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Sponsored
by the Museum
of Florida History, the Florida History Fair (FHF) is an annual, statewide
activity that enhances the teaching and learning of history at elementary
and secondary levels.
Innovation in History: Impact and Change
A Florida History Fair entry can address any person, event, or idea from
any time or place in history, but it also must relate to the annual theme.
The following are resources available online from the State Archives
of Florida relating to this year's theme. This list gives
examples of resources available, but is not comprehensive. Additional
resources are available at the State
Archives of Florida in Tallahassee and the Florida
Electronic Library online.
Florida Topics
The list of Florida topics was developed by staff of the Museum of Florida History and the Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State.
- A Revolution in Tampa: How the Cigar Industry Changed the Face of a City
- Alligator: Donald Roebling’s Innovative All-Terrain Vehicle
- Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley: Florida’s Innovative Matriarch
- Anthony Habersack Jannus: Florida’s Transformer of Commercial Airlines
- Search Jannus. Florida Photographic Collection.
- Betty Skeleton: An Innovative Aerobatic Champion and Race Driver
- Betty Skelton Day. Film & Video. Florida Photographic Collection.
Footage of a ceremony honoring Betty Skelton, the U.S. Feminine Aerobatic Stunt Flying Champion, held at the Tampa, Florida Airport.
- British Mapmaker of the Florida Peninsula: The Innovative Career of Bernard Romans
- Clang, Clang, Clang Went the Trolley in Pensacola
- Cross-Cultural Innovations on the Florida Frontier: Daily Life at Mission San Luis de Talimali
- Search Mission San Luis. Florida Photographic Collection.
- Available at the Archives:
- Florida Park Service
Record Group Number: 000510
Creator: Florida. Division of Recreation and Parks.
Title: Division of Recreation and Parks record group.
- Dr. John P. Wall and the Fight Against Yellow Fever in Late 19th-Century Florida
- Search yellow fever. Florida Photographic Collection.
- Available at the Archives:
- State Board of Health records
Record Group Number: 000155
Series/Collection Number: .S 1810
Creator: Florida. Dept. of State. --Division of Historical Resources.
Title: Florida legislative history oral history interview files, 2000-2002.
Amount: 11.75 cubic ft
- Economic Innovations in Colonial Florida: Denys Rolle and His Utopian Dream
- Eye of the Storm: The National Hurricane Center’s Impact on Florida
- Faith, Food, and Fishing: Innovations of the Greeks at Tarpon Springs
- Search Greek. Florida Photographic Collection.
- Florida and NASA: What a Stellar Combination
- Florida’s Concrete Ships: Innovations in World War II Vessel Construction
- Florida’s Barefoot Mailmen: An Innovative Approach to an Age-Old Need
- Florida’s Seminole Indians: Their Innovative Struggle for Survival
- From Arms Smuggler to Governor: Napoleon Bonaparte Broward―A New Type of Politician
- From Hot to Cool: Ventilation in Florida
- Frozen Sunshine: Concentrated Orange Juice and Its Impact on Florida’s Citrus Industry
- Hamilton Disston: Florida’s Premier Engineer and Industrialist
- Search Disston. Florida Photographic Collection.
- Henry Webb’s Palmetto Plow: Clearing the Way for Florida’s Future
- Innovation in Civil Rights: The Tallahassee Bus Boycott of 1956
- The Civil Rights Movement in Florida. Online Classroom.
In 1954 the Supreme Court unanimously decided that school segregation was unconstitutional. The actual process of school desegregation continued into the early seventies. These images document civil rights protests to integrate buses, stores, theaters, and beaches.
- Innovation in Naval Warfare: Pensacola’s Aircraft Carriers
- Innovation in Transportation: The Intracoastal Waterway
- Innovations in Baseball: Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Robinson in Florida
- Innovations in World War II: The Role of Blimps in Anti-Submarine Warfare
- Innovations on the Florida Landscape: Canals and Mounds Constructed by the Calusa Indians
- John Gorrie: The Father of Air Conditioning, Ice, and Refrigeration
- “Lift Every Voice and Sing”: The Innovative Achievements of James Weldon Johnson
- Liquid Energy: The Impact of Gatorade on the Sports and Refreshment Industries
- Lue Gim Gong and the Orange: Florida’s Chinese Horticulturalist
- Mary McLeod Bethune and Her Innovative School for Girls
- Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator. Online Classroom.
- Search Mary McLeod Bethune. Florida Photographic Collection.
- Available at the Archives:
- Mary McLeod Bethune
Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M95-2
Creator: Williams, Daniel M. 1890-1969.
Title: Biographical records on Mary McLeod Bethune, 1890-1960.
Amount: 1.25 cubic ft.
- Perfecting Innovations: Thomas A. Edison and His Florida Laboratory
- Politics of Innovation: Populism’s Prophetic “Ocala Demands”
- Promoting Florida as Paradise: The Writings of William Bartram
- Simmering Tempers: The 1968 Florida Teachers’ Strike and its Impact on Florida Education
- Spain’s Colonial Refugee Policy and the Creation of Fort Mose
- The Cross Florida Barge Canal: The Incomplete Innovation of Four Politicians
- The Florida East Coast Railroad: An Innovation in Tourism and Transportation in Florida
- The Impact of Henry M. Flagler’s Ponce de Leon Hotel on Tourism in Florida
- The Innovative World of Walt: Animated Newcomers Arrive in Florida
- Governor Haydon Burns Walt Disney Press Conference . Film & Video. Florida Photographic Collection.
(November 15, 1965 / 18:45; B&W; sound; CA181, s.828) This film starts with the arrival by limousine of Gov. Burns and Walt Disney at the Cherry Plaza Hotel (no sound). Gov. Burns introduces Walt and Roy Disney and Walt tells of their enthusiasm toward the new Disney facility in Florida.
- Haydon Burns. A Guide to Florida Governors and the Florida Cabinet. Collections.
- The Plastic King: The Legacy of Dr. Leo Baekeland
- The Politics of Innovation: Sydney J. Catts and His Rural Road to the Governor’s Office
- Sidney Catts. A Guide to Florida Governors and the Florida Cabinet. Collections.
- Sea-Gull: America’s First Practical Steam-Powered Vessel
- Tupperware: An Innovation in American Domestic Life
- Search Tupperware. Florida Photographic Collection.
- X-Ray Vision: Thomas Edison’s Innovation in Florida
National Topics
National History Day has created a list of topics that deal with national and global themes.
- Airplanes: Transforming Transportation and Connecting the World
- Anesthesia: Improving Surgery, Improving Health
- Automated Loom: Speed Weaving
- Barbed Wire: Fencing the Future
- Barometer: Under Pressure
- Canning: Preserving Food
- Dynamite: Exploding and Expanding Construction Projects
- Electricity: Shedding Light
- Electrum: Standard Unit of Measure
- Gatlin Gun or Repeating Rifle: Faster than a Speeding Bullet
- Gutenberg Press: Spreading Literacy to the Masses
- Heliocentric Solar System: Centering Our Thoughts on Astronomy
- Household Vacuum: Cleaning Up
- Internal Combustion Engine: Speed and Energy
- Irrigation: Urbanization of Communities
- Laser Technology: Curing without Cutting
- Lateen Sails: Sailing Against the Wind
- Longbow or the Stirrup or Gunpowder: Revolutionizing Warfare
- Mercator’s Projection: A Grid of Directions
- Metallurgy: Transforming Agriculture, Military and Artistic Tools
- Ox-drawn Plow: Opening Trade, Transporting Goods
- Pendulum Clock: Measuring Time
- Photography: Capturing Time
- Plastics: The Gift that Won’t Stop Giving
- Polio Vaccine: New Hope
- Refrigeration: Cold Storage
- Sewing Machine: Seamless Production
- Spinning Jenny: Automation of Weaving
- Telegraph: Communicating Through Code
- Telephone: Communication Connection
- Telescope: Bringing the Stars into Focus
- The Compass and Exploration
- The Reaper: Slicing through Labor Costs
- The Sextant: Guided by the Stars
- The Steam Engine: Faster and Stronger
- Transcontinental Railroad: Linking a Continent
- Waterwheel: Harnessing Energy
- X-Ray: Seeing Through the Future
Guides to Collections at the Archives
Additional Resources at the Archives
The Florida State Archives is located on the first floor of the R.A. Gray Building, 500 South Bronough Street, Tallahassee, Florida, two blocks west of the State Capitol. Our public research facilities are open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. The Archives is closed Sundays, on state holidays, and on the Saturdays of Friday or Monday holidays. Researchers are encouraged to check with the Archives to verify operating hours and records availability prior to visiting. Directions to the Archives are available in an on-line map.
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