Collections : [Broward County Historical Archives]

The Turner Family Collection contains photographs of former Broward County Sheriff Aden Waterman Turner along with members of his family such as Ben Turner, Larry Turner, Ed Turner, and others.

The Ulrich J. Bennett Collection contains books, postcards, photographs and records from the Broward County School system, circa 1926-1963. Content in this collection highlights the career of Ulrich Joseph Bennett, Superintendent of Broward County Schools. It also includes publications, postcards, and ephemera related to Fort Lauderdale.

The Verna Slaton Wade and Bob White Collection comprises 35 black and white photographs, including the Van Auken House, showing extensive hurricane damage to commercial buildings, residences, and coastal areas in Fort Lauderdale after the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926.

Political advertisement for Virginia Young, "Yes, Fort Lauderdale there is a Virginia." Circa 1972-1973. Text on the poster reads "Virginia Young works in your city for YOU!" and "Vote Feb. 27th Virginia Young Your Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner."

Personal papers and items of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Vreeland, Sr. donated by Harold Vreeland. The collection showcases the Vreelands' interest in fishing, boating, nautical scenery, and community engagement over three generations of fishermen in Fort Lauderdale. It comprises numerous photographs of fish taken off the coast of Fort Lauderdale in the Gulf Stream; postcards of Fort Lauderdale and other landmarks in Florida; nautical and fishing stories written by James B. Vreeland Jr.; nautical charts; correspondence; scrapbooks; news clippings; logbooks from the House of Refuge; artifacts and nautical instruments; and audiovisual materials recorded by James B. Vreeland Jr. and his son, Harold Vreeland. The collection also documents local history and highlights Cordelia Vreeland's involvement in the Woman's Club as both historian and president. The collection contains 19 boxes (including seven albums consisting of photographs and scrapbooks), four Hollinger boxes, three oversized boxes (nautical charts, news clippings, and flags), and five boxes with different sizes containing artifacts and objects.

The Walter Birdwell Collection contains financial documents, recipes, printed materials and correspondence.

The Walter R. Clark collection contains correspondence, photographs, a scrapbook, and a framed collection of badges related to the professional and personal life of Walter Reed Clark, the Sheriff of Broward County from 1933 to 1950.

The Wendy Wangberg collection documents the development of Galt Ocean Mile in Fort Lauderdale during the 1970s and 1980s. It contains 274 photographs featuring imges of high-rise residential buildings, commercial storefronts, and tourist-related infrastructures. It also contains 3 contact sheets of aerials, 1 8x10 photograph of Coral Ridge properties building, 1 contact sheet of map and photograph of small building, and 1 CD with six images of Margate, Florida in the 1950s, including the welcome sign and the gas station.

The West Side Grade School Collection contains a scrapbook titled "West Side Grade School PTA." The scrapbook contains photographs, clippings, and ephemera dating about 1952 to 1959. The collection also contains photographs from 1952 of West Side Grade School building, staff, and students.