Collections

This collection relates to John Peacock who served with the the 8th Air Force, 45th Combat Wing, 388th Bomb Group, 560th Squadron also known as "The Peacock Crew" who served in England and Ireland during World War II. This collection contains a brief manuscript written by John F. Peacock entitled, "The Peacock Crew" that details information regarding their service and includes short biographies for the individuals. The collection also contains an addendum to the manuscript, including a list of crew members in chronological order by date of death. There is a digitally reproduced 8 by 11 photograph of the "Peacock Crew" at Avon Park, Florida, in 1944.

The John Fritchey Collection contains handwritten documents, a 1977 flier on sewage dumping in the Everglades, a paper on acid rain dated 1986-1993, and a 1992 published paper, "60 Years of Observation Research on Frogs" by John Fritchey.

The John Fritchey Collection contains photographs, scrapbooks and ephemera documenting the personal and professional life of John Fritchey.

Four scrapbooks

The John Grant Collection contains a photograph of the Sea Scout Schooner "Companion" docked with two men (John Grant wearing cap) standing in front and two boys on side with man and three men in the back, boat marked A.J06, and a photograph of John Grant.

The John Harold Cox Photograph Collection contains 52 photographs of the 1926 hurricane damage in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It also contains one photograph of Las Olas and the New River from 1926 before the hurricane, and a 2001 photograph of John Harold Cox and his wife, Stella Cox.

The John Henry Moore Collection contains photographs depicting Palm Beach County in 1899 related to the recovery of the shipwreck Lofthus and activities of John Henry "Harry" Moore, who was a local carpenter at the time. Moore worked on canals in Palm Beach County. Images feature Captain Thomas Moore Rickards, Boca Raton Civil Engineer employed by the Florida East Coast Railway and also Boca Raton's first settler. Other subjects pictured are local workmen, the shipwreck of the Lofthus with its lumber cargo, and the shipwreck of Oh Kim Soon. Additional images are of railroad tracks and materials transport with a windlass, Moore's boat house, and a portrait of John Henry Moore.