Scope and Contents: This collection consists of the papers of Stanley Sweeting, newspaper editor and columnist and police constable, donated to The Black Archives by Stanley Sweeting in the 1980s. The collection contains Sweeting's columns and documents the black experience in Miami and New York in the 1930s through the 1980s. The bulk of the collection consists of two newspapers: Miami Times column Line O' Type and Nite Life. The collection also contains: photographs, correspondence, greeting cards, invitations. Of note, the collection contains hair samples believed to have been sent to him in order to match mail ordered hair pieces. Also of note is a photograph of Stanley Sweeting and his wife with Clyde and Ova Killens. The collection does not contain information on Sweeting's personal or family life.