Miami Lighthouse for the Blind records

Identity elements

Reference code

HMA0246

Name and location of repository

HistoryMiami Museum

Level of description

Collection

Title

Miami Lighthouse for the Blind records - 1928-2000

Date(s)

1928-2000 (predominant: circa 1920-1979) (Creation)

Extent

5.00 Linear Feet

Name of creator

Miami Lighthouse for the Blind

Administrative history

Content and structure elements

Scope and content

A substantial portion of the records trace the early development of the agency through the correspondence that Dolores Gamble maintained with local agencies, blind clients and students, government officials and private individuals. Additional files document her involvement with music associations for the blind during the 1970s. Other folders contain the agency’s fund raising activities, media relations, reports and surveys, financial documents, annual reports, newsletters, photographic prints, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings.

System of arrangement

Arranged in 4 series: 1. Dorothy Gamble - correspondence, 1928-1975. 2. Administration, correspondence, finances and programs, 1929-2000. 3. Newspaper clippings, 1968-1995. 4. Photographs, scrapbooks and slides, 1930-1960.

Conditions of access and use elements

Conditions governing access

The collection is open for research.

Physical access

Technical access

Conditions governing reproduction

Permission from HistoryMiami staff required prior to reproduction of drawings and photographs in a publication. Please contact archives staff for more informatin.

Languages of the material

English

Scripts of the material

Language and script notes

Finding aids

Acquisition and appraisal elements

Custodial history

Immediate source of acquisition

Gift.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information

Accruals

Related materials elements

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related archival materials

Related descriptions

Notes element

General note

Other Information

Individual issues of the Miami Rote from 1929-1934 (the monthly newsletter of the Rotary Club of Miami) were removed and filed in the South Florida Ephemera Collection under Miami-Clubs.