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The collection of Fannie Ushkow consists of manuscript music, print music, personal songbooks, personal papers, programs, and pictures relating to his professional life as a cantor. Music books have been cataloged and relocated to Rare Books. Audio recordings have been relocated to Judaica Sound Archives. Pianist and vocalist Fannie Ushkow held a master's degree in music and was a devoted member of Hadassah.  She created several original musical-theatre programs for their events and also published television programs for local South Florida public television. For 13+ years, Fannie Ushkow was devoted to directing the Melodears choral group at her home in Century Village in West Palm Beach.

The Fannin Funeral Home Collection contains two funeral record books of the Fannin Funeral Home in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The first record book covers February 1930 to September 26, 1934 and the second record book covers September 28, 1934 to May 17, 1938.

This collection primarily contains published monographs and pamphlets of sermons delivered by Father Coughlin between 1932 and 1936.  Writings by Coughlin on social and economic justice are also included, in addition to printed fundraising correspondence, application and pledge forms for the National Union for Social Justice, and postcards featuring the Shrine of the Little Flower.