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This collection relates to Dr. John "Jack" J. O'Leary Sr. and Jr. Both men served in U.S. Navy during World War II, with Dr. O'Leary Senior working as Examining Physician. This collection contains various group photographs of Dr. O'Leary in various honor societies, military certificates for both Dr. O'Leary Senior and Jr., a framed portrait of Dr. O'Leary Jr., and a forty-eight-star flag.

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.

This collection pertains to Oliver "Bud" Anderson who served as a Ship Fitter Second Class aboard the USS Clifton (IX-184) during World War II. The collection contains letters Anderson sent to his mother, father, and brother Nolan while stationed in various locations in the United States, Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan. Anderson's letters discuss mail, his high school sweetheart, Indigenous peoples, weather, entertainment, a furlough, rationing, and training. His government documents, several menus, and reflections from 2000 on his war experiences are also included. The collection also includes letters Anderson's brother-in-law, Boyd "Gene" Paradis, sent to his mother-in-law (Anderson's mother). Paradis was a decorated sergeant in the 158th Regimental Combat Team (the Bushmasters).

This collection relates to ornithologist Oliver Luther Austin and includes 3 boxes of colored photographic slides most of which were taken in various locations around Japan. The majority of slides depict Japanese buildings, cultural events, and everyday life. In addition, there is a oral history from Anthony Austin, Oliver Luther Austin's son detailing his experiences living in Japan during the U.S. occupation.

The materials in the Omer E. Englehart collection document activities of a U.S. Army Air Forces Corporal who served in the European theater during World War II. This collection consists of an extensive compilation of personal correspondence between Omer E. Englehart and his family, friends from home, and friends from abroad between the predominant dates of 1940 to 1947. The collection also includes, various copies of newspapers regarding military happenings, original wartime books, training pamphlets and booklets for the U.S. Army Air Corps, travel guides, original photographs and postcards depicting life on base as well as Omer E. Englehart's personal travels while deployed, three 78 rpm voicegrams, wartime ration booklets, both U.S. and German Air Force military clothing, road maps, and church related material for the Methodist Church.