Collections

Arthur W. Lanterman served in the Armed Guard in the US Navy. He was stationed on the East Coast and did not serve overseas. His collection includes "The Pointer," newsletters, photos of himself, a pocket Bible, his ribbons and dog tags, his Navy ID card, his high school diploma, his Navy personnel file, and a framed copy of the list of men, including himself, who served in FDR's funeral honor guard.

The materials in this collection appear to have been curated for a choral reunion that took place in the spring of 2003. Materials date from as early as 1937 to as late as 1997. The Southern College Newspaper, music, and photos make up the bulk of the materials.

Commercial sign from the Late Night Library nightclub in Tallahassee, Florida, with the text "Late Night Library".

The Latin American Sheet Music Collection consists of original piano-vocal music and folk song arrangements by significant composers and songwriters from Central and South America.

The scrapbook contains memorabilia relating to Laura Carson's senior year at Florida State University, 1946-1947.  The scrapbook is preceded by three pages labeled 'Dates to Remember.' (See box list.)

This collection is related to Laura Elizabeth Smith Hiott. The collection contains a scrapbook of military base letterheads, booklets: The WAC, Manual for Civil Defense. Also included are newspaper articles from Miami Herald and the Jacksonville (Florida) Times-Union which reveal Ms. Smith Hiott's perspective on major events during the war and often focus on servicewomen.

This collection pertains to Laura Mae Jackson DuFore who served with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps during World War II. The collection contains four letters that she wrote to her sister and family while she was overseas, two letters from friends, a collection of black and white photographs mainly from New Guinea and the Philippines, foreign currency, various military documents, artwork created by DuFore, a metal bracelet with the name "Laura" etched in, a cigarette lighter made from a .50 caliber round, a Japanese fan, a Japanese cigarette, an Enlisted Infantry collar pin, photocopies of two scrapbooks, and various newsletters from air fields, ships, or other posts. The collection also contains a copy of DuFore's autobiography A Life So Full.