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Private Ralph Chester Lapham served with the 116th Evacuation Hospital during World War II in the European Theater of Operations. Chester assisted with providing care for former prisoners of Dachau concentration camp after the camp's liberation. The collection contains photographs of the camp and letters describing the unit's work setting up a hospital at Dachau and a Typhus epidemic.

Manuscripts by Ralph Lee Eyman used for publications (typed and undated). The manuscripts include "To What Extent are the United Nations United", "Public Education in the South and the Nation", and "Toward World Understanding and World Peace With Implications for Education." A list of Southern Academies before 1960, as well as some notepads with handwritten notes by Ralph Lee Eyman are also included in the collection.

This collection consists of letters and photographs from two brothers who served in the United States Marine Corps on Guadalcanal and Tulagi, Solomon Islands, in the Pacific War Campaign during World War II from 1942 to 1943.  Other letters relate to a relative of the brothers who served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968.

Records, 1993-1994, consisting of reading files of the Office of the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of West Florida. Reading files are outgoing memoranda, correspondence, and copies of other written communications arranged chronologically, representing all aspects of academic administration at the University of West Florida. Key writers include Douglas Friedrich and Carl Backman.

This collection relates to Richard Knight who served in the U.S. Army in the 11th and 5th Infantry Divisions in the European Theater during World War II. This collection contains an oral history transcript where Knight discusses his service in Iceland, Ireland, and France. He also discusses his experience as a prisoner of war in the 12A work camp which was liberated by the Russians.

Postcard. "Riverside Hotel 60 Years" postcard featuring a 1930s photograph of the Champ Carr Hotel, Fort Lauderdale. Text on back: " In 1936 the Champ Carr Hotel was built on the New River and named after the first general manager; renamed in 1947 as the Riverside Hotel. The Riverside Hotel prides itself with gracious accommodations and Old World Hospitality in welcoming guests for 60 years."

This collection pertains to Robert O'Loughlin and his experience on the home front during World War II. The collection contains a manuscript in which O'Loughlin detailed the memories from his childhood during the war. Some of the memories include having ration stamp books for food, clothing, and other major items, seeing a captured Japanese submarine displayed in his hometown, not having access to certain foods like cold-cuts, and having street lights dimmed at night.

This collection relates to Roger Field, who spent most World War II assisting as a civilian in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Field then attended Officer Candidate School in the summer of 1945 and worked for the Post-Hostilities Mapping Program in the Philippines after Japan's surrender. This collection contains an oral history transcript and short memoir where Field explains how his family military history in the military shaped his perceptions of the war and details the various opportunities for civilian engagement on the home front.

A group of land records, 1856-1935, including mortgages, land grants, promissory notes, and other materials for lands in Santa Rosa County. Includes such firms as Balentine and Whitley, Milton, Florida; S. J. Stewart & Bro., Milton, florida; and Presidential land grants signed in proxy by Franklin Pierce, and William McKinley. An annotated calendar of names and land descriptions is available in the collection inventory.