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Includes material concerning 1942-1945. this collection includes a manuscript entitled "Chronicle of War: A Look Back" by Johnson. Johnson enlisted in the Army in 1942. He trained at Camp Gordon and was a part of a special squad related to his pre-war position at the Illinois Bell Telephone Company. His time overseas includes England, Oran, Tunisia, and Sicily. He described socializing in the Army both en route (via the Queen Mary and the Argentina) and with the Red Cross. Day to day life (eating, hygiene, warfare, downtime) and major events such as the battle in Sicily and its aftermath. Post-war he described time in France and Germany. There is a lot of detail of camp life, radio operator responsibilities and stories about travel during war. Located in the Manuscript collection.

This collection contains a series of documents pertaining to Colonel Raymond Lester and his wife Eunice E. Barrett. The collection contains Raymond Lester's Retirement Order from Lockbourne Air Force Base and a Report of Discharge from his service in the Air Force. There is also as a letter of gratitude from the Office of the Commander when he retired from the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force and the U.S. Army Air Corp as a pilot in World War II. Also included in the collection is a Certificate of Service and Report of Separation document for Eunice Barrett, from her time in the Army.

Raymond Mercer served in the Army Air Corps from 4/18/1941 until 6/4/1945 beginning as a Private and being promoted to a Technical Sgt. He was trained in the United States and worked in shore patrol in the United States and served in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands as an armorer working on guns on the planes , loading ammunition, and keeping the guns in working order. This is a collection of letters from Mercer to his family and from friends to Mercer. Florida: Describes in letters his times at Camp Blanding, Florida, a Hospital in Miami and West Palm Beach.

Records reveal the establishment of many of the first administrative undertakings at the museum, such as the creation of a museum plaza, museum signage, seawall construction, and information on the Asolo Theater and museum library. Correspondence is varied. Of special interest are those exchanged with museum director, A. Everett Austin, 1947-1952 and with Karl Bickel, 1947-1951. Financial records include: gate receipt log books for 1946, 1947, 1948 and 1949; cash receipt ledgers dating from 1935 – 1946; a check book with entries form 1946-1947; a 1950 audit report, mortgage releases 1950-1952; and financial statements for 1946, 1947, and 1948. There is a silver collection inventory, bids and specs, and a publicity report 1951-1952. Blanding's reports to the Florida Board of Control and State Improvement Records 1948-1951 are also held in these files.

The records contain the official archives of the organization, consisting of organizational documents, general and subject correspondence, annual reports and financial statements, minutes and agendas of general and Executive Board meetings, and membership lists. The bulk of the materials is correspondence between the Chair and Executive Board members relating to Division activities, such as elections of officers, award nominations, etc. The majority of the Division's work is undertaken by committees, hence the large volume of committee correspondence. The Archives were collected by four former DWC Chairs: Carole Garrison (1991-1992), Lynne Goodstein (Acting 1992/Chair 1993-1995), Chris Rasche (1995-97), and Nicole Rafter (1997-1999).

The Red Crise Collection contains a police badge for Hacienda Villiage Police Captain Sherman F. "Red" Crise issued August 8, 1979 and the Articles of Incorporation of the Town of Hacienda Villiage, 1949.

Film of a library tour on magnetic tape

Floor, Memos, Specs labeled "Renovation"

Report of the Treasurer for School Land 16th Section Township 8, Range 18, Alachua County, Florida (1846) by J. W. Pearson, Treasurer, to John Beard, Register, Tallahassee, who was also state Superintendent of Schools. The report cover rentals of lands for the year 1846, with remarks by the treasurer and by the sheriff.

The document by U. S. Congress, House of Representatives, 27th Congress 2d. Session, Rep. No. 83, Heirs of John Brown, Deceased, dated February 9, 1842 is an example of the procedures followed by the United States Congress in confirming Spanish land grants in former West Florida.