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Finding Aids and Guides
The links on this page go to detailed descriptions of non-book holdings. For books and brief catalog records, go to the online catalog.
Architectural Records
Wilkins Archives
About the Woodrow W. Wilkins Archives of Architectural Records
Walter DeGarmo Architectural Drawings
Mission Revival and Mediterranean Revival designs for residences and buildings in Miami-Dade County and South Florida, 1906-1950 (bulk 1906-1926).
Long Key and Conch Key Bridge Plans, 1905-1906
Architectural and engineering drawings of the Long Key Viaduct--the second
longest bridge on the Florida East Coast Railway Oversea Extension--and
the bridge for nearby Conch Key.
Norman Giller Interama Reports
Interama was to have been a permanent exposition celebrating the Americas, located in northeast Miami-Dade County. It was never built.
Kiehnel and Elliott Architectural Drawings
Some of Richard Kiehnel's designs for Miami Beach, Miami, and Coral Gables buildings, 1925-1943 (bulk 1938-1941).
Marion Manley Architectural Drawings and Papers
Designs for residences and buildings in Miami-Dade County and South Florida, 1935-1971
Wahl Snyder Architectural Drawings and Photographs
Drawings of houses, apartments, townhouses, schools and buildings in Miami-Dade County, other parts of Florida, and the Caribbean, 1929-1982.
Archives and Manuscripts
AmeriFirst Bank Records
Materials pertaining to the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Miami, later known as AmeriFirst Bank, 1933-1991. This Miami-based institution was the first savings and loan institution in the U.S.
Committee of One Hundred Records
Records documenting the social activities, and business and professional ventures of Committee of One Hundred members on Miami Beach and in other cities throughout the United States.
Carl Fisher Papers
Correspondence, ephemera and photographs of the primary developer of Miami Beach (Fla.) and Montauk (NY).
Gilpin Family Papers
Diaries and letters written during winter trips to the coast of Florida, 1880-1921.
James Franklin Jaudon Papers
Materials relating to entrepreneurial projects in Miami-Dade and Collier counties: construction of Tamiami Trail; sugar growing and farming in the Everglades and Big Cypress, etc., 1900s-1950s (bulk 1914-1938). Digital images.
Olga Kent Collection
Newspaper clippings, ephemera, newsletters and notes on Coconut Grove, Miami, and South Florida, 1947-1978.
George Merrick Papers
Correspondence and other materials mainly relating to Merrick's career during the 1930s, including his management of Caribee Colony resort in Islamorada, service on the Dade County Planning Board and as a postmaster for Miami.
Thelma Peters Papers
Correspondence and research relating to the histories of Florida, the Bahamas and northeast Dade County, particularly the Miami Shores and Lemon City communities from the mid-1800s to 1926.
William Lyman Phillips Papers
Correspondence and other materials of landscape architect William Lyman Phillips, whose Florida work includes Bok Tower, various Dade County parks, Mountain Lake Sanctuary, the Overseas Highway and Royal Palm State Park.
POSH, Inc. Records
Sketches, drawings, photographic prints, newspaper clippings, tear sheets and ephemera that document the work of company founder and designer Jay Anderson. Anderson designed women's couture clothing. 1950s-1980s (bulk 1970s)
Charlton W. Tebeau Papers
Primary and secondary sources Dr. Tebeau gathered while conducting his research, especially relating to Everglades history and to the Depression in Florida.
Tuttle Family Papers
Correspondence, documents and photographs relating to Julia Tuttle, her father William Sturtevant, and her children. 1889-1954 (bulk 1895-1898)
Elizabeth Virrick Papers
Correspondence and documents relating to her efforts to improve living conditions in the African American section of Coconut Grove (Miami, Fla.), especially during the 1950s and 1960s.
R. V. Waters Papers
Correspondence and ephemera relating to
real estate development, aviation and politics, including the Miami All
American Air Maneuvers and the proposed Islandia development in present-day
Biscayne National Park. 1922-1971.
Maps
D. D. and C. M. Rogers Manuscript Maps
Maps of Miami, Florida Keys, and the F.E.C. Oversea Extension, 1895-1907.
Prints and Photographs
Coral Gables Times Guide
Black-and-white photographs used in the weekly newspaper, ca. 1950-1979. Subjects include people, places and events in Coral Gables other Miami-Dade County communities.
Engle y Lund Photographs of Cuba
Twenty black-and-white photographs, with hand-written captions, relating to the U.S. military occupation of Havana (Cuba) and environs, 1899.
Claude Matlack Photographs
Black-and-white photographs of South Florida places, people and events, 1896-1943 (bulk 1918-1942).
Miami News Photographs
Photographic prints and negatives of people, places and events in Miami-Dade County and, to a lesser extent, Florida and the Caribbean area, 1896-1988 (bulk 1940-1988).
Ralph Munroe Photographs
Views of Coconut Grove (Miami, Fla.); people; coastal places, such as the Miami River; and maritime activities on Biscayne Bay and the Florida Keys. 1883-ca. 1915.
Olympia Theater Photographs and Memorabilia
the Olympia Theater, in downtown Miami, Florida, is now called the Maurice Gusman Cultural Center. The collector, Alfred Weiss, worked as the theater's manager from 1926 to 1974.
Igor Polevitzky Photographs
Photographic prints of buildings designed by Polevitzky between 1934 and the mid-1960s. Views of Miami Beach and Miami residences, Miami Beach and Havana hotels, and commercial buildings in the Miami area.
Rudi and Annette Rada Photographs
Architectural photographs of exteriors and interiors of houses and buildings in Miami-Dade County and Florida, 1946-1974 (bulk 1952-1956). Also includes some photographs of Seminoles, Havana, and other topics.
Frank B. Shutts Collection
Autographed studio portraits of businessmen, journalists and politicians, ca. 1910-1945. Miami Herald publisher Frank B. Shutts collected the photographs, framed them and hung them on his office walls.
South Florida Photograph Collection
Photographs mainly of Miami-Dade and Monroe counties, but also of South Florida and the Caribbean area. 1870-present. 20,000+ items.
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