Archive

Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2017.012

Scope and Content

This collection was found in the archives of the Jacksonville Historical Society with no specific provenance. The collection contains research, correspondence, deeds and stories collected by Lee Bigelow. Mr. Bigelow was born in Jacksonville on December 2, 1872 and died on May 28, 1940. He is buried in the Bigelow Cemetery in Arlington, FL. Mr. Bigelow was a field worker for the Works Progress Administration in Jacksonville in 1936. He was the Historical Editor for the State Library Project in 1938.

Collection

Bigelow Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1817 - 1938

Title

Jacksonville History

Description

Correspondence and articles re: C.L. Robinson, Hamilton Jay Scrabook - Carpet baggers in Florida - Florida Crackers - Tell Tales of Florida, Jacksonville: The Metropolis of Florida

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 2

Subjects

Jacksonville - Florida - History

Notes

Date: 1862-1935 Public Access

Title

Jacksonville and Florida History

Description

Correspondence and articles re: Ice Making Machine (1937) ; Ferry Boat/Fire (1901) ; Baptist Burials at Myrtle Ave. ( 1938) ; Two Bayards; Civil War Paper Currency (1862-1865) ; Fort San Nicholas Marker, July 4, 1817 by the D.A.R. (1930) ; Warren Smith Cemetery , Captain Acorn ( 1888) ; World's First Ice Factory, Columbus, GA (1872)

Date(s) of Creation

1862 - 1938

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 3

Subjects

Jacksonville - Florida - History

Notes

Public Access

Title

Deeds and taxes

Description

J.B. Mills Abe Stevens Marvin Higginbotham Lydia and Charles Floyd to Benjamin Cox Robert Williams to Lydia Floyd Marvin Higginbotham to Robert Williams Winston Bowden to Denham Wood Eliza & Matthew Louvillie to Marvin Higginbotham Taxes 1908 Estelle Hopkins 1894 A.C. Bowden 1895 Walter Jones

Date(s) of Creation

1895 - 1908

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 5

Subjects

Jacksonville - Duval County - Florida - Land Records

Notes

Public Access

Title

Warranty Deeds

Description

M.G. Glass to Julian Halsema - September 2, 1896 Mary Lightbody to Frank Lightbody - January 1904, 1898 Elizabeth Mickler to Rebecca Andreu - 1909 Rena Wiggins to Jennie Styles - 1911 Frank Floyd to Frederick Nolan - 1904

Date(s) of Creation

1895 - 1911

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 6

Subjects

Jacksonville - Duval County - Florida - Land Records

Notes

Public Access

Title

Land Records

Description

Jane and W.R. Trasher to Edward S. Long Jefferson D. Silcox to Oscar Silcox Jane and W. R. Trasher to Francis O. Lightbody S.J. Carter vs M.N. Scott W.R. Trasher and Mrs. J.H. Trasher to Morris Cohn J.G. Greeley to Jane H. Trasher Jane H. Trasher and W.R. Trasher to J.L. Capers Jane H. Trasher and W.R. Trasher to Ellen E. Gardner

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 7

Subjects

Jacksonville - Duval County - Florida - Land Records

Notes

Date: 1899 Public Access

Title

Abstract of Title for land in South Jacksonville

Description

Jeremiah S. Smith Jr.

Date(s) of Creation

1887 - 1912

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 8

Subjects

Jacksonville - Duval County - Florida - Land Records

Notes

Public Access

Title

Records

Description

Letters and postcards to Lee Bigelow, 1936-1937 Tax Return, 1917 Part of Atkinson aka Chaseville Map St. Johns Academy, Church and Bell Florida Library Survey, 1935

Date(s) of Creation

1917 - 1937

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 9

Subjects

Jacksonville - Duval County - Florida - History

Notes

Public Access

Title

Correspondence

Description

Correspondence dealing with Lee Bigelow's position as field worker for the Works Progress Administration

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 10

Subjects

Jacksonville - Duval County - Florida - History

Notes

Date: 1936 Public Access

Title

Survey

Description

Survey of State and Local Historical records in Wisconsin

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 11

Subjects

Wisconsin - History

Notes

Date: 1936 Public Access

Title

Correspondence

Description

Correspondence between Mr. Bigelow and members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in South Arlington, FL dealing with the church's history. Also included is the history of newspapers in Jacksonville : First Newspaper was The Jacksonville Courier (1835-1839); The East Florida Advocate; The Tropical Plant (1842-1844); The Florida Statesman (1844-1845); The Florida Republican; The Standard; Southern Rights, etc. Survey of the Church Club Building, 230 E. Forsyth St., owned by Judge W.S. Griswell

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 12

Subjects

Jacksonville - History, Rev. Robert E. Grubb, Rev. Albion Knight, Fetting Family, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Jacksonville Newspaper History, Church Club Building

Notes

Date: 1937 Public Access

Title

Cruise of the Confederate Privateer Mariner

Description

Article describing the cruise

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 13

Subjects

Jacksonville - History - Civil War

Notes

Date: 1881 Public Access

Title

Correspondence

Description

Correspondence between Mr. Bigelow and various people dealing with Early Christmas observances in Florida; inventory of the Florida Times Union Archives; interview with Albert M. Williamson owner of the Floridian Newspaper

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 14

Subjects

Jacksonville - History - Holidays - Christmas, Jacksonville Newspapers - Florida Sun - Jacksonville Press

Notes

Date: 1937 Public Access

Title

Research

Description

Research notes of Mr. Bigelow dealing with Civil War times , 1863-1865

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 15

Subjects

Jacksonville - History - Civil War, W.S. Criswell, Confederate War Syeamer, Florida, First Court House in Jacksonville, The Shenandoah

Notes

Date: 1937 Public Access

Title

Correspondence

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 16

Subjects

New Berlin - Duval County - Florida - History, Episcopal Mission of Our Merciful Saviour

Notes

Date: 1937 Public Access

Title

Correspondence

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 17

Subjects

Spanish Cannon - Palm Valley - Ponte Vedra - Fort San Diego - St. Johns County - Florida

Notes

Date: 1938 Public Access

Title

Research

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 18

Subjects

Dick Oldham's Radio Show - WMBR - Jacksonville - Florida

Notes

Date: 1938 Public Access

Title

Research

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 19

Subjects

Florida Newspaper News, The Floridian Newspaper at Jacksonville, "Pirate" Mitchell, Florida keys Land of Traditional Romance by Andrew J. Kemp, The Tropical Plant Newspaper, Mineral City -Ponte Vedra- Fort Diego, Zephaniah Kingsley

Notes

Date: 1938 Public Access

Title

Transcription

Description

Transcription of the Americana, Volume II (Falstaff - Franklin) (Jacksonville -Library) (Nothwest Florida) (Central Florida)

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 20

Subjects

Jacksonville - Florida - History

Notes

Date: 1938 Public Access

Title

Index of history related articles published in the Florida Times Union

Creator

Florida Times Union

Date(s) of Creation

1920 - 1924

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 29

Subjects

Jacksonville - Duval County - Florida - History

Notes

Public Access

Title

Index of history related articles published in the Florida Times Union

Creator

Florida Times Union

Date(s) of Creation

1920 - 1923

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 28

Subjects

Jacksonville - Duval County - Florida - History

Notes

Public Access

Title

Index of history related articles published in the Florida Times Union

Description

List of Duval County Voters in 1831

Creator

Florida Times Union

Date(s) of Creation

1920 - 1925

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 23

Subjects

Jacksonville - Duval County - Florida - History

Notes

Public Access

Title

Abstract of Title #118

Description

Abstract of Title for Lots 1,2,5,6,7,8 in Block 5 and lots 7,8,9,10,11, 12 in Block 4, Fairfield for Eliza Hammatt, L.W. Spratt and James W. Spratt

Creator

Florida Abstract and Title Security Co., Jacksonville, FL

Date(s) of Creation

1817 - 1912

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 1

Subjects

Jacksonville - Florida - Land records

Notes

Public Access

Title

Cruise of the Confederate Privateer Mariner

Creator

Francis Asbury Lumsden Cassidey

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 4

Subjects

American Civil War - History

Notes

Date: 1888 Public Access

Title

Incorporated Cities and Towns of Duval County

Description

Information on incorporation dates for: Atlantic Beach, Baldwin, Fairfield, Jacksonville, LaVilla, Mayport, Mandarin, Murray Hill, Neptune, South Jacksonville

Creator

Lee Bigelow

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 30

Subjects

South Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Fairfield, Murray Hill, LaVilla, Neptune, Mayport, Atlantic Beach, Mandarin, Baldwin, Jacksonville - Florida - History

Notes

Date: 1938 Public Access

Title

Review of the History of Jacksonville

Creator

Lee Bigelow

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 27

Subjects

Jacksonville - Duval County - Florida - History

Notes

Date: 1938 Public Access

Title

Review of the History of Jacksonville

Creator

Lee Bigelow

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 26

Subjects

Jacksonville - Duval County - Florida - History

Notes

Date: 1938 Public Access

Title

George Washington; The American Encyclopedia transcript; Loyalists in Florida

Description

Various articles and research.

Creator

Lee Bigelow

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 25

Subjects

Jacksonville - Duval County - Florida - United States - History

Notes

Date: 1938 Public Access

Title

George Washington; The American Encyclopedia transcript; Loyalists in Florida

Description

Various articles and research.

Creator

Lee Bigelow

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 25

Subjects

Jacksonville - Duval County - Florida - United States - History

Notes

Date: 1938 Public Access

Title

First Printing in Florida

Creator

Douglas C. McMurtrie

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 24

Subjects

Jacksonville - Duval County - Florida - United States - History

Notes

Date: 1931 Public Access

Title

Correspondence and directives for State Archives Suveyors

Creator

WPA and Florida State Archives

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 22

Subjects

Jacksonville - Duval County - Florida - History

Notes

Date: 1937 Public Access

Title

Research Requests

Description

Civil War Personal Experiences; Cities in Duval County; US Paper Currencvy, 1874; First Court House in duval County; Constitutional Convention

Creator

WPA and Florida State Archives, Lee Bigelow

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder 21

Subjects

Jacksonville - Duval County - Florida - History

Notes

Date: 1937 Public Access