Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1862-1939 (predominant: (bulk 1900-1930)) (Creation)
Extent
3.00 Boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
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.
System of arrangement
Arranged in folders by topic.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
The collection is open for research.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
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 artifacts listed below are in HistoryMiami Museum's objects collection:
Toy dugout canoe & high chair and crib used by the Warner family.
Related descriptions
Notes element
General note
Other Information
Accessions:
x-1177
1982-178
1986-137
Specialized notes
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Sources used
Archivist's note
© Copyright 2019 HistoryMiami Archives & Research Center. All rights reserved.
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Magnetic Comb Company (Pekin, Ohio) (Subject)
- Miami Floral Company (Miami, Fla.) (Subject)
- Warner House (Miami, Fla.) (Subject)
- Clarke family (Subject)
- Clarke, Almon T (Subject)
- Clarke, Lena (Subject)
- Clarke, Nahum Madison (Subject)
- Griffin, George H (Subject)
- Warner, J. W (Subject)
- Warner, Susan Clarke (Subject)