Collections

Views of Winter Haven, Florida photographs, circa 1920s contains fourteen 8x10 photographs of Winter Haven, Florida in the 1920s taken by photographer Robert E. Dahlgren. Images depict landscapes, homes, and roads during the "Florida boom." The photographs in this collection are useful to research on the landscape and real estate of Winter Haven, Florida as it existed in the 1920s. Robert E. Dahlgren born in Sweden in 1882 and died in 1961 in Winter Haven, Florida. He arrived in Florida in 1911 and married Queena Adams in 1917. Dahlgren photographed agricultural and rural landscapes, bodies of water, and real estate in central Florida. In 1912, he opened a shop on Fifth Street and in 1930, relocated to a custom studio on Third Street SW. He worked with Dick and Julie Pope to photograph and market Cypress Gardens.

Collection documents the Viking space missions of the 1970s from NASA employee Lula Agee.

The Vincent J. Fonelli Collection includes materials on the life and personal artwork of Fonelli, who lived from 1906 to 1972. The collection consists of architectural drawings, paintings, photographs, hand drawings, and sculptures done by Fonelli around his time at Columbia University. Polish posters and newsletters are also featured in the collection.