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A brief guide to the state in the 20th century, with an emphasis on the political and social
history.
http://www.nettally.com/JAG/new5576GuidetoModernFloridaHistory.htm
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Society of Florida Archivists
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.
http://www.florida-archivists.org/
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NASA Manned Missions
Historical archives of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, from the Kennedy Space
Center at Cape Canaveral.
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/inforcenter/history/history.html
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Mission San Luis
The Florida Department of State describes the early settlement and capital of La Florida from 1656
to 1704. Includes reconstructions of Apalachee buildings.
http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/bar/san_luis/
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Historic Roads and Highways of Florida - US routes
Densely packed descriptions, maps, stories, and links for history buffs interested in the tale of
Florida highways.
http://home.earthlink.net/~us98/flus.htm
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Fort Mose Free African Settlement
Online historical reference to a free African community in Spanish Colonial Florida.
http://www.oldcity.com/mose/
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Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie
The Henrietta Marie sank near Key West in 1701 after delivering a consignment of African captives
to the island of Jamaica.
http://www.historical-museum.org/exhibits/hm/henmarie.htm
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WPA Life Histories from Florida
Depression-era reminiscences of ordinary Floridians, some written by novelists and poets who later
achieved fame. From the U.S. Library of Congress files.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/flcat.html
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Tour of the Florida Territory, 1792-1859
A county-by-county tour of antebellum historic locations.
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Stadium/1528/
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Florida Historic Maps, 1836-1900
Multi-resolution maps from the American Memory Collection of the Library of Congress.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/gmd:@filreq(@field(STATE+florida)+@field(COLLID+rrmap))
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Find A Grave By State: Florida
Locate the graves of notable people throughout the state. Includes many photographs, biographies,
and visitor comments plus links to famous sites in other states.
http://www.findagrave.com/state/11.html
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A Short History of Florida
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.
http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/flafacts/shorthis.html
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South Florida Radio History, 1923-Present
The history of radio in south Florida. Entertaining and informative facts, stories, and anecdotes.
http://www.univox.com/radio/radioh.html
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Florida Historical Societies
Locate address information (including web site links) for historical societies in each county
within the state of Florida.
http://www.daddezio.com/society/hill/SH-FL-NDX.html
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The Floridians Text Book
A promising interactive textbook in progress, covering the history of Florida from aboriginal times
to the present-day.
http://www.floridahistory.org/floridians/textpg.htm
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Florida History and the Arts
Back issues of the official state publication on line.
http://www.flheritage.com/magazine/indexwinter2000.html
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United States-Spain Treaty of 1819
The original agreement transferring Florida to the United States of America. Provided by the Modern
History Sourcebook.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1819florida.html
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Florida State Archives
Searchable collections of manuscripts, war records, historic images, vital statistics, and other
state archives.
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/fsa.html
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Special Collections, University of North Florida
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.
http://www.unf.edu/library/per/papers.html
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Scottish Highland Games and Celtic Festival
In celebration of the Scottish and Celtic families who settled North Florida.
http://members.tripod.com/~MargeM/SCOTTISH.HTM
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Florida Military Collection
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.
http://snoopy.tblc.lib.fl.us/utlibrary/FlaMilco.htm
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Wallace Reichelt Oral History Project, Florida State University
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.
http://www.fsu.edu/~ohp/
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Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942
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.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/flwpahtml/
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University of South Florida (Tampa) - Special Collections Department
Focuses on Tampa and Florida History. Oral history, manuscript collections, historic photographs,
and bibliographies.
http://www.lib.usf.edu/spccoll/
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Florida et Apalche
1597 map by Flemish mapmaker Cornelius Wytfliet.
http://www.humanities-interactive.org/crossroads/ex026_06a.html
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Emanuel Point Shipwreck
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.
http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/ep/
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Florida Kids
A place for Florida kids to learn, explore, and amuse themselves with Florida history &
education.
http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/kids/
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Florida Newspaper Project
Florida newspapers are being cataloged to full level CONSER standards. Microfilm of newspapers is
produced to national preservation standards.
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/flnews/
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Florida History Internet Center
A history of Florida and guide to historic sites across the state. A site search engine allows
people to locate photographs, articles, and documents on Florida places and events.
http://www.floridahistory.org
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Florida Historical Contexts
A multimedia presentation on the history of aboriginal Florida.
http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/bar/hist_contexts/index.html
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The Florida Department of State - Division of Historical Resources
Florida Division of Historical Resources web site with pages on archaeology, grants, museum of
Florida History, underwater preserves, history, and folklife.
http://www.flheritage.com/contents.html
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Florida Division of Historical Resources
Archaeology, grants, museum of Florida History, underwater preserves, history, and folklife.
http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/
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Florida Historical Society
Cultural organization. Bookstore, journeys for the junior historian, family history, library,
Florida Historical Quarterly, research requests and membership.
http://florida-historical-soc.org/
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