Collections

The collection contains photographs related to student life on West Campus at Florida State University.

This collection relates to Richard Lewis who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945 in the European Theatre. This collection contains an oral history transcript where Lewis details his missions on a B-24 Bomber and B-17 Bomber during World War II and briefly describes his service in the Korean War.

A typescript letter and mailing envelope signed "Dick Nixon" (Vice President Richard Nixon) addressed to Mrs. Roberta Parsons, Elmira, New York. Refers to defeat in Presidential election, 1960.

Film slides and photographic prints documenting the photography of Dr. Richard N. Mariscal.  Subjects include marine and terrestrial flora and fauna, in locations including the American Pacific coast; the South Pacific Islands; the Atlantic Ocean; the Caribbean Sea; the Gulf of Mexico; and the American Southwest.

This collection relates to First Lieutenant Richard N. Peters who served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in the European Theater of Operations in Italy with a troop carrier squadron. This collection contains an oral history interview transcript and three flight training yearbooks.

This collection contains documents pertaining to individuals being monitored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), such as Albert Einstein and his secretary, Helen Dukas, and stage actor Lenny by former FBI director John F. Sullivan. Such documents include biography and clearance information from those individuals. During the 1960s, and the Cold-War reigning on, the FBI often investigated or kept close-tabs on any individual who may be have construed as a domestic political threat. For instance, Lenny Bruce was kept under tabs because of his outspoken personality, and possibly pitting states' rights and authority against each other. Einstein by comparison was monitored since the 1930s and until his death in 1955. According to J. Edgar Hoover, Einstein was a potential communist and threat to radicalization on his political views, despite being said as he was preaching about his native Germany in the 1930s.

This collection contains seven 16mm propaganda films created by the German Ministry for Educational Films. The reels were recovered from German military barracks in Manheim, Germany, in 1945 by US Army Sergeant Richard Seemel. The films were entitled "Olympische Spiele," (Olympic Games) "Stapellauf des Kreuzers Prinz Eugen," (Launching the Battleship Prince Eugen) "Arbeistdienst II. Teil Kulturfil Institute Dr. Hans Curtis (Labor Service, Part II) "Pionere schlagen eine Brüche," (Army Engineers Build a Bridge) "Fallschirm Jäger," (Paratroopers) "Ein Brief wird befördnet," (A Letter Will Be Delivered) and "Tropische Reisbau," (Tropical Rice Cultivation).

Lithographs of bird illustrations by Richard Sloane.