Identity elements
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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1916-1990 (Creation)
Extent
14 boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Clippings of Nixon Smileys' articles and columns on Florida for the Miami Herald. Topics include: gardening and farming; social life and customs; history; environmental conditions such as beach erosion and hurricanes; insurance executive John D. McArthur and the Davis Brothers of Winn-Dixie Stores. Some correspondence, drafts of articles, photographs and negatives.
Research materials, newspaper clippings, typescripts, notes and brochures and material on topics of South Florida interest.
System of arrangement
The clippings are organized topically in their original envelopes and bound journals in boxes 1 through 8. Some loose clippings were interfiled with correspondence, photographs and notes, and that order was maintained in boxes 9 and 10. Oversized materials and negatives are housed respectively in boxes 11 and 12.
Research papers are arranged topically in 11 folders.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
The collection is open for research.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
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
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
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Notes element
General note
Other Information
Accessions: , 1988-211 & 2002-381
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Sources used
Archivist's note
Finding Aid Authors: Dawn Hugh.
Archivist's note
© Copyright 2019 HistoryMiami Archives & Research Center. All rights reserved.
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Miami Herald (Subject)
- Winn-Dixie Stores (Subject)
- Davis family (Subject)
- McArthur, John D (Subject)
- McArthur, John D -- Photographs (Subject)