Collections

The 1947 Flood Collection contains 7 photographs of downtown Fort Lauderdale affected by floods caused by hurricanes.

March 20, 1996 Inaugural Program for City of Hollywood Mayor Mara Guilianti, Commissioner Cathleen Anderson, and Commissioner Kenneth Gottlieb.

Program for the "75th Anniversary Celebration Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale, Florida." Saturday, April 26, 1997. 1 spiral-bound booklet (8.5 x 11 inches) 42 pages.

Manuscript of "A History of All Saints Episcopal Church, 1912-2006, Fort Lauderdale" by Helen O. Von Salzen.

The Allan McElhiney Collection contains WWII photographs documenting life in Ft. Lauderdale from 1942 to 1945. Photographs primarily contain those from servicemen's canteen. It also contains McElhiney's Navy uniform.

The Al Starts Collections documents the business enterprises of Captain Al Starts and the history of Jungle Queen River Cruises, Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It also has information about tourism in Seminole reservations and the later career of actor Johnny Weismuller. The collection includes musical instruments, patent models, a lawn mower, a washing machine, audio recordings (66 1/4 inch audio reel-to-reel tapes and 7 45rpm vinyl record albums), artwork, blueprints, Captain's hat, a smoking pipe, photographs, scrapbooks, pamphlets, fliers, postcards, correspondence, newspaper clippings, videos, and magazines. The materials date roughly from the 1940s to the 1970s.

The Alta Mae Clark Collection contains 7 postcards, 1 photograph, and 3 matchbooks documenting various businesses, buildings, and locations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The ephemera dates from the 1930s through the 1960s.

2 Programs for the Andrews Avenue Bridge Dedication Ceremony. 1 Photograph of Samuel Walter Letson, Commodore Brook's Brother with eight fish. 1 Photograph of the Andrews Avenue Bridge.

The Anne Moore Griffis Collection contains photographs of teh Moore family, advertisement newspaper clippings, luncheon-dinner menus, and a notebook. The notebook was used at Moore's Drug Store and includes pharmaceutical formulations as well as a directory of physicians and other contacts.