Items pertaining to the business, sports and recreational activities of the Whitman family.

The collection includes correspondence, photographs, negatives, newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets, a guest book, a movie poster, and two scrapbooks.

Audio-visual materials in the collection comprise compact discs/DVDs holding digital copies of photographs, an interview with Dudley Whitman and recordings of commentary for the Whitman Family Museum that was located at Bal Harbour Shops, as well as VHS recordings of films produced in conjunction with the Whitman Brothers Marine Photo Lab.

Topics covered by the materials include Whitman family genealogy; boating and the development of fiberglass vessels; surfing; the creation of the Whitman Family Museum; the development of Bal Harbour Shops; property development ventures in early Miami Beach; development of the underwater camera; and tropical fruit horticulture.