Cameras and press credentials; family artifacts; archaeological material, and folk art collected by Tim Chapman. Separated and housed in the museum’s Objects Collection. To access these materials, please contact the Museum at 305-375-1612 or via email at AMillares@historymiami.org.
This series includes prints, negatives, and publications that document Tim Chapman's work on international crises and events that received significant news coverage (including Jonestown; conflicts in Nicaragua and El Salvador; the Israeli intervention in Beirut, Lebanon; and coverage of Haiti, including the American intervention of 1994); and stories with lasting impact in South Florida (such as the Mariel Boatlift of 1980; Hurricane Andrew and the Everglades).
JPEG images shot with a digital camera. Arranged chronologically in folders by year and month. Within each folder items are arranged alphabetically by title.
Images in this series cover news assignments from 2000 to 2012. May include personal photography such as travel and family images. Some of the images in this series may have been captured by other photographers.
Photographs, letters, yearbooks, and ephemera related to Tim Chapman, his parents Naomi Gertrude and George Chapman; son Eric Chapman, wife Charlene Hall, and others.
Correspondence and ephemera relating to Tim Chapman's 40 year career as a photojournalist, as well as his personal life and interests.
35mm negatives and slides. Negatives arranged chronologically and slides alphabetically by topic. Each negative envelope contains multiple strips pertaining to a single location, event and/or photo assignment. Short to extensive caption on each envelope.
This series covers news assignments that include daily, spot news, general news, features, and sports. May include personal photography such as travel and family images.
Photographic prints are arranged alphabetically and by size. Images cover news assignments that include daily, spot news, general news, features, and sports. May include personal photography such as travel and family images.
This series includes newspapers, primarily issues of The Miami Herald, clippings, and magazines that feature Tim Chapman’s photography and writings. The series also includes two boxes of VHS cassettes of news stories featuring photographs by Tim Chapman. Issues of The Miami Herald are arranged chronologically. Loose clippings are arranged alphabetically by topic and a small portion are contained within two scrapbooks.