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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M82- 5
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Title, Dates: General photographic collection, 1845-2016.
Amount: 72004.00 photographs
Medium Included: photographs
electronic records
Organization/Arrangement: Numerical by staff-assigned image number.
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Biographical/Historical:     The "General Collection" embodies the bulk of the original Florida Photographic Collection, established in 1952 by Allen Morris, a political columnist and compiler of The Florida Handbook. Realizing that the visual documentation of Florida's history was being lost to neglect and destruction, Morris initiated steps to prevent further loss. With the assistance of Dr. Doak Campbell, President of Florida State University, Morris began to assemble photographs of Florida people and places. The collection became part of the library on the FSU campus, housed first in Dodd Hall and later in R.M. Strozier Library. In 1982 the collection became part of the Florida State Archives and was moved to the Archives facility in the R.A. Gray Building, where it continues to expand in size and scope.
Summary:     This collection of photographic images forms a comprehensive visual history of Florida. Comprised of photographs provided to the State Archives by hundreds of individual donors, the collection reflects the homes, families, work, past times, and social, cultural, and natural environments of Floridians from the mid-1800s to the present.

    The General Collection contains photographic materials in various forms, including Prints (PR), Negatives (N), Reference Collection (RC), Born-Digital (DG), Digitized Loans (DLN), and other smaller groupings. Many of these images are available on the Florida Memory web site.
Finding Aids: Searchable index available on the Florida Memory web site at https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
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General Note: Florida Photographic Collection ID:  "General Collection."
Electronic Records Access: https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
Subject Access Fields: Photographs. aat
Negatives. aat
Florida History
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