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"Official Car Explorers Tamiami Trail"
Title
"Official Car Explorers Tamiami Trail".
Abstract / Description
A picture of the "official car" used by the Tamiami Trail Blazers. Tamiami Trail Blazers, the 1st men to cross the unfinished portion of the trail (from Ft. Myers to Everglades City) in automobiles. The group included on commissary truck, seven Model T Fords, and a new Elcar. Only the seen Fords made it. The Flord Model T Coupe, owned by Florida Grower magazine, in which Russell Kay and Frank Whitmen made the trip. Photographed April 4-22, 1923
Identifier
fgcu_kc_2069
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
A Giant Banyan Tree, Fort Myers, Florida
Title
A Giant Banyan Tree, Fort Myers, Florida.
Creator
Tichnor Bros., Inc.
Abstract / Description
The description reads, "The banyan tree is a native of East India, where it received its named from a certain Hindu caste of merchants called baanians who eat no meat and use the space sheltered by the tree for a market place. Its branches send out numerous aerial roots that form additional trunks."
Date Issued
ca. 1930-1945
Identifier
fgcu_pc_0007
Format
Set of related objects
Accounts Booklet for James D. Newton Realty Company
Title
Accounts Booklet for James D. Newton Realty Company.
Creator
Allen, Edward C
Abstract / Description
Accounts Booklet for James D. Newton Realty Company
Identifier
fgcu_jn_0181, UF94.01.335
Format
E-book
ACL Engine No. 966
Title
ACL Engine No. 966.
Creator
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Abstract / Description
Atlantic Coast Line employees gathered around engine no. 966, a Baldwin-built coal-burning locomotive. This "copperhead" train was the first of its kind to travel to Fort Myers.
Identifier
fgcu_tr_0374
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
Advertisement for Schlossberg's 5c-10c-25c and Up Store
Title
Advertisement for Schlossberg's 5c-10c-25c and Up Store.
Creator
Slappey, R.R.
Identifier
fgcu_tr_0055
Format
Document (PDF)
Aerial Shot of Edison Park
Title
Aerial Shot of Edison Park.
Abstract / Description
Photo taken of a street in Edison Park in Fort Myers, Florida.
Identifier
fgcu_swfh_0220
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
Aerial View of the Edison and Ford Winter Estates
Title
Aerial View of the Edison and Ford Winter Estates.
Abstract / Description
Aerial view of the Edison and Ford Winter Estates.
Identifier
fgcu_jn_1051
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
African Tale
Title
African Tale.
Abstract / Description
The 16mm film was donated to Florida Gulf Coast University Archives and Special Collections through a third party associated with the Uncommon Friends Foundation. The films are believed to have been the property of James and Ellie Newton who were active members in the Moral Re-Armament movement.
Date Issued
1960s
Identifier
fgcu_jn_0490
Format
Video file
Anniversary Souvenir
Title
Anniversary Souvenir.
Creator
Koreshan Unity
Abstract / Description
Pamphlet from the 95th annual Solar Festival that took place on October 18, 1934. The Solar Festival was to honor the birth of Koresh, originally Cyrus Teed. The festival is denoted by the printed phrase "A.K. 89" meaning Anno Koresh, the annual calendar system created by the Koreshan's. The pamphlet is a souvenir that explains what Koreshan Universology was.
Date Issued
1934-10-18
Identifier
fgcu_kc_2188
Format
Document (PDF)
Arches at the Entrance to Edison Park with Billboard Visible in the Background
Title
Arches at the Entrance to Edison Park with Billboard Visible in the Background.
Abstract / Description
Photograph of arches at the entrance to Edison Park. Billboard visible in the background.
Identifier
fgcu_jn_0453, UF95.01.29
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
Arches at the Entrance to Edison Park with Billboard Visible in the Background
Title
Arches at the Entrance to Edison Park with Billboard Visible in the Background.
Abstract / Description
Photograph of arches at the entrance to Edison Park with billboard visible in the background.
Identifier
fgcu_jn_0454, UF95.01.30
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Passenger Station, Fort Myers, Fla.
Title
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Passenger Station, Fort Myers, Fla.
Creator
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Abstract / Description
Black and white photograph of the Fort Myers passenger train station building and water tower.
Identifier
fgcu_tr_0330
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
Audrea Anderson - 20th Anniversary Oral Histories
Title
Audrea Anderson - 20th Anniversary Oral Histories.
Creator
Anderson, Audrea, Barbara
Abstract / Description
Audrea Anderson discusses her role as a member of the board of regents and a lifelong educator and higher learning professional, as well as her involvement in the founding of the university.
Date Issued
2017
Identifier
fgcu_oh_0146
Note
Audio and corresponding transcript available.
Format
Set of related objects
Ben Hill Griffin III - 20th Anniversary Oral Histories
Title
Ben Hill Griffin III - 20th Anniversary Oral Histories.
Creator
Griffin III, Ben Hill
Abstract / Description
Ben Hill Griffin III discusses the history behind the state of Florida's acquisition of the land upon which Florida Gulf Coast University would be built.
Date Issued
2017
Identifier
fgcu_oh_0147
Note
Audio and corresponding transcript available.
Format
Set of related objects
Bernese Garfield Davis - The Heritage Project: An Oral History Program
Title
Bernese Garfield Davis - The Heritage Project: An Oral History Program.
Creator
Davis, Bernese Garfield, Borden, Patty, interviewer, Peeples, Vernon, interviewer
Abstract / Description
Local philanthropist, Bernese Garfield Davis, discusses her family living in Lee County, her experiences through World War II, and her connections to the Fort Myers community.
Identifier
fgcu_oh_0040
Format
Document (PDF)
Bessie Washington Oral History
Title
Bessie Washington Oral History.
Creator
Washington, Bessie, Hill, Vivian
Abstract / Description
Bessie Washington speaks with Vivian Hill about her family and residing in various Florida cities before settling in Fort Myers in the 1940s. Washington also discusses local business and religious leaders, as well as the efforts to raise funds for Jones Walker Hospital, the first major hospital to treat Black patients.
Identifier
fgcu_bhs_0020
Format
Document (PDF)
Betty Parker - 20th Anniversary Oral Histories
Title
Betty Parker - 20th Anniversary Oral Histories.
Creator
Parker, Betty, Barbara, Ricky
Abstract / Description
Betty Parker, who worked as journalist for the News-Press in the '90s, discusses the early days of the legislative process to create Florida Gulf Coast University.
Date Issued
2017
Identifier
fgcu_oh_0158
Note
Audio and corresponding transcript available.
Format
Set of related objects
Beverly McTarnaghan - 20th Anniversary Oral Histories
Title
Beverly McTarnaghan - 20th Anniversary Oral Histories.
Creator
McTarnaghan, Beverly, Barbara, Ricky
Abstract / Description
Beverly McTarnaghan, wife of President McTarnaghan and first First Lady of FGCU, discusses her role in the founding of the university and her first impressions of the building site.
Date Issued
2017
Identifier
fgcu_oh_0157
Note
Audio and corresponding transcript available.
Format
Set of related objects
Car Driving by the Entrance to Edison Park
Title
Car Driving by the Entrance to Edison Park.
Abstract / Description
Photograph of car driving by the entrance to Edison Park.
Identifier
fgcu_jn_0464, UF95.01.42
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
Charlie Edwards - 20th Anniversary Oral Histories
Title
Charlie Edwards - 20th Anniversary Oral Histories.
Creator
Edwards, Charlie, Barbara, Ricky
Abstract / Description
Board of Regents member Charlie Edwards discusses the early years of FGCU and the initial conceptions of what the university's focus would be before its founding.
Date Issued
2017
Identifier
fgcu_oh_0148
Note
Audio and corresponding transcript available.
Format
Set of related objects

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