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This collection contains assorted over-sized illustrations and graphics for a number of topics not related to Florida history.

The materials in this collection reflect the history of the Festval of Fine Arts. Included are playbills, photographs, and other ephemera related to the production of these programs. Some biographical information for guest artists is included.

Personal items of Florida State College for Women student Florence Gregory (B.A. Sociology, 1940) and Florida State University (M.S., Social Work, 1962). Items includes photographs, scrapbooks, and other ephemera related to her years as a student at FSCW/FSU.

The Jewell Genevieve Cooper Scrapbook chronicles her years as a student at Florida State College for Women, from 1924 to 1930. The scrapbook contains many rare photographs offering a unique insight into student life during the 1930s.

The Marion Laura Stine Collection consists of one photograph album, and one scrapbook.

The materials in this collection reflect Mr. Wolfson's interest in the arts. The materials primarily consist of playbills, showbills, and programs from plays, operas, and musical performances in Europe, the U.S. (including South Florida), Asia, and Oceana.

The collection features items relating to clubs and organizations that Peggy Barker Teague was involved with during her years at Florida State College for Women, especially the Spirogira honor society, Tarpon Club, and the College Government Association. This includes newspaper clippings, ephemeral documents, and two scrapbooks containing similar documents and items. The largest item is a pillow with the Spirogira skull and cross bones.

The collection contains framed playbills, production prints, and a notable 1942 "Casablanca" film postcard, representing both historical and cultural contexts within theatrical and cinematic arts. It documents professional and local performances, including Broadway and regional productions showcased at or collected by Broward College's Bailey Hall. The materials reflect the diversity of performing arts experiences accessible to Broward students and the public over the decades.

This collection consists primarily of photocopies of revised versions of Ms. Demarest's play The Empty House, with manuscript annotations/revisions. Accompanying the play revisions is a letter from Ms. Demarest to Nancy Cole dated March 27, 1981 and a letter from Nancy Cole to "Donna" relative to the disposition of the Demarest items, and a memo from "Charlyne" in the USF Theatre Department transmitting the Demarest materials to USF Special Collections. Also present in the collection are an illustrated brochure about a performance by Ms. Demarest of The Empty House, issued by the Department of Sacred Arts, Chicago, ca. 1934; a printed copy of Ms. Demarest's play My Son Jesus (St. Petersburg, Florida, 1979), and a brochure advertising dramatic readings of the play by Ms. Demarest (ca. 1980).