Guide to the Northeast Florida Regional Ephemera Collection
Hotels, Motels and Lodgings
Collection Number: M01-2
Title: Northeast Florida Regional Ephemera Collection. Hotels,
Motels and Lodgings.
Dates: 1886-
Size: 1.1 linear feet
Repository: Manuscripts and Personal Papers, Thomas
G. Carpenter Library, University of North Florida
ABSTRACT
The collection provides historical documentation of tourism and lodging
accommodations in Northeast Florida in the late nineteenth and
early to mid-twentieth centuries. The core of the collection relates
to hotel accommodations, particularly text and visual materials
representing once notable and no longer extant urban Jacksonville
hotels. (Chiefly Hotels
Andrew Jackson, Aragon, Carling, George Washington, Mason, Mayflower,
Roosevelt, Seminole, Windle, and Windsor.)
LANGUAGE: English.
ACQUISITION
Items in the collection were acquired via donations and purchase.
ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION
The collection is open for research. For additional information and
to make an appointment to view the collection, contact E. Brady at
904-620-1533; email: ebrady@unf.edu
PREFERRED CITATION
Northeast Florida Regional Ephemera Collection. Hotels,
Motels and Lodgings. Thomas G. Carpenter Library, University of
North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.
RELATED MATERIALS
The Everett, Jacksonville, Florida. [New York, N.Y.? : J.M. Lee?, 1886?]
Illustrated Hotel News.Jacksonville, Fla. : Chas. W. DaCosta. Holdings:
v.3, no. 85 (1888:April 8, Sunday)
Electronic versions
of collection and related materials are available on the World Wide Web as
part of the Florida Heritage Collection. Descriptions
of items from the Hotels Collection are available in the Hotels
Container List. Online selections include:
Mr.
Bonfield's Weekly Information and Amusement Guide of Jacksonville
and Florida. Jacksonville,
Fla. : Weekly Information and Amusement Guide of Jacksonville and
Florida, Mr. Bonfield's Travel Bureau, (Jacksonville, Fla. : Kennedy-Brown-Hall
Co.) Holdings: v.3, no.6 (1911:Dec.18); v.9, no.6 (1917:Jan.29)
HISTORICAL NOTE
The majority of the materials date from the late nineteenth and
early to mid-twentieth centuries.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The collection contains printed materials: brochures, business cards,
souvenir photo albums, folders, menus, programs, shipping labels, and stationery.
Publishers/printers include: Jacksonville Tourist and Convention
Tourist Bureau, Jacksonville City Council Advertising Committee,
Arnold Printing Company, DaCosta Printing and Publishing House,
H.& W.B.
Drew Company, Miller Press, and Tutewiler Press. Unique early
printed materials include: a nineteenth century brochure from the
historic Hotel St. Elmo in Green Cove Springs; a nineteenth century
brochure from Murray Hall in Pablo Beach, with a letter of recommendation
from General F. E. Spinner, ex-Treasurer of the United States; and
a Florida Hotel Guide for the 1924-25 season.
ARRANGEMENT
Collection arranged alphabetically by geographical location and within location by lodging name, subarranged by title of item.
INDEX TERMS
The following terms have been used to index the description of
this collection in the Library's online catalog:
Hotels -- Florida -- Jacksonville.
Hotels -- Florida -- Jacksonville Beach.
Hotels -- Florida -- Ponte Vedra Beach.
Hotels -- Florida -- Green Cove Springs.
Motels -- Florida -- Jacksonville.
Motels -- Florida -- Jacksonville Beach.
Tourism -- Florida -- Jacksonville.
Tourism -- Florida -- Jacksonville Beach.
Printed ephemera.
Pamphlets.
Jacksonville (Fla.) -- History.
Jacksonville Beach (Fla.) -- History.
CONTAINER LIST
The Container list provides
a listing of the items as arranged in the Collection. When available, links
are included to full-text resources and online images.
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