Collections

This collection comprises supporting research material and manuscripts by the late horticulturalist Dr. David Sturrock. The collection contains a manuscript, research, maps and photos for his book, Trees for Southern Florida.  Also in the collection are first and second drafts of an unpublished manuscript entitled The Bahamas from the Viewpoint of a Horticulturalist, along with related research notes and correspondence.

This collection relates to David Westheimer who served as a 1st Lieutenant Navigator on a B-24 Bomber with the 457th Bomb Group during World War II and was shot down over Italy where he became a POW. This collection consists of an oral history transcript of David Westheimer.

Collection of printed booklets and pamphlets on the race relations.

Print of a drawing of the Old Davie School (built 1918).

School records, 1935-1975, of Davis School, Atmore, Alabama including registers of attendance, 1935-1960 which show students attending, addresses, parents' names and occupations; the principal's record and report forms, 1940-1975 giving annual reports of the school; and school bus driver's reports, 1937-1942. Includes some records for Ernest Ward School, Walnut Hill, Florida, and Nakomis School, Nakomis, Alabama.

Includes a portrait of Dean Charles Rovetta and other framed materials from the dedication of the Rovetta Business School Building.

Frank Deangelo served in K Company, 30th Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division of the US Army during WWII. He received basic training at Ft. Dix, New Jersey and Camp Blanding, Florida before being shipped to Camp Robinson, Arkansas and Ft. Meade, Maryland. Deangelo fought in North Africa, the Italian campaigns, and southern France. He received a Presidential Unit Citation. Deangelo was discharged on 28 Feb 1946 for wounds received when he stepped on a land mine losing his right foot and testicle. The collection includes a manuscript written by Deangelo recounting his experience as a first generation Italian American both before and during the war.

Original typescript of interview with Dean Louis Shores conducted by Doreen van Assenderp as part of her master's degree program

Rat cap with "Beat Georgia Tech" written on bill, 10 photographs from the circus, parades, and soapbox derby, circus programs, one large photograph of five people on bicycle, Flying High Circus Pin, gold charm bracelet with Who's Who Key, Garnet Key, two circus keys, Junior Class Council pin, Student counsel pin, charm with "June 6, 1959" engraved (day she graduated)

This collection documents the activitles of Florida Gulf Coast University's Deans Council from July 1995 to May 2003. Materials are mostly textual documents created for meetings such as agendas, minutes, notes, and correspondence.