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The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida.  It has been played annually since January 1, 1935 and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 1, 2009.

Gelcys de Cespedes Vidal was a Cuban exile dentist in Miami.

José Corrales is best known as a poet and playwright. Born in Guanabacoa, Cuba on October 20, 1937, he performed with Francisco Morin’s Promoteo theater group in Havana and wrote for Bohemia and La Gaceta de Cuba.

He left Cuba in 1964 Mexico and settled in New York the following year. Corrales soon became active with the local Hispanic theater community, serving as literary advisor for Dumé Spanish Theatre and also working with INTAR Theatre, Centro Cultural Cubano, and the Latin American Theater Ensemble. He also directed the Spanish Drama Club at Mercy College.

Corrales authored about 25 plays, among them Las hetairas habaneras with Manuel Pereiras García, Un vals de Chopin, and Los tres Marios y Cuestión de santidad. His poetry appeared in various magazines and anthologies in the United States and Spain. A large part of his works remain unpublished. José Corrales died in May 2002 in New York.

Interior designer James Merrick Smith was born in St. Joseph, Louisiana in 1919. He moved to Miami in 1947. From the outset he conceived design tableaus in a pavilion adjacent to his Coconut Grove studio to showcase to the public what modern design was all about. Throughout the years, he helped Miami shed its Spanish Colonial style for a more modern image. Over that time of involvement, he gained the trust of hundreds of clients and high-profile individuals who welcomed him into their homes, corporate establishments and lives.

James Merrick Smith was well-known for his contributions to the restoration and preservation of  Vizcaya – a now century old Italian villa on Biscayne Bay created for James Deering by Paul Chalfin, Francis Burrall Hoffman, Jr. and Diego Suarez - which is now open to the public as a decorative arts museum. He was a charter member and past president of the Vizcayans.

James Merrick Smith was also a consultant for The Florida Governor’s mansion and The  White House. His contribution to Miami extended beyond just the scope of design. From his passion for the arts and education, to being a founding member of the Vizcayans, the Museum of Science, Grove House and charter member of the Metropolitan Dade County Council of Arts and Sciences, he has had an unforgettable impact on the culture of Miami. Hal Birchfield would share in many of these civic and professional ventures.

On August 28th 1970, James Merrick Smith and Hal Birchfield would meet at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco at the national conference of the American Institute of Interior Designers (A.I.D.). Hal Birchfield had a degree in architecture and was in graduate school working on a degree in design, when asked by the Florida Chapter of the American Institute of Interior Designers (A.I.D.) to serve on the first National Student Council of A.I.D. James Merrick Smith was the past national president of A.I.D. and the founder of the Student Council. And thus would begin a long and poignant relationship both professional and personal for the ensuing forty-four years. James Merrick Smith and Hal Birchfield were married in Rye, Westchester County, New York on October 11th, 2012 by Reverend Donald Whitman Poole.

James Merrick Smith was one of the founders and a Fellow of the American Society of Interior Designers, (A.S.I.D.) and he served as president of the predecessor organization American Institute of Interior Designers (A.I.D.) from 1966 to 1969. In 1987 James Merrick Smith was named “Designer of Distinction” by the A.S.I.D. during the summer conference in Toronto. The firm’s long list of accolades include winning residential and contract design competitions, the AID/V’Soske competition, the ASID/Diller competition, and the ASID/National Association of Mirror Manufacturers competition among many other others.

The profession would bestow fellowship on James Merrick Smith in 1962 and Hal Birchfield would receive fellowship in 1986. Both were in their early 40’s at the time of achieving this highest honor of their profession. Their office was thought to be the only design firm in the country where both principles were fellows of the American Society of Interior Designers.

One spring evening in 1986, after speaking with a friend who had just returned from China, there came the remark “sometime, we have to do that” and then the realization, with the vast difference in our ages (26 years) that “sometime” is now! And now, it would be. We in the ensuing days of our lives would include odysseys that only dreams are made of. We would travel around the world two times. Go to all seven continents and have the exciting experience of visiting over ninety countries. Yes, the time to live life, is now!

The design firm of James Merrick Smith and Hal Birchfield was always located in Coconut Grove for its  60 year history in the residential and commercial sectors of work. Geographic locations for projects would range from Beverly Hills, the Gold Coast of Chicago, New York, Boston, both coasts of Florida, the Caribbean and Costa Rica. The office had a most notable residential client roster and corporate clients that included Chase Manhattan Bank, City National Bank, Bacardi, The Miami Herald and Playboy. It was a company policy to never solicit work. All endeavors walked through the door from endorsement!

Upon the announcement of the closing of the office a longtime friend and professor at the University of Miami stated, “it was one hell of a run”. Yes, in fact “it was one hell of a run” and we are very grateful for that run. We/I certainly hope you find points of interest in our lives, work and accomplishments within the files of this collection here at the University of Miami. And we/I hope you enjoy the “run” as much as we did.

Sincerely,

James Merrick Smith, F.A.S.I.D.                                        Hal F.B. Birchfield, F.A.S.I.D.

1919 – 2013                                                                    1945 -

A post script - - And the struggle for a richer life for all would go on. There would be efforts by governmental powers to discriminate against the marriage of James Merrick Smith and Hal Birchfield with regard to Social Security survival benefits, the rights of marriage and homestead of our domicile and even the right of the survivor to be named as “spouse” on the death certificate of the person who has passed away. There will never be a way to properly thank the efforts of our dear friends Elaine and St Julien Rosemond, Ruth Shack,  Tara Borelli of Lambda Legal (Atlanta), Karen Loewy of Lambda Legal (New York), and David Draigh of White & Case (Miami) and all the other fine cohorts for their efforts to correct these injustices for not only us, but for all Americans!

A post, post script - - - On October 22, 2015, Miami-Dade County reversed its stand and regranted homestead to Hal Birchfield. A matter that would have been given to any other married couple automatically.

The above remarks scripted by Hal Birchfield.

Interior designer James Merrick Smith was born in St. Joseph, Louisiana in 1919. He moved to Miami in 1947. From the outset he conceived design tableaus in a pavilion adjacent to his Coconut Grove studio to showcase to the public what modern design was all about. Throughout the years, he helped Miami shed its Spanish Colonial style for a more modern image. Over that time of involvement, he gained the trust of hundreds of clients and high-profile individuals who welcomed him into their homes, corporate establishments and lives.

James Merrick Smith was well-known for his contributions to the restoration and preservation of  Vizcaya – a now century old Italian villa on Biscayne Bay created for James Deering by Paul Chalfin, Francis Burrall Hoffman, Jr. and Diego Suarez - which is now open to the public as a decorative arts museum. He was a charter member and past president of the Vizcayans.

James Merrick Smith was also a consultant for The Florida Governor’s mansion and The  White House. His contribution to Miami extended beyond just the scope of design. From his passion for the arts and education, to being a founding member of the Vizcayans, the Museum of Science, Grove House and charter member of the Metropolitan Dade County Council of Arts and Sciences, he has had an unforgettable impact on the culture of Miami. Hal Birchfield would share in many of these civic and professional ventures.

On August 28th 1970, James Merrick Smith and Hal Birchfield would meet at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco at the national conference of the American Institute of Interior Designers (A.I.D.). Hal Birchfield had a degree in architecture and was in graduate school working on a degree in design, when asked by the Florida Chapter of the American Institute of Interior Designers (A.I.D.) to serve on the first National Student Council of A.I.D. James Merrick Smith was the past national president of A.I.D. and the founder of the Student Council. And thus would begin a long and poignant relationship both professional and personal for the ensuing forty-four years. James Merrick Smith and Hal Birchfield were married in Rye, Westchester County, New York on October 11th, 2012 by Reverend Donald Whitman Poole.

James Merrick Smith was one of the founders and a Fellow of the American Society of Interior Designers, (A.S.I.D.) and he served as president of the predecessor organization American Institute of Interior Designers (A.I.D.) from 1966 to 1969. In 1987 James Merrick Smith was named “Designer of Distinction” by the A.S.I.D. during the summer conference in Toronto. The firm’s long list of accolades include winning residential and contract design competitions, the AID/V’Soske competition, the ASID/Diller competition, and the ASID/National Association of Mirror Manufacturers competition among many other others.

The profession would bestow fellowship on James Merrick Smith in 1962 and Hal Birchfield would receive fellowship in 1986. Both were in their early 40’s at the time of achieving this highest honor of their profession. Their office was thought to be the only design firm in the country where both principles were fellows of the American Society of Interior Designers.

One spring evening in 1986, after speaking with a friend who had just returned from China, there came the remark “sometime, we have to do that” and then the realization, with the vast difference in our ages (26 years) that “sometime” is now! And now, it would be. We in the ensuing days of our lives would include odysseys that only dreams are made of. We would travel around the world two times. Go to all seven continents and have the exciting experience of visiting over ninety countries. Yes, the time to live life, is now!

The design firm of James Merrick Smith and Hal Birchfield was always located in Coconut Grove for its 60 year history in the residential and commercial sectors of work. Geographic locations for projects would range from Beverly Hills, the Gold Coast of Chicago, New York, Boston, both coasts of Florida, the Caribbean and Costa Rica. The office had a most notable residential client roster and corporate clients that included Chase Manhattan Bank, City National Bank, Bacardi, The Miami Herald and Playboy. It was a company policy to never solicit work. All endeavors walked through the door from endorsement!

Upon the announcement of the closing of the office a longtime friend and professor at the University of Miami stated, “it was one hell of a run”. Yes, in fact “it was one hell of a run” and we are very grateful for that run. We/I certainly hope you find points of interest in our lives, work and accomplishments within the files of this collection here at the University of Miami. And we/I hope you enjoy the “run” as much as we did.

Sincerely,

James Merrick Smith, F.A.S.I.D.                                            Hal F.B. Birchfield, F.A.S.I.D.

1919 – 2013                                                                            1945 -

A post script - - And the struggle for a richer life for all would go on. There would be efforts by governmental powers to discriminate against the marriage of James Merrick Smith and Hal Birchfield with regard to Social Security survival benefits, the rights of marriage and homestead of our domicile and even the right of the survivor to be named as “spouse” on the death certificate of the person who has passed away. There will never be a way to properly thank the efforts of our dear friends Elaine and St Julien Rosemond, Ruth Shack, Tara Borelli of Lambda Legal (Atlanta), Karen Loewy of Lambda Legal (New York), and David Draigh of White & Case (Miami) and all the other fine cohorts for their efforts to correct these injustices for not only us, but for all Americans!

A post, post script - - - On October 22, 2015, Miami-Dade County reversed its stand and regranted homestead to Hal Birchfield. A matter that would have been given to any other married couple automatically.

The above remarks scripted by Hal Birchfield.

Lenny Kaye is an American musician and writer. He is best known for his work as a guitarist with the Patti Smith Group, and as the archivist/compiler for the American garage rock music compilation "Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era." Kaye was a collector and participant in the science fiction fanzine subculture as well.

Aurelio Mario Gabriel Francisco García Menocal y Deop was President of Cuba, from 1913 to 1921. García Menocal studied at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and worked as a sugar planter and engineer in Cuba before entering politics.

He joined the rebel forces of General Máximo Gómez during the Cuban War of Independence of 1895-1898, where he gained fame as a military leader. He was quickly thrust into the politics of the young Republic of Cuba, where he was elected president in 1912. His terms as president saw Cuba's participation in World War I.

García Menocal married Mariana Seva y Rodríguez and the couple had three children: Mario, Raúl and Georgina García Menocal y Seva. He died in Santiago de Cuba in 1936.

Laureano F. Batista Falla was a Cuban political activist and founding member of Movimiento Demócrata Cristiano (MDC).

Batista was born in Havana, Cuba, on May 1, 1935. He received his elementary and secondary education at De la Salle School in Vedado, Havana. In 1952, he entered the law school of the Universidad Santo Tomás de Villanueva in Marianao, Cuba, and in 1953, he was admitted to the Ëscuela de Filosofía y Letras of the University of Havana as a part-time student. After receiving his law degree in 1957, Batista spent a year in Germany, where he studied the German language and took on special studies in banking at the Deutsch Bank A. G. in Hamburg and Munich. In January 1959, he returned to Havana, and was employed in the legal department of the Trust Company of Cuba. In 1960, in response to the Cuban Revolution, Batista left Cuba and entered exile in Miami, Florida.

Batista fought for Cuba’s freedom while living in Cuba and in exile. In 1960, he founded the Movimiento Demócrata Cristiano de Cuba with José Ignacio Rasco and others. He was also the president of the Catholic student youth organization Joventud Estudiante Católica (JEC). He continued to work actively against Castro’s communist regime in Miami through the Movimiento Demócrata Cristiano de Cuba en el Exilio and organized clandestine operations against the Cuban government. He was a member of the delegations representing the MDC at different congresses such as the Örganización Demócrata Cristiana de América, of which the MDC was a member in Lima, Santiago de Chile, Strasbourg, Caracas, and other cities.

Batista continued his education in exile, receiving a master’s degree in government from the University of Miami and, in the late 1960s, a Ph.D. in political science from Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

He also lived in Venezuela for several years, where he was a professor at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello and occupied important positions in different organizations such as Centro de Información y Documentación para América Latina (CIDAL), Ecodata, C.A.; and Cibernetica Internacional, C.A.

When Batista returned to Miami, he founded the Cuban exile publication Revista Raíz, together with Alberto Pérez, Marta Fernández Morell, Raquel la Villa, and others. He was also the director of the Instituto Jacques Maritain in Miami.

Laureano Batista was a tireless advocate of pluralism and democracy. In the last years of his life he organized the Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Cuba, a political party composed of former members of different organizations that fought for Cuba’s freedom. He died in Miami in 1991.

Dr. Melanie Rosborough joined the University of Miami faculty as a Professor of German in 1927. She continued teaching until 1968, became head of the Language Department, and participated in several organizations and committees. Dr. Rosborough acted as secretary for the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), and later became president of the organization. She was elected Vice President and President of the Phi Betta Kappa Greater Miami Association, and in 1963 became the first woman president of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association. In 1953, while acting as national vice-president of the South Atlantic Region of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Rosborough secured the accreditation of the university by the association. In 1973, the AAUW created an endowed scholarship in Rosborough's name.

In addition to her membership in these organizations, Rosborough also served as Secretary for the University of Miami Faculty Council from 1951 to 1962, and acted as chairman of the Faculty Committee on Religious Activities and the University Council on Religious Affairs. As chairman of the committees on religion, Rosborough arranged monthly meetings with clergy, and helped students organize denominational organizations. Under Rosborough's direction, the council coordinated activities and determined university policy regarding religion. Rosborough further contributed to the university through her activities on the committee for commencement arrangements.

Dr. Melanie Rosborough joined the University of Miami faculty as a Professor of German in 1927.  She continued teaching until 1968, became head of the Language Department, and participated in several organizations and committees. Dr. Rosborough acted as secretary for the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), and later became president of the organization.  She was elected Vice President and President of the Phi Betta Kappa Greater Miami Association, and in 1963 became the first woman president of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association.  In 1953, while acting as national vice-president of the South Atlantic Region of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Rosborough secured the accreditation of the university by the association. In 1973, the AAUW created an endowed scholarship in Rosborough's name.

In addition to her membership in these organizations, Rosborough also served as Secretary for the University of Miami Faculty Council from 1951 to 1962, and acted as chairman of the Faculty Committee on Religious Activities and the University Council on Religious Affairs.  As chairman of the committees on religion, Rosborough arranged monthly meetings with clergy, and helped students organize denominational organizations. Under Rosborough's direction, the council coordinated activities and determined university policy regarding religion. Rosborough further contributed to the university through her activities on the committee for commencement arrangements.

Alberto Baeza Flores was a Chilean poet, novelist, and journalist. He was the co-founder of the magazines La Poesía Sorprendida, Acento and Expresión.

Ralph Middleton "Commodore" Munroe, avid yachtsman, successful businessman, and celebrated patriarch of the Munroe family, made Coconut Grove his home in the late 1800s. Munroe and his family moved to South Florida from Staten Island, New York, to provide a more beneficial environment for his wife, Eva Maelia Hewitt, who suffered from tuberculosis. Unfortunately, both his wife and daughter succumbed to illness and died shortly after their move to Miami.

Munroe subsequently split his time between Staten Island and the Grove, often staying at the Peacock family hotel, The Bay View House, later known as the Peacock Inn. Several years before the turn of the century he bought land recognized today as the Barnacle State Historic Park, where he built his permanent home. Munroe also founded the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club, and through his continual enjoyment of sailing and boating life, met his second wife, Jessie Wirth. They had two children, Wirth and Patty.

The Commodore's passion for the sea was only matched by his interest in photographing. Munroe's constant recording of the beauty of Miami with his camera provides an invaluable and lasting visual record of the time and place. The Ralph M. Munroe Family Papers consists of letters, diaries, household accounts, journals, and photographs chronicling the activities of one of South Florida's earliest families. Among the holdings are, the typescript of the popular autobiography, The Commodore's Story, as well as diaries written by Patty Munroe detailing South Florida "happenings." Photographs offer at look at South Florida scenic sites during the first three decades of the twentieth century.

Frederic Zeigen is known as "The Forgotten Man" in University of Miami history. While he played a vital role in the founding of UM—becoming its pro bono administrator, the secretary of the Board of Regents, and spokesperson—few people know the level of his involvement. A successful banker, world traveler and writer, Mr. Zeigen devoted much of his time and his own money to help create the University of Miami. His greatest feat was convincing George Merrick to give the nascent university 160 acres, fund the first building, and create a $4 million endowment.

Olga Espejo was a cataloger at the Otto G. Richter Library and curator of The Rare Map Collection held by the Specila Collections department of the library.

On the night of April 20, 2010, following an initial forty-eight hours stoppage, a group of students from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) met at the Río Piedras campus to organize an indefinite strike. They did so in response to the University administration’s proposed new austerity measures affecting the tuition waivers (Certification 98) and the possibility of a tuition increase. Through phone calls, text messages, emails, social networking sites, and word of mouth members of the student action committees spread the news to others to meet at two specific locations within the campus at 5:00 am. Once the two groups were formed, they coordinated via text messages to meet on the main road of the campus. To the astonishment of the initiators the number of people that showed up was three times more than expected and they were able to take over the campus from within by closing down its six gates. By using protest camps, physical barricades, and alternative media, such as the Internet, the students constructed spaces of resistance that initiated a lock-down of ten out of the eleven UPR campuses. Thus, on April 21, 2010, the students of the UPR officially announced the beginning of a strike that quickly broadened into a defense of an accessible public education of excellence as a fundamental right and not a privilege.

            During the sixty-two days that the first wave of student protests and occupations lasted, traditional and alternative media covered the events until it ended with a mediated agreement between the Students’ National Negotiating Committee (CNN) and the University’s administration in a seeming victory for the students. However, in retaliation the government quickly increased the number of members of the Board of Trustees to gain the majority vote within the University’s decision making. This effectively allowed the University’s administration to breach the agreement, suspend students from the CNN by accusing them of leading and organizing the strike, and hastily impose an $800 student fee active in January 2011 (to be $400 per semester thereafter). For students at the UPR, this increase meant a more than 100% hike in tuition which would prevent about 10,000 students from continuing their studies for lack of economic resources and opportunities.[1] The administration’s steadfast refusal to negotiate the tuition increase initiated the second wave of student protests, which began on December 14, 2010. Prior to this, the administration had removed some of the university’s main campus gates and welded others open in order to prevent students from controlling the campus again. The administration also requested the police force including: mounted police, snipers, K-9 unit, Riot police, and the SWAT team to occupy the university and enforce the gag law prohibiting student demonstrations on campus premises. The presence of the police force inside the UPR main campus violated the “non-confrontational agreement” that was established to promote peaceful dialogue after the violent incidents during the 1981 UPR student strike. As a result, students (re)constructed their spaces of resistance by using emotional narratives, organizing nonviolent civil disobedience acts at public places, fomenting lobbying groups, disseminating online petitions, and developing alternative proposals to the compulsory fee. The protests continued until March 2011, when it came to a halt after the traditional media overstressed a violent incident that involved physical harassment to the University’s chancellor, Ana Guadalupe, during one of the student demonstrations.

[1] This estimate was calculated by the UPR administration, and was born out after the fee was imposed.

Venancio Díaz-Maique (1916-2003) was born in Guanajay, Cuba. He began his career as a photojournalist when he documented the devastation caused by the hurricane of 1940. For these photographs he received his first award from a photography contest in his home town of Guanajay. As well as having a long and internationally celebrated career he was also the co-founder of the Photography Club of Cuba.

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