Includes correspondence, personal and employment records, real estate records pertaining to family properties and school memorabilia. Of note is a copy of the booket "The story of Miami Shipbuilding Corporation". Albums, individual photographs and postcards document the families homes in Hialeah and Miami, and vacations and scenes around Florida, Cuba and the Caribbean, social and school events and Vizcaya during the construction phase. One album chronicles the building and launching of the boat "Miss Jean" at the Miami Shipbuilding Corporation boatyard.

Collection pertains to people, activities and court procedures in Florida's Eleventh Judicial Circuit and includes: profiles of Miami-Dade County judges, newspaper clippings, publications, fee schedules for the Dade County Bar Association, correspondence, ephemera, rules of practice and procedure guidelines, a biography of Dixie Louese Herlong Chastain and copies of documents Judge Silverman acquired for his historical studies on Miami's legal system.

Also included is a copy of the transcript of the Pacley and Kitchen case vs. the City of Hialeah. The plaintiffs sued the city, accusing it of discrimination against them and other African American employees by denying them full pension benefits.