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"Good Masters and Bad" in The Florida Negro
The section "Good Masters and Bad" found on pp. 31-35 of the manuscript copy of The Florida Negro housed in the State Archives of Florida (S1585) and available through the Florida Memory website of the State Library and Archives of Florida. This text…
"Contemporary Life" in The Florida Negro
The section "Contemporary Life" found on pp. 18-21 of the manuscript copy of The Florida Negro housed in the State Archives of Florida (S1585) and available through the Florida Memory website of the State Library and Archives of Florida. This text…
Biographical Sketch of Zora Neale Hurston in The Florida Negro
Biographical sketch of author Zora Neale Hurston found on p. 153 of the manuscript copy of The Florida Negro housed in the State Archives of Florida (S1585) and available through the Florida Memory website of the State Library and Archives of…
"Git It 'n Run!" from The Florida Negro
The section "Git It 'n Run!" found on p. 27-29 of the manuscript copy of The Florida Negro housed in the State Archives of Florida (S1585) and available through the Florida Memory website of the State Library and Archives of Florida. This text…
Biographical Sketch of Reverend Thomas H.B. Walker in The Florida Negro
Biographical sketch of the Reverend Thomas H.B. Walker found on p. 151-152 of the manuscript copy of The Florida Negro housed in the State Archives of Florida (S1585) and available through the Florida Memory website of the State Library and Archives…
Biographical Sketch of W.E. Dancer in The Florida Negro
Biographical sketch of author W.E. Dancer found on p. 151 of the manuscript copy of The Florida Negro housed in the State Archives of Florida (S1585) and available through the Florida Memory website of the State Library and Archives of Florida.…
Description of Painting of "Indian Chief"
Description of a painting of an "Indian Chief" by an unknown artist, found in the home of Thelma Livingston Roberts.
This document occupies the back of the same paper as Thelma Livingston Roberts and Smart P. Livingston (3 of 3), and is written…
Smart P. Livingston (2 of 4)
Biographical notes for Smart P. Livingston, with a description of one of his paintings.
The first two lines appear to be struck in the original, but we preserve them in both the transcription and reading version, as they are needed to introduce the…
George H. Leaphart (2 of 2)
Notes about the sculptor George H. Leaphart.
This document is found on same paper as the apparently unrelated documents Thelma Livingston Roberts, Smart P. Livingston (3 of 3) and Description of Painting of "Indian Chief".
Willis Williams Narrative (2 of 2)
Version of the Willis Williams narrative published in Works Progress Administration Federal Writers’ Project, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, vol. 3, Library of Congress, 1941,, pp.…
Anna Scott Narrative (3 of 3)
The version of the Anna Scott narrative published in Works Progress Administration Federal Writers’ Project, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, vol. 3, Library of Congress, 1941, pp.…
Irene Coates Narrative (4 of 4)
This document is the version of the Irene Coates narrative published in Works Progress Administration Federal Writers’ Project, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, vol. 3, Library of…
Charles Coates Narrative (2 of 2)
The version of the Charles Coates narrative published in Works Progress Administration Federal Writers’ Project, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, vol. 3, Library of Congress, 1941,…
Charles Coates Narrative (1 of 2)
A narrative based on the Charles Coates Interview Notes.
The word Copy is handwritten diagonally across the entire first page. See also the related Incomplete Page 4 of Charles Coates Narrative (1 of 2).
Irene Coates Narrative (2 of 4)
Narrative based on the Irene Coates Interview Notes.The pages of this document are numbered in the original, and page two is missing (the back of the paper containing page one 1 blank, and we have not located page 2 elsewhere). We have numbered the…
Irene Coates Narrative (1 of 4)
Narrative based on the Irene Coates Interview Notes.See also the following: Alternate page 4 (1 of 2) of Irene Coates Narrative (1 of 4) and Alternate page 4 (2 of 2) of Irene Coates Narrative (1 of 4).
List of Dances
A list of dances accompanied by an address for Clara Royster
"Amusements and Celebrations"
A list of activities and entertainments in Jacksonville.
These notes possibly reflect information provided by Irene Coates, as the Irene Coates Interview Notes mention of three of the places mentioned here: the Knights of Pythias Hall, the Masonic…
Rebecca Fulton Interview Notes
Notes from the interview that informed Muse's writing of the Rebecca Fulton Narrative.
The pages of these notes are unnumbered and have been assembled in their approximate order, based in part on the way the information is presented in the…
Anna Scott Narrative (2 of 3)
A narrative based on the experiences of Anna Scott.
Pages 3-5 of this document present an addendum (to which Muse refers as a "rider"), the text of which, according to Muse's notes, was to be inserted in the middle of page 2. The pagination of…
Pages 3-5 of this document present an addendum (to which Muse refers as a "rider"), the text of which, according to Muse's notes, was to be inserted in the middle of page 2. The pagination of…