• Aerial photographs in sets for 1926 (City of Sarasota only), 1948, 1957, 1960, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1989
• Archaeological Survey Reports
• Architectural drawings
• *Books on Sarasota area history, architecture, archaeology, preservation, general Florida history
• Census for Sarasota County, from Florida Census: 1935, 1945 (microfilm)
• Census for Sarasota County, from U.S. Census: 1840, 1850,1860, 1870, 1880, 1910, 1920, 1930 (microfilm)
• City directories 1897-2003
• City of Sarasota (on microfilm) - minutes of town and city council and city commission, 1902-1972; resolutions 1969-1972
• Exhibits - exhibits on various aspects of Sarasota County history. Several traveling exhibits may be borrowed
• Florida sites files and forms for Sarasota County
• Journals (selected):
  • Clubhouse Magazine, 1979-1986
  • Florida Anthropologist, 1968-present (incomplete)
  • Florida Historical Quarterly, 1908-present, indexed
  • Sarasota Magazine, 1987-present
  • Sarasota Scene, 1961-1987
  • Sarasota Town and county, 1977-1980
• Manatee Conty Deed Books, 1856-1933 (microfilm)
• Manuscripts, assorted family, business and organization
• Maps and plats
• National Register of Historic Places - sites and forms for Sarasota County
• Newspapers on microfilm
  • Sarasota Times, 1910-1924
  • Sarasota Herald-Tribune, January 1985-December 1998 (1925-present Herald-Tribune on microfilm at Selby Public Library)
  • Sarasota Journal, 1977-1979
  • Manatee River Journal, August 1888-1921
  • Evening Journal (Manatee County), February 1914 - January 1916
  • The Evening Herald (Manatee County), September 1922 - January 1926
  • Manatee River Journal and Bradenton Herald, September 1922 - December 1925
  • The News, October 1954 - December 1963
• Newspapers bound:
  • Englewood Herald, Times 1957-1990
  • Sarasota Herald-Tribune 1947-1976
  • Sarasota Journal, 1952-1976
  • The News (Sarasota), 1954-1963
• Newspapers loose:
  • Longboat Observer 1980 - present (not complete)
  • Pelican Press / Siesta Key Pelican 1975- present (not complete)
  • Sarasota Sun / Independent 1985-1992 (not complete)
  • Siesta Outlook 1956-1957
  • Tempo (not complete)
  • The Bulletin (not complete)
  • West Coast Woman (not complete)
• Obituaries (limited electronic index)
• Photographs (limited electronic index of historic photographs)
• Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, 1913 (microfilm), 1925, 1929, 1953,1954, 1963
• Sarasota County Commissioners minutes, 1921-1958 (microfilm)
• Sarasota County phone books 1924-present (not complete)
• Sarasota Heights - Town Council minutes, ordinances and resolutions (microfilm)
• Topical files
• *Videos and CDs

*Books, videos and CDs are cataloged by the Sarasota County Library System, which notes their location as "Historical." They are not for circulation, but can be made available to county libraries for use in their reference departments.