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Dr. Dorothy E. McBride Stetson is a Florida Atlantic University Professor Emeritus of Political Science who taught courses for 40 years in comparative politics, European politics, and women and public policy. Her undergraduate degree includes a B.A. from the University of Montana and she earned her M.A. and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. As tenured faculty in FAU's Department of Political Science, she served as Chair of the department for 8 years, as Associate Dean of the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Acting Director of Women's Studies, Interim Chair of the Department of Sociology and the Acting Dean of the College of Social Science. Dr. McBride also served as a founding board member of the Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies from 1985-1996. Dr. Stetson, as she was known during her time with Florida Atlantic University, she also served on the 1972 President's Commission on the Status of Women and on the President's Title IX Task Force in 1992. Additionally, she was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politique in Paris and co-director of the Research Network on Gender Politics and the State.

This collection contains awards, correspondence, memorabilia, printed materials, photographs, personal papers, and writings. Many printed materials and photographs relate to politics and political activism. There are numerous photographs and newspaper clippings, as well as Dr. Saffy's dissertation. The collection contains many memorabilia items, particularly from various political events, and there are two large portraits of Dr. Edna Louise Saffy.

The collection consists of printed materials, artifacts, and memorabilia relating to the Drew Family and their businesses in the Jacksonville area. Many of the items in this collection belonged to Horace Rainsford Drew, Jr. The collection is divided into two series: personal papers and business records.

Following Garald Parker's long career in Florida hydrology, his materials focus almost exclusively on groundwater resources in southern Florida. The series labeled "Professional Papers" contains "Biographical Materials" which houses items about Parker's life, a box of "Correspondence" sent to or by Parker, "Educational Materials" which contains Syllabi and handouts used by Parker during his teaching career, two boxes of "Legal Papers" which deal with extensive materials Parker collected relating to two court cases, "Organization and Association Records" for environmental and science societies Parker followed, and the two "Projects" boxes which are organized around certain cases and may contain correspondence, reports, or court documents. "Professional Papers" also contains three boxes labeled "Writings" boxes cover articles and other writings by Parker.

Heather T. Frazer (1940 – 2016) was a professor of history at Florida Atlantic University. After graduating from Connecticut College for her undergraduate studies, she attained a M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University in South Asian History. In 1971, she became the first female faculty member in the FAU history department where she taught for 35 years before retiring in 2006. During her tenure she served as Department Chair and Director of Graduate Studies. She also pioneered the study of women's history at FAU, helping establish the Women's Studies program, which is now the Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Dr. Frazer taught courses in women's history, modern Britain and British Empire, Indian history, and oral history. She researched and published in the fields of India and women's history, and co-authored with her colleague, Dr. John O'Sullivan, We Have Just Begun to Not Fight: An Oral History of Conscientious Objectors in Civilian Public Service during World War II (1996). In 1988, she received a Fulbright Fellowship and spent part of the year in India. In 1990, she was selected FAU's Distinguished Teacher of the Year, the highest teaching award conferred by the university, and one selected exclusively by the students. Upon her retirement she was named Professor Emerita of History.