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Concert programs, newsclippings, correspondence, magazine articles, cartoons, photographic prints, and newsletters trace the activities of the Miami Conservatory from its beginning in 1921 until the mid-1950s. Material also covers a wide range of musical events, organizations and individuals in South Florida for those years. There is also much information on the early years of the University of Miami, on the Aeolian Chorus (women's voices), and on the Musicians Club of America, which aimed to provide retirement facilities for musicians

Materials pertain to the history and activities of the Miami Garden Club. Includes information on the club's drive for the preservation of Simpson Park from development and the encroachment of the north - south expressway (I-95), 1937-1988.

Minutes, correspondence and reports pertain to the administration and civic activities of the Miami Garden Club. Photographic prints documenting the beautification projects are attached to the reports, 1926-1974.

Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings compiled for Robert R. Taylor, Dade County Solicitor, documents crimes that were investigated and cases that were prosecuted during his tenure. Editorials from the local newspapers also weigh in on issues that affected the community.  Many involved gambling and racketeering, the presence and activities of mobsters and other unsavory characters, voter fraud, prostitution, white slavery and other criminal activity. Also included is a selection from the Miami Herald series "the Good old days," which chronicled people, places and events in Dade County.

Notations in the smaller scrapbooks indicates that they were complied by Charles Harris Royer for Robert R. Taylor.

Scrapbook and binder compiled by Dwaine Simpson. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, ephemera and some photographs chronicling the lives of the Dundee brothers, boxers, trainers, and other personalities associated with the Fifth Street Gym. While the bulk of the items pertain to Muhammad Ali, the careers of boxers such as Cuban American Kid Gavilan are also recorded. Also includes newspaper clippings from national newsapers celebrating the life of Muhammad Ali after his death in June 2016

Binder containing mostly photographs of the boxers, including Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Willie Pastrano, Kid Gavilan and Roberto Duran. Others in the boxing fraternity include the Dundee brothers, Don King, Dr. Ferdie Pacheo and other gym personnel. Images of celebrities who attended "fight nights" include Art Carney, Don Johnson, Sean Connery & Ernest Borgnine, who appeared as Angelo Dundee in the Muhammad Ali biopic "The Greatest".

Scrapbooks contais newspaper clippings from Dade County Teacher and from local newspapers, photographic prints, and association bulletins pertaining to events affecting schools and education in the years that witnessed the teachers' walkout during Governor Kirk's term of office, and the impact of the Cuban exodus on the school system.

The records document the activities of the Greater Miami Chapter of Women in Communications, Inc., a national professional society for women in journalism and communications.

Records include newsletters, clippings, membership directories, committee listings, guest books, bylaws, and photographs. Scrapbooks compiled from 1953 to 1992 include clippings on Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Marie Anderson, Helen Muir, Molly Turner and other prominent local members.