Dr. I. A. Richards (1893-1979) was an influential English literary critic and rhetorician. His books on literary criticism, especially The Meaning of Meaning, Principles of Literary Criticism, Practical Criticism, and The Philosophy of Rhetoric, are taken to be founding influences for the New Criticism. Richards is also considered one of the founders of the contemporary study of literature in English.
The I. A. Richards Collection at the Special Collections department contains a large selection of Richards' work in language learning and literacy, in the form of textbooks, workbooks, brochures, audio-visual materials, index cards, phonograph records, and slides.
The Eduardo Zayas-Bazán Collection contains materials and documents donated by Spanish professor and Bay of Pigs veteran Eduardo Zayas-Bazán, including textbooks and educational materials authored by him, books translated by him, and a typed account of the amphibious landing in the Bay of Pigs.
This collection also contains a photocopy of the resignation of Eduardo Zayas-Bazán's grandfather, Comandante Rogerio Zayas-Bazán, to General Machado, dated 1928 April 18.
This collection features the personal papers, theses, research, teaching materials, and writings of former University of Miami Spanish Language and History Professor, Jacob Riis Owre, who was an integral part of forming the University of Miami's Hispanic-American Studies program in 1937.
