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This collection contains procedure manuals, membership lists, correspondence, memos, and other administrative documents pertaining to the Society of the Sigma Xi at the University of Miami.

The Silvia Lizama Collection contains ephemera, show bills, pamphlets, clippings and show catalogs related to the work of Cuban photographer Silvia Lizama, particularly her art galleries and exhibits.

The Silvio Acosta Papers contain scrapbooks of the professional and personal life of Silvio Acosta, architect.

The collection contains photographs, clippings, a DVD, and a flashdrive with images and text describing the life and career of actor Silvio Falcón, active in Cuba and Spain in the 1950s and 60s.

This collection contains 20 maps and 10 prints in French, depicting locales and images from the Americas and the Caribbean during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Simón Daro Dawidowicz was a businessman and art collector who resided in Miami, Florida. A long-time resident of Colombia, Dawidowicz had a strong interest in Latin American liberator Simón Bolívar and his lasting influence on Latin America. Dawidowicz was a member of several Bolivarian societies, president of the Bolavarian Review, and founded the non-profit organization Darien Action Committee, which sought to promote the completion of the Panamerican Highway from Panama to Colombia. Dawidowicz had strong connections with several prominent Latin American artists including Leopoldo Richter and David Manzur. He was a curator as well as a collector of their and others' work, and donated a number of their pieces to museums and institutions including the University of Miami. A mural titled "Bolívar and Humboldt" by Leopoldo Richter was donated by Dawidowicz to the University, and currently stands in front of the Otto G. Richter Library.

The Simón Daro Dawidowicz Bolivarian collection contains items pertaining to all of the above pursuits and interests. Much of it is correspondence and official records, or newspapers clippings and photographs that document his activities. There are a number of audiocassettes and film reels, and a single videocassette as well.

Of particular interest are a bust of Simón Bolívar that Dawidowicz had commissioned as a gift for former President Lyndon Johnson, as well as a box containing photographs, photographic prints, brochures, periodicals, and other forms of material depicting the works of a number of Latin American artists. These include David Manzur, Leopoldo Richter, German Tessarolo, Marlene Hoffman, Enrique Grau, Edgar Silva, Armando Villegas, Patricia Tavera, Ràmon Carulla, and Miguel Rojas Niño. Some of these items are signed by the artists.

Two family members of Dawidowicz, Miriam and Sylvia, were curators and donors of Latin American art as well, and several documents detailing their efforts are held within the collection.

Finally, the collection contains assorted personal photographs and several short stories written by Dawidowicz.

The papers document activities of Sina Sutter as a scenic artist, miniaturist, product designer, gallery owner, and fine artist. The materials include reproductions of her works, Sutter's Curriculum Vitae, programs, pamphlets, and exhibition catalog.

The Smith and Streeter Tourism Ephemera Collection (CHC5448) contains collectable memorabilia. There are ticket stubs, travel brochures, information and events from businesses that were obtained by Smith and Streeter during their travels. There is also a form chart, passenger list, and luggage tag from their cruise together.

Manuscript and research files of : "1961, The Year of the Refugee" a narrative of life in Cuba by Trudy Snider.

A collection of periodicals, pamphlets, brochures, tracts, leaflets, broadsides, and assorted materials, focusing on social movements across the globe. The collection presently includes materials from various organizations, mostly French, Iranian, African-American groups fighting for social rights and liberties, pro-environmentalist/anti-capitalist groups, and socialist groups, and will continue to expand as materials are collected.

The Sociedad de Arte Musical de Santa Clara Ephemera Collection contains performance flyers, playbills, and other memorabilia from La Sociedad de Arte Musical de Santa Clara in Cuba.

The papers consist of articles by Soren Triff published in various  publications, manuscripts of several of his works, articles by Cuban independent journalists, clippings of international press from and about Cuba and audio cassettes of interviews.

The two-part publication "South Florida ecological study, appendix g, recent and long-term vegetation changes and patters in South Florida" was written by Dr. Taylor R. Alexander, Principal Investigator, and Alan G. Crook, Research Assistant.

Part 1, preliminary report was due on May 10, 1973 and part 2, final report, was due in May 1975.  It was published by the Biology Department, University of Miami.

This collection consists of miscellaneous photographs and images that have no relation to other collections. The bulk of the photographs are taken throughout Miami-Dade County and the south Florida region.

The collection consists primarily of playbills of various theatrical performances in South Florida from 1920 to 2006.

The collection consists primarily of draft agendas from the South Florida public policy agency.

This collection contains videotapes of  Richter Library printed card catalog records provided by SOLINET in preparation for the change to an online catalog.