This collection contains yearbooks, photographs, and notebooks pertaining to Florida history and Marmaduke N. Dickson, II (1845-1912), his wife Mary Gammon (Dickson), who had settled in Marianna, Florida in the 19th century, and their families. Dickson was a soldier from the 4th Infantry Regiment in Florida who fought for the Confederate States in the American Civil War until 1865 when they surrendered.
The records contain legal cases, research files, correspondence, audio-visual materials (VHS, CD-ROM, audiocassettes, microcassettes), and trial notes from the Miami Community Justice Project. Topics covered include development for low income housing, gentrification, public housing, and privately run detention centers. In particular, the materials discuss the Scott Homes/Hope VI housing revitalization plan and the Reese v. Miami-Dade County court case; the Sawyer's Walk (Overtown) and Crosswinds (Overtown) redevelopment projects; the Manuel et al. v. city of Lake Worth court case; and the Miami Workers Centers Transit HUB. Other organizations mentioned in the files include Power U Center for Social Change and Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC).
This collection contain correspondence, forms, questionnaires, brochures, posters, and other administrative documents pertaining to the Florida nurses who were assigned to look after the wounded during World War II.
Charleton W. Tebeau was an American writer and historian whose life work focused on Florida. Born in Springfield Georgia, he later moved to Miami and worked at the University of Miami for 37 years. He then helped found the Historical Museum of Southern Florida and served as editor of its paper, Tequesta. He is also known for his most famous book, A History of Florida, a comprehensive compilation of Florida's eclectic history, which he published in 1971.
His collection consists of correspondence, Tequesta writings, diaries, audio-visual materials, research files, and other documents compiled by Charleton Tebeau.
The Michael L. Carlebach photography collection consists primarily of black and white photographic prints taken and personally hand developed by Professor Michael L. Carlebach. In general, the images are thematically grouped around journalistic pieces published in newspapers, or artistic topics such as portraits and landscapes. The collection also includes pieces shown in various exhibits as well as photographs made for special assignments like the George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign and the exclusive insider’s look at the Krome Avenue Detention Center for refugees in South Florida. Another highlight of the collection includes photographs dealing with the medical profession, especially children in hospital settings. In addition to photographing using 35mm black and white film, Carlebach shot color slides, vividly portraying the flora and fauna of the Everglades, historic structures such as Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, and news stories dealing with the environment. The entire collection consists of over 5,000 silver prints, color slides, and publications. Currently over 2,000 items are digitized and made available online.
This collection consists of one of the historical records of the University of Miami Beta Upsilon Circle of the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society. It includes photographs, rosters, nomination forms and related materials collected by former advisor Dr. Ivan Hoy.
This collection contains the original printed catalog cards, along with photocopies, which describe the older items kept in the Special Collections unit of the Richter Library.
The Undergraduate Honors Theses collection contains papers written by University of Miami undergraduate students from 1989 to the present. University Honors (summa cum laude, magna cum laude and cum laude) are determined by a minimum GPA unique to the school or college from which undergraduate students have studied.
This collection contains architectural drawings in color of the Richter library renovation proposed in 1999-2003, including the Dauer Clock Tower. The University undertook major renovations from 1999 to 2003, which saw the addition of the Dr. Maxwell and Reva B. Dauer Clock Tower in 2000. The Roberto C. Goizueta Pavilion then opened in 2003 and now serves as the home of the Cuban Heritage Collection. The new design also added classrooms, conference rooms, and student group study rooms.
This collection contains records from the University of Miami Press, including book reviews, correspondence, authored works, bibliographies, proofs, manuscripts, catalogs, and promotional files.
The papers document professional activities of Andrés Nóbregas, theater director and playwright staging his plays in New York Theater of The Americas and at the Hispanic Theater Festival in Miami. He also wrote for television. The bulk of material includes manuscripts of plays and libretti either written or directed or acted by Andrés Nóbregas. Materials also include some invitations and clippings regarding Hispanic Heritage Week.
The Cuban Historical and Literary Manuscript Collection is comprised of original manuscripts from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Acquired as individual pieces or in small groups, this collection includes literary manuscripts, slavery sales and property documents, wills, and correspondence.
The collection consists of photographic reproductions of magazine covers and popular Cuban product advertisements, taken from the periodicals holdings of the Cuban Heritage Collection.
The records document the treatment of political prisoners by the communist regime within Cuban prisons. The materials consist of 3 CDs: "Presidio Isla de Pinos." (Compiled by Raúl Pérez-Coloma) on February 10, 2010; "La Montaña. Canciones de lucha y esperanzas," by political prisoner, Manuel Villanueva. Graphic design by Alejandro Deoliveira. Miami 2007; "La Verdadera República de Cuba" by Dr. Andrés Cao Mendiguren, 2009. The first CD contains names of more than 10,000 Cuban political prisoners, case numbers and the place where they were imprisoned. The materials also include manuscripts of letters written in Cuban political prisons in small letter, typescript of "La etica en el camino de revolucion," and post cards created by political prisoners in prison.
Ofelia González was an actress performing in theatre, mostly in Havana's Palacio de Bellas Artes and New York's Repertorio Español. She also acted in film and TV. The materials document her acting career especially her portrayals of Bernarda in The House of Bernarda Alba in New York, Nurse in Romeo and Juliet in New York, Serafina in The Rose Tattoo in Havana, Medea in Medea in New York, Amanda in The Glass Menagerie in New York, Celestina in Celestina in New York, Clara in The Visit in New York and Mother in The Guns of Mother Carrar in Havana.
The bulk of the material consists of photographs from performances and newspaper clippings with reviews of performances. The papers also include correspondence and memorabilia.
The Randy Barceló Collection consists primarily of oversize costume and set designs by Cuban-born designer Randy Barceló. The collection also includes costume plots, drawings and sketches, posters and postcards, videotapes, photographs and slides, and two scripts written by Barceló.
This collection documents the activities of Teresa María Rojas in her capacity as a theater actress, theater professor at Miami-Dade College (MDC, also formerly known as Miami-Dade Community College) for more than 30 years and the founder of the Prometeo Student Theater Group.
The majority of the materials document Rojas' role as artistic director of the Prometeo Theater and the success of the students who performed in it. Portfolios and reviews contain information regarding her teaching at MDC, in the capacity of the director of the Prometeo Theater and an instructor. The papers contain scrapbooks chronicling her work as the director of the Prometeo Theater from 1985. The collection also documents her professsional work as an actress in Miami, Cuba and other Latin American countries. Her performances in various acclaimed productions are documented by clippings and photographs. Rojas measured her own success as a professor and artistic director of Prometeo by the success of her students. She played the engaging and lighthearted role of Ofelia in "Ana in the Tropics". As Ofelia, Rojas took on a similar matronly role as the one she had among her students at MDC.
Selected photographs, playbills, programs, letters, and clippings from the collection are available on the University of Miami Digital Collections portal under the CHC Theater Collections tab.
The Dulce Beatriz papers contain photographs and other documents related to Cuban painter Dulce Beatriz (b. 1931) and her husband, Spanish flamenco guitarist Leonardo Beatriz. The papers consist of two scrapbooks and other materials. The first scrapbook documents professional activities of Dulce Beatriz, and contains photographs and other documents. The second scrapbook documents her husband's professional activities. It includes programs, a patent for a fabric stretching device, photographs and a biographical note on Mr. Beatriz. The collection also includes a box of clippings.
The papers document Helio Nardo's activities as a writer. The bulk of materials includes correspondence to Nardo from Cuban prominent exiled figures. The materials also consist of extracts from some published articles, and clippings. Some letters discuss the topics of Castro's regime in Cuba and political situation in Chile.
This collection contains an array of materials, including correspondence, broadsides, pamphlets, periodicals, newsletters, and other ephemera, pertaining to the occult, paranormal, UFOs, supernatural entities, and spiritualism. Of particular note is a letter from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, dated 1914.