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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

  • Papers relating to Tamiami Trail construction,

    Essay (The truth about Collier County), letters, and telegrams. Discuss route, chamber of commerce meetings, taxes and project funding. Correspondents include James M. Carson, John S. Jones (Sunday Creek Coal Company), C. ...

    Contributor: Jaudon, James Franklin
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1926

  • 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 with H. W. Bird relating to the sale of land in Collier County,

    The land is located near Ochopee (Fla.).

    Contributor: Jaudon, James Franklin
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1929

  • Correspondence relating to the sale of Cape Sable land,

    Letters, documents and will relating to sale of Cape Sable property owned by Carlton Marshall, and the reimbursement of funds to his heirs. Correspondents include Sidney Harrison, James E. Ingraham, Frederick S. ...

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

  • 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 with William S. Bergen,

    Correspondence pertaining to payments for 400 acres (T52S R31E S26) Jaudon sold to Bergen in 1925. Bergen relinquished the property. Mentions Ida M. Wright.

    Contributor: Jaudon, James Franklin
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1926

  • Papers relating to Deep Lake and Bonita Springs,

    Essay relating to the construction of a railroad to Deep Lake, Seminole customs, and transportation by canoe, ox cart and foot. -- Newspaper advertisement, with town site plat, for lots in Bonita ...

    Contributor: Jaudon, James Franklin
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1930

  • 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

  • William A. Benney papers, 1920-1966

    Research superintendent. Notes, correspondence, drawings, lists, payroll records, newspaper clippings, personal papers, printed matter, and photographs largely documenting Benney's employment by Thomas A. Edison, centering on the work carried out in Fort ...

    Contributor: Benney, William A.
    Site: Finding Aids - Main Catalog
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
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  • The cry of the Seminole

    Poem describing the Everglades and Seminole Indians.

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

  • Letter from Ernest Coe, Tropic Everglades National Park Association, informing her of the current status of Everglades National Park creation,

    Digitized from papers at Richter Library, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.

    Contributor: Moore-Willson, Minnie
    Site: American Memory-cultural
    Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material
    Date: 1932

  • 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 relating to Tamiami Trail route and construction,

    Letters mention a Seminole trail, camp locations (Billy Cowopatchee, Captain Tony, and Gutman Billy's camps), Tamiami Trail finances, Brown's store, Chevelier, Chokoloskee, Barron Collier, Deep Lake, Immokolee, and George Storter. Correspondents include ...

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

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