Identity elements
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Name and location of repository
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Title
Date(s)
- 1896-1958 (predominant: bulk 1914-1939) (Creation)
Extent
29 boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Fisher papers document Carl Graham Fisher's contributions to activities that greatly influenced American life in the 20th century, namely urban development, automotive transportation, publicity, and sports. The collection's greatest strength is the almost day-to-day picture it draws of the building of Miami Beach from a wilderness into a world-famous resort city (1912-1926). The papers also include materials pertaining to the development of Montauk (Long Island, New York).
The collection consists mainly of business and personal correspondence. The papers include clippings, photographs, legal documents, financial reports and statements, memoranda, telegrams, pamphlets and brochures, blueprints, and patents.
System of arrangement
The Fisher Papers are organized into three series: (1) correspondence; (2) newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and ephemera; and (3) photographs. Letters and printed materials (except clippings) are filed together chronologically in folders labeled according to individual correspondents or topics, and arranged alphabetically.
Two notebooks record property sales from various Fisher companies.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
For conservation purposes, researchers must use microfilm and/or digital copies on site.
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Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Bequest of Jane Watts Fisher, 1963.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Papers are microfilmed and digitized.
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Other Information
Accession:
1963-037
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Sources used
Archivist's note
Finding Aid Authors: Octavio Perez and Rebecca A. Smith.
Archivist's note
© Copyright 2019 HistoryMiami Archives & Research Center. All rights reserved.
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- Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corp. (Subject)