FLORIDA HISTORY RESOURCES: Digital Resources on Florida

Maintained collaboratively through the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services

A Guide from the University of Central Florida Library System

The official newspaper archive via the University of Florida

Excellent chronological resource on historic Florida maps, with sidebar information on cartographer and history behind the map

Encompassing more than 2700 maps of Florida, all eras, from the collection of Tom Touchton

Online access to maps showing details of buildings and streets for many Florida cities

Drawn from the archives extensive maps

Worldwide coverage, with strong section for Florida

Blogs, features, and videos.

Permanent collection at the Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville. Selected pieces, Governor's House, St. Augustine.

Explanation and guides to the microfilm and manuscript collections relating to colonial Florida.

Developed by Prof. John Worth, University of West Florida. Provides links and introduction to many resources, including classic work available online.

Encompassing excavations at colonial sites and other historical sites

Documents the colonial history of the town with text, sample artifacts, images, artist renditions of settlers; organized by time period.

Pilot program to digitize important colonial records on about the city.

With information on many colonial excavations

Including news and information about colonial era digs

The state's premier archaeological park of 17th century Florida

Online searchable index that provides brief abstracts (in English) to the contents of this collection at Library of Congress. Collection available on microfilm. Approx. Dates: 1783-1821.

All documents in collection are online. Provided by the State Archives of Florida.

The online archive of 19th century letters, diaries, and memoirs held by the P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History

Digital component of the State Archives of Florida.

Collaborative effort to make classic works on Florida available online.

A USF-St. Pete web project that brings you many early texts about Florida, in English translation and in an easy-to-use format. Developed by Prof. Thomas Hallock.

Gateway to collections on Florida and the Caribbean that UM has put online.

Developed by Prof. Daniel Schafer and students at UNF. Original research on the Bartrams, the Smyrna Colony, the British Period, the Civil War in Florida, and other components, with primary sources online.

Home page of the oral history program.

Search for oral histories online.

The Laws of Florida, digitized by the State Library of Florida and Florida State University College of Law and Research Center

Photographer David Bulit chronicles abandoned, lost, and neglected places in Florida.

Features complete digital versions of major research collections from the University of Florida: papers of Governors Jennings and Broward; May Mann Jennings Papers; Ingraham Papers; more.

A collaborative project of the University of Miami’s Otto G. Richter Library, the Historical Museum of Southern Florida and Florida International University.

Ongoing project to digitize and transcribe letters and diaries held in the P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History.

Includes online access to Confederate Pension Claims, various family papers and diaries, and other resources.

Updated and maintained by the State Library of Florida.