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Strozier inauguration invitation, guest ticket, and program, Zerbe exhibition program, Pow Wow 1957, various correspondence from Robert M. Strozier to Jan Kaminis

photograph of Lawton (c. '70s), unveiling of the Lawton obelisk (2006), 1949 search for English Professors, faculty senate meeting minutes (1981), 1980 newspaper article, appointment as dean, VP of affairs memo, 70s articles on firing, speech about Lawton, Lawton memorial committee correspondence (early 80s), suggestion to become top 25 institution (1992)

This collection pertains to Robert O'Loughlin and his experience on the home front during World War II. The collection contains a manuscript in which O'Loughlin detailed the memories from his childhood during the war. Some of the memories include having ration stamp books for food, clothing, and other major items, seeing a captured Japanese submarine displayed in his hometown, not having access to certain foods like cold-cuts, and having street lights dimmed at night.

The collection of Robert Sands contains a scrapbook, of mostly photos, on his service with the Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater. He served with the 2nd Aviation Engineer Battalion and other Engineer Battalions on the islands of New Guinea, Guadalcanal, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Guam, and Tarawa. Also, he has photos of Linda Vista, California in 1942 and the Marine Barracks at Bremerton, Washington, late 1945. [note: the scrapbook needs some preservation but is intact and viewable]

Contains numerous photographs and negatives from 1932-1960 covering Tampa Bay and other areas of Florida. Photographs show scenes of Tampa, including building profiles, social events, street scenes, and store displays, mainly in the 1930s and 1940s.

The Roderick Kirkpatrick Shaw "Estate Division of Slaves" authorizes Gadsden County Commissioners Thomas Munroe, William F. Bull and Hudson Muse to divide the enslaved persons belonging to the estate of the late Roderick K. Shaw into three equal portions and distribute them to Shaw's two sons, Roderick Gosporo Shaw and James Kirkpatrick Shaw, and to John H. Smith, husband of R. K. Shaw's daughter, Jesse Shaw Smith.

Photostats of manuscripts and two United States printed forms filled in by and concerning Roderick McLennan, a citizen of Canada, 1864-1887. The five items are as listed below:

This collection contains one (1) advertising stamp measuring 1"x.5" and which is dated 1938.