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Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist, law professor, and legal analyst, the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, including the novels How Sweet It Is! and Second Hand Smoke; the works of nonfiction The Myth of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What's Right and Payback: The Case for Revenge; and the forthcoming Crossing the Line: The High Cost of Weaponized Speech.

His writings and commentary on matters of justice, human rights, antisemitism, the Middle East, global terrorism, the Holocaust, and art and culture appear frequently in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, L.A. times, CNN.com, Slate, Salon, ABA Journal, The Daily Beast, and Jewish Week, Jewish journal, Algemeiner, Haaretz, and Times of Israel, among other publications.

Thane is the Legal Analyst for CBS News Radio and hosts "The Talk Show" at the 92nd Street Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association. He is also a Distinguished Fellow at New York University School of Law, where he directs the Forum on Law, Culture, & Society.

The Thane Rosenbaum papers include drafts, manuscripts, typescripts, book contracts, and reviews of books he authored such as: Myth of Moral Justice, Second Hand Smoke, Golems of Gotham, Stranger Within, Elijah Visible, Myth of Moral Justice, Pay Back and How Sweet It Is!. There are also speeches, essays, letters and legal writings by Mr. Rosenbaum. Finally, the collection also includes materials pertaining to the Forum on Law, Culture and Society (FOLCS) which he moderates at New York University, large posters of various public events he participated in and a box of audio-visual materials that relate to the above mentioned categories.

“In his adopted home of South Florida he imaged a cuisine that would wed the raw and rustic powers of the diverse immigrant cultures that comprise the population there to the classic techniques of gastronomy that have survived the test of time and trends. The revolution for a new style of cooking was born and Norman christened it a 'New World Cuisine.'” - Norman Van Aken, Correspondence, 1993 December 2.

A 2016 MenuMasters Hall of Fame Inductee, noted restauranteur, and the first chef to use the term "fusion cuisine" in its modern definition, Norman Van Aken (1951- ) is a celebrity chef primarily known for his "New World" fusion cuisine. Drawing from the flavors and culinary traditions of Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, Asia, and Africa, his impact on the culinary arts has been internationally recognized since the start of his career. His culinary influences on Florida's own local cuisine and restaurant culture are still observable to this day, especially to those who dine nightly at his Orlando restaurant.

This collection serves as a meaningful look into his career as a chef and culinary expert, and his personal life as a man with a deep interest in his family's past and present. The Norman Van Aken papers include documents, correspondence, photographs, manuscript drafts, menus, ephemera, recipes, and more, which showcase the personal life and professional career of one of South Florida's most celebrated chefs. Researchers with an interest in gastronomy, the history of South Florida's restaurant and food culture during the 1990s-2000s, or interpersonal relationships between celebrity chefs, may find this collection useful in their studies.

A collection of photographs, negatives, prints, CD-Rs, and external hard-drives full of images taken by photographer, Lawson Corbett Little (1945-2023). Also included are some copies of Western Beat Entertainment newsletter, for which Little regularly provided photographs.

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 consists of the records of the Pan Am Historical Foundation, an organization dedicated to preserving the history of Pan American World Airways, Inc.

Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator was created to promote, nurture, and cultivate the visions and diverse talents of emerging artists from the Caribbean and the Latin American Diaspora through exhibitions, artists in residence programs, international exchanges, and education and outreach activities that celebrate Miami-Dade's rich cultural and social fabric. The Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator records include the gallery's organizational records, administrative documents, artists' information, resumes, artists' profiles, programs, invitations, slides, catalogs, photographs, audio-visual materials (VHS tapes, CD-ROMs, CDs, audiocassettes), notes, and event ephemera.

Court documents, correspondence, witness and plaintiff testimonials, hearing transcripts, audio-visual materials containing depositions from victims, and legal research related to the Hungarian Gold Train case.

The Abel Sierra Madero collection comprises a selection of periodicals curated by Sierra Madero for his book "Fidel Castro: El Comandante Playboy: Sexo, Revolución y Guerra Fría."

This collection includes pulp fiction, Cold War print culture, and magazines on masculine culture and gossip. These periodicals document the portrayal of Fidel Castro as a significant figure in U.S. entertainment culture, reflecting the intersections of politics, sexuality, and media during the Cold War era.

The Julia P. Herzberg, Ph.D. collection contains artist portfolios, clippings, and visual arts files.

The collection also contains an interview between Julia P. Herzberg and Helena (Holzer) Benitez, former wife of artist Wifredo Lam from 1944 to 1950. The interview took place on February 7, 1990, at 1125 Park Avenue, New York, NY, then home of Julia P. Herzberg. The discussion centers on Helena's memories of Wifredo’s paintings, his practice, their cultural life in Havana, the artist’s family, his relationship with Lydia Cabrera, and his relationship to Afro-Cubanism.

Copyright to the interview is held by Julia P. Herzberg. The interview has been digitized and can be accessed here: https://miami.app.box.com/s/sbh6jn27iqx0ooovarbt7ofw68kqmv0r/folder/308218924469.

The histories of Miami and Biscayne Bay are intimately related. In addition to food, industry, transportation and recreation, the Bay provides a constant source of aesthetic satisfaction to those who live and work along its shores.

Biscayne Bay is a tropical lagoon, approximately 35 miles long and a maximum of 8 miles wide. It is geographically divided into three parts: North, Central and South Bay. The North Bay is the most urbanized, bordered on the east by barrier islands, including Miami Beach, and including the Miami business district. Central Bay, extending from Government Cut to the southern limits of Coral Gables, has been affected by bulkheading and canal discharges. South Bay, aside from the Cutler and Turkey Point power plants, has been less affected by human activity and includes the northwestern portion of the Biscayne National Park.

Over 100 years ago, Hugh M. Smith of the U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries was dispatched to Biscayne Bay to determine whether the region was suitable for a marine hatching and experiment station. He found that "the water of Biscayne Bay is exceedingly clear. In no part can one fail to clearly distinguish objects on the bottom when the surface is not especially rough." Since that time, however, a century of natural phenomena, development and urbanization have profoundly affected the health and character of the Bay. Dredging and filling, sewage disposal, channel and canal building, flood control practices, hurricanes, and intense development of the shoreline have profoundly altered the waters.

Information on the marine environment of Biscayne Bay is frequently requested by students, researchers, engineers, planners and the public. All the documents listed are available in the Library of the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) at the University of Miami. Included are books, scientific articles, theses and dissertations, book chapters, conference proceedings, reports, videos, and government publications. The bibliography does not include newspaper articles, accounts of public hearings, personal correspondence or articles from popular boating and sports magazines. Besides nautical charts issued by the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency, only a few maps are cited.