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TERRITORIAL
FLORIDA 1821-1845
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Territorial
Governors of Florida - Andrew Jackson, William DuVal, John Eaton, Richard
Keith Call, Robert Reid and John Branch each served as Governor of the territory
of Florida. |
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Seminole
Portraits
- Color portraits of Seminoles leaders and chiefs. |
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CIVIL
WAR IN FLORIDA 1861-1865
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Florida
in the Civil War - Read letters, diaries ("I forgot to mention
that President Lincoln and some of his cabinet were assassinated
on Saturday night.") and
official records. Includes photos and lesson plans. |
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POST-CIVIL
WAR FLORIDA 1865-1913
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Images
of Florida and the War for Cuban Independence, 1898 - Florida, the closest
state to the Caribbean and home to a large Cuban immigrant population, became
the setting for much of the action in Cuba's fight for independence from
Spain. |
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Harper
Collection - 2,000 images of Tallahasseans and the Tallahassee
area, 1884-1911. Includes history and lesson plans. |
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Mary
McLeod Bethune - Mary McLeod Bethune founded the Daytona Normal
and Industrial School for Negro Girls which is now Bethune-Cookman
College in Daytona,
Florida. Read the transcript of an interview for an unfinished biography.
Includes photos and lesson plans. |
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THE
FLORIDA BOOM AND BUST, 1919-1929
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Richard
A. Twine Collection - Images of the St. Augustine community of
Lincolnville between 1922 and 1927. Lincolnville was the heart of
the black society in
St. Augustine. The Emancipation Day Celebration was the most famous event
that Twine photographed. |
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DEPRESSION
AND THE NEW DEAL YEARS IN FLORIDA, 1930-1941
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Zora
Neale Hurston, the WPA in Florida, and the Cross City Turpentine Camp
- Zora Neale Hurston was already a published writer when she began working
for the Florida division of the Work Projects Administration (WPA). In
August
of 1939, Hurston went on a recording expedition to the turpentine camps
in Cross City, Florida. Includes photos and lesson plans. |
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FLORIDA
IN WORLD WAR II, 1941-1945
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Florida
During World War II - Letters, telegrams, advertisements and
brochures depicting life during World War II. Includes photos
and lesson plans. |
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CONTEMPORARY
FLORIDA, 1960-
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Images
of the Civil Rights Movement in Florida - These images document
civil rights protests to integrate buses, stores, theaters, and beaches. |
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Roxcy
Bolton, Pioneer Feminist - For three decades, Roxcy Bolton was
Florida's leading women's rights activist. Read letters challenging
the practice that
many restaurants had of keeping a separate "men only" section. Includes
photos and lesson plans. |
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Reubin
O'Donovan Askew - The thirty-seventh Governor of Florida took
the controversial stand of supporting busing to end school segregation.
Read letters from
politicians, citizens, and students both supporting and opposing the governor's
stand on desegregation. Includes photos and lesson plans.
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Lucreaty
Clark, White Oak Basket Maker - Clark learned to make white oak
baskets from her parents. Originally these sturdy baskets were used
to hold cotton
and carry vegetables. The tradition of white oak basket making has been
carried on by Lucreaty Clark's grandson, Alphonso Jennings. Includes
photos and lesson plans. |
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Netmaking
and Net Fishing in Florida - Longtime net maker and Fernandina
resident Billy Burbank III discusses the history and practices
of the net
making trade. Includes photos and lesson plans. |
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Seminole
Doll Making - Seminole doll maker Mary B. Billie and
her daughter, Claudia C. John, discuss the history and practices
of
Seminole doll making.
Includes photos and lesson plans. |
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Sacred
Harp - Documents and audio recordings in this unit are primarily
drawn from The Sacred Harp Sing, a slide and tape show created by
the Florida
Folklife Program in 1978, and field recordings by Alton Morris in 1949
in Gainesville, Florida. Includes photos and lesson plans. |
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ACROSS
THE DECADES |
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Daguerreotype
to Digital: A Brief History of the Photographic Process - Photography
was one of the most important inventions of the nineteenth century.
The daguerreotype was the earliest practical photographic process,
and was especially suited to portraiture. The images created were so
lifelike that some referred to the daguerreotype as a "mirror
with a memory." |
