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Special Collections & University Archives

  • Location: UCF Main Library, Room 501
  • Hours: 9:00am-1:00pm, Monday-Friday (or by appointment)
  • Contact: speccoll@mail.ucf.edu, 407-823-2576 (phone)

Manuscripts in Special Collections

  • Artists' Papers
  • Book Arts
  • Florida History
  • Political Papers
  • Space Program
  • Travel & Tourism
  • University of Central Florida

Central Florida History Materials

Manuscripts in Special Collections

Florida History Collections

  • Christian Bauer Collection on the Orange County Big Box Store Task Force, 2006-2007
  • Carey-Hand Funeral Home Records, 1891-1952
  • James C. Clark Research Papers, 1937-1996
  • Cultural Byways Project Collection, 2002
  • Cultural Heritage Alliance Collection, 2002-2006
  • Educator's Oral History Collection, 1997-2002
  • Florida Ephemera Collection, 1841-2007
  • Florida Image Collection, 1898-1986
  • Bob Kealing Kerouac Research Collection, 1958-2008
  • Michael A. Spencer Bromeliad Research Collections
  • Arnold, Bennett, and Tanner Family Diaries, 1899-1974
  • Michael A. Spencer Collection on Theodore Mead, 1887-1939
  • Wekiva River Basin Maps & Aerial Photographs Collection, 1956-1990
  • Ben White Raceway Papers, 1947-1978
  • Zora Neale Hurston Festival Collected Materials, 1990-2006

Political Papers

  • Democratic Women's Club of Florida Inc. Collection, 1957-2007
  • Beatrice B. Ettinger Papers, 1964-1998
  • League of Women Voters of Volusia County Collection, c1950's - 2010
  • Lou Frey Papers, 1947-2006
  • Phyllis J. Hudson Political Papers, 1966-2005
  • Phyllis J. Hudson United Faculty of Florida Papers, 1973-2003
  • Lynda Van Scoyoc Women's Political Caucus, 1970-2000
  • George L. Stuart, Jr. Political Papers, 1977-1990

Carey Hand Funeral Home (Orlando, FL). Funeral Records, 1891-1955

  • Special Collections RA 622 .C36

(Although these records are paper, not microform, they are included in this guide because of related content.)

  • Undertakers Memoranda, June 15, 1891-Dec. 27, 1946. (182 volumes)
  • Greenwood and Palm cemetery records. (Circa 1889-1944, 2 volumes)
  • Funeral registers, Jan. 1, 1919-Dec. 30, 1952. (34 volumes)
  • Bills. (1920-1932, 4 volumes)
  • Cremations records, 1926-1949. (4 volumes)
  • Ambulance records, Jan. 1, 1934- May 1955. (10 volumes)
  • Storage Vault Records, Oct. 1935-Oct. 1947. (1 volume)
  • Veterans and Orlando Air Base records. (1 volume)
    • Veterans: Jan. 10, 1938-Mar.18, 1952.
    • Orlando Air Base: Nov. 22, 1940-May 3, 1942.
  • Miscellanea. (undated, 1 folder)

Florida History Materials

Manuscripts in Special Collections

Artist's Papers

Florida History Collections

  • Children's Home Society of Florida Collection, 1886-2000
  • Florida Folklife Program Collection, 1984-2004
  • Florida Folklore Society Records, 1981-2006
  • Florida Lifestyle Radio, 1997-1999
  • Florida State Music Teachers Association Collection, 1934-2009
  • Paul Hartman Slide Collection
  • Dr. John McMillon Correspondence, 1929-1935
  • Thomas & Georgine Mickler Estate Collection
  • Thomas & Georgine Mickler Map Collection, 1735-1995
  • Henry Nehrling Papers, 1886-1970
  • Old Florida Structures Photographs Collection, 1971-2002
  • "Sinkholes in Florida: A Geologic Hazard" Presentation, 1985
  • Spanish Plays Collection, 1935-1941

Political Papers

Space Program Collections

Travel and Tourism Collections