A Guide to the Raymond Mohl Research Papers
Finding aid created by Stephen Jackson
University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
December 2007
Descriptive Summary |
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| Provenance: | Mohl, Raymond A. | |
| Title: | Raymond Mohl Research Papers | |
| Dates: | 1951-1992 | |
| Abstract: | Research materials created or collected by historian Raymond Mohl on subjects such as Harry T. Moore and John Nolen. | |
| Extent: | 0.8 linear feet. (2 boxes) | |
| Identification: | MS 236 | |
Biographical/Historical Note
Raymond A. Mohl is a historian of modern America, focusing primarily on urban, ethnic, and social history. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Urban History in 1974, and he is a past president of the Urban History Association. He is the author or editor of numerous books and journal articles, and his research related to Florida has focused on race relations and urban planning, particularly in Miami and Dade County.
Scope and Content
The first box of research papers includes information on Harry T. Moore, leader of the Florida branch of the NAACP from the 1940s until 1951, when he was killed by a bomb on Christmas day. Some of the files are from Jim Clark, a reporter with a special interest in the Moore case. The majority of the files, however, are photocopies of unedited FBI reports about the investigation of the bombing. These files include interviews as well as reports of physical evidence obtained from the scene of the crime. The FBI case ended in 1955 with no arrests. There were attempts to reopen the case in 1978 and 1991, but the case was not put to rest until 2005 when Attorney General Charlie Crist announced the results of his investigation implicating four violent members of the Ku Klux Klan.
The second box includes research materials related to a thesis by one of Mohl’s students, John Eades, about a noted Florida city planner named John Nolen. Nolen was responsible for creating the master plan for development of West Palm Beach in 1922. He created this plan in 1923 but the plan was never implemented. This box contains early drafts of Eades’ paper on the matter as well as photocopies of his research on Nolen and the City Planning Board of West Palm Beach.
Access or Use Restrictions
Access
Collection is open for research.
Related or Separated Material
For more information on Harry T. Moore, consult the Office of the Attorney General of Florida web site (http://myfloridalegal.com/HarryMoore) and Ben Green's Before His Time: The Untold Story of Harry T. Moore, America’s First Civil Rights Martyr (New York: The Free Press, 1999).
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Raymond Mohl Research Papers, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Contents List
Selected Subjects and Access Points |
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| African American civil rights workers -- Biography. | ||
| City planning -- Florida -- West Palm Beach. | ||
| Florida -- Race relations. | ||
| Moore, Harry T., d. 1951. | ||
| Nolen, John, 1869-1937. | ||
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