Scope and Contents: This collection consists of the photographs of Dan Francis, publisher of the "Dispatch" newspaper, radio show host, and chairman of the Miami-Dade County Model Cities Program. The collection spans 1951 to 1989 and contains many early images Overtown. It contains original photographs and xeroxed copies of photographs of events, people and landmarks important to black South Florida, such as: the F.E.C baseball team; the Rockland Palace; the Neonta club; photographers awaiting the arrival of President Truman, and shotgun houses in Overtown. The original photographs have been digitized; however, the collection contains many paper copies of photographs that have not been digitized. The collection also contains two newspaper articles about Dan Francis (one of which references the forced relocation of Rail Road Shop residents during the building of Allapattah Middle School), and his funeral program. It does not include radio broadcast transcripts.