History Society and Culture Florida United States

History Society and Culture Florida United States

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- Pages on archaeology, grants, museums, underwater preserves, history, and folklife. Site map, section on state historical commission.

- Searchable collections of manuscripts, war records, historic images, vital statistics, and other state archives.

- An underwater wreck thought to be from Tristan de Luna's 1559 expedition which sunk off the tip of Santa Rosa Island. The wreck is still being explored by state and university underwater archeologists with volunteer help. Includes virtual tour.
- Among others, includes major manuscript and biographical collections about Eartha M. M. White (prominent African-American), Arthur N. Sollee, Sr. (engineer and planner for Jacksonville), and legislators Joe Carlucci and John E. Mathews, Jr.
- Cultural organization. Bookstore, journeys for the junior historian, family history, library, Florida Historical Quarterly, research requests and membership.
- Locate the graves of notable people throughout the state. Includes many photographs, biographies, and visitor comments plus links to famous sites in other states.
- Historical archives of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral.
- The original agreement transferring Florida to the United States of America. Provided by the Modern History Sourcebook.
- Folksongs, folktales, and life histories of African-American, Arabic, Bahamian, British-American, Cuban, Greek, Italian, Minorcan, Seminole, and Slavic cultures throughout the state, recorded under the auspices of the WPA arts projects in Florida.
- Archaeology, grants, museum of Florida History, underwater preserves, history, and folklife.
- In celebration of the Scottish and Celtic families who settled North Florida.
- Locate address information (including web site links) for historical societies in each county within the state of Florida.
- With an index of oral interviews, some of which are now readable on the web. Covering the history of Tallahassee, the state, and W.W.II.
- A brief guide to the state in the 20th century, with an emphasis on the political and social history.
- 1597 map by Flemish mapmaker Cornelius Wytfliet.
- Depression-era reminiscences of ordinary Floridians, some written by novelists and poets who later achieved fame. From the U.S. Library of Congress files.
- Focuses on Tampa and Florida History. Oral history, manuscript collections, historic photographs, and bibliographies.
- A place for Florida kids to learn, explore, and amuse themselves with Florida history & education.
- A promising interactive textbook in progress, covering the history of Florida from aboriginal times to the present-day.
- Established and maintained by the Suncoast Chapter of the Association of the United States Army for ROTC and history students at the University of Tampa.
- The history of radio in south Florida. Entertaining and informative facts, stories, and anecdotes.
- The Florida Department of State describes the early settlement and capital of La Florida from 1656 to 1704. Includes reconstructions of Apalachee buildings.
- Florida newspapers are being cataloged to full level CONSER standards. Microfilm of newspapers is produced to national preservation standards.
- Densely packed descriptions, maps, stories, and links for history buffs interested in the tale of Florida highways.
- A concise history of the state "from the stone age to the space age" by the Florida Department of State's Division of Historical Resources.
- A history of Florida and guide to historic sites across the state, with detailed timeline from 1497 to the present day.
- Academics, librarians, government officials and individuals working to preserve documents of historical value including papers, maps, photos, films, audio recordings and electronic records. Newsletter, listserv, annual conference, membership application.
- A multimedia presentation on the history of aboriginal Florida.
- Multi-resolution maps from the American Memory Collection of the Library of Congress.
- The Henrietta Marie sank near Key West in 1701 after delivering a consignment of African captives to the island of Jamaica.

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