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The Arthur Letson Collection contains sixty photographs and one newspaper clipping collected by the Letson family of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Photographs include individual and group portraits from the Letson, Quick, Mahan, and Moore families, friends and associates of Fred Moore, Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge and Bridgehouse, and geographic areas such as the Altanitc Coastal Waterway, Fort Lauderdale, and Dania Beach.

The Charles Rodes Collection contains photographs of Charles G. Rodes, his friends and family. The collection also comprises postcards collected by the family and feature Charles Rodes, Jr., Rodes Hotel, and the Rodes residence.

The Floyd Pyles Collection contains personal papers, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and awards belonging to Floyd Pyles, who worked for the Sun Sentinel and the Fort Lauderdale Daily News, eventually becoming Vice President of Gore Newspaper Company. Photographs depict the Pyles family, Fort Lauderdale, the 1926 hurricane, and Park Temple Methodist Church. The collection also includes the "Pyles Prattle" newsletter produced by Floyd Pyles.

The George Allen collection contains materials documenting the professional and personal life of Florida attorney and civil rights activist W. George Allen, whose work led to the desegregation of the Broward County Schools in 1970. The materials in the collectino date from 1943 to 2013, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1970 to 2013.

The Graham Family Collection contains personal papers, photographs, and postcards belonging to the Graham family of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Photographs depict Arthur A. Graham's home, 1926 hurricane, buildings, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and South Florida beaches. Personal papers include methodist church pamphlets, Arthur A. Graham's obituary, and military records of Francis "Sam" Graham. The collection also contains Sam Graham's WWII Army helmet.

The Harry Elmo Baker Collection contains photographs, certificates, adn other printed materials documenting the lives of Baker family members, the early days of Fort Lauderdale and Miami, and the aftermath of the 1926 hurricane.

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.

The Herman Riediger and Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel Collection contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, advertisements, magazines, printed materials, certificates, programs, 1 cookbook written by Hermann Riediger, Pompano High School yearbooks, and objects. Materials document Hermann Riediger as the Food and Beverage Control Manager at the Lauderdale Beach Hotel and his daughter, Kathryn Riediger Heinley.