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The subseries contains documents regarding former library directors. Lynn Walker served as the first director from 1966-1982. Anne Marie Allison took the role as Library Director from 1983-1996. Barry Barker was the director from 1997-2019. In 2021, the Library Director position was elevated to a Dean of Libraries position. Beau Case was the inaugural Dean of Libraries. From former director Walker there are photographs in box 8 that show (left to right) Arthur L. Ketchersid (Chief of Technical Services), L.W. Walker (Director of Instructional Resources), and Geraldine Snellings (Acquisitions Librarian) in 1967 at the FTU Library. Other materials included are budgeting, blueprints, cataloging, monthly reports, and other departmental activities. Under the Allison subseries, the LaBrake Project was to gather statistics from every state and their universities. This project was coordinated by the Statistics for College and University Libraries Committee, a division of the American Library Association.

This series contains postcards, brochures, flyers, presskits, visitor's guides, maps, and other tourist papers related to theme parks and attractions in the state of Florida. Subseries 1 chiefly contains postcards organized alphabetically by city location, then by subject. Subseries 2 contains postcards from established tourist attractions, arranged alphabetically in boxes and binder sleeves as they were originally received. Subseries 3 contains vertical files of various Florida attractions in original order. Subseries 4 contains brochures and presskits, arranged alphabetically. This series does not contain material for the Walt Disney World resort, which can be found in Series II.

This box contains documents from 1, and 1A

This box contains documents from 2, and 2A

This series contains collected postcards, brochures, and tourist papers related to theme parks and attractions outside of the state of Florida. Subseries 1 contains vertical files of various American attractions in original order. Subseries 2 and 3 are arranged by like item, then alphabetically. Also of interest is the Disney subseries, which contains records relating to Walt Disney World and Disneyland, as well as financial reports for the Walt Disney Company. The AAA subseries contains guidebooks for the state of Florida and beyond, as well as a number of Rand McNally guides.

Series I contains correspondence, reports, maps and related materials documenting the original plans for the university. General planning documents begin the series followed by specific materials relating to the choice of site. Photographs of participants in a planning conference including J. Broward Culpepper, first Chancellor of the Board of Regents, and Albert F. Siefert, Deputy Director of Kennedy Space Center, and separate images of personnel including Director of University Planning, Richard E. Neel may also be found here.