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Publications, programs, brochures, and records concerning the history of the Saenger Theatre in pensacola, Florida from its building in 1924 through restoration in 1981 and history since. Includes research notes, photocopies, newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorabilia.

This collection is home to the personal papers of Sallye Brooks Mathis, one of Jacksonville, Florida's first Black women elected to its city council. These papers provide insight into the professional, political, and activist career of Mathis and the effect she had in shaping Jacksonville.

Primarily covers his years in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1962-1996.