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This 1974 transcript of A.K. Whitaker's speech to the D.A.R. includes a brief history of the Whitaker Family Cemetery as well as a drawing of the cemetery's plots.

Florida Ballet students at rehersal.

Florida Ballet pose during rehersal.

Florida Ballet practice a leap during rehersal.

Group portrait of dancers with the Florida Ballet.

Women tour the courtyard of the Ringling Museum.

Women stand under the columned arches of the Ringling Museum's courtyard.

Judge John Justice sits in courtroom with gavel and papers. Judge Justice was the first judge appointed from Sarasota to the newly formed 12th Judicial Circuit in 1957. He presided at the Sarasota County Courthouse until 1973. Image donated by Harry Wilkison family.

Map of the City of Sarasota

Original plat of the Whitaker family subdivision on Sarasota Bay, owned by the heirs of W.H. Whitaker. It was called Yellow Springs, being located near Whitaker Bayou and the family homestead of Yellow Bluffs

An 1886 map of the town of Sarasota from the Manatee Title Guaranty Co.

This is a plat map of Marlowe Park, a subdivision in the area near 46th and 48th Streets along Tamiami Trail (14th Street/U.S. 41). It shows sold tracts of land and their values.

This is a plat map of Marlowe Park, a subdivision in the area near 46th and 48th Streets along Tamiami Trail (14th Street/U.S. 41). It shows sold tracts of land and their values.

Sarasota's Methodist Church stands at the corner of two unpaved roads called Main Street and Pineapple Avenue.

Looking west along the Sarasota waterfront. Docks extend out into Sarasota Bay and the Belle Haven Inn, Sarasota's premier tourist hotel of the time, is visible in the background.

Charles Clarence Whitaker, son of Wm. H. Whitaker, age 70.

Rose Griffith Bryan at home on the corner of Morrill Street and Rawls Street in Sarasota. A General Telephone & Equipment (GTE now Verizon) Building later occupied the land.

Waranty deed for property in Manatee County (now Sarasota) between W.H and Mary Stewart and Anton Kleinoscheg. Kleinoscheg was an early pioneer of Sarasota who later returned to his home country of Austria.

A.K. Whitaker describes the Whitaker family and the events leading up to the installation of what is believed to be the earliest telephone system on Florida's West Coast.

Documents pertaining to the murder of Sarasota first postmaster, Charles Abbe. Abbe was murdered in December 1884 by members of the Sara Sota Vigilance Society. Seven members of the group were tried and convicted of the murder, but were later pardoned.

A.K. Whitaker tells the story of his grandfather, William Henry Whitaker, Sarasota's earliest settler.

An 1886 map of the town of Sarasota from the Manatee Title Guaranty Co.

Original plat of the Whitaker family subdivision on Sarasota Bay, owned by the heirs of W.H. Whitaker. It was called Yellow Springs, being located near Whitaker Bayou and the family homestead of Yellow Bluffs

In this speech, Edward Cummer discusses his memories of John and Mable Ringling, and their impact on the local area.

Letters from Mr. and Mrs. Kleinoscheg family, early pioneers in Sarasota. Mrs. Anton Kleinoscheg was a member of the Whitaker family of Yellow Bluffs, Sarasota. The Kleinoschegs returned to Austria after several years in Sarasota. The first letter is in untranslated German and is from Anton Kleinoscheg from Sarasota to a friend in Austria. The next three letters are from Mrs. Anton Kleinoscheg from Austria to Grace Whitaker of Sarasota. In these letters, Kleinoscheg largely focuses on her assimilation into Austrian culture and the new things she has learned there.

Obituary for Mrs. Louise Whitaker Edmondson. Member of the pioneer Whitaker family of Yellow Bluffs, Sarasota.

This 1940 aerial shows De Soto Road, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad line, Lockwood Ridge Road, and the Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Circus headquarters (shown in the bottom right-hand corner of image) in northern Sarasota County.

This is an aerial of the Ringling Mansion, Ca d'Zan, the Art Museum, and the surrounding area.

This is a 1948 aerial of southern Sarasota County (Englewood) and northern Charlotte County (Manasota Key). "DEW-2D-123" code is in the top right-hand corner of the image.

This is an aerial of Manasota Key and North Bridge in southern Sarasota County. This also shows various property owners of the area.

Map of the City of Sarasota

A Booker High School student receives a certificate from two ladies on Booker High's Awards Day.

"He conquers who endures" is the message on the poster behind two Booker High School graduating seniors, posing in their academic robes with a large trophy.

Trying out King Neptune's crown.

Three Booker High students pose with their Award Certificates during Booker High's Awards Day.

A Booker High School student receives a medal from a lady on Booker High's Awards Day.

A smoked fish feast for McDonald Mobile Homes.

Sarasota's King Neptune Frolic parade float with Miss Nokomis, Miss Sarasota, Miss Venice and Miss Siesta Key and an unknown beauty queen.

Tropheys are presented to Booker High School faculty members on Booker High's Awards Day.

Booker High School student receives a book as his award on Awards Day.

A smoked fish feast for McDonald Mobile Homes. The Tower and tall Sarasota Courthouse are seen in the background.

Men from DeSears Appliances deliver a General Electric refrigerator to Children's Haven, on De Soto Road. Posed are an unidentified lady, Mrs. Viola Patterson, Carl Backmand and Earl Jenkins.

Children's Haven on De Soto Road receives a check for refrigeration from the Bradenton High-Twelve Club.One lady is Mrs. Viola Patterson.The sign behind the ladies says: The School Building completed in September1959, was the result of the efforts of the Sarasota-Manatee Association for Retarded Children. They beliefed that retarded children can be helped. In fact and in name: The Children's Haven.

Kiwanis Band pose in front of the Mira Mar Apartments on Palm Avenue in Sarasota, Florida. Members came from both Bradenton and Sarasota.

Kiwanis Band pose in front of the Mira Mar Apartments on Palm Avenue in Sarasota, Florida. Members came from both Bradenton and Sarasota.

Anton and Carrie Kleinoscheg Junior's home, located at the foot of Cunliff Lane on Sarasota Bay. Austrian flag always flew above home. The wooden farmhouse was built in the Cracker style with surrounding porch.

Historical Marker of Sarasota's First Post Office established at the home and store Charles E. Abbe in Aug 1978. This marker was erected in 1968.

Marker to Mary Wyatt Whitaker: poiting out her tomb location, her relation to the first white person born in the area, and her home, which was burned during the Seminole Wars. Erected by the Sara De Soto Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Vault and graves in the Pioneer Whitaker Cemetery. The central monument has two markers for Mary Jane Wyatt Whitaker and William H. Whitaker.

Vault of Mary Wyatt Whitaker and William Whitaker and nearby graves in Pioneer Whitaker Cemetery at Yellow Bluffs.