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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 Al Starts Collections documents the business enterprises of Captain Al Starts and the history of Jungle Queen River Cruises, Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It also has information about tourism in Seminole reservations and the later career of actor Johnny Weismuller. The collection includes musical instruments, patent models, a lawn mower, a washing machine, audio recordings (66 1/4 inch audio reel-to-reel tapes and 7 45rpm vinyl record albums), artwork, blueprints, Captain's hat, a smoking pipe, photographs, scrapbooks, pamphlets, fliers, postcards, correspondence, newspaper clippings, videos, and magazines. The materials date roughly from the 1940s to the 1970s.

The Anthony Rotante Collection contains books on Blues and Jazz as well as vinyl record albums, CDs, audiocassette tapes, and clippings.

The Charles Norman Mills Collection contains audiocassette tapes, CDs, vinyl record albums, musical instruments, and books related to the art and music of the Harlem Renaissance collected by Harlem-born artist Charles Norman Mills (1920-2009). It also contains several pieces of Mills' artworks.

The Eric Jon Rawlins Collection consists of personal and professional papers of librarian Eric Jon Rawlins. Materials include correspondence to and from Eric Jon Rawlins, certificates, his funeral program, newspaper clippings, personal and professional photographs of Eric Jon Rawlins, Broward County Library brochures, and bookmarks.