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Contains certificates, plaques, or objects dedicated to R. H. Gore, and to Paul and Jack Gore. The personal papers are arranged chronologically. Oversized materials have been separated.

Contains papers produced or gathered by R. H. Gore for his professional activities such as serving as the governor of Puerto Rico, and his real estate and hotel businesses, newspaper publishing, life insurance business, and orchid business. The professional papers are arranged chronologically. Oversized materials have been separated.

Contains Robert H. Gore Lawsuit files for the Governors Club Hotel construction case, the Bahia-Mar Suit case, and Port Everglades vs Edmund R. Burry. Oversized materials have been separated.

Contains R. H. Gore's correspondence with politicians, businessmen, and other individuals. Oversized materials have been separated.

Contains magazines, newspapers, or articles about R. H. Gore's life and career or samples of newspapers that belonged to him. The publications are arranged chronologically. Oversized materials have been separated.

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.