Scope and Contents: The collection consists of the papers of Dr. Gilbert L. Raiford, professor at the Ellen Whiteside McDonnell School of Social Work at Barry University, mental health consultant, mitigation expert, and public diplomat. The collection, which is dated from 1950 to 2011, was donated by Raiford in 2012. The collection documents Raiford's career teaching in the field of social work and related areas (psychology, sociology, history, political science, social research, and social welfare policy), activities as a mental health consultant and social worker, experience studying social welfare policies in the United Kingdom as a guest of Queen Elizabeth II, and personal history and family experiences in his hometown of Zuber, Florida. The papers include editorials, correspondence, photographs, clippings (newspaper), reports, articles, speeches, essays, greeting cards, yearbooks, brochures, itineraries, resumes, poetry, obituaries, and flyers. This collection consist mostly of the professional history, but it alson has materials regarding the, Fessenden Academy, and the town of Zuber, Florida.