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This collection relates to Fred L. Kagan Jr., who served with the 9th Army Air Force before transferring to the 5th Infantry Division. During the war, he served as a litter bearer in the European Theater of Operations from November 3, 1943 until the end of the war in 1945. This collection consists of documents, photographs, and artifacts related to the service of in the United States Army Air Force and US Army during World War II. The documents consist of official paperwork and discharge papers as well as identification documents. The photographs are primarily of fellow servicemen but also include some images of occupied Hanau, Germany. The artifacts mostly include US Army patches and pins, and medals, including a Bronze Star. There is also a Nazi armband and a torn Nazi Germany flag.

The Charles E. Barnes Collection contains personal papers, certificates, photographic reproductions, and a fireman's helmet belonging to Charles E. Barnes of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The John U. Lloyd Collection contains photographs and ephemera collected by Broward County attorney John Umstead Lloyd. Photographs include a portrait of John U. Lloyd, Broward County Board of Commissioners, U.S. highway tunnel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and an aerial view of Wilton Manors.

One book: Broward County, Florida Municipalities in the 1910 Census for Dade and Palm Beach Counties, by Audrey Sullivan. Published by the Genealogical Society of Broward County, Florida, 1996.

Patients' medical records and other papers of Dr. Herbert Lee Bryans (1889-1961) of Pensacola, Fla.

The Hurtis "Jack" Lowell Enlow papers consist of a diary and various documents relating to his service as an ambulance driver for the 482nd Medical Collection Company. Sergeant Enlow's diary illustrates what life was like as an ambulance driver during the war. He describes in detail the casualties he witnessed, fighting during the Battle of the Bulge, traveling through Europe, basic training, prisoners of war, and the Buchenwald concentration camp. While some descriptions are graphic, they depict the true nature of the war. His documents include photographs taken at Buchenwald, basic training notice, a German train ticket, German advertisement, one Victory Mail letter, post-war customs declarations, Czechoslovakian prayer card, military immunization records, general orders guidelines, letter from a chaplain, post-war mail, road movements map, and smaller certificates.

Collection of personal and historical items including materials concerning Pearl S. Buck, Clementine Churchill (Mrs. Winston S. Churchill) and Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of Russia in 1812.

Records, 1972- , including financial statements, history, special promotions, and related materials.