Collections

Robert J. Keefer served as a company commander and regimental operations officer of the African American 45th Quartermaster Truck Regiment in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater. The collection of Robert J. Keefer contains an oral history transcript of an interview provided by the Reichelt Program for Oral History. This collection also contains government documents, photographs, and other items detailing Keefer's experiences in World War II. There are three pamphlets in this collection, including one regarding Indian labor.

Papers of Robert K. "Bobby" Klepper (1966-2000), silent film historian and Pensacola author, including biographical materials, newspaper clippings and papers about the research and publishing his books, Silent films on video: a filmography of over 700 silent features available on videocassette...with a directory of sources (1996) and Silent films, 1877-1996: a critical guide to 646 movies (1999).

The Robert Kerr Collection contains materials documenting Robert Morris Kerr's term as city manger of Fort Lauderdale Florida. The collection contains scrapbook pages including city plans, political advertisements, correspondence, newspaper clippings.

This collection relates to Corporal Robert L. Butler, who served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in the U.S., and his wife Virginia Butler. This collection contains letters sent between Robert and Virginia while he was training at six different locations from 1944 to 1945. Also included in the collection are letters to Robert from his mother Vedale Butler (née Irwin) and letters to Robert from his brother Charles. The letters are personal but some discuss Robert's daily routine while in training. Virginia's letters mostly discuss her day-to-day routine at home in Michigan and the lives of their friends and family.

The Sergeant Robert L. Wilson transcript describes his experiences as a truck driver in the 63rd Infantry Division in France and Germany during World War II.

One letter to Robert Strozier from John Harris on behalf of Boris Pasternak, regarding Boris Pasternak's response to Strozier's invitation to speak at FSU.

The materials in this collection represent the subject's work as a photographer and postcard artist/collector in early 20th century Dennmark and Wisconsin.