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Reference code
HMA0001
Name and location of repository
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Collection
Title
Manuscripts Collection
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Extent
73.00 Boxes
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Scope and content
An artificial collection comprising personal papers, journals, diaries, memoirs, newspaper clippings, and business documents. Pertains mostly to life in South Florida as recorded by residents and visitors.
Topics include community activities, leisure pursuits, real estate and personal accounts of natural disasters.
The collection also includes items related to aviation and the stationing of troops in Miami during WWII.
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This collection is open for research.
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Archivist's note
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