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Prints Collection
HMA0075 · Collection

Prints document early cultural, social, economic, and political life in Miami-Dade County, South Florida and the Caribbean. Topics include Seminole Indians, land development, tourism, and agriculture. Prints pertaining to Jamaica and Cuba (including the Spanish-American War, 1898) make up the bulk of the Caribbean-area grouping. Many items were drawn from American illustrated weekly newspapers including Frank Leslie’s Illustrated, Harper’s Weekly, Illustrated London News, Gleason’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, and Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion.

Map Collection
HMA0122 · Collection

Maps of Forida, South Florida and the Caribbean dating from the late 1500s to the present. Also included are acreage maps, atlases, and plat books pertaining to South Florida and mostly focusing on the Greater Miami area.

Access Note: Most materials in Series 3 of this collection are stored off-site, please contact the Research Center staff at least a week in advance to arrange access.

Stereograph Collection
HMA0138 · Collection

This collection gathers stereographs from Florida and the Caribbean.

HMA0227 · Collection

An artificial collection consisting of photographs, manuals, and other materials about Pan American Airline. Collection includes photographs, operations and training manuals for the 727 Boeing aircraft, captain’s log books, menus and on-flight ephemera from various Pan American destinations.

HMA0178 · Collection · 1974-1981, 1989-2006

Herstory: Organizational records, including reports, correspondence, bylaws, financial statements, and minutes of Herstory of Florida.

Biographical research pertaining to the achievements and contributions made by notable women in various professional fields in the South Florida community for the books Julia's Daughters and Beyond Julia's Daughters. Materials include nomination forms, photographs, resumes, newspaper clippings, articles, obituaries and other supporting documents.

Women of Impact: Photographic portraits of women who received Women of Impact awards from 1989-2006. The 16 x 20, black-and-white photographs were displayed during Women's History Month (March) of the year of the award. The portraits include politicians, educators, social services volunteers and professionals, journalists, authors, philanthropists, and others. Many of the women were the first in a given position, and/or have been involved in a project affecting women.

Photographers were Susan Randall, Peggy Nolan, Sheila de Lemos, Debra Lex, Fran Bitett Beck, Meg Beaty, Chieko Tanemura, and Tami Crupi.

Biographical summaries that accompanied the portraits can be found in box ** of the collection and in the finding aid.

Arranged in two series:

Series 1: Operational records; Series 2: Nomination records; Series 3: Photographic portraits and accompanying biographies