Among the archival materials in the Claude Pepper Library are the personal diaries kept by Senator Pepper over a period of fifty years. As chronicles, travel impressions, confessions, opinions, these diaries represent the private and public life of a man who recorded his experiences almost daily.
The diaries are in the process of being edited and will be made available to the public. They will be annotated to enhance the portrayal and accomplishments of Pepper and provide the reader with the necessary information about persons and events. The Foundation has provided a grant of $51,817 for this project, which is headed by Dr. Fred L. Standley, who is the Daisy Parker Flory Professor of English at Florida State University. Dr. Standley has an outstanding background in education, teaching, lecturing and writing, which uniquely qualifies him for this task. A volume of the finished work will be published.
