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Research materials pertaining to the history of the Florida Keys and the construction of the Florida East Coast Railway. Documents include letters from Key West pioneers, maps, engineers' notes, newspaper clippings, 35mm slides, photographs, cassette tapes, VHS tapes and copies of maps, blueprints and 1950s postcards.

Original materials include 35mm slides, handwritten notes and interviews with Marathon pioneers.

Charter, minutes of special and annual meetings, register of stockholders and inventories of merchandise and legal documents.

Most of the records pertain to the production of the Heraldette, an internal paper for the employees of the Miami Herald. Photographs and some negatives of mostly unidentified staff members at work and company sponsored social events make up the bulk. Also includes art work and a mostly complete run of the paper from its beginnings as the Slick Edition.

Financial records and company documents contain shareholders' and directors' minutes, insurance policies, mortgage deeds, contracts, leases, promissory notes, abstracts of titles, advertising rates and statistics.

Personal records of John S. and James L. Knight include biographical information, editorials, and photographs with prominent public figures such as John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.

A group of photographs of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., completes the collection. Some of the images were shot in Miami by Miami Herald photographers, but most are wire service shots from the Associated Press.

Some events are recorded on VHS tapes.

Typescript of the Swetland family on the Isle of Pines to 1960, pamphlet, brochures and other ephemera promoting the island as a tourist destination.

Includes: Isle of Pines by Frederick Swetland (typescript), The Isle of Pines (views), The Isle of Pines "the gem of the Caribbean", Isle of Pines : where the pine and the palm tree meet , Municipio de Isla de Pinos en el exilio (July 1966) and Adjustment of title to Isle of Pines (report of the United States. Senate. 59th Congress. 1st Session.

220 lantern slides (2 boxes) of views of the Isle of Pines.

Views of the FEC Key West Extension construction and dismantling, Long Key Fishing Camp, Bahia Honda Bridge, Henry Flagler on first train into Key West, 1909 Key West hurricane and the construction of the Overseas Highway. One group shows some Miami Beach schools being constructed under the aegis of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, a New Deal Program. The postcards are Miami area views, and includes images of the Royal Palm Hotel and the Fair building.

Images show the early twentieth-century construction of the Florida Keys Overseas Railway. Contains images showing some of the 4000 workers employed by the project, including African American worker and interior views of the camps constructed to house them, including Boca Chica camp, Long Key Fishing camp, and Quarry Camp. Image shows the building of the railway infrastructure and roadbed, as well as the technology used during its construction.

Bulk of the collection consists of scrapbooks with dated newspaper clippings, club announcements and invitations. The older of two minute books is in Kirk Munroe's handwriting, with dates from 1909 April 3 to 1911 February 14. The other minute book covers 1921-1926; the first four months again in Munroe's handwriting; later entries are typed. Scrapbook clippings are about activities and obituaries of club members as well as club events and yacht races. Years covered by scrapbooks: 1937-1959, 1961 and 1964. Club handbooks included are from 1910, 1926 and 1948

Diary is a lively and detailed account of a young girl's family and social life in early Miami. Scrapbooks are unarranged: one holds pictures clipped from magazines and some photographic prints; the other has loose material including poetry by Fannie Clemons and typed transcripts of letters with genealogical information on the Buswell and related families.

Records document the community projects and social activities of the Everglades Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution in the Miami area.

Two journals and some loose papers records the activities of the group including the charter, and lists of  members, officers and committees. Although minutes are not included, important motions that were tabled are noted, 1915-1932,

Collection contains an album of photographs and negatives of the construction of the Oversea Extension of the Florida East Coast Railway, drawings and papers pertaining to the construction of the Overseas Highway, and correspondence and memos generated in the Florida office of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, a New Deal Program.

Administrative records, scrapbooks, photographs and negatives, document the Cathedral from the beginning as a church to its elevation as cathedral of the Diocese. Includes vestry minutes, yearbooks, and events programs documenting the religious and social activities of members. Photographs of the building under construction and at completion are included.

Autographed studio portraits of journalists, politicians, businessmen, and celebrities. Includes William Jennings Bryan, Doyle E. Carlton, Glenn Curtiss, Jack Dempsey, Duncan Fletcher, Johnny Gruelle, William Randolph Hearst, Herbert Hoover, Claude Pepper, Eddie Rickenbacker, Frank B. Stoneman, S. Davies Warfield, Gar Wood, and others.

Artifical collection of yearbooks from South Florida private and public schools. Includes yearbooks from other Florida locations.

Series names the school, followed by the yearbook title, and year(s) within HMM's holdings.

Mays High School yearbook, 1966 housed under HMA0107:Wesley Dallas yearbook and album.

Newspaper clippings, magazine articles, photographic prints, sheet music, newsletters and a scrapbook record the career of legendary band leader, Caesar LaMonaca and his contribution to music in South Florida for over 40 years

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