Collections

The 1947 Flood Collection contains 7 photographs of downtown Fort Lauderdale affected by floods caused by hurricanes.

The Anthony Kozla Collection contains 469 photographs Anthony Kozla took during his professional life and personal activities. These photographs include portraits of groups, individuals, and national and local celebrities. They are also a good source for documenting Fort Lauderdale's local life from the 1930s to the mid-1950s through events, pictures of local communities, and recreational activities. The Anthony Kozla Collection also helps understand the evolution of Fort Lauderdale and Broward County's urban development with 101 aerial views and photographs of buildings and streets.

The Barbara Carter Collection contains papers and 27 photographs related to life in Florida during the 1940s through the 1960s. Photographs include images of Black people, Zeta Phi Beta sorority, a meeting of the Interdenominational Choirs' Union of Fort Lauderdale, and flooding in downtown Fort Lauderdale during the October 1947 hurricane.

The Betty Cobb Collection contains 11 photographs of the 1947 flood, the 1948 edition of Moninger's Guide to Fort Lauderdale, and menus for The Turf Cocktail Lounge.

Correspondence from citrus grower Charles L. Warren, of Fellsmere, Florida, to his sisters. The bulk of the letters discuss the Okeechobee Hurricane and its damage, with one of the letters including a twig from Warren's destroyed fruit crop.

The Clyde Brown Collection contains 55 photographs of Fort Lauderdale, Hallandale, and Hollywood, Florida from 1915 to the 1940s.

The Frank Conlon collection contains photographic reproductions of photographs and booklets documenting the 1926 Hurricane and the Hollywood Hotel.

The Giles Photograph Collection contains 6 photographic postcards. Five are panoramic postcards that depict the destruction of Miami in the wake of the 1926 hurricane. The sixth postcard is a picture of the Hollywood Marimba band circa 1925-1926.

The Graham Family Collection contains personal papers, photographs, and postcards belonging to the Graham family of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Photographs depict Arthur A. Graham's home, 1926 hurricane, buildings, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and South Florida beaches. Personal papers include methodist church pamphlets, Arthur A. Graham's obituary, and military records of Francis "Sam" Graham. The collection also contains Sam Graham's WWII Army helmet.