Collections

Two scrapbooks created by Broward County Commissioner John McGinn concerning the creation of the Broward County Charter in 1974 and his campaigns. It contains certificates, newspaper clippings, and original letters. Included in the scrapbooks are packages of campaign promotional materials from the 1964 election and the 1986 election.

This collection reflects Robert McNamara's time spent as a student at Florida Southern College in the late 1950s. It includes three "Interlachen" college yearbooks.

Includes 24 black and white postcards (4" x 5 ½"), 16 photographs and photographic reprints (3 ½" x 5" to 8" x 10" in size, primarily black and white), and one booklet (7 cm., 6 leaves, black and white; missing covers).Many of the postcards feature images of the Centro Asturiano de La Habana as photographed by Julio Argüelles. Many of the photographs of Manuel and Susie Melendi at various events in Ybor City and Tampa, Florida. The booklets contains photographic images of Havana, Cuba.

Photostats of Civil War letters by John M. House written from a U.S. Military Prison, Feb. 24, 1865 to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. House, Knoxville, Tenn.; John and his brother Samuel were in U.S. Military prisons at different locations (John at Johnsons Island and Samuel at Castle William, Governors Island, New York Harbor): John's letter mentions his brother and other members of the family, but he wrote chiefly about an exchange of incarcerated people which was taking place at Johnsons Island.

1st Lieutenant John O. Pons' oral history transcript details his experience as a military policeman at the Nuremberg Trials as a part of the 793rd Military Police Battalion from 1945-1946. Pons also describes his return to Germany in 1951-1952 as a member of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, of the 4th Infantry Division. Pons provided security during the Nuremberg Trials over 10 separate occasions and spent most of his time completing various tasks such as breaking up riots, controlling traffic, and participating in raids.

The collection consists chiefly of the personal correspondence of Varnum Family members and other correspondents circa 1841-1927, with the bulk of the materials from the family's Jacksonville period of 1877 to 1888. Most of the letters are outgoing correspondence to relatives from Josephine L. Dyer (signed "Josie") Varnum, wife of John P. Varnum.

The John Raymond Caslow collection documents the World War II US Navy service of John Raymond Caslow. It contains three photographs, Caslow's discharge certificate, his Navy peacoat, and his footlocker.