SPRING 2019 FOR FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEORGE A. SMATHERS LIBRARIES Michael Gannon Endowment supports Florida history The Smathers Libraries have photographs, biographical materials enjoyed a screening of a spoof film, launched an initiative to build an and other documents of Gannon, the Return of the Creature, written and endowment in honor of the late noted historian, radio commentator filmed by a 27-year-old Michael Distinguished Service Professor and former priest. He was an Gannon at Marineland in 1954. Emeritus, Dr. Michael Gannon. expert on Florida history from its Annually, the endowment will Spanish founding through the U.S. Those interested in making a gift sponsor a prominent speaker on Civil War, and on World War II. to support the Michael Gannon the subject of Florida history or the Endowment can use the pledge history of World War II. A Guide to the Michael Gannon card at https://cms.uflib.ufl. Papers can be found at http://ufdc. edu/portals/communications/ Gannon donated his papers to ufl.edu/gannon. GannonPledgeCard.pdf. the Smathers Libraries and they officially opened at a reception The Libraries hosted an inaugural in November 2016. The Michael fundraising event with Genevieve Gannon Papers include writings, (Gigi) Haugen Gannon on March 27 research notes, correspondence, at the Flagler College Solarium in St. Augustine, Florida. The guests ABOVE: Scene from the 1954 Michael Gannon spoof, Return of the Creature. Gannon is on the right. LEFT: Dean of University Libraries Judith Russell, with co-hosts of the St. Augustine reception, Allen & Delores Lastinger, Genevieve Haugen Gannon, Kathleen Deagan and Mark & Alecia Bailey. NEWS FROM THE FROM THE DEAN OF THE LIBRARIES It has been a busy few months SPRING 2019 during which we have acquired a number of important new collections and established CONTENTS endowments to support others. 3 Former Senator Bill Nelson Former U.S. Senator Bill Nelson deposits papers with the Libraries has deposited his papers and 4 Treasures from the Libraries’ related materials with the Libraries. Collections His collection includes items 6 Rutherford scholarship winners; from his 1986 flight on the space Librarians win awards shuttle Columbia. An endowment honoring Senator Nelson will 7 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings correspondence donation; Exhibits support the collection and a variety of programs focused on ethics and 8 Spotlight: Librarian Sarah Meyer leadership that he will host. from the Health Science Center Libraries The donation of the Ellas B. Florida and are available online in McDaniel (Bo Diddley) Collection the UF Digital Collections at http:// George A. Smathers Libraries will support teaching and research ufdc.ufl.edu/ohfb. at the University of Florida about his many contributions to The donation of correspondence Architecture & Fine Arts Library American music, while ensuring Education Library that a substantial collection of between Pulitzer Prize author Health Science Center Libraries materials will be made accessible Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Library West (Humanities and Social her literary executor Julia Scribner Sciences) locally and through national Marston Science Library outreach. The materials from the Bigham greatly enhances the Smathers Library (Special and Area existing collection and gives insight Studies Collections) Ellas B. McDaniel Irrevocable Trust ensure that the largest institutional into Rawlings’s personal and JUDITH C. RUSSELL literary life. Dean of University Libraries holding of historical materials BRIAN W. KEITH about Bo Diddley remains close to Beloved professor Michael Associate Dean for Administrative Services where he lived the latter portion Gannon will be honored with and Faculty Affairs of his life. A partnership with an annual memorial lecture by a PATRICK J. REAKES the Samuel Proctor Oral History significant scholar. A collection Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources and Services Program at UF will enable the of his interviews with prominent Libraries to begin collecting oral MELISSA RETHLEFSEN Floridians is available in the UF Associate Dean and Fackler Director, histories in the near future. Digital Collections at http://ufdc. Health Science Center Libraries The Joel Buchanan Archive of African ufl.edu/gannon along with other BEN F. WALKER items from his personal papers. Associate Dean for Discovery, Digital Services American Oral History was unveiled and Shared Collections on March 22. Joel was an expert on If you would like to view or News from the SOURCE is published the history of African Americans in support any of our collections, semi-annually and distributed to Friends Gainesville and Alachua County, please contact me at jcrussell@ufl. of the Libraries and selected institutions. Questions and comments should be Florida. The archive currently edu. You are encouraged to explore addressed to the editor, Barbara Hood, at contains 878 oral histories provided the digital collections described in [email protected] or (352) 273-2505. by the Samuel Proctor Oral History this issue and the many others at uflib.ufl.edu/giving/SOURCE_news Program at the University of http://ufdc.ufl.edu. JUDITH C. RUSSELL Dean of University Libraries Senator Bill Nelson deposits papers with Libraries EXCERPT FROM THE UNIVERSITY instance, must be withheld for a OF FLORIDA NEWS RELEASE: period of time according to federal law, but most materials will be Former U.S. Senator Bill Nelson made available to the public after has deposited a collection of papers review by Nelson and processing and other historical materials with by library staff. the George A. Smathers Libraries, establishing a significant collection Nelson’s papers will become the spanning his multi-decade career in sixth Senate collection in the P. K. public service. Yonge Library of Florida History in the Special and Area Studies Over 800 boxes and more than Collections Department, following six terabytes of electronic records those of Spessard Holland, George were delivered to the Libraries in Smathers, Lawton Chiles, Connie January. The collection documents Mack III and Bob Graham. The over 46 years of public service by Libraries hold 60 additional U.S. Senator Bill Nelson one of Florida’s most influential United States Congress official photo. collections related to Florida political figures. In addition to his politics, including the papers of time in the Senate, the collection members of Congress, governors, and completed his political career documents his training and flight a commissioner of agriculture, the after three terms. While serving of the Space Shuttle Columbia Florida League of Women Voters in the Senate, he was the ranking mission in 1986, as well as aspects and the Florida Defenders member of the Senate Commerce of his youth and earlier political of the Environment. Committee, chair of the Science and career. The Nelson Collection will Space Subcommittee and chair of be processed, preserved and stored After serving as Florida’s treasurer, the Senate Committee on Aging. in the Smathers Libraries. Some insurance commissioner and internal committee documents and fire marshal in the 1990s, he was constituent correspondence, for elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000 Then-U.S. Representative Bill Nelson aboard the The spacesuit worn by Bill Nelson in 1986. Space Shuttle Columbia in 1986. This photo and the bumper sticker Nelson is holding in it are part of the collection of papers and other items he has deposited with the Libraries. NEWS FROM THE SOURCE 3 7 WELCOME TREASURES from the LI What is it? The Florida Alligator was the University of Florida’s student-run newspaper until 1973 and is online in the UF Digital Collections. The latest phase Presidentof Fuchs digitization covers September 1957 to December 1972. The Florida Alligator contains articles about student organizations, Gator sports and social events like Gator Growl. During this time, it also heavily covered campus politics and racial integration. Though the focus of content is on campus life, local news and advertisements for local businesses are featured. Where is it? http://ufdc.ufl.edu/alligator What is it? March 7, 1986 cover of Bohemia, published in Havana, Cuba. The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLoc), hosted by the Smathers Libraries, has issues from 1910 through 2013 (4800 issues). Bohemia is Cuba’s oldest general consumer magazine, founded in 1908. It provides commentary of politics, analysis of history, as well as advice on fashion. It made claims of being the first to publish the work of Cuban artists in color. Where is it? Celebrating Cuba! digital collection at http://dloc.com/UF00029010/00001 4 NEWS FROM THE SOURCE 7 WELCOME BRARIES’ COLLECTIONS What is it? The Joel Buchanan Archive of African American Oral History, a collection of more than 800 oral histories with African Americans on topics including slavery, segregation and civil rights, officially opened President Fuchs Friday, March 22 in SmathersPresident Library. Buchanan (1948- 2014) was a beloved civil rights activist and historian in Gainesville and at the Smathers Libraries. The oral histories are from African American elders throughout Florida and the wider Gulf South. The Archive contains interviews, recorded over several decades, from numerous collections from the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and is hosted by the University of Florida Digital Collections. Where is it? http://ufdc.ufl.edu/ohfb Joel Buchanan, left, with Oliver Jones, son of the late Gainesville educator A.Q. Jones, in 2006. What is it? This handmade guitar from the Ellas B. McDaniel (Bo Diddley) Collection was recently donated to the Smathers Libraries. The collection is available to scholars, students and the public and will open avenues for better understanding technical and performance innovation, international influences in America, and race and gender in the entertainment community. Bo Diddley brought rhythm and blues elements into the new genre and articulated musical elements that became enduring influences on rock, hip hop and popular music. The collection includes musical instruments, stage costumes, posters, photographs, documents and memorabilia. McDaniel lived the latter part of his life in Archer, Florida, near the UF campus.