THE BLACK ARCHIVES

History in the Making

In 1988, The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc. acquired the Lyric Theater. The Archives have three types of collections based on provenance:

 

• Subject Collections 

• Manuscript Collections

• Black Archives Records

 

Collections created by The Black Archives to document the activities of the Black South Florida ethnic community are considered to have ethnic provenance and are called Subject Collections because they are generally formed around a subject.

 

Collections created during the administrative activities of The Black Archives have organizational provenance and are called the Black Archives Records Collections.