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Shaw CollectionCovers: The Brown Fairy Book, 1903 and The Blue Fairy Book, 1949, both by Andrew Lang.
This research collection includes books and non-print items that are rare, valuable, or culturally important. In addition to small and private press books, there are limited edition books, early printed books (incunabula), handwritten books, first editions, journals, newspapers, maps, books of color plates, and examples of cuneiforms, papyrus, and ostraka. Among the named collections are the following:
Rare books
• Napoleon and the
French Revolution
• John M. Shaw
Childhood in
Poetry Collection
• Kelmscott Press
Collection
• McGregor Discovery and
Exploration of the Americas
Collection
• Carothers Memorial Rare Bibles
Collection
• Richardson Herbals Collection
• Lois Lenski Collection
In addition to general and university related manuscripts, there are four other major categories: Florida political collections; Southern business history; literary manuscripts; and local and regional history. Examples of noteworthy collections include the following:
• Paul A.M. Dirac Collection
• Tallahassee Civil Rights Oral History Collection
• West Yellow Pine Lumber Company Records, 1855-1916
• Tallahassee Literary Club Papers
• Blue Ridge Institute for Southern Community Service Executives Records
• Warren Fish Company Records, 1869-1947
• Malcolm Johnson Collection
• Spessard Holland Papers
• Allen Morris Papers
ManuscriptCollection
Herbal Collection:
Peony, Elizabeth Blackwell,
A Curious Herbal, 1737
Manuscript Collection:
A leaf from an illuminated Book
of Hours, circa 1465
An important task of Special Collections
is to document and preserve the history
of the university through its paper and
photographic archives.
The archives contain print publications,
records, memorabilia, and other items
chronicling the university’s growth.
The papers of selected faculty and
administrators, ephemera, catalogs,
yearbooks, scrapbooks, school newspaper,
and books published about the university
are also part of the collection.
The photographic archives provide a
visual history of the university and include
images of the campus, students, faculty,
clubs, activities, and sports.
University Papers and
Photo Archives
Basketball Team, Florida State College for Women, 1905