Charred Bars
Contemporary newspaper photograph and caption preserved with source views and a reading transcription.
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Complete newspaper issues
Whole newspaper issues preserved separately from extracted articles.
3 published sources ↗RESEARCH COLLECTIONEdgar Allan Poe
A collection for primary sources, editions, correspondence and literary research.
30 published sources ↗RESEARCH COLLECTIONOrganizational records and ephemera
Published memoranda, identification material and certificates; associations retain the source-specific scope.
4 published sources ↗RESEARCH COLLECTIONSouthern history
A collection for regional history beyond a single town or publication.
41 published sources ↗RESEARCH COLLECTIONTechnology & systems
A collection for technical references, documentation and independent research.
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35 recordsGeorgia Begins Prison Camp Investigations
Contemporary newspaper report preserved with source views and a reading transcription.
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Contemporary newspaper report preserved with source views and a reading transcription.
LED-2026-41e32453ebc54ebe8d6dad7641a41ba6 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Convicts, Guards Tell Of Fatal Prison Fire
Contemporary newspaper report preserved with source views and a reading transcription.
LED-2026-3dea6a493f934fc2bead33db2e7c7f8b · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Prison Inferno Plotted, Fire Survivors Testify
Contemporary newspaper report preserved with source views and a reading transcription.
LED-2026-d404743493cd4ad0aa47c91490aaef8d · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Fort Walton Beach microfilm photographs - Road Camp 12 source register
Source register and all 25 unchanged photographs from the Fort Walton Beach library microfilm batch.
LED-2026-5cdc437f10a74b64aa3f00d4e0f866b7 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Deadly Prison Fire in Florida (1967) — preserved eFootage preview
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 ↗Cons Testify Cellmates Set Deadly Blaze — Big Spring Daily Herald, July 18, 1967, page 12
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 ↗Fire Safety in Correctional Facilities — Berrydale fire account
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 ↗Florida Senate Journal — commendation for Captain Calvin E. Ellison, Road Camp 12 fire
The Florida Senate journal records the unanimous adoption of HCR 1954, commending Milton firefighter Captain Calvin E. Ellison for emergency aid at the July 16, 1967 Road Camp 12 fire.
LED-2026-004445d89cc9484992248b4c2f7beed1 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Ryder v. Innerarity (1833)
A Mobile land dispute traced a claim through Issabella Campbell’s Spanish grant, a federal confirmation certificate, and John Forbes & Co. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment for Innerarity.
LED-2026-a02a5a93c03a47abafa04c6549648403 · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Condry et al. v. Henley & Murphey (1833)
A constable and his sureties challenged a judgment over an execution he failed to return. The Supreme Court affirmed.
LED-2026-5b51368144d047d2b30d6c828e4aeb6b · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗Berrydale prison fire — four newspaper clippings
A report attributed to Bill Dingwall, an early death list and two aftermath photographs preserved from four original downloaded image files on Mercury.
LED-2026-f11e497db3b44f6c8565f5ece4301eb1 · Not independently verifiedOpen source ↗An Inventory of Correctional Facilities Within Florida — Report 19-08
Florida legislative report with a later Berrydale Forestry Camp closure entry.
LED-2026-4cf534af02664e4d9b0c601fc0b3be3d · Source identity checkedOpen source ↗The Major Fires of 1967 — Berrydale prison barracks
NFPA’s May 1968 annual review records 38 deaths in the July 16, 1967 Berrydale barracks fire.
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