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Florida Photographic Collection:

• Images relating to Charley Johns.
  • Search Johns, Charley E. (Charley Eugene), 1905-1990 in the Florida Photographic Collection.

Video:

• Gov. Charley Johns-Leroy Collins
  This debate between acting Gov. Charley Johns and future governor LeRoy Collins was filmed from a television monitor (kinescope) and simultaneously broadcast throughout Florida on radio.

Collections at the State Archives of Florida:

• RG 102 Governors (1929-1971)
  • S 569 Correspondence, 1953-1955

Published Materials:

• Christie, Terry L. “The Collins-Johns Election, 1954: A Turning Point.” Apalachee (1963-1967).
• Stark, Bonnie. “McCathyism in Florida: Charley Johns and the Florida Legislative Investigative Committee, July 1956 to July 1965.” MA Thesis: University of South Florida, 1985.
• Schnur, James “Cold Warriors in the Hot Sunshine: The Johns Committee Assault on Civil Liberties in Florida, 1956-1965.” MA Thesis: University of South Florida, 1995.
• University of Florida, College of Journalism and Comminication. Behind Closed Doors [videorecording], 2000.

Related Links:

• Charley Johns, Florida Governors' Portraits, Museum of Florida History.