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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M82- 18
Creator: Mayo, Nathan, 1876-1960
Title, Dates: Nathan Mayo memorabilia collection, 1920-1960.
Amount: 2.50 cubic ft.
Medium Included: photographs
Organization/Arrangement: Unarranged.
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Biographical/Historical:     Nathan Mayo was Florida's fourth and longest-serving Commissioner of Agriculture. In 1901 he opened the Mayo-Lyles General Store at Summerfield, just south of Ocala. He later had a part in the management of a large farm, a citrus nursery, citrus groves, a cotton gin, and a turpentine business. In 1913 he won election as a Marion County commissioner, and he later represented Marion County in the State House of Representatives from 1921 to 1923. In 1923, Governor Cary A. Hardee appointed Mayo as Commissioner of Agriculture. Mayo served until his death in 1960.
Summary:     The collection contains the effects of Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nathan Mayo. It includes official photographs, honors and awards, plaques, and other ephemera of office. Included are 17 framed and autographed photographs from Governor Hardee to Governor Collins, which are of senators and other state officials. Eleven loose photographs are of Cabinet officials for governors Hardee, Carlton, Sholtz, Caldwell, Warren, McCarty, Johns, and Collins.
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Subject Access Fields: Commissioner of Agriculture.
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