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Whole newspaper issues preserved separately from extracted articles.
3 published sources ↗RESEARCH COLLECTIONA collection for primary sources, editions, correspondence and literary research.
30 published sources ↗RESEARCH COLLECTIONPublished memoranda, identification material and certificates; associations retain the source-specific scope.
4 published sources ↗RESEARCH COLLECTIONA collection for regional history beyond a single town or publication.
41 published sources ↗RESEARCH COLLECTIONA collection for technical references, documentation and independent research.
1 published source ↗A Supreme Court report involving the Appalachicola Land Company trustees, John and James Innerarity, and a Florida land mortgage.
LED-2026-5101635a6e2a44c5bd94fdeb52a95ea3 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Louie Wainwright discusses the July 16, 1967 prison-camp fire that killed 38 men. This later interview was uploaded to YouTube by FDC History Museum.
LED-2026-ea0d07fbfdbd42049f7e673b3256bd91 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗The detailed caption printed on the front describes state fire officials burning a wooden road-prison barracks at Live Oak to recreate conditions of the fatal Jay-area prison fire. It says the test fire was extinguish...
LED-2026-f61427830a0f4765b861e46fc840a841 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗The reverse caption describes blanket-covered prisoners’ bodies outside the barracks awaiting transfer to a morgue after the July 16 fire. It reports 37 deaths, 14 escapes and six severely burned prisoners. It attribu...
LED-2026-c1b45da62f2b45cfab19ca85280dec08 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Original complete institutional library survey by Laura Snyder Smith. Includes adult corrections and road-prison data. Names of places must not be confused with prisoner names; not an individual roster.
LED-2026-994cc32568474518bf68b17726c00b7e · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Original complete report. Road-prison section is PDF pages 41–44. Title page identifies L. L. Wainwright as Director. This describes the prison system; it does not establish individual involvement in the fire.
LED-2026-f696782801994a75ab885995cf7f2a04 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Complete 43-image repository sequence of handwritten prisoner transfers to road prisons, with transfer and discharge information. Predates the 1967 fire and is not its inmate or staff roster.
LED-2026-2f9b40217fb44ecc8e10e17296224973 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Complete 14-image repository sequence. Fire-related entries are on scan pages 5 and 12. Page 3 concerns escapees. The manuscript labels the fire deaths RP 32; the relationship to the camp described in newspapers as Ro...
LED-2026-50b6fb367bea4a4bb572832eda9affed · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Contemporary fire reporting preserved as a complete article clipping.
LED-2026-9708b074636549bba2b80d729a8cc379 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Contemporary fire reporting preserved as a complete article clipping.
LED-2026-2b2c46cbb20e4ff1ac9076ad7b597a54 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Contemporary newspaper photograph and caption preserved with source views and a reading transcription.
LED-2026-b0e4b575c6a04ceba285b635868334b4 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Contemporary newspaper photograph and caption preserved with source views and a reading transcription.
LED-2026-4470e45a00484903aee5c8cc40d59656 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Contemporary newspaper report preserved with source views and a reading transcription.
LED-2026-070dc17b8d844bad9048718a21112dcd · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Contemporary newspaper report preserved with source views and a reading transcription.
LED-2026-41e32453ebc54ebe8d6dad7641a41ba6 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Contemporary newspaper report preserved with source views and a reading transcription.
LED-2026-3dea6a493f934fc2bead33db2e7c7f8b · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Contemporary newspaper report preserved with source views and a reading transcription.
LED-2026-d404743493cd4ad0aa47c91490aaef8d · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Source register and all 25 unchanged photographs from the Fort Walton Beach library microfilm batch.
LED-2026-5cdc437f10a74b64aa3f00d4e0f866b7 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Previously saved watermarked video showing the burned prison-camp remains and recovery activity, cataloged by eFootage as Deadly Prison Fire in Florida.
LED-2026-419018d50c824cdea50f4cb141f3efc8 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Contemporary Associated Press reporting on testimony at the Road Camp 12 fire inquest, preserved as the complete newspaper page.
LED-2026-b29e9d9971894d71a909a46225515a93 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗A federal correctional fire-safety training manual contains a retrospective account of the Berrydale fire and a photograph credited to The Press Gazette.
LED-2026-2853f5b1b80845709bd0729c888f32a5 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗