Richard Charles Veit II photography collection

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Richard Charles Veit II photography collection

Date(s)

  • 1937-1963 (Creation)

Extent

34 linear feet (5 record storage boxes, 1 document case, 34 flat photograph boxes, and 20 oversized mounted prints)

Name of creator

(1918-1970)

Biographical history

Richard Charles Veit II (1918-1970) was an experimental photographer who resided in Coral Gables, FL for many years. He traveled extensively around the world for the Miami-based Pan Am Travel Agency and photographed several locations for them. He experimented often with color and black-and-white renderings of photographs and negatives.

Several of his photographs were taken in the 1930s through the 1960s, including photos of Cuba before the U.S. travel embargo and Haitian cities before the 2010 hurricane. However, most of his photographs portray sailing events and groups, including the Southern Ocean Racing Conference, the Coconut Grove Sailing Club, and the Coral Reef Yacht Club, which were regularly published in sailing magazines.

In 1966, he published the book With a Few Comments on the Photographic Art, followed by a second book in German, Grosse Segel, Kleine Segel in 1967. The books reflect his particular interest in marine photography, especially in Miami and Florida. His works were exhibited in acknowledged institutions such as The Art Institute of Chicago, the Galeria Am Platz Eglisau in Switzerland, and the National Maritime Museum Greenwich in England among many others.

–Vanessa Rodrigues Barcelos da Silva
Graduate Student Assistant for Manuscripts and Archives Management, Summer 2025

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Scope and content

A collection of photographs taken by Richard Charles Veit II over the course of his photography career. The collection features 1,357 photographs, 1,283 negatives, and 2 self-published books, including images and prints of various sights and destinations scattered throughout North America, Central America, South America, the Caribbean islands, Europe, and Asia.

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Conditions governing access

This collection is open for research.

Physical access

Portions of this collection are kept in an off-campus storage facility. Please contact Special Collections at asc.library@miami.edu with the boxes you are interested in prior to your visit, and allow up to 1 week for delivery of materials.

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Conditions governing reproduction

Richard Charles Veit II photography collection Finding Aid © 2021 University of Miami. Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to asc.library@miami.edu.

Languages of the material

  • English

Scripts of the material

  • Latin

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Finding aids

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Immediate source of acquisition

Gift of Richard Charles Veit III, 2019.

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Donated books from Richard Charles Veit II were added to the library catalog (https://library.miami.edu/):

Veit, Richard Charles II. F-Stop, 1966
Veit, Richard Charles II. Grosse Segel Kleine Segel, 1967

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  • Citation: Richard Charles Veit II photography collection, Special Collections, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.

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Archivist's note

Finding aid was created by Yvette Yurubi, Archives Technician, June 2021.

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