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Photos, syllabi, studies, catalogs, and meeting minutes from FSU's Department of Urban and Regional Planning.

This collection contains photographs from the Henderson School and Slattery Center. A selection of photographs from each box were described to provide a sample of the collection. For more information, please contact lysca@fau.edu

This collection contains publications created by student clubs, departments, and classes. The collection's date range is 1967 to 2015, included in the collection are one-time and limited run publications.

This oral history interview transcript relates to the life experiences of Catherine Black, an American woman who grew up in the Great Depression and came of age during World War II. Black recounts growing up during the Great Depression, graduating college, her life on the home front, and her life after the war. She discusses raising a child when her husband was at war, living in Arkansas near a Japanese internment camp, becoming a early widow after the war, her remarrige, and her second husband's experiences as a B17 Bomber Pilot during the War.

Collection includes letters with holograph poems, one of which was by Ernest Dowson. Newspaper clippings, newsletters and two pictures - one of Governor John W. Martin and one of Major John W. Tench.

Brown leather binder with zipper, Florida State College for Women (FSCW) logo on cover. ID tag inside identifies Ms. Catherine Welch of Renolds Hall, 2nd floor, rm. 145 as the owner. Also in collection is a small white vinyl wallet with Ms. Welch's home address and the logo of FSCW embossed on front.

This collection contains one scrapbook created by Southern College student Catherine Young in the 1920s. It presents an intomate view of student life in the 1920s. Of special interest are photos of Southern College when it was temporarily located at Clearwater immediately prior to the 1922 move to Lakeland, as well as a pristine copy of The Southern (student newspaper) from February 4, 1921. Also included is a copy of an early Alma Mater for Southern College, as well as newspaper clippings, programs, and ephemera related to events at both Clearwater and Lakeland.

This collection includes 2 American knitting pamphlets from between 1943 and 1945, titled "Knit for Victory" and "Practical, Warm Hand Knits for Service Men." Continued from World War I, the "Knit for Victory" campaign emphasized the contributions women on the homefront could make to the war effort. Pamphlets of patterns like these were available to provide instructions for women to knit socks, sweaters, hats, and other essentials to help soldiers stay warm overseas.

The Porecki Collection is named after Daniel and Mary Alice Porecki, whose love for live plants inspired a passion for collecting orchid-related treasures.