A generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) will allow the University of Miami Libraries’ Special Collections division to complete the processing of and enhance access to the Pan American World Airways, Inc. Records – an extensive collection that offers an in-depth look at the growth and development of a modern aviation corporation, beginning with its founding in 1927. Read the full story

Head of Special Collections Cristina Favretto, left, and Beatrice Skokan, special collections librarian, with Orange Bowl mascot Obie, one of the many items in the Orange Bowl Committee Archives.

After 62 years of colorful, themed floats and high-stepping marching bands, Miami’s Orange Bowl Parade marched into history in 2002.

But its legacy—captured and chronicled in photographs and drawings of floats, maps of the parade route, and even an oversized head of mascot Obie—lives on at the University of Miami’s Richter Library.

UM is now home to the Orange Bowl Committee Archives, a rich collection of documents, objects, and memorabilia related not only to the famous parade that attracted some 500,000 people to Biscayne Boulevard during its heyday but also the college bowl game of the same name and the many ancillary events—from golf and tennis tournaments to a marathon—that went along with it. Read the full story