Collections : [AARLCC Special Collections]

The African American Success Foundation (AASF) collection contains administrative files, photographs, awards and printed materials documenting the operation and history of the organization. The collection also includes Board of Directors agendas and minutes, by-laws, articles of incorporation, Lydia Donaldson Tutts Jones Memorial research papers, photographs of the AASF summits, journals, newsletters, newspaper clippings, audio-visual materials, awards, and ephemera.

The Alcee Hastings Collection contains materials that document the career of Broward County lawyer, judge, and U.S. House of Representatives Congressman Alcee L. Hastings, such as photographs, printed materials, books, artwork, plaques, certificates, and award objects. The majority of the materials in the collection came from Congressman Hasting's congressional office.

The Alex Haley papers consists of manuscripts including those from his time with the Saturday Evening Post, Boy's Life Magazine and Kiwanis Magazine; correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, business files, awards, and other materials documenting Alex Haley's literary career. The papers also include fan mail during the popularity of the book and the subsequent television series "Roots", and photographs in Gambia.

The Audrey Peterman Collection documents the North Fork of the New River and development plans around the river in the 1990s and early 2000s. It contains oversize presentation boards with designs and photographs of the New River North Fork Master Plan dated 2003, a folder of materials related to the New River North Fork Initiative circa 1998-2000, one "Franklin Park Enhancement Plan" 1995, a folder of materials related to the Audubon Centers of Florida circa 2000, and newspaper clippings. The materials include plans and newspaper clippings discussing the development of the African American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC).

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 collection is comprised of Bobby G. Glenn's correspondence, awards and honors, newspaper clippings, Lieutenant uniform and hat, funeral program, and one photograph. Glenn served as Fort Lauderdale's first Black firefighter.

The Charles E. Barnes Collection contains personal papers, certificates, photographic reproductions, and a fireman's helmet belonging to Charles E. Barnes of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

A photograph of American gospel singer Mahalia Jackson by William Claxton entitled "Chicago 1961". The photograph is signed by the photographer, William Claxton, famous for his work worldwide, mostly music-related. The photograph was taken backstage at the Greater Salem Missionary Baptist Church, which Mahlia Jackson was a longtime member of in Chicago, Illinois.

The Clinton Mack Collection contains more than 290 images of the Black community in Pompano Beach taken during the 1930s. The photographs are primarily portraits of African-American and Bahamian men, women, children, and families, but there are also group photographs, images of parades, Masons, and church groups. The original negatives from the 1930s form the bulk of the collection, along with the original box they were stored in. The collection also includes materials from Bob Pool Jewelry and Photo, and materials documenting Kurt Mulder's efforts to preserve the images and identify the people in them.

The David Paulo Collection contains 70 digital photographs of Broward County landmarks taken by local photographer, David Paulo. The focus of Paulo's work is documenting buildings and landscapes in South Florida that are significant to culture and life of minority communities. Neighborhoods and cities that he documents include Sistrunk, Lauderhill, and Dania Beach. Since beginning the project in 2023, many of the sites that Paulo photographed have disappeared.