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The Potter Collection contains photographs of landmarks of South East Florida. The collection documents Lake Worth and Hillsboro.

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The Powell Collection contains photographs of Lake Worth, Palm Beach, and other landmarks in South Florida.

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The Rachel Wagner Collection contains pictures, news clippings related to Stranahan House and Broward County materials.

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The Rickards Collection contains photographs, correspondence and newspaper clippings based on Fort Lauderdale founding Rickards family.

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The Riverside Hotel collection includes a single black and white photograph of the Riverside Hotel, c. 1986.

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Scrapbook with photographs taken in Hollywood, Florida circa 1930.

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The Robert "Bob" Drake Collection contains photographs, ephemera, maps and clippings documenting the professional career of Joseph W. Young Jr.

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The Robert Carr Collection contains two photo albums, and ephemera documenting the Florida East Coast Railroad and the United States Naval Training School.

Scope and Contents The Robert H. Gore papers contains the political, personal, and business papers of Robert Hayes Gore (b.1886 – d. 1972). The collection, which dates from 1929 – 1976, consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, newspapers and newspaper clippings, books, pamphlets, catalogs, photographs, memorabilia, framed items, certificates, business papers, legal documents, and interview transcripts, evidencing Robert H. Gore’s political, civic, entrepreneurial, and personal connections and activities. The...

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The Robert "Bob" Kerr Collection contains correspondence and letters from buisness man and former city manager Robert Morris Kerr.

Scope and Contents The Rogers Family Papers contain correspondence, speeches, ephemera, photographs, newspaper clippings and publications from 1930 to 1992 documenting Dwight L. Rogers, his family, and his career in the Florida House of Representatives as well as the United States Congress. Ephemera include political promotional flyers for the election of Paul Grant Rogers, son of Dwight L. Rogers, to the United States Congress. Correspondence includes a letter to Florence Roberts Rogers, wife of Dwight L....

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The Ruby Haberly Hamilton Collection contains school and department store photographs.

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The Russel Snow and Family Collection contains correspondence, photographs and newspaper clippings documenting the personal and professional life of former Fort Lauderdale mayor Russel Snow.

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Ruth L. Pihl Collection contains a colorized photograph of Curci house located in Hollandale, FL circa 1920.

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The Rooney Collection contains photographs and negatives Mr. and Mrs. Rooney. Mr. Rooney was the Civil War Veteran and Davie bridgetender.

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Photographs and a negative of the Wimberly family in the early 20th century Broward County, Florida.

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The Samuel F. Morrison Collection contains correspondence, books, professional and personal papers, photographs, scrapbooks, plaques, ephemera, vinyl records, VHS tapes documenting the professional and personal life of Librarian Samuel F. Morrison. Books and vinyl records donated by Samuel Morrison can be accessed through the Broward County Library catalog.

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Newspaper clippings, sheet music, poems, lyrics.

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he Scrapbook of Seminole Clippings contains two bound scrapbooks containing clippings, photographs and correspondence documenting Seminole life in Florida. The scrapbook was compiled by Mrs. F.D. Sheldon, a member of the Friends of the Seminole organization. The materials document Seminole life from April 1956 to April 1958.

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The Shackelford Family Album Collection contains three postcards, photographs and one photo album of the Shackelford family, friend Katherine Rawls, and the Rawls family. Photographs date from the 1930s to 1940s. Genealogical materials such as family trees, a photocopy of Alexander W. "Henry" and Willie Shackelford’s marriage certificate, and notes on family members are also included.

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The Springer Collection contains photographs of various sites in Broward County and Miami, Florida during the 1920s. Sites include the Parrot Jungle Miami, Haines City, and Marathon, Florida.

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The Stetson Kennedy Papers contains correspondence, research papers, writings and photographs that document his time within the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers Project.

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Stranahan High School Oral History Project Collection includes questionnaires, newspaper articles, and notes related to the stanahan High School administrative and academic communities.

Scope and Contents The Alan Bell collection consists of original newsprint and magazine copies, poetry, journals, and directories that focus on the lives of the African American lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgendered, and queer (LGBTQ) community. Publisher Alan Bell produced a monthly hard news alternative to many of the infotainment-oriented publications that appeared throughout America’s black gay communities during this period. The BLK magazine was published from December 1988 until March 1994. It began...

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Photographs of Fort Lauderdale from 1926 to 1947 and one church directory book from the First Christian Church.

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The Chapman collection contains photographs from the 1920s.

Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of manuscripts (typescript), prepress proofs, galleys, newspapers articles, correspondence, interviews, speeches, corrected sheets, handwritten drafts, computer disk, VHS cassette, and teleplay script. The collection highlights some of Fowler’s work such as, Sugar Cage, Ave Erzulie, Before Women had Wings, Sparrow Hunter, River of Hidden Dreams, Onedia Looney, and Listening For Light. It also contains a manuscript from the author Kaye Gibbons, Charms For Easy...

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Mixed materials/ letters and documents.

Scope and Contents The Emmanuel George Collection contains correspondence, photographs, printed materials, certificates, short videos and artwork related to African Americans in Broward County, Florida. Correspondence contains cards written to Emmanuel George about his internships with Encore and the Lake Wales Public Library African American Archives Project. Crispus Attucks High School materials include a yearbook, student report cards, commencement programs, and class reunions. Photographs display African...

Scope and Contents The Esther Rolle collection consists of photographs, awards, audio-visual, and printed materials that document the life and career of actress and dancer Esther Rolle. The collection contains materials that illustrate Esther Rolle’s work in multiple films and television shows such as Good Times, P.K. and the Kid, as well as Driving Miss Daisy. The collection includes multiple awards commemorating her achievements, including the NAACP Eighth Image Award (statuette) for Best Actress In A Series...