Charles Brookfield papers - circa 1920-1988?
Brookfield, Charles Mann, 1903-1988
Griswold, Oliver Tudor, 1903-1964
Audubon societies
Shipwrecks
White-tailed deer
White-tailed deer -- Florida Keys
Audubon Society of Coconut Grove
Charles Deering estate (Cutler, Fla.)
Coral Keys Company, Inc
Coral Shores Development (Plantation Key, Fla.)
Dunkirk (ship)
Silver Shoals Expedition, Ltd
Tropical Audubon Society
Winchester (ship)
Brookfield, Charles M.
Hemingway, Ernest
Correspondence, clippings, photoprints, articles and files reflect Brookfield's interest as a Florida Keys lodge host, writer, environmentalist, fisherman, marine archaeology enthusiast, treasure hunter, and real estate investor. Correspondence includes letters on the early efforts of the Audubon Society to secure a portion of the James Deering estate as an Audubon bird sanctuary. Photographic prints are of the Bahamas, Elliott Key, and Florida, and date from the 1930s-1980s; most are identified. Also included is a typed transcript of TMS Winchester's 1694 log book and the Captains log of the Dunkirk.
Oral interviews of Brookfield conducted by Randy Nimnicht, Love Dean and Judy and John Halas.
circa 1920-1988?
5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)
http://historymiamiarchives.org/charles-brookfield-papers-circa-1920-1988
HMA0083
eng
http://historymiamiarchives.org/kct5-hext-9pnb
HistoryMiami Museum
Hogsty reef (Bahamas)
The collection is open for research.