The Axelson Papers document the family life and professional careers of several members of the McDougal and Axelson families. Materials relating to Mary McDougal Axelson document her life as a political activist and writer. A leader and organizer of political, literary, and women's groups, Axelson participated in the women's club movement, women's suffrage activities, democratic party politics, health reform, and the world peace campaign. She gained a national and international reputation for her work "Life Begins" which appeared in the form of a novel, play and film. Files also document the accomplishments of family members including her parents, Daniel Archibald and Myrtle McDougal, her sister Violet, husband Ivar Axelson and daughter Mary Ivonne Axelson.
Charles Deering was a collector of art and a friend to many notable artists including John Sargeant and Augustus St. Gaudens. Painting, scrulpture, prints, rugs and many other items combined to decorate and furnish the Deering Estate in Florida. He collected a wide range of artwork, and the Print Department of the Art Institute of Chicago received his fine collection.
Business records and research papers of T.A. Fennell, Jr., proprietor of the "The Orchid Jungle". (Fennell Orchid Co., Inc.). Contains correspondence, receipts, plant catalogs, stock lists, lecture notes, photographs, field notes, bulletins and newsletters from various botanical organizations.
The collection contains a data set of tweets collected from the Twitter microblogging and social networking service regarding the May 2019 LGBTQ Pride march in Havana, Cuba, known as "conga."
From May 15 to 22, 2019, the Cuban Heritage Collection collected tweets relating to the following phrases and hashtags: conga, conga against homophobia, conga contra la homofobia, IDAHOT, LGBTIQ, marcha alternativa, Cenesex, Cuba and LGBT, la marcha va, Cuba and transfobia, and Cuba and homofobia.
The tweets collected by the Cuban Heritage Collection for this data archive do not represent an exhaustive or complete record of all tweets relating to the targeted hashtags due to restritions on tweet volume accessed via the Twitter API.
The 2017 Miami as Sanctuary Jurisdiction Twitter Archive contains data set of tweets collected from the Twitter microblogging platform documenting the status of Miami-Dade as a sanctuary jurisdiction for immigrants to the United States.
Special Collections collected tweets relating to the following phrases and hashtags: #miamisanctuarycity, Miami #sanctuarycounty, #miamisanctuarycounty, and Miami #sancturarycity.
The tweets collected by Special Collections for this data archive do not represent an exhaustive or complete record of all tweets relating to the targeted hashtags due to restrictions on tweet volume accessed via the Twitter API.
Collection consists of correspondence, various iterations of Gottlieb-Roberts' art work (from drafts to finals), photographs (including slides and Polaroids), promotional materials, video cassettes (VHS, U-Matic, L-750) of performances, press, and more, from the 1970s through the 1990s.
The Gladys Pérez collection documents the career of journalist Gladys Pérez. It contains reel-to-reel audio tapes and interview transcripts that she conducted with Cuban musicians.
Tracings, construction drawings, site plans for the home of Richard Namon at 5501 SW 93rd Street, Miami FL Correspondence from Alfred Browning Parker to Richard Namon
Commodore Club (Highleyman House) 1402 South Bayshore Drive, aka A.J.A Fay Residence with architectural revisions by Henry Lapointe and Martin L. Hampton
The collection contains digital recordings of Antonio Rubio, PhD, singing pregones from turn of the century Havana; photos of original discs from 1941, 1947 and 1954; a photo of Antonio Rubio in the DePaul University yearbook, with other department chairmen; and an obituary for Antonio Rubio.
Born in New York City, Evan H. Rhodes (1929-2010) is a noted Key West-based author who penned many novels over the course of his lifetime, including the novel, The Prince of Central Park, which had been adapted into both a feature-length film and a musical. He graduated from New York University with a Master of Arts degree and then worked as a screen reader for Columbia Pictures and Universal International before settling down in Key West to write novels. He was also a member of the Author's League of America, the NYU Alumni Federation, and the Library of the British Museum and had exhibited his own sculptures at the Washington Square Gallery in New York City.
His papers contain a wide arrange of material documenting his noteworthy literary career, including manuscripts, playscripts, drafts, notes, research files, promotional materials, news clippings, reviews, correspondence, poetry, audio-visual materials, photographs, and ephemera.
Joseph L. Herndon (1948-2021) was a historical preservationist who aided in several global restoration projects, including the Old Spanish Fort (1730) in Pascagoula, Mississippi; Qasr Ibrihim (1600's) in Hoffuf, Saudi Arabia; the Old Post Office (1897) in Washington, D.C.; The Rugby Colony (1880's) in Rugby, Tennessee; Union Station (1900) in Nashville, Tennessee; The Germantown neighborhood revitalization (1840's) in Nashville, Tennessee; The Biltmore Hotel (1926) in Miami, Florida. His papers include a large breadth of information and research pertaining to the Biltmore Hotel, the Panama Canal, Turkey, the Deering Estate, resorts, and other areas of interest to Joseph Herndon. Material types represented within include audio-visual materials (CD-ROMS, VHS, photographs, slides), print-outs, administrative files, financial files, travel brochures, ephemera, architectural plans, interior design samples, research files, reports, proposals, periodicals, and 3D objects.
This collection currently contains several exhibit catalogs, mainly from the Sofía Ímber Contemporary Art Museum of Caracas (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Ímber), DVDs featuring interviews with Sofía Ímber and covering famous Venezuelan and international artists, politicians, and writers, CD-Rs, a collection of fliers from local photography exhibitions in Coral Gables, newspaper clippings of articles either about or by Sofía Ímber or Guillermo Meneses, oversized exhibit posters, and digital correspondence and photographs stored in external hard-drives.
There will be further ongoing accruals to this collection.
This collection contains aviation research related to the loss of Flight 7, PAA-94, Pan American Clipper Romance of the Skies in the mid-Pacific on November 8, 1957. Included within are documents, photographs, notes, memoranda of conversations, and interview transcripts used in the research and writing of two magazine articles by Gregg Herken and Ken Fortenberry. Also included in the collection are the articles which appeared in Air & Space and Smithsonian magazines.
The collection contains scrapbook pages related to the Cuban Telephone Company, including a document, clipping and photographs; one document titled "Resolución No. 105" by the Empresa Nacional Telefónica "13 de Marzo," signed by Carlos Tejera Paz, 1964; and one issue of Unidad, the bulletin from Federación de Trabajadores Telefónicos de Cuba en el Exilio, Año XXXV, Nos. 419/423, Agosto/Diciembre 1997.
The collection contains Cuban stamps from 1855-2000; materials related to José Lezama Lima, including a LP of his poems, a photocopy of "Coloquio con Juan Ramón Jiménez," and genealogical information; a typescript of "El mar que me circunda" by Juana Rosa Pita, and an invitation to the exhibition "Pablo Cano: The Toy Box" (2004). The collection also contains a VHS tape with footage of the donation of letters from José Lezama Lima to the Cuban Heritage Collection.
Built works, unbuilt/schematic works, experimental architecture work, and reference materials created by, and about, Gordon Gilbert including preliminary sketches, construction drawings, construction photos, final photos, models, presentations, and publications.
