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Correspondence, papers, records, journals, cashbooks (or account books), scrapbooks, newspaper articles, passport, currency, manuscripts, books, songs, pictures, stamps, clippings and legal papers. This collection contains a wide variety of materials. The correspondence, papers, records, bookkeeping journals and cash books of Julius Diamond reflect the economic conditions of the time and are good examples of how merchandising business was conducted. The scrapbook, assembled by John W. Trench, contains manuscripts, Civil War letters and clippings, describing events such as the battles of Gettysburg, Bull Run and Vicksburg. There is an original holograph passport issued by Consul General at Marseilles, France, to a native of Italy, taken during the war. Newspaper clippings discuss the price of gold, burial ceremonies, and the sale of enslaved persons. Also included are recipes, poems, songs and jokes written during and about the Civil War, as well as other historical documents not preserved elsewhere.

Rules and regulations of FSU. Might be missing several chapters.

Typescript of "The Free Negro in Florida Before the Civil War" by Russell Garvin, 36 pages.

This collection contains a copy of the manuscript A Tank Across Europe by Michael Bruno.  It is a record of his father, Russel L. Bruno's experiences in World War II who served with the 778th Tank Battalion.

The Russell Pfost Collection contains a circa 1970s-1980s football scrapbook and several sports programs.

Distaff, commencement program, and yearbooks belonging to Florida State College for Women student, Ruth Scott Atkinson, class of 1939.

Photos and postcards from Ruth Conibear Kellum scrapbook.

A photograph of the 1947 Florida State College for Women Glee Club.

Scrapbook, 1892-1896, with newspaper clippings (primarily from the St. Andrews Buoy Newspaper), illustrations, and other clipped matter concerning the St. Andrews and Cromanton area of Florida (now Panama City) and Perote, Alabama. Includes social notes, travel accounts, poetry, wedding invitations, a description of the 22 homes along the Bay in 1885 and other area news.

Normal College Licentiate of Instruction Certificate awarded to Sallie Hulse Landrum on June 6th, 1889