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This subcategory contains 121 links May 2, 1938 Time Magazine article 1939? by William G. Crawford, Jr. The Dark Legacy of the Johns Committee . The legacy of a Anti-American right-wing nutcase. 1895 This digital history website locates and documents many of the St. Johns River farms and plantations established on the St. Johns River between 1763 and 1784, the years Britain controlled East Florida. The inside workings of the reconstruction of civil government in Florida after the close of the civil war. By John Wallace... Published 1888 by Da Costa printing and publishing house in Jacksonville, Fla . A distinguished and influential politician. YouTube video YouTube by Carita Doggett Published 1919 by The Drew Press in [Jacksonville, Fla . Published 1886 in New York . A group of the largest news organizations in the United States selected NORC to provide the definitive picture of the Florida ballots in the uncertified presidential election of November 2000. The media group chose NORC for this work because of NORC's long-standing reputation for nonpartisan, objective, and analytically rigorous data collection and analysis. 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. Cigar rolling grew from small-scale operations started by Cuban immigrants to encompass large, factory operations that attracted immigrants from throughout Europe and Latin America to Florida’s growing cities. Florida prison system. Photographs From Florida Department of State "Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections is a multiformat ethnographic field collection documenting African-American, Arabic, Bahamian, British-American, Cuban, Greek, Italian, Minorcan, Seminole, and Slavic cultures throughout Florida. " Short biographies and photos plus more. Excellent resources Searchable A fun collection of articles by Frank D. Howard, Ph.D., 11/7/32 - 1/8/98 Florida History Collection Arranged by Topic. This is a library guide. Official site History of communities and wildlife The Florida Memory Project 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. . The collection spans a wide range of visual images from copies of mid 15th Century maps to current photographs. Most of the holdings in the collection have been obtained singly or in small groups. Together, they form the most complete portrait of Florida available--one that draws its strength from family pictures, the homes of Floridians, their work, and their pastimes. by G. K. Sharman Roadside attractions Florida - Atlas ICBM launched at Cape Canaveral, tape recorder running, carried payload of research instruments 9000 miles to Indian Ocean, "longest surface-to-surface rocket ever achieved." Encyclopedia of Florida History YouTube video. Good The Legacy of Harry Moore By 1951, however, the Florida Klan was at a crossroads. Harry T. Moore's Progressive Voters' League had registered 100,000 new black voters in the Democratic Party; NAACP branches were challenging Jim Crow ordinances over the use of public golf courses, swimming pools, and libraries; and the 1951 Florida Legislature passed an anti-mask ordinance by an overwhelming margin. The Klan responded with a rash of cross burnings and floggings from the Florida Panhandle to Miami; Hendrix declared war on "hate groups," including the NAACP, B'nai B'rith, the Catholic church, and the Federal Council of Churches of Christ; and then declared himself a candidate for governor. By the summer, the Klan began trying to roll back progress with sticks of 60 percent dynamite, with so many bombings, or attempted bombings, that the northern press dubbed it "The Florida Terror." The Moore bombing turned out to be the twelfth bombing of the year. by Sandie A. Stratton and Stacey A. Cannington Photod and texts about the European settlement of Florida Academic discussion list about Florida history and culture. This series of 15-minute quads was surveyed in 1918-19. By Kaye Maddox and Sandi King, Tommy Smith Elementary School. A very good site. a brief sketch of the main newspaper of Jacksonville Florida The oldest of the beach communities Includes links to other sites Ocala and environs. Presented by the Star-Banner. Part of a commercial website but gives a good introduction. Photos of Cocoa Beach, Florida Jacksonville pro baseball was founded in 1904. It began when the Jacksonville Jays participated in the South Atlantic League. Who were they? An HTA article. Short essays This web site explores the issues of narrative and representation in two New Deal cultural projects. Through the work of the Federal Writers' Project in Florida and photographs taken by the Farm Security Administration, I use the image of Florida to work out larger questions about a "nation of communities," documentary expression in the 1930s, and the politics of public history. Key West Cemetery By Joe Pickett, Former Station Librarian Editor's note: the following article is a reprint of an article that chronicles the history of Naval Station Mayport over the past several decades. Published 1909 by Pub. by the Georgia historical society, Savannah morning news in Savannah, Ga . 1887 book by Frank Howard, February 22, 1995. Florida in 1937. The Wreck of the Maple Leaf is unsurpassed as a source for Civil War material culture. The site combines one of the largest ships sunk during the war, carrying all the worldly goods of more than a thousand soldiers, with a river bottom environment that perfectly preserved the ship and cargo. It is the most important repository of Civil War artifacts ever found and probably will remain so. Considered among Florida shipwrecks, Maple Leaf is probably the best preserved site in Florida..... Edwin C. Bearss, Chief Historian, United States Department of Interior, National Park Service These images were created by the New Deal program, the Farm Security Administration (originally the Resettlement Administration) in order to document the hardships of farm workers during the Great Depression. The original images are stored in the Farm Security Administration Collection at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Brevard County, Florida Jacksonville, Florida New Deal Guide John Bartram’s Travels on the St. Johns River, 1765-1766 YouTube videos Pensapedia is a wiki-based encyclopedia focusing on Pensacola, Florida and the surrounding area, featuring articles on history, culture, business, and more. Jacksonville Public Library Jacksonville Public Library Famous buildings in Palatka John Horse and the Black Seminoles, the first black rebels to beat American slavery Jacksonville "The Claude Pepper Library provides online access to portions of the congressional papers of the late U.S. Senator Claude Pepper through the the Pepper Online Archival Retrieval and Information System (POLARIS). This system allows researchers to search and browse the full text of selected documents from the Senate Speeches of Claude Pepper. POLARIS provides patrons with the ability to retrieve, view, and print the full text and page images for digitized documents and the descriptive keywords used to index those documents that are not available in digital form." he Spaniards in Florida comprising the notable settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the history and antiquities of St. Augustine, founded a.d. 1565. By George R. Fairbanks. Published 1868 by C. Drew in Jacksonville, Fla . Videos "This exhibit was funded in part with historic preservation grant assistance provided by the Bureau of Historic Preservation, Florida Department of State, assisted by the Historic Preservation Advisory Council. Additional funds were provided by the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida." "Stetson Kennedy (born October 5, 1916 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an award-winning author and human rights activist. Kennedy is also known as a pioneering folklorist, a labor activist, and environmentalist. He is the author of the books: Palmetto Country, Southern Exposure, The Jim Crow Guide, The Klan Unmasked, and After Appomattox. He is co-author, with Peggy A. Bulger and Tina Bucuvalas, of South Florida Folklife." Before the arrival of the Spanish, French, or English colonists to the North Florida area, the earliest inhabitants were the Apalachee Indians. When Henry B. Plant brought the railroad to Tampa in 1884... A social history of Florida The Menorcan Cultural Society becomes involved in all things connected with the Menorcan name, whether invited or not, and will continue to struggle to see that all information on the Menorcans of Florida is accurate and properly presented. Master's thesis. The Gonzalez-Alvarez House [St. Augustine], known to generations of tourists and towns people as "The Oldest House," is one of the country's most-studied and best-documented old houses. Time Magazine. 1958 Jacksonville, Florida terrorist bombing BLACK MOBILITY IN FLORIDA IN THE DECADES FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR A brief history. World's most unusual drugstore by Donald J. Mabry. A zipped version the the Web book in pdf (ADOBE) format. It can be read online as well. The yellow fever epidemic of 1888. |
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