Presented by the Special Collectio ns &\; Archives Division of the Miami-Dade Public Library System\, loca ted at the Main Library. This program was made possible through funding fr om the James L. Knight Foundation and Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs division in connection with the Vasari Project archive and to support the Miami Ar t Timeline project.
\nAbout the Guest Speaker
\nPhillip Nicholas is a professional genealogist specializing in Jamaican\, Barbadian\, and British genealogy and owns Genealogy Detective Caribbean\, LLC. He has presented for the Frederick County Public Library (FCPL)\, the Allen County Public Library (ACPL)\, the Yonkers Public Libr ary (YPL)\, Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL)\, the Clayton Library Center \, and RELIC at the Central Library where he discussed how to trace your C aribbean ancestry and the complexity of slavery. Phillip Nicholas has a Ma ster of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Mary land\, College Park and earned his Master of Arts in Comparative &\; Tr ansnational History from the College of William &\; Mary. He has experi ence processing\, researching\, and analyzing archival records. He wrote h is thesis about the cultural transformations of enslaved people from the G old Coast in 18th-century Jamaica. With his background in history\, he kno ws the value of understanding the historical context of an event and locat ion when conducting genealogy.
\nAbout the Division of Speci
al Collections &\; Archives \;
Miami-Dade Public Libr
ary System&rsquo\;s Division of Special Collections &\; Archives holds
rare and irreplaceable historical materials for the benefit of the public
and scholarly community. They oversee the Helen Muir Florida Collection\,
16mm Film Collection\, Cuban Collection of Rare Books &\; Ephemera\, Ge
nealogy Collection\, Vasari Project archive\, and Rare &\; Antiquarian
books from as early as the 17th \;century. The Division aims to provid
e the public with the contents of these collections at their request\, whi
ch include books\, original manuscripts\, over 18\,000 photographs\, print
s\, artifacts\, audiovisual resources\, and electronic media. \;