Collections

The materials in this collection cover the approximate time period of the satellite programs, 1930-1933 and 1950-2008. While there are a handful of materials from MacDill and Palm Beach Air Force Bases, most of the materials in this collection are from the McCoy AFB-Orlando-Ocala program, the Port Charlotte/Charlotte-De Soto program, and the Ringling College of Art and Design. Materials include, but are not limited to course bulletins, correspondence, brochures, and news articles. Of special note is the correspondence in the Port Charlotte program, which includes letters to and from the Program Director(s) and the Board of Directors, as well as the correspondence in the Ringling College program. Additionally, three full years of The Coyote, the official newspaper of the Orlando program in the late 1970s are included.

The records of the Vagabonds organization contain playbills and other promotional materials; photographs; scripts; newspaper articles; and sketches. While there are materials dating back to the begninnings of the organization in 1926, the bulk of the material is from the 1940s through the prsent day.

The collection contains records of the Florida State University Association of Retired Faculty, including minutes, correspondences, and agendas, from 1982 to 2006.

Starting in 1880, the FSU Bulletins contain rules for students, department and course descriptions, schedule of classes, as well as war-time campus defense initiatives, illustrated guides to campus, and advice for incoming freshman.

This collection includes correspondence, blueprints, cruise information, boat registration, research statistics, maps and photographs related to the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory.

Material from FSU Flying High Circus, including photographs, administrative files, garments, tent blueprints, vinyl records, scrapbooks etc.

The Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) DVD creation began once the Florida State University Graduate School transitioned ETD forms from paper copies to electronic copies. A DVD of a student's manuscript was only provided to the student and major professor(s). The DVD covers in this collection were created in 2002 to serve as the designs for the ETD DVD case. The Graduate School stopped using the covers in 2009 when the ETD DVD creation process at FSU was discontinued.