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Events, Pan Am Grant, Travel Grants, World Wings International

For New Book, Political Scientist Looks to Records of Pan Am Flight Attendants

Dr. Waleed Hazbun, a political scientist at the American University of Beirut, came to Miami last month on a mission for his latest book project: to scour the records of former Pan American Airways flight attendants. Hazbun, the first recipient of Special Collections’ <World Wings International, Inc. Research Grant, gathered data from flight routes, news clippings, and other historical records for his book Jet Set … Continue reading For New Book, Political Scientist Looks to Records of Pan Am Flight Attendants

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Archives, Pan Am Dispatches!, This Just In

This Just In: Pan Am Memories

By Yvette Yurubi A few months ago, we were honored to have former Pan Am stewardess, Daniele Desmoulins Perez-Venero, visit us to donate some of her papers to supplement our Pan American World Airways, Inc. records and our World Wings International, Inc. records. When asked to enrich her donation with some biographical tidbits about her time in Pan Am, she shared with us a few … Continue reading This Just In: Pan Am Memories

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Archives, This Just In

This Just In: Celebrating and Preserving Urban Art in Florida

By Yvette Yurubi A unique collection generously donated by Barbara Young in honor of her late husband, artist and teacher Robert Huff, is now available for research. The Robert Huff Collection includes a vast array of exhibit catalogs dating back from the 1980s to the present. Of interest are the sheer number and variety of exhibits that cropped up all around Miami, showcasing different artists … Continue reading This Just In: Celebrating and Preserving Urban Art in Florida

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Archives, Instruction

Class Project Breathes Life into Historical Documents

In her own academic career, English professor and PhD candidate Allison Harris has spent a significant amount of time in archives, using records dating back to the historical periods she’s studying to support research and to breathe life into her writing. Taking her African-American Literature students to the archives for a project focused on the era of slavery, however, was an idea actually inspired in a cemetery, … Continue reading Class Project Breathes Life into Historical Documents

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Archives, Pan Am Dispatches!, Researchers

A Most Excellent Adventure

Exploring the Pan Am Archives in Miami By Rebecca Snider Sprecher with Dian Groh After writing a novel about Pan Am flight crews and giving a number of history presentations on our airline for various community organizations, I was anxious to visit the Pan Am archives at the University of Miami’s Richter Library. I’d read many books on the history of Pan Am, but I … Continue reading A Most Excellent Adventure

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Archives, Researchers

Looking for Ezra Pound, Finding a Local Treasure

Guest Writer: Barry Devine, Ph.D., English Graduate Student Researching in the archives is a slow, often labor-intensive process, but one that rarely leaves me disappointed. Each rare book or box of documents is a world waiting to be explored; sometimes you will find something once thought to be lost, sometimes you will find documents that either confirm or contradict previously held notions about a particular … Continue reading Looking for Ezra Pound, Finding a Local Treasure

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Culinary History, Events, Exhibits

Local Food Experts Engage Foodie Community of South Florida

by Sarah Block, Library Communications Local food experts reflected on South Florida’s abundant natural offerings, strong multicultural seasonings, and rich supply of untapped resources—all shaping the area’s evolving culinary landscape—during a panel discussion at UM Special Collections’ Tropical Gastronomies featuring chef and cookbook author Norman Van Aken, food blogger and Edible South Florida editor Gretchen Schmidt, and author and historian Mandy Baca. Moderated by Special Collections … Continue reading Local Food Experts Engage Foodie Community of South Florida

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Culinary History, Events

Special Collections’ Food Chains Screening Opens Discussion on Farmworker Exploitation

by Sarah Block, Library Communications Local farmworkers demanding fair labor practices in farm fields are making meaningful changes in one of the nation’s most critically relied on but historically exploited areas of the labor force. An event at the University of Miami Special Collections on April 22 brought together UM students, faculty, and community members for a screening and discussion of the documentary Food Chains: The … Continue reading Special Collections’ Food Chains Screening Opens Discussion on Farmworker Exploitation

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COOLCRAZYBEAUTIFUL, Staff Picks

COOLCRAZYBEAUTIFUL: Althea “Gerry” Lister Papers

A Pick of the Week from Special Collections of the UM Libraries By Emily Gibson One of Pan Am’s earliest and most notable employees, Althea “Gerry” Lister made many strides as a woman in the aviation world, serving as the Secretary to the General Traffic Manager, then as an Assistant to the Passenger Service Manager, and finally as the Pan Am Museum’s curator and company historian. … Continue reading COOLCRAZYBEAUTIFUL: Althea “Gerry” Lister Papers

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