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Governor Collins and his family gathered in front of their home, "The Grove" - Tallahassee, Florida.
Letter from Richard K. Call to Ellen Call Long on the death of her daughter Ellen Douglass
From Florida Memory: Letter, August 23, 1853, Richard K. Call, Lake Jackson, to Ellen Call Long, Tallahassee, 2 pp., consoling her on the death of her daughter Ellen Douglass: ''Your affliction has been very great my dear child, but it is only the…
Letter from Richard Keith Call to Barbara Kirkman on the death of Mary Kirkman Call.
From Florida Memory: Letter, March 3, 1836, Richard K. Call, Tallahassee, to Mrs. Barbara Kirkman, grandmother of Mary K. Call, Nashville, 3 pp.: ''It becomes my painfull and melancholy duty to inform you of the heart rending affliction which I have…
“Richard Keith Call Contributed Much To the Progress of County and State”
This 1934 article gives a biography of Richard Keith Call, which discusses his family history and his military and political career. In the article, it is mentioned that Call's family owned five enslaved African Americans when they left Kentucky in…
“Family History Repeats Itself As Grove Changes Hands: Again Voice of ‘Mary Call’ Will Be Heard in Historic Mansion Built Over a Century Ago by Richard K. Call”
An article that announces the Collins' purchase of The Grove property in 1942, giving a brief history of some individuals who have lived at The Grove over the previous 100 years starting with Richard Keith Call. It also describes the architectural…
Obiturary of “Ex-Florida Governor, LeRoy Collins”
An obituary of Governor LeRoy Collins, who died of cancer. The obituary describes Collins's "bold personal initiatives" in pushing for racial equality during the Civil Rights movement, his family history and connection to Tallahassee, and states that…
