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South Florida History Resources


Collection Development
Subject Specialist
Subject Specialist
History at the U
The University of Miami is strategically located between North and South America and is an important hemispheric center. As a result, the Libraries’ at the University have been at the forefront of scholarship whether that involves faculty research through the Scholarly Repository or through student activities via The Miami Hurricane Archive. The resources below include photographs, postcards, dissertations, and financial files that detail the rich history of the University of Miami.
U-Databases
Special Collections
Subject Specialist

Adrian Legaspi

  • History, Religious Studies, Political Science, International Studies, and Modern Languages & Literatures Librarian
  • axl641@miami.edu
  • (305) 284-3257

Shatha Baydoun

University of Miami Digital Collections
The following resources include the digital collections developed by the University of Miami. They include a growing collection of digital objects, projects, photographs, publications, and promotional booklets developed to preserve and support the digital scholarship and the research, teaching, and learning mission of the University of Miami.
Special Collections

florida_postcard_1.jpgBreath of old Spain in Florida from the South Florida Postcard Collection at the University of Miami

Visual Resources
Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM)
Florida State Library and Archives
Subject Specialist

Adrian Legaspi

  • History, Religious Studies, Political Science, International Studies, and Modern Languages & Literatures Librarian
  • axl641@miami.edu
  • (305) 284-3257

Shatha Baydoun

The following digital collections are made available by the Florida International University (FIU) and the University of South Florida (USF). They include a variety of digitized primary resources like maps, oral histories, postcards, and photographs that document the rich history of South Florida.
Subject Specialist

Adrian Legaspi

  • History, Religious Studies, Political Science, International Studies, and Modern Languages & Literatures Librarian
  • axl641@miami.edu
  • (305) 284-3257

Shatha Baydoun

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