Collections : [UCF Special Collections]

The Chris Smith collection, 1985-2012, is comprised of photographs, t-shirts, posters, banners, flyers, newspapers, and other items relating to Daytona LGBTQ+ locals and events, as well as the UCF Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Student Union (GLBSU). The collection documents LGBTQ+ community members and events in Daytona from 1991 to 2012. It includes photographs of drag performances at LGBTQ+ clubs and bars in Daytona Beach. This collection also includes materials relating to speakers and events hosted by the UCF GLBSU, offering insight into the campus experience of LGBTQ+ students in the 1990s. Christopher Lee Smith was a student at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and a former member of the UCF Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Student Union from 1994-1995. Smith was elected as Treasurer of the organization in the Spring 1995 semester. Smith lived in Daytona Beach, FL and participated in various nightlife events within the LGBTQ+ community.

Christian Bauer is a University of Central Florida Professor who was on the Task Force that wrote numerous ordinances to regulate Big Box Stores. He collected meeting minutes and newspaper clippings that documented the work of the Task Force.

The Citizens Bancorp of Oviedo Inc. Oviedo History collection, 1936-2019, is a small collection containing newspapers, photographs, books, church member directories, maps, and yearbooks. These materials, collected by the Citizens Bancorp of Oviedo, document people, landmarks, and community events relating to Oviedo, Florida in the later 20th century.

Citizens Bancorp of Oviedo Inc. records, 1946-2020 ,contain banking materials dating back to 1946, bank newsletters and annual reports, certificates, bank by-laws, emergency preparedness plans, newspaper articles, photographs, and VHS tapes and compact discs of events created and collected by the Citizens Bancorp of Oviedo. These materials document the history of the bank since it opened in 1946. After the original Bank of Oviedo permanently closed in January 1930, Oviedo, Florida residents were left without a bank in town for sixteen years. In 1945, local businesspeople applied for a new bank charter and on July 1st, 1946, the Citizens Bank of Oviedo opened on Broadway Street. By late 1946, the bank had a little over one million dollars in assets. The Citizens Bank opened an Alafaya branch in April 1986, an Oviedo Marketplace Mall branch in March 1999, and a Red Bug branch in March 2002. Additional branches were opened in Winter Park, Sanford, Longwood, and DeLand between 2007 and 2019. In 2006, the Citizens Bank of Oviedo became the Citizens Bank of Florida. In November 2021, shareholders agreed to merge the Citizens Bank of Florida into Fairwinds Credit Union.

This collection has been rediscovered within the Special Collections after sitting idle for a period. The maps include historical civil war battles and plans as well as information on other minor operations and miscellaneous items. The dates of the maps and the battles that they accompany range from 1861 to 1865, some only reproductions from field reports and firsthand accounts in 1867. The collection is a proven testament to the extensive effort put into the preservation of this moment of United States history.

This collection contains materials relatd to the American Association of University Women (AAUW) from the Clearwater Branch, Florida. The AAUW women supported the advancement of equity of women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research. They donated multiple scrapbooks consisting of photographs of meetings, conferences, and tea honorings along with newspaper clippings of current events throughout the year, club activities, and achievements of their members. Directories, awards, and proclamations can also be found in the collection.

The Coe's Sundries Interior, Parramore Avenue photograph, 1947 is an 8x10 photograph of the inside of Coe's Sundries convenience store on Parramore Avenue in Orlando, Florida. Pictured are the owners, a man and a woman, who are not named. The inscription on the back says "North Parramore St Orlando Across from Jones High." This collection provides insight into Parramore Avenue and convenience stores in the late 1940s. According to the inscription on the back of the photograph, Coe's Sundries was located on Parramore Avenue across the street from Jones High School. Jones High was a historically Black school founded in 1895 and integrated in 1970. Jones High was located on Parramore Avenue and Washington Street until 1952. Parramore Avenue is a historically Black neighborhood founded in 1880, when the mayor at the time, James B. Parramore, designated this segregated area for Black workers. The Wells'Built Hotel, was one of few central Florida lodgings to be listen in the Green Book.

The collection contains documents related to the festival bearing the name of the late poet, writer, anthropologist, and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston. Since 1990, the Zora Neale Hurston Festival has attracted individuals from across the country in academic and artistic disciplines wishing to celebrate Zora Neale Hurston and African American culture as a whole. The following folders contain the programs from festival years 1990 to 2017. In addition to its annual festival, the Association to Preserve Eatonville, Inc. has expanded its focus and community activities to inform and celebrate the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston and Eatonville.

These materials are 92 Spanish plays from the 19th and early 20th century. The plays are written in Spanish and contain a variey of genres spanning from opera to drama to comedy.

Research files for the Cultural Byways grant in Central Florida. Included in these materials are photographic negatives, oral histories, consent forms, building surveys, and grant information for the project.