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Facsimiles and pamphlets that all commemorate the 254th birthday of Dr. Samuel Johnson. Most have a Strozier tag in the front of the book that indicate it was donated by Dr. Bertram H. Davis

The J.S. Lester Plantation Papers include an 1895 doctor's bill, a transmittal letter, and a 4-page list of receipts (1868) for money received by fourteen former enslaved persons; the plantation was located in Leon County, Fla. Also known as MSS 0-167.

These papers primarily consist of the 92 page handwritten WWII European Campaign U.S. Army surgeon's journal of Dr. Thaddeus M. Moseley who served with the 4th Auxiliary Surgical Group.  The journal details each surgical case attended to, including patient name, date of injury, and rank. Each case includes details about the type of injury, methods of treatment and various medications used. Moseley includes information regarding the movement of his unit and assignment to various hospitals throughout Europe. While the majority of cases Moseley attended to were U.S. Army casualties, there are entries that include German prisoners-of-war, several civilians, and a British soldier.  Also included with these papers are a headnote with annotations about Dr. Thaddeus M. Moseley, as well as transcriptions of the journal entries.

This collection consists of abstracts of the wills of Colonel Dry (1779), G. Benjamin Smith (1824), and his wife, Sarah Dry Smith (1824), who was the daughter of Colonel Dry. Also included in the collection is a letter from Smithville, North Carolina, dated June 22, 1826, pertaining to the wills.

Duane H. Siers Big Little Books Collection has approximately 500 Big Little Books dating from 1932 to the 1970s. First published in the 1930s by Whitman Publishing Company, the books contain black and white illustrations with color covers. They are based on comic strips, movies, radio shows and children's classics. Books from this collection are searchable in the Broward County Library Catalog with the prefix "BLB".

The primary source materials in this collection provide historical documentation and evidence of selective elections and political campaigns held in Duval County and Jacksonville, Florida. The earliest items are Duval County election records dated 1904; the majority of the materials date from the late twentieth century to the present decade. Printed materials include sample election ballots and guides, voting brochures and pamphlets, and a voting registration receipt card. Artifacts and memorabilia include political campaign buttons and stickers from Jacksonville mayoral, U.S. Senate, and Presidential campaigns.

The George W. Tedder Collection contains certificates and photographs documenting the careers of Judge George Tedder Sr. and Judge George Tedder Jr. The photographs include images of Judge Fred Shippey, Judge Curtis Eugene Chillingworth of Palm Beach, and a group photograph of Broward County judges. Also included are George Tedder Sr.'s award from the Florida Education Association and a photograph of him receiving the award. The certificates date from 1929 to 1948 and were given to George Tedder Sr. upon his commissions as a Circuit Judge.

This is an oral interview transcript relates to Dwight R. Crum regarding his service with the 119th Anti-Aircraft Battalion in Europe during World War II. He was initially drafted into the 95th Coast Artillery Corps in 1941. He served at Pearl Harbor in 1942 before being transferred to the European Theater where he served as a 2nd LT with the 119th Anti-Aircraft Battalion.

The correspondence consists of an envelope and letter dated February 9, 1886, from E. A. Lee to Mrs. William J. Clark, sent from St. Nicholas, Florida. The writer describes to Mrs. Clark, a friend in Ypsilanti, Michigan, her experiences as a winter visitor to Jacksonville, Florida, in 1886. She recounts her arrival in Jacksonville and the boat ride across the St. Johns River to St. Nicholas, a settlement on the east side of the river where she and her brother have rented homes. She describes in detail: the variable winter weater in Florida, with the temperature plunging to 17 degrees in a "cold wave"; her winter home "Sterling Villa," and the St. Nicholas bluff area, with several dwellings bordered by orange groves; and the crossing of the River back to Jacksonville by rowboat with other river options being a ferryboat and a small steamer. She writes admiringly of the "the beautiful St. Johns," but unfavorably regarding the city of Jacksonville, which she describes as flourishing but "not a particularly pleasant city." She finds that the city is frequented by Northerners staying in the "enormous" hotels for the winter, the streets are unpaved, and there is a multitude of stores "mingled indiscriminately together." In closing, while initially disappointed with Florida, she tells of her growing appreciation of the benefits of the mild weather, and the natural beauty of the area.

The Earl Benfield Contains materials related to the US Coast Guard Auxiliary in Fort Lauderdale and Miami dating from 1946 to 1951. It contains correspondence related to the City Docks of Fort Lauderdale, a charter for incorporation of Flotilla Two, certificates, and photographs.