19 Florida newspaper titles have been selected for digitization in Phase 6 of the US Caribbean & Florida Digital Newspapers Project’s NDNP grant.
These papers were selected for their diverse geographic, temporal, cultural, and linguistic coverage. Collectively they contain content from 1887-1963 from 10 different counties in two languages. Adding these newspapers to Chronicling America contributes to a fuller picture of the history of Florida.
The following titles will be processed and uploaded into Chronicling America from now until August 2025.
Stay tuned for details about the contents of each title as they are processed.
Bristol Free Press (Bristol, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1932-1963
Brooksville Journal (Brooksville, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1928-1959
Brooksville Sun (Brooksville, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1932-1959
Brooksville Sun-Journal (Brooksville, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1960-1963
Commentator of the Community Council (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1945-1950
Community Council Commentator (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1943-1945
Florida Labor Advocate (Tampa, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1950
La Gaceta (Tampa, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1949-1951; 1952 July – December
Gadsden County Times (Quincy, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1907-1909; 1928-1950; 1952-1963
Key West Citizen (Key West, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1957-1963
Labor Citizen (Miami, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1956-1959
Mayo Free Press (Mayo, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1932-1963
The Mayo Free Press and Lafayette County News (Mayo, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 19??-1958
Stay tuned for an answer about the official start date of this paper as we review the microfilm.
Miami Citizen (Miami, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1938-1949
Miami Labor Citizen (Miami, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1949-1956
Quincy Herald (Quincy, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1887-1891
Tarpon Springs Leader (Tarpon Springs, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1938-1963
River Junction Tribune (Chattahoochee, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1935-1937; 1940-1941
Union County Times (Lake Butler, Fla.)
Dates selected for digitization: 1934-1936; 1949-1963
