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This collection documents the local and national praise and gratitude Bryan Norcross received following his continued coverage during South Florida’s Hurricane Andrew. Gratitude from South Floridians was expressed in the form of thank you letters, posters, song, newspapers, magazine articles and a TV movie.

Photographs of the house and grounds of the Charles L. Briggs estate at 1581 Brickell Avenue designed by architect George Avery, views of the family’s original house at 60 Cascade Avenue and portraits. Also includes a few pages of personal and business accounting records and a copy of "The American Architect", no. 2268, 1919, featuring an illustrated article on the house.

Financial and legal records, ledgers and business correspondence. A small amount of personal correspondence primarily from the 1920s. Two letters by William Jennings Bryan, material about mayor of Miami E. G. Sewell, and Alligator Key lighthouse visitor's book.

Brickell and Bulmer Apartments: receipts from Miami firms for the construction, insurance, furnishings and services for the Bulmer and Brickell Apartments mostly date between 1918-1919. Also included are statements from Miss Harris' School for school fees for the Brickell children.

This collection captures the lives of Jewish retirees in Miami Beach in the 1980s through color and black & white photographs. It includes leisure activities such as dancing, singing, exercising, and sunbathing. Burt depicts Jewish culture throughout the city including synagogues, restaurants, shops and the Passover holiday. Her collection includes various apartments, condominiums and hotels, many of which were built in the iconic art deco and streamline modern styles. Her work seeks to portray demographic change, such as the shift in everyday language from Yiddish to Spanish which can be seen in the storefronts and street signage. She also captures the slow decaying of buildings in a time when historic preservation efforts had yet to go into effect.

This collection documents the photography shot by Bob Edelson in his retirement from 1985 and onward of South Beach, Fla. The photographs, negatives and slides pay special attention to the South Miami Beach Art Deco District, in particular, the exteriors of buildings, hotels, businesses, and street scenes. While the collection also includes typical beach images of the sea, sand and sunbathers, these are not the focus.

Also included are a number of clippings and publications that show a sampling of Bob Edelson's Art Deco photography in print.

Minutes, which include a synopsis of the paper presented, attendance rosters, histories of the club through 1997 and personal accounts of members.

Field notes from land surveys conducted primarily in Dade County. Properties surveyed include: Richmond property at Cutler (i.e., Charles Deering Estate); Vizcaya; Cape Florida; Charles Deering estate at Buena Vista; prairie lands of northeast Dade County; Montrey Corp. subdivision; Carl Fisher and Hugh Matheson homes; Lawrence Estate (Miami River); Key Largo Club; Halcyon Hotel; Seybold Arcade; etc

Bulk of the collection consists of scrapbooks with dated newspaper clippings, club announcements and invitations. The older of two minute books is in Kirk Munroe's handwriting, with dates from 1909 April 3 to 1911 February 14. The other minute book covers 1921-1926; the first four months again in Munroe's handwriting; later entries are typed. Scrapbook clippings are about activities and obituaries of club members as well as club events and yacht races. Years covered by scrapbooks: 1937-1959, 1961 and 1964. Club handbooks included are from 1910, 1926 and 1948

Original first edition set of hand-colored engravings [Double Elephant Folio]

Papers  pertain to Beverly Phillips' political career and her election campaigns for County Commissioner. Includes expenditures, correspondence, campaign literature, appointment books, newspaper clippings and photographic prints.  Other material includes court transcripts, honors, newspaper clippings,  and a cassette of Phillip’s interview with Beth McNeer for the “Woman of Impact” series. In addition, there is some information regarding her colleagues, such as County Commissioner Barry Schreiber and County Manager Sergio Pereira.

Five scrapbooks from her tenure in office contain mostly newspaper clippings regarding Miami-Dade political issues, such as public transportation, zoning and the Dolphin’s Joe Robbie Stadium. Some of the clippings are from Spanish language newspapers.

Includes photocopies of materials from primary sources and published works to support research on the lives and activites of William and Mary Brickell in Ohio, Australia and the Miami and Fort Lauderdale areas. Correspondence includes letters from historian Thelma Peters to Carter Brickell, newspaper clippings and copies of maps showing the Brickell land holdings.

Original materials which are mostly letters and newspaper clippings date from 1985 and photocopied materials from circa 1850.

Photographs and negatives of prominent horse owners and breeders, socialities and other personalities at events at Hialeah Park and other venues around Miami and Miami Beach during the winter social season.

The collection consists of 8x10 photographs, 110 mm negatives with corresponding contact prints and detailed captions on the envelopes and 4 x5 negatives. Most were shot in black and white, but there are a few color 110 mm negatives.

Views include; owners and guests at awards presentation ceremonies and black tie events at Hialeah Park and the Jockey, Palm Bay and Cricket clubs in Miami. Others show the horse racing fraternity at the track with trainers and horses.

Prominent owners, breeders and race track owners include: John Brunetti, John Wilmer Galbreath, Joseph Widener, Arthur Boyd Hancock II, Eugene Mori, John Brunetti, Samuel Riddick and Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney.

Jockeys include: Ronald Turcotte, Angel Cordero and Steve Cauthen. Trainers include Angel A. Penna, Sr. and Horatio Alger Luro.

The 2016 accural holds 4x5 negatives, contact prints and 8 x10 prints of events at Hialeah Park Race Track.

Mostly pamphlets, photographic prints, correspondence, newsletters and clippings pertaining to the Miami Power Squadron.

Includes a personal account of the 1926 hurricane written by Cyril Berning and an oversized newspaper page describing the aftermath of the hurricane, including the mounting death toll (cataloged separately).

Memorabilia pertaining to Pan American-Grace Airways include: posters, The Grace Log, travel brochures, ephemera, pamphlets, photographs, maps, match boxes, slides, flight bag, etc. Also includes a personal memoir by Mrs. Collins of her years with Panagra and a brief history of the airline.

Photographs by Barbara G. Schindler of people and places in Miami-Dade County. The bulk of the images are of Miami's ethnic neighborhoods, including Little Haiti, Little Havana and the Jewish enclave on South Beach. Views show advertising signs, exteriors and interiors of houses and hotels, lawn ornaments, objects associated with Santeria and Voudou, store fronts, street scenes and restaurants. Other views show the Coconut Grove Cemetery, farm laborers in South Dade, and personalities including Eli Weisel, Senator Bob Graham and Janet Reno.