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Series I contains periodicals about the space program, as well as issues of major periodicals that referenced the different aspects of the program in French, Italian and Russian in addition to English. Periodicals include the Navy periodical, All Hands, as well as the Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin and Our Navy at War. Articles related to the space program can be found in issues of Time and Newsweek, as well as numerous issues of LIFE Magazine. Major headlines include the Gemini mission, the lunar module landing and numerous articles regarding astronauts. This series also includes special edition newspaper articles from the Orlando Sentinel and South Bend Tribune related to the lunar module landing.

Series II holds letters, photographs, writings and memorabilia that provide insight into Julian and Margaret Nally's families and interests. Correspondence with Julian Nally's parents contains incoming and outgoing letters. Curios and artifacts holds information about items that belonged to the Nally family. Julian's diary is typewritten and is in good order for the first four years before becoming disorganized. Incoming letters contain both personal letters and those from philatelists selling stamps. Nally lectured on books especially in a series at Rollins College. The Library folder contains information about his book purchases. A subseries is devoted entirely to Margaret Nally including photographs of her with her first husband, Ray Scudder. The file designated as Scudder family photographs may in fact be Austin family. News Clippings document Julian Nally's community activities. Photographs show family and friends, such as, his sister Mary Lee with her husband. Several images show the interior of Nally home in New York. Onie Monroe, a household employee is shown with his family, and several photographs show Edward Nally including a small framed image. Photographs of Julian Nally show him at various ages and those with Margaret often show them with other individuals. Postcards were clearly kept for their images and show a variety of places presumably visited by Nally. He wrote not only on botanical matters but also poetry and short stories, and examples of his work may be found in this series.

Series III: Personal, 1943-1982 consists of objects and photographs that were the personal effects of Scott H. Simpkinson. These objects include materials from his office, such as plaques and other wall hangings. Of special interest in this series is Simpkinson's NASA crew jacket and a large photo collage signed by many of his colleagues at NASA.

The Personal Certificates series includes four certificates. Two certificates honor the City of Fort Lauderdale Pioneership in 1954 and 1961. The additional two certificates were awarded to Mrs. Mattie Baker, Harry Elmo Baker's mother, for teaching first grade in 1915 and 1923. The series is organized in alphabetical order by title.