Collections : [AARLCC Special Collections]

The Ellyn F. Walters Collection contains correspondence, professional papers, programs, photographs, awards, objects, and a scrapbook belonging to Ellyn F. Walters of Fort Lauderdale, Florida during her service as a teacher, fundraiser, and community leader.

The collection contains personal and professional papers of Julie Hunter. Materials include correspondence to and from Julie Hunter, professional papers documenting her career at the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, African American Research Library and Cultural Center, and Broward County Library, photographs, notes, certificates, plaques, newspaper clippings, audio-visual materials, and one framed poster.

The Sunland Park Library scrapbook documents the early history of the first municipal library open to Fort Lauderdale's Black residents located at 1449 NW 9th Street. The scrapbook dates from 1953 to 1956 and contains an invitation and program documenting the library's opening, newspaper clippings about the activities and history of the Sunland Park library branch, a photograph of a storytime program at the library, an essay, and circulation statistics. The newspaper clippings include photographs of Mary Lou Barner and the interior and exterior of the branch, as well as the dedication ceremony.

The collection Von D. Mizell Library Collection contains materials documenting the activities and history of the Von D. Mizell Library, one of the original branches in 1974 of the Broward County Library system, as well as the Fort Lauderdale city library system that preceeded it. The materials are comprised of photographs, photo slides, negatives, printed negatives, forms with monthly statistics, financial documents, social outreach documents, brochures for events, newspaper articles, and a printed history of the Mizell Library. It also includes a small part of the original book collection from the Von D. Mizell Library, as well as artwork that hung in the library building.