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Reference code
F0004
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Folder
Title
Diary and papers- 1907-1974
Date(s)
- 1907-1974 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
Biographical history
Oscar T. Conklin and Edith H. Mercier were married in Miami June 11, 1905. His 1907 diary as excerpted by his daughter records the life of a young husband and father--with a fine voice: he lists a number of occasions where he sang solos, including one at Royal Palm Hotel in front of 1200 persons. He was also a journalist who came to Florida to work for the Florida East Coast Hotel Company, later moving to the Miami Herald, where by 1911 he was general manager.
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Scope and content
[i]1907 diary by Oscar T. Conklin, transcribed with omissions by his daughter Dallas Mercier Conklin, in 1974; a biographical sketch of his life, and photocopied excerpts from F.W. DeCroix's Historical, progressive review... of Miami and Fort Lauderdale ... [1911].[/i]