Collections : [Broward County Historical Archives]

Eight photographs of the Faith Young Beye's family and a brochure for her family's F.R.I.E.N.D.S Horse Sanctuary.

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.

The Herman Riediger and Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel Collection contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, advertisements, magazines, printed materials, certificates, programs, 1 cookbook written by Hermann Riediger, Pompano High School yearbooks, and objects. Materials document Hermann Riediger as the Food and Beverage Control Manager at the Lauderdale Beach Hotel and his daughter, Kathryn Riediger Heinley.

The Kennedy Collection documents the lives of Dr. Thomas Simpson Kennedy, Judge Willaim T. Kennedy, and John D. Kennedy and their family. The collection includes photographs of the Kennedy family, manuscripts, and a research file. The manuscripts were written by William T. Kennedy and primarily describe vignettes from his early law career and the career of his father, Dr. Thomas Kennedy.

The Lighthouse Point Photograph Collection contains ten 4" x 6" color photographic prints of interiors and exteriors of an historic house. One photograph is of a "Champion Lofty Fig" tree as indicated on verso.