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The Christopher Eck Collection contains various objects, ephemera, and publications related to the history of Broward County, Florida.

Lantern slides have their origins in optical projection devices dating to the seventeenth century, yet their widespread use did not begin until after the advent of the wet collodion photographic process by Frederick Scott Archer in the late 1840s. As the nineteenth century progressed, lantern slides with photographic images quickly became popular forms of public and private education and entertainment.

Dr. Walter Wadepuhl (1895-1989) is well-known for his scholarship on German poets Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Heinrich Heine. Born in Germany in 1895, he immigrated to the United States at the age of twelve. He held a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Wadepuhl was head of the Department of Languages and Comparative Literature at Elmhurst College where he also taught German for nineteen years. In 1964, he was appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor of German at Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Wadepuhl authored many articles and several books on Goethe and Heine, including Goethe's Interest in the New World (1934) and Heine: Sein Leben und seine Werke (1974). The collection also includes correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, publications, photographs and letters with other German scholars.

This collection relates to George R. Cain and his service as a communications officer in the 23rd Fighter Group, also known as the Flying Tigers, in China during World War II. The collection includes a variety of memorabilia, which spans from the beginning of George H. Cain's service in 1940 until his death in 2000. A few sources in the collection provide an overview of military service on the island of Hawaii. Others document his post-service work with his local Veterans of Foreign Wars Post.

This collection related to the 27th Troop Carrier Squadron includes a manuscript that consists of memoirs entitled "Freedom Rings," which were gathered from members of the Army's 27th Troop Carrier Squadron about their time in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater. The squadron was in the CBI Theater from 1942-1945. The squadron was involved in many Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and SACO (Sino-American-Cooperative-Organization) operations, including rescues and liberations of P.O.W.'s. The collection includes their veteran's association magazine/newsletters as well.

This collection contains photographs of the FAU Swimming Team.

The Alcee Hastings Collection contains materials that document the career of Broward County lawyer, judge, and U.S. House of Representatives Congressman Alcee L. Hastings, such as photographs, printed materials, books, artwork, plaques, certificates, and award objects. The majority of the materials in the collection came from Congressman Hasting's congressional office.

Sweatt's papers are arranged in five series – Canning and Processing, Companies (he worked at), Foreign Trade, Marketing, and Personal. The materials reflect his professional life, with some photographs and documents of his personal life. Sweatt worked at several Citrus focused companies as well as volunteered at several Citrus canning associations. He was influential in taking the Florida orange juice trade overseas, especially to Japan, and this is reflected in the Foreign Trade series. The files contain correspondence, reports, brochures, and studies. The Canning and Processing series includes, reports, correspondence, research files, and information about the soft serve industry at the time. Marketing files are about marketing various aspects of the citrus industry. Within the Company series, for Golden Gem, there are membership newsletters dating from 1967 to 1984, and stockholder meeting files from the 1960's and 1970's.

The majority of materials date from 1990 to 2014. Other documents date through 1970. These documents represent the organizational and gubernatorial records of the Student Government Association from all of FAU's campuses. Materials include Student Senate agendas and legislature, passed and vetoed legislature, and other organizational records that have led to laws and regulations within FAU's campuses. Most materials pertain to University-Wide information and legislation.