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Date(s)
- 1870-2017 (Creation)
Extent
20,000+ Items (63 linear ft.)
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Scope and content
An artificial collection of photographic prints relating to the history of the Miami region and South Florida, collected by the archives from numerous sources from 1940 to the present.
Geographic headings include the Bahamas, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Cuba, Miami-Dade County, the Everglades region, Florida Keys, Hialeah, Key West, Miami, Miami Beach, etc.
Topical headings include agriculture (comptie starch, sugar, etc.), businesses and organizations (Burdines, etc.), ethnic groups (African Americans, Cubans, Haitians, Jews, Seminoles, etc.), hurricanes, sports (baseball, football, fishing, horse racing, j'ai alai, polo, sailing, etc.), transportation (aviation, automobiles, bridges, causeways, railroads, ships and boats, Tamiami Trail, etc.), tourism (attractions, alligators, etc.), and wars (Seminole, Spanish-American, world wars, etc.).
Biographical files include Brickell family, John C. Gifford (botanist), Carl Fisher (developer and entrepreneur), Oliver Griswold, James Franklin Jaudon (developer), George Merrick (developer), Arva Moore Parks (collector and historian), Thelma Peters (collector and historian), Everest and John Sewell (mayors and businessmen), Julia Tuttle, Karl Voelter (aviator), and Hamilton Wright (publicity photographer).
System of arrangement
The photographs are organized into four series: geographical or topical; biographical, family or provenance; slides; artifact photographs. Within each series, folders are arranged alphabetically.
Series 1-3 are arranged alphabetically. Some headings include over-sized materials which are boxed and housed separately. [R60 & R59]
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Conditions governing access
The collection is open for research.
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Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Mainly gifts, singly or in small lots. Provenance may be traced through the accession numbers.
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Some of the small collections are separately described in more detail.
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Archivist's note
Finding Aid Authors: Rebecca A. Smith.
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