-
This collection consists of materials relating to the history of the Hampton House and efforts to preserve the house from between 1955 and 2003, donated by Donald Irving, Jr., of Dade Heritage Trust, and Rick Ferrer, and supplemented by material collected by staff of the Black Archives. It documents early customer service, correspondence from the governor of Florida in 1968, and efforts taken by the Hampton House Board to prevent the Hampton House building from being demolished. Materials include: meeting minutes, agendas, a business and marketing plan, brochures, post cards, photographs, newspaper articles and correspondence. The collection contains very limited financial information.
The Hampton House was built in 1954 and opened in 1955 as the Booker Terrace Motel. In 1961, it was renamed the Hampton House Hotel and Villas. The Hampton House was a popular meeting place for blacks during segregation with a jazz club and North/South golf tournaments played by celebrities. In 1960, Mr. Martin Luther King, Jr. visited the Hampton House.
-
This collection is made up of collected issues of the publication known as The Washingtonian. It is a student paper that updates the reader on the news and events of the school. From award winning students, to student events such as prom and homecoming. It also contains a sports corner as well as updates on school faculty and programs.
-
The collection consists of the papers and artifacts of the Chapman family from 1894 to 1950 acquired during the restoration of the Chapman family home circa 1990. Dr. William Chapman, patriarch of the Chapman family, was a physician and educator. The papers include school projects, certificates, diplomas, licenses, deeds, plaques, and a church bulletin. The plaques contain photos and diplomas from Walden University and Meharry Medical College.
-
The collection consists of material about Enid Pinkney, educator and activist, donated by Enid Pinkney and supplemented by staff of the Black Archives. This collection documents Pinkney's community revitalization and cultural preservation efforts between 1980 and 2008. It also contains information on Pinkney's roles within the Miami-Dade County Public School system, and touches on her run for state representative for District 107. The collection contains the following types of materials: correspondence, newspaper articles, magazine articles, function itineraries/programs, family history, photographs and an autobiography. This collection does not contain financial records.
-
This collection consists of the papers of Julia E. Adams Brown, entertainment promoter, and her son Thomas Brown III, musician, from 1960 to 2010, donated in 2009-2011. It documents Ms. Brown's role in South Florida Urban Theater and Thomas Brown's career as a trumpet player and composer. The papers include: stage and gospel play programs, press kits, tickets, scripts, flyers, posters, administrative and financial information regarding sales and promotion, correspondence, sheet music, vinyl records, and newspaper articles. Click on Finding Aid/Inventory for further description of collection contents.
-
This series consists of a 2nd annual family reunion souvenir booklet titled "Battle Family Bible Vol II" which contains a very detailed family tree.
-
Included in this collection is a remembrance packet for Louise and Samuel Stewart containing descriptions of Overtown, Liberty city and Brownsville. It also contains a family tree including photographs.
-
This one folder collection consists of three documents: "History of Turner's Kindergarten," a funeral program for Albertha Adessa Turner who was a midwife, and and a Morris-Pendar-Turner family tree.
-
The Bye-Brewer family history describes the family's genealogy, including marriage, migration and education, beginning in 1850.
-
This themed collection consists of information from 1981 to 1989, including: newspaper articles, photographs, and a flyer. The bulk of the collections is newspaper articles. There is a gap in our collection from 1989 to 1996 when he resigned as Commissioner for District 5 due to corruption charges.
The collection refers to his elections and re-elections in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985 and 1989, the Sunshine Law, lobbying, Aids, City Manager Joe Carollo, 1983 curfew licenses for disco dances, and Overtown Development Plan. The collection does not contain information regarding his arrest.
Miller Dawkins, former City of Miam Commissioner, was born on March 10, 1925 in Ocala, Florida. He was first elected to the City of Miami Commission in 1981, before the city had districts. Dawkins worked with Carrie Meek, T. Willard Fair and many community activists. He was a U.S. Merchant Marine veteran. He organized many of the Model City programs and was The Director of special programs for Miami-Dade Community College before beginning his political career.
Commissioner Dawkins resigned in 1996 after allegations of corruption. He begin serving his 27-month sentence June 5, 1997. He pleaded guilty in January to taking $30,000 in bribes.
Dawkins pushed for olympic size pools in Liberty City's Charles Hadley Park. A small municipal park on eighth avenue at 47th terrace and the olympic size pool near Hadley park were named after him.
Dawkins earned degrees from Florida Memorial College and The Universtiy of North Colorado and was a member of Omega Psi Phi.
-
This themed, composite collection consists of materials documenting African American organizations in the Miami area. It includes a wide array of information on the existence of social, civic, civil, service, secret, and elite societal clubs, sororities, and fraternities in South Florida, including information on the King of Clubs, Egolloc Club, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and the Links. Materials include photographs, newspaper articles, documents, pamphlets, and directories.
-
This collection consists of a family reunion pamphlet from 1989. It contains genealogical information from 1893 to 1936.
-
This one-folder collection consists of the McDuffie family 1st through 5th generation genealogy.
-
The collections consists of the "Tate First Family Reunion Souvenir Book" and the family address book from July 2005. It contains family pictures and genealogical information.
-
This collection consists of materials relating to the Newbold Family collected by staff of the Black Archives between 1978 and 1990. The collection provides information on Stanley and Maud Newbold, newspaper columnist. The bulk of the collection is composed of Maud Newbold's Miami Times column, "Chatter that Matters." Other types of material contained in the collection include: a funeral program, an essay by Stanley Newbold, a newspaper article dated November 1990 titled "Newbold Family to be Honored at Black Archives Luncheon," a photograph of Stanley Newbold, and 5 photographs of Maude Newbold taken in Overtown circa 1947 to 1950.
-
The collection consists of a Wingard family newsletter dated December 1997 containing biographical information on Jimmy Wingard (1867-1951), a month to month chronology of the Wingard family, a book review of Gayl Jones' "The Healing", and a newspaper article titled "Color all the People Americans."
-
NULL
-
The collection consists of materials relating to the Urban League of Greater Miami from 1943 to 1974, donated by Marilyn Salmon. Marilyn Salmon was a housing specialist for the Urban League. The collection contains correspondence, booklets, invitations, flyers, pamphlets, magazines, newsletters, press statements, briefing sheets, programs, a manual, a slide show guide, speeches, a publicity plan, event planning guide, a communications guide and newspaper clippings. Newspaper clippings are from the following newspapers: The Miami News, The Miami Times, the Miami Herald and The Miami Beach Sun. Magazines include Newsweek, Time magazine (with Urban League's Vernon Jordon and Whitney Young on the cover), and The Crisis Magazine 60th Anniversary Issue. Speeches include speeches by Jo Goodwin Parker and Marilyn Salmon. The collection also contains a resume and biography of T. Willard Fair, Executive Director of the Urban League of Greater Miami in 2010.
-
This collection consists of calendars from the Miami-Dade County area featuring black history. This collection contains pictures and information on national and local people, as well as places and events. The calendars serve as a quick research and resource guide to individuals seeking information on people, places and events.
-
This collection consists of Jermiah Nabawi's portfolio, which contains press clips, correspondence, program descriptions and citations documenting Mr. Nabawi's career as a story teller and artist in residence at many schools and museums across the United States, inlcuding Miami, Florida, between 1990 and 1996.
-
This collection consists of one item: Hiller, Herbert, "Alternate Tourism as a Basis for Intervention by Third World Nations in the Ethical Debate within Industrial Society," Montreal, Canada: Tourism Research Unit Department of Geography McGill University, 1976.
-
The collection consists of the records of the King of Clubs of Greater Miami, Inc. from 1948-2005, collected by staff of the Black Archives Foundation consisting primarily of donations from James Randolph. The records reflect the organization's activities, particularly relating to high school scholarships, awards, and events. It consists of newspaper articles, programs, yearbooks, event invitations, photographs and two books from the Gamma Delta Sigma Chapter: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. It includes articles from the Miami Herald, the Miami Times, and Miami Social Whirl. Invitations contained in the collection date from the 1930s and were constructed of tissue paper and card stock and were cut into unique designs and shapes.
The King Of Clubs Of Greater Miami Inc is a philanthropic, volunteer oriented organization. Originally called The King of All Clubs, it was started in the early twentieth century by a group of young men, most just out of college.
-
This collection documents the activities of Calvin Marks, film projectionist, from 1945 to 2005. It consists of newspaper articles, programs, rosters, a magazine, a personal narrative, the charter for the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Operators, and photographs. See "Creator" for information about Calvin Marks.
-
The Maude Reid papers collection consists of material relating to the personal life and career of Maude Reid, educator, activist, journalist, between 1940 and 1980. It consists of newspaper articles, correspondence, newsletters, programs, directories, screen plays, speech, souvenir books, and pamphlets.
Series 1, Correspondence, consists of letters and memos sent to and from Reid regarding Reid's involvement with the Urban League of Greater Miami, Inc., Frank C. Martin Elementary School and other organizations. It contains 10 pieces of correspondence.
Series 2, Photographs, contains photographs of: Lord Calvert Hotel, the first blacks to attend the Orange Bowl, Harlem Square club, Loma Green launching the WFEC radio at the Lord CalvertReid on the board of Urban League, Reid with her sorority (Zeta Phi Beta), Reid at the home of Kelsy Pharr, and Reid with Elizabeth Espy Johnson at the Parent Teachers Association Congress. These photos span from 1940 through the 1960s.
Series 3, Urban League of Greater Miami, Inc., consists of information regarding changes made by the Urban League to better the black community by helping the community find jobs, better housing, and assisting in the desegregation of public schools.
Series 4, Writings by and about Maude Reid, consists primarily of newspaper articles, including Reid's guest column in The Pittsburg Courier, "Miami Social Whirl."
-
This collection, created by staff of the Black Archives, contains information on James D. Mckellar, father of Black Archives's Founder, Dorothy Jenkins Fields. Mckellar worked at the Miami Woman's Club for 50 years where he worked as an elevator operator, porter and head waiter. He joined Mt. Zion church in 1925, where he served as a deacon, rising to Senior Deacon, financial secretary and a member of the trustee board. McKellar was a member of Mt. Zion church for more than 50 years and was one of its oldest members. The collection consists of newspaper articles, correspondence, an obituary, programs, a biography and photographs.