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LOCAL COLLECTIONS & SERVICES

Miami's rich history is stored in a variety of institutions across Florida and the United States. Many of these repositories offer Ask A Librarian, reference desk, and other research assistance to the public. Cultural institutions with significant collections on the birth, development, and current status of the Miami Metropolitan area include:

Historical Museum of Southern Florida
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, Florida 33130
Contacts: http://www.hmsf.org/about-contact.htm

Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System
Departments of Urban Affairs and Florida
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, Florida 33130
Ask-a-Libarian: http://www.mdpls.org/ask/ask.asp

Miami-Dade County and Local Government
Including the Clerk of Courts, Miami Office of the City Clerk, among other departments
Miami City Clerk's Office FAQs: http://www.ci.miami.fl.us/City_Clerk/pages/FAQs/faqs.asp

Black Archives History & Research Foundation
5400 NW 22nd Avenue, 7th Floor
Caleb Center
Miami, Florida 33142
305.654.6545

University of Miami Libraries
Including the Cuban Heritage, Florida, and other Special Collections & Archives
1300 Memorial Dr.
Coral Gables, Florida 33124
Ask A Librarian: http://www.library.miami.edu/asklib.html

Florida International University Libraries
Special Collections, Government Documents, and GIS
Green Library/Biscayne Bay Campus Library
Miami, Florida 33199
Ask A Librarian: http://library.fiu.edu/services/asklib.html

FIU-Wolfsonian Library
1001 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
305.531.1001

State University Libraries of Florida
Holdings information is accessible via the online catalog WebLuis,
including Florida Heritage, Florida Historical Legal Documents, Reclaiming the Everglades, and Florida Map digital library collections.

State Library of Florida
Florida Collection, Florida Memory, State Archives, and County Histories
500 S. Bronough Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Ask A Librarian: http://www.askalibrarian.org/vrl_intro.asp?library=FLOLSL00

Library of Congress
Especially, American Memory digital library collections such as America from the Great Depression to WWII, American Life Histories, and Built in America.
101 Independence Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20540
Ask A Librarian/Chat with a Librarian: http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib

U.S. National Archives & Records Administration (NARA)
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740
Contact Us: http://www.archives.gov/global_pages/contact_us.html

U.S. Census Bureau
Department of Commerce
Including Publications, Census 2000, American FactFinder, and State & County QuickFacts
4700 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, MD
Contact Us: http://www.census.gov/main/www/contacts.html

More Federal, State, & Local government resources via FirstGov: http://www.firstgov.gov

More Libraries & their Catalogs via LibDex: http://www.libdex.com
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