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This collection documents the local and national praise and gratitude Bryan Norcross received following his continued coverage during South Florida’s Hurricane Andrew. Gratitude from South Floridians was expressed in the form of thank you letters, posters, song, newspapers, magazine articles and a TV movie.

The Carl Juste collection consists of photographs and related materials shot or collected by photojournalist Carl Juste on assignment for The Miami Herald and as co-founder of the Iris Photocollective. Photographic media include 35mm negatives and photographic prints of varying sizes, pertaining to people, places, and daily life in the Miami area during the late 20th century and early 21st century. Topical subjects include politics, crime, weather events, cultural and religious celebrations, primary and secondary education, sports, and construction in Miami and South Florida.

Collection of papers, including a Pulitzer Prize and other notable awards, correspondences, work and personal ephemera, newspaper and magazine articles containing published photographs. Juste's Pulitzer-winning coverage of the Elian Gonzalez (2000) is not included.

This series contains documents generated by a project on the folklife activities of Africans and African descendants living in Miami. The project culminated in a book, 24-page book titled Traditional Arts of the African Diaspora: African American and Haitian Miami which was published by the Historical Museum of Southern Florida Folklife Program (now HistoryMiami Museum), edited by Tina Bucuvalas and Brent Cantrell, and includes black-and-white photographs and an essay by Joyce M. Jackson (“African American Folk Culture in Miami”). Except for this modest but well-produced book, the series lacks significant written documentation (e.g., field notes or reports). Materials include: a copy of the book Traditional Arts of the African Diaspora; 35mm photographic slides; and audiocassette tape recordings of interviews.

Additional digital formats of audio and image files available: Records were digitized 2015 – 2016. Users must contact staff ahead of visit for access.

Historical research, results of preliminary surface water testing, ground water and soil sampling for the Arch Creek Basin. Also includes recommendations for improvement

Oral history interview of Lancelot Jones, conducted by Dr. John Nordt, III, and Hardy Matheson.

Lancelot Jones reminisces on growing up in South Florida and life on Biscayne Bay. People and places mentioned include: Carl Fisher, the Munroes, the Peacocks, Dr. James M. Jackson, Biscayne Bay, Key Biscayne and Key West.

Photographs by Barbara G. Schindler of people and places in Miami-Dade County. The bulk of the images are of Miami's ethnic neighborhoods, including Little Haiti, Little Havana and the Jewish enclave on South Beach. Views show advertising signs, exteriors and interiors of houses and hotels, lawn ornaments, objects associated with Santeria and Voudou, store fronts, street scenes and restaurants. Other views show the Coconut Grove Cemetery, farm laborers in South Dade, and personalities including Eli Weisel, Senator Bob Graham and Janet Reno.

This series documents a field research project conducted by the Historical Museum (now HistoryMiami Museum) between 1990 and 1993 on the folk and artistic traditions practiced in the Nicaraguan communities of Miami-Dade County.

Subjects include: local religious and other festivals such as the Three Kings Parade, Fiesta de San Sebastian, and Purisima; folk music and dance; decorative arts; foodways; and other expressive traditions such as piñata-making. According to fieldworker Katherine Borland, the Nicaraguan community in Miami consists of three distinct culture groups, all of which are represented in the project: the Spanish-speaking Pacific Coast population; the southern Atlantic coast Creole English-speaking population; and the Atlantic coast Miskito population. Although they share some foodways, their cultural heritages are quite distinct, and the three groups have limited contact with each other. Materials also included folk music and dance, decorative arts, foodways, and other expressive traditions. The research culminated in the publication of a book, Nicaraguan Folklife in Miami, in both English and Spanish.

Materials include: research and field notes by fieldworkers Laurie Sommers and Katherine Borland; informant sheets and archive deposit agreements; reports, articles, and presentation materials in both English and Spanish, and ephemera; photographic prints, contact sheets, 35mm slides, negatives, and logs; audiocassette tape recordings of interviews, musical performances, religious services, and logs; and a copy of the book Nicaraguan Folklife in Miami.

This collection consists of copies of Federal Writers’ Projects and Works Progress Administration (WPA) reports on Cuban folk culture in Jacksonville, Tampa, Ybor City, Key West, and other “odd pockets” in Florida during the early 20th century. The original type-written documents are stored the collections of the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/collections/federal-writers-project/). The reports include studies of the Circulo Cubano, the Centro Asturiano, the Centro Español, the Chinese Charade, Voodooism, the Nanigo Cult, Witchcraft, the Church, as well as Social Life and Education of Cuban and Spanish communities. Additionally, transcriptions of folktales, superstitions, and numerous life histories are included. Materials include: photocopies of typewritten transcriptions, reports, essays, and ephemera.

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.

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

This series documents field research on folk and traditional arts in the Florida Keys conducted during 1990 by Brent Cantrell and Robert Stone for the South Florida Folklife Program of the Historical Association of Southern Florida (now HistoryMiami Museum). The Keys’ geographical isolation and cultural mix of Anglo, Bahamian, and Cuban settlers combined to produce unique folkways, the oldest and most developed of which are often associated with maritime industries and occupations. Since the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Writer’s Project survey in the 1930s (see HMF9010 and HMF9000), only limited and sporadic efforts have been made to document Keys folklife. The project documented a wide variety of traditions, including: fishing, boat-building, quilt-making, sculpture, woodcarving, doll-making, and music. Materials include: field notes, surveys, and ephemera; reports and publications; photographic contact sheets, 35mm slides and negatives; audiocassette tape recordings of interviews, musical performances, and church services; and a videocassette tape of funeral bands in Key West.

Additional digital formats of audio and image files available: Records were digitized 2015 – 2016. Users must contact staff ahead of visit for access.

Memos, reports and other documents from the office of Thrift Supervision, which oversaw the government's takeover of the bank's operation. Also included is a newspaper clipping file detailing the problems that led to the bank's failure.

This series documents a research project to assess the state of traditional arts in Afro-Caribbean, African-American, and African communities in South Florida at the end of the 1980s. The project was designed and carried out by Brent Cantrell, Folklife Program Coordinator and Festival Coordinator at the Historical Association of Southern Florida (now HistoryMiami Museum). Many early settlers of African descent came to South Florida from the Bahamas and the American South to trade or to work on the railroads in the early 1900s, and a significant influx of immigrants of African descent from Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, and other Caribbean nations arrived in South Florida throughout the mid- and late-20th century; however, the proportion of South Floridians of African descent to the general population, however, decreased in the latter part of the 20th century. The “Traditional Arts of the African Diaspora” project identified artists in the Metro-Dade area and presented them in a variety of festival formats, both locally and elsewhere in Florida. Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts’ Folk Arts Program, the Metro-Dade Cultural Affairs Council, and the Florida Department of State’s Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs provided support for the project which produced a 24-page pamphlet on the project edited by researchers Tina Bucuvalas and Brent Cantrell. Materials include: notebook of field notes, business cards, programs, and contact information; edited pamphlet of photographs and essays published in 1990; photographic contact sheets, 35mm slides and negatives; and audiocassette tape recordings of interviews and musical performances.

Additional digital formats of audio and image files available: Records were digitized 2015 – 2016. Users must contact staff ahead of visit for access.

The Harvest Festival was held annually at the Dade County Youth Fairground at Tamiami Park. Intended to acquaint South Floridians with local history and local traditional culture, the festival attracted a broad multi-ethnic, family-oriented audience. Between 1989 and 1993, the festival was sponsored by the Historical Association of Southern Florida (now HistoryMiami Museum), which organized presentations by folklorists and a broad range of local folk artists such as music performances, furniture- and doll-making demonstrations, and workshops on calligraphy. Materials include: information sheets; grant proposals, applications, and reports; photographic 35mm slides and contact sheets; and audiocassette tape recordings of promotional segments for radio broadcast.

Additional digital formats of audio and image files available: Records were digitized 2015 – 2016. Users must contact staff ahead of visit for access.

This series consists of documents related to a 1989 conference—titled “WPA: In the Nick of Time”—on the Florida Folklife Program, a field research project conducted by the Works Projects Administration (WPA) between 1937 and 1942. The original WPA materials, which are archived in the Library of Congress and accessible online (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/florida/), combine sound recordings and manuscript materials from four discrete archival collections made by WPA workers from the Joint Committee on Folk Arts, the Federal Writers' Project, and the Federal Music Project. This online presentation provides access to 376 sound recordings and 106 accompanying materials, including recording logs, transcripts, correspondence between Florida WPA workers and Library of Congress personnel, and a proposal to survey Florida folklore by Zora Neale Hurston. An essay by Stetson Kennedy, who worked with Hurston and other WPA collectors, reflects on the labor and the legacy of the WPA in Florida, and an extensive bibliography and list of related Web sites add further context about the New Deal era and Florida culture. The original WPA recordings—the sound quality of which is sometimes poor—document folktales, life histories, beliefs, and sacred and secular music of African American, Anglo-American, Arabic, Bahamian, Cuban, Greek, Italian, Minorcan, Seminole, Slovak, and Syrian cultures and communities throughout Florida. It features sound recordings in many languages, includes blues and work songs from menhaden fishing boats, railroad gangs, and turpentine camps; children's songs, dance music, and religious music. Materials include: documents related to the 1989 conference, such as depositors’ agreements; copies of original WPA documents; and audiocassette tape recordings of the 1989 conference featuring Ann Banks, Dale Olson, Stetson Kennedy, Alan Jabbour, and Alan Lomax.