Collections : [Broward County Historical Archives]

2 Programs for the Andrews Avenue Bridge Dedication Ceremony. 1 Photograph of Samuel Walter Letson, Commodore Brook's Brother with eight fish. 1 Photograph of the Andrews Avenue Bridge.

The J. W. "Bill" Stevens Collection contains photographs, correspondence, printed material and clippings documenting James Williams (J. W. "Bill") Stevens's career as mayor of Oakland Park, Florida as well as his tenure as state senator. Personal photographs and correspondence are also included in the collection.

The Arthur "Red" Sweeny Collection contains photographs, awards, certificates, and correspondence documenting Coach Arthur "Red" Sweeney.

The Easter Lily Gates Collection contains correspondence, photographs, printed materials, maps, prayer books, awards, political and election materials documenting the professional and personal life of Easter Lily Gates.

The Boyd family collection contains correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks and awards from the Boyd family. Family papers include those from Gertrude A. Boyd, Catherine Boyd Fahrion and Alice Boyd Stevens.

The Robert H. Gore Papers contains papers documenting Gore's career as Governor of Puerto Rico, newspaper publisher, real estate developer, and other secondary activities. The series of photographs and correspondence show Gore's relationship with American politicians like Franklin D. Roosevelt and others. The newspapers and scrapbooks document his entrepreneurial and political career. They include editorials that Gore wrote during World War II, transcripts of interviews, and various biographical articles. It is a good source to study his points of view and opinions about national interests as well as the development of South Florida.

The John U. Lloyd Collection contains photographs and ephemera collected by Broward County attorney John Umstead Lloyd. Photographs include a portrait of John U. Lloyd, Broward County Board of Commissioners, U.S. highway tunnel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and an aerial view of Wilton Manors.

The Jeanne Yon Broward County General Council Documents contains Broward County government pamphlets, and newspapers.

Newspaper clippings, sheet music, poems, lyrics.

The Denis Lomax collection consists of photographs, photograph negatives, scrapbooks, printed materials, correspondence and writings that document the lives of filmmakers Leila Roosevelt and Armand Denis as well as their families. The collection contains materials related to Leila Roosevelt's parents, filmmaker, entrepreneur and sportsman Cornelius Louis André Roosevelt (Andre Roosevelt), as well as architect and artist Adelheid Lange Roosevelt. The collection highlights Leila Roosevelt and Armand Denis's travels and film productions such as the documentary film based on the Democratic Republic of the Congo entitled Dark Rapture (Magie Africaine) (1938) and a film based in Bali, Indonesia entitled Goona Goona (Love Powder) (1932). Materials documenting the Anthropoid Ape Research foundation in Dania Beach, Florida, founded by Leila Roosevelt and Armand Denis, along with personal papers of their families are also included in this collection.