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The collection includes a variety of media from Germany, including postcards, magazines for GIs stationed in Germany, photographs, and The Corner.The Corner is a manuscript (likely a historical fiction novel) about a group of men in a Polish Catholic community in Toledo, Ohio. The story follows a group of young men who often spent time on a corner, gambling or socializing, from the 1930s through their wartime experiences up to the post war period. The manuscript appears to demonstrate the cultural enclaves in American cities and how that changed during the Second World War. The time period of the collection is mostly WWII, however it is more memory- focused, including military and civilian publications and from the 1980s and 1990s reflecting on the war. The collection also includes a memoir about Bielawski's experiences, P.O.W. Camp 78 Zuffenhausen, Germany. It gives a brief historical background of the Second World War in Europe, as well as his experiences, including his views on POWs and European civilians in the immediate post-WWII years, with emphasis on the healthcare of those interned in the POW and civilians outside of the camp.

Comprises materials from six of her major works including draft and final typescripts of novels, autographed color and black and white sketches and prints, character sketches, thumbnails, watercolors, rough and final art, publishers proofs, as well as materials from short comics published in the New York Times and miscellaneous art. Final art preserves the artists working order.

This collection contains various materials related to Lula Elnora Alice Hamilton DeGraff. Included is a photographs of Lula E. A. H. DeGraff, her marriage certificate to Mark DeGraff, and a duplicate of her family record. There is a M. A. Certificate for Lula Hamilton DeGraff, dated July 18, 1924. There is a University of Iowa Certificate stating that she has completed requirements of course in Public School Music at the New School of Methods, dated July 3, 1914. A Certificate of Lula Hamilton from Kirksville Public School, Kirksville, Missouri, states that she has completed the Grammar Department there, and is dated April 18, 1907. There are certificates from Leschetizky School of Music for completion of a preparatory course in singing, dated July 10, 1915, and for a B. M. course of vocal music, dated September 2, 1915. There is also a Certificate and a B. A. Certificate in Education from First District Normal School, Kirksville, Missouri, for completion of an advanced music course, dated February 27, 1914, and August 7, 1914.

This collection includes two Interlachen yearbooks from Evelyn Smith's time at Florida Southern College as well as her Bachelor of Science diploma.

The photographs in this collection represent FAU's outreach to students ready to attend an upper division university. FAU students participated as models for the brochures while FAU's Creative Services Department took the photographs. The photographs in this collection were taken between 1970 and 1974 which made FAU 6 to 10 years old at the time. There are 425 photographs and seven series in this collection. To provide a sample of the collection, 30 photographs were digitized and described. If you would like to see more photographs, please contact lysca@fau.edu to make an appointment.

Personal papers, 1976-1986, concerning research on Octavia Walton Le Vert (1810-1877) and publication of Satterfield's biographical book, Madame Le Vert: A Biography of Octavia Walton Le Vert (1987). The papers include correspondence with family descendants, archivists, researchers, publishers, and agents; photocopies of research materials including primary (letters and diaries) and secondary sources (journal articles and book excerpts), and final manuscript. Subjects include the Le Vert, Walton, and Reab families, Henry Clay, the Marquis de LaFayette, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, General P. G. T. Beauregard, the Mount Vernon Ladies Association and Le Vert's 19th century locales of Mobile, Alabama; Pensacola, Florida; Washington, D.C.; St. Louis, Missouri; Saratoga Springs, New York; and New Orleans, Louisiana.

The Benjamin H. Nahabedian Collection consists of nine photographs and six postcards. Several photographs depict hotels in Fort Lauderdale and East Las Olas following a hurricane. The collection also includes images of the Pan American Airport in Miami and canal scenes from Fort Lauderdale.

Records, 1913-1939, containing correspondence concerning the assessments of property, tax assessment regulations, tax appeals, and related subjects. [1,642 pieces]