Metro Dade (Miami-Dade) Transit collection

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Collection

Title

Metro Dade (Miami-Dade) Transit collection

Date(s)

  • 1962-1988 (Creation)

Extent

12.50 linear feet (7 record storage boxes and 11 document cases)

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Scope and content

This collection contains documents compiled by the Metropolitan Dade County Transit Program, including environmental impact reports, site evaluations, programs for transit improvement, and research and documents pertaining to handicapped and elderly passengers.

System of arrangement

Boxes 1-7 have been keyed directly into Access to Memory; boxes 8-18 can be found in the spreadsheet attached to this finding aid.

Conditions of access and use elements

Conditions governing access

This collection is open for use.

Physical access

Parts 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

Metro Dade Transit collection finding aid © 2019 University of Miami. All rights reserved. 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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Archivist's note

The first half of this collection was processed by student assistants, Nazir Crump (spring 2019) and Jessica Triche (fall 2019), under the supervision of Yvette Yurubi, Archives Assistant. The second half of this collection was processed by Yvette Yurubi, Processing Archivist, with the help of Graduate Assistant Vanessa Rodrigues Barcelos da Silva, summer 2025.

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