Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
University of Miami Office of Media Relations photograph collection
Date(s)
- 1943-1994 (Creation)
Extent
23 linear feet (23 record storage boxes)
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Office of Media Relations is responsible for communicating information regarding the University’s achievements, faculty research, programs, and events to the local, regional, national, and international news media. The staff also responds to daily media requests for information and faculty experts. The Media Relations staff works closely with the Department of Public Safety to manage all external communications in emergency situations and play a key role in crisis contingency planning.
The Office of Media Relations is responsible for communicating information regarding the University’s achievements, faculty research, programs, and events to the local, regional, national, and international news media. The staff also responds to daily media requests for information and faculty experts. The Media Relations staff works closely with the Department of Public Safety to manage all external communications in emergency situations and play a key role in crisis contingency planning.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The majority of the items found in this collection are photographs, negatives, and contact sheets of university buildings, its people, and events taken by the Office of Media Relations from the 1940s to the 1990s. Press releases, university publications, correspondence, and other materials created by the department are also available in the collection.
The Office of Media Relations is a department of the University Communications, and they are responsible for communicating information regarding the University’s achievements, faculty research, programs, and events to the local, regional, national, and international news media.
System of arrangement
Series I - Buildings 1943-1994 (press releases, clippings and photographs of UM buildings) [Box 1-3]
Series II - Citizens Board 1974-1988 (photographs of members and events) [Box 4]
Series III - Faculty and Staff 1962-1994 (photographs of administrators, faculty, and staff) [Box 5]
Series IV - Photographs 1971-1989 (of UM schools and departments) [Box 6-8]
Series V - Topical Files (publications, press clippings and correspondence on UM-related subjects) [Box 9-11]
Boxes 12-23 are unprocessed.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is only partially processed (Boxes 1-11) but open for research.
Physical access
This collection is kept in an off-campus storage facility. Please contact the University Archivist, Nick Iwanicki, at ngi5@miami.edu with the boxes you are interested in prior to your visit, and allow up to 1 week for delivery of materials.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to ngi5@miami.edu.
Languages of the material
- English
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Finding aids
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Sources used
Archivist's note
Processed by Archives Technician, Marcia Heath; finding aid edited by Processing Archivist, Yvette Yurubi, 01-11-23.
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- University of Miami (Subject)