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The Opera Ephemera Collection includes playbills, season brochures, and newspaper clippings relating to opera in South Florida.

Files include  brochures, pamphlets, playbills, newspaper clippings and related materials on dance, music, and the theatre. Includes information on performances, venues and artists.

Hurricane Andrew Christmas card.

Photographs taken from a Navy helicopter of the destruction in South Dade, and the FEMA control center at Miami International Airport.

Photograph of map showing severely damaged areas. Map is numbered with key showing relief centers, hurricane shelters and other facilities for affected residents.

Copies of photographs of damaged Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and hurricane humor list.

Hurricane Andrew aerial views shot by Kucera South, August 1992.

Hurricane Andrew coloring books, recovery documentation, and insurance forms detailing one family's experience with rebuilding their home and lives post-hurricane.

Log of daily activity at the Hurricane Andrew Recovery Center located at the Alper Jewish Community Center in Kendall

Hurricane Andrew : South Florida orchid growers look him in the eye, by John Opel. American Orchid Society Bulletin, v. 61, number 11, November 1992.

10th Mountain Artillery  Division, Fort Drum. Hurricane Andrew relief instructions, maps, etc.

Photo album of a lunch at Homestead AFB with We Will Rebuild volunteers and WWR jet.

National Geographic, April 1993

The collection gathers menus, ephemera, cookbooks and recipes that document events, places, and issues related to food in South Florida.

Zines covering a wide range of topics including Punk Rock music, coming of age stories, the everyday struggles of young Hispanic American women, poetry, Little Haiti, and architecture, as well as urban and landscape perspectives.

The collection includes the documents generated by a Dade County Board of County Commissioner’s investigation into who, why, and how several members of the Miami-Dade County Sherriff’s Office became involved in a plot to invade Haiti. Includes photographs, interviews, personal effects, and the final report of the findings.

Contains images from the Pedestrians: Downtown Flagler Street photo series taken between 1984 and 1985 on Flagler Street between Biscayne Blvd and the Old Dade County Courthouse (73 W. Flagler Street). The series captures pedestrian activity, buildings, and vehicles that reflect the multi-ethnic presence and culture of Miami.

Also contains scenes and images of various activities and buildings on Miami Beach, including the Fusion Dance Company, the Victor Hotel, Sheridan Theatre, and  Amsterdam Palace (also known as Casa Casuarina prior its 1992 purchase and renovation).

A catalog from the Pedestrians Downtown Flagler Street exhibition at the Miami-Dade Community College is included, along with a list of the Miami Beach images.

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

This collection comprises VHS and DVD recordings related to South Florida and the Caribbean including documentaries about local customs, Native American culture, Caribbean music, and Florida landmarks; profiles of prominent Floridians; movies and television programs filmed in South Florida; and corporate information broadcasts from Florida companies.

Local news segments, feature stories and public service broadcasts about significant local events are also included.

Correspondence, minutes, contract drafts and collective bargaining documents