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Video Recordings Collection
HMA0032 · Collection

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.

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HMA0144 · Collection
HMA0019 · Collection · 1955-1980 (predominant: 1950s-1970s)

The collection contains mostly photographs of commercial developments in Miami, Jacksonville and Orlando. A few represent other South Florida developments. Includes aerial views, interiors and exteriors of buildings during various stages of construction, renderings, and employees and personal photographs. Also includes promotional brochures, correspondence supporting the National Industrial Beautification Program, The Miss Universe Coronation Ball Program from 1965, and an Interama publicity brochure.

HMA0365 · Collection · 1920-1940

The collection contains photographs, and some papers, pertaining to student life at Ida M. Fisher School in Miami Beach during the 1920s and 1930s. Includes students' individual and class portraits, images of classroom activities, sporting events, after school activities, formal dances, PTA meetings, etc.

Papers include copies of the Miami Beach Reporter (1969-1970), and news clippings from various local papers, including the Miami Beach Sun, Miami Beach Times.

HMA0195 · Collection · 1914-1972

Papers includes businesswoman Carolyn Herin's notebook of handwritten shorthand instruction for her business school, ledger sheets and ephemera for the Abberholm Hotel, and information on the Miami area hotel trade. Materials compiled by Mary James Herin include: scrapbooks documenting her years at Miami Senior High School and the University of Miami, a paper on the history of the Trinity Methodist Church, and a first-hand account of the 1926 hurricane.

HMF9017 · Collection · 1998-2000

This series consists of documents generated by the “Florida Folklife: Traditional Arts from the Panhandle to the Keys” project, which included extensive fieldwork and culminated in an exhibition on display at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida (now HistoryMiami Museum) between September 18, 1988 and January 3, 1999. The exhibition subsequently traveled to four other museums in Florida throughout 1999 and 2000: the Orange County Historical Society (Orlando); the Museum of Florida History (Tallahassee); Museum of Science and History (Jacksonville); and the Tampa Bay History Center (Tampa). The project also produced a 104-page book—Florida Folklife: Traditional Arts in Contemporary Communities, edited by Stephen Stuempfle—which is included in the series. The book includes essays by Stuempfle and Tina Bucuvalas, then presents brief profiles (including photographs) of 84 artists whose respective traditions are organized into four categories: Maritime, Marsh, and Ranching Traditions; Domestic and Decorative Traditions; Ritual and Festive Traditions; and Musical Traditions. Artist profiles—researched and written by more than a dozen fieldworkers—include: Nick Toth (Diving Helmets), Billy Davis (Spurs), Ethel Santiago (Sweetgrass Baskets), Manuel Vega (Bridcages and Kites), Honey Perlman (Ketubot), Bahamas Junkanoo Revue (Junkanoo Costumes), and Romeo Ragbir (Tassa Drums). Materials include: a copy of Florida Folklife; photographic 35mm slides; and audiocassette tape recordings of interviews, musical performances, a radio program promoting the exhibition, and audio amplified in the exhibition.

Additional digital formats of audio and image files available: Records were digitized 2015 – 2016. Users must contact staff ahead of visit for access.

HMF9019 · Collection · 1999-2000

This series consists of documents related to a project in which a group of high school students of Indo-Caribbean descent living in South Florida conducted field work in their community using photography and video. Since the 1980s, thousands of East Indians from Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, and Jamaica settled in South Florida. They continued to practice Indo-Caribbean cultural traditions, while also adjusting to an American way of life. Throughout 1999, ten high school students from the Indo-Caribbean community conducted a year-long project in collaboration with the Historical Museum of Southern Florida (now HistoryMiami Museum) and the Documentary Unit at the University of Miami to use photography and video, which co-produced the project. The students were taught how to use cameras and camcorders, they then documented cultural activities in their community with a focus on Hindu worship and celebrations. Events documented included puja worship services, weddings, interviews, and the Phagwa festival. The project was supported by a grant from the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Community Folklife Program. Materials include: grant-related documents including proposals and reports; photographic images; an audiocassette tape recording of the student’s responses to a rough cut of a documentary video; and videocassette tapes of original footage and a final version of a documentary based on the project in VHS and Betacam SP formats.

Additional digital formats of audio, image, and project report files available: Records were digitized 2015 – 2016. Users must contact staff ahead of visit for access.

HMA0129 · Collection · 1918-1960 (predominant: 1930s-1950s)

Miami High art students scrapbooks, 1947-1960 (bulk 1950-1957). Brochures, forms, newsclippings, photoprints, cards and other memorabilia document activities of art students at Miami Senior High School, their Pen and Sable honorary art club, and several art contests, especially the Southern Florida Regional High School Art Exhibition (4 v.)

Spach and Keeler families: Miami and Florida photograph albums, 1918-1930. Views of family activities and events in Miami. Includes, fishing, the Palm Fete, beach scenes, and the Rutherford Hotel (6 v.)

Miami scrapbook, 1940-1944. Newspaper clippings and programs of various social activities in Miami. (1 v.)

Birth certificate records, 1919-1938. Physician's copies of birth certificate records from the practice of Dr. Frank L. Keeler. In addition to home deliveries, Dr Keeler delivered babies at the following hospitals and maternity homes: Jackson Memorial Hospital, Riverside Hospital, Gowdy Hospital, Victoria Hospital, Reese Hospital, Holleman Park Private Sanitarium, Brown's Rest Home and Miami City Hospital. (24 items)

Photograph Albums Collection
HMA0071 · Collection

An artificial collection containing photograph albums compiled by families, businesses, and individuals depicting daily life and leisure in Florida, particularly in South Florida and the Miami region. Many of the albums document throughout Florida. The geographic scope include the Bahamas, Cuba, Miami-Dade County, the Everglades, the Florida Keys, and Palm Beach. Images include architecture and landscape, real estate development, businesses and organizations, ethnic groups (including African Americans and Cubans), hurricanes, sports, transportation, tourism, and wars (including the War of 1898 and World War I).