List of Books Pertaining to Polk County

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An historical gazetteer of Imperial Polk County, Florida - Accession: 14639550
Author: Nerod, Felix
Edition: 1st ed.
Place: Lake Alfred, Fla
Publisher: F. Nerod
Year: 1986
Pub Type: Book
Format: 48 p. :28cm.
Notes: "Limited to 100 copies"
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Annals of Polk County, vol. 1: Early Marriages (1861-1902) : complete index to 
the first three volumes of the Marriage Records of the County; unless otherwise 
noted, the date is that on which the ceremony was performed, as shown by the 
Return of the party who officiated.- Accession: 13451407 
Place: Bartow, Fla
Publisher:
Year: 1948
Pub Type: Book
Format: 159 leaves: 29cm
Notes: Typescript (photocopy) "By an Act entitled" An Act to organize the 
County of Polk from the Counties of Hillsborough and Brevard". (approved 
on February 8th 1861), Polk County, Florida was formed from the eastern 
portion of Hillsborough and the western portion of Brevard, and lies in the 
south-central portion of the State, a location almost in the center of 
peninsular Florida."
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Beulah Pipkin Papers - Accession: 40340773
Author: Pipkin, Beulah Mary, 1895-
Year: 1924-1985
Pub Type: Mixed Materials
Format: 92 items
Notes: Collection includes clippings, correspondence, and memorabilia; the 
clippings (1924-1985) concern Florida State University history and some from 
the Polk County Quarterly; the correspondence (mostly from the 1970's) includes 
letters from Ella Bisbee regarding a 50 year reunion class biography book & 
letter from FSU to Pipkin; memorabilia includes a citation from FSU & a letter 
from the director of the Alumni Association to Pipkin dated Oc. 1969. Beulah 
Pipkin was a member of Florida State College for Women (FSCW) and remained
active in alumni affairs for well over 50 years.
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Civil War Veterans Buried in Polk County, Florida - Accession: 17026135
Author: Pompey, Sherman Lee
Place: Eugene, Or.
Publisher: Western Oregon Genealogical Research Library
Year: 1978
Pub Type: Book
Format: [2] leaves; 28cm.
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Crooked Lake--Babson Park Rediscovered - Accession: 24471447
Author: Quinn, Louise
Place: Babson Park, FL 
Year: 1990 
Pub Type: Book
Format: 416 p. : ill., ports, : 28cm
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Davenport's Early Days - Arnold Torgersen 
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Early marriages of Polk County, Florida: Marriage record "A A" - 
Accession: 1856642
Author: Daughters of the American Revolution, Florida
Year: 1945
Pub Type: Book
Format: 18 unnumb. I.
Notes: Carbon copy
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Florida Marriage Records - Accession: 1748092
Author: Daughters of the American Revolution, Florida
Pub Type: Book
Format: [123] I 28cm
Notes: Carbon copy. Marion county, 1854-1860---Polk county, 1887-1893--Nassau 
county, 1867---Wakulla county 1892-1902
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History of Polk County, Florida - Accession: 1838888/205244
Author: Hetherington, M.F. 1867-
Place: St. Augustine, Fla.
Publisher: The Record company printers
Year: 1928
Pub Type: Book
Format: 379 p. plates, ports. 28cm.
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History of Polk County, Florida  - Accession: 1281689
Author: McNeely, Ed
Publisher: Polk County Centennial Committee
Year: 1961
Pub Type: Book
Format: 44 p. illus
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History of Polk County, Florida Accession: 32492257
Place: Bartow, Florida
Publisher: Issued by the County Commissioners
Year: 1887
Pub Type: Book
Format 36p.: ill, maps
Series: Genealogy and local history: LH9560
Notes: Cover title. Date of publiscation from p. 4. Microfiche: Ann Arbor, 
Mich.: UMI, 1994, 1 microfiche; 11x15cm
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History of the Polk County court system, 1861-1995 - Accession: 33934450
Author: Ruster, William J.
Place: Bartow, Fla.
Publisher: Associated Publications Corp.
Year: 1995
Pub Type: Book
Format: 454 p.: ill.: 27 cm.
Notes: History of Polk County--History of Bartow, the county seat--History of 
circuit 10 and terms of the courts--History of the judges of circuit 10--
History of the office of court administrator--History of the clerks of the 
circuit and county courts--History of the offices of the county prosecutors 
and state attorneys--History of the office of public defender--History of the 
sheriffs department--History of the board of county commissions--History of the 
county probation department--History of Florida probation and parole services--
History of the courthouses--History of justice of peace courts and constables--
Remembrances.
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History of Winter Haven Florida - Accession: 1887062
Author: Burr, Josephine Ganson, 1895-1971
Place: Winter Haven, FL 
Year: 1974
Pub Type: Book
Format: 392 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. : 29cm
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Lake of the Hills, It's Story - Mildred Kaucher 
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List of post offices established in Polk County prior to 1900. - 
Accession: 8041013/1838988
Author: Postmaster General in Washington.
Pub Type: Book
Format: 4I
Notes: Typewritten (carbon copy). Copied in association with Historical 
Records Survey.
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Marriage records of Polk and Orange counties, Florida 
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Mt. Olive Cemetery, Bradley Junction, Polk County, Florida: a listing compiled 
June 1992 - Accession: 26179928
Author: Kilpatrick, Robert V.
Year: 1992
Pub Type: Book
Format: iv. 40 p.: map; 30cm.
Notes: Includes index
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Newspaper holdings of Polk County libraries, 1987 
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Oak Hill cemetery, Bartow, Florida - Accession: 1729183
Pub Type: Book
Format: 19 I.
Notes: Xeroxed copy
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Peace River Pioneers - Accession: 21188643
Author: Frisbie, Louise
Place: Bartow, Fla.
Publisher: Imperial Publishing Company
Year: 1974
Pub Type: Book
Format: 134 p. : ill., maps
Notes: includes index. Bibliography: p. [121]
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Pioneer families of Polk County and South Florida, the Carlton family with data 
on the Alderman family, the Hendry familiy, the McFail family, the Wilson 
family, the Hurst family (allied families) - Accession: 7519085
Author: Wilson, Milton D., 1886-comp.
Year: 1944
Pub Type: Archive/Manuscript Control
Format: 378 leaves, bound: 28cm
Notes: Typescript (photocopy). Copy 2 of three copies of a transcription made 
from the original in the Florida State Library, Tallahassee, by W.M. Carlton.
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Polk County, Florida cemetery records: Auburndale, Bartow, Eagle Lake, 
Galloway, Lake Alfred, Lakeland, Medulla, Socrum, Winter Haven - 
Accession: 40471914
Place: Salem, Massachusetts
Publisher: Higginson Book Company
Year: 1998 1944
Pub Type: Book
Format: 1 v. (various pagings. [223 l.]): 29cm
Notes: Reprint of typescript. Originally published: 1944?
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Recollections of time gone by - Accession: 38304002
Author: Albritton, Ray
Place: Bartow, FL (P.O. Box 2749, Bartow 33831-2749)
Publisher: Polk County Historical Association
Year: 1997
Pub Type: Book
Format: x. 224 p.: ill.; 28cm
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Records copied from the Record Book no. 1 of The First Presbyterian Church of 
Winter Haven, Florida (12/27/1886-11/29/1916) - Accession: 1750954
Author: Daughters of the American Revolution, Florida
Pub Type: Book
Format 9 I
Notes: Caption title. Photocopy of typescript.
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Register of deceased veterans, Florida - Accession: 19228052
Author: Veterans' Graves Registration Project (Fla)
Place: St. Augustine, Fla.
Publisher: Veteran's Graves Registration Project
Year: 1940 & 1941
Pub Type: Book
Notes: Title from cover. "Sponsored by: Military Department, State of Florida. 
Co-sponsored by The American Legion, Department of Florida. no. 29 Hillsborough 
County--no. 41 Manatee County--No. 53 Polk County--no. 58 Sarasota County.
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The Davenport Story - Clarence C. Meyer/Phyllis A. McGill 
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The history of Mulberry and frontier Florida: a model for the teaching of local 
history - Accession: 3304705
Author: Fisher, James Arthur, 1942-
Place: [Murfreesboro, Tenn.]
Publisher: Middle Tennessee State University
Year: 1977; 1974
Pub Type: Book
Format: v. 272 leaves; ill.
Notes: Photocopy of typescript. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 
1977.--20cm. Thesis - Middle Tennessee State University, Bibliography: 
leaves 261-272.
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There's Only One Frostproof - Accession: 7515576
Author: Duncan, Mattie B. 
Place: Frostproof, FL 
Year: 1976 
Pub Type: Book
Format: iv. 132 p. : ill., : 24cm
Notes: Frostproof Historical Committee
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They Built A City - Accession: 205719 
Author: Kaucher, Dorothy, 1892-
Place: Lake Wales, FL 
Year: 1970 
Pub Type: Book
Format: 227 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports, : 23cm
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Yesterday's Polk County - Accession: 1976164
Author: Frisbie, Louise
Place: Miami, FL
Publisher: E. A. Seemann, Pub.
Year: 1976
Pub Type: Book
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