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Programs, journals, magazines, newsletters and playbills for local and national productions. Also includes a wallpaper sample from the men's restroom at the Candlelight Club and a poster for a performance by the Gay Men's Chorus of South Florida.

Correspondence, typed manuscripts, and other papers document life in Miami Beach during its heyday as a haven for the wealthy and well connected.

The records include approximately 170 drawings for residential, commerical and institutional projects and 30 folders of project submittals for the American Institutue of Architects Florida/Caribbean honor and design awards programs.

Series 1, drawings, includes architectural drawings for buildings in the Bahamas, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Homestead, Key Biscayne, Miami, Miami Beach, Miami Lakes, Miami Shores, and elsewhere.

Series 2, project submittals:  Photographs illustrate the project submittals as well as document progress on various projects. Also included are Mr. Reed's examination papers with answers from the architectural boards for the states of Georgia and Florida.

Correspondence, clippings, brochures, maps, real estate records and related papers trace the activities of George Merrick, founder of the city of Coral Gables. Most of the collection pertains to the 1930s and later years, including a substantial amount on the Dade County Planning Board.

Warranty deeds dated 1899 and 1903 for Solomon Merrick record the purchase of the original Merrick property in what would become Coral Gables and for three lots in downtown Miami.

Letter from Rev. J. D. Kuykendall congratulating Merrick on his design for Coral Gables and suggests adding a college to the plan.

Letter offering properties for sale to George Merrick, circa 1935.

Dade County County Commission appointment for George Merrick and stock certificate. 1915.

Letters and diaries written by the Gilpins while on winter trips to the east and west coasts of Florida. John R. Gilpin (JRG) wrote most of the letters, and his wife Emma (EEG) wrote most of the diaries. Their son Vincent (VG) wrote a few letters and diaries.

Articles and advertising pieces illustrated with photographs shot by Romer. Most are newspaper clippings, tear sheets and advertisments from local, state and national publications. Depicts scenic and social images of Miami and South Florida, dwellings and communities for real estate pieces, and images for product advertising and feature stories. Clients include Burdine's (department store), and Bay Point (subdivision development) on Biscayne Boulevard.

Views of Miami-Dade County neighborhoods, places and activities include Brownsville, Coral Gables, Culmer, Key Biscayne, Little Havana, Little Haiti, Miami, Miami International Airport, Overtown and the Redland District. Topical subjects include agriculture industry, commerce and industry.

Minutes, annual reports, publications and periodicals. Highlights include: minutes of the Board of Directors, 1919-1967, in ten bound volumes; committee meetings, 1939-1954, in four bound volumes; newsletters primarily from the 1960s; and the Chamber's publication, Miamian, from 1958 to 1971.

Twelve scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings selected by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. These clippings document private and public sector growth and development in the city, and issues that affected the community during that period. The Chamber's role as a catalyst for civic improvement is also documented. Topics include: the controversy surrounding the legalization of casino gambling, tourism, the proposed north Dade jetport, Interama, the Greater Miami Foreign Free Trade Zone, the role of Afro-Americans and Cuban Americans, race relations and the Miami riot of 1980 following the acquittal of the police officers charged with the murder of Arthur McDuffie.

Hurricane file, 1926 September 22-30. Correspondence, primarily from other cities, offering sympathy and help (25 items).

Slide views of Miami-Dade County places, commerce and industry, 1980-1990s.

Photocopy of program for ceremony sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with E . L. Lasher of the Musa Isle Indian Village and Alligator Farm. Includes speech by Lon Worth Crow, Chamber of Commerce president, and Seminole Chief Tommy. Also includes sales pitch for Everglades muck land.

The collection includes the documents generated by a Dade County Board of County Commissioner’s investigation into who, why, and how several members of the Miami-Dade County Sherriff’s Office became involved in a plot to invade Haiti. Includes photographs, interviews, personal effects, and the final report of the findings.

Placards call for equal treatment for Haitians and an end to discrimination.

The collection contains approximately 100 blueprints, augmented by architectural specifications. Blueprints include those from Keihnel & Elliott’s original design for the Gilbert residence (1926), alterations made by Robert Law Reed & Associates (1948) and an addition made by Manfred Ungaro (1962).

The files contain notes, invoices, receipts and ephemera concerning appliances and building work.  Box 1 contains records belonging to Mrs. Gilbert and Box 2 holds the papers of Dr. and Mrs. Hanna.

Documents, correspondence, and ephemera, including Islandia tax records, congressional bill to create the monument, proposals, litigation, letters of support, bumper stickers, pamphlets, and clippings

Records contain land purchase contracts, land surveys, net worth assessments, cattle purchase records and correspondence for the following dairies; Hall & Boyd Dairy (later Boyd Dairy), Breezy Acres, Shady Oaks Farm, Airport Livestock Corporation, and the W. B. G. Cattle Company.

Drawn from Harvey Zipkin's self-published photo book, Wynwood: A City Within (2016), this collection consists of photographic prints shot in the documentary style. The photographs document the remaining Hispanic and African American communities of Wynwood, as the area becomes increasingly gentrified. A CD containing digital images from the photo book is also included.

Includes real estate press kits, brochures, flyers, newspaper clippings and digital files.

Two Art Basel Miami Beach catalogs for 2006 and 2008 and other general promotional materials for the area are also included.