new at P.K. Yonge
Florida and the American Revolution
The library has acquired a poem by Spanish field marshal Bernardo de Gálvez celebrating his 1781 victory over the British at Pensacola.
Our Florida LGBTQ+ Collection and PRIDE Month
See the latest addition to the collection, our new run of south Florida newspaper The Weekly News from 1983-1984.
Meet the Award Recipients of the 2025-2026 Chase Family Grant
We are honored this year to be hosting Scott Wagner of the University of Southern California, and Henry Jacob of Yale. Find out about them and their research. With thanks to the Chase Family for supporting this grant.
By James CUsick
Papers of Sherry Sherrod DuPree Come to Special Collections
The P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History is proud to announce a donation of books and papers in Black history and culture from professor, archivist, librarian, and author Sherry Sherrod DuPree.
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James Cusick – jgcusick@ufl.edu
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Florida Federal Writers Project
We’re bringing the typescripts of the 1930s Writers Project to a new digital archive!
Celebrating Juneteenth
Among our new acquisitions are important works in Black history: a facsimile of the extremely rare slavery narrative written by Briton Hammon, shipwrecked on the Florida Coast in 1747, and the 1956 edition of the Green Book, advising Black travelers on hotels and eateries that would welcome them during the discriminatory years of segregation.
By James Cusick
Archive of the Condes of Revillagigedo Now Housed at the Archivo Nobleza
The important archive, which includes the family papers of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, has become part of the collections maintained at the Archivo Histórico de la Nobleza in Toledo. A microfilm set at University of Florida remains open for research.
By Rachel Laue
The Florida Peace Movement and Its Mission
Covering the mission and careers of activists John and Martina Linnehan, who dedicated themselves to opposing the proliferation of weapons of war.
