Collector, Ms. Carol Mundy amassed this collection of monographs, manuscripts, sheet music, pamphlets, journals, newspapers, broadsides, posters, photographs, and rare ephemera focusing on the African American history. While the collection is comprehensive both nationally and internationally, it also contains materials that pertain to the African American experience in central Florida.
Al Turner was the founder, president, and chief executive officer of the World Waterpark Association (WWA) until his death in 2001. During his time as president of WWA he kept slides, photographs, brochures, and documents about the various waterparks that his company worked with worldwide. This collection contains the materials that Al Turner collected.
This collection contains the research materials collected by Archimedes L. A. Patti for use in his historical writings. Known for his military career, his work in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and his relationship with Ho Chi Minh, Patti was recognized later in life as a respected researcher and historian on Indochina affairs. Notes, manuscripts, ephemera, photographs, maps, books and scrapbooks are held in this collection. Of important note are photographs given to Patti by Ho Chi Minh in 1945.
The Beatrice B. Ettinger papers contain correspondence, leaflets, posters, minutes and reports that show women's position in society in the 1970s and 1980s. Continuing Education is the focus of these papers since Ettinger accumulated many of the materials between 1970 and 1992 when she was President of the Council for Continuing Education for Women. This organization established a Center that was based first at Valencia Community College and later at the University of Central Florida. Ettinger also collected documents concerning other organizations in which she was interested that fostered women's intellectual and political growth, such as, the Central Florida Women's Resource Center Inc. and the League of Women Voters. Additional materials provide some personal information about Mrs. Ettinger.
The Beth Urban Collection on Doris Leeper consists of personal files, publications and photographs that highlight Leeper's artwork, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, as well as her personal life. This collection highlights Leeper's life from a very early age through her continued impact many years after her passing.
The Bob Graves collection, 1977-2008, documents Graves' personal and business activities. It contains event programs, advertisements, magazines, informational booklets, photographs, event listings, and other miscellaneous documents related to events either held at or supported by the Full Moon Saloon. The collection includes VHS tapes documenting various LGBTQ+ events and historically LGBTQ+ locations across Central Florida. Much of the collection dates from 1991 to 2006. Robert "Bob" Graves was the owner and operator of the Full Moon Saloon on Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando. The Full Moon Saloon, a popular gay bar, opened in 1989, serving the Levi's, leather, and bear communities in Central Florida for more than a decade. It was the home bar for the non-profit social organization, Bears of Central Florida, and hosted Bear Bust, an annual event held in October. The Full Moon Saloon closed on June 30, 2007.
The Bob Kealing Tupperware Collection contains interviews, news clippings, letters, legal documents, photographs, audio tapes, and research notes related to Kealing's book Tupperware, Unsealed: Brownie Wise, Earl Tupper, and the Home Party Pioneers. The book may be found in the Online Catalog.
The Brian Arbogast collection, 1987-2000, is comprised of two series. Series I: GLAAD, 1987-1994, undated, contains documents related to Brian Arbogast's involvement with the organization, GLAAD. These documents relate to GLAAD's campaigns against defamation, reports, itineraries, and GLAAD events and activities. Series II: Other Activism 1988-2000, contains documents, newspaper clippings, flyers, bulletin, correspondence letters, publications, and documents related to non-GLAAD organizations that Brian Arbogast participated in. Brian Arbogast de Hubert-Miller was an artist and LGBTQ+ activist that lived and worked in Central Florida. He is responsible for establishing the first GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) chapter in Florida. He is also responsible for registering the GLAAD Florida chapter as the first American GLAAD chapter with the IGLA (International Lesbian Gay Association). He was also heavily active in local LGBT issues, such as working on a community advisory board with WMFE Channel 24. Through his work with GLAAD, Arbogast helped to fight against discrimination against LGBT people, support Paul Tsongas presidential campaign, pursue defamation cases, and more. He also served on a community advisory board with WMFE Channel 24. Arbogast actively participated in anti-discrimination movements and even played an instrumental role in helping Disney to implement an anti-discrimination policy.
The Bromeliad Society International (BSI) Archive consists of historical materials, including photographs related to cultivation of bromeliads; field notes related to the collection of bromeliads in the wild; list of plant entries in judged bromeliad shows; incoming and outgoing correspondence from early bromeliad growers; biographies; administrative records of the BSI such as, copyright registrations, copies of meeting minutes, annual reports, and bylaws; BSI publications; and ephemera, including posters and pins. The purpose of the BSI is to promote and maintain public and scientific interest in the research, development, preservation, and distribution of bromeliads, both natural and hybrid, throughout the world.
Materials collected by Bruce Ground documenting his life, business, and activism, 1966-2013. Included are documents, memorabilia, photographs, and other items donated by Bruce Ground. These items pertain to his business, personal life, projects, and general accomplishments and achievements. Born in 1962, Bruce Ground spent the first part of his life in Kentucky, living on his family farm. In 1985, Ground moved to Florida and became involved in the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), a local gay-friendly church in Tampa. It was there he met Marty Pelham, who helped Ground to open his first bookstore, Tomes & Treasures, with him 1987. Pelham left the store in 1990, leaving Ground to own and operate the store as the sole owner and manager. In 1992, Bruce Ground and Gary Bailey, Ground's partner, opened Out & About Books, Orlando's first gay and lesbian bookstore. After his partner's death, Ground continued to operate Out & About Books for another four years before its eventual closing on January 31st, 2001. As of 2023, Bruce Ground resides in Orlando, Florida.
