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Certificate awarded to David Mesnekoff at the 50th Metropolitian South Florida Fishing Tournament in recognition of releasing two sailfish in the 12 pound division. Certificate is a reproduction of a watercolor painting by Miami artist Phil Capen. Entitled "The Beginning," it depicts the old Pier 5 charterboat dock.

Aerials and other views show work in progress on the infrastructure for the Metrorail line. One image shows a completed station

Newspaper clippings and notes pertain to real estate and banking matters at the height of the Florida land boom. Collection also includes letters of recommendation for M.L. Sumner

Photographs, newsletters, newspaper clippings, directories and ephemera pertaining to the service clubs and their community activites. Also include  business cards from Miami Beach companies and a campaign letter from Mitchell Wofson.

Correspondence, minutes, financial documents, yearbooks, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks and other materials pertaining to the Miami Beach Garden Club. Records include related organizations:  the Miami Beach Garden Center and Conservancy, Miami Beach Garden Center and Conservancy Committee, Tropical Garden Club and Palm−Hibiscus Garden Club.

Collection includes brochures, letters, postcards and rate sheets from Miami Beach hotels. Several Florida road maps are also included.

Correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, programs and photographic prints pertaining to the activities of the club. Of note is the 1953-1954 roster for the Northwest Miami Junior Chamber of Commerce (formerly known as the Miami Negro Junior Chamber of Commerce) and information on two projects that were funded by the group: the construction of a therapeutic swimming pool for children with disabilities and the Miss Miami Beach Beauty Contest. The bulk of the photographs show the pool during construction and in use.

Photographs of Miami Beach lifeguards at practice, beach and poolside scenes at the Roney Plaza Hotel, Pancoast Lake, the Surf Club, and waterfront scenes in Key West. Most of the photographs show Forrest Lee Retray's fellow lifeguard and mentor, A. Lloyd Milewski, at work and play. Also included is a scrapbook with clippings of Milewski and the Miami Beach Patrol, and a press release from the newly opened Fontainebleau Hotel.

Record books are missing many pages; remaining information pertains to Miami Beach sales figures, use of electricity, water and so on for varying years. Papers include a proposal addressed to the Miami Beach City Commission, for improvements to be made in 1926, two maps showing these proposed sewers, paving and water mains; and a report from the Miami Beach City Auditor for August 1931

Photographs commissioned by the Miami Beach Visitor & Convention Authority (MBVCA) to promote Miami Beach as a tourist destination. Views include Miami Beach and Dade County, scenic landscapes, people enjoying the region, etc. While the collection mainly consists of black-and-white negatives, photographic prints and color slides are also represented.

Photographers include Richard Hoit, Chris Hansen, George Hamilton and others.

Brochures, photographic prints, newspaper clippings, newsletters, posters, reports, etc. pertaining to Miami's Centennial  celebration.  The bulk of the newspaper clipping pertain to the history of Miami since 1896

Published reports, slides, film footage, digital images and data files. Includes interviews with historians, archaeologists and community leaders.

The records consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, conference and program reports, newsletters, newspaper clipping, photographs and scrapbooks of clippings. Materials pertaining to the Florida Region of the National Conference of Christians and Jews are housed in boxes 1-3 and those of the Greater Miami Region of National Conference of Community and Justice are in box 4. Newspaper clippings, scrapbooks and VHS recordings for both groups are in boxes 5-6.

Two programs from the Humanitarian awards dinner in 2007 and 2008 are the only items from the Miami Coalition of Christians and Jews era. Records from 2005 when the name change was effected have been retained by the organization.

Concert programs, newsclippings, correspondence, magazine articles, cartoons, photographic prints, and newsletters trace the activities of the Miami Conservatory from its beginning in 1921 until the mid-1950s. Material also covers a wide range of musical events, organizations and individuals in South Florida for those years. There is also much information on the early years of the University of Miami, on the Aeolian Chorus (women's voices), and on the Musicians Club of America, which aimed to provide retirement facilities for musicians