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The collection of Cantor Stuart Kanas mainly consists of manuscript music and print sheet music relating to his professional life as a cantor. Music books have been cataloged and relocated to Rare Books. Audio recordings have been relocated to Judaica Sound Archives. Cantor Kanas studied at the famed Hebrew Union College in New York. Not only remembered for being a great Cantor in both Pennsylvania and New York, Cantor Stuart Kanas is also remembered for a legal decision that helped define the Cantor as a co-officiate in Jewish services of worship when it comes to draft deferment (1967). Cantor Stuart Kanas passed away on September 28, 2002.

This collection related to Raymond Morton Borgman (U.S. Army 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division). Borgman served in the European Theater of Operations, first as a truck driver. The collection consists of documents related to the service of an American Army soldier, letters sent to his mother during World War II, and photographs taken during his service. The documents include his induction order, customs declaration, and discharge papers. The letters discuss his transit across the Atlantic Ocean, service in France in July 1944, and his time in hospitals in December 1944. The photographs consist of images of the soldier and his comrades during his military service.

This collection contains an assortment of personal belongings of Carlos Barnett and his family and their transition to the United States. This includes personal letters, immigration papers, photographs, negatives of photographs, obituaries, and personal mementos, including of religious beliefs.

The collection of Fannie Ushkow consists of manuscript music, print music, personal songbooks, personal papers, programs, and pictures relating to his professional life as a cantor. Music books have been cataloged and relocated to Rare Books. Audio recordings have been relocated to Judaica Sound Archives. Pianist and vocalist Fannie Ushkow held a master's degree in music and was a devoted member of Hadassah.  She created several original musical-theatre programs for their events and also published television programs for local South Florida public television. For 13+ years, Fannie Ushkow was devoted to directing the Melodears choral group at her home in Century Village in West Palm Beach.

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.

Promotional materials, programs, news clippings, photographs, correspondence, scrapbooks, publications, player and team stats, and other material documenting Florida State University's Volleyball program activities from 1968-2003.

6 copies of The Report of the Task Force on Women Faculty's Salaries at The Florida State University, task force meeting minutes, letter correspondence, email correspondence, task force data and statistics (including a floppy disk), ballots for the task force in 1975, an analysis of tenure nominations at a Board of Regents meeting in 1994, women's concerns, personal notes on the task force, relevant literature pertaining to women faculty treatment, and Title IX information.