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Title
Florida Citrus Exchange Collection
Alternative Title
FEC Collection
Subject
Florida Citrus Exchange
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Description
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford, Florida, and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes.
Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.
Randall Chase joined in the family business soon after his brother, Sydney Chase, Jr., did in 1922. Randall became the president of Chase & Company from 1948-1965. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/23" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection items are housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to these items belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about these items should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php" target="_blank">The History of Seald-Sweet</a>." Seald Sweet International. http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php.
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
<span>Weaver, Brian. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.</span>
<span>"<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00086639/00046" target="_blank">Mayo Dade Offers Helpful Aid on Fruit Picking</a>." </span><em>Florida Clearing House News</em><span>, August 25, 1930.</span>
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Coverage
Arcadia, Florida
Babson Park, Florida
Davenport, Florida
Fort Myers, Florida
Frostproof, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Lakeland, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Penney Farms, Florida
Pierce, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Wauchula, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
6 page typrwritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Letter from Joshua Chase to Sydney Chase (October 19, 1934)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (October 19, 1934)
Subject
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Citrus fruit industry--California
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Agriculture--Florida
Lakeland (Fla).
Orange industry--Florida
Orange industry--California--History
New Deal, 1933-1939--Florida
Florida Citrus Exchange
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Description
An original letter of correspondence written by Joshua Chase to his father and Chase & Company business partner Sydney Chase. The letter discusses a meeting Joshua attended in Lakeland about the specifics on the proposed Federal Marketing Agreement on citrus and nationally standardized shipping rates. Issues discussed in the meeting included freight rates of citrus products, New Deal policies, and accurate reporting.
Chase & Company was established by the brothers in 1884. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. The Florida Citrus Exchange was founded by a group of growers on June 21, 1909 to help improve production of citrus in the state. Members shared facilities and helped establish operation and shipping standards. Both Sydney and Joshua Chase were hesitant to join the Exchange because they did not want to jeopardize the business they had successfully managed. Chase & Company eventually became a part of the Exchange, but backed out three years later.
Creator
Chase, Joshua
Source
Original letter from Joshua Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase, Sr., October 19, 1934: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.49, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1934-10-19
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a title="A Guide to the Chase Collection" href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
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Format
application/pdf
Extent
9,859 KB
Medium
6 page typrwritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Asheville, North Carolina
Lakeland, Florida
California
Seattle, Washington
Spokane, Washington
Portland, Oregon
Tampa, Florida
Spatial Coverage
28.811729, -81.268138
35.595065, -82.551673
28.0333, -81.9500
36.747138, -119.770317
47.607089, -122.332878
47.658913, -117.425423
45.523668, -122.674828
27.951345, -82.456627
Temporal Coverage
1934-08-01/1934-10-19
Accrual Method
Donation
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
Hopkins, James T. <em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
Warner, S.C. "Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
External Reference Title
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>"
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus</em></a>
"<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20V%20ol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>"
Transcript
CHASE & CO.
SANFORD, FLORIDAOctober
19, 1934Mr
. O. Chase
P.
Asheville North Carolina
Dear Dad:
Attended the meeting in Lakeland yester afternoon composed of the 96 growers and shippers who united last August in fighting the proposed newAgreement
. There were a few other growers of the
Lakeland territory present, also representatives of the Atlantic Commission Company, and two new Grower-shippers, making a total of 93 now instead of 96.
L. V. Kirkland was elected as chairman of the mmeeting and stated briefly the reason for the meeting, stressing particularly the point that in
is opinicn an erffort as being made by Washington and urged by interests in California more or less at the request f a certain group in Florida to force -the Florida citrus industry into national prorating.
r. irk and pointed out that national prorating was unsuited to Florida, because California enjoyed a freight rote which allowed them to put their fruit into the eat at $1.17 a box, whereas Florida could not go west of the Mississippi River due to the very high freight rate. He also pointed out that California would want to prorate their Naval crop against or entire crop of oranges, including Valencias, and in this wor allow them a very clear and unobstricted cncampetitive market for their Valencias.
it was later brought out in the meeting that Florida freight rate to Seattle and spokane, Washington, and Portland, Oregon .1d surrounding territory amounted to $1.91 a box, including refrigeration, nd that California, if they wanted to, could place their oranges in Tampa, Florida by rail at 1.17 a box.
C. Chaser. Kirkland then asked Judge Holland to review the whole matter of the fight against the Agreement which Washington proposed last August, and the results that had been obtained by the 96 grower-shippers who had fought the matter together, as a unit, and he Urged that they all continue to • meet the matter in a united effort, as he believed that was the only way to secure recognition in Washington to such an extent that they would listen and give the Florida citrus industry a representative and fair group of grower Control Committee members, which Washington had agreed to do when they met in that city in September, and which Washington has not done, as evidenced by the group of names just received from Washington, and which I gave you as a list in my letter of two days ago.
Judge Holland reviewed the matter, begin-ning with last June up through his last visit to Washington in September. He emphasized the fact that Washington was very much astounded at the
united front and effort made by the 96 growers, and that they had not considered this possible before last August. He pointed out that this united action had secured practically every concession that had been asked for, and that the attitude of the Depart¬ment of Agriculture was entirely different after August, due to the strength shown by the majority of the shippers in the state, representing a decided majority of the fruit. He also stated that it was his personal opinion that the naming of the Grower Control Committee as sent out from Washington was a last effort to try to bluff the industry into national prorating and ram down the throats of the majority what California would like to see and the old Central Committee clique would like to have.
Mr. S. O. Chase page #3
e said he felt reasonably sure that if united effort was continued as in the past we would be able to secure a Grower Control Committee that would be fairly selected and in line with what Washington had agreed to d in selecting the Grower Committee.
Aurin was asked to say a few words.
e brought out tee Tampa Tribune and read part of a statement issued by Commander, wherein Commander said he hoped the independent shippers and buyers would consider for once the growers of the at.. to of Florida. Dr. Aurin said that he was an hundred per cent in accord with Commander in regard to that part of hi; statement, ands that he sincerely hoped that all off the shippers present and in the state would consider the poor growers of the state and see that they would not get the Growers Control Committee as handed down by Washington, but one that would be fair to the growers of the state; that it Was high time that the continued effort of a certain group to coerce growers into the exchange be stopped and that the growers be allowed to ship and sell their fruit to those shippers which they themselves
might choose. Dr. Aurin Said that, in looking over
the group of growers appointed to the Committee by Washington, that he could not believe that the leopard had changed its spots any more than if someone told him that Hitler was a friend of the Jews.
Howey was called on to soy a few words, which ho did, and a great deal of it amounted to politicings; he tactfully said that he felt that Some of the good Democrats present would be making good Republicans by the time the present administra¬tion got through trying to run their business for them by groups of people who knew nothing about it. He was asked the question as to what he thought the lose would be if Florida was forced into national prorating. Howey very carefully avoided giving his own opinion, but did say !hat he had heard the loss would be from several different sources, which amounted to anywhere from $250,000 annually to a
Mr. S. O. Chase Page #4
1,500,000 annually. Fe also stated that he had been informed sten in Washington by good authorities that some businessess which Washington was trying to run by would-be experts who knew nothing about the businesses or any business were suffering a loss in some- instances as high as 17,000,000 a year.
We next heard from Jeff Sligh, who was very brief and said that he did not approve of r. Howey politicing in such meetings. This was all good. natured. -.nigh did bring out something in regard to what Florida's less would be if they participated in national prorating for several years. Pe said the real loss would amount to about 40,000,000, or the citrus industry in Florida. This brought down some real applause, and even Howey nodded his agree¬ment.
Several other growers and shippers spoke briefly, one or two stressing the difference of freight rates from California and Florida. judge Holland drew up a motion protesting the appointment of the Grower Committee and alternates selected by Washington, which was unanimously approved.
7. J. Howey next moved that the chair appoint a committee to form an organization and in-corporate same including the group present and as many more as they could secure for united action in
ll such matters. The judge had already prepared a motion which was substituted for Howey's, and,we believe, a very good one.
A fully detailed report as to the motions and Committee appointed, and the whole meeting will undoubtedly follow from the Clearing House within the next day or two.
Mr. S. c, Chase Page #5
The press was present and were told in no unmistakable words that the paper which would not publish all of what was said at the meeting would never be allowed at a meeting again, and that it would be made known why. It was stated that in the past it has been very noticeable that some of the papers in the state published very damaging :and unfair articles Pertaining to the growers and shippers meetings in the past by not giving all of the information, and by omitting parts and misconstruing many facts. This was directed, I believe, primarily at the Orlando Sentinel. Their reorter as present, and certainly got red around the ears when he received these instructions. The reporter for the Lakeland paper, which has been so active in the past in getting fair and correct informa¬tion, was present, and I noticed he remained after the meeting to get some of the details he was unable to catch and record as the meeting progressed. I did not see the Sentinel reporter doing this, and 1 will be interested to set: how the two papers compare.
Affectionately yours,
SOCjr / b
Copy:
Mr. J. C. Chase
FLORIDA CITRUS CONTROL COMMITTEE GROWER ALTERNATESM
EMBERS
Grower
G. B. Ayerigg W. Haven
John S. Taylor Largo
Harry L. Borland Ocala
Judson J. Reynolds Orlando
A. W. Young Vero Beach
Francis Whitehair DeLand
I. A, Yarnell Lake Wales
Shipper
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Barry L. Askew Lakeland
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ALTERNATES
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H. E. Cornell Haven Ex 0 Patterson Tampa Exchge.
Marvin H. Walker Tampa prank Clark Indian
A. F. Pickard Lakeland Comm. 50 River City "W.
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James Tillman Lake Jabs LWCGA L. P. Kirkland Auburndale "
W. T. Bland Lake Gem AFG G. Roe W. Haven
C. 3. Stewart DeLand Exchge.J. J. Parrish Titusville "
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Joshua Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase, Sr., October 19, 1934.
Is Part Of
Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.49, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection </a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Atlantic Commission Company
Aurin
California
Chase and Co.
Chase, Sydney Octavius, Sr.
Clearing House
Commander
Crower Control Committee
Democratic Party
Democrats
Department of Agriculture
Federal Marketing Agreement
freight
Holland, Judge
Howey
Kirkland, L. P.
oranges
Republican Party
Republicans
Tampa Tribune
USDA
Valencias
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https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/78e6b75d2101f9121dd98aac11284265.pdf
6493436cebabea74e5411f56e97ad9ca
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Florida Citrus Exchange Collection
Alternative Title
FEC Collection
Subject
Florida Citrus Exchange
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Description
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford, Florida, and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes.
Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.
Randall Chase joined in the family business soon after his brother, Sydney Chase, Jr., did in 1922. Randall became the president of Chase & Company from 1948-1965. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/23" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection items are housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to these items belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about these items should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php" target="_blank">The History of Seald-Sweet</a>." Seald Sweet International. http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php.
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
<span>Weaver, Brian. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.</span>
<span>"<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00086639/00046" target="_blank">Mayo Dade Offers Helpful Aid on Fruit Picking</a>." </span><em>Florida Clearing House News</em><span>, August 25, 1930.</span>
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Coverage
Arcadia, Florida
Babson Park, Florida
Davenport, Florida
Fort Myers, Florida
Frostproof, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Lakeland, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Penney Farms, Florida
Pierce, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Wauchula, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
2 page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Letter from Sydney Chase to Joshua Chase (February 18, 1928)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (February 18, 1928)
Subject
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Florida Citrus Exchange
Penney Farms (Fla.)
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Lee County (Fla.)
Arcadia (Fla.)
Description
An original letter of correspondence between brothers and business partners Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase. Topics discussed in the letter include information about an annual banquet held at Penney Farms, and other information about members of the Florida Citrus Exchange including L. W. Tilden and Earl Work.
Chase & Company was established by the brothers in 1884. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales.Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. The Florida Citrus Exchange was founded by a group of growers on June 21, 1909 to help improve production of citrus in the state. Members shared facilities and helped establish operation and shipping standards. Both Sydney and Joshua Chase were hesitant to join the Exchange because they did not want to jeopardize the business they had successfully managed. Chase & Company eventually became a part of the Exchange, but backed out three years later.
Creator
Chase, Sydney Octavius
Source
Original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, February 18, 1928: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.46, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1928-02-18
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a title="A Guide to the Chase Collection" href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
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application/pdf
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Medium
2 page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Pierce, Florida
Penney Farms, Florida
Arcadia, Florida
Spatial Coverage
28.811729, -81.268138
28.538084, -81.378593
28.600047, -81.339369
27.447353, -80.325222
29.979844, -81.810308
27.216014, -81.858459
Temporal Coverage
1928-02-18/1928-02-18
Accrual Method
Donation
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">University of Florida, Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
<em>The Unique Farm Project of James C. Penney</em>. Green Cove Springs, Florida: The J.C. Penney-Gwinn Corporation Farms, 1927.
Hopkins, James T. <em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
Warner, S.C. "Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
External Reference Title
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>"
<a title="The Unique Farm Project of James C. Penney" href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00055204/00001" target="_blank"><em>The Unique Farm Project of James C. Penney</em></a>
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus</em></a>
"<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20V%20ol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>"
Transcript
CHASE & COMPANY
GROWERS' MARKETING AGENTS PACKERS AND SHIPPERS
FLORIDA FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
SANFORD, FLORIDA
February 18, 1928.
Mr. J. C. Chase,
Orlando, Fla.
Dear Josh:
I have your note of yesterday, written at Winter Park, enclosing Dr. Burdette Lewis’, invitation to attend the Third Annual Banquet to be held at the Penny Farms.
In spite of the fact that we considered this Penny development a little doubtful one so far as its ultimate success is concerned I believe that it might be a good scheme if you could attend a portion of the banquet exercises during the day, and eliminate yourself in the evening. There will be lot of hot air released, and many statements made which you cannot indorse, but nevertheless you will be getting information which will be helpful.
I learned today that Dr. Lewis, the economist, was at one time employed by the A.A.C. Company, with headquarters at Pierce, Florida. I doubt whether he has ever handled any agricultural development successfully, so far as follars and cents are concerned. He is one of these men who is full of theories and knows how it should be done, and can tell others how to do it, but fails when he attempts to do it himself. He may still be on the payroll of the A. A. C. Company. I would feel convinced he was if the Penny Farms are heavy users of the A. A. C. goods.
I was not favored with an invitation.
Did you know that Earl Work had a nerveous breakdown some months ago, immediately following the death of the President of Work's bank, and that he has been out in the woods somewhere in Lee County ever since, occasionally coming from under cover when it is necessary for him to officially preside at the Exchange meetings?
I also learned today that Mr. L. W. Tilden is reported to be improving at Johns Hopkins, and the doctors state that in about three months he will be O.K. again, but state that if he returns to his old activities he is apt to have another breakdown. Wilbur Tilden and his sons are looking after his affairs during his absence.
I presume you noticed in today's Tampa Tribune, on the last page, the make-up of the citrus meeting held in Arcadia. Some smart alex has recently visited California and knows all about it.
The Citrus Forum article in today's Tribune is another slant on how to control the movement of citrus fruits, which will result in increased revenue for the crop.
Yours very truly,
S.O.C
DISTRIBUTORS
Sunniland
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
SOC:HMR
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, February 18, 1928.
Is Part Of
Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.46, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection </a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Audience Education Level
SS.K.A.1.2; SS.1.A.1.1; SS.1.A.2.2; SS.1.A.2.4; SS.1.E.1.4; SS.2.A.1.1; SS.3.A.1.1; SS.4.A.1.1; SS.4.A.7.1; SS.4.E.1.1; SS.4.E.1.2; SS.5.A.1.1; SS.6.W.1.3; SS.7.E.2.4; SS.8.A.1.5; SS.8.E.2.1; SS.8.E.2.3; SS.912.A.1.1; SS.912.A.1.6; SS.912.A.5.4; SS.912.E.2.3; SS.912.W.1.3
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
3rd Annual Banquet
A.A.C Company
banquet
Chase and Co.
Citrus Forum
FCE
John Hopkins University
Lewis, Burdette
Penney Farms
Pierce
Tampa Tribune
Third Annual Banquet
Tilden, L. W.
Tilden, Wilbur
Work, Earl
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Title
Chase Collection
Description
Select images, correspondence, and other records from the Chase Collection (MS 14) at Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. According to the biographical sketch in the collection's finding aid:
"The story of the Chases in Florida began in 1878 when Sydney Octavius Chase (1860-1941), having read about orange groves in Scribner's Magazine, came to Florida from Philadelphia. His brother, Joshua Coffin Chase (1858-1948), joined him in 1884 and together they formed Chase and Company that year. The Chase brothers came to Florida at the right time for Florida citrus and at the right time for them as investment entrepreneurs. Strong family ties in the North provided them with financial backing for their ventures. Joshua left Florida in 1895 to work in the California citrus industry. He returned to Florida in 1904 and rejoined his brother. Another brother, Randall, remained in Philadelphia and augmented his brothers' finances when convenient. Sydney and Joshua were also important civic leaders who took part in community development, most notably in the City of Sanford. Both were elected to the Sanford city commission. They also supported the development of Rollins College, worked with the Florida Historical Society, and were the benefactors of numerous charities.
Chase and Company began as an insurance company and branched out to storage facilities and fertilizer sales. The latter was the beginning of the company's lucrative agricultural supply division which remained in operation throughout the existence of the company. Although citrus was the primary interest, the company also invested in other agricultural pursuits including celery in central Florida, tung oil production in Jefferson County, and winter vegetables and sugar cane in the Lake Okeechobee muck lands. The company was also involved in the peach business in Georgia and North Carolina. The company was incorporated in 1914, with the Chase brothers owning 75 percent of the stock, and reincorporated in 1948. A second generation of Chases began its involvement in the family operations when Sydney O. Chase, Jr. ( b. 1890) became a citrus buyer in 1922. He was later joined by his brother Randall who served as president of Chase and Company from 1948-1965. Outside the Chase Family, Alfred Foster, W. R. Harney, and William "Billy" Leffler figured prominently as company executives and investors. The company dissolved in 1979 when its principal assets were sold to Sunniland for $5.5 million.
The Chases' interest in citrus began when Sydney came to Florida and became associated with General Henry S. Sanford. The Chases would eventually own General Sanford's experimental farm, Belair, and the Chase family home in Sanford was located there. Over the years, the Chases invested in a number of citrus groves and owned others outright. In 1912, they organized the Chase Investment Company as a holding company for their farms. Initially, the company operated the Isleworth, Nocatee, Belair, and Kelly citrus groves as well as celery farms in Sanford. The company was renamed Chase Groves, Inc. in 1951. From time to time, Chase Investment was involved in real estate in Florida and North Carolina. The latter included Fort Caswell, a former military property that was held for a time and then sold. Unquestionably, the jewel in the Chase crown was the Isleworth grove at Windermere. Isleworth's four hundred lake-tempered acres carried the Chases through many difficult times. It proved to be the principal asset at the company's demise when it was sold to golf legend Arnold Palmer in 1984. Chase Groves dissolved that same year, 100 years after the founding of Chase and Company."
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
Alternative Title
Chase Collection
Subject
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Golf--Florida
Celery industry
Sanford (Fla.)
Windermere (Fla.)
Jacksonville (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Isleworth Grove, Windermere, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
Warner, S.C. "<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
Hopkins, James T. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
"<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a>.'" <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/90" target="_blank">Celery Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/91" target="_blank">Belair Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/88" target="_blank">Isleworth Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/86" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/94" target="_blank">Holy Cross Episcopal Church Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/87" target="_blank">Sanford Country Club and Golf Course Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
2 page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Dublin Core
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Title
Letter from Sydney Chase to Joshua Chase (January 11, 1927)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (January 11, 1927)
Subject
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Celery industry
Sanford (Fla.)
Freezes (Meteorology)--Florida--History
Description
An original letter of correspondence between brothers and business partners Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase. The letter contains information about the Federated Fruit & Vegetable Association of America and how growers from the West Coast were urged to join the organizations. Sydney also includes information about cold weather conditions and what needs to be done to certain Chase & Company groves.
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century.
Creator
Chase, Sydney Octavius
Source
Original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, January 11, 1927: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.46, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1927-01-11
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a title="A Guide to the Chase Collection" href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
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Format
application/pdf
Extent
3,832 KB
Medium
2 page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Manatee County, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Arcadia, Florida
Spatial Coverage
28.811729, -81.268138
28.538084, -81.378593
27.944436, -82.460721
27.48269, -82.344131
27.216091, -81.858459
Temporal Coverage
1927-01-02/1927-01-13
Accrual Method
Donation
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">University of Florida, Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
Hopkins, James T. <em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
"Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
Warner, S.C. "Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
Attaway, John A. <em>A History of Florida Citrus Freezes</em>. Lake Alfred, FL: Florida Science Source, 1997.
External Reference Title
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus</em></a>
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>"
"<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20V%20ol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>"
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36543319" target="_blank"><em>A History of Florida Citrus Freezes</em></a>
Transcript
CHASE & COMPANY
GROWERS' MARKETING AGENTS PACKERS AND SHIPPERS
FLORIDA FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
SANFORD, FLORIDA
January 11, 1927
Mr. J. C. Chase
Orlando, Fla.
Dear Josh:-
I am enclosing clipping from the Tampa Tribune of the 11th, with reference to urging the growers of the West Coast to organize and market thru the Federated Fruit & Vegetable Association of America.
If I remember correctly this organization has been fostered by Rule, formerly associated with Crutchfield, and his record of attempting to do big things and falling
down has been well established. The Florida Vegetable
Corporation, so called co-operative organization, formed at Sanford some three years ago has had their shipments handled by the Federated, and they are now financially on the rocks.
I am wondering how many brokers we use are affiliated, or associated, with the Federated Fruit &
Vegetable Association. I am writing Mr. Pratt today ask
ing for a new list of our brokers, and requesting him to check the names of all brokers who are affiliated with this particular organization.
It seems to me that Mr. Skinner's attention should be called to this Editorial article, so he could warn who¬ever
has charge of writing up these editorials against making recommendations of this character without knowing more about the organization they are recommending to the growers at large.
The Manatee Celery Growers, who market their crop thru the Manayee Growers Association, are shipping less every year. Whether it is due to unprofitable returns received or to other causes I do not know.
I would like to have you look into this matter.
I am enclosing carbon copy of letter received this morning from A. J. Mitchell, Weather Man at Jacksonville, with
reference to the low temperature reported at Arcadia. last week.
If you examine the weather map of yesterday you will note that the atmospheric pressure lines run north and south, which has permitted the cold to spread all over the country in a northerly and southerly direct
ion. If the barometers at Jacksonville and further south
had ranged a few points below the atmospheric pressure reported up along the Great Lakes we would not have had
as much cold here as we have today. I am anxious about
tonight. The only thing which will help us will be for the wind to shift to the north, or north-east.
We have instructed Stanley to fire the Goodall grove if the temperature gets below 28, but not to fire any until it reaches that point.
I had intended to go to Arcadia tonight, but inasmuch as this cold wave is on I can tell more about what it has done to us there on Thursday than I could on Wednesday. I am now planning to leave Wednesday morning.
Yours Very truly,
S.O.C.
Has Part
Original newspaper article: <a href="http://tbo.com/" target="_blank"><em>The Tampa Tribune</em></a>, January 11, 1927.
Carbon copy of original letter from A. J. Mitchell to Sydney Octavius Chase.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, January 11, 1927.
Is Part Of
Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.46, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Audience Education Level
SS.K.A.1.2; SS.K.G.3.3; SS.1.A.1.1; SS.1.G.1.6; SS.1.A.2.2; SS.1.A.2.4; SS.1.E.1.4; SS.2.A.1.1; SS.3.A.1.1; SS.3.G.3.1; SS.3.G.4.1; SS.4.A.1.1; SS.4.A.7.1; SS.4.E.1.1; SS.4.E.1.2; SS.4.G.1.3; SS.5.A.1.1; SS.6.W.1.3; SS.7.E.2.4; SS.8.A.1.5; SS.8.E.2.1; SS.8.E.2.3; SS.912.A.1.1; SS.912.A.1.6; SS.912.A.5.4; SS.912.E.1.4; SS.912.E.2.1; SS.912.E.2.3; SS.912.E.2.12; SS.912.G.3.2; SS.912.G.5.1; SS.912.W.1.3
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Crutchfield
Federated Fruit & Vegetable Association
Federated Fruit & Vegetable Association of America
fires
Florida Vegetable Corp.
Florida Vegetable Corporation
freezes
Goodall Grove
Goodfall
Great Lakes
Manatee Celery Growers
Manatee Growers Association
Mitchell, A. J.
Pratt, Archie M.
Skinner
Stanly
Tampa Tribune
weatherman
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Dublin Core
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Title
Citrus Collection
Alternative Title
Citrus Collection
Subject
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Citrus--Florida
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Description
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford, Florida, and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes.
Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.
Randall Chase joined in the family business soon after his brother, Sydney Chase, Jr., did in 1922. Randall became the president of Chase & Company from 1948-1965. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Belair Grove, Lake Mary, Florida
Isleworth Grove, Windermere, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
Weaver, Brian. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/91" target="_blank">Belair Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection</a><span>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.</span>
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/88" target="_blank">Isleworth Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Provenance
<span>Entire </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a><span> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.</span>
Rights Holder
<span>The displayed collection is housed at </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. </span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a><span> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.</span>
Source Repository
<span>University of Florida, </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
2 page handwritten letter
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Letter from Sydney Chase to Joshua Chase (October 19, 1928)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (October 19, 1928)
Subject
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Florida Citrus Exchange
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Agriculture--Florida--Orange County
Description
An original letter of correspondence between brothers and business partners Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase. The letter discusses a variety of topics, including Sydney's response to an article in <em>The Tampa Tribune</em> about the relationship between the citrus industry and the Florida Citrus Exchange. Chase & Company was established by the brothers in 1884. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. The Florida Citrus Exchange was founded by a group of growers on June 21, 1909 to help improve production of citrus in the state. Members shared facilities and helped establish operation and shipping standards. Both Sydney and Joshua Chase were hesitant to join the Exchange because they did not want to jeopardize the business they had successfully managed. Chase & Company eventually became a part of the Exchange, but backed out three years later.
Creator
Chase, Sydney Octavius
Source
Original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, October 19, 1928: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.46, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1928-10-19
Date Submitted
1928-10-19
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a title="A Guide to the Chase Collection" href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
Requires
<a href="https://get.adobe.com/reader/" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Format
application/pdf
Extent
3,516 KB
Medium
2 page handwritten letter
1 page typed transcript
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Asheville, North Carolina
Tampa, Florida
Spatial Coverage
35.6000, -82.5500
27.951345, -82.456627
Temporal Coverage
1928-10-19/1928-10-19
Accrual Method
Donation
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">University of Florida, Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
"Our Heritage: The History of Seald-Sweet." <em>Seald Sweet International</em>. http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php.
Warner, S.C. "Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
Hopkins, James T. <em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
External Reference Title
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>"
"<a href="http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php" target="_blank">Our Heritage: The History of Seald-Sweet</a>"
"<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20V%20ol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>"
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus</em></a>
Transcript
Asheville N.C.
Oct 19/28
Dear Josh:
Have Tampa Tribune of 17th containing Coreys oration attacking the enemies of the citrus industry and generally trying to disrupt a real get together making movement amongst all marketing organizations of the state including the Citrus Ex.
How does he or the Growers expect the Clearing Ho. to continue in face of Coreys attempt to have them repudiate the amendments to Constitution and By-Laws of the original organization which provided for creation of an operating Com. & for them to have the management of the organization in their control as well as to select a manager. If they succeed in repudiating the final get together agreement which made it possible for the Independents to unite with the organization they will automatically release every Independent from the contract they signed & Coreys threat they will not be free from the binding provisions of their contracts is all bunk. If the Directors are forced to break the last hour agreement let them do it & then withdraw. I would rather operate our groves on no profit [. . .]
[. . .] basis for a year or so than have Coachman & his bunch run us into a corner.
I suggested Jno Taylors name before suggesting Pratts. L.B. questioned Taylors qualifications for the job but never questioned his fitness otherwise. If John is selected by the Directors he will probably feel under obligations to the Coachman bunch though I hesitate to think so myself. I have the highest regard for Taylor integrity, fairness etc.
It’s a rather shame all this mess has been result of scheming of the Coachman bunch working under cover of an unborn cooperative organization as yet never having shipped any citrus, unless within the last few days.
S.O.C.
Has Format
Digital transcript of original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, October 19, 1928.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, October 19, 1928
Is Part Of
Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.46, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection </a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Audience Education Level
SS.K.A.1.2; SS.1.A.1.1; SS.1.A.2.2; SS.1.A.2.4; SS.1.E.1.4; SS.2.A.1.1; SS.3.A.1.1; SS.4.A.1.1; SS.4.A.7.1; SS.4.E.1.1; SS.4.E.1.2; SS.5.A.1.1; SS.6.W.1.3; SS.7.E.2.4; SS.8.A.1.5; SS.8.E.2.1; SS.8.E.2.3; SS.912.A.1.1; SS.912.A.1.6; SS.912.A.5.4; SS.912.E.2.3; SS.912.W.1.3
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Coachman
Corey
FCE
Pratt
Tampa Tribune
Taylor, John
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https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/cdeec34befb97c3b4791f0ea89544eab.pdf
ae613e72c52a5fca15e8acdac492566d
Dublin Core
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Title
Florida Citrus Exchange Collection
Alternative Title
FEC Collection
Subject
Florida Citrus Exchange
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Description
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford, Florida, and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes.
Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.
Randall Chase joined in the family business soon after his brother, Sydney Chase, Jr., did in 1922. Randall became the president of Chase & Company from 1948-1965. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/23" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection items are housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to these items belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about these items should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php" target="_blank">The History of Seald-Sweet</a>." Seald Sweet International. http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php.
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
<span>Weaver, Brian. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.</span>
<span>"<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00086639/00046" target="_blank">Mayo Dade Offers Helpful Aid on Fruit Picking</a>." </span><em>Florida Clearing House News</em><span>, August 25, 1930.</span>
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Coverage
Arcadia, Florida
Babson Park, Florida
Davenport, Florida
Fort Myers, Florida
Frostproof, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Lakeland, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Penney Farms, Florida
Pierce, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Wauchula, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1 page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Mayo Dade (May 7, 1925)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (May 7, 1925)
Subject
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Fort Myers (Fla.)
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Florida Citrus Exchange
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Description
An original letter of correspondence written by Sydney Octavius Chase to Mayo Dade. Dade worked with Chase & Company and was a respected professional in the Florida citrus industry. The letter shares some of the doubts and distrust Chase & Company felt toward the Florida Citrus Exchange, a state organization comprised of a large number of Florida citrus growers. While members who trusted the Exchange praised the organization as a united group of growers that promoted better distribution and marketing of their citrus products, growers such as Chase & Company were hesitant to hand over all of their power to a larger organization with poor marketing strategies.
Chase & Company was established in 1884. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century.
Creator
Chase, Sydney Octavius
Source
Original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Mayo Dade, May 7, 1925: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 7, folder 14.10A, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1925-05-07
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a title="A Guide to the Chase Collection" href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
Requires
<a href='http://www.adobe.com/reader.html' target='_blank'>Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Format
application/pdf
Extent
1,650 KB
Medium
1 page typrwritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Jacksonville, Florida
Arcadia, Florida
Ft. Myers, Florida
Spatial Coverage
30.3167, -81.6500
27.216014, -81.858544
26.640708, -81.872921
Temporal Coverage
1925-05-06/1925/05-07
Accrual Method
Donation
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"The History of Seald-Sweet." Seald Sweet International. http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php.
Warner, S.C. "Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
"Mayo Dade Offers Helpful Aid on Fruit Picking," <em>Florida Clearing House News</em>, August 25, 1930.
Hopkins, James T. <em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
"Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
External Reference Title
"<a href="http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php" target="_blank">The History of Seald-Sweet</a>"
"<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>"
"<a title="Florida clearing house news" href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00086639/00046" target="_blank">Mayo Dade Offers Helpful Aid on Fruit Picking</a>"
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a>
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=321" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>"
Transcript
CHASE & CO.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
May 7, 1925.
Mr. Mayo Dade,
Arcadia, Fla.
Dear Sir:
This will acknowledge carbon copies of your various favors of the 6th.
I note that you are putting in some good missionary work among the old Exchange member, and hope that the work will result in securing some new business. It looks as if the Exchange did not wind up matters at the annual meeting in Tampa on the 5th, and same was continued until the 6th. You will probably be advised quicker as to the result of these various meetings than we will, as you are in touch with many satisfied, as well as dissatisfied, Exchange members. At the present time all we have seen has been confined to the Tampa Tribune articles, one referring to the meeting of the Wauchula Citrus Growers League, which indicates that they have elected a man by the name of Stansfield as President of their organization. The other article refers to the Tampa meeting. Neither of these notices release any special information. We know that the Wauchula Sub-Exchange did not have a very big business the past season, although they speak of having a very successful season, and refer to some tree prices of up to $4.00 per box having been realized by some members.
Walker of the Nocatee Crate Company was in the office the other day during my absence and told Randall that the Stripes Citrus Packing Company of Fort Myers would lose this year approximately 50% of their business due to sub-division having been made, or arranged for, covering a large citrus acreage in the Fort Myers district, If possible wish you would ascertain whether or not this is founded on facts.
Yours very truly,
SOC:HMR
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Mayo Dade, May 7, 1925.
Is Part Of
Chase Collection (MS 14), box 7, folder 14.10A, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection </a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Chase and Co.
Dade, Mayo
FEC
Nocatee Crate Co.
Nocatee Crate Company
Stansfield, Charles
Stripes Citrus Packing Company
Tampa Tribune
Wauchula Citrus Growers League
Wauchula Sub-Exchange
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Rock Collection
Alternative Title
Rock Collection
Subject
Music--United States
Rock music--United States
Lakeland (Fla.)
Maitland (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of rock music in Central Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Rock music is uniquely American, emerging in the late 1940s and 1950s, with the influence of African-American blues, jazz, boogie woogie, and gospel, mixed with predominantly white country and Western swing music. This hybrid genre helped define a generation, breaking down color barriers in the South by merging African musical traditions with European instrumentation. The popularization of rock music coincided with the African-American Civil Rights Movement, which sought to end racial segregation and discrimination in the South. The sudden interest of white teens in black “race music” provoked a backlash among traditionalists and Americans found themselves in the middle of a “culture war.” The counterculture youth of the 1950s and 1960s rejected many of the mainstream cultural standards of their parents’ generation, especially in regards to race.
During the First and Second Great Migration of the 20th century, African Americans and whites began living in closer proximity to one another, more so than ever before, resulting in both races emulating the other’s style in fashion, art, and music. Rock music influenced the language, attitudes, ideas, and trends of a generation. The genre continued to evolve, incorporating new elements with each subsequent decade. During the 1960s, the subgenres of folk rock, jazz rock, country rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock, glam rock, and progressive rock emerged. Musicians in the 1970s and 1980s created punk rock, Southern rock, heavy metal, new wave, and alternative rock. By the 1990s, artist continued to expand the genre by creating rap rock, reggae rock, grunge, and indie rock.
Florida has been at the heart of rock music and the “culture war” since the 1950s. The recording industry was actively making rock records in Tampa during the 1960s and in Miami during the 1970s. Gram Parsons, a native of Winter Haven, is credited as the father of the country rock movement of the late 1960s, and Southern rock emerged from Jacksonville during the 1970s and 1980s, with bands such as the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Outlaws, and Molly Hatchet. These contributions played an integral part in the history of rock music.
Contributor
Knickerbocker, Carl
Wahl, Julie
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/140" target="_blank">Central Florida Music History Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Type
Collection
Coverage
Bob Carr Theater, Orlando, Florida
Enzian Theater, Maitland, Florida
Great Southern Music Hall, Orlando, Florida
Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, Florida
Orange County Civic Center, Orlando, Florida
Orlando-Seminole Jai Alai Fronton, Fern Park, Florida
Orlando Sports Stadium, Orlando, Florida
Tangerine Bowl, Orlando, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Altschuler, Glenn C. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51518334" target="_blank"><em>All Shook Up: How Rock 'n' Roll Changed America</em></a>. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Fisher, Marc. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/69594101" target="_blank"><em>Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation</em></a>. New York: Random House, 2007.
Studwell, William E., and D. F. Lonergan. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41090615" target="_blank"><em>The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from Its Beginnings to the Mid-1970s</em></a>. New York: Haworth Press, 1999.
Language
eng
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Text
1 newspaper article
Dublin Core
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Title
Pop Bands—The Rovin' Flames
Alternative Title
Pop Bands—The Rovin' Flames
Subject
Rovin' Flames (Musical group)
Tampa (Fla.)
Music--United States
Musicians--Southern States
Rock music--United States
Goff, Jerry
Morris, Jimmy
Description
A newspaper article published in <em>The Tampa Tribune</em> on September 1, 1966, describing an interview with The Rovin' Flames. The article was written by Rose Marie Almas and Cherie Wallace. In the upper right corner is a photograph of the band standing on a truck. Photographed from left to right is Paul Battle, Hardy Dial, J. R. Maietta (seated), Jim Morris, and Jerry Goff.<br /><br />The Rovin' Flames were formed in Tampa in 1965 by Paul Battle (rhythm guitar and vocals), Jimmy "Mouse" Morris (lead guitar), J. R. Maietta (bass) and Jerry Goff (drums). They recorded "Gloria/J.J.J.P." in September 1965 on Fuller Records and recorded their second record, "I Can't/I'm Afraid to Go Home," on Boss records in March of 1966. Hardy Dial, from The Outsiders/Soul Trippers, was added on lead vocals in the summer of 1966, and the group recorded "Bo Diddley/Seven Million People" in June of 1966. Battle, Goff, and Dial left the group in September of 1966 and were replaced by Jim Davis (vocals), Davy Tabak (drums) and John Rogers (organ). Davis left in December of 1966 and Battle briefly returned as lead vocalist, before being replaced by John DeLise, also of The Outsiders/Soul Trippers, in February of 1967. The group replaced Tabak with Eddie Taylor on drums in July of 1967, and recorded "How Many Times/Love Song No. 6" in September of 1967 on Decca Records. Although DeLise lasted longer than most of the band's lead vocalists, he left the group in less than a year, being replaced by Bob Thompson in November of 1967. Rogers passed away in March of 1968, and Thompson and Taylor left the group, being replaced by Jay Colding (organ), Jerry Nickerson (drums) and Ronnie Goedert (lead vocals), in July of 1968. Goedert left shortly thereafter in the fall of 1968, and was replaced by Hobie O'Brien, who remained the lead vocalist until the band broke up in January or February of 1969.
Type
Text
Source
Original newspaper article: Almas, Rose Marie, and Cherie Wallace. "Pop Bands—The Rovin' Flames." <em>Tampa Tribune</em>, September 1, 1966: <a href="http://www.tampabaymusichistory.com/bands-artists.php" target="_blank">Profiles: Bands & Artists</a>, Tampa Bay Music Scene Historical Society.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://www.tampabaymusichistory.com/bands-artists.php" target="_blank">Profiles: Bands & Artists</a>, Tampa Bay Music Scene Historical Society.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/142" target="_blank">Rock Collection</a>, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: Almas, Rose Marie, and Cherie Wallace. "Pop Bands—The Rovin' Flames." <em>Tampa Tribune</em>, September 1, 1966.
Coverage
Tampa, Florida
Publisher
<a href="http://tbo.com/" target="_blank"><em>The Tampa Tribune</em></a>
Date Created
1966-09-01
Format
image/jpg
Medium
1 newspaper article
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Humanities Teacher
Music Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <a href="http://www.tampabaymusichistory.com/" target="_blank">Tampa Bay Music Scene Historical Society</a> and <a href="http://tbo.com/" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Tribune</em></a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
<a href="http://www.tampabaymusichistory.com/" target="_blank">Tampa Bay Music Scene Historical Society</a>
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.tampabaymusichistory.com/" target="_blank">Tampa Bay Music Scene Historical Society</a>
External Reference
Joynson, Vernon. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38424827" target="_blank"><em>Fuzz, Acid and Flowers: A Comprehensive Guide to American Garage, Psychedelic and Hippie Rock (1964-1975) : (Includes Rarity/Sought-After Scale and Compilation Listings)</em></a>. Glasgow: Borderline, 1997.
Jones, Martin. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/759863392" target="_blank"><em>Lovers Buggers & Thieves: Garage Rock - Monster Rock - Progressive Rock - Psychedelic Rock - Folk Rock. Vol. 1</em></a>. Manchester: Headpress, 2005.
"<a href="http://www.tampabaymusichistory.com/the-rovin-flames.php" target="_blank">The Rovin' Flames</a>." http://www.tampabaymusichistory.com/the-rovin-flames.php.
Almas, Rose Marie
band
Battle, Paul
Dial, Hardy
garage
garage band
Goff, Jerry
Maietta, J. R.
Morris, Jim
Morris, Jimmy
Morris, Jimmy "Mouse"
music
musician
rock
rock band
rock music
Tampa Tribune
The Rovin' Flames
Wallace, Cherie
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Dublin Core
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Title
Veterans Legacy Program Collection
Alternative Title
VLP Collection
Subject
Veterans--Florida
Description
In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s <a href="https://vlp.cah.ucf.edu/">Veterans Legacy Program Project</a>. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for k-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.
Is Part Of
Veterans Legacy Program Collection, RICHES Program
Type
Collection
Digital Collection
<div class="element-text"><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES MI</a></div>
<div class="element-text"><a href="https://vlp.cah.ucf.edu/">Veterans Legacy Program Project</a></div>
Dublin Core
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Title
State Legion Convention Plans Reported Changed
Alternative Title
State Legion Convention Plans Reported Changed
Subject
World War, 1914-1918
Veterans--Florida
Description
A newspaper article published in <em>The Tampa Tribune</em> on March 11, 1933. The article, entitled "State Legion Convention Plans Reported Changed," reported that James Norman Ball (1890-1940), commander of Leslie Collier post of the American Legion in Sebring, Florida, had been informed of a change in plans regarding where the group's Florida convention would be held.<br /><br />
James Norman Ball was born in College Park, New York. After the death of his mother in 1899, Ball lived in an orphanage in Paterson, New Jersey. He eventually lived in the home of William and Sarah Speer in Paterson, where he worked as a stenographer by 1910. Soon after, Ball moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where he met and married Irene Elizabeth O’Hagan on June 21, 1914. During World War I, the Army inducted Ball on April 13, 1918, as he served at Army School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, New York. Aerial photography had become an important new tool for gathering military intelligence. Ball remained in Rochester during the duration of the war and afterwards until his honorable discharge on January 1, 1919. After the war, Ball returned to Florida, where he and his wife Irene raised three children: William Edward Ball, Irene Marguerite Ball, and James Thomas Ball. The Ball family eventually moved to Sebring, Barstow and Tampa, Florida, where James was active in the American Legion, the local Elks Lodge, and the Forty and Eight organizations. Ball died on May 22, 1940, in Tampa, and is buried in the Bay Pines National Cemetery in Saint Petersburg, Florida, in Section 4 Row 4 Site 16.<br /><br />
In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s <a href="https://vlp.cah.ucf.edu/">Veterans Legacy Program Project</a>. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for K-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.
Type
Text
Source
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: "State Legion Convention Plans Reported Changed." <em>Tampa tribune</em>, March 11, 1933.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/210" target="_blank">Veterans Legacy Program Collection</a>
Coverage
Sebring, Florida
Creator
<em>Tampa Tribune</em>
Publisher
<em>Tampa Tribune</em>
Date Created
1933-03-11
Date Copyrighted
1933-03-11
Format
image/jpg
Extent
1.71 MB
Medium
1 newspaper article
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created and published by the <em>Tampa Tribune</em>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <em>The Tampa Tribune and is provided here by <a href="https://riches.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES</a> for educational purposes only.</em>
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Stoddard, James
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
<a href="https://vlp.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">Veterans Legacy Program Project</a>
External Reference
Abney, Barb. "<a href="https://today.ucf.edu/va-selects-ucf-historians-archive-stories-deceased-veterans/" target="_blank">VA Selects UCF Historians to Archive Stories of Deceased Veterans Veterans</a>." <em>UCF Today</em>, March 13, 2017. Accessed August 9, 2017. https://today.ucf.edu/va-selects-ucf-historians-archive-stories-deceased-veterans/.
Tuchman, Barbara W., and Robert K. Massie. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/881458391" target="_blank"><em>The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I</em></a>. 2014.
aerial photography
aircraft
Airscout's Snapshot
American Legion
Army
Army Air Service
James Norman Ball
military history
military service
newspaper
Sebring
Tampa Tribune
U.S. Army
United States Army
veterans
Veterans Legacy Program
World War I
World War, 1914-1918
WWI