SPECIAL COLLECTIONS RESOURCES ON THE WEB
AMERICAN MEMORY
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
(From the National Digital Library Program)
Search this innovative resource for interviews from the Life
History Manuscripts of the WPA Folklore Project, 1936-1940 (including
an interview with former Jacksonville mayor St. Elmo W. Acosta). Also
included are postcards from the Detroit Publishing Co. featuring Jacksonville
hotels, streets, parks and even Oliver - the Famous Trotting Ostrich from
the Florida Ostrich Farm in Jacksonville. The Panoramic
Maps page features an online collection of historical maps, including
1876 and 1893 views of Jacksonville. (Click on "Browse by Geographic
Location")
ARCHIVES
AND MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS ON THE INTERNET
(Columbia University)
This page is an excellent starting place to locating and researching the
finding aids of archives and manuscript holdings of more than 100 repositories.
CONSERVATION ONLINE (Stanford
University)
Among the resources provided on this page are major preservation topics and
finding aids for locating conservation professionals and organizations.
FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY (Florida
Bureau of Archaeological Research)
Links to Florida Archaeology Index and other archaeological / historical
web sites.
FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS
Online exhibits calendar and annotated guide to Florida's museums.
FLORIDA GENEALOGICAL
AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES ON THE NET
FLORIDA HERITAGE COLLECTION / PUBLICATION
OF ARCHIVAL, LIBRARY & MUSEUM MATERIALS (PALMM)
FHC: Online access to digitized materials from State University libraries
representing Florida’s history, culture, arts, literature, sciences
and social sciences. PALMM projects may
involve a single institution or may be collaborative efforts between multiple
institutions and non-university institutions.
FLORIDA HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
Homepage for their PhotoArchives, Tebeau Library, Florida Historical Quarterly
publication, and This Day in Florida History, a free list-serv of
daily events in Florida's history.
FLORIDA HISTORY ONLINE
A digital archive of textual and visual documents of Florida history produced
by students and faculty at the University of North Florida, under the direction
of Dr. Daniel Schafer, Professor of History. Projects to date include John
and William Bartram's travels along the St. Johns River, 1765-66; British
Plantations and Farms on the St. Johns River, 1763-1784; Dr. Andrew Turnbull
and the New Smyrna settlement, 1766-1777; Black Floridians and the Civil
War; Virtual St. Augustine.
FLORIDA MEMORY PROJECT
Selections of primary records from the Florida State Archives, chronicling
the cultural, economic, and political development of Florida. Includes:
Highlights of Florida History, Florida Photo Album, and Florida State Archives
Online Classroom.
FLORIDA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Provides links to their exhibits, programs, and collections.
FLORIDA
STATE ARCHIVES PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION
Provides images from their many collections and information on obtaining
reprints. The Spottswood Collection contains "approximately 650 images
taken by Jack (John Gordon) Spottswood and his son Gordon (J. Gordon or John
Gordon) Spottswood in the Jacksonville area from 1916 to 1967."
GUIDE
TO FLORIDA ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPT REPOSITORIES BY COUNTY
Lists contact information and brief descriptions of holdings of major Florida
archives.
JACKSONVILLE (FLA) / NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGION HISTORICAL LINKS
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
An Online Exhibit Hall is
one of the many creative links included on this page.
NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
(NUCMC, Library of Congress)
ONLINE RESEARCH TOOLS FOR THE DEALER
AND COLLECTOR
(Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America)
This site provides links to researching out-of-print books through online
library catalogs.
PRESERVATION
(Library of Congress)
Answers to frequently asked questions regarding the storing and preservation
of books and newspapers.
RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS SECTION,
ACRL
This is the home page for the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association
of College and Research Libraries. As such, it contains a plethora of diverse
sites and links
to repositories, the Section's conferences, and to a Rare Books Guide: Your
Old Books,
which covers some frequently asked questions in Special Collections repositories.
SOCIETY OF FLORIDA ARCHIVISTS
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA
Features include Book of the Month, Reading Room, and ordering information.
