Collections

The collection is comprised of Bobby G. Glenn's correspondence, awards and honors, newspaper clippings, Lieutenant uniform and hat, funeral program, and one photograph. Glenn served as Fort Lauderdale's first Black firefighter.

The David Paulo Collection contains 70 digital photographs of Broward County landmarks taken by local photographer, David Paulo. The focus of Paulo's work is documenting buildings and landscapes in South Florida that are significant to culture and life of minority communities. Neighborhoods and cities that he documents include Sistrunk, Lauderhill, and Dania Beach. Since beginning the project in 2023, many of the sites that Paulo photographed have disappeared.

The Easter Lily Gates Collection contains correspondence, photographs, printed materials, maps, prayer books, awards, political and election materials documenting the professional and personal life of Easter Lily Gates.

The Herbert C. Davis Collection consists of documents related to the career of Herbert C. Davis, including Davis' engineering activities, and photographs of the N. Andrews Avenue Bridge construction, between 1947 and 1949.

The John U. Lloyd Collection contains photographs and ephemera collected by Broward County attorney John Umstead Lloyd. Photographs include a portrait of John U. Lloyd, Broward County Board of Commissioners, U.S. highway tunnel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and an aerial view of Wilton Manors.

The Joseph Mackay Collection contains 76 photographs of Dania, Hollywood, and Fort Lauderdale in Broward County during the Florida Land Boom of the 1920s before the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926.

The Judge Warren Collection contains correspondence, personal papers, printed materials, newspaper clippings, and ephemera documenting Broward County political elections between 1959-1970.

The collection contains personal and professional papers of Julie Hunter. Materials include correspondence to and from Julie Hunter, professional papers documenting her career at the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, African American Research Library and Cultural Center, and Broward County Library, photographs, notes, certificates, plaques, newspaper clippings, audio-visual materials, and one framed poster.

The Library-In-Action Collection documents the Library-In-Action initiative started by the Broward County Library in 1975 to address literacy and access in underserved communities. The collection also documents the career of Tyrone Bryant from his tenure at the Langston Hughes Library through his directorship at Library-In-Action, as well as the Sistrunk Historical Festival.

One photograph of the lynching of Rubin Stacy on July 19, 1935 at Davie Boulevard and SW 31st Avenue in Broward County, Florida.