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Title
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Addressing the Global Significance of the Henry Shelton Sanford Papers
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Description
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The collection resides at the Sanford Museum in Sanford, Florida. It encompasses letters, diaries, legal documents, speeches, articles, and other documents composed by Henry S. Sanford and others. Sanford was a lawyer, diplomat, and investor who purchased and developed the land that would become Sanford, Florida. Subjects covered in the collection include Sanford's schooling in the United States and Europe; American business and diplomatic endeavors in the Congo; legal endeavors in Central and South America; businesses in Connecticut and Michigan; the unification of Germany after the Franco-Prussian War; life in the American West before it was settled; a sugar plantation in Louisiana owned by Sanford and his brother-in-law; Sanford's citrus groves and the issues surrounding them, including the importation of Swedish workers; domestic and diplomatic issues during the Civil War; the slave trade and more.
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Program
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Cataloging Hidden Collections
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Date
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2011
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Temporal Coverage
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1769 - 1901
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Spatial Coverage
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Florida, Connecticut, Michigan, Minnesota, Louisiana, South Carolina, Germany, Paris, Russia, Belgium, Central & South America, American West, Africa
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Extent
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80 linear feet
50000 objects
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Institution
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University of Central Florida
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Identifier
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824
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Primary Contact
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Jamie Desena
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Was Funded
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False