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	Record Group Number:	000450
	Series/Collection Number:	.S 1963
	Creator:	Florida State University. Library.
	Title, Dates:	Florida Photographic Collection correspondence files, 1950-1976.
	Amount:	1.00 cubic ft.
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	Organization/Arrangement:	Chronological. Files from 1950 to 1969 are chronological, then alphabetical.
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	Biographical/Historical:	Allen Covington Morris began compling photographs of Florida for his book, The Florida Handbook during the late 1940s and discovered that historical images of Florida were difficult to acquire. Looking for illustrations he realized that, although there were a few collections of photos of specific areas, no one was preserving historical images for the whole state. He used his newspaper and Florida industries connections to request donations of historical images. The collection grew and in 1952 found a home at the Florida State University Library. His second wife, Joan Morris became the photographic archivist and curator of the collection in 1970, when the demands of the Clerk's Office prohibited Morris from continuing in that position. In 1982 the collection moved to the Florida State Archives.
	Summary:	Correspondence and subject files of the Florida Photographic Collection include articles, clippings, and information related to photographic images of Florida. These records document the formation of the Florida Photographic Collection while it was housed in the Florida State University Library before its transition into the Florida State Archives. This series provides information about several photographic collections, photographs, photographers, and creators of many of the collections in the Florida Photographic Collection. In addition, it provides information about rare photographs of Florida that were not accessioned into the collection. The majority of the records in this series contains correspondence between Allen Morris and several Florida governors, legislators, judges, and newspapers. 1974 files are missing from this series.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Florida. Division of Archives, History, and Records Management. Florida State Records Center (Tallahassee, Fla.) Florida State University. Library. Archives Florida Public records Florida Records management. Tallahassee (Fla.)
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