new at P.K. Yonge
By Myla Wasser
Tips for Finding the Dates of Brochures and Ephemera
Archival assistant Myla Wasser has researched almost 2,300 items in the Florida Ephemera Collection and discusses methods for deriving publication dates.
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.
By Bridget Bihm-Manuel
Florida is Calling Exhibit
A new exhibit entitled “Florida is Calling and I Must Go,” highlights fascinating traveler accounts about visiting Florida, mostly from unpublished sources and usually illustrated by the authors. Follow Ivar Widing on his 1915-1916 sea trek from Boston to Key West or tag-a-long with an 1894 visitor to Gainesville.
Meet the Award Recipients of the 2024-2025 Chase Family Grant
We were honored to host Charlotte Biggs of the University of California, Riverside, and Lyn Hemmingway of the University of Georgia. Find out about them and their research. With thanks to the Chase Family for supporting this grant.
Get Reference or Research Help
James Cusick – jgcusick@ufl.edu
Bridget Bihm-Manuel – bmbm@ufl.edu
Florida Federal Writers Project
We’re bringing the typescripts of the 1930s Writers Project to a new digital archive!
By Bridget Bihm-Manuel, Rachel Laue and James Cusick
Florida LGBTQ+ Collection
With thanks to the Stonewall National Museum, Archive and Library the collection now includes runs of the Jacksonville/South Florida publication David and of the newspaper The Express.
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.
