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 Edith Lewis Collection contains 128 glass-plate negatives and print copies of the negatives taken by professional photographer William V. B. Mullikin who was active in Fort Lauderdale from 1914 to 1940. The collection also contains materials documenting the Fort Lauderdale William C. Morris American Legion Post 36 and American Legion Auxiliary, such as scrapbooks dating from 1926 to 1971 and a shirt. The photographs in the collection mostly are portraits of local men, women, children, and families, and also include a few images of graves and local buildings such as the Central School (built 1915) which later became Fort Lauderdale High School. Also included are six pictures of fishermen with fish from the Vreeland charter boat company.
The Ivan and Frances Austin Collection contains photographs documenting Ivan Austin's high school years, his military career, his service in the local community, and early recreational activities in Fort Lauderdale.
This collection contains original silhouette and sketch works of art by Wisdom, works published in newspapers, and the rough draft and final copy of his unpublished manuscript, Around The World On Scissors. It also contains several volumes of Wisdom's diaries and handwritten observations of his life, as well as photographs of Wisdom.
Robert H. Gore Papers, 1929-19895 Hollinger Boxes1 Flat File Drawer6.25 Linear Feet (4 Hollinger boxes, 1 tall Hollinger box, 1 flat file)
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The Robert H. Gore Papers contains papers documenting Gore's career as Governor of Puerto Rico, newspaper publisher, real estate developer, and other secondary activities. The series of photographs and correspondence show Gore's relationship with American politicians like Franklin D. Roosevelt and others. The newspapers and scrapbooks document his entrepreneurial and political career. They include editorials that Gore wrote during World War II, transcripts of interviews, and various biographical articles. It is a good source to study his points of view and opinions about national interests as well as the development of South Florida.
The Rob Rollins collection contains 306 photographs in Hollywood, Florida from 1930 to 1949. Photographs include individuals, groups, buildings, homes, landscapes, cemeteries, and Hollywood Maid Bakery.
The William L. Barwick Collection contains photographs of Broward County documenting 1926 and 1947 hurricanes. Also, the collection includes portraits and pictures of buildings, streets, and boats in Fort Lauderdale and Broward County locations.
