5 items found
Collection ID is exactly "40" AND Geographic Term contains "Augusta (Ga.)"
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Suwannee Springs Water: The Healing Springs, 1905

Suwannee Springs Water: The Healing Springs, 1905

Date
1905-03-19
Description
A leaflet advertising the health resort at Suwannee Springs. The brochure lists various ailments said to be cured by the mineral springs, including rheumatism, gout, malaria, jaundice, female troubles, eczema and other afflictions. There are also testimonials from patrons and an analysis of the water at the springs.
Collection
Florida and Havana: Queen and Crescent Route and Southern Railway, 1905

Florida and Havana: Queen and Crescent Route and Southern Railway, 1905

Date
1905
Description
A booklet describing what passengers would see as they traveled along the Queen and Crescent Route to Cuba and Nassau. The booklet includes detailed information about the American Civil War history of the stops along the route in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia; hotels where passengers could stay; attractions passengers could see in these cities; and images of both the hotels and the attractions. The end of the booklet describes the automatic electric block signal system used along the route and has the timetables for trains and steamships.
Collection
Letter from Harriet Randolph to Jane Cary Randolph, 1829

Letter from Harriet Randolph to Jane Cary Randolph, 1829

Date
1829-06-19
Description
Letter from Harriet Randolph to her mother, Jane Cary Randolph, describing the journey made in 1829 by members of a prominent Virginia family from Lynchburg, Virginia, to Leon County, Florida. Jane Randolph was still in Lynchburg but preparing to join her daughter in Florida.
Collection
Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1928-1932

Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1928-1932

Date
1928 (circa)
Description
A record of coffins sold by Kate Simmons' coffin shop in Monticello, Florida. The report contains the name of the deceased; their place of death; their sex, race, marital status and age; their date of death; and their cause of death. There is also the name and city of residence of the person who purchased the coffin for the deceased. Most of the deaths occurred in Jefferson County, Florida, with a few from Leon and Gadsden counties in Florida and Thomas County in Georgia. The year 1932 is incomplete and only includes a report from September 30-December 26.
Collection
Mary McLeod Bethune Interview Transcript, ca. 1939

Mary McLeod Bethune Interview Transcript, ca. 1939

Date
1939 (circa)
Description
An interview between Dr. Charles Spurgeon Johnson and Mary McLeod Bethune discussing Bethune's childhood, her family, her education, her travels, meeting her husband and her experience starting Daytona Literary and Industrial School for Training Negro Girls in Daytona Beach. Page 16 of the document is missing.
Collection
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
flc_613.122-s967_01Suwannee Springs Water: The Healing Springs, 1905TextTourism
Attractions
Health resorts
Mineral waters
Suwannee Springs (Fla.)--Description and travel
Endorsements in advertising-- Florida--Suwannee Springs
Springs--Florida--Suwannee Springs
Health resorts--Florida--Suwannee Springs
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flc_917.5-q3_01Florida and Havana: Queen and Crescent Route and Southern Railway, 1905TextRailroad trains
Railroad travel
Florida -- Description and travel
Florida -- Pictorial works
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m75-86_b001_f03_08Letter from Harriet Randolph to Jane Cary Randolph, 1829TextLand settlement--Florida/fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/m75-86_b001_f03_08.jpg
m91-5_b013_f12_02Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1928-1932TextCoffins
Registers of births, etc.
Death
African Americans--Florida--Jefferson County--Monticello
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m95-2_b001_f04_01Mary McLeod Bethune Interview Transcript, ca. 1939TextAfrican American women
African American civic leaders
African American universities and colleges
African Americans -- Biography
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