Foster, Ellen, Collection, 1805-1980, Date acquired: 08/00/1986

Summary

Creator:

Foster, Ellen

Extent:

61.00 items

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

Deeds, wills, land surveys, newspaper clippings, research materials. This collection contains manuscripts and research files concerning the Krebs family of Pascagoula, Mississippi, as well as materials, some photocopied, of historical research concerning Pensacola, Florida. Other subjects and persons relevant to this collection include Justin Flood, Lewis Gabriel, cotton gins, inventions, the Panton Leslie Company, Fort Barrancas, Florida, Fort George, Florida, sasquatch, Bernardo de Galvez, the Pensacola Opera House, and Pensacola folklore.

Acquisition information:

Mrs. Ellen Foster, Pensacola, Fla., August 1986

Processing information:

Cataloged 08/1986

Arrangement:

Chronological.

Accruals:

Addition, March 1992

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Deeds--Mississippi--Pascagoula.
Cotton gins and ginning.
Inventions.
Sasquatch--Florida--Pensacola.
Folklore--Florida--Pensacola.
Fort Barrancas (Fla.)--History--1861.

Names:

Panton, Leslie & Company.
Pensacola Opera House.
Krebs family--Wills.
Foster, Ellen.
Flood, Justin.
Gabriel, Lewis.
Galvez, Bernardo de, 1746-1786.

Places:

Pensacola (Fla.)--History--19th century.
Pensacola (Fla.)--History--20th century.
Fort Barrancas (Fla.)--History--20th century.
Fort George Island (Fla.)--History--19th century.
Fort George Island (Fla.)--History--20th century.
Pascagoula (Miss.)--History--19th century.
Pascagoula (Miss.)--History--20th century.
Pascagoula (Miss.)--Surveys.
Escambia--12033--FIPS.
Duval--12031--FIPS.

Restrictions:

Open to researchers, dependent on our compliance with U.S. Copyright Law, HIPPA requirements, donor agreements and other applicable state and federal statutes. Occasionally we may need to review a collection before permitting immediate access.

Terms of access:

Digital photography, scanning, and photocopying of materials is prohibited. Permission may be granted by the Special Collections Librarian for such reprography dependent on issues of copyright, ownership, condition, donor agreements, etc. In general, staff do not make reproductions of copyright materials or materials for which title is not owned by the institution. Recent revisions in the U.S. Copyright Law extended the copyright of correspondence, letters, and other personal papers to the life of the author plus seventy years.