Keep Family Papers

            Correspondence, business papers and accounts of Samuel and Nathan Keep, 1826‑1832.  Samuel Keep of Boston, Massachusetts, was awarded the contract for erecting buildings and wharves at the new Pensacola Navy Yard, 1826.  Includes letters exchanged between Samuel, in Pensacola, and his older brother and probable investor, Dr. Nathan Keep (1800‑1875), of Boston, Dean of the Harvard School of Dentistry.  In addition to the letters describing in detail life in Pensacola, at the Navy Yard, and labor and government problems, the records follow Samuel's lobbying efforts in Congress, congressional documents of hearings and private bills, and estate records following his death in 1830.

            Subjects include congressional voting in Pensacola, the departure of Commodore Woolsey from Pensacola, smallpox and yellow fever epidemics, descriptions of stone wharves at the Navy Yard, names of ships in the area, Jackson's actions in Pensacola, people at Pensacola including Hunt and Brackenridge and the Simpson family and comparing Adams and Jackson as Presidential candidates.  Correspondents include Joseph M. White, M. T. Woolsey, Adam Gordon, William Bainbridge, and Peter Lenox.

            300 items (.64 c.f.).   Gift and purchase.

            Accession M1975-16.

 

 

Kell Family Papers

            Scrapbooks, family papers and printed materials relating to Pensacola, ca. 1810‑1940.  Includes deeds, receipts, and general papers of members of the Tapiola, Roche, Maher, McSween and McVoy families of Pensacola and Cantonment, 1822‑1940.  With autograph albums of Fannie Arbona and Anita Roche, Pensacola, 1885‑1888; scrapbook of William J. Baker, Pensacola, ca. 1874‑1900; Pensacola and Escambia County tax returns of Peter Tapiola and family, 1810‑1882; family papers and manuscript poems of Richard Roche, Pensacola, ca. 1860‑1905; printed funeral announcements, Pensacola, 1868‑1940; school papers of Miss Belle McVoy, ca. 1901, with signature of James M. Tate; letters of Henry McVoy, U.S. Navy, 1918‑1919; and miscellaneous papers relating to the Cantonment Woman's Club and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

            844 items (1.02 c..f.).   Gift of Mrs. Clarence R. Kell.

            Accession M1968-18, M1969-11.

 

 

Keller Manuscript

            Manuscript in latin, on vellum; a receipt in Portuguese, with possible date of 1421, and script of 1453 and 1455 on verso.  Possibly a palimpsest.  With ultraviolet photographs and related papers.

            10 items.   Gift of Lt. General Robert P. Keller.

            Accession M1985-19.

 

 

Kimball Lumber Company

            Account ledger, February 1888-1889 showing lands purchased, stock issued, cash receipts and expenditures, sales, etc. 1 volume (800 leaves).

            1 microfilm reel.

            West Florida Collection No. 124.

 

 

King-Joyner Family Papers

            Papers, 1867-1951, of the King, Joyner and Moyer families of Bagdad, Milton, and Pensacola, Florida, including photographs; a journal (1867-1870) covering Reconstruction period; and records of the Bagdad Missionary Band or Women's Missionary Society of the Bagdad Presbyterian Church, 1899-1903.

            Uncatalogued.   Gift of Mrs. Robert King.

            Accession M1993-15.

 

 

Kingsbery, A. C.

            Insurance Agent, Pensacola, Florida

            Papers, 1928-1937, including financial records, insurance registers, and underwriter agent contracts.  Client files include Levey Brothers, a glass company with descriptions and drawings of all store fronts and their glass on Palafox Street (1936); John H. Myrick Automobile fleet at Gonzalez; and Semmes Coal and Ice Company. Other subjects include Frank W. Pearson and Hardware Mutual Insurance Company, underwriters.

            83 items (.18 c.f.).  Gift of Mrs. Wallace Mayo.

            Accession M1987-11.

 

 

Kirkpatrick, John A.

            Pensacola merchant; dry goods and grocer.

            Business papers, correspondence, and advertising matter, 1894-1901, of John A. Kirkpatrick, proprietor of Kirkland LeConte Pear Orchards, and of Nickelsen & Kirkpatrick.

            410 items (.34 c.f.).

            Accession M1967-05, M1987-04 SC.

 

 

Kirwan Family Papers

            Records, [1780-1900] of the Kirwan family including business records relating to their sugar cane plantation on the island of Montserrat.  This is a provisional entry pending final inventory and paper conservation work.   Includes indentures, harvest records, deeds, scrapbooks, and related materials.

            2.0 c.f. (est.).   Gift of Mrs. Betty King.

            Accession M1991-13.