Collections

Photographs show construction sites in downtown Jacksonville, primarily the Independent Life Building (the present Modis Building) in 1972-73 and the Baptist Medical Center building. Other miscellaneous subjects include a Jacksonville River Run (undated), and personal photographs of Mr. Burt. Sizes of the photographs range from three and one-half inches to eleven by fourteen inches

Magoon served in the 624th Field Artillery Observation Battalion. He fought in the Philippines and Luzon (PTO). Memoir "Way It Was" covers basic training and time as a guard at Ft. Sill in Pacific; 200 pages.

Robert Maher served in the Navy aboard the USS Borie, DD-215, and the USS J. Fred Talbot in the Atlantic. The collection includes a manuscript entitled "Sailor's Journey into War," which is Maher's memoir. His memoir begins in 1939 and continues until the end of the war. The Borie served in the Atlantic theater as a member of the "Neutrality Patrol" for the canal. In addition to writing about the experiences of the Borie, Maher also writes about his time on the ship and his time spent on leaves from it. The USS Borie was sunk by Germans in late 1943, and Maher was assigned to the USS J. Fred Talbot for the end of the war.

This collection contains Japanese World War II ephemera such as paper money, Japanese propaganda scrapbooks, a book of fundamental Japanese, a bond from a Japanese bank, and a company document on Japanese paper.

This collection relates to Robert B. Barnick who served in the European Theater of Operations as part of the Italian campaign with the 10th Mountain Division, 604th Field Artillery. This collection includes a manuscript titled "In My Right Mind," newspaper clippings relating to his service, and photographs.

This collection contains Colonel Robert Berry's oral history transcript wherein he describes his involvement in the Normandy invasion and its aftermath as a graves registration officer in the 6th Engineers Special Brigade. The interview also includes accounts of American soldiers being executed for war crimes. This collection contains a transcript Robert Berry's interview from the Reichelt Program for Oral History.

Photographs of what is today the site of the Broward County Government Center. Includes a photograph of Burdine's, the Broward National Bank, and the Sun Bank Center, circa 1980.

Photographs and photocopies of scrapbook pages.