Books - Special Collections

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The Department of Special Collections at the University of Miami has significant holdings of rare and unusual books in the fields of Miami and Florida history, the Caribbean, and Latin and South America. These books cover topics of literature, geography, religion (and in particular missionary history), art, politics, and economics. This collection includes examples of early printing, private press publications, and fine printing. They are supplemented by a rich collection of historical maps, photographs, and archival documents. The personal library of Jackie Gleason focuses on the donor's lifelong interest in parapsychology and his career in television and film. Other important collecting areas include modern British poetry, British and American economic and social history, aviation (complementing the Pan-Am Airlines Papers), printing history, artists' books, and zines, and the Craig S. Likeness Collection on the History of Photography. Currently the digitized collection contains promotional materials on South Florida, a 2 volume work on the architecture and history of the Alhambra Place, Granada, Spain containing numerous illustrations from the site, and several other books on architecture.
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