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This series holds additional materials received from the Bromeliad Society International (BSI) in 2015. Some of these materials include a World Bromeliad Conference '72 schedule events and a letter sent out to BSI members from the chair, Patrick Mitchell; a manuscript called "Bromeliad Hybrids and Cultivars" compiled by Brian Smith in 1984; "A Preliminary Listing of All Known Cultivar and Grex Names for the Bromeliaceae" created by Bromeliad Society, Inc. and arranged by Don A. Beadle, includes named and unnamed grexes, names of collectors, hybridizers, developers, references, and dates; "First Tentative Listing of Bromeliad Cultivars" prepared by Brian Smith in 1989; four copper color separations for one print; and various publications from Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.

This series holds additional materials received from the Bromeliad Society International (BSI) in 2016. Collection includes World Bromeliad Conference materials from 1980 to 2008; a manuscript called "Bromeliad Hybrid List" compiled by Brian Smith; another manuscript called "Subfamily Pitcairnioideae" by Charles A. Wiley; various organizational files such as BSI application for registration of a bromeliad cultivar, board meeting minutes from 1953 to 1980, bromeliad glossary compiled by Victoria Padilla, membership directories from 1971 to 1999, cultural handbooks and manuals, cultivar registrations, and handbook for judges and exhibitors; photographs, bromeliad nursery catalogs, miscellaneous articles and news clippings; and publications from New Zealand and United States.

This series holds additional materials received from the Bromeliad Society International (BSI) in 2018. Collection includes 2018 World Bromeliad Conference program; Bromeliad Society Inc. membership application forms; an article called "Bromeliads" by T. J. Sheehan and C. A. Conover; various bromeliad nursery catalogs from California, Florida, Alabama and Brazil; a newsletter from Long Beach-Lakewood called Bromeliad Study Group (v. 6:no.2); and State Rosters (2007-2016) from Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies, Inc.

This series holds additional materials received from the Bromeliad Society International (BSI) in 2022. Collection includes records, postcards, photographs, and artifacts pertaining to one of the founders of the Bromeliad Society International, Mulford B. Foster.