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Citrus Bibliography

 Books:

Aronson, Virginia. Gift of the Unicorn: The Story of Lue Gim Gong, Florida's Citrus Wizard. Sarasota, Fla.: Pineapple Press, 2002.

Bize, Louis A. Relation of the Citrus Industry to Values in Florida: Delivered at a Meeting of the Citrus Growers of the State Held in Lakeland in the Spring of 1919. Tampa, Fla.: Citizens-American Bank and Trust Company, 1919.

Boym, Michel, and Michael Rictius. Flora sinensis: fructus floresque humillime porrigens, serenissimo et potentissimo principi, ac domino, domino Leopoldo Ignatio, Hungariae regi florentissimo, &c. : fructus saeculo promittenti Augustissimos. Viennae Austriae: Typis Matthaei Rictij, 1656.

Florida Citrus Commission. Florida's Favorite Recipes for Citrus Fruits. Lakeland, Fla.: Florida Citrus Commission, 1954.

Florida Department of Agriculture. The Story of Florida Citrus. Tallahassee, Fla.: Dept. of Agriculture, 1962.

Gonzalez Kirby, Diana. Fresh from Florida: six decades of recipes--featuring everyone's favorite fruits. Houston, Tex: Gulf Pub. Co., 1996.

Harcourt, Helen. Florida Fruits: How to Raise Them. Louisville, Ky.: John P. Morton and Co., 1886.

National Youth Administration Florida, U. S. 1940. The Citrus Industry and Occupations in Florida. [by A. R.] mead. The National Youth Administration for Florida, eds. Floridiana Collection, Arthur Raymond -. Mead and Arthur Raymond b. Mead. Joe A. Youngblood, state youth administrator: Tallahassee.

Speir, Elizabeth, and William Schemmel. Florida Citrus Cookbook. Atlanta, GA.: Marmac Pub. Co., 1985.

Stennis, Mary A. Florida Fruits and Vegetables in the Commercial Menu. Tallahassee, Fla.: Dept. of Agriculture, 1931.

Van Aken, Norman, and Susan Porter. Norman Van Aken's Feast of Sunlight. New York: Ballentine Books, 1988.

Walsh, Beth H. Using Florida Fruits: Citrus. Gainesville: Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 1970.

Articles, publications, and other resources:

Brincklow, S.R. Resolution. (Dunedin, Fla.: Quality Orange Growers, Inc., 1 March 1965).

"Brooksville: The Home of the Tangerine." Suniland 1, no. 5 (February 1925): 89.

Chase, Frank. "Record of Frank Chase." Unpublished manuscript, dictated December 15, 1969.

Chase, Joshua C. "Minutes of Convention of Citrus Fruit Growers of Florida, Called to meet in Orlando, Florida, Saturday, November 4, 1911." Unpublished manuscript, last modified November 4, 1911.

Clewis, Jr., R.M. Florida Citrus for Health. (Tampa, Fla.: Richu Groves, Inc., 4 December 1964).

"Davenport, Florida." Suniland 1 no. 5 (December 1924): 59.

Dunn, Hampton. 'Mother of Miami' Lured Flagler with Orange Blossoms. Tampa, Fla.: Hampton Dunn, 196-?. http://digital.lib.usf.edu/?d33.78.

Florida Agricultural Statistics. Citrus Summary / Florida Department of Agriculture, Florida Crop and Livestock Reporting Service ... [et al.] 2002/2003. , eds. Florida Agricultural Statistics Service, Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Marketing and Development and Florida Marketing Bureau Section. Orlando, Fla.: The Service.

Florida Agricultural Statistics. Commercial Citrus Inventory / Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Agricultural Statistics Service [and] Division of Plant Industry 2006. , eds. Florida Agricultural Statistics Service, Florida Division of Plant Industry. Orlando, Fla.: The Service.

Florida Citrus Exchange. "History of Florida Citrus Commission." Citrus Magazine. 4 no. 11 (May 1944): 1.

Florida Clearing House News. Winter Haven, Fla.: Florida Citrus Growers Clearing House Association, 25 May 1929.

Halgerson, Alvin, and Robert Stuart Bowen. Orange Blossom Trail. Tampa, Fla.: Robert Stuart Bowen, 1949.

Heaton, Frank G. "From Tree to You." Suniland 1, no. 6 (March 1925): 36-39.

Howey, W.J. The New Citrus Era. Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.: W.J. Howey Co., 1930.

McKay, Donald Brenham "D.B." "A French Count Planted a Grove in Pinellas County." Unpublished manuscript, ca. 1820s.

Morris, Allen. 2005. Allen Morris [electronic resource] / interviewed by William Mansfield, eds. Bill Mansfield, University of South Florida Globalization Research Center, University of South Florida Libraries Florida Studies Center Oral History Program and University of South Florida Tampa Library. Tampa, Fla.: University of South Florida Tampa Library.

Moss, G.C. Florida Calls to You. Hilton, Va.: G. Cuthbert Moss, 1936.

Muraro, Ron. 2005. Ron Muraro [electronic resource] / interviewed by William Mansfield, eds. Bill Mansfield, University of South Florida Globalization Research Center, University of South Florida Libraries Florida Studies Center Oral History Program and University of South Florida Tampa Library. Tampa, Fla.: University of South Florida Tampa Library.

Seald-Sweet Chronicle. Tampa, Fla.: [Florida Citrus Exchange], 1929.

Silent Intruder. West Palm Beach, Fla.: Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District, [1975?].

Skilling, Robert. Mid the Orange Trees and Blossoms She is Waiting. Chicago: Victor Kremer, 1901.

“South Florida Swept by Storm.” The Morning Tribune. 9 no. 221(September 13, 1903): 1

Suniland, 1924-1927. Floridiana Collection, Tampa: Fla. Peninsular Pub. Co.

Upjohn, Fred, Joseph Dillon, and L. Harrison Broome. That's Florida Sure's You're Born. Jacksonville, Fla.: Dillon and Upjohn, 1937.

Way, Jane. "Value and Uses of Citrus Fruits." Suniland 1 no. 2 (November 1924): 66.

Young, Robert. Florida Crab Plant Design and Sanitation. Miami, Fla.: Marine Laboratory, Virginia Key, University of Miami, July 1957. 

Archives:

Burgert Brothers Collection of Tampa Photographs, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. http://digital.lib.usf.edu/?b29.6715.

Dunn, Hampton Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. http://digital.lib.usf.edu/?u29.139-d29-ead.

Dunn, Hampton Photouring Florida Collection. Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Dunn, Hampton Postcard Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. http://digital.lib.usf.edu/?u29.155-d32-ead.

Florida Heritage Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Florida Photos Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. http://digital.lib.usf.edu/?s54.  

Harcourt Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Hawes, Leland M. Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. http://digital.lib.usf.edu/?u29.90-h12-ead.

Hillsborough County Aerial Survey Map Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Kendrick, Baynard Hardwick Papers, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/k6.

Lue Gim Gong Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

MacManus Citrus Label Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. http://digital.lib.usf.edu/?u29.150-m45-ead.

Mansfield, Bill. Florida Citrus Oral History Project. Tampa, Fla: University of South Florida Tampa Library, 2005.            http://digital.lib.usf.edu/?c56.15, http://digital.lib.usf.edu/?c56.16.

McKay, Donald Brenham "D.B." Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. http://digital.lib.usf.edu/?u29.91-m42-ead.

Pizzo, Tony Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. http://digital.lib.usf.edu/?u29.86-p21-ead.

Severson, Al Photographic Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Stokes Collection of Florida Plant Railway Photographs, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. http://digital.lib.usf.edu/?s54

Tampa Florida Documents Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Tampa Florida Sheet Music Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

University of South Florida Photograph Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. http://digital.lib.usf.edu/?u29.25-u10-ead.