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This collection contains a memoir, picture, and discharge paper from a Russian prison camp, and certificate from the town of Trebbin about Linker's experience in the Kriegsmarine, Army, and Russian POW camp.

This collection of World's Fair memorabilia was donated to Florida Atlantic University by Charna Larkin. The Larkin family established an endowment in 2004 tosupport the study of the American presidency at FAU. The endowment also supports the annual Alan B. Larkin Symposium on the American Presidency, which hosts public lectures by best-selling authors and distinguished scholars. In addition to collecting original signed letters from every U.S. president from George Washington to George W. Bush, Alan B. Larkin also collected memorabilia from World's Fairs.

Scrapbook, 1941-1949, for the Pensacola Maternity Home, also known as the Pensacola Maternity Hospital including newspaper clippings, photographs, and news of its staff and women auxiliaries.

The bulk of this collection consists of log transcriptions of the missions in which Francis P. Rondinone participated. Rondinone was a staff sergeant in the 8th Air Force where he worked as a B-24 Flight Engineer. The log entries cover information such as date, mission purpose, flying time and place. The file also includes a picture of Rondinone in uniform, a scan of his Certificate of Valor, photocopies of documents regarding his Honorable Discharge certificate, his obituary and two poems of unknown authorship related to his squadron.

This collection relates to Master Sergeant James E. Flynn who served as a technician gunner with the 12th Bombardment Group (Medium),  83rd Bombardment Squadron, in North Africa, Italy, and Burma, as well as a photo gunner with the 3rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron on Guam during World War II. The collection consists of paper memorabilia and material objects from his service from 1942-1945. The medals included a Purple Heart and Air Medal. Flynn served as a member of the prewar U.S. Army and went on to serve in the Korean conflict. His collection consists of documents from his military service, newspaper articles, photographs, silk and cloth maps, medals, and patches.  Images of the North African Campaign include German Afrika Korps and allied equipment, as well as desert scenes.

This collection relates to the Reserve Officers Association and the experience of its members during World War Two.

This collection consists of 21 letters written by Staff Sergeant James J. Sherman, U.S. Army Air Force. Sherman was the son of  Joseph and Florence Sherman of Newburgh, New York.  The letters were written to his parents from May to October, 1943 while he was stationed at bases in Colorado, Florida, and Utah.  After completing his training as an aerial gunner, he was sent to Italy and served with the 745th Bomber Squadron, 456th Bomber Group, Heavy.  He was reported missing in action on Thursday, May 4, 1944, and is memorialized at Florence American Cemetery in Via Cassia, Italy.