Collections

Contains proposals, correspondence, title search reports, tax information, affidavits and pictures of the renovation of the hospital.

This collection relates to Henry Ellison Thompson. This collection covers Thompson's time in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a Flying Cadet and later his time serving at Wheeler Field Hawaii up until his death in October 1941 from an aircraft accident. This collection includes a scrapbook, photographs, military documents including the letter the chaplain sent Thompson's parents after his death, a copy of George Marshall's Victory Report, as well as a memorial binder assembled by the donor that includes the accident report.

This collection relates to Henry Fremont Blake who served in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater as a Store Keeper 2nd Class during World War II aboard the U.S.S. Tyrrell (AKA-80).  The collection includes personal items and artifacts.

The Henry G. Alsberg and Dora Thea Hettwer Collection includes letters sent from 1935 to 1968 between Federal Writers' Project Director Henry G. Alsberg and his secretary, Dora Thea Hettwer. Also included are original telephone transcripts from 1935-1936 of conversations between Federal Writers' Project staff and administration.

This collection contains handwritten journals, typescripts, and other materials produced and collected by Henry Green Barnett.

This collection relates to Henry H. Marsh who enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1940 and served with the 1st Marine Division, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, in the Pacific on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oro Bay, New Guinea, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, and the Russell Island Group. The collection contains military records, a letter, ephemera, artifacts and a book.

One Fort Lauderdale identification card for Black workers that the Fort Lauderdale Police Department issued to Henry James McNair on March 21, 1963.

This collection relates to Henry John Perner drafted into the U.S. Army in 1940 and served with the 42nd Infantry Regiment of the 9th Division. He was captured in Tunisia in 1943 and held a prisoner of war in Italy and later in Stalag IIB. The collection primarily consists of letters, telegrams, and informational booklets related to his POW experience.