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The collection contains memorabilia and ephemera, including a scrapbook and photo album, related to FSCW.

The Mary Sue Tary Collection contains brochures, the 1926-1928 diary of John Edwin Johnson, glasses from the Kapok Tree restaraunt (circa 1970s-1980s), photographs, a 1927 Fort Lauderdale High School yearbook, and a 1940s scrapbook. The brochures incldue a 1926 developer brochure for Wilton Manors and a 1930s tourism brochure, "The Tropical Wonderland-Fort Lauderdale, Florida."

Mary Theresa Kraus, a nurse in the Foreign Service Volunteer Corps, served in both India and China during World War II. She accumulated a personal collection of photographs and letters during the war. Documents include letters written to Kraus' parents between October 1942 and November 1945. Also included are a series of photographs of India and China, as well as press clippings Kraus sent home about the American campaign in China. In addition, the collection includes Chinese paper money and Kraus' Army registration.

Personal papers, 1934-1980, of Ernest Mason (1904-1983) including correspondence, case files, circuit court opinions, biographical information, committee files, and other papers concerning his activities on the Florida Bar, as a circuit judge, and as a senior judge of the Court of Record, Escambia County, Florida. Key subjects and topics include Edward Ball, the Circuit Judges Conference (1971-1976), the Escambia County Law Library, the First Presbyterian Church, the National Tuberculosis and Health Association (1952-1973), and the Okaloosa County Circuit Court (1965-1977).

Maxine Newlander served as a U.S. Navy nurse during World War II. Serving in the United States as well as in Guam, Newlander wrote almost daily to her family back home describing her experiences in the Navy and the nature of her work. In letters she sent home to her family during the war, she describes her social life on the island of Guam, her life as a Navy Nurse, and her longing for the war to be over. The letters span from 1944 to 1945. The photographs illustrate Maxine Newlander's life in the Navy.