Collections

This collection relates to Joseph L. Cittadini who served as a Navigator with the 384th Bombardment Group.  The collection includes photographs, letters, and official documents from his time as a navigator with the US Army Air Corp and his time as a prisoner of war during World War II. Photographs include several of Cittadini with his crew of the "Goin' Dawg" and "Nutalls Nut House" B-17 bombers. Cittadini was a prisoner of war for a year after being shot down on a mission over Berlin and was held in several POW camps, but primarily in Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Germany. His account of this is told in detail in both a manuscript and an oral history transcript.

Correspondence, library surveys, reports, manuscript drafts, policy statements, photographs, architectural drawings, news clippings, and other materials documenting Joseph L. Wheeler's work as librarian, teacher, author, and library consultant.

The Joseph Mackay Collection contains 76 photographs of Dania, Hollywood, and Fort Lauderdale in Broward County during the Florida Land Boom of the 1920s before the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926.

This collection contains an unpublished biography of Joseph Peters entitled "An Ordinary Hero." Peters served as a medical doctor in the Philippines during World War II and retired a Colonel. The collection also includes a letter about his 1952 retirement and a letter to his daughter about an injury stating that the initial injury was sustained upon capture by the Japanese in 1942.

The Joseph R. Nutt Illustration Collection contains 11 prints of Joseph R. Nutt's 1974 illustrations of historic buildings in Florida such as the New River Inn, the King-Cromartie House, the Colee Hammock, the Oldest Spanish House, the Cape Florida Lighthouse, the Key West Light House, the Jupiter Lighthouse, Gilbertt's Bar Station, and the Pioneer House.

In 2004, the family of Joseph Schrogin donated his collection of original manuscripts. Joseph Schrogin was a Lithuanian composer immigrated to the United States in 1921 and lived between New York and Chicago, establishing his home with his wife Manya Schrogin (nee Ptashe) and their two children in Los Angeles. While Mr. Schrogin was not a formally trained musician, he learned to play the piano and mandolin. According to the family, Mr. Schrogin studied harmony and had a gift for melody. After 30 of composing music and publishing a book of his songs titled Gezangen, he passed away at the age of 53 in Los Angeles.

This collection follows Joseph T. Bannan as he served aboard the U.S.S. Panamint (AGC13). He was under the command of Admiral Arthur D. Struble. On this ship were photograph developers that obtained the picture of renowned wartime journalist, Ernie Pyle, lying dead on the island of Le Shima. Only two copies were ever made and the original was destroyed shortly after its creation to prevent a decline in American morale. This collection contains a photocopy of one of the original copies owned by Bannan.

Professional papers, case files, and collected publications of Joseph Tobias, attorney based in Chicago, Illinois, regarding his representation of Mamie Till-Mobley from 1955 to 1960. Documents include case files for Mamie Bradley v. Cowles Magazines, Inc., Vernon C. Meyers, Gardner Cowles, and William Bradford Huie; correspondence on Till-Mobley's behalf with the NAACP and motion picture studios; and subject files kept by Tobias on Till-Mobley during and after his employment by her.

The Joseph Z. Smith Collection documents Bishop Joseph Z. Smith's career in the Church of God and community organizing and contains 16 photographs of Bishop Joseph Z. Smith and his family and associates and a biographical description.