PP. Personal Papers

Abstract Papers created by and about Rex Ellingwood Beach (1877-1949), alumnus of Rollins College, Winter Park FL. Beach traveled to Alaska in 1897 to participate in the Klondike Gold Rush, before becoming a prolific writer of short fiction, novels, articles, plays, and radio plays. He was also involved in the production of films and plays based on his writings. He retained close ties to Rollins, serving as the president of the Rollins Alumni Association from 1927-1944. A significant portion of...

Scope and Contents The Betty M. Mitchell Collection includes three boxes of theatrical materials, plus a few books and bound volumes of sheet music used by Dorothy Stone and Charles Collins in various musicals and plays. The gift also contains a small assortment of items from Rex Beach, Charles's friend of many years, but the core of the collection consists of some critical early Broadway ephemera, including: multiple pictures of Fred and Dorothy Stone, Charles Collins, photographs signed by famed entertainers...

Scope and Contents Born on Feb. 2, 1945, Frank Clifford Boehnlein attended Rollins College during 1963-67 and received his Bachelor of Music degree magna cum laude in Composition and Piano. While a Rollins student, he also received the Presser Foundation Scholarship, General Reeves Scholarship, Ralph Lyman Baldwin Award in Compostion and was a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society. Boehnlein continuted his studies at the the Cleveland Institute of Music where he recieved his Master of Music in...

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This is the collection of personal papers of Thoedore S. Darrah, Dean of the Knowles Memorial Chapel from 1947 to 1973.

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This is the collection of the personal papers of Jess Gregg, American playwright, fiction author and Rollins alumnus (1941), including biographical information, his association with Rollins, correspondence, notebooks, and some of his literary manuscripts.

Scope and Contents This collection focuses on Grover's years in Winter Park and specifically at Rollins College, which includes correspondence, magazine articles, published material from Grover's private printing firm in the form of books and pamphlets, and information on the the history of printing collected by Grover for the classes that he taught.  There are also original materials penned by Grover and printed by his Angel Alley Press.  This collection also contains materials collected by Grover on the...

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The Hamil ton Holt Papers were presented to Rollins College by his children. This Collection is of value and significance because its contents touch upon the broad areas of journalism, politics, social reform, labor history, higher education, and movements for peace and international organization. A brief glance at this Register should confirm this fact and reveal the extensive scope of these materials.

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This collection consists of documents related to the life and professional career of the Broadway and screen actress Dana Ivey '63 '08H, including: her association with Rollins College, correspondence, professional awards, newspaper clippings and magazine articles, playbills, theatre/movie/TV scripts, photos and video recordings.

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This collection covers Fraser's working years from 1936 until his retirement in 1973. Included in his collection are handwritten notes from the field of battle in World War II, broadcasts scripts for radio and television, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and maps.

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The  T.L. Mead Collection at Rollins College contain manuscripts, photographs, memorabilia, periodicals, books, and pamphlets from Mead's personal library, as well as jis personal papers and correspondence.  As the last remaining survivor of his immediate family, Mead received the collected correspondence and papers of his mother, father, and brother, which are also part of this collection.