Cleveland's baking powder was manufactured originally by the Cleveland brothers in Albany, New York and was used as a common household cooking aid in the late 19th century and onwards. This collection contains a set of typed out recipe cards related to the company.
Gareth and Janet Dunleavy were historians of Irish literature and culture. The Gareth and Janet Dunleavy Collection was donated by Gareth and Janet Dunleavy in memory of Bernard Benstock, a colleague who served the University of Miami in many capacities.
The collection contains typescripts and articles by Gareth and Janet Dunleavy, as well as research materials for projects by both authors. Prominently featured are research materials on Mary Lavin, an Irish short story and novella writer who died in 1996. Of special interest among these research materials are copies of Lavin's working manuscripts, obtained by Professor Janet Dunleavy in the 1970s with the permission of Mary Lavin. Janet Dunleavy had planned a critical study of Lavin's work based on these materials, but had abandoned the idea. The collection also contains notes, letters, and other documents assembled during Gareth and Janet Dunleavy's preparation of their Douglas Hyde: A Maker of Modern Ireland (1991) and O'Connor Papers (1977).
This collection contains periodicals, memorabilia, correspondence, ephemera, promotional materials, event programs, booklets, reports, photographs, scrapbooks, music sheets, realia, vinyl records, and other materials documenting South Florida history. Most of the materials pertain in particular to Miami Beach and notable figures to its history, such as Hy Gardner, Paul M. Bruun, Albert Pick, and former Miami Beach mayors Kenneth Oka and Herbert Frink. The collection also features photographs and materials from past beauty pageants held in Miami Beach.
This collection contains records and archival material either created or compiled by the University of Miami Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.
The Honors Day Convocation ceremony (begun in 1960 as Academic Honors Day) was established as a celebration of academic excellence. The Convocation recognizes distinguished undergraduates from all disciplines, outstanding members of the various honor societies and honors students to be graduated with General Honors. The different colleges, schools, departments, and academic honor societies select their most outstanding graduating seniors, and the Honors Program acknowledges students who have fulfilled the requirements to be graduated with General Honors. This collection contains assorted programs from the annual Honors Day Convocation ceremonies.
This collection contains the personal papers of the former Director of University of Miami Library, Archie McNeal, who was active from 1952 to 1979. His papers include correspondence; documents pertaining to other organizations and committees (including ALA, Library of Congress, Florida Library Study Commission, Association of College and research Libraries, Association of Caribbean Universities and Research Institute Libraries, Southern Association Library Committee) he was a part of, as well as conferences he attended; news articles; and other documents pertaining to his work as library director.
This collection contains reports from Otto G. Richter Library's Collection Development and Resource Management unit, including minutes of committee meetings and plans for the library's long-term goals.
This collection contains bulletins, budget and finance documents, committee and organization records, administrative documents, correspondence, topical files, contracts, campus plans, annual reports, promotion and tenure files, analyses, statistics, fact books, and other archival materials pertaining to Frank Rogers' administration as Director of Libraries from 1979-1997.
This collection contains scripts, schedules, program logs, and other administrative documents pertaining to University of Miami Radio and Television Department and their shows.
This collection contains administrative records, programs, pamphlets, and other archival materials pertaining to the University of Miami's School of Music.
This collection contains annual reports, administrative documents, enrollment surveys and reports, committee reports, policies, periodicals, handbooks, student organization reports, and other documents pertaining to the activities and initiatives of the Division of Student Affairs.
The majority of the items found in this collection are photographs, negatives, and contact sheets of university buildings, its people, and events taken by the Office of Media Relations from the 1940s to the 1990s. Press releases, university publications, correspondence, and other materials created by the department are also available in the collection.
The Office of Media Relations is a department of the University Communications, and they are responsible for communicating information regarding the University’s achievements, faculty research, programs, and events to the local, regional, national, and international news media.
This University of Miami News Bureau records include memoranda, press releases, clippings, correspondence, notes, and other materials on a wide range of activities, programs, and individuals associated with the University of Miami.
This collection consists of interviews with School of Music faculty members and others recorded on cassettes. It also includes miscellaneous videotapes and a CD of the 2003 groundbreaking and celebration ceremony for the new School of Music building.
This collection contains awards, bylaws, ephemera, membership lists, pamphlets, newsletters, photographs, reports, procedures, and manuals pertaining to the Pi Omega Pi Chapter in University of Miami.
The University of Miami Women’s Commission records document the social activities of the University of Miami Women’s Commission and include audio-visual materials, awards, event programs and flyers, publications, and photographs. It also contains reports and documents chronicling the history and development of the organization.
This collection contains records from the University of Miami Press, including book reviews, correspondence, authored works, bibliographies, proofs, manuscripts, catalogs, and promotional files.