Identity elements
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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1906-2005 (predominant: 1927-1995) (Creation)
Extent
13 linear ft. (23 boxes)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
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.
System of arrangement
Arranged in 5 series: 1. Financial records and company documents -- 2. Events and personnel -- 3. John S. & James L. Knight -- 4. Heraldette -- 5. Martin Luther King, Jr., photographs.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
The collection is open for research.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Permission from HistoryMiami staff required prior to reproduction of drawings and photographs in a publication. Please contact archives staff for more information.
Languages of the material
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Gift of the Miami Herald Media Company, 2013
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
La-Salle Stoneman Company and successor companies minutes and bylaws, 1906-1925.
Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings pertaining to the contempt of court case brought against the Miami Herald. The case was based on a cartoon and editorials commenting on certain court decisions made at the time.
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General note
Other Information
1997-581 (Miami Herald Publishing Company contempt of court case scrapbook, 1944-1946)
2011-336 (LaSalle-Stoneman Company Shareholders & Board of Directors minutes, 1906-1925)
2013-393 (Miami Herald Publishing Company records, 1910-2005)
2013-394 (photographs of the Knight brothers)
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Description control element
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Sources used
Archivist's note
Finding Aid Authors: Kristen Kotowski.
Archivist's note
© Copyright 2019 HistoryMiami Archives & Research Center. All rights reserved.
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Heraldette (Subject)
- Miami Herald (Subject)
- Miami Herald Publishing Company (Subject)
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 (Subject)
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 (Subject)
- Knight, James L., 1909-1991 (Subject)
- Knight, John S., 1894-1981 (Subject)
- Nixon, Richard M (Subject)