Collins, LeRoy
- Authoritative Name:
- Collins, LeRoy
- Biography:
- "THOMAS LEROY COLLINS, the first Governor of Florida to be elected to two consecutive terms, was born in Tallahassee, Florida, on March 10, 1909. He attended the Eastman School of Business in New York, and earned a law degree from Cumberland University in 1931. Collins entered politics in 1935 as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, a position he held until 1940. He also served as a member of the Florida State Senate from 1940 to 1953. Collins won the 1954 Democratic gubernatorial nomination and was elected in a special election that was held to fill the unexpired term of Governor Daniel McCarty. He was reelected to a second term in 1956. During his tenure, he advocated for improving Florida's public school system, and he established the state's first community colleges. He also endorsed a more diverse economy, he encouraged state-sponsored tourism, promoted agriculture and industry, and was a proponent of creating good race relations. Collins also chaired the Southern Governors' Conference and the National Governors' Conference during his term. After leaving office on January 3, 1961, Collins served as president of the National Association of Broadcasters, and he was the first director of the Community Relations Service. He was appointed in 1965 as the undersecretary of commerce, was a published author, ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1968, and served on numerous commissions and boards. Governor Thomas L. Collins died on March 12, 1991, and he is buried at the family graveyard in Leon County, Florida."--National Governors Association Web page.
- Associated Subjects:
- Collins, LeRoy
- Archival Collections And Reference Resources:
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45 items in 11 collections (expand all)
AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, correspondence, 1963-1971
- Creator:
- AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E.T., 1921-1996
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987
Slaiman, Donald, 1919-2000
Hoehler, Fred K., Jr.
Main Lafrentz & Co.
Goldfinger, Nathaniel
Meany, George, 1894-1980
Schnitzler, William F., 1904-1983
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Collins, LeRoy
Taylor, William L.
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 - Date of Original:
- 1963
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1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971 - Collection:
- AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
- Contributing Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
Ben "Sunshine" Owens and LeRoy Collins leaving the Brown Chapel AME Church parsonage on the night of the memorial service for James Reeb in Selma, Alabama.
- Creator:
- Martin, Spider
- Date of Original:
- 1965-03-15
- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
FBI Report of 1964-07-20
- Creator:
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Date of Original:
- 1964-07-20
- Collection:
- Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
- Contributing Institution:
- Proctor Library
Hamilton Upchurch, Frank Upchurch : Transcribed Interview
- Creator:
- Upchurch, Hamilton
Upchurch, Frank
Colburn, David - Date of Original:
- 1978-01-25
- Collection:
- Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
- Contributing Institution:
- Proctor Library
Civil Disturbance
- Date of Original:
- 1967-07-30
- Collection:
- Florida Memory Project
- Contributing Institution:
- Florida State Archives
Civil rights task force meeting with Governor Bryant - Tallahassee, Florida
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Collection:
- Florida Memory Project
- Contributing Institution:
- Florida State Archives
Former Governor LeRoy Collins mediating during civil rights march - Selma, Alabama
- Date of Original:
- 1965
- Collection:
- Florida Memory Project
- Contributing Institution:
- Florida State Archives
Gov. LeRoy Collins on Civil Rights
- Date of Original:
- 1980-05-22
- Collection:
- Florida Memory Project
- Contributing Institution:
- Florida State Archives
Governor Leroy Collins Comments on Civil Rights
- Date of Original:
- 1970/1979
- Collection:
- Florida Memory Project
- Contributing Institution:
- Florida State Archives
Selma, Alabama Demonstration
- Date of Original:
- 1965
- Collection:
- Florida Memory Project
- Contributing Institution:
- Florida State Archives
Goodman--National clippings and loose clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1b)
- Creator:
- Goodman, Carolyn
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1967
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Goodman--New York newspaper clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1a)
- Creator:
- Goodman, Carolyn
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1967
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
MFDP--Legal briefs and memoranda, 1964-1966 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party records, 1962-1971; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 586, Box 1, Folder 10)
- Creator:
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- Date of Original:
- 1962/1971
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Montgomery--Lucile Montgomery general correspondence, 1964-1966 (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 2, Segment 31b)
- Creator:
- Montgomery, Lucile
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1966
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Poor People's Corporation--Correspondence, 1964, Mar. 10-1965, Dec. (Poor People's Corporation records, 1960-1967; Archives Main Stacks, MSS 172 Box 1, Folder 3)
- Creator:
- Poor People's Corporation
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1965
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Annual Report, South Carolina Conference of Branches, NAACP, 1964
- Creator:
- Newman, I. DeQuincey (Isaiah DeQuincey), 1911-1985
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Collection:
- Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, (1911-1985), Papers, 1929-2003
- Contributing Institution:
- University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections
Collins Defends Ole Miss Professor
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date of Original:
- 1964-04-19
- Collection:
- James W. Silver Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Collins' Speech Blasted
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date of Original:
- 1928/1986
- Collection:
- James W. Silver Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Ex Florida Governor Defends James Silver
- Creator:
- Associated Press
- Date of Original:
- 1964-04-09
- Collection:
- James W. Silver Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Ex-Gov. LeRoy Collins of Florida urged Mississippi Broadcasters to speak out
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date of Original:
- 1928/1986
- Collection:
- James W. Silver Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Mr. LeRoy Collins, President National Broadcasters Association
- Creator:
- Scrivner, Mrs. Harry
- Date of Original:
- 1928/1986
- Collection:
- James W. Silver Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Voice of the People (3)
- Creator:
- Daniel, R.K.
- Date of Original:
- 1964-04-23
- Collection:
- James W. Silver Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Collins on race and hate--outtakes
- Creator:
- WIS-TV
- Date of Original:
- 1963-12-04
- Collection:
- Local Television Newsfilm Collections
- Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
John Slawson letter to Governor Collins, September 11, 1964
- Creator:
- Slawson, John, 1896-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1964-09-11
- Collection:
- Seymour Samet Papers
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Miami. Library. Special Collections
LeRoy Collins chosen by President Johnson as new Undersecretary of Commerce
- Date of Original:
- 1965
- Collection:
- Seymour Samet Papers
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Miami. Library. Special Collections
LeRoy Collins letter to Dr. John Slawson, September 3, 1964
- Creator:
- Collins, LeRoy
- Date of Original:
- 1964-09-03
- Collection:
- Seymour Samet Papers
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Miami. Library. Special Collections
Seymour Samet telegram to Leroy Collins, January 4, 1956
- Creator:
- Samet, Seymour, 1919-2014
- Date of Original:
- 1956-01-04
- Collection:
- Seymour Samet Papers
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Miami. Library. Special Collections
Seymour Samet, Florida Director, American Jewish Committee becomes special assistant to former Governor LeRoy Collins, Director of new Federal Commmunity Relations Service
- Date of Original:
- 1964-10-23
- Collection:
- Seymour Samet Papers
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Miami. Library. Special Collections
Statement of LeRoy Collins, Director, Community Relations Service to President's Council on Equal Opportunity, March 3, 1965
- Creator:
- Collins, LeRoy
- Date of Original:
- 1965-03-03
- Collection:
- Seymour Samet Papers
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Miami. Library. Special Collections
Southern school news
- Creator:
- Southern Education Reporting Service
- Date of Original:
- 1957-01-01
- Collection:
- Southern school news
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Georgia. Libraries
Southern school news
- Creator:
- Southern Education Reporting Service
- Date of Original:
- 1960-06-01
- Collection:
- Southern school news
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Georgia. Libraries
Southern school news
- Creator:
- Southern Education Reporting Service
- Date of Original:
- 1958-09-01
- Collection:
- Southern school news
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Georgia. Libraries
Southern school news
- Creator:
- Southern Education Reporting Service
- Date of Original:
- 1956-04-01
- Collection:
- Southern school news
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Georgia. Libraries
Southern school news
- Creator:
- Southern Education Reporting Service
- Date of Original:
- 1959-01-01
- Collection:
- Southern school news
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Georgia. Libraries
Southern school news
- Creator:
- Southern Education Reporting Service
- Date of Original:
- 1956-06-01
- Collection:
- Southern school news
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Georgia. Libraries
COLLINS ON DESEGREGATION INFORCEMENT (1958)
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1958
- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Florida Governor LeRoy Collins calling for the improvement of Negroes' economic situation as key to desegregation, Sea Island, Georgia, 1957 September 23
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1957-09-23
- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Florida governor LeRoy Collins speaking at a press conference about the sit-in campaign against segregated lunch counters, Jacksonville, Florida, 1960 March 20
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1960-03-20
- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection