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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…
"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…
"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…
Material Related to "Early Jacksonville History: Introduction"
A handwritten partial draft of Muse's early history of Jacksonville, three versions of which are found in JHS Folder 18: Jax History. This is written by hand on the same page as Alternate page 4 (2 of 2) of Irene Coates Narrative (1 of 4), inverted…
"All Dye Together" in The Florida Negro
The section "All Dye Together" found on p. 31 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…
Alternate page 4 (1 of 2) of Irene Coates Narrative (1 of 4)
An incomplete, alternative version of page 4 of Irene Coates Narrative (1 of 4)
Alternative page 4 of "Early Jacksonville History: Introduction" (3 of 3)
An alternative version of page 4 of "Early Jacksonville History: Introduction" (3 of 3). This version is similar but not identical to the page 4 present in that item.Another copy of this same alternative page 4 exists in the archive. We have not…
Incomplete Page 4 of Charles Coates Narrative (1 of 2)
An incomplete version of page 4 of the Charles Coates Narrative (1 of 2).The text that begins this page ("somewhat like a collar") follows directly the text that ends page 3 of that document ("It fitted around the neck tightly"), while the text that…
Smart P. Livingston (4 of 4)
A note about the artist Smart P. Livingston.
This item consists of one sentence, struck entirely in the original and which appears to be another attempt at starting Smart P. Livingston (3 of 4). The remainder of the page corresponds to the document…
Charles and Irene Coates Age and Date Calculations
Mathematical calculations related to the Charles Coates Interview Notes and Irene Coates Interview Notes.
Because these calculations do not occur within the flow of either set of notes, and because they relate to both, we have present them here as a…
Lindsay Moore Interview Notes
Notes from Muse's interview with Lindsay Moore, a Jacksonville resident who was formerly enslaved in Georgia
Lindsay Moore Narrative
Version of the Lindsay Moore 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.…
Pattie Louphelia Busby Green (5 of 5)
A discussion of the poet and musician Pattie Louphelia Busby Green, with one of her poems
Viola Muse on a Residential Street
Viola Muse posing for a photograph on what appears to be an unpaved residential street. "Viola B Muse" is written by hand across the top of the image.
Viola Muse
Viola Muse posing for a photograph in what appears to be a rural setting
