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By Bridget Bihm-Manuel In 1915, Ivar Widing, a Swedish immigrant living in Boston, decided to sail to Key West alone in a small boat, called the “Nutshell,” which was only five feet wide and twelve feet long. He left Boston on December 8 with a small number of supplies. Each…
By Myla Wasser During my time at the George A. Smathers Library, I’ve worked extensively with the Florida Ephemera Collection. For each piece of ephemera I determined the genre, wrote and abstract with relevant keywords, and added the date of publication. In total, I have worked with…
In celebration of Juneteenth we make some notes of its celebration in Florida and provide some poems on its themes. Juneteenth officially commemorates the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. Col. Gordon Granger, commander of the IV Corps of the Army of the Cumberland,…
This event is now available online. Join us for a talk by Larry O. Rivers (Associate Professor of History, University of West Georgia) on his new book James Hudson: Forgotten Forerunner in the Crusade for Civil Rights (2024) followed by a panel discussion about the discipline of history with…
The Ministry of Culture in Spain has acquired the extensive private archive of the Condes of Güemes y Revilla-Gigedo which will be housed in the Archivo Histórico de la Nobleza, Toledo. These papers encompass the family archive of the ancestors of Álvaro Armada Barcaiztegui, the current Conde de Revilla-Gigedo, and contain…
By Myla Wasser My understanding of archives has been shaped by two specific classes in my undergraduate term. As one of my majors is history, I took a practicum and a seminar. Me, looking through materials in the James E. Ingraham Collection. Both classes focused on the process…
In remembrance of D-Day, and in commemoration of its 80th anniversary, we offer a few excerpts from the letters of Irving Weintraub, a doctor and lieutenant in the medical corps, to his wife Elizabeth concerning the D-Day landing and his experiences immediately after. June 6, 1944 My Darling Bett:…
Julien Chandler Yonge, about 15 or 16 years old – From an original photograph belonging to Joel Henry Horne. His cap bears the initials for the Alabama Male College (later Auburn) and his lapel pin shows the initials of his fraternity, Phi Kappa Alpha. This year marks the 145th anniversary…
By James Cusick – We’ve been having a lot of fun at recent classes held in the libraries. We now have our own version of steampunk technology in the form of a working 1905 stereoviewer that’s operated by nickels! Donated by UF alumnus David Snedeker, the Mills Novelty stereoviewer allows…
By James Cusick The P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History is proud to announce a donation of books and papers on local Black history and religious history from professor, archivist, librarian, and author Sherry Sherrod DuPree. DuPree holds an MA in educational media from North Carolina Central University and an…
