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Henry Nehrling was a horticulturist famous for his gardens in Gotha and Naples, Florida. These materials were collected by Michael Spencer because of his interest in botany and his links with Central Florida. Of particular interest are Nehrling's notebooks, correspondence, photographs and plant labels. The collection also contains a few materials, which belonged to Mr. Spencer concerning the attempts to save Nehrling's Palm Cottage Gardens.

Theodore Mead was a horticulturist who owned an orange grove in Eustis, Florida and developed a property in Oviedo, Florida to research and hybridize plants. The collection contains Mead's notebook and family correspondence, together with a brochure and news clipping about the founding of Mead Gardens in Winter Park, Florida.

The Michael E. Krauss Collection consists of personal papers, correspondence, writings, newsletters, newspapers, sound recordings, and ephemera related to the learning, study, and preservation of Celtic languages and cultures. Foreign language documents in the collection include those written in Cornish, French, Breton, Welsh, Japanese, German, Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx Gaelic. Research materials primarily focus on linguistics and philology in relation to Celtic languages. Also included are documents related to Irish and British publishing houses specializing in Celtic language materials, as well as cultural and linguistic preservation societies, including the International Committee for the Defense of the Breton language. In addition to this manuscript collection, Micheal Krauss donated several hundred volumes to the Anglo-Irish Collection, which is accessible through USF Special Collections. Additional monographs donated by Krauss are currently being cataloged.

Minnie L. Gatewood (1875-1944), who married a minister when she was 16 years old, kept diaries chronicling her life in Southwest Florida.  The five volumes of her diary at Florida Gulf Coast University cover her life from 1892 to 1900, and are a valuable resource for scholars of Florida history.  Mrs. Gatewood also kept a "Want Book"—mostly reflections on religious matters such as "Christian stewardship"—with the latest dated entry being from 1936.  The 5 volumes of her diary and her Want Book have been transcribed and digital versions available on FGCU's Digital Library.  FGCU has also prepared lists of names mentioned in the diaries to assist researchers. Mrs. Gatewood wrote mainly of her travels and family life, and her role as a minister's wife.  Her husband, the Rev. George W. Gatewood (1862-1947), was an influential figure in Southwest Florida during his day.  The Gatewoods and their children either lived in or travelled to cities ranging as far south as Key West and as far north as Leesburg.  FGCU also owns a copy of Rev. Gatewood's book, On Florida's Coconut Coasts, which was published in 1944.  Their granddaughter, Hazel Hoffman Wall, donated a copy of her 2006 autobiography, Cracker Girl; A Love Story, in which she writes about her family, including the older Gatewoods.