This collection contains news clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, and government proceedings compiled by Gregory Bush, who served as an Associate Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Public History at the University of Miami prior to his retirement in 2018. Topics covered in this collection include anti-communism, the Cold War, Civil Rights, the Ku Kluk Klan, and the NAACP's (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) activities in South Florida.
The Urban Environment League is a non-profit organization originally created in 1996 under the leadership and guidance of Gregory Bush, a professor at the University of Miami's History department and the Institute for Public History. The organization is dedicated to promoting safe and responsible practices in urban development in Miami-Dade through education and by advocating for environmental reform and legal protections for historical landmarks. Their records contain several issues of their internal newsletter, the Urban Forum; membership lists; minutes; correspondence; pamphlets; flyers; brochures; periodicals; research files on historical landmarks in Greater Miami, and urban planning; financial records; administrative files; ephemera; audio-visual materials (floppy disks and negatives); and legal files.
