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Earl Hoag scrapbooks - 1902-1941
HMA0165 · Coleção · 1902-1941 (predominant: (bulk 1917-1938))

Clippings, correspondence, brochures, typescripts, invitations and other memorabilia trace the career of Lieutenant Colonel Earl Hoag and with it much early history of American aviation. Includes Miami High School student yearbook (Miahi 1914); a wealth of aviation clippings for 1917-1921; with much information on the 1919 transcontinental air race during which 10 out of 39 pilots were killed.

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Miami Conservatory of Music scrapbooks - 1921-1955
HMA0088 · Coleção · 1921-1955

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

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Fannie Clemons Diary and Scrapbooks - 1909-1920s
HMA0074 · Coleção · 1909-1920s

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.

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Lewis B. Whitworth Papers - 1950s-1980s
HMA0390 · Coleção · 1950s-1980s

Scrapbooks and folders contain newspaper clippings, correspondence, campaign materials and photographic prints pertaining to Whitworth's involvement in public life and his social activities. Some government publications and newsletters from various county and state organizations are also included.

 

Biographical Note: Miami-Dade County as a Hialeah Councilman, Dade County Commissioner, State Representative in the Florida House of Representatives and elected circuit court judge. As commissioner, Whitworth secured federal funds to reimburse the county for medical aid given to Cuban refugees at Jackson Memorial Hospital. During his term as State Representative he was instrumental in the successful efforts to reform the state's judicial system and in the 1971 session, he sponsored, among others, two major bills that were signed into law. One was the marijuana felony-misdemeanor bill and the other, the nonpartisan election of judges bill

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United Teachers of Dade scrapbooks - 1959-1974
HMA0149 · Coleção · 1959-1974

Scrapbooks contais newspaper clippings from Dade County Teacher and from local newspapers, photographic prints, and association bulletins pertaining to events affecting schools and education in the years that witnessed the teachers' walkout during Governor Kirk's term of office, and the impact of the Cuban exodus on the school system.

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HMA0090 · Coleção · 1960-2016 (predominant: 1960-1990)

Scrapbook and binder compiled by Dwaine Simpson. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, ephemera and some photographs chronicling the lives of the Dundee brothers, boxers, trainers, and other personalities associated with the Fifth Street Gym. While the bulk of the items pertain to Muhammad Ali, the careers of boxers such as Cuban American Kid Gavilan are also recorded. Also includes newspaper clippings from national newsapers celebrating the life of Muhammad Ali after his death in June 2016

Binder containing mostly photographs of the boxers, including Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Willie Pastrano, Kid Gavilan and Roberto Duran. Others in the boxing fraternity include the Dundee brothers, Don King, Dr. Ferdie Pacheo and other gym personnel. Images of celebrities who attended "fight nights" include Art Carney, Don Johnson, Sean Connery & Ernest Borgnine, who appeared as Angelo Dundee in the Muhammad Ali biopic "The Greatest".

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Committee of One Hundred Records - 1925-2005
HMA0068 · Coleção · 1925-2005 (predominant: circa 1930-1969)

The collection consists of scrapbooks, journals, newsletters, photographs, membership applications and other club records.

Also included is a set of mostly color images of events (1971-1980). The images are in their original and dated envelopes with some hand written notes. They were collected by Helen M. Pardee during her tenure as secretary to the Committee of One Hundred.

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HMA0051 · Coleção · 1955-1990 (predominant: (bulk 1955-1965))

Newspaper clippings, playbills, correspondence and art show programs document the history of the Coconut Grove Playhouse from its purchase by George Engle in 1955 until 1990. Most of the material covers the ten years of Engle's ownership.

Included in the correspondence is an ALS from Victor Borge and two TLS from Lyndon Johnson, then Democratic Leader for the Senate.

In 1959 in connection with the newly formed Miami Theater Group, Dorothy (Mrs. George) Engle produced Claire Booth Luce's play The Women. As the cast was drawn entirely from local well-known women, it received wide publicity, collected here in a second scrapbook.

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Scrapbooks - 1968-1984
1998-566 · Série · 1968-1984
Parte de Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce records - 1919-1984

The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings selected by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. These clippings document private and public sector growth and development in the city, and issues that affected the community during that period. The Chamber's role as a catalyst for civic improvement is also documented.

Topics include: the controversy surrounding the legalization of casino gambling, tourism, the proposed north Dade jetport, Interama, the Greater Miami Foreign Free Trade Zone, the role of Afro-Americans and Cuban Americans, race relations and the Miami riot of 1980 following the acquittal of the police officers charged with the murder of Arthur McDuffie.

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Frohock family papers - 1890s-1990s
HMA0244 · Coleção · 1890s-1990s

Personal papers and business records of the Frohock family. The bulk of the materials pertains to John Frohock and highlights his tenure as Dade County Sheriff and his pursuits in commercial agriculture and real estate. Also included are materials pertaining to his son, John Moran Frohock and his wife, Leone Frohock, who compiled a scrapbook complete with commentary on the social scene and daily events in Miami.

HMA0158 · Coleção · 1930-1968

Newspaper clippings, conference programs, reports and memorabilia record the activities of the Dade County PTA and its members as well as school programs and local educational concerns. Books for 1930 and 1931, which celebrate the association's first decade, have considerable historical detail including individual school histories. The 1938-1939 book also has some loose material from the early 1940s. The 1944 and 1945 books are narrowest in scope, basically covering the state PTA convention, held respectively in Sarasota and Daytona Beach. The 1966-1968 book includes clippings on the 1968 teachers' walkout. Many of the books are dedicated to Mrs. Walter Beckham, who was PTA president for a number of years

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HMA0372 · Coleção · 1940s-1990s

Containing press passes, newspaper clippings, and photographs of personalities and news events that McDermott covered during his career. Includes the Harry Oakes murder trial in Nassau (Bahamas), Clark Gable on Miami Beach during World War II, and Presidents Kennedy and Nixon.

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Jack Kassewitz papers - 1957-1984
HMA0190 · Coleção · 1957-1984

Include papers, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, ephemera and photographs of his career and activities.

Miami and Coral Gables development scrapbook - 1925-1926
08/ · Coleção · 1925-1926

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

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