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Holograph manuscript with no title page of Florence White Geary's This Fair Spot; Mood of Florida Summer, Key West, L.P. Artman, 1966. A collection of poems about Florida.

"This is Las Olas Blvd 1971: The Pride of Fort Lauderdale" brochure contains a map and information about businesses on Las Olas Boulevard, as well as the history of the road and the local area.

This item appears to be a photocopy of Thomas Brown's missing diary of his trip to England from July 1 through November 2, 1820. On the first page of the photocopy is the following note: "This Diary of Thomas Brown was given to me, Evelyn Cameron Lewis Manning, by my sister, the late Mary Douglass Lewis, who received it from her cousin, Susan Matilda Archer, grand-daughter of Thomas Brown. In the Autobiography of Thomas Brown he noted that he did not know what had become of his diary which he had kept on his trip to England. I appreciate the interest of Bertram H. Groene and the Florida State University Library in having this copy of the Diary of Thomas Brown included in the Papers of Thomas Brown. I am a graduate of the West Florida Seminary, A.B., Class of 1900." The note is signed Evelyn Cameron Lewis Manning and is dated March 16, 1966.

This collection contains photocopied materials related to Thomas D. Bailey's time as Florida Superintendent of Public Instruction. It contains correspondence from 1955-1971, personal and biographical data about Bailey, as well as a large number of speeches and statements made while in office.

The collection of Tom Greenwell contains a manuscript broken into parts, "Growing Up in Kentucky," "My Naval Career," "Epilogue and History of USS Astoria," a family genealogy, plus a copy of his military documents. In 1938, he was posted to the Heavy Cruiser USS Astoria (CA-34) and served on her until she was sunk during the Battle of Savo Island in August 1942. Prior to that, the USS Astoria was at the Battle of Midway and other engagements in the Pacific Theater. In November 1942, he was posted to the destroyer USS Maddox (DD- 622) in the Atlantic. He was promoted to First Class Petty Officer and came ashore to attend Naval Fire Control School at Washington, D.C. Upon finishing this training he was assigned to the pre-commissioning crew of the USS Miami (CL-89) and remained with her for the war's duration. He continued in the Navy and served in the Korean War and eventually retired after thirty years of service.

This collection relates to Thomas H. Gilliam who served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater during World War II as a radar operator and was present during the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. This collection contains photocopies of black and white photographs taken during the war, a memoir of his experience written by David G. Verdier, and documents related to radar and the Pearl Harbor attack.

This oral history interview transcript relates to Thomas H. Moorer who attended the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD from 1928 to 1933. In 1935, Moorer completed flight school and was stationed in Hawaii. He was present on December 7, 1941, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Moorer continued to serve in the Pacific Theater during World War II and remained in the U.S. Navy after the war.  In 1964, he had become an Admiral and by 1970, the Chairman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, serving until 1974.

The last will and testament of Thomas Howard, 3rd duke of Norfolk along with the inquisition post mortem. Items are photocopies of originals housed in the London Public Records Office.