Béatrice Coron Sculpts Stories with Paper and Passion
by Sarah Block, Library Communications Artist Béatrice Coron, whose cut-paper silhouettes are featured nationally in major museums and airports, inside subway trains, and even on the fashion catwalk, discussed her work at University of Miami Libraries Special Collections, where some of her celebrated literary collaborations are housed. Coron, who gave a TED Talk in 2011 about creativity, laughingly admitted at the March 11 event, “Cross … Continue reading Béatrice Coron Sculpts Stories with Paper and Passion
Researching Pan Am with Civil Aeronautics Board Route Records
Emily Gibson with you again, dispatching from the Pan Am Records headquarters with good news for anyone interested in Pan Am’s routes and the legislative process Pan Am had to go through to establish them. The Civil Aeronautics Board (or C.A.B.) was an independent federal agency that was responsible for the economic regulation of America’s airlines between 1940 and 1985. Whenever Pan Am wanted to … Continue reading Researching Pan Am with Civil Aeronautics Board Route Records
Flori-zines! Zines from Florida on Display in Special Collections
Flori-zines: Underground Voices from the Sunshine State is a show currently on view in Special Collections consisting of limited edition and unique zines from Florida. Curator Cristina Favretto coined the neologism “Flori-zines” for the Miami and Florida portion of the exhibit, which takes the viewer on a visual journey through the counterculture and fringe lifestyles not usually associated with the state. National and international zines, … Continue reading Flori-zines! Zines from Florida on Display in Special Collections
Vellum Revolutions
Vellum is a material we no longer consider suitable for the transmission of text or image. It’s rare to handle a vellum manuscript mostly because it’s so difficult to make one. Traditional vellum is made from the skin of animals, typically a young cow, through an arduous and now medieval process. In fact, recent research has shown that the traditional large format folio size of … Continue reading Vellum Revolutions
Save the Date:UM Special Collections Lunch Hour Lecture – by Felipe F. Cruz, Abrams-Banning Pan Am Research Grant Recipient, 09.19.2013
The University of Miami Libraries Special Collections presents a talk by 2012 Dave Abrams and Gene Banning Pan Am Research Grant Recipient Felipe F. Cruz as the first of its Lunch Hour Lecture Series. Cruz, a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at the University of Texas-Austin, will discuss his research and use of the Collection’s Pan American World Airways, Inc. Records to investigate … Continue reading Save the Date:UM Special Collections Lunch Hour Lecture – by Felipe F. Cruz, Abrams-Banning Pan Am Research Grant Recipient, 09.19.2013
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington – August 28, 1963
Special Collections commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington by showcasing below a few items from our archives related to the Civil Rights Movement. “March on Washington” flyers were distributed to various African American communities in 1963. These flyers document the historic moment when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. … Continue reading Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington – August 28, 1963
Sci-Fi Zines in our growing Zine Collection
Recently added to the Special Collections Zine Collection are a variety of science fiction fanzines. Zines are typically small and independently published booklets popular in different subcultures, such as the punk rock, riot grrrl and animal rights movements. They have a long history and association with the science fiction community, and some of the first publications that can be considered zines were in fact fanzines … Continue reading Sci-Fi Zines in our growing Zine Collection
“Amazonia 1952: FOUND”- Discoveries in our Pan Am Collection
We are always happy to hear about how our patrons use our collections in their endeavors. Felipe Fernandes Cruz, one such intrepid researcher, describes his recent visit to our Reading Room in his fascinating article “Amazonia 1952: Found”. Read his illustrative account here. Our Pan Am collection, comprising more than 1500 boxes of rich resource material related to the pioneering aviation company, is one of … Continue reading “Amazonia 1952: FOUND”- Discoveries in our Pan Am Collection
Steve says…
Some of the more unique items in Special Collections are the Spicer-Simson medallions, held as part of the Theodore Spicer-Simson collection. Spicer-Simson was a well-known sculptor who worked in the first half of the 20th century. He was also a part time resident of Coconut Grove, lured to the sunny south by his friend, the botanist David Fairchild. Spicer-Simson crafted many portrait medallions, and in … Continue reading Steve says…
Pan Am Dispatches!
This is Emily Gibson dispatching to you from the year 1938, the place Alaska, where Harold Gillam, a Pan Am pilot has rescued three polar bear cubs from the Arctic Ocean. Harold found the cubs floating on an ice cake when he was flying along the Arctic coast. The pups looked so plaintive and seemed so alone that he parked his flying boat in the … Continue reading Pan Am Dispatches!
Special Collections Mosaic 