Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Friends of the University of Miami Library records
Date(s)
- 1960-1977 (Creation)
Extent
13 Boxes
Name of creator
Administrative history
The University of Miami Friends of the Library (known later as the University of Miami Friends of the Libraries) is a library support organization founded in 1960 by a group of University of Miami faculty, alumni, and community leaders. The first president was the renowned Everglades preservationist and author Marjory Stoneman Douglas. The Friends play a vital role in supporting programs, securing gifts, and funding projects for the Libraries and are instrumental in ensuring the University of Miami remains one of the foremost research institutions in the world.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This Friends of the Library University of Miami records contains 11 boxes of audio recordings of their events held between 1960 and 1977. Please see the attached container list for the list of the speakers and topics. The tapes were professionally remastered and digitized in 2012 to commemorate Richter Library's 50th anniversary.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is 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
Scripts of the material
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Finding aids
Generated finding aid
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Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Archivist's note
Processed by Head of Special Collections, William E. Brown, Jr. and Archives Technician, Marcia Heath, 02-1999; finding aid created by Processing Archivist, Yvette Yurubi, 01-09-23.
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Otto G. Richter Library (Subject)