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The collection documents the civic, political, and environmental activism of Helen Ferris, a long-time Fort Lauderdale resident and noted watchdog of Port Everglades. Materials reflect Ferris's extensive engagement with issues of public governance, environmental stewardship, and community advocacy from the mid 1970s through the early 2000s. Much of the collection highlights industrial activities and development projects proposed or undertaken at Port Everglades during this period, including a wastewater treatment plant, sludge plant, waste incinerator facility, asphalt plant, scrap metal recycling plant, and a proposed pipeline across Central Florida.

The Helen Landers Collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and multiple editions of the "Flying L" newspaper for Fort Lauderdale High School from 1926-1927 and 1938. It includes four photgraphs circa 1946 of Fern Hall School children on the beach, and four panoramic photographs of construction on Brickell Avenue in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Publicity distributed by Hemmer and Yates, local advertising firm, depicting Pensacola traditions and Employment records, 1885-1946, of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

Contains proposals, correspondence, title search reports, tax information, affidavits and pictures of the renovation of the hospital.

This collection relates to Henry Fremont Blake who served in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater as a Store Keeper 2nd Class during World War II aboard the U.S.S. Tyrrell (AKA-80).  The collection includes personal items and artifacts.

The Henry G. Alsberg and Dora Thea Hettwer Collection includes letters sent from 1935 to 1968 between Federal Writers' Project Director Henry G. Alsberg and his secretary, Dora Thea Hettwer. Also included are original telephone transcripts from 1935-1936 of conversations between Federal Writers' Project staff and administration.