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The Denis Lomax collection consists of photographs, photograph negatives, scrapbooks, printed materials, correspondence and writings that document the lives of filmmakers Leila Roosevelt and Armand Denis as well as their families. The collection contains materials related to Leila Roosevelt's parents, filmmaker, entrepreneur and sportsman Cornelius Louis André Roosevelt (Andre Roosevelt), as well as architect and artist Adelheid Lange Roosevelt. The collection highlights Leila Roosevelt and Armand Denis's travels and film productions such as the documentary film based on the Democratic Republic of the Congo entitled Dark Rapture (Magie Africaine) (1938) and a film based in Bali, Indonesia entitled Goona Goona (Love Powder) (1932). Materials documenting the Anthropoid Ape Research foundation in Dania Beach, Florida, founded by Leila Roosevelt and Armand Denis, along with personal papers of their families are also included in this collection.

Materials included in the Floridiana collection include maps, correspondence, photographs, and publications (1730-1970) pertaining to the development of Florida, government ordinances, and government reports relating to Florida.

The James A. Haley Papers consist of his personal and political papers. Correspondence, clippings, newsletters, photographs, congressional reports, and awards from various civic and political organizations give insight into Haley's public interests. Photographs of his wife, the Circus and political affiliates uncover the many facets of Haley's life. A limited amount of biographical information, including news articles about his death, reflect on how this public figure kept his private life private. Of note is the series about the Hartford Circus fire.

The World War II Collection consists of material from throughout the war, as well as the two decades preceeding and the immediate postwar period of the 1940s. Materials include oral histories, correspondences, diaries, ephemera, memoirs, and photographs.

The Marth Munzer Collection contains journals, clippings, notes, photos, and correspondence.

Six ledgers dating 1966-1978 and a Bible dated 1936 from Trade Winds Farm in Coconut Creek, Florida.

The Morris and Flora Fisher Real Estate Documents Collection contains legal documents and correspondence related to the property of Morris and Flora Fisher. These properties concern Oakland Park, Colee Hammock, North Lauderdale, Florinada, Progresso, and the Seaboard Railway during 1925-1926.

Mixed materials/ letters and documents.

Newspaper clippings, sheet music, poems, lyrics.