Zone d'identification
Nom et localisation du dépôt
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Collection
Titre
Munroe Family Papers
Date(s)
- 1903-1979 (Production)
Importance matérielle
21 Boxes
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
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.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
The collection includes correspondence, logbooks, photographs albums, slides, and diaries pertaining to various members of the Munroe Family who settled in Coconut Grove, Florida.
Mode de classement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
The collection is open for research.
Accès physique
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.
Accès technique
Conditions de reproduction
University of Miami does not own copyright. It is incumbent on the user to obtain copyright from the original creator.
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
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Source immédiate d'acquisition
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
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Sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Sources complémentaires
Ralph M. Munroe Family Papers, 1882-1995
Ralph M. Munroe Family Papers (Digital Collection)
The Commodore's Story: Early Miami History (Digital Exhibit)
Alan Crockwell collection, 1873-1996
Information about related materials is available at Everglades Digital Library : Everglades Biographies, Ralph Middleton Munroe http://everglades.fiu.edu/reclaim/bios/munroe.htm.
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Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
- Munroe, Ralph, 1851-1933 (Sujet)
- Munroe, Ralph, 1851-1933 -- Family (Sujet)