominent citizens and visitors to Pensacola.  All photographs came in envelopes with identifications, and is believed to be the archives of Pensacola photographer H. Lee Bell who operated from 1910 to 1949.   A separate name index is available.

            7,500 pieces (337 boxes or 46.25 c.f.).   Gift of Pensacola Historical Society.

            Accession M1988-20.

 

 

Glynn, James (1801‑1871)

            A private journal kept on board the U.S.S. Pensacola on a passage from Pensacola, Fla. to Norfolk, Va., December 5, 1859 ‑ January 31, 1860.

            Microfilm, 1 reel.   Original owned by the Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia.

            Microfilm No. 138.

 

 

Godwin, Ruth

            Correspondence, scrapbooks, and records, 1963‑1971, relating to Mrs. Godwin's activities as State Democratic Committeewoman, Florida First Congressional District.  With papers relating to the Lady Bird Johnson Special train tour, 1966; the National Democratic Convention in Chicago, 1968; election campaign ephemera; and an unpublished history of Oak Grove, compiled by C. R. Walker.

            126 items (.34 c.f.)

            Accession M1977-12.

 

 

Goldsby, John Raymond (1931-    )

            Personal papers, 1909-1970, consisting of photocopies of bills of sale, tax receipts and certificates, receipts from merchants, physicians, and hospitals in Pensacola, land abstracts, chattel mortgages, promissory notes, and genealogy records concerning the Goldsby family and Myrtle Grove, Florida.

            114 items.  Gift of John R. Goldsby.

            Accession M1981-05 SC.

 

 

Gonzalez, M. F.

            Business records of the M. F. Gonzalez Company, Pensacola, Florida, grain dealers and grist mill operators, 1889‑1904.

            2 ledger books.   Gift of Mr. Charles F. Gonzalez, Jr.

            Accession M1976-07.

 

 

Goodnight, Lyman (1896‑1976)

            Stereoscopic photographs of activities at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, 1926‑1940; correspondence with his wife, 1940‑1947.  Includes photographs of Charles Lindbergh and Franklin Delano Roosevelt; notes on Lt. Goodnight's service in the Naval School of Aerial Photography from its establishment, 1918, until his retirement, 1949, as Chief Training Officer.

            95 items (.34 c.f.).   Gift of Mrs. Beverley Seiffert.

            Accession M1978-12.

 

 

Gray, John (b. 1916)

            Engravings of arms and armament, pastoral scenes and flora and fauna, with other illustrations and prints, French and German, mid‑18th to early 19th centuries.  With general papers relating to Mr. Gray's real estate activities in Pensacola and the Perdido Bay area, 1944‑1960.

            94 items.  Gift of Mr. John Gray.

            Accession M1967-04.

 

 

Gray, John D.

            Promissory notes payable to William Gray, St. Joseph, Florida, Calhoun County, March 25, 1841; with 1905 typescript of the 1849 tax assessment of John Gray lands in St. Joseph town, with certification by Florida Comptroller, 1905.

            3 items.   Gift of J. McHenry Jones.

            Accession M1973-16.

 

 

Great Britain.  Public Record Office.

            Colonial Office Papers, 1760-1794, (primarily the C.O. 5 series) concerning administration of His Majesty's colonies in East and West Florida, including correspondence files for the Board of Trade, Secretary of State (East Florida), commissioners, the Council and Assembly, surveyors reports, land grants, mortgages, conveyances, plantations records, minutes of the Treasury Board, and other records concerning Newfoundland, South Caribbee Islands, Tobago, Pensacola, Quebec, West Florida, and St. Vincent.

            Includes C.O. Series 5, volumes 66-67, 70, 114, 162, 164-165, 540-564,

570-635;  C.O. Series 23, volumes 24-39, 49, 53, 61-62;  C.O. Series 37, volumes 22-23, and Treasury Office Series 1, volumes 449-450; War Office Series 1, volume 6; Audit Office Series 1, volumes 1261-1262, and Series 3, volumes 126-127.

            See also a 'Finder's Guide' index of names and subjects prepared by UWF

students, Lee T. McKnight and Sandra A. Thomas which cover West Florida portions of volumes 574 through 580 of the C.O. 5 series. (West Florida Collection, No. 236).

            Microfilm, 54 reels.  Originals in the Public Record Office, London.

            Panton, Leslie and Company Research Collection, Microfilm Nos. 143-197.

 

 

Great Britain.  Public Records Office

            Colonial Office Record Group 27/14, Bahamas.  Includes lists of all American, British, and foreign vessels arriving and departing Bahamian ports, 1807, 1810-1813, with names of ships, masters, tonnage, men, where built and where registered, owners, where bound for, and cargo; with lists of Her Majesty's revenues from imports, 1768-1787; with marriage, birth, and death register for Christ Church, New Providence, 1784-1785; and land surveys for grants to Loyalists, 1786-1787.

            Microfilm, 1 reel.

            Panton, Leslie and Company Research Collection, Microfilm No. 47.

 

 

Great Britain.  War Office.

            Expedition to the southern coasts of North America, 1815 (volume 143) and 1816 (volume 144).   (PRO 1/143; 1/144).

            These are bound volumes of letters received and information forwarded to the War Office concerning British troops and actions along the Florida coast including Pensacola, Apalachicola, and relation with Creek and Muscogee Indians during the War of 1812.   Volume 143 begins with an account of the surrender of Pensacola by the Spanish to American troops under Andrew Jackson.  Other subjects include Alexander Cochrane and the Negro Fort at Apalachicola; lists of Florida refugees aboard Her Majesty's vessels; Edward Nicolls' reports on Indian Affairs with lists of Indian towns and allies of Great Britain.

            With selections from Chatham Papers of various letters on the American Revolutionary campaigns; includes extracts of letters of Thomas Forbes (PRO 30/8/344).

            Microfilm, 1 reel.  Originals in Public Records Office, London.

            Panton, Leslie and Company Research Collection.  Microfilm No. 88.

 

 

Greenslade, John G.

            Transcripts by Admiral Greenslade's mother, Mrs. Marie Taylor Greenslade, of correspondence and papers relating to the Panton, Leslie Company.  The text of some of the documents were printed in the Florida Historical Quarterly, ca. 1931-1939.  With correspondence, notes and other papers exchanged between Mrs. Greenslade and Mr. Julien Yonge, Editor of the Quarterly, 1923-1934.

            471 items (.68 c.f).   Gift of Admiral Greenslade.

            Accession M1977-14.

 

 

Gregory, Francis H.

            Report of Capt. Gregory on the fitness of the U.S. Frigate "Raritan," at Pensacola, Sep 4, 1846.

            l item (photocopy).   Purchased from Temple University Library.

            Accession M1968-13/44.

 

 

Griffith, Leon Odell (1921-1984)

            Pensacola journalist, writer, and newspaperman.

            Personal papers, 1946-1981, consisting of correspondence, manuscripts, galley proofs, newspaper clippings, published articles, poetry, and materials pertaining to the editing and publication of his books, Seed in the Wind (1960); The Longest Strike (1975); his biography of  Ed Ball; John Holliday Perry:  Florida Press Lord (1974).  With copies of unpublished short stories and books, research files on Edward Ball, the Griffith and Miller family genealogy, John Holliday Perry, the Escambia County Government Study Commis-

sion (1966), the Santa Rosa Free Press, and President Jimmy Carter's campaign for the U. S. Presidency (1974-1976).   Correspondents include Alban W. Barkley, Braden Ball, James Branch Cabell, Warren Fuller, Claude Pepper, Robert L. F. Sikes, John Johnson, Millard Caldwell, with additional items pertaining to Florida newspapers, Random House, Inc., Louis F. Wolfson, Florida National Banks, and the Florida East Coast Railroad.

            515 items (2.38 c.f.).   Gift of Leon Odell Griffith, Mark O'Brien,

Dr. Norman Vickers, and Mrs. Mary Griffith.

            Accession M1974-11.

 

 

Grinnell, A. Albert

            Pensacola Bar Pilot.

            Papers, 1864-1867, concerning his service as a "Union" man, as a bar pilot, and related services in placing harbor beacons.  In 1865, he was possibly the oldest Bar pilot in Pensacola.

            5 items (photocopies).   Gift of Arnold Rosenbleeth.

            West Florida Collection No. 116-120.

 

 

Gulf Breeze, Florida.

            Televised docu-dramas concerning sightings of unidentified flying objects in Gulf Breeze, by Ed Walters, and others, 1988.

            2 videocassettes.

            West Florida Collection No. 517-518.

 

 

Gulf Breeze Rotary Club

            Records, 1964, 1974-1983, including minute books and photocopies of newspaper clippings and programs.

            9 items.            Gift of Randy Bell III.

            West Florida Collection No. 279.

 

 

Gulf Islands National Seashore

            Records, 1960-    , including correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings and other papers pertaining to the establishment of the Gulf Islands National Seashore on Santa Rosa Island, 1960-.  Materials cover the environment, beaches, leases of land, the Santa Rosa Island Authority,  Pensacola Beach, Villa Sabine, and the development of Fort Pickens, the Live Oak Reservation, Perdido Key, and Fort Barrancas, as well as papers of the National Seashore Committee.

            1,004 items (1.93 c.f.).  Gift of Mrs. William Woolley.

            Accession M1972-05.

 

 

Gulf Yachting Association

            Records and papers, including Lipton Cup races, and other materials.

            Undetermined.   Gift of the Association.

            Uncataloged.

            Accession M1993-07.