The Bob Simms collection documents the life and activities of Robert H. Simms in the black communities in Coconut Grove and Miami and reflects his work with the Community Relations Board and the Defense Race Relations Institute. The collection also contains campaign materials from Leah Simms, the first African American female judge in the state of Florida, and the "Glory in the Grove" photographs of people and events at the George Washington Carver elementary and high schools in Coconut Grove before desegregation. A final component of the collection includes photographs, correspondence and clippings of General "Chappie" James and his family. General James was the first four star African American General and married Dorothy Watkins.
This collection contains oral history interviews and other related videos put together by the local Coral Gables Television station, which broadcasts to the University of Miami campus.
Court documents, correspondence, witness and plaintiff testimonials, hearing transcripts, audio-visual materials containing depositions from victims, and legal research related to the Hungarian Gold Train case.
This collection contains a box of reproductions of photographs that were mounted on foam-core boards, used in an exhibit in honor of the University of Miami's Sixtieth Anniversary celebration which took place in 1985. This collection also contains retrospective oral histories, interviews, clips, and short-form films related to the University's Sixtieth Anniversary.
This collection contains photographs, video recordings, university publications, and press clippings of University of Miami's schools, departments, programs, and events, created by the University Communications during the 1980s through the 2000s.
This collection contains annual reports, memorabilia, news articles, reports, certificates, meeting minutes, photographs, legislative documents, signs, and materials from the Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG), which had been collected and maintained by the former Vice President for Student Affairs of University of Miami, William R. Butler. This collection also contains the series of interviews, captured on VHS and U-matic, that he conducted while working at University of Miami.
