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What is the Florida Memory Project?

The Florida Memory Project is an online exhibit of over 450,000 audio recordings, documents, photographs and video clips from the collections of the State Archives of Florida. Here is a brief introduction to the five primary components of the Florida Memory Project.

 

1) The Florida Photographic Collection: a nationally recognized component of the Florida State Archives. Over 150,000 photographs have been scanned and placed on this web site.

The collection spans a wide range of visual images from copies of mid 15th Century maps to current photographs. Together, they form the most complete portrait of Florida available--one that draws its strength from family photographs, the homes of Floridians, their work, and their pastimes.

The film and video tapes in the Florida Photographic Collection date from 1917 to the 1980s, and have been described by other film archives as "unique in the nation."

Short clips from fifty of these films have been placed on this web site. The films and video tapes selected date from 1916 to the 1980s and cover a variety of topics including education, environment, family life, industry, integration, politics, sports, and World War II.

   
 

2) The Online Classroom: designed to help educators use photographs and documents from the Florida State Archives. Lesson plans are correlated to the Sunshine State Standards.

The Online Classroom also showcases collaborative projects between the Florida State Archives and Florida schools. These projects help students make a personal connection to the primary source documents that tell the stories of their communities.

   
 

3) Highlights of Florida History: provides images of historically significant documents from the Florida State Archives' collections.

These documents represent some of the formative events in Florida history and offer an important resource to researchers and students.

   
 

4) Collections: selected historical and genealogical collections, databases, and finding aids.

Includes maps, military records, government records, and folklife audio files.

   
 

5) Timeline: a timeline of people and events featured on the Florida Memory Site.

 


NEW AND NOTEWORTHY ON FLORIDA MEMORY
Broadsides   Florida Blues   Cigar Workers
Selling, Telling, and Yelling: Florida broadsides and other ephemera, 1800-2000 Before television, radio, and the internet, Florida society communicated widely and often through broadsides, advertisements, flyers, and other ephemera.   Florida Blues Each of our neighboring southern states has placed a unique brand on the music’s form and sound—Florida hasn’t done a bad job of that in its own right.   Florida Cigars: Artistry, Labor, and Politics in Florida’s Oldest Industry Commercial cigar rolling first came to Florida in the 1830s and in the decades after the Civil War it became one of the most important industries in the southeastern United States.

 


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The Florida Memory Project is funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Florida Department of State, State Library & Archives of Florida. Contact Us. Disclaimer.

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