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  • Letter and clipping pertaining to 1922 trip across the Everglades.

    Letter, June 14, 1922, from McDougal to his sister (Mrs. R. D. DeFord) describing the trip he took across the Everglades on a tractor and on foot. Lists other persons on trip, ...

    Contributor: McDougal, Daniel A.
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1922

  • Correspondence relating to Chevelier Corporation interest in growing sugar cane,

    Three certificate of analysis for limestone and sugar cane, and related letters. Correspondents include L. B. Lockhart (chemist).

    Contributor: Jaudon, James Franklin
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1917

  • Notes and transcripts relating to the King survey and Hamilton Disston's drainage and sugar plantation projects,

    Lost in the Everglades describes a 1917 expedition to the Jaudon property (Hopkins Tract), led by surveyor J. W. King. The other documents relate to Hamilton Disston, who attempted to drain the ...

    Contributor: Douglas, Marjory Stoneman
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1899

  • Moore-Willson, Minnie, Correspondence, 1935.

    Correspondence relating to federal purchase of land for Seminole reservations and Moore-Willson's book on Osceola County (Fla.). Correspondents include J. L. Glenn and Malvina T. Scheider.

    Contributor: Moore-Willson, Minnie
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1935

  • Moore-Willson, Minnie, Correspondence, 1916.

    Correspondence relating to efforts to create a Seminole reservation. Mentions Royal Palm State Park, the Florida Federation of Womens Clubs, and the Indian Rights Association. Correspondents include Matthew K. Sniffen, James Mallory ...

    Contributor: Moore-Willson, Minnie
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1916

  • Correspondence relating to the Broward Drainage District,

    Correspondence regarding drainage, land ownership and taxation in the district. Mentions Land Owners League of Broward Drainage District. Correspondents include Sidney Harrison, Frank J. Pepper, William Jennings, Frederick S. Morse, James S. ...

    Contributor: Model Land Company
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1917

  • Women & birds.

    Unpublished manuscript. Short story about a woman running a lodge in or near the Everglades.

    Contributor: Douglas, Marjory Stoneman
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material

  • Correspondence relating to land in the Cape Sable area,

    Detroit (Fla.) was founded in 1908, and renamed Florida City in 1914. Sawgrass marshes were drained there, and land was sold for agriculture. Fresh water for the Florida East Coast Railway Oversea ...

    Contributor: Model Land Company
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1914

  • Correspondence relating to proposed oil lease in Cape Sable,

    Letters concerning L. Sapero's interest in acquiring land. Correspondents include Milo O. Coffrin, J. W. Hoffman, and Frank J. Pepper.

    Contributor: Model Land Company
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1930

  • The cry of the Seminole

    Poem describing the Everglades and Seminole Indians.

    Contributor: McQueen, Anne
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material

  • Records and map relating to proposed town of Chevelier,

    Chevelier was located in the Ten Thousand Islands.

    Contributor: Model Land Company
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1917

  • Records relating to Ingraham Highway and Royal Palm Hammock (Royal Palm State Park),

    Correspondence, memos and advertisement relating to survey and construction of Ingraham Highway, sale of land along the highway, and Royal Palm Hammock. Mentions Cape Sable Development Company, Flamingo, FEC Railway, A. R. ...

    Contributor: Model Land Company
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1918

  • Correspondence with D. A. McDougal regarding Tamiami Trail,

    Letters relating to Tamiami Trail financing and construction; Dade, Monroe and Lee counties boundaries; Chevelier Corporation; proposed cross-state railroad, and oil drilling.

    Contributor: Jaudon, James Franklin
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1922

  • Moore-Willson, Minnie, Correspondence, 1928.

    Correspondence relating to the proposed creation of a park in the Everglades. Correspondents include R. J. Longstreet (Florida Audubon Society), J. B. Royall (Florida State Game Commissioner), May Mann Jennings and Minerva ...

    Contributor: Moore-Willson, Minnie
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1928

  • Papers on the history of Tamiami Trail construction,

    Essays, mainly by Jaudon. Includes excerpt from diary written by Franklin West while searching for the King survey party in 1917.

    Contributor: Jaudon, James Franklin
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1917

  • Papers relating to drainage and the proposed Tamiami Railway,

    Letters and unsigned contracts. Letters suggest that railway construction will benefit drainage and land reclamation in the Napoleon B. Broward Special Drainage District and the Southern Special Drainage District because canals will ...

    Contributor: Jaudon, James Franklin
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1918

  • Letter from Duncan U. Fletcher?,

    Fletcher was U.S. Senator from Florida.

    Contributor: Moore-Willson, Minnie
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1913

  • Willson, James Mallory. Correspondence, 1919.

    Letters pertaining to the Florida Federation of Women's Clubs' petition to transfer the state lands for the Seminoles to the federal government, and to Seminole life in the Everglades. Correspondents include Billy ...

    Contributor: Willson, James Mallory
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1919

  • Correspondence relating to the creation of Everglades National Park,

    Letters, memorandum, telegram, radio address and map relating to land ownership, condemnation of lands, park boundaries, and trees within the proposed park. Correspondents include Ernest Coe, Milo O. Coffrin, H. A. Gilbert, ...

    Contributor: Model Land Company
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1928

  • Correspondence relating to Pennsylvania Sugar Company,

    Letters and newspaper clipping concerning Pensylvania Sugar Company property in the Everglades, and plans to establish a sugar plantation and factory on the land. Correspondents include Sidney Harrison, James Ingraham, and Frank ...

    Contributor: Model Land Company
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1920

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