Special Collections
@um_spec_coll
We acquire, preserve, and provide access to rare and unique resources for UM students & faculty, and local, regional, national, & international researchers.
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We love seeing what other copies are bound with! We have a "beans" binding for ours!
Ernest Shackleton led the Endurance voyage to the Antarctic. The ship was recently discovered 107 years after it was trapped by ice & sank. #DYK a prior, calmer trip of his produced the first book “written, printed, illustrated & bound in the Antarctic"? blogs.loc.gov/loc/2022/03/sh…
Now Accepting Applications! Dave Abrams and Gene Banning Pan Am Research Grant deadline: Feb 25, 2022 library.miami.edu/specialcollect…
Join us as we celebrate the creation and launch of the website, Cleared for Takeoff: Explore Commercial Aviation on January 26 from 3-4:30 to hear about Pan Am and other @dpla commercial aviation collections. mailchi.mp/miami.edu/uml-…
Two of our favorite researchers are in this episode! Looking forward to listening
Episode link here: gastropod.com/first-class-fa…
Feeling peepish? Tune in a listen to what our Cristina has planned for her O, Miami Poetry month event!
@omiamifestival @cristinafavretto Easter & O Miami poetry month & think add caramel sweets to chocolate for happy sweet Easter, @HistoryandWine beer & poetry @LaineDoss restaurant news @FoodNewsandViews #wdna 88.9 FM Wed 11-noon streamed live and podcast wdna.org
On this day in 1958, Pan Am launched the world's first Transatlantic jet service, connecting New York with London, Paris, and Rome on daily flights with its Boeing 707s. instagram.com/p/CGzo4zTpDdw/…
Join us on Mon. 10/26 at 3pm for a Book Traces presentation with @Andrew_Stauffer @amandalicastro to close out Open Access week! bit.ly/35mH3iK #BookTraces #OpenAccessWeek
We were greatly saddened to learn of the passing of Marvin Sackner. We honor his commitment to the written/printed/sculpted/painted word, his inventiveness, and his curiosity. bit.ly/3l86jj4
Thrilled to have been part of such a great panel alongside @SenateHouseLib @luxmentis @britishlibrary and @ChristiesBKS! Thanks @thearchibrarian for organizing and @brklnbkfair for hosting! If you missed it, or want to watch again: bit.ly/2Fmi4TB
Do you believe in magic?✨ @RBMSinfo and @brklnbkfair bring you the FREE panel—on magic, the occult, and spiritualist materials in our collections—with speakers from @SenateHouseLib @um_spec_coll @luxmentis @britishlibrary and @ChristiesBKS! Register 👇 brooklynbookfair.com/lesprit-des-li…
Join us on Thursday September 10 at 1pm. for a presentation by Cristina Favretto who will take you back to the early years of Miami Beach, a a motley assortment of civic boosters, con men, and impresarios "sold some sand": bit.ly/2FmhkgQ
Archivists are chronicling the COVID-19 pandemic news.miami.edu/stories/2020/0…
This week Miami lost one of its pioneering preservationists, Arva Moore Parks (1939-2020). A historian and author, Parks documented the development of Miami in numerous books and films. (1/4) #umchc #arvamooreparks
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Arva Moore Parks. Arva possessed a singular dedication to preserving Miami history and was a good friend, supporter, and patron of our collections. We'll miss her and are honored to be part of her legacy. hrld.us/35Qyyw6
Two more days to get creative with our content! Enter into our Gif It Up Florida competition to win bragging rights and a swag bag.
One of our favorite collections and one that deserves special attention on #EarthDay
Lady of the Everglades: Marjory Stoneman Douglas Papers@UMiamiLibraries,@um_spec_coll merrick.library.miami.edu/specialCollect…
Grateful for the work friends are doing in the museum industry to foster community and work through extremely difficult times for a lot of institutions. youtu.be/D_N32R_6FGo #AFuture4thePast afuture4thepast.com
But is it a real McCoy? This one is! Found among the 65 boxes of material we’ve been busy digitizing, we wanted to share this original lithograph painted by John T. McCoy who depicted Pan Am’s historic first flight. The Fokker F-7, which inaugurated Pan … ift.tt/39ttX4d
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