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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.

Correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, programs and photographic prints pertaining to the activities of the club. Of note is the 1953-1954 roster for the Northwest Miami Junior Chamber of Commerce (formerly known as the Miami Negro Junior Chamber of Commerce) and information on two projects that were funded by the group: the construction of a therapeutic swimming pool for children with disabilities and the Miss Miami Beach Beauty Contest. The bulk of the photographs show the pool during construction and in use.

The records consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, conference and program reports, newsletters, newspaper clipping, photographs and scrapbooks of clippings. Materials pertaining to the Florida Region of the National Conference of Christians and Jews are housed in boxes 1-3 and those of the Greater Miami Region of National Conference of Community and Justice are in box 4. Newspaper clippings, scrapbooks and VHS recordings for both groups are in boxes 5-6.

Two programs from the Humanitarian awards dinner in 2007 and 2008 are the only items from the Miami Coalition of Christians and Jews era. Records from 2005 when the name change was effected have been retained by the organization.

Collection pertains to people, activities and court procedures in Florida's Eleventh Judicial Circuit and includes: profiles of Miami-Dade County judges, newspaper clippings, publications, fee schedules for the Dade County Bar Association, correspondence, ephemera, rules of practice and procedure guidelines, a biography of Dixie Louese Herlong Chastain and copies of documents Judge Silverman acquired for his historical studies on Miami's legal system.

Also included is a copy of the transcript of the Pacley and Kitchen case vs. the City of Hialeah. The plaintiffs sued the city, accusing it of discrimination against them and other African American employees by denying them full pension benefits.

The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings selected by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. These clippings document private and public sector growth and development in the city, and issues that affected the community during that period. The Chamber's role as a catalyst for civic improvement is also documented.

Topics include: the controversy surrounding the legalization of casino gambling, tourism, the proposed north Dade jetport, Interama, the Greater Miami Foreign Free Trade Zone, the role of Afro-Americans and Cuban Americans, race relations and the Miami riot of 1980 following the acquittal of the police officers charged with the murder of Arthur McDuffie.