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The collection contains mostly photographs of commercial developments in Miami, Jacksonville and Orlando. A few represent other South Florida developments. Includes aerial views, interiors and exteriors of buildings during various stages of construction, renderings, and employees and personal photographs. Also includes promotional brochures, correspondence supporting the National Industrial Beautification Program, The Miss Universe Coronation Ball Program from 1965, and an Interama publicity brochure.

The collection contains photographs, and some papers, pertaining to student life at Ida M. Fisher School in Miami Beach during the 1920s and 1930s. Includes students' individual and class portraits, images of classroom activities, sporting events, after school activities, formal dances, PTA meetings, etc.

Papers include copies of the Miami Beach Reporter (1969-1970), and news clippings from various local papers, including the Miami Beach Sun, Miami Beach Times.

Papers includes businesswoman Carolyn Herin's notebook of handwritten shorthand instruction for her business school, ledger sheets and ephemera for the Abberholm Hotel, and information on the Miami area hotel trade. Materials compiled by Mary James Herin include: scrapbooks documenting her years at Miami Senior High School and the University of Miami, a paper on the history of the Trinity Methodist Church, and a first-hand account of the 1926 hurricane.

New World School of the Arts College's students participated in Documenting the Moving Landscape workshop. Led by Kayla Delacerda (ArtCenter/South Florida and BHQF Fellow), this photography and history workshop captures Miami's urban landscape and describes a cultural identity outside of the most visible and circulated images of South Florida.

Students participated in four walks:

Downtown and Overtown, 2018 March 8

Little Havana and Spring Garden, 2018 March 15

Brickell, 2018 March 22

North River Drive, 2018 April 5

This collection documents a portion of Senior Judge Robert M. Deehl's 52 years of service on the bench in Miami-Dade County. The scrapbook and newspaper clippings highlight certain prominent or ongoing cases and issues that Mr. Deehl presided over, such as traffic violations including drunk driving, drag racing, car sales corruption, uninsured motors, and the advent of the Implied Consent law.

In addition, the clippings cover a range of topics such as solar heater disputes, removal of the Coral Gables Courthouse, ratings of judges in Miami-Dade County, and the legal profession in general, as well as crime and vice clippings. Some clippings cover specific trials including those of Miami City attorney George Knox as well as ex-Miami Dade School Board member Kathleen Magrath.

Of particular importance are clippings discussing Cassius Clay’s (Muhammad Ali) arrest for driving without a license. Among these clippings are a handwritten letter signed by Muhammad Ali asking Judge Robert M. Deehl if he would consider an early release, which was subsequently granted.

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.

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

Thirty four autograph diaries by two members of the McCormick family record events of their lives in South Florida and Philadelphia at the turn of the century. Florida locations include Hypoluxo, Palm Beach, Lake Worth and Dade County, probably in the Coconut Grove area

Include yearbooks and classwork from Belen Jesuit Preparatory School; research papers on several historic buildings, including the Spanish Monastery and the Hampton House; Dade County Aviation Department annual reports; Miami International Airport guidebooks and brochures; Civil Defense booklets; reports and publications pertaining to Miami architecture; playbills and theatre programs; postcards of the Caribbean, Miami and South Florida and a booklet on the history of St. Mary's Cathedral.

A selection of LGBTQ material include playbills and programs for local and national theaters, magazine articles, ephemera, a poster for a Gay Men's Chorus of Miami presentation and a wallpaper sample from the Candlelight Club.

Work books and textbooks from Colegio De La Salle in Havana.

Sef “Burger Beast” Gonzalez, started the “Burger Beast” food blog in 2008, focusing on reviewing and promoting local burger joints and comfort food establishments. The blog was expanded to include other food-related topics, Gonzales also assembled a collection of ephemera and artifacts pertaining to food establishments in Miami-Dade County.

The collection includes menus, photographs and postcards of restaurant interiors and exteriors, and a Swenson Ice Cream Company food manual with illustrated descriptions for preparation of dishes, and a new product fact book.

This series consists of documents generated by the “Florida Folklife: Traditional Arts from the Panhandle to the Keys” project, which included extensive fieldwork and culminated in an exhibition on display at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida (now HistoryMiami Museum) between September 18, 1988 and January 3, 1999. The exhibition subsequently traveled to four other museums in Florida throughout 1999 and 2000: the Orange County Historical Society (Orlando); the Museum of Florida History (Tallahassee); Museum of Science and History (Jacksonville); and the Tampa Bay History Center (Tampa). The project also produced a 104-page book—Florida Folklife: Traditional Arts in Contemporary Communities, edited by Stephen Stuempfle—which is included in the series. The book includes essays by Stuempfle and Tina Bucuvalas, then presents brief profiles (including photographs) of 84 artists whose respective traditions are organized into four categories: Maritime, Marsh, and Ranching Traditions; Domestic and Decorative Traditions; Ritual and Festive Traditions; and Musical Traditions. Artist profiles—researched and written by more than a dozen fieldworkers—include: Nick Toth (Diving Helmets), Billy Davis (Spurs), Ethel Santiago (Sweetgrass Baskets), Manuel Vega (Bridcages and Kites), Honey Perlman (Ketubot), Bahamas Junkanoo Revue (Junkanoo Costumes), and Romeo Ragbir (Tassa Drums). Materials include: a copy of Florida Folklife; photographic 35mm slides; and audiocassette tape recordings of interviews, musical performances, a radio program promoting the exhibition, and audio amplified in the exhibition.

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

The POSH, Inc. records consist of sketches, drawings, photographic prints, newspaper clippings, tear sheets and ephemera that document the work of company founder and designer Jay Anderson.

The items are organized by subject: notebooks and binders contain original sketches for the collections, along with fabric swatches and notes pertaining to prices.  Photographic prints and oversized black and white drawings show models in the finished pieces. The newspaper clippings document fashion shows, advertisement pieces, and local and national news items on Anderson and the company.

Correspondence, photographic prints, clippings, periodicals, and reports record Perrine family history, especially the Indian Key massacre, subsequent Perrine land grant claims, and material relating to the poems and articles of Sarah Rodgers Palmer. Also includes books from Dr. Perrine's Indian Key home and other 19th century family books, genealogical material on the Perrine and Townsend families and eight scrapbooks created by Sarah Rodgers Palmer.

Photogravures from Sunday magazine newspaper supplements show homes on Miami and Miami Beach, beach scenes, the Biltmore Hotel, etc. A few pertain to Hollywood and the Florida Keys