Collections

Broward County voting machine from 2000 election, November 2000

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A Broward County voting machine used in that resulted in the contested presidential election of 2000; included with the machine is a Bush v. Gore ballot and a bag of chads.

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Broward Hotel Collection, 1940-1951, 1974

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This collection contains as scrapbook of the Broward Hotel, also known as the Hotel Broward, located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The scrapbooks contains clippings and other ephemera dating from 1940 to 1951. The scrapbook was compiled by Fort Lauderdale Publicity Bureau, a local advertising agency for the Broward Hotel (which opened in 1919 as Fort Lauderdale's "first tourist hotel."). It also contains fragments of wood from the lobby of the Broward Hotel.

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Browder, Lloyd Earl, Papers, 1919-1972, Date acquired: 06/00/1981

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Personal papers, 1919-1972, including letters, newspaper clippings, financial and income tax records, and other papers concerning his interests in the Bayside Tourist Park, Bay View Trailer Park, Dead Lakes Fishing Camp, the Santa Villa subdivision, and the Browder Fixture Company in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Brown, circa 1935-2012

Brownsville School, Parents Teachers Association Records, 1938-1975, Date acquired: 09/22/1982

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Parent-Teachers Association records, 1938-1975, including scrapbooks, photographs, minutes of meetings, publications, yearbooks, correspondence and financial records.

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Broxton, Randall. Jewish Cemetery Tour 2003., 2003

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Notes for a tour of Temple Beth-El cemetery, Pensacola, Florida, with information on the families, their history, roles in Pensacola, and genealogy; includes Forcheimer, Bear, Friedman, Greenhut, and other prominent Jewish members of Pensacola.

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Bruce Allen Janasiewicz papers, 1944-1945, Date acquired: 05/29/2018

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This collection contains three World War II newspapers which include the Daily Standard, Celina, Ohio, the Dayton Daily News, and Dayton, Ohio, and School Sidelights printed by the Daily Standard for Immaculate Conception High School.

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Bruce Epperson Collection, 1899-1953

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This collection includes a manuscript of Bruce D. Epperson's book about the finance and technology of the first modern highways in the South including: Ingraham Highway, Tamiami Trail, and Conners Highway. It includes news articles and magazine clippings, ranging from 1899 to 1953, that detail the advancement of the road systems through Florida due to the 1920s Florida land boom and the creation of a highway funding system based on fuel taxes. The collection also details maps that show highways as they were before and after their development.

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Bruce Grindal Papers, 1972-2012

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Course materials subject files, and publications documenting the scholarship and research of Dr. Bruce Grindal, professor of anthropology. Subjects include cultural anthropology, human conflict, religion, and the Sisala people of Ghana, Africa.

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Bruce Ground collection, 1966-2013, bulk 1980-2000

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Materials collected by Bruce Ground documenting his life, business, and activism, 1966-2013. Included are documents, memorabilia, photographs, and other items donated by Bruce Ground. These items pertain to his business, personal life, projects, and general accomplishments and achievements. Born in 1962, Bruce Ground spent the first part of his life in Kentucky, living on his family farm. In 1985, Ground moved to Florida and became involved in the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), a local gay-friendly church in Tampa. It was there he met Marty Pelham, who helped Ground to open his first bookstore, Tomes & Treasures, with him 1987. Pelham left the store in 1990, leaving Ground to own and operate the store as the sole owner and manager. In 1992, Bruce Ground and Gary Bailey, Ground's partner, opened Out & About Books, Orlando's first gay and lesbian bookstore. After his partner's death, Ground continued to operate Out & About Books for another four years before its eventual closing on January 31st, 2001. As of 2023, Bruce Ground resides in Orlando, Florida.

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