Guide to the Chinsegut Hill Correspondence

Guide to the Chinsegut Hill correspondence,

Descriptive Summary

Title : Chinsegut Hill correspondence Creator: Robins, Margaret Dreier (1868-1945) Dates : 1928-1982 ID Number : R03 Size: 1.00 box Abstract: Copies of correspondence from the Dreier-Robins families as well as Chinsegut Hill. Language(s): English

Repository: Special Collections University of South Florida Libraries 4202 East Fowler Ave., LIB122 Tampa, Florida 33620 Phone: 813-974-2731 - Fax: 813-396-9006 Contact Special Collections

Administrative Summary

Provenance: Robins, Margaret Dreier, 1868-1945 Acquisition Information: Donation Access Conditions: None. The contents of this collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information. Preferred Citation: Robins Correspondence - Chinsegut Hill Collection, Special Collections, Tampa Library, University of South Florida Tampa.

Biographical Note

Margaret Dreier Robins was born in 1868 in Brooklyn, New York. She left New York in 1925 and moved to Florida with her husband, Colonel Raymond Robins. The Robins' resided at a large estate called Chinsegut Hill near Brooksville, Florida. Margaret was a founder and leader of the National Women's Trade Union League and an outspoken crusader for equal rights for women in the workplace. She and her husband were also active in politics and campaigned for candidates in both major parties as well as the National Progressive Party. She died in 1945. Margaret Dreier Robins Collection, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/guides/Robins.htm Sandra Opdycke (1999). "Robins, Margaret Dreier". American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press. Payne, Elizabeth Anne (1988). Reform, Labor, and Feminism: Margaret Dreier Robins and the Women's Trade Union League. Chicago: University of Illinois Press.

Scope Note

Various forms of correspondence relating to the Dreier-Robins family and Chinsegut Hill. Copies of newspaper articles relating to Chinsegut Hill are also included. Arrangement Note: Chronological order.

Arrangement

Chronological order.

Subject Headings

Corporate Names: United States Subject Terms: Agriculture -- Florida Cattle -- Florida -- History Correspondence. Florida -- History, Local

COLLECTION CONTENTS

BOX 1 : Robins correspondence -- Chinsegut Hill, 1928-1982

FOLDER 1 : Correspondence, 1928-1933 Scope/Content : Correspondence relating to the Robins and Dreier Families at Chinsegut Hill

FOLDER 2 : Correspondence, 1934-1936 Scope/Content : Correspondence relating to the Robins and Dreier Families while at Chinsegut Hill from 1934-1936.

FOLDER 3 : Correspondence, 1937-1938 Scope/Content : Correspondence relating to the Dreier and Robins Families while at Chinsegut Hill in 1937 and 1938.

FOLDER 4 : Correspondence, 1939-1942 Scope/Content : Correspondence relating to the Dreier and Robins Families while at Chinsegut Hill from 1939-1942.

FOLDER 5 : Correspondence, 1949-1965 Scope/Content : Correspondence relating to the Dreier and Robins Families during 1949, 1961, 1964 and 1965

FOLDER 6 : Robins Home

Scope/Content : Information concerning the home built for the Robins Family to reside in during their time at Chinsegut Hill. Copies of photographs, hand drawn layouts of the home, and estimates regarding improvements to the home are included.

FOLDER 7 : History of the Robins - Dreier Family & the Chinsegut Hill area

FOLDER 8 : News Clippings

FOLDER 9 : Hernado Co. Soil Survey, 1914

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