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School journal or diary kept by H. F. Foster while attending Normal School at Oswego in 1876; includes comments on lessons and family information; with related photographs.

Microfilm of the fonds des colonies serie C13A, Volumes 1-53, covering French occupation of North America, 1694-1819. Filmed as part of the Louisiana Colonial Records Project in 1980, the C13A series covers reports, letters, maps, and other materials on the French settlement and colonization of Louisiana, West Florida, Pensacola, the upper Mississippi River Valley, the Illinois Territory, Canada and other areas of North America. The size of this research archives is beyond the scope of this Guide to describe, but there is considerable data on settlements, Indians, transportation, forts, shipwrecks, battles and war, Jesuit activity, troop movements, and more. Most materials are in French language.

Personal papers, consisting of manuscript letters of the Clifford family in Pensacola (1846-1863), photographs, and photocopies of genealogical research (1946-1978) on the Clifford and Fell families of Pensacola as well as related area families and the Cliffords of Edgecomb, Maine. Includes research on the Pensacola Light House (1824-1978) and lighthouse keeper George T. Clifford.

The Justice R. Fred Lewis Florida Supreme Court Papers highlight his career on the Florida Supreme Court from 1998 to 2018 when he retired. The collection consists of the following series arranged chronologically and then alphabetically: 2000 Election, 2004 Election, Case Logs, Committees, Correspondence, Financial, Florida Court Education Council, Opinions, and Personal Artefacts. The latter category includes awards Justice Lewis received. Correspondence and court documents provide an insight into the day-to-day operations of a state supreme court. Of special interest are the files, newspapers articles, and correspondence surrounding the 2000 presidential election, ballot recounts, Florida Supreme Court Rulings, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Additional documents highlight Justice Lewis's activities with the Justice Teaching Institute, the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, several professional organizations, and his dedication to making court access equitable for people with disabilities.

The collection contains two scrapbooks created by Katherine Rankin. The first scrapbook contains scholarship letters, commencement programs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera related to her time at FSC. This includes items related to her involvement with Alpha Chi Omega. The second scrapbook contains poetry and interpretations she enjoyed.

The materials in this collection appear to have been curated for a choral reunion that took place in the spring of 2003. Materials date from as early as 1937 to as late as 1997. The Southern College Newspaper, music, and photos make up the bulk of the materials.

These materials have been arranged in as logical order as possible. There was no discernable order prior to processing as the materials had been housed and rehoused several times since they were donated. The series reflect the subject's involvement in academia, the Methodist Church, the American Civil Rights Movement, and criminal justice reform. Although there are materials in this collection from as early as 1931 and as late as 1981, the bulk of the materials cover a time period of the 1940s through the 1970s. The Africa series contains notes, photographs, postcards, correspondence and other documents related to the subject's involvement in Methodist missionary work and education efforts in Africa, specifically Southern Rhodesia/Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). The Criminal Justice Reform series contains documents related to the subject's interest and work in criminal justice reform, specifically social restoration and rehabilitation. The Lecture Notes series contains notes and lecture materials used in the subject's work as a university professor. The Publications and Papers series contains book and article reviews published by the subject; academic papers and articles authored by the subject; and manuscript notes. The Sermons and Speeches series contains religious and secular addresses made by the subject over the course of his career.

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other materials concerning Lieutenant Marston of Pensacola who was killed in action with the Allied Expeditionary Forces in France, July 1918. Correspondents include Lois Mayes, Frank Allen Patillo, and Duncan Fletcher. Also includes papers concerning naming of American Legion post in Pensacola after Marston and on Mrs. Marston's trip to France to the American cemeteries in 1931. Additional items include materials on the death of Pensacola merchant Frank Marston and glass lantern slides of Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Paraguay, and the Danish West Indies.

Personal papers and photographs (1913-1965) covering her education at Pensacola High School (1913-1917) and at Duke University (1937), her activities in Campfire Girls, and as a missionary in Argentina for the Southern Baptist Convention (1922-1926), and literary manuscripts of her work as a poet.  Other materials include Pensacola High School memorabilia (1920-1922) of Mary Louise Davis, and records of her father Charles T. Davis and his patent medicine business (Davis Remedy manufactured in Pensacola), as well as numerous family photographs.

Personal papers, including publications, citations, and photographs, reflecting personal and military career interests. Subjects include Nantucket, Massachusetts, Lenin, World War II, and General Westmorelard.