Collections

Color Photograph of Governor Bob Martinez, with his wife and dog. Probably taken in Governor's Mansion, Tallahassee. With envelope, marked "Mr. Charles E. Miller."

Robert A. Matthews served in the Navy in the Pacific Theater (PTO). Matthews entered the Navy on 15 March 1943 and attended the V-12 Pre-midshipmen Program at the University of Pennsylvania and at Camp McDonough, Plattsburg, New York. He later attended midshipman school at Northwestern University in Chicago and was then stationed at San Francisco, Pearl Harbor, the Russell Islands, the Soloman Islands, Saipan, and Guam. Russell was an officer in the LCT (Landing Craft Truck) Flotilla 6 before being transferred to LCT Flotilla 36 when he was stationed at Saipan. Matthews' duties included commanding a LCT, disposal of surplus war material, and acting as a maintenance officer for the LCT fleet when it was mothballed. The collection includes a manuscript recounting Matthews' experiences during the war. These include the role of alcohol, morphine, and religious services in the lives of soldiers stationed in the Pacific. Matthews also participated in the unloading of the USS Indianapolis, the ship which delivered the two atomic bombs used in the war.

This collection contains a series of stories from The Burman News, a newsletter from Merrill's Marauders Association Inc. This collections contains excerpts of four newsletters ranging from 2005-2006 that detail personal stories of the China Burma India Theater of Operations.

This forty page oral history interview transcript relates to Robert Mckay who was a student and interned by the Japanese at Baguio in the Philippine Islands during World War II.  The interview was conducted with McKay at a Baguio Internee reunion. The transcript covers McKay's experiences before, during, and after internment.

Collection consists of ten photographs from Robert McKenzie's freshman year as part of the 849er club at West Campus.

Strozier inauguration invitation, guest ticket, and program, Zerbe exhibition program, Pow Wow 1957, various correspondence from Robert M. Strozier to Jan Kaminis

photograph of Lawton (c. '70s), unveiling of the Lawton obelisk (2006), 1949 search for English Professors, faculty senate meeting minutes (1981), 1980 newspaper article, appointment as dean, VP of affairs memo, 70s articles on firing, speech about Lawton, Lawton memorial committee correspondence (early 80s), suggestion to become top 25 institution (1992)