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Journal reprints of scholarly writings by leading marine biologists regarding crustaceans. A very large group of invertebrates, comprising of almost 52,000 described species, crustaceans include various familiar animals, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The majority of them are aquatic, living in either marine or freshwater environments, but a few groups have adapted to life on land, such as terrestrial crabs, terrestrial hermit crabs and woodlice.

This collection contains documents, momentos and manuscripts about Jose De la Puente.

The collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal documents, including land indentures, Seminole War affidavits and real estate records.  Also included are papers from such organizations as the Sons & Daughters of the Territory of Florida, the Florida Indian War Claim Commission, and the United Confederate Veterans.  Assorted collection items include receipts, postcards, histories, journals, and scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings of the column Pioneer Florida.

Typed copies of letters and documents originating in Tallahassee, Leon County and Newnansville, Alachua County, Florida, and Paris, France pertain to land grants of General Lafayette and "grant land for the seat of government in the territory of Florida.

The Deicke Collection of Books on Rare Tropical Fruits and Vegetables contains more than 150 titles by leading horticulturalists on gardening, fruits and vegetables, and plants common to Florida and the tropics. Books from this collection are searchable in the Broward County Library Catalog with the prefix "DEICKE".