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Personal, business and family correspondence, books, business records (account books), and writing materials of George R. Fairbanks. This collection contains 1473 original material items, as well as 567 items which are copies of original materials. The collection contains biographical sketches of George Rainsford Fairbanks and his family history, his will, papers about personal matters, the Civil War, St. Augustine before and during the war, sale of enslaved peoples, photographs of Fairbanks, Charles Locke Beard, Charles Massey, and sketches of places such as a church in Palatka, Florida. There is a great deal of Civil War correspondence, including persons such as Senator David Levy Yulee and James Ormond.

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.