Collections

Records, 1972-2000, of the Pilot Club of Greater Pensacola, a service club. Includes awards and certificates, newsletters, yearbooks, and other materials noting the club's history, fund-raising activities, and service programs, such as Hurricane Opal counseling, Epilepsy Services of Northwest Florida, and recycling in Escambia County.

The collection contains framed playbills, production prints, and a notable 1942 "Casablanca" film postcard, representing both historical and cultural contexts within theatrical and cinematic arts. It documents professional and local performances, including Broadway and regional productions showcased at or collected by Broward College's Bailey Hall. The materials reflect the diversity of performing arts experiences accessible to Broward students and the public over the decades.

This collection entails bargaining agreements, contracts, and complaints between the state and local police officers of Florida involving the Florida Police Benevolent Association, one of many labor unions involving police officers. Additionally, in this collection are listed manuals and demands during collective bargaining negotiations to ensure all police officers received fair pay, benefits, and pension.

The Porecki Collection is named after Daniel and Mary Alice Porecki, whose love for live plants inspired a passion for collecting orchid-related treasures.

This record group contains materials produced and used by the Florida Southern College Public Relations Department and its predecessors. Materials include photographs, many of which were also used to illustrate The Interlachen yearbook and other college publications. Photographs include buildings, students, faculty and staff, and dignitaries and visitors to the campus. In addition to photographs, the collection includes news releases produced by the college and news articles relevant to the college. Several large, bound albums are present, and these contain news articles dating back to 1922 and the college's arrival in Lakeland.

This collection contains agreements and contracts pertaining to public employees such as the Police Benevolent Association. Included in these agreements are settlements concerning contracts, grievance law handbooks, and motivational doctrines. It relates to the necessity of labor unions in receiving fair compensation and allowing individuals the right to state any concerns on how they are being managed both in the public and private sector. Additional documents include manuals on how to bargain and what collective bargaining is, and why individuals have the right to bargain.

Includes correspondence, press releases, histories, library statistics, legal and financial records, newspaper clippings, periodical articles, awards, agendas, reports, minutes, ledgers, manuals, and other materials related to the founding of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System.