Raymond O. Arsenault Collection Finding Aid

 

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Series 1: Pre-2001 Acquisitions (four boxes and two notebooks) Series Scope and Contents: This series, consisting of four manuscript boxes and two notebooks, contains materials related to the history of St. Petersburg and the city’s 1992 Charter Review Committee.  Many clippings examine segments of the city, such as African Americans in St. Petersburg.  Some items created prior to 1987 proved helpful for Arsenault as he wrote St. Petersburg and the Florida Dream, 1888-1950.  Professor Arsenault donated these materials to Special Collections and Archives in July 1998. Kathleen H. Arsenault, University Librarian and director of the Poynter Library, arranged and organized materials in this series. Notebook 1 St. Petersburg—Charter Review Committee, agendas, meeting minutes,  administrative information, current (as of 1992) city charter, former committees, general information (1992) Notebook 2  “References to the Times,” compiled as a result of The Times name lawsuit, photocopy (1886-1960s)   Box 1 Box 1, Folder 1  “St. Petersburg and the Florida Dream”—Correspondence with the Donning   Company (1987) Box 1, Folder 2  “St. Petersburg and the Florida Dream”—Reviews appearing in the St. Petersburg   Times (1988, 1989) Box 1, Folder 3  “St. Petersburg and the Florida Dream”—Miscellaneous Correspondence    (1984, 1993, 1994, undated) Box 1, Folder 4  “A Place in the Sun: The History of St. Petersburg” chronology by   Raymond Arsenault, for Chamber of Commerce brochure (1986) Box 1, Folder 5  Demographic Profile for St. Petersburg, from 1980 census (1983?) Box 1, Folder 6  “The Student Protest Movement:  A Recapitulation” Special Report,   Southern Regional Council (September 1961) Box 1, Folder 7  Nolen, John, and Philip W. Foster. “City Planning Report: St.   Petersburg, Florida” (1923)  Richard E. Mussett, St. Petersburg Planning Director, to Dave Carr    (1985) Box 1, Folder 8  Fleming, Douglas L. “Toward Integration: The Course of Race    Relations in St. Petersburg, 1868-1963.” M.A. Thesis,   University of South Florida, 1973. Box 1, Folder 9  African Americans—St. Petersburg, clippings pre-Florida Dream   (circa 1906-1980) Box 1, Folder 10  African Americans—St. Petersburg  “To Be Black and To Live in St. Petersburg”, special report by   St. Petersburg Times [3 copies] (1980) Box 1, Folder 11  Webb, James Earl “Doc”—Miscellaneous clippings (1980, 1999) Box 1, Folder 12  Webb’s City, History of, by St. Petersburg Downtown Improvement   Corporation (7 February 1983) Box 1, Folder 13  “History of St. Petersburg Yacht Club, Established 1909,” photocopy Box 1, Folder 14  Hooker, Robert. “100 Years St. Petersburg Times, July 25, 1884 to  July 25, 1984 : The Times and Its Times.” St. Petersburg: Times Publishing Company, 1984. Box 1, Folder 15  Babb, Ellen, and Milly St. Julien. “Public and Private Lives: Women    in St. Petersburg at the Turn of the Century.” Tampa Bay History   (Spring/Summer 1986), pp. 4-27. Photocopy Box 1, Folder 16  St. Petersburg—Miscellaneous clippings, articles (1909, 1942, 1974,    1985, undated) Box 1, Folder 17  Bethell, John A. Pinellas: A Brief History of the Lower Point. St.   Petersburg: Press of the Independent Job Department, 1914.   Photocopy Box 1, Folder 18  Wilson, Jon L. “Days of Fear: A Lynching in St. Petersburg.”   Tampa Bay History (Fall/Winter 1983), pp. 4-26. Photocopy Box 2 Box 2, Folder 1  St. Petersburg—Downtown Redevelopment; clippings (1978, 1986-   1991, undated) Box 2, Folder 2  St. Petersburg—Neighborhoods; clippings (1983, 1986, 1990) Box 2, Folder 3  Pinellas County Schools, “School Times, 75th Anniversary    Celebration”, vol. 1, no. 1 [4 copies] (circa 1987) Box 2, Folder 4  Pinellas County—Historic Buildings; clippings (1978, undated) Box 2, Folder 5  Pinellas County—Miscellaneous Local History; clippings (1979,   1986-1990, undated) Box 2, Folder 6  St. Petersburg—Miscellaneous Brochures, post-Florida Dream    (198?, 1992, 1993) Box 2, Folder 7  St. Petersburg Times information  Fishman, Charles. “You Can’t Sell Papers to Porpoises” Florida   Trend (September 1991). Photocopy  Martin, Susan Taylor. “A Great Grudge.” Reprinted from the    St. Petersburg Times (February 1990) Box 2, Folder 8  St. Petersburg—Elections (David Fischer/Ernest “Curt” Curtsinger   Mayoral Contest: 1993); clippings, pamphlets  (1993) Box 2, Folder 9  African Americans—St. Petersburg; clippings (1987-1992, 1996) Box 2, Folder 10  St. Petersburg—Race Relations [1996 Racial Disturbances];    clippings (24 October-31 October 1996) Box 2, Folder 11  St. Petersburg—Race Relations [1996 Racial Disturbances];   clippings and flyers (1 November-30 November 1996) Box 2, Folder 12  St. Petersburg—Race Relations [1996-1997 Racial Disturbances];   clippings and flyers (1 December 1996-30 June 1997) Box 2, Folder 13  St. Petersburg—Race Relations [One-year retrospective of    1996 Racial Disturbances]; clippings (October 1997) Box 3 Box 3, Audio recordings  St. Petersburg—Charter Review Committee meetings, on four   audiocassette tapes (17 June 1992) Box 3, Folder 1  Consulting Activities—Historic Preservation—St. Petersburg   Granada Terrace Historic District and Bethel A.M.E.   Church (1988) Box 3, Folder 2  Save Our St. Petersburg (S.O.S.) materials related to Bay Plaza   development and the demolition of the Soreno Hotel;   newsletters, brochures, ephemera (primarily 1991) Box 3, Folder 3  St. Petersburg—Charter Review Committee; miscellaneous   clippings (1989-1993, inclusive dates) Box 3, Materials not in folders  St. Petersburg—Charter Review Committee; miscellaneous    memoranda and working documents (1992) Box 4 Box 4, Materials not in folders  St. Petersburg—Charter Review Committee; miscellaneous   memoranda and working documents (1992)   Series 2: 2001 Acquisitions (five boxes) Series Scope and Contents: This series includes five manuscript boxes (four standard size, one at half size).  Materials concentrate on various themes related to the history of St. Petersburg. Newspaper clippings (and photocopies thereof), public documents, correspondence, and historic images of the city form the bulk of this series, acquired from Arsenault in 2001.   Jon Wilson—a graduate student at USF and local journalist—accessioned, arranged, and described materials in this series. Box 5 Box 5, Folder 1  African American History—Hernando County, St. Petersburg Times;   clippings (1998-1999) Box 5, Folder 2  African American History—Northern Pinellas County; clippings   (undated) Box 5, Folder 3  African American History—St. Petersburg—Albury, Joseph;   Photographs of Joseph Albury, Sr., photographer, and his son,   Joseph Albury, Jr. (circa 1924, 1936) Box 5, Folder 4  African American History—St. Petersburg—Alsup, Fred W., physician   and civil rights leader; photocopy (circa 1952) Box 5, Folder 5  African American History—St. Petersburg—Baseball, treatment of   baseball players; clippings and memoranda (circa 1961) Box 5, Folder 6  African American History—St. Petersburg—Black history exhibits,   St. Petersburg Museum of History; memoranda (circa 1988) Box 5, Folder 7  African American History—St. Petersburg—Churches (1988, undated) Box 5, Folder 8  African American History—St. Petersburg—Clubs (1930s, undated) Box 5, Folder 9  African American History—St. Petersburg—Crime (1914) Box 5, Folder 10   African American History—St. Petersburg—Davis, Enoch, pastor,   civil rights leader, author (1999, undated) Box 5, Folder 11  African American History—St. Petersburg—Harper, Ruby L.;   photograph (undated) Box 5, Folder 12  African American History—St. Petersburg—Jamerson, Doug;   campaign material (2000) Box 5, Folders 13 and 14  African American History—St. Petersburg—Olive B. McLin History   Project [including Heroes of Our Heritage]; drafts (circa 1998) Box 5, Folder 15  African American History—St. Petersburg—Mercy Hospital (1994) Box 5, Folder 16  African American History—St. Petersburg—Minority Relations   Committee report, city government (1972)  Box 5, Folder 17  African American History—St. Petersburg—Mohr, Dean; official with   YMCA (undated) Box 5, Folder 18  African American History—St. Petersburg—Moses, J.P.; clipping   (196?) Box 5, Folder 19  African American History—St. Petersburg—Overview, “A Panoramic   Glimpse of Black History in St. Petersburg,” 23 pp. typescript   (undated) Box 5, Folder 20  African American History—St. Petersburg—Police officers (early   African American officers) (undated clippings) Box 5, Folder 21  African American History—St. Petersburg—Politics, Effie S.   Alexander campaign (199?) Box 5, Folder 22  African American History—St. Petersburg—Ponder, Ernest    (1958, undated) Box 5, Folder 23  African American History—St. Petersburg—Recreation, General;   photographs (192?, 1949) Box 5, Folder 24  African American History—St. Petersburg—Recreation, Jennie   Hall swimming pool at Wildwood Park (1954) Box 5, Folder 25  African American History—St. Petersburg—Restaurants and   Nightclubs; photograph of ‘Club 16’ (undated) Box 5, Folder 26  African American History—St. Petersburg—Schools; photographs   and newspaper clippings (undated) Box 5, Folder 27  African American History—St. Petersburg—Segregation Codes and   Ordinances (1916, 1932-1933, 1958, 1994, undated) Box 5, Folder 28  African American History—St. Petersburg—Shelton, Perkins T.;    civil rights activist (1999, 2000) Box 5, Folder 29  African American History—St. Petersburg—Stone, William; life   story of a former slave, 5pp. typescript (1938) Box 5, Folder 30  African American History—St. Petersburg—Swain, Olive; Dyles,   Freddie; Graham, Gussie; photograph (undated) Box 5, Folder 31  African American History—St. Petersburg—Voting (1898 citation) Box 5, Folder 32  African American History—St. Petersburg—Williams, Hazel;   photograph (undated) Box 5, Folder 33  African American History—St. Petersburg—Wimbish, C. Bette;   photograph  (undated) Box 5, Folder 34  African American History—St. Petersburg—Yeshitela, Omali   [Waller, Joseph] (196?) Box 5, Folders 35 and 36  African American History—St. Petersburg   unidentified, uncategorized photographs and notes Box 5, Folder 37  African American History—Slavery (see also: Florida—Folklore—   African American Legends Box 6 Box 6, Folder 1  Arcadia, profile of a small Florida town; photocopy (1968) Box 6, Folder 2  Baseball; photocopies of clippings and articles (1914, 1949, 1992, 1995, 1997, undated) Box 6, Folder 3  Elections: 1914, Pinellas County,  Registrations and Wet vs. Dry issue Box 6, Folder 4  Elections, 1932, National, State, and Local Box 6, Folder 5  Elections: 1936, National Box 6, Folder 6  Florida—Archaeology (undated) Box 6, Folder 7  Florida—Citrus Industry, production statistics, 1898-1998 (1999) Box 6, Folder 8  Florida—Crime; newspaper article (1987) Box 6, Folder 9  Florida—Executions; newspaper article (1988?) Box 6, Folder 10  Florida—Folklore—African American Legends; photocopy (1938) Box 6, Folder 11  Florida—Growth Management; clipping (undated) Box 6, Folder 12  Florida—History—Fuller, Walter P., Lecture Series [History of   Florida Cavalcade, 6 lectures, St. Petersburg Junior College]   photocopy of 108pp. typescript (March 1965) Box 6, Folder 13  Florida—Homes—Air Conditioning (1947, undated) Box 6, Folder 14  Florida—Indians—Calusa (1987-1988) Box 6, Folder 15  Florida—Indians—General (1929) Box 6, Folder 16  Florida—Indians—Timucua (1976, 1984) Box 6, Folder 17  Kudzu; clipping (1987) Box 6, Folder 18  Miami; clipping (1987) Box 6, Folder 19  Pinellas County—Archaeology; reports, brochures (1982, undated) Box 6, Folder 20  Pinellas County—Desegregation of Public Schools  Paulson, Darryl, and Milly St. Julien. “Desegregating Public Schools in    Manatee and Pinellas Counties, 1954-1971.” Tampa Bay History   Photocopy Box 6, Folder 21  Pinellas County—Heritage Village, Pinellas County Historical Museum  Ivey, Donald, comp. Guide to the Library and Archives of Heritage   Village—Pinellas County Historical Museum (1998, 2000 editions) Box 6, Folder 22  Pinellas County—History—Brochures and letters (1939, 1987, 199?,  2000) Box 6, Folder 23  Pinellas County—History, World War II-1970 (1986, 198?) Box 6, Folder 24  Pinellas County—Homeless; photocopy of Winter 1995 Homeless   Survey, Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless   (January 1995) Box 6, Folder 25  Pinellas County—Indians, 1500-1848; research report (undated) Box 6, Folder 26  Pinellas County—Pinellas Trail and County Parks Department    (2000, undated) Box 6, Folder 27  Pinellas County—Prisons; photocopy of clipping (undated) Box 6, Folder 28  Pinellas County—Old Pinellas Press newsletter (1992)   Box 6, Folder 29  Pinellas County—Transportation; bus route map (1999) Box 6, Folder 30  Pinellas County—Weedon Island (undated) Box 6, Folder 31  Pre-history—General (undated) Box 6, Folder 32  Publications—Tampa Bay magazine (July/August 1999) Box 7 Box 7, Folder 1  St. Petersburg—Albert Whitted Airport; renovation proposals (1998) Box 7, Folder 2  St. Petersburg—Architectural and Historic Resources (undated) Box 7, Folder 3  St. Petersburg—Authors—Arsenault, Raymond O.; miscellaneous   clippings, correspondence, notes (1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1998) Box 7, Folder 4  St. Petersburg—Authors—Gould, Rita; copy of manuscript draft for    Pioneer St. Petersburg (1987?) Box 7, Folder 5  St. Petersburg—Authors—Marston, Reb; copy of Cruising Along (1963) Box 7, Folder 6  St. Petersburg—Auto Racing; brochure (1988) Box 7, Folder 7  St. Petersburg—Baseball; clippings (1914, 1921, 1942, 1945, 1995,  1998, undated) Box 7, Folder 8  St. Petersburg—Bay Plaza Development; reports, articles (1995) Box 7, Folder 9   St. Petersburg—Bay Walk Development; memo, article (1998, 2000) Box 7, Folder 10  St. Petersburg—Cemeteries; clipping (1988?) Box 7, Folder 11  St. Petersburg—Census and Demographics; report (1993) Box, 7, Folder 12  St. Petersburg—Centennial: 1988; clippings of reprinted articles Box 7, Folder 13  St. Petersburg—Central Avenue; clipping, image (1921, 1956) Box 7, Folder 14  St. Petersburg—City Council activities circa 1896-1913 (undated) Box 7, Folder 15  St. Petersburg—Coliseum; clippings (1950, 1999) Box 7, Folder 16  St. Petersburg—Construction, Rio Vista Subdivision (1946) Box 7, Folder 17  St. Petersburg—Demens, Peter; exhibit and symposium materials   (1988, 199?, 2000, undated) Box 7, Folder 18  St. Petersburg—Derby Lane; clipping (1988) Box 7, Folder 19  St. Petersburg—Downtown Redevelopment (1989, 2000) Box 7, Folder 20  St. Petersburg—Eckerd College—Publications—Triton (2000) Box 7, Folder 21  St. Petersburg—Evening Independent (1906, 193?) Box 7, Folder 22  St. Petersburg—Gas Plant; photocopy of clipping (28 January 1915) Box 7, Folder 23  St. Petersburg—Green Benches (1986, undated) Box 7, Folder 24  St. Petersburg—History, general [includes a photocopy of Bethell,   John A., Pinellas: A Brief History of the Lowest Point, 1914]   (1914, 1986, undated) Box 7, Folder 25  St. Petersburg—History—Women  Babb, Ellen, and Milly St. Julien. “Public and Private Lives: Women in   St. Petersburg at the Turn of the Century.” Tampa Bay History   Photocopy Box 7, Folder 28  St. Petersburg—Hotels; brochures, clippings, undated photograph of Rolyat Hotel, now Stetson University, College of Law (1987, 1995, undated) Box 7, Folder 29  St. Petersburg—Job Corps (undated) Box 7, Folder 30  St. Petersburg—Ku Klux Klan; photocopy of article (20 March 1923) Box 7, Folder 31  St. Petersburg—Law Enforcement; clipping (25 October 2000) Box 7, Folder 32  St. Petersburg—Mitchell, Noel; clipping and notes (1999, undated) Box 7, Folder 33  St. Petersburg—Municipal Pier; photocopy of Don Addis cartoon   (undated) Box 7, Folder 34  St. Petersburg—Museum of History; brochures and publications   (1987, undated) Box 8 Box 8, Folder 1  St. Petersburg—Neighborhoods—Allendale Subdivision; clippings,   notes, correspondence (1996, undated) Box 8, Folder 2  St. Petersburg—Neighborhoods—Euclid  Box 8, Folder 3  St. Petersburg—Neighborhoods—General Information; reports and   guide to the city’s neighborhoods (1997-1998, undated) Box 8, Folder 4  St. Petersburg—Open Air Post Office; clipping (1999) Box 8, Folder 5  St. Petersburg—Parking; photocopy of clipping (10 January 1950) Box 8, Folder 6  St. Petersburg—Photographs and Images (circa 1913) Box 8, Folder 7  St. Petersburg—Planning, First Union/Central Avenue Project, by   Tim Clemmons (December 1999) Box 8, Folder 8  St. Petersburg—Planning—Vision 2020; agendas, brochure (2001) Box 8, Folder 9  St. Petersburg—Politics—Mayoral Race, 2001 Box 8, Folder 10  St. Petersburg—Postcards [21 individual cards] (early 1900s) Box 8, Folder 11  St. Petersburg—Poynter Institute, Poynter Report (1986-1987) Box 8, Folder 12  St. Petersburg—St. Petersburg Preservation, Inc. (2000) Box 8, Folder 13  St. Petersburg—Promotional; brochures (199?) Box 8, Folder 14  St. Petersburg—Publications—Frontier Gazette (1999) Box 8, Folder 15  St. Petersburg—Railroads; re-enactment of the first train’s    arrival, photocopy of clipping (undated) Box 8, Folder 16  St. Petersburg—Recollections from “Old-Timers”; clipping   (1987) Box 8, Folder 17  St. Petersburg—Religions United in Action for Community    [RUAC]; meeting minutes (1973-1975) Box 8, Folder 18  St. Petersburg—Restaurants and Cafeterias (1990s?, undated) Box 8, Folder 19  St. Petersburg—Russian Heritage; newsletters (1999-2000) Box 8, Folder 20  St. Petersburg—Schools, late 19th and early 20th centuries; copies   of typescripts, and newspaper articles (1901, 1921, undated) Box 8, Folder 21  St. Petersburg—St. Petersburg Times; photocopies of miscellaneous   front pages and articles, citations, outline of news library map Box 8, Folder 22  St. Petersburg—Segregation; memoranda, clippings, ordinances   (1921, 1936, 1946, undated) Box 8, Folder 23  St. Petersburg—Shuffleboard Club; photocopy of clipping (1998) Box 8, Folder 24  St. Petersburg—Snell, Perry (1999, 2000, undated) Box 8, Folder 25  St. Petersburg—Straub, William L.; photocopies of clippings, images   of the waterfront (1903, 1932, 1939, 1971, undated) Box 8, Folder 26  St. Petersburg—Timeline, 1521-1988; pamphlet (1988?) Box 8, Folder 27  St. Petersburg—Tourism; clippings (1921, 1947, 1999, 2000, undated) Box 8, Folder 28  St. Petersburg—Veterans’ and Military History; photocopy of   newspaper article (11 November 1932) Box 8, Folder 29  St. Petersburg—Walking Tours, Other Historical Tours; correspondence,   memoranda, brochures (1996, 2000, 2001, undated) Box 8, Folder 30  St. Petersburg—Wallace, John B.; obituary, clipping (27 July 1987) Box 8, Folder 31  St. Petersburg—Williams, John C. and Williams House [now relocated   to USF St. Petersburg]; research reports (1974, 1975, undated)   Box 9 Box 9, Folder 1  St. Petersburg—Webb’s City; clippings (1946, 1986) Box 9, Folder 2  St. Petersburg—Woman’s Club [copy of “Leading the Way Along   Tampa Bay” speech by Jim Schnur] 14pp. typescript    (12 May 1995) Box 9, Folder 3  St. Petersburg Beach [now St. Pete Beach]—Seawalls (1948, 1997 Box 9, Folder 4  Sports—General; photocopy of clippings (1915, 1947) Box 9, Folder 5  Tampa—Baseball; clippings (1888, 1906, 1943) Box 9, Folder 6  Tampa—City Characteristics; clipping (January 2000) Box 9, Folder 7  Tampa Bay Region—Megacities Symposium, USF Tampa (1999) Box 9, Folder 8  Tampa Bay Region—Historic/Archaeological Report (June 1988) Box 9, Folder 9  Tampa Bay Region—Transportation—“Thrill Hill”; clipping   (29 July 1987) Box 9, Folder 10  University of South Florida—Report on Research (Close Up)   (Spring/Summer 1985) Box 9, Folder 11  University of South Florida/St. Petersburg—Academic Ephemera   [HIS 3930 “St. Petersburg History” class] NOTE: Class   roster is restricted due to educational privacy guidelines   (Summer 1986) Box 9, Folder 12  University of South Florida/St. Petersburg—Davis, Lowell E.;   clipping (1988) Box 9, Folder 13  Women’s Rights; clippings (1944, 1949) Box 9, Folder 14  World War II; clippings (1943, 1944, undated)

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