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Aristides J. Millas Postcard Collection

Aristides J. Millas Postcard Collection

The bulk of this collection consists of postcards of Miami Beach and Greater Miami-Dade county, with representation of other areas in Florida depicting architecture, landscape, and scenes of travel and leisure, such as the International Pan American Airport, Miami Florida, the Hialeah Race Course, The Naples Hotel, Naples-on-the-Gulf, Florida, the Casino at Las Olas Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, the Ringling Mansion in Sarasota, FL, and many more. Materials mostly consist of postcards, color illustrations, and souvenir picture books. This collection was indexed by the Architecture Research Center as a project to commemorate the contributions of Aristides J. Millas, a beloved professor of the University of Miami School of Architecture, and as a resource for students, faculty and external researchers seeking historic images of Florida.

Binder 1: Miami Beach, Florida
Binder 2: Miami Dade County / City of Miami, Florida
Binder 3: Miami Dade County (South)
Binder 4: Miami Dade County (North)
Binder 5: Florida general

Aristides J. Millas

Pan American World Airways, Inc. records

Pan American World Airways, Inc. records

  • ASM0341
  • Collection
  • 1902-2005

The records of Pan American World Airways Inc. begin with the company's founding in 1927 and document the 64 year lifespan of a pioneer airline and international symbol of adventure and romance. The 1,500 linear foot collection contains evidence of Pan Am’s long list of accomplishments, which includes being: the first American airline to operate a permanent international air service, the first American airline to use radio communications, the first American airline to develop an airport and airways traffic control system, the first American airline to employ cabin attendants and serve meals aloft, the first American airline to develop a complete aviation weather service, the first airline in the world to offer scheduled transpacific passenger and mail service, the first airline in the world to offer scheduled transatlantic passenger and mail service, and the first airline to operate jets within the continental United States.

Among the many divisions, departments, offices and individuals that contributed to the daily operations of Pan Am reflected in this collection are: the Alaska Division, the Atlantic Division, the Latin American Division, China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC), Pan American Grace Airways (Panagra), the Technical Assistance Program, the legal department, the library, and the offices of: Pan Am Founder and Chief Executive Officer Juan T. Trippe, Andre Priester, C. Edward Acker, Charles Vaughn, Erwin Balluder, Everette M. Goulard, Franklin Gledhill, G. Erskine Rice, George Rihl, H. Preston Morris, Harold Bixby, Harold E. Gray, Humphrey Toomey, John C. Leslie, John C. Pirie, Karl Lueder, Kathy Babl, Najeeb E. Halaby, Mike Clark, Peter Paul von Bauer Chlumecky, Robert G. Thach, Russel L. Ray, Jr., Samuel Pryor, Sergio Bettancourt, Thomas G. Plaskett, William Langhorne Bond, William Mallory, William T. Seawell, William Van Dusen, and Willis Player.

The types of records contained in the collection include: administrative reports, clippings (newspapers, magazines, etc.), contracts (agreements, legal instruments, etc.), corporate minutes, correspondence (letters, memos, telegraphs, telexes, etc.), financial records (financial statements, bonds, expense accounts, taxation, etc.), legal records (trial and arbitral proceedings, dockets, applications for court orders, exhibits, etc.), logbooks, manuals, pamphlets (booklets, brochures, etc.), periodicals, press kits, press releases, sales records (purchase agreements, invoices, etc.), and timetables. Additionally, the collection contains audiovisual material, graphic material and over 2,000 folders of photographs.

Among the noteworthy people referenced in the collection are: famed aviator and technical assistant to Pan Am, Charles Lindbergh; Haitian writer Pradel Pompilus; famed navigator and aviation pioneer Frederick “Fred” Noonan; the Beatles; Raquel Welch; former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill; former Presidents Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan; and former First Ladies Eleanor Roosevelt and Mamie Eisenhower.

Collection highlights include: correspondence between Charles A. Lindbergh and Juan Trippe from 1933 regarding the establishment of a transatlantic air route, many internal publications containing detailed accounts of everything from the operations of company divisions to biweekly memoranda from Juan Trippe to top executives regarding changes to corporate structure, hundreds of files documenting the vital role Pan Am played in World War II, and the records of National Airlines obtained during the Pan Am/National Airlines merger in 1980.

Absent from the collection are employee medical and personnel records. These were retained by Pan Am during bankruptcy proceedings. Their disposition is unknown.

Pan American World Airways, Inc.

Watercolor Sketches Collection

Watercolor Sketches Collection

The 28 items in this collection of watercolor renderings were done by students in the School of Architecture at the University of Miami under the direction of Professor Tom Spain. Drawing and architectural rendering were essential to the curriculum since the early departmental days. Hand-drawing as a tool for seeing and comprehending spaces in the built environment continues to be strongly encouraged.

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