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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.

The collection consists of concert programs, festival flyers, recital notes, newsletters, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper articles documenting the music performance activities led by Thomas J. Cole at Broward College Central Campus from the early 1970s through the mid-2000s. Materials include documentation of annual tours, faculty and student recitals, college choir activities, collaborations with local ensembles such as the Plantation Community Chorus, and performances at Bailey Concert Hall. Several photographs feature Cole in rehearsal and performance settings with students and colleagues. Notable highlights include personal milestones, such as his appointment as department coordinator, and documentation related to Cole's retirement.

This collection contains information ranging from citrus pest biology to citrus products and byproducts. It has business data on the industry, including individual groves' records, and photographical and historical accounts of citrus varieties and storage techniques. It contains information on both pests and various pesticides, as well as soil health. Other, non-citrus plants are included in this horticultural collection. Lastly, this collection has a record of its own existence in Florida Southern's Archives.

The collection contains miscellaneous printed materials relating to the life of the major American novelist Thomas Wolfe. Many of the items depict and feature his childhood home in Asheville, North Carolina. Types of items include art prints and illustrations, postcards, brochures, posters, and keepsakes and publications issued by the Thomas Wolfe Society as a part of the Society's annual meeting.

Personal papers of Grace Thompson, Gulf Breeze, Florida, consisting of photocopies of correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials concerning the writing and production of "The March Sisters of Concord" a musical play about Louisa May Alcott and its productions in New Jersey, New York, and England in 1978-1979; materials concerning the development of Andrew Jackson Day in Florida in 1983; research materials, original music and playscripts for the Grace Thompson Junior Theatre, Gulf Breeze, Florida; materials concerning Theodore Roosevelt and the Roosevelt Family; her work in honoring the U. S. S. New Jersey and its re-commissioning and her recognition by the New Jersey State Senate, and other writings and music authored by Grace Thompson.

This collection relates to Thornton M. Embrey who served with Company D, 3118th Signal Service Group, during World War II. This collection contains transcripts of radio messages related to the announcement of the surrender of Germany in May 1945 and Japan in August 1945. There are a few additional documents and photographs related to Embrey's postwar service in the U.S. Army.