Resources for the 2012-13 Florida History Fair

Additional Primary and Secondary Resources Related to the Florida Topics

Forever Changed: Florida and Juan Ponce de León’s 1513 Voyage

Florida Memory

• Early Florida Maps, Florida Photographic Collection
• Juan Ponce de León, Florida Photographic Collection
• An Act to Remove the Remains of Ponce de León to Florida, Significant Documents, Exhibits

State Library of Florida

• Florida’s Spanish Colonial History Bibliography
• Native American Tribes in Florida Bibliography

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• University of Florida, Spanish Borderlands Collections
• University of South Florida, Early Visions of Florida

Printed Primary Sources

• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca (University of Nebraska, 2003).
• Bartolomé de Las Casas, A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies (various editions).
• Lawrence Clayton, et al., The De Soto Chronicles (University of Alabama, 1995).
• Knight of Elvas, The Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida… (various editions).
  --sometimes published under the “Gentleman of Elvas.”
• Garcilaso de la Vega, The Florida of the Inca (various editions).

Key Secondary Sources

• Alfred Crosby, The Columbian Exchange (Greenwood, 1973).
• Michael Gannon, The Cross in the Sand (University of Florida, 1965).
• Jerald T. Milanich, Florida Indians and the Invasion from Europe (University of Florida, 1998).
• David J. Weber, The Spanish Frontier in North America (Yale, 2009).

Turning Point for Native Cultures: The Arrival of Europeans and Africans in Florida

Florida Memory

• Early Florida Maps, Florida Photographic Collection
• Hernando de Soto, Florida Photographic Collection
• Juan Ponce de León, Florida Photographic Collection
• Pánfilo de Narváez, Florida Photographic Collection

State Library of Florida

• Florida’s French Heritage Bibliography
• Florida’s Spanish Colonial History Bibliography
• Native American Tribes in Florida Bibliography

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• University of Florida, Spanish Borderlands Collections
• University of South Florida, Early Visions of Florida

Printed Primary Sources

• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca (University of Nebraska, 2003).
• Bartolomé de Las Casas, A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies (various editions).
• Lawrence Clayton, et al., The De Soto Chronicles (University of Alabama, 1995).
• Knight of Elvas, The Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida… (various editions).
  --sometimes published under the “Gentleman of Elvas.”
• Garcilaso de la Vega, The Florida of the Inca (various editions).

Key Secondary Sources

• Alfred Crosby, The Columbian Exchange (Greenwood, 1973).
• Michael Gannon, The Cross in the Sand (University of Florida, 1965).
• Jerald T. Milanich, Florida Indians and the Invasion from Europe (University of Florida, 1998).
• David J. Weber, The Spanish Frontier in North America (Yale, 2009).

The Expedition of Pánfilo de Narváez: Opening Florida to Exploration

Florida Memory

• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Florida Photographic Collection
• Pánfilo de Narváez, Florida Photographic Collection

State Library of Florida

• Florida’s Spanish Colonial History Bibliography
• Native American Tribes in Florida Bibliography

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• University of Florida Digital Collections, Spanish Borderlands Collections
• University of South Florida, Early Visions of Florida

Printed Primary Sources

• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca (University of Nebraska, 2003).

Key Secondary Sources

• Alfred Crosby, The Columbian Exchange (Greenwood, 1973).
• Michael Gannon, The Cross in the Sand (University of Florida, 1965).
• Jerald T. Milanich, Florida Indians and the Invasion from Europe (University of Florida, 1998).
• David J. Weber, The Spanish Frontier in North America (Yale, 2009).

Hernando de Soto and the Spread of European Disease to Native Peoples

Florida Memory

• Hernando de Soto, Florida Photographic Collection

State Library of Florida

• Florida’s Spanish Colonial History Bibliography
• Native American Tribes in Florida Bibliography

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• University of Florida, Spanish Borderlands Collections
• University of South Florida, Early Visions of Florida

Printed Primary Sources

• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca (University of Nebraska, 2003).
• Bartolomé de Las Casas, A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies (various editions).
• Lawrence Clayton, et al., The De Soto Chronicles (University of Alabama, 1995).
• Knight of Elvas, The Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida… (various editions).
• Garcilaso de la Vega, The Florida of the Inca (various editions).

Key Secondary Sources

• Alfred Crosby, The Columbian Exchange (Greenwood, 1973).
• Robbie Ethridge, From Chicaza to Chickasaw (University of North Carolina, 2010).
• Charles Ewen, Hernando de Soto Among the Apalachee (University of Florida, 1998).
• Patricia Galloway, The Hernando de Soto Expedition (University of Nebraska, 1997).
• Michael Gannon, The Cross in the Sand (University of Florida, 1965).
• Jerald T. Milanich, Florida Indians and the Invasion from Europe (University of Florida, 1998).
• United States De Soto Expedition Commission, Final Report of the United States De Soto Expedition Commission (Smithsonian, 1985).
• David J. Weber, The Spanish Frontier in North America (Yale, 2009).

The French in Florida: Impetus for Spanish Action

Florida Memory

• Theodor de Bry’s Engravings of the Timucua, Collections
• Jacques Le Moyne, Florida Photographic Collection
• Jean Ribault, Florida Photographic Collection
• René de Laudonnière, Florida Photographic Collection
• Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Florida Photographic Collection

State Library of Florida

• Florida’s French Heritage Bibliography
• Native American Tribes in Florida Bibliography

Division of Historical Resources

• Florida French Heritage Trail

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• University of South Florida, Early Visions of Florida

Printed Primary Sources

• Charles Bennett, Laudonnière & Fort Caroline: History and Documents (University of Alabama, 2001).
• René Goulaine de Laudonnière, A Notable History Containing Four Voyages Made By Certain French Captains Unto Florida (various editions).
• Jacques Le Moyne, Narrative of Le Moyne, An Artist who Accompanied the French Expedition to Florida under Laudonnière, 1564 (Osgood, 1875).
• Jean Ribault, The Whole & True Discouerye of Terra Florida (University of Florida, 1974).

St. Augustine: The First Permanent European Settlement in Florida

Florida Memory

• Search St. Augustine in All Collections on Florida Memory
• Search Spanish St. Augustine in All Collections on Florida Memory
• WPA Church Record for the St. Augustine Cathedral

State Library of Florida

• Florida’s Spanish Colonial History Bibliography
• Native American Tribes in Florida Bibliography

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• St. Augustine Historical Society
• University of Florida, Spanish Borderlands Collections
• University of Florida, Spanish Colonial St. Augustine
• University of South Florida, Early Visions of Florida

Key Secondary Sources

• Michael Gannon, The Cross in the Sand (University of Florida, 1965).
• David J. Weber, The Spanish Frontier in North America (Yale, 2009).

Mission San Luis: A Microcosm of Spanish and Native Interaction

Florida Memory

• Mission San Luis, Florida Photographic Collection

State Library of Florida

• Florida’s Spanish Colonial History Bibliography
• Native American Tribes in Florida Bibliography

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• University of Florida, Spanish Borderlands Collections
• University of South Florida, Early Visions of Florida

Key Secondary Sources

• Mark F. Boyd, Here they Once Stood (University of Florida, 1951).
• Michael Gannon, The Cross in the Sand (University of Florida, 1965).
• John H. Hann, Apalachee (University of Florida, 1988).
• Jerald T. Milanich, Laboring in the Fields of the Lord (University of Florida, 2006).
• David J. Weber, The Spanish Frontier in North America (Yale, 2009).

Governor James Moore and the Destruction of Apalachee in 1704

Florida Memory

• Mission San Luis, Florida Photographic Collection

State Library of Florida

• Florida’s Spanish Colonial History Bibliography
• Native American Tribes in Florida Bibliography

Division of Historical Resources

• Mission San Luis, Living History and National Landmark Site

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• University of Florida, Spanish Borderlands Collections
• University of South Florida, Early Visions of Florida

Printed Primary Sources

• Extracts of accounts of Moore’s campaign printed in John H. Hann, Apalachee (University of Florida, 1988).

Key Secondary Sources

• Mark F. Boyd, Here they Once Stood (University of Florida, 1951).
• Michael Gannon, The Cross in the Sand (University of Florida, 1965).
• John H. Hann, Apalachee (University of Florida, 1988).
• Jerald T. Milanich, Laboring in the Fields of the Lord (University of Florida, 2006).
• David J. Weber, The Spanish Frontier in North America (Yale, 2009).

The Adams-Onís Treaty: Florida Joins the United States Union

Florida Memory

• Changing of the Flags at St. Augustine, Florida Photographic Collection
• Spanish Land Grants Collection, Collections

State Library of Florida

• Florida’s Spanish Colonial History Bibliography
• Native American Tribes in Florida Bibliography

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• University of Florida, Spanish Borderlands Collections

Printed Primary Sources

• William H. Simmons, Notices of East Florida (A.E. Miller, 1822).
• John Lee Williams, The Territory of Florida (A.T. Goodrich, 1837).

Key Secondary Sources

• David J. Weber, The Spanish Frontier in North America (Yale, 2009).
• J. Leitch Wright, Creeks and Seminoles (University of Nebraska, 1986).

The Dade Massacre: Beginning of the Second Seminole War

Florida Memory

• Dade Massacre, Florida Photographic Collection
• General Thomas Sidney Jesup Diary, Collections
• Second Seminole War in All Collections on Florida Memory

State Library of Florida

• Native American Tribes in Florida Bibliography

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• University of Florida, Map of the Seat of War (1838)

Key Secondary Sources

• Frank Laumer, Massacre! (University of Florida, 1968).
• John K. Mahon, The History of the Second Seminole War (University of Florida, 2010).
• J. Leitch Wright, Creeks and Seminoles (University of Nebraska, 1986).

Dr. John Gorrie: Beginning of Air Conditioning, Beginning of Change

Florida Memory

• John Gorrie, Florida Photographic Collection.
• Early Florida Medicine, Exhibits

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• John Gorrie Museum State Park, Apalachicola, Florida

Key Secondary Sources

• Raymond B. Becker, John Gorrie, M.D. (Carlton, 1972).
• Vivian M. Sherlock, The Fever Man (Medallion, 1982).

Florida’s Secession Convention of 1861: A Meeting that Changed Florida History

Florida Memory

• Call and Brevard Family Papers, Collections
• Civil War in All Collections on Florida Memory
• Distant Storm, a Civil War Sesquicentennial Exhibit
• Florida’s Ordinance of Secession (1861)
• Guide to Civil War Resources at the State Archives of Florida

State Library of Florida

• Civil War Bibliography

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• Civil War and Reconstruction documents from the Library of Congress
• Civil War Resources from the Library of Congress
• Discovering the Civil War from the National Archives
• University of Florida, Florida and the Civil War

Susan Bradford Eppes: The Civil War and a Life Changed

Florida Memory

• Susan Bradford Eppes, Florida Photographic Collection
• Call and Brevard Family Papers, Collections
• Civil War in All Collections on Florida Memory
• Distant Storm, a Civil War Sesquicentennial Exhibit
• Florida’s Ordinance of Secession (1861)
• Guide to Civil War Resources at the State Archives of Florida

State Library of Florida

• Civil War Bibliography

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• Library of Congress, Civil War and Reconstruction
• Library of Congress, Civil War Resources
• The National Archives, Discovering the Civil War
• University of Florida, Florida and the Civil War
• University of Florida, Susan Bradford Eppes, Though Some Eventful Years

The Union Blockade: Turning Point for the Civil War in Florida

Florida Memory

• Call and Brevard Family Papers, Collections
• Civil War in All Collections on Florida Memory
• Distant Storm, a Civil War Sesquicentennial Exhibit
• Florida’s Ordinance of Secession (1861)
• Guide to Civil War Resources at the State Archives of Florida

State Library of Florida

• Civil War Bibliography

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• Library of Congress, Civil War and Reconstruction
• Library of Congress, Civil War Resources
• The National Archives, Discovering the Civil War
• University of Florida, Florida and the Civil War

Chloe Merrick Reed and Reconstruction in Florida: A Turning Point in Public Education

Florida Memory

• Chloe Merrick Reed, Florida Photographic Collection
• Collections Pertaining to Women’s History from the State Library and Archives of Florida
• Guide to Resources on African-American history at the State Archives of Florida
• Reconstruction, Significant Documents, Exhibits

State Library of Florida

• Florida’s African-American History Bibliography

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• Library of Congress, Civil War and Reconstruction
• The National Archives, Reconstruction

The Impact of Jonathan C. Gibbs on Florida’s Reconstruction

Florida Memory

• Jonathan C. Gibbs, Florida Photographic Collection
• Governors Guide, Secretary of State
• Guide to Resources on African-American history at the State Archives of Florida
• Reconstruction, Significant Documents, Exhibits

State Library of Florida

• Florida’s African-American History Bibliography

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• Library of Congress, Civil War and Reconstruction
• The National Archives, Reconstruction

The Cuban Cigar Industry Moves to Key West: Turning Point for Hispanic Communities

Florida Memory

• Cigar, Florida Photographic Collection
• Florida Cigars: Artistry, Labor, and Politics in Florida's Oldest Industry, Photo Exhibit
• Flower of Tampa, Video
• Interview with cigar roller Domingo Rojas
• The Cigar Industry Changes Florida, Online Classroom

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• Florida International University, Cuban Research Institute
• University of Florida, Digital Library of the Caribbean
• University of Florida, Latin American Collection
• University of Miami, Digital Collections on Cuba and Cuban Heritage
• University of South Florida, Ybor City Oral Histories

The Grand Hotels of Flagler and Plant: The First Great Era of Florida Tourism

Florida Memory

• Henry Morrison Flagler, Florida Photographic Collection
• Henry Flagler, "Homes and Haunts", Florida Photographic Collection
• Florida East Coast Railway, Florida Photographic Collection
• Flagler College, Florida Photographic Collection
  --Search other hotels built by Henry Flagler: Hotel Ponce de Leon (St. Augustine, now part of Flagler College), Royal Poinciana Hotel (Palm Beach), Palm Beach Inn (now the Breakers), and Royal Palm Hotel (Miami).
• Henry Bradley Plant, Florida Photographic Collection
• Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Florida Photographic Collection
• Tampa Bay Hotel, Florida Photographic Collection.
  --Search other hotels built by Henry Plant: The Ocala House, The Seminole (Winter Park), Hotel Kissimmee, the Inn at Port Tampa, Hotel Belleview (Belleview Biltmore, Bellaire), Hotel Punta Gorda, and the Fort Myers Hotel.

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• Flagler Enterprises Letters, Florida State University Special Collections
• Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa, Florida

The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1888: The Beginning of Public Health in Florida

Florida Memory

• Yellow Fever, Florida Photographic Collection
• Early Florida Medicine, Exhibits

The Great Freeze of 1895: A Turning Point for Florida’s Citrus Industry

Florida Memory

• Bittersweet: The Rise and Fall of the Citrus Industry in Florida, Photo Exhibit
• Great Freeze of 1895, Florida Photographic Collection
• Great Freeze of 1894, Florida Photographic Collection

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• University of Florida, History of Florida Citrus Oral History Collection
• University of South Florida, Florida Citrus Industry Oral Histories
• University of South Florida, Selling Sunshine: Florida’s Citrus Industry

Key Secondary Sources

• Alissa Hamilton, Squeezed (Yale, 2009).
• John McPhee, Oranges (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966).

Ivy Stranahan and the Reemergence of Seminole Indian Culture in Florida

Florida Memory

• Seminole Indians in All Collections on Florida Memory
• Ivy Stranahan, Florida Photographic Collection

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• Fort Lauderdale History Center
• Seminole Tribe of Florida, Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum and Archives
• University of Florida, Seminole Oral History Collection

Key Secondary Sources

• August Burghard, Mrs. Frank Stranahan, Pioneer (Ft. Lauderdale Historical Society, 1968).
• Harry Kersey, Pelts, Plumes and Hides (University of Florida, 1975).

River of Grass: Turning Point for the Everglades

Florida Memory

• Everglades, Florida Photographic Collection
• Everglades, Video
• Marjory Stoneman Douglas in All Collections on Florida Memory
• The Everglades in the Time of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Photo Exhibit

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• Florida International University Libraries in Miami, Everglades Digital Library
• PALMM and Florida International University, Reclaiming the Everglades Project
• PALMM, Southwest Florida Environmental Documents Collection
• University of Florida, America’s Swamp: The Historical Everglades

Key Secondary Sources

• Nelson M. Blake, Land into Water, Water into Land (University of Florida, 1989).
• Jack E. Davis, An Everglades Providence (University of Georgia, 2009).
• Mark Derr, Some Kind of Paradise (University of Florida, 1998).
• Michael Grunwald, The Swamp (Simon & Schuster, 2006).
• David McCally, The Everglades (University of Florida, 2000).
• Marjory Stoneman Douglas, The River of Grass (various editions).
• Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Voice of the River (Pineapple Press, 1987).

Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune’s School for Girls: A Turning Point in Education

Florida Memory

• Mary McLeod Bethune in All Collections on Florida Memory
• Mary McLeod Bethune, Online Classroom
• Mary McLeod Bethune, Video

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• University of Florida, Florida African American Oral History Collection
• University of South Florida, Florida Civil Rights Oral Histories

Printed Primary Sources

• Mary McLeod Bethune, Building a Better World (Indiana University, 1999).

The 1926 Miami Hurricane: Florida’s Turning Point to Economic Depression

Florida Memory

• 1926 Hurricane, Florida Photographic Collection

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• National Weather Service, Memorial Web Page for the 1926 Great Miami Hurricane

Key Secondary Sources

• Jay Barnes, Florida’s Hurricane History (University of North Carolina, 2007).
• Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Hurricane (Rinehart & Co., 1958).

The Tabert Scandal: Turning Point in the Dissolution of Florida’s Convict Lease System

Florida Memory

• Convict Labor, Florida Photographic Collection
• Martin Tabert, Florida Photographic Collection
• Abolish the Lease and Lash, Florida Broadsides

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• Florida Department of Corrections, Convict Lease System
• University of Florida, Florida African American Oral History Collection
• University of South Florida, Florida Civil Rights Oral Histories

Florida and the U-Boats: Torpedoes, Saboteurs, and the Battle of the Atlantic

Florida Memory

• World War II in All Collections on Florida Memory
• Blackout orders for Palm Beach, Significant Documents

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• University of Florida, World War II Oral History Collections
• Library of Congress, World War II Collections Guide
• National Archives, World War II Records

Military Training in World War II Florida: Laying the Foundation for Postwar Growth

Florida Memory

• Blackout orders for Palm Beach, Significant Documents
• Troop Maneuvers at Wakulla Springs, Video
• World War II in All Collections on Florida Memory

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• University of Florida, World War II Oral History Collections
• Library of Congress, World War II Collections Guide
• National Archives, World War II Records

Key Secondary Sources

• John Daniel Hutchinson, “Sites of Contention: Military Bases and the Transformation of the American South during World War II,” (Dissertation, Florida State University, 2011).

The Space Program in Florida

Florida Memory

• NASA and the Space Program Change Florida, Online Classroom
• Space Program in All Collections on Florida Memory
• Space Program, Video

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Florida Tourism: Walt Disney World and the First Mega-Theme Parks

Florida Memory

• Walt Disney World in All Collections on Florida Memory
• Walt Disney World, Video

Harry T. Moore and the Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement in Florida

Florida Memory

• Racism and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Florida, Photo Exhibit
• Images of the Civil Rights Movement in Florida, Online Classroom
• Black History Month, Online Classroom
• Harry Tyson Moore, Florida Photographic Collection
• Civil Rights Movement, Florida Photographic Collection
• Integration, Florida Photographic Collection
• Jim Crow, Florida Photographic Collection
• Segregation, Florida Photographic Collection
• St. Augustine Race Riots, Video
• Governor Farris Bryant Addresses Senate Commerce Committee, Video
• Guide to African-American Resources in the State Library and Archives of Florida, Collections

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Harry T. Moore,
• Mims, Florida, Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Cultural Center
• University of Florida, Florida African American Oral History Collection
• University of South Florida, Florida Civil Rights Oral Histories

Key Secondary Sources

• Ben Green, Before His Time (University of Florida, 2005).
• Samuel C. Hyde, Sunbelt Revolution (University of Florida, 2003).
• Timothy J. Minchin, From Rights to Economics (University of Florida, 2007).
• Irvin D.S. Winsboro, Old South, New South, or Down South? (West Virginia University, 2009).

Fidel Castro and the Cuban Exodus: Turning Point for a People

Florida Memory

• Refugees, Florida Photographic Collection
• Julio 26, Video
• The Plight of Pepito, Video
• Interview with Marta Keen
• Interview with Aleida Martinez-Garrido
• Interview with Dr. Helen Safa

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• Florida International University, Cuban Research Institute
• U.S. Immigration Service, History of Cuban Immigration to the United States
• University of Florida, Latin American Collection
• University of Florida, Digital Library of the Caribbean
• University of Miami, Digital Collections on Cuba and Cuban Heritage

Key Secondary Sources

• Maria Cristina Garcia, Havana U.S.A. (University of California, 1996).
• Louis A. Perez, Cuba (Oxford University Press, 1995).
• Louis A. Perez, On Becoming Cuban (University of North Carolina, 1999).
• Maria de los Angeles Torres, In the Land of Mirrors (University of Michigan, 1999).

Gideon v. Wainwright: A Landmark Supreme Court Case

Florida Memory

• Clarence Earl Gideon, Florida Photographic Collection
• Gideon v. Wainwright, Significant Documents

Winner Takes All: The Courts and Florida’s Golden Shipwrecks

Florida Memory

• Shipwrecks in All Collections on Florida Memory

Division of Historical Resources

• Underwater Archeology

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• The Florida Legislature, Florida Statutes
• National Park Service, Florida Shipwrecks

Key Secondary Sources

• Roger C. Smith, et al., An Atlas of Maritime Florida (University of Florida, 1997).

Governor LeRoy Collins on Civil Rights: Florida Breaks Away from the Old South

Florida Memory

• LeRoy Collins in All Collections on Florida Memory
• LeRoy Collins response to the Interposition Statement, Significant Documents
• LeRoy Collins, Videos

Florida Department of State on YouTube

• Great Floridians Film Series

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• University of Florida, Florida African American Oral History Collection
• University of South Florida, Florida Civil Rights Oral Histories

Key Secondary Source

• Martin A. Dyckman, Floridian of His Century (University of Florida, 2006).
• Tom Wagy, Governor LeRoy Collins of Florida (University of Alabama, 1985).

Florida’s Government in the Sunshine: How Reubin Askew Made the Difference

Florida Memory

• Reubin Askew in All Collections on Florida Memory

Additional Resources at Other Institutions

• The Florida Legislature, Florida Statutes

Key Secondary Sources

• Martin A. Dyckman, Reubin O’D. Askew and the Golden Age of Florida Politics (University of Florida, 2011).

Additional Resources at the State Library and Archives

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Additional Resources at Your Library

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Additional Resources Online

• Exploring Florida: Social Studies Resources for Students and Teachers
• Florida Electronic Library
• PALMM (Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials)
• State Archives of Florida (online catalog)
• State Library of Florida (online catalog)
• University of Florida, Florida Digital Newspaper Library
• University of Florida, Oral History Collections
• The Florida Channel, Florida Crossroads, educational videos on Florida history and culture
• The Florida Historical Society, Florida Frontiers, weekly radio program on Florida history and culture