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Screaming Sneakers collection

  • ASM0338
  • Collection
  • 1979-1983

"An archive of ephemera detailing the short-lived Miami punk band, Screaming Sneakers, compiled by their drummer Mark Evans. The collection includes artwork, flyers, 28 letters, 12 photographs, maquettes, newspaper clippings, promotional material, and other items collected between 1981 and 1983 by Evans.

These items show the early days of the band in 1979 and their do-it-yourself rise to their only recordings in 1982. Featured throughout are various letters from fans and inquiring music writers including Mick Mercer of the English zines, ZigZag Mag and Panache Fanzine. In his letter he writes to frontwoman, Lisa, asking for an interview and saying, 'you seem to be a special sort of band.' Another letter is a retained copy of a note written by Mark to Blondie guitarist, Chris Stein, asking if his new record label, Animal Records, would be interested in the band. A group of 12 black and white band photos showing them posed around New York is featured here. A promotional poster for the band features a piece from the Miami News on Lisa which reads, 'she is more interesting simply sitting at her table than any of the bands cavorting on stage.'

Formed in 1979, the Screaming Sneakers were a punk, New Wave band based in Miami, Florida. The band consisted of then 17 year-old front woman Lisa Nash, Mark Evans (drums), Bud Gangemi (bass), and Gary Sunshine (guitar). Part of South Florida’s fleeting punk and new wave scene, the band was active mostly throughout Dade and Broward County. In 1982 they cut a four-song EP titled Marching Orders, which prompted new management, a move to New York, and a brief glimmer of fame, but despite their best efforts the band slowly faded into obscurity. Little enough is written on them, though they were recently featured in Gary McLaughlin’s 2012 documentary Invisible Bands, which covers the South Florida music scene between 1979 through the mid-1980’s.

An interesting collection of ephemera following a female fronted Miami punk Band’s short-lived time in the 1980s punk scene." -Between the Covers Rare Books

Screaming Sneakers

Evan H. Rhodes papers

  • ASM0728
  • Collection
  • circa 1940s-2000s

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.

Rhodes, Evan H.

Tom Austin papers

  • ASM0735
  • Collection
  • 1975-2022

The Tom Austin papers include the published articles, research notes, manuscripts, drafts, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, clippings, and other materials collected and produced by the prolific Miami/South Beach writer, editor, and columnist, Tom Austin (1955-2022).

Austin, Tom

Robert M. Levine collection

  • ASU0331
  • Collection
  • 1940-2004

Dr. Robert M. Levine (1941-2003) was the Gabelli Senior Scholar in the Arts and Sciences, Director of Latin American Studies, and professor of history at the University of Miami. Throughout his career, Dr. Levine exhibited a strong interest in Brazilian cultural and political history, Jewish Diasporas in Latin America, Cuban history, and Latin American history in general. His collection contains publications (many written by himself), audio-visual materials, photographs, and photograph albums.

Levine, Robert M.

Caridad "Pitucha" Vega papers

  • CHC5461
  • Collection
  • 1960s-1970s

The collection contains correspondence, photos, performance fliers, a plaque, and posters of dancer Caridad "Pitucha" Vega.

Vega, Caridad "Pitucha"

Ermina Odoardo and Ricardo A. Eguilior Architectural records

  • CHC5498
  • Collection

The collection contains original architectural renderings, working drawings, specifications, and photographs, as well as architectural plans and records of buildings such as Bacardi LTD.

Odoardo, Ermina

Architectural Drawings and Maps Collection

  • ARC5000
  • Collection
  • 1985-2008

This collection includes regional and historic maps, original drawings, plans, elevations, photographs, and blueprints of residential and commercial architecture, community project plans, city/town plans, historic restoration plans and aerial photographs.  The bulk of the materials are focused on, but, not limited to the areas of Miami-Dade, Coral Gables, and Miami Beach.

School of Architecture, University of Miami

South Florida Photograph and Images Collection

  • ARC5200
  • Collection
  • 1937 - 1950

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.

Architecture Research Center, University of Miami Libraries

Robert Fitch Smith Papers

  • ARC6400
  • Collection
  • 1894 - 1988

Drawings, watercolors, sketchbooks, photographs, personal papers, scrapbooks

Smith, Robert Fitch, 1894-1964

Photography Exhibits

Oversized and mounted prints of photography by Robert F. Smith. All photos stamped and labeled with titles, film metadata, and crediting "Robert F. Smith; 3201 Kirk St.; Miami, Florida." Locations are international, varied, and unnoted.

Smith, Robert Fitch, 1894-1964

Robert Bradford Browne Collection

  • ARC6600
  • Collection
  • 1923 - 1987

This collection contains photographs, 35 mm slides, and ephemera related to Browne's architectural legacy to include:
Avocado Elementary School, Homestead FL; Rio Mar Village Residential Resort, Rio Grande, Luquillo, Puerto Rico; Ocean Pines Yacht Club, Ocean Pines, MD, and other projects in South Florida and the Caribbean.

Browne, Robert Bradford

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