United States Strategic Bombing Survey W1.71: CT.
Many reports in this call number. All analyzed. Published before and after the war.
""MG"

Florida Times Union Index 1986-1997 and more

Need information about Florida events or subjects published between 1986 and 1997? Use the online index to the Florida Times Union newspaper at http://nj.cits.fcla.edu/cgi-bin/wlv4/DBNJ to identify the articles you need and then access the paper on microfilm in the Scholars Commons. The call number is STROZIER LIBRARY -- Micromaterials -- Film NP 6 and the Libraries have machines that will convert the microfilm images to digital format that can be downloaded to your flash drive.

If you need more current information, you can access the paper online from the Library's online catalog. Just search for the Florida Times Union electronic resource listings and click on the link to the electronic version with full text searching.

The Biology of the Race Problem

Written by Dr. Wesley Critz George, and published by the Government of Alabama in 1962, this report serves as a document of the official backlash to the Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Brown v. Board of Education, which ended segregation in the Southern United States. George, a former head of the Department of Anatomy at the University of North Carolina Medical School, finds that there are inherent genetic differences between whites and African-Americans, and that these differences manifest themselves in societal indicators such as test scores and crime rates. The report concludes by stating that the United States should not "promote racial amalgamation" by allowing the races to mix, and instead suggests that segregation is both socially and biologically the best policy to follow.

This report clearly documents the institutional racism that existed in the Southern U.S. well into the 1960s, as well as demonstrates the scientific arguments that have been employed to justify racial segregation and eugenics.

Available in Strozier Documents, E 185.61 .G3

Modern Management for the City of New York (1953)

This two volume set, commissioned by Mayor Vincent Impellitteri, is the work of a special committee which conducted "a comprehensive survey of all City departments and agencies, the Board of Education, and the Board of Transportation, in an effort to achieve the greatest amount of efficiency and economy possible." Although it was authored more than half a century ago, this report provides a wealth of research material to anyone interested in the history of Public Administration, Urban and Regional Planning, or New York City.

Available in Strozier Documents, call number JS 1234 .A1 A52

Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars With the Barbary Powers: Naval Operations Including Diplomatic Background From 1785 Through 1807

U.S. Office of Naval Records and Library produced this 6-volume set containing correspondence and documents related to the first Barbary War that occurred between 1785 and 1807. Documents are in rough chronological order from all branches of the government with some personal correspondence included.
STROZIER, Documents N16.2: B23/
(TWyckoff)

General Correspondence of the Spanish Legation at Washington

General Correspondence of the Spanish Legation at Washington, 1801-1833.

This microfilm collection contains reproductions of original documentation housed in the Archivo Historica Nacional del Estado de España (in Madrid). This documentation was produced by Spanish representatives in Washington, DC following the American Revolution and during the time that Latin American countries were forging independence. It provides rich insight into this period of early nationhood for the US as well as many Latin American Countries.

STROZIER LIBRARY Micromaterials Film 9710 In Library Use Only

Journals of the Commissioners of the Indian Trade

Journals of the Commissioners of the Indian Trade September 20, 1710-August 29, 1718 is part of the series: "Colonial Records of South Carolina" and was first published in 1955. The journals in this volume are a record of the proceedings of the Commissioners of the Indian Trade in South Carolina and document the commissioners dealings with traders and Indian alike.
Useful for Indian trade and affairs, colonial South Carolina, early US history.
Strozier Library Doc 975.7 S7259J
(TWyckoff)

The First Colonists

A literary Scrapbook of North Carolina documents on the planting of the first settlements in North America 1584-1590. The items are taken from Richard Hyluyt's "The principall navigations...of the English Nation" and Thomas Harriot's "A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia"
Useful for the early American historian and Elizabethian researcher.
Strozier Documents Doc E 127 F57 1982
(TWyckoff)

The Indian in the Classroom: Readings for the Teacher with Indian Students

Educators are offered a brief introduction to the history, culture and contemporary affairs of the Native American, intended to stimulate further research and involvement in Native American education.
Delores Colburg, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Helena Mt. August 1972
Doc E77.2 I52
(TWyckoff)

Innovative Financing: Banks and Energy Conservation

Although this document was written more than 30 years ago, many of its suggestions are shockingly similar to those found in the news today. In essence, this report outlines a plan to restructure the nation's financial institutions to provide consumers with cash incentives to encourage energy conservation. It suggests that "banks might develop energy conservation programs as... a way to reduce energy-related loan losses," as well as "forestall increased government involvement in bank operations."

This is one of dozens of documents produced by the Department of Energy in the late 1970s to promote energy conservation, and while much of the data are now outdated, many of the lessons dealing with encouraging participation in these reports are just as valid today as they were in the last century. Items like these can serve as a great jumping off point for a research project comparing government action and public participation across the decades, as well as the evolution of energy conservation techniques.

This report is in the Strozier Documents Collection, E1.28:SAN/W1201-01

Islamic technology : an illustrated history

Although the contributions of Islamic civilisations to science have long been recognised, the application of this scientific expertise to technology has hitherto been neglected. This pioneering book begins to remedy that neglect, first by celebrating the richness and ingenuity of the world of Islamic technology and then by pointing the way forward to its more detailed exploration. Lavishly illustrated, this book explores the major technological achievements of Islamic civilisations. Review
'... a wide-ranging survey of the technology used by Muslims in the Medieval period - and also today ... It deserves to succeed in bringing its subject to a new audience in the West as well as instilling pride in past achievements in the Middle East.' History Today. Useful for undergraduate students and teaching faculty who need a overview of Islamic inventions.
Find in Strozier, Documents T27.3.I75 H37 1986

Texas Indian Papers

Each volume is indexed separately and thoroughly. The documents are rich in first-hand reports of encounters, both friendly and hostile, with Indians. They present important insights into the Indians as seen through the eyes of Texans, and therefore they reveal much about the cultural attitudes of the time and place. Four volume set: v.1: 1825-1843, v.2:1844-1845, v.3:1846-1859, v.4:1860-1916 Edited from the original ms. copies in the Texas State Archives by Dorman H. Winfrey [State Archivist] assisted by James M. Day [and others] There is a supplemental volume 5:1846-1859 (letters from the Executive Department)Useful for researching primary accounts from Texas of Indians.
Find in Strozier, Documents 970.5T355t

British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee

British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee visited German manufacturing plants, research laboratories, and other war-related facilities to interview managers, scientists, and engineers as they were captured by Allied forces. After collecting relevant documents, these groups wrote technical briefs on individual subjects, production processes and new technologies. They also prepared reports on whole industries - notably the German dye industry - and on construction projects, such as German underground factories. This collection would be useful for researching industrial activities of Nazi Germany during the war.
FSU holds no. 1-21, 26, B.I.O.S. overall report (Strozier Documents T26.G3G72) and the Technical Index of Reports on German Industry (Dirac Science Library Reference 2nd Floor Z7915.G7 G7)

U.S. Armed Forces in Vietnam, 1954-1975

Divided over four parts, this microfilm set compiles hundreds of documents that were generated by the United States Armed Forces before, during, and immediately after the Vietnam War. The collection provides a wealth of primary source material for anyone writing about military policies and procedures during the conflict and the lessons learned by the U.S. military in the immediate aftermath.

Available in the Strozier Micromaterials Collection, FILM 9150, and indexed by Micr DS 558 .U5 1983

Welcome to Hidden Collections

We are starting this blog as an effort to alert Florida State University faculty and grad students to the incredible resources they may be missing. We will add material from around the collection but mainly government documents and microfilm collections will be highlighted.