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A Guide to the Sarah Elizabeth Harris Scrapbook

Finding aid created by Stephen Jackson

University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
December 2007


Descriptive Summary

Provenance: Harris, Sarah Elizabeth.
Title: Sarah Elizabeth Harris Scrapbook
Dates: 1905-1912
Abstract: News clippings and photographs collected by Sarah Elizabeth Harris, daughter of an Ocala (Fla.) newspaperman.
Extent: 1 volume.
Identification: PKY 88.022


Biographical/Historical Note

After serving in the Confederate Army, Frances Eppes Harris founded the Ocala Banner newspaper in 1866. He served as the owner and editor of that publication for 62 years. His daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Harris (later Sarah H. Lloyd, of Jacksonville), became the society and local editor of the Banner around the turn of the century.


Scope and Content

This scrapbook contains numerous news clippings and photographs that Sarah Harris compiled from 1905-1912.


Access or Use Restrictions

Access

Collection is open for research.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Sarah Elizabeth Harris Scrapbook, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.


Selected Subjects and Access Points

Marion County (Fla.) -- History -- Newspapers.
Ocala (Fla.) -- History -- Newspapers.


For further information, please contact: Special Collections Access Services.

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