Mar 09
The Special Collections Department in the John C. Pace Library at the University of West Florida has acquired the photographic archives of the Ray Malinowski Studio. The collection of approximately 50,000 photographs covers Pensacola and adjacent regions from the mid-1960s through 2000 and includes aerial photographs as well as photographs of prominent individuals, businesses, real estate developments, buildings, streets and related views of interest in Pensacola and the West Florida region.
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Dec 22
Happy Holidays from all the faculty and staff here at the University of West Florida Libraries! UWF Libraries will be closed from December 24 to January 4, 2009 but be sure and check out the collection of Louisville & Nashville magazines dated from 1911 to the 1940s in John C. Pace Library Special Collections when the libraries reopen on January 5, 2009.
Wishing everyone in the UWF community a safe and peaceful holidays and prosperous new year for 2009. See you in the new year!
Nov 20
| John Lautner (1911-1994) was a foremost American architect who got his training with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesen and is considered one of Wright’s Foremost successful graduates. His Chemosphere house in Los Angelese was used in the film Body Double and his Palm Springs Elrod Resident was used in the 1971 James Bond film, Diamonds are Forever. He designed the Bob Hope residence and his Malibu Carbon Beach home, owned by Courtney Cox, sold a few years ago for $33.5 million.
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Jul 14
A glass cabinet exhibit adjacent to the library elevators highlights items from the Peruvian Collections held by the Special Collections Department, John C. Pace Library. Although our collections emphasize West Florida, the University and Pensacola have historic ties with Peru, and the Department holds an extensive book collection of early Peruvian history.
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Nov 28
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The University of West Florida Libraries 40th Anniversary Virtual Exhibit celebrates the riches of photographs, memorabilia and various historical material selected from the University of West Florida Archives and Special Collections.
Various external university collections housed at UWF and the University of West Florida Special Collections and Archives were also utilized to present this thematic visual online history. |
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Nov 28
UWF Special Collections: Holdings Database and Digital Archives
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This database provides descriptions of collections and detailed inventories for the personal papers, manuscripts, archives, business records, and other research resources of the Special Collections Department, University of West Florida Libraries. Our research resources emphasize materials which cover the history, development, institutions, and people of the West Florida region from earliest
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