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This collection relates to Alvin H. Brown who served as a B-17 pilot assigned to the 8th Air Force, 95th Bomber Group flying missions over France and Germany from England ending in the summer of 1945. The collection includes an audio tape recording interview and accompanying transcript.

The materials in this collection reflect the history of the Festval of Fine Arts. Included are playbills, photographs, and other ephemera related to the production of these programs. Some biographical information for guest artists is included.

This collection relates to the Utah Beehive Chapter of the Merchant Marine veterans' organization who served during World War II. The collection contains various documents and photographs related to veterans of this chapter.

In addition to Disney animation catalogs, illustrations, lithographs, cels, posters, calendars, newspapers, LPs and sheet music, the Mahan Collection of American Humor and Cartoon Art includes numerous non-Disney and political illustrations that depict American humor and cartoon art. While the earliest illustration in this collection is from 1838, its focus is the Golden Age of American Animation (1895-1945).

The materials in this collection primarily consist of playbills, showbills, and programs that range from the mid-to-late 20th century and are primarily from the personal collection of Louis Miano. However, the contents are compiled from multiple collections of the same scope. There is a large collection of playbills, showbills, and programs from theater and opera in Miami and South Florida, as well as from across the United States and Europe. The collection also contains magazines, ephemera, and other materials related to musical theater in the United States and Europe.

The University Galleries-FAU Collection documents the activities of the Ritter Gallery and the Schmidt Center Gallery between 1973 and 2009. It contains the initial proposal for the creation of the Ritter Gallery and documentation on the later development of the Schmidt Center Gallery. The bulk of the collection centers on the annual exhibition and programming schedule of and for student, faculty and general exhibitions. There is also information on earlier exhibition spaces in the S.E. Wimberly Library. Materials in the collection are a mix of text and images, and includes correspondence, memoranda, letters, press releases, newspaper clippings, catalogs for faculty, student and general exhibitions, and related printed matter. There is also documentation on campus public art and artist files. Among other formats scattered throughout the collection are photographs, slides and negatives.

The Emridge "E.J." Jones, Jr. Collection contains photographs, plaques, awards, newspaper clippings, sheet music, correspondence to and from Emridge "E.J." Jones Jr., a card, certificates, contracts, a yearbook, a membership card, proclamations, resume, adjudication forms, printed ephemera, one CD, a saxophone mouthpiece, coffee mug, license plate, oval shaped plate and sweater belonging to Emridge "E.J." Jones Jr. of Pompano Beach, Florida.