Scope and Contents: The collection consists of obituaries, newspaper articles, and photographs from three generations of the Stirrup Family.  E.W.F. Stirrup, patriarch of the Stirrup family, was a black pioneer who migrated to Key West in 1888. He worked for businessman and philanthropist, Charles Deering. Stirrup's three daughters worked a combined total of 107 years as educators for the Miami Dade School Board System.