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This collection contains the corporate Articles of Incorporation, minutes from meetings from 1944-1984 and bulletins dating from 1976-1990. Within the corporate minutes and bulletins are agreements, correspondence, waivers and consents, as well as some financial information, by laws, seasonal information, and stock samples. Information is organized chronologically then alphabetically.

This is a collection of personal letters written by Thomas Burns (76th Air Base Squadron) during World War II. Burns wrote from Hendricks Field, Sebring, Florida to Mary Donnelly in Massachusetts. He mostly wrote of his experiences and activities on the base. While the letters do not deal with Florida or World War II, they do offer a glimpse into courtship during that era and life on an air base.

Thomas C. Cartwright served as the pilot of the B-24 bomber, Lonesome Lady, in the 494th Bombardment Group, 7th Air Force. His plane was shot down over Japan at the end of July 1945. Cartwright and one other member of the bomber crew were transported elsewhere, while the majority of the crew was interred in prison in Hiroshima, Japan. All those crewmen were killed when the US dropped the atomic bomb on that city.

Materials in this collection pertain to Thomas Howard who worked with both the University of South Florida - Fort Myers campus and Florida Gulf Coast University. Some material items include, documents, correspondence, newspapers, booklets, and magazines. Some materials also come from former FGCU President McTarnaghan's office as well.