Welcome to the online database of the Charlotte County Archives!
Here you can browse and search the records of our archival holdings, with digitized images as available. Please note we are still in the process of bringing our records online - please check back frequently! As of December 4, 2024, we have approximately 45% of our collection records represented in this online database. Do not hesitate to reach out if there is anything you are looking for.
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Note on historical language and depictions
The collections of the Charlotte County Archives contain historical materials which may contain outdated, offensive, or potentially harmful language, content, and/or depictions of individuals or groups. We preserve these perspectives as a part of the historical record in all its complexities, with recognition of their difficult legacies.
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1977.092: Bessie Gove's autograph book

Bessie Gove's autograph book "Mental Photographs an Album for Confessions of Tastes, Habits, and Convictions" edited by Robert Saxton, New York.
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1977.212: Crimean Flowers
An album of forty-one pressed flowers gathered in Crimea in the first spring after the Crimean war. Each page includes one specimen and a handwritten…
1978.47: The Granite Town Greetings, March 24, 1910
Item is the March 24, 1910 issues of the Granite Town Greetings newspaper, inscribed "George Best July 10-10."
2001.004: O'Neill family photos, ledgers, and documents
Accession consists of photographs, letters, postcards ledgers, ephemera, and other materials from the O'Neill family of St. Andrews.
1994.012: William C. O'Neill fonds
Papers and photographs relating to the O'Neill family
1995.012: Frances Wren Old Gaol Christmas card
Christmas card handpainted by Frances Wren of the Old Gaol