Collections

This collection consists of an oral history interview transcript of a U.S. Army Air Corps cook and baker, who served in England during World War II in the 2003rd Ordnance Unit at Melchbourne Park. This collection also contains a unit history.

The Charles E. Barnes Collection contains personal papers, certificates, photographic reproductions, and a fireman's helmet belonging to Charles E. Barnes of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The materials in the Charles E. Canady papers primarily relate to the subject's interest in politics. The biographical section contains published and non-published volumes significant to the subject, as well as awards and family information. The bulk of the collection contains political advertisements and news clippings ranging from local to national elections, covering a period from the early 1970s through 2014. The collection also contains documents, ephemera, and articles relating to the subject's work with U.S. Senator Lawton Chiles.

This collection consists of items related to Charles F. Pfeifer who served as a United States Marine Corps Private First Class with Company A, 1st Battalion, 26th Regiment, 5th Marine Division during World War II. The collection contains documents, photographs, postwar memorabilia, veteran memorabilia, Marine Corps memorabilia, and Iwo Jima Honor Flight materials.

The bulk of this collection consists of printed materials, such as papers, memoranda, course syllabi and course materials written by Dr. Arnade.  There is also an autobiography and interview documenting Dr. Arnade's personal life.  The largest percentage of materials encompasses Dr. Arnade's forty-plus years as professor at the University of South Florida. Also accompanying the papers are publications written by Dr. Arnade that were removed from their original source to be added to the collection.

The materials in this collection reflect the subject's interest in Allied leaders of World War II, specifically Dwight D. Eisenhower and Winston S. Churchill. It includes news articles, photos & ephemera from the Eisenhower Historic Site in Gettysburg, PA, and books by and about Eisenhower and Churchill.

Chester W. Bailes served as a 4th Grade technician in the US Army 1st Armored Division during World War II. He was first sent to Ireland, before participating in the North Africa invasion, Sicily, and Anzio during the invasion of Italy, where he spent the rest of the war. His collection includes a few letters, publications relating to his unit written after the war, Time, Stars and Stripes, and Yank Magazines, as well as a number of pamphlets and military-published books relating to World War II.