United Daughters of the Confederacy, Pensacola, Florida

            Records, 1898-    , including minutes, correspondence, publications, yearbooks, as well as publications of the national UDC organization and the Florida Division of UDC.

            2,640 items (4.73 c.f.).

            Accession M1984-08.

 

 

United Daughters of 1812, National Society

            Records, 1968-1972, of the Three Notch chapter of Pensacola, Florida, including yearbooks of Florida and national divisions, newsletters, and genea-logical notes.  Includes transcripts from family Bibles collected in the West Florida region for the Avery, Billingsley, Buckles, Caldwell, Campbell, Capron, Cranston, Crutchfield, Darby, Fisher, Mallory, Oerting, Parramore, Rice, Runyan, Sharp, Sneed, Speed, Stanford, and Watford families.

            27 items (.23 c.f.).  Gift of Mrs. Shannon Hobgood, 1972.

            Accession M1972-11.

 

 

U. S. Adjutant General

            General James Wilkinson's order book: December 31, 1796 - March 8, 1808. General Wilkinson commanded American forces which moved into the Southeastern United States and into New Orleans after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.  Of importance are his ongoing communications with Spanish West Florida and Spanish authorities over American intentions and incursions of United States citizens into the Spanish territory.

            Microfilm, 3 reels.   Part of Record Group 94, National Archives.

            Microfilm No. 118.

 

 

U. S. Adjutant General

            Selected portions of Record Group 94 consisting of materials documenting desertions in the Mexican-American War, especially of John Riley or John O'Reilly, an Irish-Catholic leader of the San Patricio Battalion, a Mexican Army unit of deserters from the American forces.  Includes general correspondence, 1890-1917, an 1847 report of hanging of deserters, general orders issued in 1847 by the American Army in Mexico, and other papers of the Army of Occupation, Mexico, 1846-1848.

            Microfilm, 1 reel.  Originals in the National Archives, Washington.

            Panton, Leslie and Company Research Collection, Microfilm No. 84.

 

 

U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

            Census of Creek Indians taken by Benjamin S. Parsons and Thomas J. Abbott, 1832.  When the Creek Indians ceded all land east of the Mississippi to the United States on March 24, 1832, heads of households were entitled to tracts of land.  This census, arranged by town, gives names of chiefs, heads of families and number of males, females, and slaves.  Most all are Creek Indian names; very few English surnames.

            Microfilm, 1 reel.  National Archives Microfilm Publications T275,

            Microfilm No. 727.

 

 

U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

            Documents relating to the negotiation of ratified treaties with various tribes of Indians, 1806-1869; includes ratified Indian treaties, 1801-1869,

and unratified treaties, 1821-1869.   See especially treaties with the Creek

Indians and Seminole tribes of West Florida, just prior to the Creek Wars in 1814 and in 1841.

            Microfilm, 10 reels.  National Archives.

            Microfilm No. 269.

 

 

U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

            Letterbook of the Creek Trading House, 1795-1816, with letters sent by the agent.  Established to buy goods from the Creek Indians, it was also called the Georgia Factory, and was the longest operating such trading house.

            Microfilm, 1 reel.  National Archives Microcopy No. 4 (M4), 1941.

            Microfilm No. 726.

 

 

U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

            Letters received, 1824-1881, on Indian lands, emigration, claims, trade, and other subjects.  Reels are numbered #219-227 (Creek Agency, 1824-1847); #237-248 (Creek Agency Emigration, 1826-1849); Creek Agency Reserves, 1832-1850); #249 (Crow Creek Agency, 1871-1876; Crow Wing Agency, 1835-1840); #286-291 (Florida Superintendency, 1824-1853); #800-807 (Seminole Agency, 1824-1876).

            Microfilm, 36 reels.  National Archives Microfilm Publication, M234.

            Microfilm No. 752.

 

 

U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

            Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency in Tennessee, 1801-1835, including correspondence and records, 1800-1814, of the Cherokee Agency as financial and procurement agent for the U. S. War Department in Tennessee (microfilm reels #1-10), and records, 1817-1821 of Joseph McMimm, Special Agent for the removal of the Cherokees under the Treaty of July 8, 1817 (reel #14). 

            Microfilm, 11 reels.         Originals in National Archives, Washington.

            Microfilm No. 910.

 

 

U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

            Records of the Choctaw Trading House under the office of Indian Trade, 1803-1824.   This trading house operated at St. Stephens (West Florida; Alabama Territory; and finally, Mississippi Territory/State).

            Microfilm, 6 reels.    National Archives Microcopy T-900 (1960).

            Microfilm No. 960.

 

 

U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

            Records relating to the enrollment of the Eastern Cherokees by Guion Miller, 1908-1910.  Applications and related data to determine eligibility for funds of 1835-36 and 1845 Treaties, with miscellaneous testimony of applicants.  A general index to first two volumes (of ten volumes of applications and ten volumes of testimony) appear on reel one.  Earlier censuses of 1850, 1854, and 1884 are on reel 12.

            Microfilm, 12 reels.  National Archives Microfilm Publication M685.

            Microfilm No. 728.

 

 

U. S. Congress.  Senate.

            Territorial papers of the United States Senate, 1789-1873.  Records and papers of the United States Senate concerning territories, their administration, governance, and movement toward statehood.  Documents dated earlier or later than the period of existence of a particular territory are frequently included.  Some of these materials have been published in  Clarence Carter's The Territorial Papers of the United States... 

            The Florida papers (reels 9-11) are arranged by Congress in rough chronological order, 1806-1845 with materials concerning Territory of Florida, its congressional delegate, Joseph M. White, private bills, petitions of West Florida citizens, and related papers.

            See also materials relating to Mississippi, 1799-1818 (reel 3); the Orleans Territory, 1803-1813 (reel 5); Louisiana and Missouri, 1804-1822 (reel 7), and Alabama, 1818-1836 (reel 8).

            Microfilm, 20 reels.  National Archives.

            Microfilm No. 97.

 

 

U. S. Department of State

            Copybooks of George Washington's correspondence with Secretaries of State, 1789-1796.  These include copies of letters sent by Washington on various matters including Indian negotiations with the Creeks, and relations with Spanish West Florida among other domestic and foreign relations issues.

            Microfilm, 1 reel.

            Microfilm No. 128.

 

 

U. S. Department of State

            Diplomatic and consular instructions, 1791-1801; 1801-1834.  These are

messages and dispatches to consuls.  Of special importance are those between Spain, England, and the United States during the invasion of Spanish West Florida in 1814 by American forces, and the treaty arrangements for the transfer of Gulf Coast regions (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi) to the United States.

            Microfilm, 12 reels.  U. S. National Archives.

            Microfilm No. 120 and 125.

 

 

U. S. Department of State

            Foreign letters of the Continental Congress and the Department of State, January 14, 1785 to December 23, 1790.  Includes the period of relations between the Spanish Empire in America (Louisiana, West Florida) and the Creek Indians in the Southeastern United States.

            Microfilm, 1 reel.  National Archives

            Microfilm No. 129.

 

 

U. S. Department of State

            Lists of diplomatic and consular officers, 1789-1939.  These will record diplomatic officers and consulates during the period of negotiation for the cessation of Spanish West Florida as well as the numerous foreign consulates established in Pensacola from 1821-1900.  Microfilm No. 114 (3 reels) covers diplomatic officers; Microfilm No. 115 (21 reels) covers U. S. consular officers.

            Microfilm, 24 reels.   Part of Record Group 59, National Archives.

            Microfilm No. 114 and No. 115.

           

 

U. S. Department of State

            Records of special agents for securing the Florida Archives, 1799-1836, including correspondence, documents, journals and inventories primarily in English and Spanish with some French.  Includes report of Counsel General Nicholas P. Trist to Secretary of State John Forsyth, 1835; correspondents include Andrew Jackson, William Wirt, and Richard Keith Call; includes Spanish documents copied at Havana, and the Pintado Report of 1822 of land sold in Florida, 1801-1818. 

            Microfilm, 6 reels.    Originals in National Archives, Washington.

            Microfilm No. 753.

 

 

U. S. Department of State

            Territorial papers: Florida, 1777‑1824.  Microfilm of manuscripts concerning the Territory of Florida including petitions from citizens, letters, appointments of judges, and other activities affecting the creation of Florida, especially the Pensacola region, and its administration until establishment of formal American government.   Some of these materials have also been reproduced in Clarence E. Carter's Territorial Papers of the United

States (Microfilm 103) and part of the materials have been transcribed and

printed in Carter's Territorial Papers of Florida (5 volumes), although this

latter set covers from 1821 through 1845.

            Microfilm, 11 reels.   Record Group 59, National Archives, Washington.

            Microfilm No. 160.

 

 

U. S. Department of War

            Letters received by the office of the Secretary of War, 1800-1823, relating to Indian Affairs.  Includes Indian affairs in the Southeast and West Florida with letters from Benjamin Hawkins and William Augustus Bowles, and others on Creek Indians and other tribes.   See the companion series listed in this Guide as "Letters sent by ..." under U. S. Department of War.

            Microfilm, 4 reels.          National Archives Microcopy No. 271 (1959).

            Microfilm No. 959.

 

 

U. S. Department of War

            Letters sent by the Secretary of War (relating to) Indian Affairs, November 17, 1800 to April 26, 1824, including correspondence of the Secretary and assistants with a name index.  These are the earliest records of the U. S. concerning Indians; earlier records (1789-1800) were destroyed by fire.   Until creation of the Department of the Interior in 1849, the Secretary of War directly supervised Indian Affairs.  These records cover the Southeast United States and West Florida region, especially during the Jackson invasion in 1813/1814 and the Creek Indian Wars.

            Microfilm, 6 reels.          National Archives Microcopy No. M-15 (1942).

            Microfilm No. 957.

 

 

U. S. Department of War

            Letters sent to the President by the Secretary of War, 1800-1863, including such subjects as operations of the Army, administration of the War Department, appropriations, miliary commissions, military posts and establishments, general courts-martial, and annual report of the Secretary of War.  Of special note are the movements of the Army under General Wilkinson in Louisiana and Spanish West Florida, and operations of the military command of the Territory of Florida, as well as Civil War operations in West Florida.

            Microfilm, 6 reels.  Record Group 107, National Archives.

            Microfilm No. 119.

 

 

U. S. Department of War

            The Negro in the military service of the United States, 1639-1886.  From records of the Adjutant General's office, includes extensive material on African-Americans in military service during the Civil War, including Florida regiments.

            Microfilm, 5 reels.  Record group 94, National Archives.

            Microfilm No. 158.

 

 

U. S. Department of War

            Reports to Congress, 1803-1870.  Includes reports of actions and service in Spanish West Florida, Florida Territory, and West Florida region.

            Microfilm, 5 reels.   Record Group 107, National Archives.

            Microfilm No. 121.

 

 

U. S. District Court, Northern District of Florida

            Selected court records and case files concerning the Apalachicola Land Company, Forbes and Company, Colin Mitchell vs. U. S., and related court cases involving the Panton, Leslie, and Company, 1822-1859.

            Microfilm, 1 reel.   Microfilmed from holdings of the National Archives Branch, East Point, Georgia.

            Panton, Leslie and Company Research Collection, Microfilm No. 75.

 

 

U. S. General Land Office

            British West Florida papers.  Microfilm of private land claims in Record Group 49, National Archives.  Includes alphabetical abstract of British land grants in West Florida, 1765-1770 and British West Florida land records, 1770-1779, with numerous loose notes, surveyors certificates, plats, petitions, and other materials on British grants, 1760-1780.  With abstracts of Spanish records and archives in West Florida, 1828-1829, and a report of the U. S. Commissioners for Ascertaining Claims and Titles, 1824.

            Microfilm, 3 reels.   Record Group 49, National Archives.

            Microfilm No. 98.

 

 

U. S. Library of Congress

            Records of the states of the United States: Florida, 1764-1877, 1912.  Prepared by the Library of Congress in association with the University of North Carolina; collected and edited under the direction of William Sumner Jenkins, 1949.

            Includes minutes of the British West Florida Council, Assembly, and other governmental agencies, 1765‑1781; British East Florida papers, 1764-1783; papers relating to the Independent State of West Florida, Natchez, 1810; Florida Legislative Council journals, 1822‑1837; Territorial session laws, and State ordinances, 1821‑1877; journals of the Florida House and Senate, 1839‑1869, 1912; miscellaneous printed works, 1775‑1862; and papers relating to Florida governors and executive agencies, 1827‑1865.

            Of special note are the first American laws or ordinances issued by Andrew Jackson (1821) and first laws and compilations of acts for Florida on reel 23.  Reel 34 (Miscellany) includes a number of publications and materials including a few copies of the East Florida Gazette (St. Augustine) and the Pensacola Gazette; six ordinances by Andrew Jackson; a circular on the Army of Pensacola (1862); an eulogy by Henry Brackenridge on the death of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (1826); and other Florida materials.

            Microfilm, 34 reels.    Library of Congress.

            Microfilm No. 105.

 

 

United States Naval Hospital, Pensacola

            Records, 1826-1911, includes appointment certificate as Surgeon for Isaac Hulse (1826); daily watch journal for the Naval Hospital, 1910-1911; and correspondence log, 1864-1865, covering hospital operations, patients, employees, nurses, and deaths of Federal naval servicemen at the hospital.  Correspondents include M. S. Geist, William Seaman, Samuel L. Southard, and John Quincy Adams.

            3 items (.45 c.f.). 

            Accession M1990-03.

 

 

U. S. Navy Yard and Naval Air Station (Pensacola) Papers

            Records and papers relating to the U. S. Navy Yard (1823-1914) and the U. S. Naval Air Station (1914-present) at Pensacola, Florida; includes manuscripts, letters, correspondence, reports, publications, and other materials concerning the history of the Navy Yard and of naval aviation, correspondence of Commandants of the Navy Yard, and information on the towns of Woolsey and Warrington.

            274 items (.80 c.f.).  Gift of the National Archives, UWF Professors Ernest W. Dibble and George Pearce, Florida State Library Archives, Mr. and Mrs. William Chamberlain.

            Accession M1973-06.

 

 

U.S.S. Pensacola

            Ledgers of Paymaster J. F. Jenkins, U.S.S. "Pensacola,"             1904‑1905.

            6 volumes (.34 c.f.).   Purchase.

            Accession M1975-17.

 

University of West Florida

            The Special Collections Department is also the University Archives for the University.  Records and papers of academic offices, officers, faculty, students, organizations, governing boards, committees, and publications are retained which document the history of the University, and the development and implementation of policy.  Emphasis is also placed on the contributions of faculty, staff, students, and administrators to the University, the community, and to knowledge by acquiring materials documenting such contributions.

            University Archives may include papers and records, audiotapes, videotapes, slides, photographs, drawings, paintings, electronic media, and other forms of documentation without regard to format.

            While researchers may find some publications of the University in the library book collections, more complete sets will be located in the Special Collections Department.  These will include master's theses, the Voyager (campus newspaper), the Fountain (campus newsletter) and the University Catalog.

            This Guide lists some of the major series of university archives collections, but researchers should be sure to check with the Special Collections Department on any University-related topic.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Academic Affairs.

            Records, 1967-1991, including correspondence, reports, publications, and other materials concerning faculty, curriculum, departments, academic policies, governance, and related academic subjects.

            55 c.f.

            Partly cataloged.

            Accession M1991-04.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Academic Affairs.  Annual Reports.

            Annual reports for academic departments and divisions which report to the Vice President, 1970-1986.

            377 items (1.7 c.f.).

            Accession M1992-08.

 

 

University of West Florida.       Academic Council.

            Minutes, reports, and other materials, 1971-1988, including such topics as academic policies, undergraduate and graduate programs, enrollments, grade point averages and related academic subjects.  The Academic Council was merged with the Faculty Senate, June 1988.

            751 items (1.23 c.f.).

            Accession M1983-30.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Aeronautical Systems.

            Records (1968-1973) including correspondence, materials on the UWF

Corpus Christi Center, student theses, commencement programs, and related materials.  Select thesis subjects cover airports in Atlanta, Pensacola, and NAS Pensacola, the port of Corpus Christi, satellite development and deployment, the usage of airships in transportation, and emergency rescue missions in space.

            204 items (1.7 c.f.). 

            Accession M1989-06.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Alumni Office.

            Records, 1968-1979, including correspondence, photographs, publications, and materials concerning alumni chapters, fund raising, athletics, commencement, Christmas, workshops, and alumni special events such as Springcoming, the inauguration of President Robinson (1975), tours, mascots, alma mater song contests, and award programs.

            1,243 items (1.05 c.f.).

            Accession M1985-06.

 

 

University of West Florida.  Brick Kiln.

            Archaeological site identification file, 1990, for the nineteenth century brick kiln on University property.  Includes field notes, copies of survey sheets, and research work (1982) of Gary Hacking.

            11 items.

            West Florida Collection No. 566.

 

 

University of West Florida.  Cannon.

            Records, 1970-1972, concerning the discovery, restoration, and history of the Spanish Cannon (also known as Annin's Cannon) on display in front of the John C. Pace Library.  Includes materials on the history of cannons, the various types used in Spanish and British West Florida, restoration reports, x-rays of armament, and work of UWF staff including Brom Nichols to display the cannon at the University.

            1 folder.

            West Florida Collection No. 402.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Budgets.

            Budget records, 1965-    , including legislative budget requests, operating budgets, capital budgets, and related materials.

            35 items (2.25 c.f.). 

            Accession M1985-08.

 

 

University of West Florida.       Career Services Council.

            Records, 1974-    , including minutes, reports, bylaws, surveys, correspondence, and committee files.  Topics include awards, annual events (Halloween and Christmas parties), personnel policies, flextime, working conditions, and related issues.

            1,795 items (1.58 c.f.).

            Accession M1987-12.

 

 

University of West Florida.  College of Arts and Sciences.

            Records, 1978-    , including correspondence, annual reports, minutes of Chairperson's Meetings, and the College of Arts and Science Council, the forum series, and related records.

            4,826 items (5 c.f.).

            Accession M1988-06.

 

 

University of West Florida.  Computer Services Department, 1977-1995.

            Records, 1977-1993, including correspondence, reports, audits, and related research materials including publications of the Department.  Files include runs of Netword and Profille; records of the Academic Computer Services Committee; the dedication of Building 79 (Computer Center) in 1986; information on William Craig Nystul; and the overal history of computing and information technology at UWF.

Key correspondents and administrators include Russell Lee, Lisa Whitmire, Donna Gache, and Karen Brotherton Rasmussen.

            833 items.    1.87 c.f.    

            [ cr10Dec1996; rv10/14/1999; bib11/05/1999]

            Accession M1996-10.

 

 

University of West Florida.  Development Office.

            Records, 1967-1979, including foundation files and scholarship files.  These files cover those organizations which made direct grants or gifts to the University and include correspondence, financial documents, newspaper clippings, and other materials pertaining to the gifts.  Key organizations include the Edward Ball Wildlife Foundation for the nature trail, the Alfred I. DuPont Foundation on the endowment of the Mary Ball Washington Chair, the Ford Foundation for the Venture Fund grant, and the Gannett Foundation.

            2,610 items (2.9 c. f.). 

            Accession M1983-16.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Elementary & Secondary Education.

            Records comprising the Action Research Projects produced by students in the Master's Program.

            13.0 c.f.

            Accession M1993-01.

 

 

University of West Florida.   English and Foreign Languages.

            Records, 1967-1975, including correspondence and files concerning the history and development of the Department, and related materials.

            1,179 items (1.05 c.f.). 

            Accession M1983-07.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Facilities Planning.

            Records and papers, 1967-     , concerning development of the campus, construction, buildings, physical facilities, roads, and the environment.  Includes records of Robert Turner, John Jarvis, and others.

            4.0 c.f.

            Uncataloged.

            Accession M1991-10.

 

 

University of West Florida.  Facilities Planning Committee.               

            Records of the Facilities Planning Committee, 1974-    , including minutes, agendas, reports, and related working papers.  This Committee reports to the Vice President for Administrative Affairs on matters concerning campus buildings, construction, and physical environment.

            199 items (.53 c.f.).

            Accession M1989-12.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Faculty Senate.  

            Records, 1979-    , and its predecessor, the Faculty Council, 1973-1979, including agendas, minutes, reports, and other working papers.

            629 items (1.4 c.f.). 

            Accession M1989-11.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Information Services.     

            Newspaper clipping files of the Office of Information Services, 1969-    , concerning the University of West Florida.  Arranged by subject, department, and organizations.

            7,907 items (3.0 c.f.). 

            Accession M1986-19.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Libraries.

            Records of the John C. Pace Library, 1971-    , including publications, newsletters, departmental files, administrative memoranda, and other papers concerning library activities, functions, administration, policies, history, and building programs.

            1,505 items (1.23 c.f.). 

            Accession M1993-10.

 

 

University of West Florida.  Libraries.  Director of Libraries.

            Administrative records, 1966-1985 and Correspondence files, 1965-    of the office of Director of Libraries including correspondence and subject files pertaining to the development and administration of the John C. Pace Library.  Includes files of the first Director (1965-1986), James A. Servies, including materials when he was at the College of William and Mary.  Subjects and correspondents include development of Special Collections, correspondence with researchers and donors, the library building and expansion, policy development, and relations with Lois Maxon, Odell Griffith, Reubin Askew, and others.

            10,813 items (8.05 c.f.). 

            Accession M1988-15 and M1987-03.

 

 

University of West Florida.  Libraries.  Library Staff Association.

            Records, 1968-    ,  of the Library Staff Association, an organization within the John C. Pace Library, created to sponsor staff activities, socials, student appreciation events, and employee services.  Records include bylaws, correspondence, membership files, committee records, and photographs. 

            454 items (.18 c.f.). 

            Accession M1993-11.

 

 

University of West Florida.  Libraries.  Special Collections Department.

            Records, 1967-    , including annual reports, correspondence, and other materials concerning donations, history of the department, the Friends of the Library and related materials.

            6,308 (2.98 c.f.).

            Accession M1988-04.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Management Department.

            Student research projects and group consultative studies of various businesses and organizations in the West Florida region, including information on business operations, personnel, finances, and related data.

            29 items (.7 c.f.). 

            Accession M1982-17.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Music Department.

            Records, 1970-1981, consisting of materials pertaining to visiting artists, musical groups, and symphony orchestras in the Music Hall Artists Series and the West Florida Music Festivals.  Includes clipping files for Music Department activities, 1968-1970, and Florida League of the Arts files, 1970-1972.

            839 items (.88 c.f.). 

            Accession M1983-15.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Oral Histories.

            Audiotapes of an Oral History Project conducted by UWF faculty member Dr. Thomas Gilliam on the early formation and creation of the University of West Florida.  Narrators include Phillip D. Beall, Warren Briggs, Harold Crosby, Jack Fiveash, Elizabeth Hawes, J. B. Hopkins, and Gordon Wells.

            8 audiocassettes.  Gift of Dr. Thomas Gilliam.

            Accession M1987-06.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Panama City Center.

            Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and other materials pertaining to the development, history, and planning of the Panama City Center of the University of West Florida, 1965-1983.  Includes planning of the master campus, land acquisition, statistics, and records of the lobbying efforts of citizens and groups both for and against the transfer of the branch campus to Florida State University in 1982.

            1,228 items (1.93 c.f.). 

            Accession M1985-03.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Photograph Collections.

            Photographs, negative files, documentation such as notes or information on the photographs, and related materials.

            18 c.f. 

            Accession M1991-05.

 

 

University of West Florida.  President.  Board of Regents.

            Records, 1964-    , including minutes, agendas, reports budgets, and other working papers of the Board and its state universities.  Subjects concern educational budgets, policies, governance, academic policies and planning, and related educational concerns.

            11,094 items (13 c.f.)

            Accession M1984-06.

 

 

University of West Florida.  President.  Council of Presidents.

            Minutes, reports, agendas, and other working papers of the Council of Presidents of the Board of Regents, State of Florida, 1964-    .   Subjects include budgets, capital funds and buildings, academic policies, and other university administrative concerns.

            3,299 items (7.00 c.f.).

            Accession M1984-07.

 

 

University of West Florida Publications

            Publications produced by the University of West Florida, Pensacola, arranged by title, subjects, and departments including booklets, pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, programs, and other publications of the University and its offices.

            Special Collections also maintains continuing runs of regular campus publications such as the Nautilog, the Fountain, and the campus newspaper, the

Voyager, in addition to course schedules, catalogs, commencement programs, and other serials.

            20.25 c.f.

            Accession M1981-43.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Publications.   Faculty Publications.

            Publications authored by the faculty of the University of West Florida including books, articles, reprints, texts, pamphlets, and other printed materials.  These are arranged alphabetically by author and a complete inventory is available in the department.

            11.25 c.f. and 7 l.f.

            Accession M1981-42.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Publications.   Panhandler.

            Collection of the Panhandler, a literary magazine published by the UWF English Department, 1976-     .

            70 items (.7 c.f.).

            Accession M1984-02.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Research Foundation

            Records, 1995-2008, of the University of West Florida Research Foundation, including articles of incorporation, bylaws, compact disks, correspondence, electronic records, financial papers, minutes and other materials pertaining to the Foundation from its creation in 1995 through its dissolution in February 2008. The Foundation managed income received from royalties, patents, and intellectual properties by making grants and appropriations to University faculty and departments. Subjects include the Bayesian Network Lens Project and the Electric Power Research Institute. Also known as the Research Foundation of the University of West Florida, Inc., Richard Podemski, Executive Director.

            917 items (1.4 c.f.).

            Accession M2008-01.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Self-Study (1985).

            Records prepared for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.  Includes self-study reports of each academic and administrative department and college, with the visiting committee's final report and University responses.

            128 items (2.1 c.f.).

            Accession M1985-18.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Small Business Development Center.

            Reports and evaluations of area businesses in Pensacola, Milton, Fort Walton Beach, Destin, and DeFuniak Springs, Florida by UWF Management students as part of the services of UWF Small Business Development Center.

            68 items (1.23 c.f.).

            Accession M1987-02.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Student Affairs.

            Papers and records, 1969-1981, of the office of Student Affairs, 1976-1981 and its predecessor, the Dean of Students Office, 1973-1976, including correspondence, reports, memoranda and other records concerning student life at UWF.  Subjects covered include student activities, athletics, black students and minority services, the child care center, the health center, housing, student orientation, student publications, Springcoming and related topics.  Other materials concern the Committee on International Education, the inauguration of President Robinson, the Non-Academic Administration Committee, Omega College Reorganization Committee, the Panama City Campus Planning Committee, and the Women's Awareness Task force Committee.

            4,395 items (3.15 c.f.).

            Accession M1983-06.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Student Affairs.   Recreation and Sports.

            Records, 1972-1987, of the Office of Recreation and Sports, including correspondence, publications, and committee files.  Includes materials on the history of the department and development of recreation and sports programs and facilities, the Natatorium, the Pensacola Seafood Festival, Springcoming, and the participation of the University in local sports events and organizations.  Committee files cover freshmen, enrollment, food services, and the Santa Rosa Island Property.

            393 items (.53 c.f.).

            Accession M1990-08.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Students.   Fraternities and Sororities.

            Records of the Phi Alpha Social Welfare Honorary Society, Omicron Chapter of the University of West Florida including financial records (1971-1972) and minutes (1971-1972).

            3 items. 

            Accession M1981-41 SC.

 

 

University of West Florida.   University Press.

            Records of the University of West Florida Press, 1973-    , part of the University Presses of Florida, including board minutes, reports, financial statements, correspondence, and related materials.  Includes files of manuscripts in process including correspondence, editing drafts and comments, copies of reviews and publicity materials, and records of UWF Editorial Committee.

            626 items (.88 c.f.).

            Accession M1988-01.

 

 

University of West Florida.   WUWF-FM Radio.

            Records, 1972-    , including financial statements, history, special promotions, and related materials.

            335 items (.35 c.f.). 

            Accession M1992-03.

 

 

University of West Florida.   Whitman Center.

            Records and working papers of the Donald L. Whitman Center for  State and Local Government, 1977-    , including reports, publications, correspondence, and research files.  The Center performs research for panhandle city and county governments, especially the City of Pensacola and Escambia County on a variety of fiscal, tax, and planning matters.  Includes the records of the Revenue Study Committee (the Collier Commission), 1985-1986, which examined revenue sources for the City of Pensacola; the Local Government Study Commission (Charter Government Commission), 1985-1988, which examined charter government for Escambia County; and records of the earlier 1978-1988 Escambia County charter study committee. 

            Subjects and topics are too numerous to enumerate but are covered in the collection inventory and in extensive name/subject descriptors in the Special Collections card catalog.

            1,204 items (2.23 c.f.). 

            Accession M1992-02.

 

 

Upton, Jeduthun

            "Log of Jeduthun Upton" 1812-1813.  Upton was captain of the privateer "Polly," captured by the British in 1812 and confined to prison until 1813. Transcript of the original log, produced by the U. S. Works Progress Administration.  27 leaves.

            1 item.  Gift of the Florida State Library.

            Accession M1968-11/41.