O, Miami collection

Identity elements

Name and location of repository

Beschrijvingsniveau

Collectie

Titel

O, Miami collection

Datum(s)

  • 2009-2022 (Vervaardig)

Omvang

34 boxes and 1 flat file

Naam van de archiefvormer

Institutionele geschiedenis

O, Miami is a local organization that promotes literary culture in the South Florida region. Founded by P. Scott Cunningham, the organization has a major presence in the literary scene in Miami. Their events include the O, Miami Poetry Festival and a visiting writers series, along with smaller events throughout the course of the year. The organization also maintains a publishing wing, Jai-Alai Books, and produces a literary magazine, also under the Jai-Alai title.

Content and structure elements

Bereik en inhoud

The O, Miami collection holds memorabilia associated with the literary organization and their events and publications. The materials document many of the inventive techniques used to promote poetry during their annual O, Miami Poetry Festival, including poetry parking tickets and poems in the form of lottery scratch off tickets. Other events documented include the organization's visiting writers series, and their collaborations with Pages and Spreads, another local literary organization. The collection also includes chapbooks/zines that collect poems and writings from local Miami writers.

Ordeningstelsel

Conditions of access and use elements

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

This collection is open for research.

Physical access

Items from this collection are kept on-campus and may be requested from the first floor Kislak Center in the Otto G. Richter Library at University of Miami. Please contact asc.library@miami.edu to request materials from this collection.

Technical access

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

University of Miami does not own copyright. It is incumbent on the user to obtain copyright from the original authors and/or the O, Miami organization.

Languages of the material

  • Engels
  • Haïtiaans
  • Spaans

Scripts of the material

  • Latijn

Taal en schrift aantekeningen

Toegangen

Generated finding aid

Acquisition and appraisal elements

Geschiedenis beheer

Directe bron van verwerving

Gift of O, Miami, 2015.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information

Aanvullingen

Related materials elements

Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen

Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën

Related archival materials

Books that have arrived with the collection have been added to the UM Libraries catalog :

Noé, T., & Echevarria, G. (2014). Forager: A subjective guide to Miami's edible plants. Miami: Jai-Alai Books.

Information about related materials is available at http://www.omiami.org/

Notes element

Specialized notes

Alternative identifier(s)

Description control element

Regels of conventies

Sources used

Trefwoorden

Geografische trefwoorden

Naam ontsluitingsterm

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging en gebruik