Betty Morris Scrapbook and Materials

Provenance: Humanities

Scope and Contents: 0.75 linear ft.

Acquired: 2002

Finding Aids Available: Click Here for Finding Aid

Availability/Restrictions: Full access

A former resident of the Fountain Inn—a retirement facility once adjacent to the Poynter Library that was demolished in February 2004—Morris acquired a small scrapbook of clippings from a World’s Fair in the 1890s and various materials describing transportation issues in central Florida in the mid-twentieth century. The scrapbook contains clippings and hand-copied poetry, prayers, and letters collected by Ms. Morris's mother, Gussie Palmer Morris (nee Colcock), who was the granddaughter of Benjamin Morgan Palmer, a well-known Louisiana preacher from the Civil War and Reconstruction years.

Scope and Contents

The contents occupy 0.75 linear ft. The materials fall into two distinct categories: a scrapbook with materials from the 1890s and documents related to the AUTOMON highway concept from the early 1970s.