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Digital Collections
See also Digital Collections - Florida History
"a virtual place where visitors can discover what Central Florida was like before theme
parks and the space program. Diaries and letters describe the region and how people
survived day-by-day in this extreme and rugged environment. Maps, photographs, and postcards
illustrate how the region looked in the early years and how it changed over time. Voters’
registration and funeral records and city directories provide demographic information
that makes the picture of the Central Florida settler come into focus."
- Authors
- Biographies/Famous Winter Park Residents
- Winter Park Buildings/Homes
- Winter Park Businesses
- The National Register of Historic Places
- Oral Histories
- Photographs of Winter Park
- Postcards of Winter Park
- Winter Park's Community Publications
- Winter Park High School History
- Winter Park Public Library History
- Winter Park Streets
- Winter Park's Westside
- Winter Park Events
- Winter Park's Clubs & Organizations
- Collaborative Projects
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Special Collections - Central Florida History Materials
See also Special Collections - Florida History Materials
History-Floridiana
- Florida History Collections
- Christian Bauer Collection on the Orange County Big Box Store Task Force,
2006-2007
- Carey-Hand Funeral Home Records, 1891-1952
- James C. Clark Research Papers, 1937-1996
- Cultural Byways Project Collection, 2002
- Cultural Heritage Alliance Collection, 2002-2006
- Educator's Oral History Collection, 1997-2002
- Florida Ephemera Collection, 1841-2007
- Florida Image Collection, 1898-1986
- Bob Kealing Kerouac Research Collection, 1958-2008
- Arnold, Bennett, and Tanner Family Diaries, 1899-1974
- Michael A. Spencer Collection on Theodore Mead, 1887-1939
- Wekiva River Basin Maps & Aerial Photographs Collection, 1956-1990
- Ben White Raceway Papers, 1947-1978
- Zora Neale Hurston Festival Collected Materials, 1990-2006
- Political Papers
- Democratic Women's Club of Florida Inc. Collection, 1957-2007
- Beatrice B. Ettinger Papers, 1964-1998
- Lou Frey Papers, 1947-2006
- Phyllis J. Hudson Political Papers, 1966-2005
- Phyllis J. Hudson United Faculty of Florida Papers, 1973-2003
- Lynda Van Scoyoc Women's Political Caucus, 1970-2000
- George L. Stuart, Jr. Political Papers, 1977-1990
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Histories of Central Florida Cities and Counties
From Florida Sand to "The City Beautiful": A Historical Record of Orlando, Florida
by E.H. Gore
History of Orange County, Florida: Narrative and Biographical (1927)
by William Fremont Blackman
Orlando: A Centennial History
by Eve Bacon
Reference F 319 .O7 B33
- Vol. 1: Pioneer Era and the First Fifty Years of Incorporation, 1821 to 1925
- Vol. 2: From the City Beautiful to the Action Center of Florida, 1926-1975
Other histories of Florida
counties, cities, & towns
General Collection F 317 and F 319
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Directories and Registers
Telephone/City Directories
Social Registers of Orlando
Rogers House Guest Registers - Winter Park hotel
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vol. 1: Guest Register, April 8, 1882 - January 31, 1891
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vol. 2: Guest Register, February 1, 1891 - January 8, 1898
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vol. 3 - Account Register
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vol. 4 - Account Register
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vol. 5: Guest Register, January 1, 1898 - March 24, 1902
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vol. 6: Guest Register
- March 25, 1902 - May 15, 1904 (regular entries)
- January 7, 1905 - February 10, 1915 (occasional entries)
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Rollins College
- The Hamilton Holt Collection
- Faces of Rollins College
- Rollins Architecture & Landscape
- Student Lives at Rollins
- Winter Park and Florida
- Treasures at Rollins Archives
Scrapbooks
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Other Central Florida Resources
See also Orange County Regional History Center
School yearbooks (Central Florida Memory)
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Florida
Digital Collections
See also Digital Collections - Central Florida History
describe the informant's family education, income, occupation, political views,
religion and mores, medical needs, diet and miscellaneous observations.
a multiformat ethnographic field collection documenting African-American, Arabic,
Bahamian, British-American, Cuban, Greek, Italian, Minorcan, Seminole, and Slavic
cultures throughout Florida.
- Alberto Arredondo Papers
- Augustus C. Mayhew, Jr. Photographic Collection
- Cordoves and Bolanos Families Collection
- The Cuba: Capitania General Collection
- Cuban Historical & Literary Manuscript Collection
- Cuban/Latino Theater Archive
- Cuban Photograph Collections
- The Cuban Rafter Phenomenon: A Unique Sea Exodus
- The Cuban Postcard Collection
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- Enrique Labrodo Ruiz Papers
- The Fernando Fernandez-Cavada Collection
- Gerardo Machado y Morales Papers
- Jose Lezama Lima Papers
- Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club Collection
- The Lydia Cabrera Papers
- The Manuel R. Bustamante Photograph Collection
- The Polita Grau de Aguero Papers
- Tomas Estrada Palma Collection
- The Truth About Cuba Committee, Inc. Records
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"an ongoing cooperative project of the State University System (SUS) of Florida to digitize
and provide online access to materials broadly representing Florida's history, culture,
arts, literature, sciences and social sciences."
- Florida Architecture & Landscape Design
See also Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (
PALMM).
"a digital archive of textual and visual documents of Florida history produced by students
and faculty at the University of North Florida."
"presents a selection of historical records that illustrate significant moments in Florida
history, educational resources for students of all ages and archival collections for
historical research."
- Collections & Databases
- Finding Aids
- The Black Experience: A Guide to African American Resources in the State
Library and Archives of Florida
- Collections Pertaining to Women's History and Women's Issues from the State
Archives of Florida
- Filming Florida: Images of the Sunshine State
- A Guide to Civil War Records at the State Archives of Florida
- A Guide to Florida Governors and the Florida Cabinet
- A Guide to New Deal Records at the State Archives of Florida
"The materials presented here are a small portion of the papers of Dr. Carita Doggett
Corse, Director of the Florida Federal Writers' Project from its inception in 1935 until
1942. The 15 linear feet of files consist mainly of typescripts for the WPA Writers'
Project for the state of Florida. The information in the files represents writers' efforts
during the 1930's and the early 1940's. Corse maintained personal typescript copies
of the writers' stories, interviews and research, as well as other handwritten notes
that are not part of the WPA files found in several other Florida libraries."
- Local & Family History
- Charles Ringling Family Papers
- Hillsborough County Marriage Records
- La Gaceta newspaper
- Morison Buck Biographies of Hillsborough County Judges
- Tampa Cigar Industry & Art Collection
- Tampa WPA Office Papers
- Walking Tour of Ybor City with Dr. Gary Mormino
- Photograph Collections
- Burgert Brothers Collection of Tampa Photographs
- Centro Asturiano de Tampa Membership Records Photograph Collection
- Earl R. Jacobs III Collection of Francis G. Wagner's St. Petersburg
Photographs
- Robertson & Fresh Collection of Tampa Photographs
- Sape A. Zylstra Collection of Tampa Architectural Slides
- Stokes Collection of Florida Plant Railway Photographs
- Wehman Collection of Florida Spanish American War Photographs
- Tampa Bay History (1979-1998) and Sunland Tribune (1974-1999)
- African American History
- Statewide History
- Florida Library History Project
- Florida Map Collection
- Hampton Dunn Collection of Florida Post Cards
- Photograph Collections
- Criggle Collection of Florida Spanish American War Photographs
- Graber Collection of Florida Aerial Photographs
- Hampton Dunn Photouring Florida Collection
- International Independent Showmen's Museum Photographic Collection
- Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
- Skip Davis Collection of Florida Geology Slides
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Special Collections - Florida History Materials
See also Special Collections - Central Florida History Materials
History-Floridiana
- Artist's Papers
- Florida History Collections
- Children's Home Society of Florida Collection, 1886-2000
- Florida Folklife Program Collection, 1984-2004
- Florida Folklore Society Records, 1981-2006
- Florida Lifestyle Radio, 1997-1999
- Florida State Music Teachers Association Collection, 1934-2009
- Paul Hartman Slide Collection
- Dr. John McMillon Correspondence, 1929-1935
- Thomas & Georgine Mickler Estate Collection
- Thomas & Georgine Mickler Map Collection, 1735-1995
- Henry Nehrling Papers, 1886-1970
- Old Florida Structures Photographs Collection, 1971-2002
- "Sinkholes in Florida: A Geologic Hazard" Presentation, 1985
- Spanish Plays Collection, 1935-1941
- Political Papers
- Space Program Collections
- Travel and Tourism Collections
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Department of State
- The Florida
Collection "houses a treasure trove of materials about Florida's past, present,
and future. Wildlife, business, agriculture, the arts, fiction, education, government,
and history are some of the topics that researchers, students, and all fans
of Florida can explore in the Florida Collection."
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Florida History Links
- Online Catalog
"allows searching and browsing of information about the State Archives of Florida's
holdings of over 40,000 cubic feet of state and local government records and
historical manuscripts. The catalog provides descriptions of over 2,700 collections
and lists the contents of containers and folders in many of those collections."
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Florida Geological Survey
Publications of the Florida Geological Survey
Florida Documents CON...
Florida Documents NR...
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Florida State Agencies and Departments
Some of the agencies and departments for which UCF has significant historical runs of biennial
and annual reports include:
Agriculture
FL Documents AGR 1.B: (1903-1920, 1948-1952, 1960-1972)
FL Documents AGR.A1: (1972-2006)
Education
Dept of Public Instruction
Online version (1869-1930)
FL Documents EDU.A1: (1911-1912, 1917-1918, 1923-1924, 1927-1946, 1948-1974)
includes some reports from county superintendents
Board of Control / Board of Regents
Online version
1916-1962 /
1964-1968
FL Documents REG.1B: (1919-1922, 1925-1932, 1935-1954, 1958-1975)
includes some reports from individual state universities
Industrial Commission
FL Documents IND 1: (1937, 1939, 1941-1955, 1959-1960, 1963, 1965-1968)
Workmen's Compensation, Unemployment Compensation, Florida State Employment Service,
etc.
Military Affairs - Adjutant-General
FL Documents MA1: (1890, 1895-1896, 1899-1900, 1903-1904, 1907, 1969-1996, 1998-2002)
includes some lists of names of Florida National Guard members.
See also:
Special Archives publications (Florida Dept of Military Affairs)
Florida militia and National Guard muster rolls, rosters, unit histories, casualties,
fatalities, etc.
- colonial Spanish America
- Seminole Indian Wars
- War with Mexico
- Civil War
- World War I
- World War II
- Korean War
- Vietnamese Conflict
- Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm
Railroad Commission
FL Documents RA 1: (1899, 1901-1903, 1906, 1926-1932, 1935-1936, 1938-1939, 1942-1943,
1945, 1947, 1949)
FL Documents PSC 1: (1960-1968, 1973-1979/80, 1981/82-1995)
For the first sixty years of its existence this agency was known as the Florida Railroad
Commission. Its name was changed in 1947 to Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission,
in 1963 to Florida Public Utilities Commission, and in 1965 to Florida Public Service
Commission.
See also:
Minutes of the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund
Online version (1855-1974,
digitization in process)
FL Documents IIF 9: (1855-1956, 1958-1974)
"The Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, as an agency of Florida Government,
was created in 1855 to oversee the management, sale and development of public lands
granted to the State through various Congressional acts. Among the internal improvements
arranged through this agency were construction of canals, railroads and land drainage
and reclamation. The Trustees also had say in the governing and sale of Seminary
Lands, School Lands and other lands granted for specific purposes."
State
FL Documents SS 1.B: (1895-1908, 1911-1914, 1917-1922, 1925-1928, 1931-1962)
Provides voting results and various lists. For example, the 1907-1908 volume includes:
- Official Vote, Tabulated by Counties, 1908
- Judges, State Attorneys, Court Reporters, Court Clerks, County Officers
- Corporations & capital stock
- Death warrants; rewards offered
- Trademarks
- Automobiles registered (names of owners, city, make of automobile); list of
registered chauffeurs
- Notaries Public
Treasurer
Florida Documents TRE1: (1888-1890, 1895-1897, 1900-1976, 1979, 1990)
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Bibliographies and Finding Aids
A Bibliography of Florida
by James A. Servies and Lana D. Servies
Reference F 311 .S47 1995
describes "in chronological sequence according to the date of publication, the major
separate works--books, pamphlets, periodical articles, broadsides and maps--which have
touched upon Florida affairs and which were produced by Florida's printers."
- Vol. 1, 1507-1845
- Vol. 2, 1846-1880
- Vol. 3, 1881-1899
- Vol. 4, 1900-1915
Catalog of the P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History (University of Florida)
- Vol. 1, A-Fir
- Vol. 2, Fis-K
- Vol. 3, L-Sel
- Vol. 4, Sem-Z, Newspapers, Maps
The State Library of Florida provides a partial list "to locate the most usable histories
of each county." If the individual titles are not available in the
UCF Library Catalog, the researcher
may need to borrow the books through
Interlibrary Loan.
Florida History: A Bibliography
Reference F 311 .H277 [1972]
Floridiana: A Dissertation Bibliography
Reference F 311 .F73 [1979?]
A Guide to the History of Florida
Reference F 311 .G85 1989
"The East Florida Papers (178 microfilm reels) contain the complete local government
archive of Spanish East Florida (1784 to 1821). The Calendar or Index to the East Florida
Papers is a 60-drawer, 50,000 entry card file describing the contents of the Papers
on a document by document basis." The University of Florida has digitized the index.
The UCF Library does NOT have the microfilm providing the full text of the papers.
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Other Florida Resources
The Florida Handbook
Reference F 306 .F597 (1947-48+)
Florida Place Names: Alachua to Zolfo Springs
Reference F 309 .M673 1995
Browse for books about Florida history:
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Historical Sites
Markers List provides county-by-county descriptions of the location and information
on historical markers in Florida.
Boone's Florida Historical Markers & Sites: The Complete Texts of Over 700 Markers and
205 Illustrations
Reference F 312 .B66 1988
Florida Historical Index
Reference F 312 .F54 1986
"(Every historical platt site in Florida, by) it's township, range, and section."
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Maps
"an ongoing cooperative project of the State of Florida's public universities to digitize
and provide online access to maps of contemporary and historic Florida, dating from
1564 through the present. The majority of maps in this collection document historic
Florida (1564-1926), illustrating territories of the Spanish, French, English, and United
States in Florida, as well as, coastal Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Georgia
and other southeastern states."
"contains approximately 6,000 historic and contemporary Florida maps that support all
subject areas in the K-12 classroom. A friendly license allows teachers and students
to use up to 25 maps in non-commercial school projects without further permission."
provides a searchable database to identify maps of Florida dating from the early 1500s
to 1926. "You can search this database for cartographers, major place names (e.g., Pensacola,
Tampa Bay, Key West) and other keywords. You can also limit your search with a
date range."
illustrate the development of more than 130 Florida cities.
provides access to digitized maps of Florida locations from the U.S. Congressional Serial
Set.
provides access to digitized soil maps for 19 Florida counties, 1903-1921.
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Biographies
provides very brief biographical descriptions of "individuals who distinguished themselves
through their philanthropy, public service or personal or professional service, and
who have enhanced the lives of Florida's citizens."
Florida Biography & Citation Index (State Library)
"contains references to biographical information on the state's notable people and related
subjects in the books, periodicals, vertical files, newspapers, and maps of the Florida
Collection [in the State Library, Tallahassee]. Some of the resources indexed are rare,
but many are from current periodicals that might be found in the UCF Libraries or other
local libraries."
The records in this index are a subset of the State Library of Florida's library catalog
and are searched through the main catalog at
http://library.florida.gov.
To search for just the Florida Biography/Citation Index citations:
- click on the "Power Search" option (under the search box)
- on the search form, choose Florida Biography & Citation Index from the "Location"
dropdown box
- on the results of your search, you will see a list of the records with a call
number in the format FLCITE(374332.1)
- click on the "Details" button to see the detailed record
- on the detailed record, click on the "Catalog Record" tab to see the list of
citations for that record
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Museums and Archives
"database of over 400 Florida museums includes in-depth information on their collections,
exhibits, programs, etc."
Search by keyword, city, ZIP, region, or museum type:
- Anthropology
- Aquarium
- Arboretum
- Archaeology
- Art
- Botanical Garden
- Cemetery
- Children's
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- Church
- Culture
- General
- History
- Historic House
- Historical Society
- Library
- Military
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- Natural History
- Nature Center
- Park
- Planetarium
- Science
- Specialized
- University
- Zoo
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Florida Archives & Manuscripts Repositories
Historical & Genealogical Holdings in the State of Florida
Reference F 311 .H57 1992
arranged by city, briefly describes subjects of interest for holdings at libraries,
museums, historical & genealogical societies, etc.
- Library & Archives "include over 2,500 rare and out-of-print books and over
500 primary source archival collections.
Materials include:
- Sanborn fire insurance maps; building permits; and city directories
- Local history reference books; directories of local organizations dating
from the 1800s; and high school yearbooks
- Clipping files on thousands of subjects, including local individuals
and families, businesses, and significant events
- Personal papers of notable individuals including civic and government
leaders
- Records of local organizations and businesses
- Central Florida maps from the 1840s to the present
- Political posters, cards, advertising broadsides and pamphlets of early
citrus and tourism industry"
- Photo Archives (Historical Society of Central Florida) - more than 12,000 photographs
and postcards dealing with various aspects of Orange County history They range
in date from approximately the 1870's to the present, and they depict people,
buildings, businesses, streets, hotels, banks, churches, historic homes, cities,
railroads, lakes, springs, fairs, military, sports, etc.
Other Central Florida History Museums
Other Florida History Museums
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Articles and Periodicals
See also Florida newspapers and
History databases
Florida Historical Quarterly
Online version (1908+)
General Collection F 306 .F65 (1927+)
Microfilm F 306 .F65 (1908-1940)
Florida History & the Arts (State Division of Historical Resources)
Orlando Magazine
General Collection F 319 .O7 O75 (2006+)
Special Collections F 319 .O7 O75 (1983+)
previous title:
Orlando-Land
See also:
Central Florida Magazine
Special Collections F 319 .O7 C45 (1978-1991)
previous titles: Central Florida Scene, Orlando Florida Scene
South Florida History
General Collection F 306 .U72 (1989+)
continues:
Update
General Collection F 306 .U63 (1973-1988)
The Sunland Tribune
Journal of the Tampa Historical Society
Tampa Bay History
Online version (1979-1998)
General Collection F 319 .T2 T15 (1979-1989)
Tequesta
General Collection F 306 .T47 (1959-2007)
the journal of the Historical Association of Southern Florida
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Other History Resources
- History by Continents
- History by Eras & Epochs
- History by Topics
- Methods & Materials
- Other WWW Virtual Libraries
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Looking for something else? Ask for assistance
at the UCF Libraries' Research Assistance Desk or contact Ask A Librarian.
Prepared by: Rich Gause,
Government Documents Librarian
URL of this page: http://library.ucf.edu/govdocs/flahistory.asp
Last updated October 13, 2011 9:26:11 AM
