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American Association of University Women (AAUW) Collection
Collection
Identifier: 02/01/36
Abstract
"AAUW has been empowering women as individuals and as a community since 1881. For more than 130 years, we have worked together as a national grassroots organization to improve the lives of millions of women and their families" -https://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/
AAUW Initiatives include: College Campus Outreach, Education and Training, Educational Funding, Financial Planning and Security, Leadership, Legal Support, Salary Negotiation, and STEM Education.
AAUW Initiatives include: College Campus Outreach, Education and Training, Educational Funding, Financial Planning and Security, Leadership, Legal Support, Salary Negotiation, and STEM Education.
Dates:
1964 - 2018
Charles A. Ray Photography Collection
Collection — Box: RG 02/01/15
Identifier: 02/01/15
Abstract
The Charles A. Ray Photography collection offers scholars a glimpse into the work of Charles A. Ray. Charles Ray stepped behind the camera in 1954, at the age of 23. Ray’s camera captured a nation in flux. Through his lens, television viewers experienced the drama of presidential campaigns, the passion of the civil rights movement, and the adventure and tragedy of NASA’s race for space. Charles Ray documented our nation’s growing pains, including the bloody clashes between police and...
Dates:
Created: 1953-2003; Other: Date acquired: 04/15/2002
Ellen Peterson Collection
Collection — Box: RG 02/01/14
Identifier: 02/01/14
Abstract
Ellen Peterson, formerly Ellen Salisbury and Ellen Welch, was a woman before her time. From traveling across the country on a bike in her twenties to becoming a staunch environmentalists later in life, she cemented her legacy in the creation of the Happehatchee Center in Estero, Florida to inspire peace and healing. Ellen was heavily involved with saving Fisheating Creek in Florida, and continued to raise awareness about climate change and the environment until her parting. This collection...
Dates:
1923-2018
First Baptist Church of Fort Myers
Collection — Box: RG 02/01/19
Identifier: 2018-SC-001
Abstract
The First Baptist Church of Fort Myers opened in 1892 and is one of the first churches in Southwest Florida. The organization continues to hold religous services in conjunction with City Gate Ministries. The collection consists of but is not limited to documents, books, photographs, and genealogical records of the congregation, as well as adminstrative documents pertaining to the church.
Dates:
1892-2018
First United Methodist Church of Fort Myers
Collection — Box: RG 02/02/19
Identifier: 02/02/19
Abstract
This collection consists of documents, photographs, and ephemera belonging to the First United Methodist Church of Fort Myers, located in Downtown Fort Myers, Florida. This collections documents the history, evolution, and eventual conclusion of this church, from the time it was first established in 1872 until its conclusion in 2016.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1872 - 2016
Floridiana
Collection — Box: RG 02/01/29
Identifier: 02/01/29
Abstract
Materials included in the Floridiana collection include maps, postcards, and publications (1730-1970) pertaining to the development of Florida, government ordinances, and government reports relating to Florida.
Dates:
Created: 1730-1970
Historic Newspaper Collection
Collection — Box: RG 02/01/20
Identifier: 02/01/20
Abstract
The Historic Newspaper Collection is a varriety of newspapers from cities in Southwest Florida. The newspapers include Caloosahatchee Current, Hendry County News, The Fort Myers Press, The Florida Flambeau, The Caloosa Belle, The Community Press, and others. Their dates range from 1920-2018.
Dates:
Created: 1920-2018; Other: Date acquired: 01/24/2015
John and Ellen Sheppard Historical Fort Myers Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2019-SC-05
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1865-2000s
Kevin Erwin Environmental Ecology Collection
Collection
Identifier: 02/06/20
Scope and Contents
Consists of personal papers, correspondence, and field notes, documents regarding Kevin Erwins' personal career and his environmental investigations/cases, photographs, publications, and administrative records documenting Erwins' career as a world-renown consulting ecologist.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1980 - 2016
Kirkpatrick Kodak Film Camera Collection
Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: RG 02/03/19
Identifier: RG 02/03/19
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1922 - 2018
Koreshan Collection
Collection
Identifier: 02/01/18
Abstract
The Koreshan Collection offers a rare glimpse into a charismatic leader and his followers as they endeavored to create a thriving utopian community. Lead by their prophet Cyrus R. Teed (later referring to himself as the Hebrew translation “Koresh”), the group relocated to establish their “New Jerusalem" in Estero, Florida in 1894. The Koreshan Unity espoused radical new doctrine that was a union of reincarnation, alchemy, religio-science, and Koresh’s most radical concept: the belief that the...
Dates:
Created: 1850-1980; Other: 1890 - 1915; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/2014
Manuscripts and Letters
Collection — Box: RG 02/01/27
Identifier: 02/01/27
Abstract
The materials within this collection include a variety of manuscripts and letters from various different authors.
Dates:
Created: 1915-1950
Minnie L. Gatewood Papers
Collection — Box: 02/01/11
Identifier: 02/01/11
Abstract
Minnie L. Gatewood (1875-1944), who married a minister when she was 16 years old, kept diaries chronicling her life in Southwest Florida. The five volumes of her diary at Florida Gulf Coast University cover her life from 1892 to 1900, and are a valuable resource for scholars of Florida history. Mrs. Gatewood also kept a “Want Book”—mostly reflections on religious matters such as “Christian stewardship”—with the latest dated entry being from 1936. The 5 volumes of her diary and her Want Book...
Dates:
Created: 1892-1900; Other: Date acquired: 11/29/2000
Oral History Collection
Collection — Box: RG 02/01/21
Identifier: 02/01/21
Abstract
The Oral Histories that are included within this collection includes Florida Gulf Coast University. This sub-series of oral histories includes staff, faculty, and administration telling of their expierences relating to FGCU.
The second oral history that is included is the Southwest Florida Oral Histories. Residents from LaBelle and other communities in the Southwestern Florida area told their stories of growing up.
Dates:
Created: 2001 - current
Racial and Social Justice Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2020-SC-004
Content Description
Black activism prior to and shortly after the 1965 passage of the Civil Rights Act. Three items are reprinted publications of The Negro Motorist Green Book series, which served as a travel advisory for Black individuals and families seeking accommodation in Black-friendly businesses at a time when service could be refused on the basis of race. The remaining items are authentic pamphlets and zines primarily promoting anti-Vietnam War and pro-civil rights sentiments.
Dates:
Publication: 1936-1980s
Salvador Dalí "Lithographs for the People, the World of Currier & Ives" Collection
Collection — Frame: 1st Floor
Identifier: 02/01/25
Abstract
Suite of Six (6) "Dali Interprets Currier and Ives" Limited Edition lithographs with an original sales Presentation Marquis Poster (seven works total) by Salvador Dali (1904-1989). The works were published in 1971, all are personally signed and numbered by Salvador Dali. All works are Certified Authentic by Albert Field, founder of the Salvador Dali Archives.
Dates:
Created: 1971; Other: Majority of material found in 1971; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2009
Sheet Music Collection
Collection — Box: 02/01/43
Identifier: 02/01/43
Abstract
The sheet music collection holds hundreds of different composer's sheet music that spans across centuries. The sheet music is arranged accoding to the composer who wrote the music.
Dates:
Other: date unknown
Turner 1920s Florida Land Boom
Collection — Box: RG 02/01/28
Identifier: 02/01/28
Abstract
The Land Boom in the 1920's changed the landscape of Florida, causing the population to rise and the Florida economy to boom, helping to create the Florida that is today. The Turner 1920s Florida Land Boom collection consists of publications, advertisements, photographs, and research done by Greg M. Turner.
Dates:
Created: 1920-1999
Turner Railroad Collection
Collection — Box: RG 02/01/16
Identifier: 02/01/16
Scope and Contents
Consists of publications, advertisements, photographs, administration and research on the east coast railroads of the United States collected by history scholar Gregg M. Turner. Consists of four series, including but not limited to documents and photographs of railroad history (1830-1890), the Plant System Co. Inc.(1860-1902), the three primary railroads on the eastern seaboard of the United States (1830-present), and independent railroads. A portion of the collection has been digitized by...
Dates:
Created: 1809-2007; Other: Date acquired: 04/18/2014
Verna Aardema Collection
Collection — Box: RG 02/01/12
Identifier: 02/01/12
Scope and Contents
Consists of book manuscripts, correspondence with Knopf publishers, galley proofs, and ephemera documenting Aardema's career from 1991 - 1997.
Dates:
Created: 1991-1997
William R. Maples Collection
Collection — Box: RG 02/01/10
Identifier: 02/01/10
Scope and Contents
Consists of personal papers, correspondence, dissertation and field notes, documents regarding Maples' academic career and his forensic investigations/cases, photographs, publications, and administrative records documenting Maples' career as a world-renown forensic anthropologist between 1960 and 1997. A digital version of the collection is available on FGCU's Digital Library.
Dates:
Created: 1960-1997; Other: Date acquired: 08/00/2006
World War II Collection
Record Group
Identifier: 2020-SC-028
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920 - 1980
Zine Collection
Collection — Box: 02/01/26
Identifier: 02/01/26
Abstract
The Zine Collection includes Riot Grrrl zines, which is an artist's collective formerly based in Olympia WA with roots in the punk/grunge music scene and covers topics such as feminism, the reclaimation of derogatory language, racism, physical assult and rape, LGBT issues and anarchism; zines that were created by Southwest Florida artists and collectives which features both homemade zines and professionally printed materials covering topics ranging from feminism to witchcraft to home block...
Dates:
Created: 1973-2018
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