Collections

The collection contains primary resources and ephemera which document the historic 2008 United States Presidential Election and the Inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009 as the 44th President of the United States. Print materials include selective copies of campaign brochures, magazines, and full newspapers, articles and newsclippings. The contents of the collection include both local (Jacksonville, Florida) and national news items. Memorabila consists of local campaign posters and signs, and buttons and apparel. In totality, the collection provides insight, commentary, and documentation on a pivotal event in United States history, and it serves as an educational resource for informative data not readily available elsewhere.

Individual award plaques for Keldrick Averhart, Amy Bueno, Amanda Clonts, Josh Finley, Jason Hebert, Chris King, Brandon Malone, Cora Merritt, Arianna Moore, Nicholas Paschvoss, Sarah Quieros, Jordan Self, Winston Riley, Chris Thrasher, and Cherrell Worsham; mounted plaques include Jamie Calvert, Alex Francois, Yasmin Hernandez, Dierre Johnson, Zenani Johnson, Erin Larkin, Savannah Lewis, Daniel McBurney; with plaques for 5th Place, Top fundraising Team, UWF Relay for Life, 2005; University of West Florida, Oustanding Departmental Student Organization Award presented to Student Government Association, 2009-2010; Outstanding Department, Student Government Association, 2012-2013; and framed certificate UWF Homecoming Hero Award to SGA for 2021 UWF Homecoming celebrations.

Materials included in the Vintage Florida Postcard collection include postcards from regions spanning the State of Florida.

Born near Winchester, Virginia in 1920, Virginia Artrip Snyder moved to Boca Raton, Florida when she entered the inaugural class at Florida Atlantic University in 1964. She received a degree in government and politics in 1965 and went on to become an investigative reporter for the Ft. Lauderdale News and later the Boca Raton News. During her career in journalism she was accorded seven national, state, and local awards for investigative reporting. Mrs. Snyder gained prominence and credibility following her multi-part series that exposed the inhumane conditions at the South Florida State Mental Hospital. As a community activist, Mrs. Snyder spearheaded the establishment of the South County Neighborhood Center in Boca Raton which, in time, grew into the Florence Fuller Day Care Center and the Mae Volen Senior Center. Subsequent to her career as a reporter, Mrs. Snyder embarked on a new endeavor as private investigator. In 1975 she was named one of fourteen "Outstanding Women of Florida" by Governor Ruben Askew and one of "Florida's Finest" in 1996 by Governor Lawton Chiles. This collection is a compilation of Mrs. Snyder's work as a poet, news reporter, private investigator, and community activist.

This collection comprises posters, programs, flyers, and promotional materials documenting performances, concerts, exhibitions, festivals, and special events produced by the Visual and Performing Arts Department from 2008 to 2015. Included are materials for faculty and student recitals, concert and jazz band performances, choral concerts, theatrical productions, dance festivals, annual exhibitions, and guest artist presentations. The collection visually represents the breadth and diversity of V and PA programming, as well as the evolution of graphic design in event promotion at Broward College.

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.