Thomas & Georgine Mickler Collections

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 received a collection of books, maps, diaries, sermons, postcards, photographs, and ephemera from the Mickler Estate. These materials created the basis for the Floridiana Collection, a collection of historic Florida materials and one of the six collecting areas for UCF Special Collections & University Archives.

Some materials from the Mickler Estate were gathered to make the Florida Ephemera Collection. Materials have since been added to this collection. Access the guide by clicking here.

Thomas & Georgine Mickler Estate Collection

Thomas and Georgine Mickler ran a small publishing company, Mickler House, and a thriving mail-order business, Mickler’s Antiquarian Books, out of their Chuluota home for almost 40 years. The Mickler Estate Collection includes materials related to the history of Florida books, maps, diaries, letters, sermons, photographs, newspaper clippings, deeds, legal documents, pictorial works, albums, postcards, booklets, brochures and pamphlets.
Book materials, along with selected pamphlets and diaries may be searched by using the UCF Online Catalog for the series "Thomas and Georgine Mickler Collection" or by clicking here. Some material has been digitized for online access through the PALMM Florida Heritage Collection.
Online Catalog
PALMM Collection

Manuscript materials from the Mickler Estate were divided into collections by format. Collected Ephemera forms the basis of the Florida Ephemera collection. Photographs and Post Cards form the basis of the Florida Image Collection. Diaries, Sermons, and Maps each have their own guides. Please contact Special Collections for inventories and more information.

Thomas & Georgine Mickler Collection of Arnold, Bennett, and Tanner Family Diaries, 1899-1974, 2 linear ft.

The majority of over 100 diaries in this collection are from Seth J. Arnold and Edwin Arnold, who were residents of the Orlando area. The earliest diary dates from 1899, with the most current dating from 1974. 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. Additional diaries have been individually catalogued and shelved in the Mickler Book Collection. These can be searched using the Online Catalog.
Link to Guide

Thomas & Georgine Mickler Sermon Collection, 1880-1933, 3 linear ft.

A collection of over 200 sermons, eulogies, speeches, addresses, orations and correspondence dating from the late 19th and early 20th Century. The sermons are possibly all the work of one person, Congregationalist Reverend George Loring Hanscom.
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Thomas & Georgine Mickler Map Collection, 1735-1995, 1 Box, 5 Flat Files, 7.5 linear ft.

The Thomas and Georgine Mickler Map Collection is a collection of various kinds of maps, including general atlas maps, road maps, topographical land maps, charts and political maps. While the collection mostly consists of maps of Florida, the Southeastern United States and the West Indies/Caribbean, there are also maps of other areas such as Egypt, France and Costa Rica.
Link to Guide

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