Florida Digital Newspaper Library
Encyclopedia
The Florida Digital Newspaper Library provides access to the news and history of Florida through local Florida newspapers. The Florida Digital Newspaper Library is supported by the University of Florida
's George A. Smathers Libraries
and hosted in the University of Florida Digital Collections
funded partially by grants and sources, including Florida’s Library Services and Technology Act
(LSTA) Grants Program, the National Endowment for the Humanities
' National Digital Newspaper Program
, the Institute for Museum and Library Services, the University of Florida
, by Florida Heritage Project funds from the University of North Florida
and the [University of South Florida], and with the assistance of digital library endowment from the Estate of the late Governor and Mrs. C. Farris Bryant
(whose papers are within the Bryant Collection).
In addition to multiple funding sources, these newspapers are indexed and included in multiple collections, including Chronicling America
, and being indexed by the Florida Electronic Library and Google News Archive
.
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
's George A. Smathers Libraries
George A. Smathers Libraries
The University of Florida's George A. Smathers Libraries, is one of the largest university library systems in the United States. The system includes eight of the nine libraries of the University of Florida and provides primary support to all academic programs except those served by the Lawton...
and hosted in the University of Florida Digital Collections
University of Florida Digital Collections
The University of Florida Digital Collections are supported by the University of Florida Digital Library Center in the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida. The University of Florida Digital Collections comprise a constantly growing collection of digital resources from the...
funded partially by grants and sources, including Florida’s Library Services and Technology Act
Library Services and Technology Act
The Library Services and Technology Act was signed on October 1, 1996 by United States President Bill Clinton. LSTA is a United States federal library grant program. Its roots come from the Library Services Act that was first enacted in 1956. LSTA replaced the Library Services and Construction Act...
(LSTA) Grants Program, the National Endowment for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is located at...
' National Digital Newspaper Program
National Digital Newspaper Program
The National Digital Newspaper Program is a joint project between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress to create and maintain a publicly available, online digital archive of historically significant newspapers published in the United States between 1836 and 1922...
, the Institute for Museum and Library Services, the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
, by Florida Heritage Project funds from the University of North Florida
University of North Florida
The University of North Florida is a public university located in Jacksonville, Florida. A member institution of the State University System of Florida, the university is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master’s...
and the [University of South Florida], and with the assistance of digital library endowment from the Estate of the late Governor and Mrs. C. Farris Bryant
C. Farris Bryant
Cecil Farris Bryant was the 34th Governor of Florida. He also served on the United States National Security Council and in the Office of Emergency Planning during the administration of President Lyndon B...
(whose papers are within the Bryant Collection).
In addition to multiple funding sources, these newspapers are indexed and included in multiple collections, including Chronicling America
Chronicling America
Chronicling America is a website created by the newspaper digitization program, the National Digital Newspaper Program . The Chronicling America website contains digitized newspaper pages and information about historic newspapers to place the primary sources in context and support future...
, and being indexed by the Florida Electronic Library and Google News Archive
Google News Archive
Google News Archive was an extension of Google News providing free access to scanned archives of newspapers and links to other newspaper archives on the web, both free and paid.-History:The archive went live on June 6, 2006....
.
Collection Themes and Titles
The Florida Digital Newspaper Library includes newspapers by Cuban exiles, like El Avance Criollo which was published in Cuba and then continued in Miami. Other titles include:- Citrus County Chronicle (Inverness and Crystal River, Fla.) 1890-current (LCCN sn87070035): The Citrus County (FL) Chronicle was begun by Albert M. Williamson in July 1890 as a means of announcing goods for sale to people in the Inverness (FL) and Floral City (FL) areas to the north of Tampa (FL). Walter Warnock, the county clerk in Inverness, assumed ownership of the paper in the late 1890s and added news items and features. George Butler, then 70 years old, became owner and editor of the Citrus County Chronicle in 1914, and later that year Albert W. Butler became editor and owner. Joseph J. Wilson, of Clearwater, took over the paper in April 1929 and was an activist editor promoting goals to return the area to prosperity.
Taylor Dawson became the editor in 1935, the same year the Scofield Publishing Company, owner of the Citrus County Chronicle, also acquired the Dunnellon (FL) Sun (LCCN: sn98026435). Scofield sold the paper in May 1946 to N.A. Perry of Bradenton, who sold shortly afterward to J.R. Hough. A year later, Col. George H. Johnson bought both the Citrus County Chronicle and the Dunnellon Sun from Hough. Then in 1948, the Citrus County Chronicle was sold to Paul W. Ramsey who had been the city editor at the Chicago Sun (LCCN: sn87082566). Ramsey sold the paper to the Bennett-Hahn Company in June 1959, which then sold it to Frances and Carl turner of Wisconsin.
At Turner’s death in 1962, his wife sold the paper to a St. Petersburg (FL) group that included former St. Petersburg mayor Herman Goldner. It was then bought by David S. Arthurs and in September 1980 merged with Landmark Community Newspapers, Inc. The Citrus County Chronicle became a daily in 1986, serving all of Citrus County. The newspaper is currently (ca. 2007) owned by Landmark Communications, Inc. In July 1990, the paper moved from Inverness to Crystal River. Citrus Publishing also publishes weekly editions of Sumter County Times (LCCN: sn95072059), Riverland News (LCCN: sn96027433), South Marion Citizen, the Visitor, Chiefland Citizen (LCCN: sn96027361) and Williston Sun News Pioneer.
- The Tropical SunThe Tropical SunThe Tropical Sun was South Florida's first newspaper, established in 1891 and based in Juno Beach, Florida, which was the county seat of Dade County...
External links
- National Endowment for the HumanitiesNational Endowment for the HumanitiesThe National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is located at...
- National Digital Newspaper ProgramNational Digital Newspaper ProgramThe National Digital Newspaper Program is a joint project between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress to create and maintain a publicly available, online digital archive of historically significant newspapers published in the United States between 1836 and 1922...
- Chronicling AmericaChronicling AmericaChronicling America is a website created by the newspaper digitization program, the National Digital Newspaper Program . The Chronicling America website contains digitized newspaper pages and information about historic newspapers to place the primary sources in context and support future...
- Florida Digital Newspaper Library
- Digital Library Center, University of Florida
- University of Florida Digital Collections
- Chronicling America
- Exhibit about Cuban Exile Newspapers, Avance Criollo (Miami version) in the Florida Digital Newspaper Library, and a "Bibliography on Moderate Cuban Politics", including newspapers as sources