A Guide to the History of Florida
Published on 6. December 1989
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-0-313-24911-2 (ISBN)
Description
Florida's history--the longest and among the most colorful of any state--has been voluminously recorded in books, monographs, newspaper accounts, diaries and journals, memoirs, and letters. Regional libraries and archives are filled with accounts of Indian life, Spanish and British settlement, and Florida's growth and development as a state. This bibliographic study is the first to bring together these materials, providing assessments of the available resources as well as discussions of specific archives and collections.
The first section of the Guide consists of fifteen historiographical essays on major works and scholarly interpretions for each period of Florida's history and for major topics. The section surveys libraries and archives that contain important collections in Florida history. Essays have been contributed by thirty of Florida's best-known historians, archivists, librarians, and other scholars. A valuable resource for researchers, students, genealogists, and the interested public, this book is an appropriate selection for reference collections in American, regional, or Florida history.
The first section of the Guide consists of fifteen historiographical essays on major works and scholarly interpretions for each period of Florida's history and for major topics. The section surveys libraries and archives that contain important collections in Florida history. Essays have been contributed by thirty of Florida's best-known historians, archivists, librarians, and other scholars. A valuable resource for researchers, students, genealogists, and the interested public, this book is an appropriate selection for reference collections in American, regional, or Florida history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
637 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-24911-2 (9780313249112)
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PAUL S. GEORGE is Director of the Historic Broward County Preservation Board and an Adjunct Instructor of History at the University of Miami, and Florida Atlantic University. He is also President of the Florida Historical Society. In addition, George has written Florida Yesterday and Today as well as articles in the Florida Historical Quarterly, Journal of Southern Criminal Justice, and Tequesta, among others.
Content
Foreword by Samuel Proctor
Preface
The Historical Literature
Aboriginal Florida
The Early Contact Period, 1513-1565
Spanish Florida, 1565-1763, and Spanish East Florida, 1784-1821
British Florida, 1763-1784
West Florida (The Spanish Presidios of Pensacola), 1686-1763
West Florida, 1779-1821
Territorial Florida, 1821-1845
Florida, from Statehood through Reconstruction, 1845-1877
Florida in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1877-1917
Sun-Bound Highways: The Growth of Florida as an Independent State, 1917-1940
Florida, from 1940 to the Present
Black Floridians
Women in Florida History
The Seminole and Miccosukee Indians of Florida
The Urbanization of Florida
Archives and Sources
The P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History
Florida State Archives
The State Library of Florida
The Florida Historical Society Library
Special Collections, Florida State University Library
Special Collections, University of South Florida Library
Sources for the Study of West Florida Prehistory, History, and Culture
Manuscript Collections in Duval County
Historical Collections in Volusia County
Historical Collections in St. Augustine
Collections in Hillsborough County
Broward County Historical Collections
Sources in Dade County
Monroe County May Hill Russell Library
Black Archives Research Center and Museum of Florida A&M University
The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Archives
Small Archives and Private Holdings in Florida
Archives Outside of Florida
Appendix I: Chronology of Florida History
Appendix II: Selected List of Organizations, Institutions, and Repositories with Special Interests in Florida History
Index
Preface
The Historical Literature
Aboriginal Florida
The Early Contact Period, 1513-1565
Spanish Florida, 1565-1763, and Spanish East Florida, 1784-1821
British Florida, 1763-1784
West Florida (The Spanish Presidios of Pensacola), 1686-1763
West Florida, 1779-1821
Territorial Florida, 1821-1845
Florida, from Statehood through Reconstruction, 1845-1877
Florida in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1877-1917
Sun-Bound Highways: The Growth of Florida as an Independent State, 1917-1940
Florida, from 1940 to the Present
Black Floridians
Women in Florida History
The Seminole and Miccosukee Indians of Florida
The Urbanization of Florida
Archives and Sources
The P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History
Florida State Archives
The State Library of Florida
The Florida Historical Society Library
Special Collections, Florida State University Library
Special Collections, University of South Florida Library
Sources for the Study of West Florida Prehistory, History, and Culture
Manuscript Collections in Duval County
Historical Collections in Volusia County
Historical Collections in St. Augustine
Collections in Hillsborough County
Broward County Historical Collections
Sources in Dade County
Monroe County May Hill Russell Library
Black Archives Research Center and Museum of Florida A&M University
The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Archives
Small Archives and Private Holdings in Florida
Archives Outside of Florida
Appendix I: Chronology of Florida History
Appendix II: Selected List of Organizations, Institutions, and Repositories with Special Interests in Florida History
Index