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A letter from Florence N. Beaman, Dean of Students at New York University's School of Education, to Aquilina C. Howell. In the letter, Beaman informs Howell that her request for registration materials was received too late and she must register in person. On the back of the letter are handwritten jottings.
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The Diploma of Madeline Catherine Casanas from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College.
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A certificate of merit presented to Madeline Casanas from Leon County Schools in appreciation of her service as a teacher.
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A photo album with pictures from the Aquilina C. Howell Instructional Services Center Dedication Ceremony that took place on November 28th, 1995. On the first page is a letter from Frank T. Brogan, the Florida Department of Education Commissioner at the time, January 31st, 1996. In the letter, he is congratulating Howell for the honor, in addition to her other accolades from over the years. Howell is also pictured in many of the images, onstage receiving the honor, as well as with other individuals around the center. In addition, there is a newspaper clipping concerning Leon County School Board decisions that were subsequently made in the center.
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A photo album with pictures from The Carter Howell Strong Park Dedication Ceremony that took place at noon on February 20th, 1993. Eunice Spencer Carter, Mamie Johnson Simmons Strong and Aquilina C. Howell were honored for their leadership, commitment and service to Frenchtown in the naming of the park, and can be seen pictured in many of the photographs, including the ribbon cutting. Other unidentified individuals are pictured speaking at the event and at the moment of the ribbon cutting. At the end, there is also a newspaper clipping from the Tallahassee Democrat, November 7th 1992, about tree planting in Frenchtown around the pond that eventually was made into a lake, and subsequently the Carter Howell Strong park.
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A series of documents related to church and funeral services, collected by Aquilina C. Howell. These include a program for the Annual Youth Day Observance at the Philadelphia Primitive Baptist Church, an Automobile List for funerals, a Food from Friends List, and other Funeral Information and Collected Articles.
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Obituaries from the Aquilina Howell collection, including ones for the following individuals: Virginia Holloman, Versie Lee Ford, Rosa Speed Walker, Dorothy Straughn, Thomas Watson, Johnny Straw, Fannie Louise Eaverly Jones, Alex Bryant, Chess Alexander Shine Sr., Eura Lee Smith, Audrey Jean Shine Hudson, Eula S. Pratt, Albert E. Scott (including a draft of the obituary with notes in the back), George Duval Holliday, Mary McPherson Edwards, Willie Ferrell, Bessie Scott, Edith Frances Williams, Arthur Hutchinson, Phillip C. Ford, Walter Baker, and L. L. Hawthorne.
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The obituary of Samuel Felton Howell, Aquilina C. Howell's husband, from February 12th, 1994. Born in 1909, he was married to Aquilina for 52 years. The obituary includes more details on his life, family, and work, as well as a poem at the end titled "Crossing the Bar," by Alfred Tennyson.
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Obituaries from the Aquilina Howell collection, including those of the following individuals: Dorothy Gunn Holmes, Israel Taylor Jr., George W. Ford, Sister Pinkie Holiday Hayward, Rose Lee Fortson, Alice Collins Harris, Albert Johnson, Willie Holliday, Allen Jones, Sister Mattie Burns Baker, Mattie G. Owens, John Rollins Jr., "Don" Zinermon, Margaret B. Thurman, Charlie James Clack, Herman Charleston Jr., Deacon Carey Ross, Brother Willie Butler, Marine PFC Elzie Samuels, Reverend James Landers, Drucilla Reshard Lee, Rebecca Ford Jenkins, Susie Wilson Baker, Maggie A. Yellowhair, Matthew Ford Jr., Lizzie Christie Twine, Clyde Wilson, Laria Davis, Frances Baker Shine, Winifred Edwards Markham, Deacon Albert Wilson, Mary Elizabeth Alford, Mollie McFall Smith, Eula Lee Williams, Bessie Williams, and Reverend Samuel Harrison Sweeney.
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A series of community related documents from Aquilina C. Howell's collection. They include an empty application for the Lincoln Neighborhood Service Center, a Florida International Building document, Board of County Commissioners Public Meeting Agendas, a guide for arranging furniture, a list of contacts, a Leon County Federal Program Conference document, a meeting notice from the Tallahassee Chapter of the National Women's Political Caucus, a religious pamphlet, a community service pamphlet, a print of Aquilina Howell, a valentine's day flyer from the Knott House Museum, and an FYI SGA flyer with a note from Howell that says "Sudarkasa."
