The University of South Florida at Fort Myers collection covers USF Foundation records pertaining to the USF satellite campus in Fort Myers that held classes from when it was first founded in 1974 (though it was not until 1980 that permanent buildings were built) until 1997, when it was relinquished due to the establishing of Florida's tenth public university, Florida Gulf Coast University. Records consist primarily of internal documents, but press and marketing materials are also present.