Herbert Zim collection

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Herbert Zim collection

Date(s)

  • circa 1950s-1990s (Creation)

Extent

22.00 linear feet (22 record storage boxes)

Name of creator

(1909-1994)

Biographical history

Herbert Zim was born in 1909 in New York before he moved to Southern California. He started writing in 1934 while conducting research in studying children's education and interests in the sciences. He eventually earned a doctorate degree from Columbia University in 1940 after writing his dissertation on "Science Interests and Activities of Adolescents." He continued to write and publish several science books throughout his life and also served as both an educational consultant for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and a professor in education at the University of Illinois. He eventually passed away in 1994 in Plantation Key, Florida.

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This collection contains correspondence, research materials, drafts, legal and administrative files, and other archival materials belonging to writer and professor Dr. Herbert Zim (1909-1994).

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This collection is unprocessed but open for research.

Physical access

This collection is 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

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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This collection was donated by the estate of Herbert Zim, care of his wife, Grace Zim, 1995.

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Archivist's note

Finding aid updated by Yvette Yurubi, Processing Archivist, 01-30-25.

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