2018 marks the centennial of an event that is almost forgotten in our collective memory: the 1918 influenza pandemic. Over the next few months, we’ll feature stories about this global health
Posted in Florida, history, Puerto Rico
Today we bring you a guest post by R. Boyd Murphree, Project Manager, Florida Family and Community History, Digital Services and Shared Collections, University of Florida, George A. Smathers
Extra! Extra! More pages of historical Florida newspapers added to Chronicling America! That’s right, in the past week almost 16,000 new pages of content from The Florida agriculturalist, The
Posted in Florida
Today we bring you a guest post by R. Boyd Murphree, Project Manager, Florida Family and Community History, Digital Services and Shared Collections, University of Florida, George A. Smathers
Posted in Digital Humanities, Puerto Rico
We’re happy to announce that we have a new contributor to our blog. Katiana is going to focus on blogs related to our Puerto Rico content, which we plan to release periodically. Without further
Posted in Florida
Memorial Day means different things to different people. For many, it is the unofficial start to the summer season filled with grilling and celebration. For others, it is a day to solemnly reflect on
Practical jokes? Hoaxes? General trickery? All these things are associated with April 1st, also known as April Fools’ Day. While scholars can’t seem to agree on the origin of the holiday, we do
Posted in Florida
Discussion about the lack of coverage of African American newspapers in white Florida papers in the early 20th
Posted in Florida
Most people are familiar with Santa Claus, but do you know about his chipper young helper the St. Nicholas Girl? Anyone searching for Christmas content in Florida Chronicling America newspapers is
We know you’ve been patiently waiting for updates, so without any further ado, here’s the complete list of Florida titles we’ll be digitizing over the next two years in no particular order: