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The Paul K. Dougherty Collection includes photographs, documents, and various artifacts Dougherty obtained while in Germany. His collection contains rare original German propaganda publications such as Deutschland Erwach and Adolf Hitler. Also included in the collection is a personal photograph album that belonged to Nazi official and founder of the anti-Semitic newspaper Der Stürmer, Julius Streicher. Other items included are Nazi Party flags/fabrics, Paul K. Dougherty's camera, and camera accessories.

This collection contains papers from Paul W. Danahy, Jr.'s extensive career in public service, covering his legislative career (1966-1974), his service as Executive Director of the Local Government Study Commission (1963-1964), as attorney for the local legislative delegation (1959; 1964-1965), and as a judge both in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (1975-1977) and the Second District Court of Appeals (1977-1990). The collection was donated to USF with the intention of complementing the collections of T. Terrell Sessums and Louis de la Parte, and covers the period in Florida history where political power began to shift from its rural to its urban areas. It documents the attempts to reform and improve the structure and services of Hillsborough County's local governments during urbanization, as well as the effects stemming from the constitutional changes Florida underwent during this same time.

This collection contains the personal materials of Paul C. Wimbish, a notable South Florida realtor based in Miami. Paul was very active in bringing Spanish language courses to Dade County Schools. He was a graduate of the University of Miami and the Univeristy of North Carolina, and worked for both PanAmerican and NBC before going into real estate.