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NHD 2020Historic Newspapers as Primary Sources
Melissa Jerome
University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
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Presentation Overview• Chronicling America overview• Search tips• Breaking Barriers
• Aviation• Suffrage• Transportation
• UFDC overview• Other resources
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Chronicling America
ChronAm is a database of historic newspapers published in the United States and its territories• 46 states + PR• 1690 to 1963• 15 million newspaper pages• Text-searchable• Free!
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https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
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ChronAm Features
Search options:• General• Advanced• All newspapers
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ChronAm Features
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ChronAm Features
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Zoom in/out by clicking these buttons. Can also use mouse scroll
Full screen view!Use these options to change page
Use these options to change issue
Save pdf
Zoom in and clip something of interest.
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Search Tips
When searching think about…• Vocabulary
• Historic spelling• Change in terms• Typos
• Search parameters • Change scope to get more
useful results• Diversify name searches• Affiliated organizations, businesses,
and governing bodies• SAVE!
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Breaking Barriers
• Aviation• Women’s Suffrage• Transportation
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Aviation• 1910: First powered flight by
Lincoln Beachey Orange County Fair Orlando
• 1912: First fight school founded by Glenn Curtiss in Miami Beach
• 1914: Tony Jannus made first flight with passenger on St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line
• Florida was major training site for US Military during WWI & WWII
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Ruth Law
• First female pilot to fly in FL skies
• Purchased first plane at 24yo from Orville Wright in 1912
• 1915 nation’s first woman to perform “loop the loop”
• Set nation’s flight record in 1916 for longest non-stop flight (Chicago to NY); record for men and women
• Not the only aviatrix!• Harriet Quimby• Laura Bromwell• Adrienne Bolland• Amelia Earhart
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Suffrage1920: 19th amendment was ratified“single largest extension of democratic voting rights in our nation’s history”
Organizations:• NAWSA: National American woman
suffrage association• NWP: national woman’s party
Some important figures• Susan B. Anthony• Elizabeth Cady Stanton• Alice Paul• Carrie Chapman Catt
African American Suffragists• Sojourner Truth• Ida B. Wells• Mary Church Terrell• Mary Talbert
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Transportation1836: First train Lake Wimico & St. Joseph line connected St. Joseph to Apalachicola River –initially mule-drawn
1860: First line - Fernandina Beach to Cedar Key
1880s: Real development after Civil War • Henry B. Plant- Tampa & West coast• Henry Flagler- Jax & East coast
• (1912) Overseas Highway- first railroad connecting Key West with mainland
1900: more than 3,000 miles worth of tracks
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UFDC
• Historic & current• Over 15 million pages• More than 300 collections
• Newspapers• Florida history• Florida photographs• Maps• Oral Histories
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https://ufdc.ufl.edu/
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Florida Digital Newspaper Library
• Historic & current• Over 2 million pages• All 67 counties represented• Subcollections
• Jewish• Ethnic
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https://ufdc.ufl.edu/newspapers
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Florida History & Heritage
• Primary & secondary resources• Photographs• Government documents• Periodicals• Statistical reports
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https://ufdc.ufl.edu/fhpc
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SPOHP Oral Histories
https://ufdc.ufl.edu/oral
• 3,600 interviews online• Transcripts• Audio• Photographs
• Native Americans• African Americans• Women
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Resources
Collections:• Chronicling America• UFDC
Other:• UFNDNP Blog
• Aviation + Ruth Law• Henry Flagler
• Smithsonian Learning Lab• Edsitement
• Chronicling + mapping suffrage• Florida Memory• Local library
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Reach Out!
Melissa [email protected]
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