McKay Archives Manuscript Collections are comprised of local history materials, music collections, faculty papers, alumni papers & ephemera, and a range of political materials including public official correspondence, pamphlets, and clippings.

Florida Bandmasters Association Records document the functions and activities of the Florida Bandmasters Association between 1936-2010.

Eunice Pipkin Barnes Papers Eunice Pipkin Barnes was the daughter of Trustee L.N. Pipkin and one of multiple members of her family who attended Southern College. The collection contains materials from her time at Southern College and as a member of the Alumni Association.

The Pipkin/Barnes Reminiscences, 1994-2015 Dr. Zerney Burns Barnes, Jr., son of Eunice Pipkin, attended Florida Southern College in the 1940s and reminisces about he and his family members' time at the College.

Henry Green Barnett Papers Barnett was a faculty member of the English Department at Florida Southern.

Charles E. Canady Papers: Canady served as Lawton Chiles’ Chief of Staff in Washington D.C. from 1970 to 1989 and for a further two years for Andy Ireland.

Shirley Jackson Case Collection: Shirley Jackson Case was a noted educator and served as the Dean of the Divinity School at the University of Chicago (1933). He also served as Dean of the School of Religion at FSC (1940s). 

Gary L. Conner Newspaper Columns, 1958-1961 Conner was a FSC student campus correspondent for the Lakeland Ledger during the years of 1958-1961.

L. Harold DeWolf Papers L. Harold DeWolf (1905-1986) was a Methodist minister, college professor, and theologian. He was the dissertation advisor for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and served as the Distinguished Theologian in Residence at Florida Southern College.

James A. Haley Papers James Andrew Haley (January 4, 1899 – August 6, 1981) was a U.S. Representative from Florida.

Andrew P. Ireland Papers Andrew P. "Andy" Ireland was a U.S. Representative from Florida.

Justice R. Fred Lewis Florida Supreme Court Papers, 1998-2018, was a Justice of the Florida Supreme Court.

Macasphalt Records The records of the Florida based paving company owned by A.P. Bolton.

Polk Progress, authored by Dr. Carl C. Brown a former faculty member at Florida Southern, offers a detailed examination of the economy of Polk County, Florida and environs from 1983 through 2013.

Rosario Santiago attended Florida Southern College and was a members of Psi Chi (the psychology honorary society), Alpha Mu Sigma, the Student Education Association, and the Methodist Student Movement. In 1969, she was nominated to be Miss Southern by the Student Union Board.

Boris Sokoloff Faculty Papers: Dr. Boris Theodore Sokoloff was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1889. In 1947, he moved to Florida where he became the Director of the Cancer Research Institute at Florida Southern College where he researched bio-flavonoids and worked on a cure for cancer. The materials in the Sokoloff Faculty Papers concern his professional career as a scientist between the 1920's and 1970's.

Sue Stanley-Green Faculty Papers:  Sue Stanley-Green is the former Director of Florida Southern College's Athletic Training Education Program who worked for the College from 1999-2019. Her Faculty Papers concern her time as both a Program Director and Faculty Member of the College.

Robert “Bob” Wardell is a Florida Southern College alumnus who attended from 1954 to 1958 and was the Secretary and Social Chairman of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Secretary of the Intramural Board, and a member of both Omicron Delta Kappa (Honors Society) and Future Teachers of America.