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The Alex and Carol Stepick Collection consists of materials depicting the plight of the Cuban and Haitian refugees in the 1980s in Miami, Florida. The documents detail the treatment of refugees once on American soil and the condition in the countries they were escaping from; highlighting the contrasting experiences of Cuban and Haitian refugees. The collection demonstrates the work of Dr. Alex Stepick, Florida International University Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, in emphasizing the refugee situation on a local and national level. Materials also detail political lobbying on behalf of the Haitian refugees, and increasing awareness of their situation. The collection contains scholarly research, studies, and publications relating to the Cuban and Haitian refugees. The collection includes census-related materials, congressional records, economic reports, letters, newspaper articles, political materials, press releases, professional publications, research notes, surveys, etc.

The Bea Brickell Collection highlights the Brickell family as well as releatives from her maternal grandparents side of the family like the Bain's and Kellum's. The legal documents in this collection features the selling of land to several entities including the City of Miami. This collection also incldues newspaper clippings about properties owned by Brickell like Brickell Park and Brickell Point. Lastly, this collection contains real weights and scales owned by Mary Brickell herself.

This collection contains the tape-recorded notes compiled by Timothy Long during the production of "Escape to Dreamland: The Story of the Tamiami Trail," a documentary about the stretch of US Highway 41 that was cut through the Everglades. The collection contains one VHS tape, 6 BetaMax Tapes, 11 Panasonic DVC-Pro tapes, 8 Sony DVCAM Tapes, and 3 Fuji Film DVCassettes.