Descriptive Summary
Materials are written in
English
Thomas and Georgine
Mickler Collection of
Arnold,
Bennett, and
Tanner Family Diaries
1899-1974
CFM1999_02
2 Boxes;
2 linear Feet
Special Collections and University
Archives,
University of Central Florida Libraries,
P. O. Box 162666 Orlando,
FL 32816,
Telephone: 407-823-2576,
E-mail: speccoll@mail.ucf.edu
Special Collections and
University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries.
The majority of over
100 diaries in this collection are from Seth J. Arnold and Edwin Arnold, who
were residents of the Orlando area.
Selected Subjects and Access Points
Similar records may be found by searching under the following index
terms.
Diaries
Diaries--Authorship
Florida--History
Acquisition Information
UCF was one of six state university libraries that arranged to
purchase materials on Florida from the Estate of Georgine Mickler, founder and
owner, with her husband Thomas, of Mickler’s Antiquarian Books. In 1999,
the UCF Library entered into a purchase/donation arrangement in which the
library received a collection of books, maps, diaries, sermons, postcards,
photographs, and ephemera from the Mickler Estate.
Processing History
The diaries are housed in acid-free boxes.
Access
The entire collection is open for research.
Copyright Statement
Unpublished records are protected by copyright. Permission to publish
quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright
holder.
Related Material
Further primary sources on Florida history may be found in the
Florida Ephemera Collection, Henry Nehrling Papers, Thomas and Georgine Mickler
Estate Collection, Walter and Dorothy Donnelly Collection and the Sol and Sadie
Malkoff Papers
Preferred Citation
Thomas and Georgine Mickler Collection of Arnold, Bennett, and Tanner
Family Diaries, Special Collections and University Archives, University of
Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Historical Note
The majority of the diaries in this collection are from Seth J. Arnold
and Edwin Arnold, who were residents of the Orlando area.
Collection Scope and Content
The earliest diary dates from 1899, with the most current dating from
1974. The diaries are contained in archival boxes and arranged in alphabetical,
then chronological order. A few items that consist of single pages or excerpts
from diaries or journals not contained in the collection are to be found in the
Florida Ephemera.
Contents List
Series I: Diaries,
1899-1974.
2 boxes.
The diaries are individually numbered for ease of retrieval and
inventoried in a separate file. Additionally diaries have been individually
catalogued and shelved in the Mickler Book Collection. These can be searched
using UCF’s Online Library Catalog.
Book Number
Box
Contents
Diaries of Mrs. Clara Arnold.
1914-1925.
1
1
Clara Arnold.
1914.
2
1
Clara Arnold.
1915.
3
1
Clara B. Arnold.
1917.
4
1
Mrs. C. H. Arnold.
1920.
5
1
Dairy, author unknown.
1921.
6
1
Dairy, author unknown.
1922.
7
1
Dairy, author unknown.
1924.
8
1
Mrs. C. H. Arnold.
1925.
9
1
Mrs. C. H. Arnold.
undated.
Diaries of Edwin Arnold.
1910-1955.
10
1
Edwin Arnold.
1910.
11
1
Edwin Arnold.
1911.
12
1
Edwin Arnold.
1914
13
1
E. Arnold.
1915.
14
1
Edwin Arnold.
1918.
15
1
Edwin Account.
1919.
16
1
Edwin Arnold.
1922.
17
1
E. Arnold.
1923.
18
1
Edwin Arnold.
1924.
19
1
E. Arnold.
1926.
20
1
Edwin Arnold.
1927.
21
1
E. Arnold.
1928.
22
1
E. Arnold.
1928.
23
1
Edwin Arnold.
1930.
24
1
E. Arnold.
1936.
25
1
Edwin Arnold.
1937.
26
1
Edwin Arnold.
1938.
27
1
E. Arnold.
1940.
28
1
Edwin Arnold.
1944.
29
1
Diary, author/owner unknown.
1945.
30
1
Edwin Arnold.
1946.
31
1
E. Arnold.
1947.
32
1
E. Arnold.
1949.
33
1
E. Arnold.
1952.
34
1
E. Arnold.
1954.
35
1
Diary, author/owner unknown (E. Arnold?).
1955.
36
1
Edwin Arnold “Building Radios, etc.”.
undated.
Diaries of Seth J. Arnold.
1903-1974.
37
1
S. J. Arnold.
1903.
38
1
S. J. Arnold.
1904.
39
1
Seth J. Arnold Scrap Book 5/04.
undated.
40
1
S. J. Arnold.
1906.
41
1
S. J. Arnold.
1907.
42
1
S. J. Arnold.
1910.
43
1
S. J. Arnold.
1911.
44
1
S. J. Arnold.
1912.
45
1
S. J. Arnold.
1913.
46
1
S. J. Arnold.
1914.
47
1
S. J. Arnold Address Book.
1915.
48
1
S. J. Arnold.
1918.
49
1
S. J. Arnold,
1919.
50
1
S. J. Arnold.
1922.
51
1
S. J. Arnold.
1928.
52
1
Diary, author/owner unknown.
1929.
53
1
Diary, author/owner unknown.
1930.
54
1
Seth J. Arnold.
1932.
55
1
Seth J. Arnold.
1933.
56
1
S. J. Arnold.
1933.
57
1
S. J. Arnold.
1934.
58
1
S. J. Arnold.
1935.
59
1
S. J. Arnold.
1936.
60
1
S. J. Arnold.
1937.
61
1
S. J. Arnold.
1938.
62
1
S. J. Arnold.
1939.
63
1
Diary, author/owner unknown.
1940.
64
1
S. J. Arnold.
1942.
65
1
S. J. Arnold.
1943.
66
1
S. J. Arnold.
1944.
67
1
Seth J. Arnold.
1945.
68
1
S. J. Arnold.
1945.
69
1
S. J. Arnold.
1946.
70
2
S. J. Arnold.
1948.
71
2
Seth J. Arnold.
1949.
72
2
Diary, author/owner unknown.
1950.
73
2
S. J. Arnold.
1951.
74
2
S. J. Arnold.
1952.
75
2
Seth J. Arnold.
1953.
76
2
S. J. Arnold.
1954.
77
2
S. J. Arnold.
1955.
78
2
S. J. Arnold.
1957.
79
2
S. J. Arnold.
1958.
80
2
S. J. Arnold.
1959.
81
2
S. J. Arnold.
1960.
82
2
S. J. Arnold.
1961.
83
2
S. J. Arnold.
1963.
84
2
S. J. Arnold.
1964.
85
2
S. J. Arnold.
1965.
86
2
S. J. Arnold.
1966.
87
2
S. J. Arnold.
1967.
88
2
Seth J. Arnold.
1968.
89
2
Seth J. Arnold.
1969.
90
2
Seth J. Arnold.
1970.
91
2
S. J. Arnold.
1971.
92
2
Seth J. Arnold.
1973.
93
2
Seth J. Arnold.
1974.
94
2
S. J. Arnold Bank Book.
1943-1944.
95
2
S. J. Arnold Bank Book.
1948-1953.
Diaries of Mrs. Mary S. Bennett.
1921-1933.
96
2
Mrs. Mary S. Bennett.
1921.
97
2
Mary S. Bennett.
1923.
98
2
Mrs. Mary S. Bennett.
1924.
99
2
Mary S. Bennett.
1925.
100
2
Mary S. Bennett.
1926.
101
2
Mary S. Bennett.
1927.
102
2
Mary S. Bennett.
1928.
103
2
Mary S. Bennett.
1930.
104
2
Mary S. Bennett.
1930.
105
2
Mary S. Bennett.
1930.
106
2
Mary S. Bennett.
1931.
107
2
Mary S. Bennett.
1933.
108
2
Address Book, owner unknown.
undated.
Diaries of Edwin R. Tanner.
1899-1906.
109
2
E. R. Tanner.
1899.
110
2
E. R. Tanner.
1903.
111
2
E. R. Tanner.
1904.
112
2
Edwin R. Tanner.
1905.
113
2
E. R. Tanner.
1906.
114
2
E. R. Tanner Address Book.
circa 1899.
Miscellanea.
circa 1945.
115
2
Whittier’s Birthday Book, owner unknown.
undated.
116
2
Wade & Ira Arnold.
1945.
117
2
L. Boone, address book.
undated.