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 A part of the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative, this site is dedicated to photographs chronicling Tampa Bay and Florida’s West coast from the late 1800s to the 1960s.  The collection has nearly 15,000 photographs on topics such as African American history, Ybor City, cigar makers in the Tampa Bay area, and early forms of transportation in the area.   

Reclaiming the Everglades: A collaborative effort between Florida International University Library, University of Miami Library, and the History of Miami Libraries and Special Collections, this site is dedicated to the history of Everglades.  The collection is comprised of documents and photographs pertaining to the establishment of the Everglades National Park, Native Americans, women in the modern conservation movement, and a myriad of other topics. 

A part of the Panhandle Library Access Network, this collection contains digitized documents and photographs from Bay County, Chipola, Destin, Lynn Haven, and Okalossa. 

This site is a digitized collection of materials pertaining to the Civil War in Florida, The Great Fire of 1901, rare books, photographs, postcards, manuscripts, maps of Florida, and papers and photographs of leading African Americans in Jacksonville’s history. 

Through the Carl S. Swisher Library, this site contains digitized portions of the Dr. Carita Doggett Corse papers.  Dr. Corse was the director of the Florida Federal Writers Project from 1935 to 1942.  The collection is comprised of photographs, interviews, stories, and research from writers who participated in the Florida Writers Project. 

Chronicling the history of Central Florida, this site provides over 80,000 photographs of Central Florida.  It also includes diaries and letters describing the transformation of Central Florida.  Moreover, the site contains educational resources for teachers such as lesson plans.