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The Oleta (Williams) Dunworth Collection documents the produce shipping industry in Fort Lauderdale during the 1910s and 1920s, as well as various places in Fort Lauderdale and Broward County. The collection contains the donor's detailed descriptions of some of the materials, which include her memories and stories told by her father of the produce industry during the 1910s through the 1930s. The collection also contains images and ephemera related to the Gilbert Hotel, where produce buyers often stayed.

The Olga Larson Collection contains items related to her years as a student and a mathematics professor at Florida State College for Women including correspondences, certificates, and personal documents.

The Olin Norwood collection consists chiefly of holograph French documents and correspondence, but there are also a variety of other materials, such as British, American, German and Belgian holograph, typed and printed correspondence and historical materials, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, pictures, and other materials. The materials in this collection cover topics such as the American Civil War and World War II, military issues such as the Battle of Kings Mountain or the bombardment of cities. Other materials discuss searching and seizing foreign vessels, people fleeing their country, slavery and the sale of enslaved peoples in areas such as South Carolina, and the collection also contains materials on poets and there is a picture from the world premiere of Gone with the wind.