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This collection contains personal letters and documents from Lawrence J. Smith, a former United States House of Representative from Florida. Some of these letters relate directly to Middle-East policy before and after the 1991 Persian Gulf War, such as sells of arms to Kuwait, and actions of sanctions against Iraq for its attack on Israel. Additional documents and letters depict policy towards Soviet and Central and South American immigration, NRA policy, and enforcement/crackdown of illegal narcotics.

This collection details the legal struggle for women's rights regarding fairer wages, equal opportunities as men, as well as the right for more say in legal affairs regarding women directly. The documents in the collection include but are not limited to legal documents involving rape, abortion, healthcare, allegations of sexual misconduct against women, child care, and the right to speak. Additional content includes memos of speeches, legal testimonies, and news clippings regarding the advancements and progress of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

This collection is comprised of the background files, notes, correspondence, permission, maps, manuscripts, and other materials that were collected or created by Clifton Paisley during the writing of his work, Red Hills of Florida. Included among these items are biographical sources, census data, maps and surveys of the Red Hills region, letters to and from local organizations and persons, newspapers, and interviews. The majority of the collection consists of those materials which actually played a part in the publication of the book. These items include notes, manuscripts, galley proofs, camera ready copies, and photographs mainly dating from the 1970s and 1980s when the book was being compiled and published.

The collection reflects the lives and activities of the Avellanals, a prominent pioneering Ybor City family, with the bulk of the collection documenting the life and career of Lt. General José Luis Avellanal y Jimenez. Among the papers in the collection are pamphlets, diaries, ledgers, correspondence, invoices and receipts, contracts, real estate title abstracts, lawsuits (including testimonies), certificates, photographs, corporate minutes, audits, medical reports, patents, stock certificates, newspaper clippings, and a small number of artifacts.

This collection contains an assortment of documents, all written by various individuals.

This collection contains papers from Paul W. Danahy, Jr.'s extensive career in public service, covering his legislative career (1966-1974), his service as Executive Director of the Local Government Study Commission (1963-1964), as attorney for the local legislative delegation (1959; 1964-1965), and as a judge both in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (1975-1977) and the Second District Court of Appeals (1977-1990). The collection was donated to USF with the intention of complementing the collections of T. Terrell Sessums and Louis de la Parte, and covers the period in Florida history where political power began to shift from its rural to its urban areas. It documents the attempts to reform and improve the structure and services of Hillsborough County's local governments during urbanization, as well as the effects stemming from the constitutional changes Florida underwent during this same time.