Inventor Name
LeBaron, Leonard
Repository
University of West Florida
Special Collections Dept.
Pensacola, FL
850-474-2213
http://library.uwf.edu/SpecialCollections/
Physical Description
1.2 cubic ft. (1,109 items).
Summary
Correspondence by Rev. Earle Robert LeBaron (1900-1972) and his father Leonard LeBaron (1855-1943), former city electrician of Pensacola (1907- 1914). Leonard LeBaron's papers include his reports as city electrician (1907-1914, 1931-1933); papers relating to the city's purchase of a radio station in 1925; poetry and materials on his various inventions and patents. Rev. Earle LeBaron joined the Roman Catholic priesthood but resigned from the Church in 1932, later married and divorced, served in other denominations and as an acting chaplain, U.S. Navy, taught at East Carolina College, and conducted a radio program in Greenville, North Carolina. His papers cover his strained relations wirh the Roman Catholic Church and later the Episcopal Church, especially over leaving the church, marrying, and divorce. Other materials cover his activities against integration, involvement with the National State's Rights movement, the Socialist Party, the Association of Citizen's Councils, and the Pensacola White Citizens Council; together with additional publications (1952-1972) about the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Communist threat to America. Includes correspondence of Rev. LeBaron with Bishop Toolen and others (1925) and an undated genealogical sketch of the LeBaron family of Mobile, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla..