The Miami Beach Jaycees is a Florida chapter of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees for short). The not-for profit organization was founded in 1920 and has provided opportunities for men and women between the ages of 18 to 40 to develop leadership skills through community service. The Junior Chamber of Commerce International Headquarters was moved to Miami Beach in 1955.
The Miami Beach Jaycees Scrapbook documents the civic activities of the Miami Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce form 1952-1954. The collection consists primarily of photographs of conventions and social activities of the organization as well as newspaper clippings, documents, and a 1952-1953 yearbook of Miami Beach Jaycee.
This collection contains various materials documenting the history of LGBTQ+ people and culture in Miami Beach, Florida. Included within are periodicals, ephemera, general documents, photographs, and audiovisual materials documenting Miami Beach's queer history through the lives, activism, and historical contributions of spouses Dennis Leyva and Clark Reynolds, the donors of this collection.
This collection intersects with the history of the Winter Party Festival, one of the biggest annual LGBTQ+ celebrations for the Greater Miami and Miami Beach areas, as Dennis Leyva and Clark Reynolds are among the co-founders of the event. This collection also compliments the Safeguarding American Values for Everyone (SAVE) records, as they both have worked closely with the organization for decades.
