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Linda Potkovic collection, 1991-2003

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The Linda Potkovic collection, 1991-2003, documents Potkovic's involvement in LGBT and HIV/AIDS awareness activism. Series I, Documents, contains letters, poetry, and correspondence to and from Linda Potkovic. Series II, AIDS Memorial, contains a handmade memorial piece that showcases images and obituaries of AIDS victims. Linda (Sokolowski) Potkovic is an educator, health counselor, and activist based in Central Florida. Throughout the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s, Potkovic worked as an abortion counselor, an outreach program manager for Central Florida AIDS Unified Resources (CENTAUR), an adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF), and a mental health counselor in UCF's HIV/AIDS Education Office. She served on the board and as president of the Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Community Center of Central Florida for several years. She also worked for the center as an HIV/AIDS educator and as the HIV testing site coordinator. She hosted a weekly HIV/AIDS support group in the early 2000s.

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Distance Learning, 1994-1997

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This collection contains documents, correspondence, and publications related to the establishment of a Distance Learning Program at FGCU and within the Florida State University System from 1993 - 2000.

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William B. Cockroft Forum for Free Enterprise, 1983-2005

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Florida Southern College hosted the Cockcroft Forum from 1985-2002. The Foundation encountered financial difficulties after 2002 and the forums were discontinued. Guest speakers included A. Thomas Young, president of Martin Marietta Aerospace, Dr. Joseph Boyd, chairman of Harris Corporation, and Dr. Alan Keyes, former ambassador, presidential candidate, and radio host. In most years, the Cockroft Forum was hosted twice, during the fall and spring semesters, respectively.

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Frost Family Collection, Circa 1885-2009

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The Frost Family Collection contains materials documenting the Frost family, one of Dania's first and most prominent families. The collection materials date from the 1890s through 2009. The collection includes newspaper clippings collected by and about the Frost family. notes on Frost family and Frost family tree, a printout of email correspondence concerning Frost family history, and a small book on Port Everglades in Florida. Correspondence concerns the Frost family business. Financial papers includes deeds and ledgers of payroll dating from the 1890s to 1940s, an abstract of title, Certificate of Membership of M.C. Frost in the National Highway Charts Association, a tax sale certificate, a receipt, and checks. The photographs in the collection are of particular interest as they document the earliest history of Dania as well as the Frost family. Also included are photographs of the Seminole New Dania Reservation from 1927.

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Into the Unknown: The X-1 Story Research files, 1942-2013, bulk 1942-1955

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This collection contains the files that Louis Rotundo used for the research of his book, Into the Unknown: The X-1 Story. The book "describes the complete history of the world's first supersonic aircraft, the Bell X-1." Materials consist of manuscripts, reports, interview transcripts, news clippings, photographs, and multimedia. This collection provides insight into the history of the X-1 plane and the work of Louis Rotundo. Louis C. Rotundo was born on October 28, 1949. He graduated from the University of Central Florida (UCF) in 1975 and then worked for United States Senator Lawton Childes as an aide. Rotundo served as a lobbyist for the State of Florida and was employed by UCF from 1980 to 1988 as Special Assistant to the Director of the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) and Special Assistant to the President of UCF from 1984 to 1987. After departing from UCF in 1988, Rotundo worked as the Principal of Louis Rotundo and Associates, a Central Florida based company that specializes in lobbying and consulting.

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Visual Representation of Women Collection, bulk 1900-2019

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The Visual Representation of Women Collection is a postcard collection that focuses on representational images of women from around the globe. Covering the gamut of postcard types, images portray the many social constructions of womanhood and their attendant meanings. Containing a variety of mass produced postcards to unique artist renditions, the collection is an ongoing project of FAU University Libraries' Special Collections that will build over time.

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Jacksonville Community Council, Inc. Records, 1975-2015

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The collection consists of reports, annual reports, studies, and quality of life surveys conducted by the Jacksonville Community Council, Inc. for Jacksonville and Northeast Florida. The collection is arranged in chronological order beginning in 1975 through 2015.

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Cross Country & Running Team Photograph Collection, 1983-2001

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FAU's Cross Country & Running Team

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Cuban Tree Sample Collection, bulk 1900-2000

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Collection of various Cuban tree species samples throughout the 20th century.

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Currin, Beverly Madison (Reverend), Papers, 1958-2002, Date acquired: 03/00/2003