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Dublin Core
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Title
Miami Collection
Alternative Title
Miami Collection
Subject
Collection of archival items related to the history of Miami, Florida. The Tequestas were the first known inhabitants of the Miami area before explorer Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519-1574) claimed the land in 1566 for Spain, which established a mission there the following year. After Spain ceded the Florida Territory in 1821, the U.S. constructed Fort Dallas, which served as an important battlefront during the Second Seminole War. For much of the 19th century, Miami remained a region of wilderness, and it was one of the few area's to survive the Great Freeze of 1894 with relatively few damages. Soon after, Henry Flagler (1830-1913) expanded his Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) to the area, and Miami was officially incorporated as a city on July 28, 1896.<br /><br />Like other parts of Florida, Miami prospered during the Florida Land Boom of the 1920s, but also floundered when the real estate bubble burst in 1925. The following year, the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 devastated South Florida and the Great Depression began just three years later. During World War II, Miami played a vital role in battling German submarines, resulting in increased population growth in the post-ward period. Miami experienced another spurt in population growth when hundreds of thousands of people fled Cuba, following the takeover by Fidel Castro (1926-). Despite a number of social crises in the 1980s and 1990s, Miami remains a major international, financial, and cultural center.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/182">Miami-Dade County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Miami, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.miamigov.com/home/history.html" target="_blank">City of Miami History</a>." City of Miami. http://www.miamigov.com/home/history.html.
"<a href="http://www.historymiami.org/research-miami/topics/history-of-miami/" target="_blank">MIAMI: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF HISTORY</a>." HistoryMiami. http://www.historymiami.org/research-miami/topics/history-of-miami/.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
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Title
Herbert Wells Dies in Sleep
Alternative Title
Herbert Wells Dies
Subject
Miami (Fla.)
Railroads--Florida
Description
An obituary for Herbert Alexander Wells (1882-1960), the first African American hired by the Florida East Coast Railway Company (FEC). Born in the Bahamas in 1882, Wells migrated to Key West, Florida, via the <em>Fearless</em> in 1900 and began working for the FEC as a fireman around 1915. He worked for the FEC for 32 years before retiring in 1947. Wells also owned and operated a drug and grocery store that was located at Northwest 2nd Court and 17th Street in Miami. Wells married Mary Ellen Knowles Wells (1892-1948) in 1916 and had one daughter, Berdina Wells (b. 1930). This item was contributed by Cary Marshall Felton, the great grandson of Wells.
Type
Text
Source
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: <em><a href="http://miamitimesonline.com/" target="_blank">The Miami Times</a></em>, December 31, 1960, page 12: Private Collection of Cary Marshall Felton.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/183" target="_blank">Miami Collection</a>, Miami-Dade County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Coverage
Miami, Florida
Publisher
<em><a href="http://miamitimesonline.com/" target="_blank">The Miami Times</a></em>
Contributor
Felton, Cary Marshall
Date Created
ca. 1960-12-31
Date Issued
1960-12-31
Date Copyrighted
1960-12-31
Format
image/jpg
Extent
134 KB
Medium
1 newspaper article
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by <em><a href="http://miamitimesonline.com/" target="_blank">The Miami Times</a></em>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <em><a href="http://miamitimesonline.com/" target="_blank">The Miami Times</a></em> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Cary Marshall Felton
External Reference
"<a href="https://secure.ancestry.com/register/index/?rtype=1&fname=&lname=&dbid=2442&pid=133095498&flowId=dbid2442&returnurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ancestry.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fsse.dll%3Fdb%3D1940usfedcen%26indiv%3Dtry%26h%3D133095498%26nreg%3D1" target="_blank">Herbert Wells</a>." Ancestry.com. https://secure.ancestry.com/register/index/?rtype=1&fname=&lname=&dbid=2442&pid=133095498&flowId=dbid2442&returnurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1940usfedcen%26indiv%3dtry%26h%3d133095498%26nreg%3d1.
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7423" target="_blank">Declaration of Intention for Herbert Alexander Wells</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7423.
17th Street
2nd Court
African Americans
Bahamian Americans
Bahamians
Berdina Wells
Deloria Marshall
FEC
firefighters
fireman
firemen
Florida East Coast Railway Company
Herbert Alexander Wells
Herbie Wells
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Joe L Marshall, Sr.
Joe Marshall, Jr.
John E. Marshall
Kelly Chapel
Lila Phillips Lila Marshall
Lula Marshall
Mamie Knowles
Mamie Wells
Mary Ellen Knowles
Mary Ellen Wells
Miami
Nauml McKenson
railroads
Second Court