Pero Family Papers - 1893-1935 -

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HMA0048

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HistoryMiami Museum

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Title

Pero Family Papers - 1893-1935

Date(s)

1893-1935 (predominant: 1893-1920) (Creation)

Extent

0.5 linear feet

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Pero family

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Correspondence, photoprints, legal documents, bills, newsclippings, and notes on family history are concerned with the linked McDonald-Reilly-Pero families; with Henry M. Flagler, for whom Joseph A. McDonald built hotels; and gives sidelights on the early history of Miami. Includes details on the building and furnishing of John B. Reilly's home at 1411 SW 11 Street, Miami (1926-1928); considerable correspondence on a proposed sugarcane plantation and sugar refinery for Miami (1911); and a number of letters from Flagler to Joseph McDonald.

Senior class report cards for Joseph H. Pero and Donald Carey Pero, from St. Theresa School, Coral Gables, ca. 1935

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Immediate source of acquisition

Gift of Joseph H. Pero, Jr., 1986 & 1988.

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Accessions:

1981-208

1988-145