Drawn from Harvey Zipkin's self-published photo book, Wynwood: A City Within (2016), this collection consists of photographic prints shot in the documentary style. The photographs document the remaining Hispanic and African American communities of Wynwood, as the area becomes increasingly gentrified. A CD containing digital images from the photo book is also included.
Zonder titelAn artificial collection containing bound and unbound scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, photographs, ephemera, postcards, and notes commemorating events, organizations, people, and places in Florida. Topics include tourism, real estate development, hurricanes and floods, organizations and clubs, transportation, and horticulture. Many of the scrapbooks document the social lives, interests, and activities of Miami residents.
The Sports Ephemera Collection gathers ephemera and news clippings that document events, places, people and issues related to sports in South Florida and the Caribbean. Files include brochures, pamphlets, newspaper clippings and related materials.
Programs for Super Bowls III & VI to VIII, Joe Robbie Stadium dedication and GameDay magazine for the Dolphins vs. Bears game, 1987. Also include ticket stubs, a menu from Brennan’s restaurant in New Orleans signed by Dolphin players Garo Yepremian and Nick Buoniconti in 1985.
The Visual Arts Ephemera Collection gathers ephemera and news clippings that document events, places, people and issues related to the visual arts in South Florida. Files include brochures, pamphlets, newspaper clippings and related materials.
The Raymond A. Mohl collection contains mostly newspaper clippings from the Miami Times that informed Dr. Mohl's extensive research on urban issues in South Florida. The bulk pertains to the experiences of minority groups such as African Americans, Cubans, Haitians, Jamaicans,and Puerto Ricans in Miami. Topics include immigration, race relations, riots, and the trial of police officer, Wiliam Lozano. Of note is a collection of columns that T. Willard Fair wrote for the Miami Times.
Also includes articles and student papers.
The Opera Ephemera Collection includes playbills, season brochures, and newspaper clippings relating to opera in South Florida.
New World School of the Arts College's students participated in Documenting the Moving Landscape workshop. Led by Kayla Delacerda (ArtCenter/South Florida and BHQF Fellow), this photography and history workshop captures Miami's urban landscape and describes a cultural identity outside of the most visible and circulated images of South Florida.
Students participated in four walks:
Downtown and Overtown, 2018 March 8
Little Havana and Spring Garden, 2018 March 15
Brickell, 2018 March 22
North River Drive, 2018 April 5
This collection documents a portion of Senior Judge Robert M. Deehl's 52 years of service on the bench in Miami-Dade County. The scrapbook and newspaper clippings highlight certain prominent or ongoing cases and issues that Mr. Deehl presided over, such as traffic violations including drunk driving, drag racing, car sales corruption, uninsured motors, and the advent of the Implied Consent law.
In addition, the clippings cover a range of topics such as solar heater disputes, removal of the Coral Gables Courthouse, ratings of judges in Miami-Dade County, and the legal profession in general, as well as crime and vice clippings. Some clippings cover specific trials including those of Miami City attorney George Knox as well as ex-Miami Dade School Board member Kathleen Magrath.
Of particular importance are clippings discussing Cassius Clay’s (Muhammad Ali) arrest for driving without a license. Among these clippings are a handwritten letter signed by Muhammad Ali asking Judge Robert M. Deehl if he would consider an early release, which was subsequently granted.
Zonder titelAdministrative records, scrapbooks, photographs and negatives, document the Cathedral from the beginning as a church to its elevation as cathedral of the Diocese. Includes vestry minutes, yearbooks, and events programs documenting the religious and social activities of members. Photographs of the building under construction and at completion are included.
Zonder titelHurricane 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.
The Tim Chapman collection consists of photographs and related materials shot or collected by photojournalist Tim Chapman during the second half of the twentieth century. While most materials pertain to people, places, and events in the Miami area, Latin American and world events are also represented.
The collection includes his professional work as a photojournalist as well as his photography for personal interest. Photographic media include 35mm negatives and slides (mainly black-and-white), photographic prints, and born-digital, color images. Supporting material includes newspaper and magazine articles containing illustrations by Chapman.
Photography pertaining to people, places, and events in the Miami area includes crime scenes; politics; the Mariel boatlift; the upheaval of the 1980s, including the Cocaine Cowboys; and Hurricane Andrew. The shots also include images of ordinary and famous people.
During 2013, Chapman filled a series of notebooks with handwritten notes identifying the most significant images. Entries are chronological, to coincide with the arrangement of the collection.
Zonder titelCorrespondence, photoprints, legal documents, bills, newsclippings, and notes on family history are concerned with the linked McDonald-Reilly-Pero families; with Henry M. Flagler, for whom Joseph A. McDonald built hotels; and gives sidelights on the early history of Miami. Includes details on the building and furnishing of John B. Reilly's home at 1411 SW 11 Street, Miami (1926-1928); considerable correspondence on a proposed sugarcane plantation and sugar refinery for Miami (1911); and a number of letters from Flagler to Joseph McDonald.
Senior class report cards for Joseph H. Pero and Donald Carey Pero, from St. Theresa School, Coral Gables, ca. 1935
Zonder titelCorrespondence, clippings, scrapbooks and photographs covering the Southerlands' activities. The bulk of the materials pertain to the International Tropical Flower Show and document Mrs. Southerland's extensive travel throughout Latin American and the Caribbean to promote and procure exhibits for the show. Mr. Southerland's papers cover his work on behalf of the South Florida Crippled Children's Hospital. Information on Kotaro Suto who served as Carl Fisher's gardener on Miami Beach is also included
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