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The Collection of Ralph Renick includes correspondence, trip reports, programs, invitations, newspapers, bills, photographs, clippings, handbook, certificates, directories, passports, speeches, notebooks, maps, tapes. This collection contains materials regarding the life and career of Ralph Renick. Subjects covered by the collection include Los Angeles, China, D-Day, England, Florida Broadcast Pioneers, Florida International University, France, Governor Bob Graham, Greater Miami Jewish Federation, gun control, Israel, Italy, Miami Press Club, Russia, Orient Express, Salvation Army, Secom Foundation, Statue of Liberty, Tallahassee, University of Florida, University of Miami, University of South Florida, World Media Association, Challenger, Miami, Key Club, Tom Brokaw, CBS, NBC, faculty, Dallas, viewer attitudes research, television history, television news, Volkswagen, Pennsylvania State University, Hispanic journalism, Mercy Hospital, riots, Jacksonville, Florida Senate, senior citizens, Iran oil platform, Key West, prayer, Sierra Club, Dean Junior College commencement, Florida Motion Picture and TV Association, hurricanes broadcast, map of Miami, Astronauts Memorial Foundation, journalism education in Central America, governor campaign materials, lottery, Margate, Florida, soldiers, Carnival Cruise Lines, Sons of the American Revolution, John F. Kennedy, map of the USSR, United Cerebral Palsy of Miami, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Papanicolauo Cancer Research Institute, Boy Scouts, and Gerald Ford.

The Ramiro Casanas Collection provides a look into the Casanas Family's longtime passion for collecting. The collection's primary focus is on pieces that document Cuban history during the nineteenth and twentieth century. It features Cuban artwork, handwritten poetry, cigar boxes, periodicals, and sports paraphernalia. Also included are artifacts from around the world, such as international banknotes, political ephemera, maps, and photographs.

The Ramona Cruikshank Beard Scrapbook contains programs, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other items related to her years as a professor in the Music Department at Florida State University.

This collection contains a series of documents pertaining to Colonel Raymond Lester and his wife Eunice E. Barrett. The collection contains Raymond Lester's Retirement Order from Lockbourne Air Force Base and a Report of Discharge from his service in the Air Force. There is also as a letter of gratitude from the Office of the Commander when he retired from the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force and the U.S. Army Air Corp as a pilot in World War II. Also included in the collection is a Certificate of Service and Report of Separation document for Eunice Barrett, from her time in the Army.

This collection is related to Raymond Lucitt. The collection contains booklets: Air Raid Warden Manual, Newark Defense Council, Red Cross First Aid Book, 1941 War Department Soldier's Manual, 1917 Soldier's French Course Book. In addition to Lucitt's Selective Service papers, this collection includes content about what a GI might have carried on a daily basis. Well-worn papers include a Soldiers' Deposit Receipt, Notice of Classification, Army Exchange Service Ration Card European Theater of Operation United States Army (ETOUSA), leave permission slip, Army Exchange Ration Card, Meal Ticket, pay stub, United States Army 16 mm Projection Operators Permit. Also included are an air raid warden's pocket "Summary of Chemical Warfare Agents," and "Pocket Notes on Identification of German Units" dated January 1941, and an Individual Equipment List from Fort McClellan.