This collection contains materials related to University of Miami's 1970 celebration of Earth Day. Materials contained with include filmed coverage of the event for both radio and TV, correspondence, clippings, and press releases.
Dr. Melanie Rosborough was a language professor and administrator for the University of Miami from the time she joined the faculty as Professor of German in 1927. The Melanie Rosborough Papers document her academic career, activities with professional academic organizations, and University of Miami religious organizations and activities.
This collection contains several University of Miami treasurer's reports, financial reports, reports from the Financial Affairs Division, budgets, and plans of operations.
This collection contains materials regarding University of Miami Women's Equity initiatives. Materials housed within the collection include the following: news articles, correspondence, bibliographies, curriculums, reports, evaluations, brochures, guides, newsletters, programs, inventories, surveys, publications, and audio-visual materials (audiocassettes, beta max tapes, reel-to-reel tapes).
The University of Miami Board of Trustees I.O.F. records contains minutes; charters; ledgers; agendas; and financial, legislative, and administrative documents.
This collection captures the history of the University of Miami Biology Club. Contained within are administrative documents, correspondence, exams, financial records, laboratory notes, member lists, and member photographs.
This collection contains the personal papers of the former Director of University of Miami Library, Archie McNeal, who was active from 1952 to 1979. His papers include correspondence; documents pertaining to other organizations and committees (including ALA, Library of Congress, Florida Library Study Commission, Association of College and research Libraries, Association of Caribbean Universities and Research Institute Libraries, Southern Association Library Committee) he was a part of, as well as conferences he attended; news articles; and other documents pertaining to his work as library director.
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.
This collection documents the nine-week worker's strike and protest by University of Miami's janitors who were a part of the Service Employee International Union (SEIU) in 2006. The collection contains audio-visual materials (CDs and DVDs), correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, newsletters, posters, memos, and contracts.
This collection documents the career of the University of Miami President Henry King Stanford (April 22, 1916 – January 1, 2009). Contained within are correspondence to and from Henry King Stanford, newspaper clippings, photographs, speeches, research files, scrapbooks, ephemera, and memorabilia that once belonged to him.
This collection includes administrative documents, news clippings, tapes (betacam and VHS), correspondence, photo albums, programs, ephemera, certificates of membership, meeting minutes, bulletins, scrapbooks, and other archival material prepared by the University of Miami chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society.
The reports are in two volumes: Volume one published in July 1992 and volume two (marked "As Amended - 1993") in 1993.
Each volume is over 300 pages long and consists of 4 identical chapters - [Tab One] Coral Gables Campus Plan by Dober Lidsky Craig & Associates, Belmont, MA, [Tab Two] Coral Gables Campus Design Manual by Perkins & Will, Chicago, IL and University of Miami Buildings and Grounds Committee, [Tab Three] Coral Gables Campus Utility Study by Post Buckley Schuh & Jenigan, Miami, FL, [Tab Four] Coral Gables Campus Parking & Traffic Study by Ralph Burke Associates Inc., Park Ridge, IL and Joseph F. Rice, P.E., Miami, FL.
Volume two also includes “Proposed Amendments to the Coral Gables Campus Design Manual by Barbara White, AIA, University Architect and Celeste Manolas, Associate University Architect” dated June 1, 1996 and “Proposed Amendments to the Coral Gables Campus Plan by Michael Dennis & Associates, Architecture and Urban Design and Rafael I. Peruyera, Campus Planning and Programing” dated June 1, 1995. Another report was added in 2011, the University Campus District annual report.
The collection consists of memorabilia commemorating anniversaries and special events by the University of Miami, its schools and departments, athletic programs, student groups, and affiliated organizations. Included among the objects are medallions, cups, bags, hats, gowns, golf balls, t-shirts, parking decals, signs, logos, blankets, plush toys, collecting cards, footballs, and other assorted items.
The UM LGBTQ History Collection contains materials that document the activities of the university's LGBTQ student groups as well as the university's programs for LGBTQ students, such as the organizational records of the LGBTQ Student Center, newsletters, correspondence, press clippings, and audio-visual materials.
The Division of Communication Services slide collection consists of 35mm slides on University of Miami-related subjects, such as UM buildings, schools and departments, athletic programs, and events dating from the 1920s to the 1980s.
Elizabeth Erickson was an instructor in the University of Miami's physical education program during 1928 and 1931. Her collection contains black and white photographs of students and colleagues in the program, other UM-related subjects, and Miami.
There is also a 2-page essay titled "Physical Education Program, University of Miami, 1928-1931, Elizabeth (Betty) Erickson, Instructor" in the collection. It was written especially for the UM Archives and received on March 31, 1975.
The Beaux Arts collection consists of scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, brochures, photographs, and magazines related to the Beaux Arts Organization and the annual Beaux Arts Festival that takes place in South Florida, which is usually co-hosted by University of Miami.