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HMA0161 · Collection · approximately 1865-2006 (predominant: 1930s-2002)

Items pertaining to the business, sports and recreational activities of the Whitman family.

The collection includes correspondence, photographs, negatives, newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets, a guest book, a movie poster, and two scrapbooks.

Audio-visual materials in the collection comprise compact discs/DVDs holding digital copies of photographs, an interview with Dudley Whitman and recordings of commentary for the Whitman Family Museum that was located at Bal Harbour Shops, as well as VHS recordings of films produced in conjunction with the Whitman Brothers Marine Photo Lab.

Topics covered by the materials include Whitman family genealogy; boating and the development of fiberglass vessels; surfing; the creation of the Whitman Family Museum; the development of Bal Harbour Shops; property development ventures in early Miami Beach; development of the underwater camera; and tropical fruit horticulture.

HMA0214 · Collection · 1919-1988 (predominant: 1952-1972)

Mostly pertains to the business and civic activities of Sidney, Claire and Albert Weintraub.

Sidney Weintraub papers, 1919-1979. Documents and some photographs from cases and transactions that he handled: the Cardozo, Flamingo and Surrey hotels; real estate transactions for Isidor Cohen and Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde; Soldier Key; a horse races gambling and book making trial; the Dade County Negro Improvement Association and photographs of Liberty City from an accident case.

Weintraub's civic interests are represented by materials pertaining to the Jewish Home for the Aged, his involvement in the campaigns to elect William Hardie as Dade County sheriff and Ernest Graham as Governor of Florida.

Personal letters to family members recount the impact of World War II on Miami and his efforts to secure a commission in the army. At the time of the Cuban revolution he was in Havana, and his letters give an account of the experience.

Claire Weintraub papers,1952-1972. Topical folders, scrapbooks and some photographs record Claire Weintraub's volunteer services with the following organizations; Florida Children's Commission, Easter Seal Society, March of Dimes, The Governor's Advisory Committee on Decent Literature, Dade County Health Council, Comprehensive Health Planning Council of South Florida, Dade County Citizens Safety Council and the minutes of the Medical School Committee that was charged with the initial planning for the University of Miami Medical School. Also included are materials from her involvement as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1960. The bulk of the material pertains to the Florida Children's Commission.

Albert Weintraub papers,1954-1988. Materials on Islandia, desegregation of Dade County Public Schools, aviation including the South Florida Soaring Association (club for glider pilots) and the Air Training Corps, some issues of Metro Bulletin (1960) and family photographs.

HMA0126 · Collection · 2001

Proposals, drawings, plans and feasibility studies submitted to the City of Miami for the development of a mega marina with compatible mixed uses for Watson Island.

HMA0082 · Collection · 1862-1939 (predominant: (bulk 1900-1930))

Correspondence, personal and business records, manuscripts, postcards, advertisements and other memorabilia from the J.W. Warner family, who were Miami's first florists, establishing the Miami Floral Company in 1906. Includes records for Warner House, their home and place of business; promotional material for the Magnetic Comb Company; a first-day cover commemorating the start of air mail service to Tallahassee; diaries of George H. Griffin ("Uncle George"), and an autobiographical narrative by Lena Clarke, Mrs. Warner's sister.

Miami Floral Company bills, orders and receipts.

Warner House insurance records.

Warner family
HMA0114 · Collection · 1906-1950 (predominant: 1906-1926)

Elevations, renderings, plans, and details of houses, stores, churches, schools, office buildings, hotels, club houses, and apartments. Many of the drawings are notable for their draftsmanship. Structures represented in these drawings were built in Belle Isle, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Ft. Lauderdale, Homestead, Key Largo, Miami, Miami Beach, Miami Shores, and Star Island.

Significant buildings designed by DeGarmo and represented in these records include: Miami City Hall (1907) Demolished. -- McAllister Hotel (1916) 10 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami. Demolished. -- Miami Beach Community Church (1921) 500 Lincoln Road. -- Coral Gables Bank and Post Office (1924) Alhambra Circle, Coral Gables. -- St. Teresa (Convent) School (with Phineas Paist, 1924) Coral Gables. -- Colonnade Building (collaborator) Coral Gables. -- Douglas Entrance (collaborator) Coral Gables.

DeGarmo, Walter C., 1876-
HMA0121 · Collection · 1929-1982

The collection spans Snyder’s entire career and beyond, ranging from 1929 until 1982. Architectural plans and drawings make up the bulk of the collection. A series of color renderings offer valuable glimpses at a few projects. The collection also includes a number of city, area, and subdivision maps, most focused on South Florida and Miami. A large number of photos, transparencies and photo albums, showing various residential, commercial and public projects, is concentrated on Snyder’s work of the 1950s and 1960s, but includes some valuable earlier examples. Some of Snyder’s personal papers complete the collection, including examples of his many awards and certificates, his World War II records, a bound map of Cuba, and other miscellanea.

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Snyder, Wahl John, 1910-1989
HMA0003 · Collection

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.

2015-259-1 · Collection

Digital copy of the survey report for fifty-seven historic properties within the Village limits. Include site survey forms, photographs of each property and a map of the area. The Deering Estate at Cutler is included.

Steven Fett Architecture
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.

HMA0233 · Collection · 1988-1991

Items pertaining to the commissioning and decommissioning of the submarine.

The collection includes correspondence, reports, research findings, newspaper clippings, administrative documents, photographs, video recording, copies of speeches, a commemorative photo album and other ephemera.

Materials in Box 1 relate to the commissioning of the submarine at Groton, Connecticut in 1991 and those in Box 2 relate to its decommissioning at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine in 2014.

USS Miami Commissioning Committee
1990083 · Collection · 1959-1978

Portraits of businessmen at the time they held office. Includes Harry Hood Bassett (First National Bank of Miami), Alvah H. Chapman Jr. (Miami Herald), Edward G. Grafton (architect), John H. Halliburton (Eastern Airlines), J. I. Kislak (J. I. Kislak Mortgage Corp. of Florida), James W. McLamore (Burger King), etc.

United Way of Dade County
HMA0359 · Collection · circa 1970-circa 1985

Slides and mostly black and white negatives pertaining to United Way of Dade County and its charitable projects for children and elderly residents of the community. Also includes images of members, social events, local businesses,and Miami vistas. Some issues of the organization's magazine "Focal Point" are included.

United Way of Dade County
HMA0149 · Collection · 1959-1974

Scrapbooks contais newspaper clippings from Dade County Teacher and from local newspapers, photographic prints, and association bulletins pertaining to events affecting schools and education in the years that witnessed the teachers' walkout during Governor Kirk's term of office, and the impact of the Cuban exodus on the school system.

United Teachers of Dade
HMA0065 · Collection · 1889-1954 (predominant: 1895-1898)

Papers: Correspondence, legal and financial documents, and biographical material. The bulk of the correspondence is dated 1895-1898, is addressed to Julia Tuttle, and deals with business transactions; principal correspondents are Henry Flagler and J. E. Ingraham. Legal documents include warranty deeds, a photocopy of Julia Tuttle's will of 1889, a certified copy of her 1896 will, and abstracts of the legal maneuvers that took place after her death. Also included is information on the Tuttle family, some 1950s material on events honoring Julia Tuttle, and the typescript of For Julia, a biographical novel written by Florida author Zachary Ball (pseudonym of Kelly Ray Masters)

Photographs: studio portraits of Julia Tuttle, William Sturtevant, husband Frederick Tuttle, son Henry Tuttle, daughter Frances Emmalie Tuttle, family and friends. Views of Fort Dallas, the Miami River area, and the Tuttle home in Cleveland, Ohio. Most views are albumen prints, ranging in size from carte-de-visite to about 8 x 10 inches.

Tuttle family.