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.
