This collection contains UCF's contributions to the Florida Heritage Collection, an ongoing cooperative project of the State University System (SUS) of Florida to digitize and provide online access to materials broadly representing Florida's history, culture, arts, literature, sciences and social sciences. Thematic areas in this growing collection include Native American and minority populations, exploration and development, tourism, the natural environment, and regional interests. Materials are taken from archives, special collections, and libraries of the state universities. These materials represent only a small part of the wealth of historical and archival treasures held by the UCF Libraries.
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Eau Gallie: the harbor city.
Photo Place (Publisher)
Photographs of the Eau Gallie area in the early 1930s with a major emphasis on homes and businesses.
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Traveling.
Sharkey, W. L.
W.L. Sharkey owned and operated Sharkey's Restaurant, located in the San Juan Building, from 1928 to 1937 and "edited" this little booklet to alert customers about travel services his establishment provided.
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Information guide: for 1928-29.
Orlando (Fla.) Police Department.
Brief booklet consisting almost entirely of advertisements for Orlando hotels.
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Hotel Polk, Haines City Florida.
Small brochure promoting the Hotel Polk (built in 1926) and recreational activities in Haines City.
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Report of the Board of Control: 1928.
Florida. Board of Control
Report of the Board of Control 1928 issue. The report serial gives financial reports, including budgetary requests and recommendations for the state institutions under the management of the Board, beginning with University of Florida, Florida State College for Women, Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negros. Includes independent reports from the presidents of each institution. In 1946, the Ringling Museum of Art came under Board control, continuing up to 1959 when a separate board was established for its administration. In 1948, the Florida State College for Women became Florida State University. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negros became Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 1953. A report from the newly established University of South Florida appears in the 1956/1958 volume. Planning for Florida Atlantic University is reflected in the 1960/1962 volume followed by a report from its president in the 1962/1964 volume.
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Code of the City of Orlando 1927.
Part I. Containing all the special laws enacted by the legislature of the state of Florida ... up to and including 1925. Part II. Containing all the ordinances ... Comp. pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the city council of the city of Orlando on February, 1927, under the supervision and direction of C.O. Andrews, city attorney.
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The autobiography of an ex-coloured man.
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
Fictional autobiography of a fair-skinned African American and his observations on race problems in America. Written by the first African American leader of the NAACP and native of Jacksonville, Fla.
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Orange County Florida.
A folded brochure touting the various benefits of living in Orange County, including many photographs of buildings, flora, and fauna.
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Report of the Board of Control: 1926.
Florida. Board of Control
Report of the Board of Control 1926 issue. The report serial gives financial reports, including budgetary requests and recommendations for the state institutions under the management of the Board, beginning with University of Florida, Florida State College for Women, Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negros. Includes independent reports from the presidents of each institution. In 1946, the Ringling Museum of Art came under Board control, continuing up to 1959 when a separate board was established for its administration. In 1948, the Florida State College for Women became Florida State University. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negros became Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 1953. A report from the newly established University of South Florida appears in the 1956/1958 volume. Planning for Florida Atlantic University is reflected in the 1960/1962 volume followed by a report from its president in the 1962/1964 volume.
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The fifth census of the state of Florida taken in the year 1925: in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 6826, Laws of Florida, Acts of the Legislature of 1915.
Florida Dept. of Agriculture. and Mayo, Nathan, 1876-1960
Includes statistics on the population of Florida in 1925 by county, race, gender, age, and rural or urban residency.
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Seminole County Florida.
Seminole County (Fla.) Board of County Commissioners.
Booklet describing the various towns in Seminole County and listing the various fruits and vegetables grown there. Includes two color maps and numerous pictures of buildings and farms in the county.
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Me and pa in Florida.
Clutter, Marcia Oral
Humorous travelogue written in dialect describing a trip through Florida from Jacksonville to Key West.
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Daytona Highlands: Florida's suburb of hills and lakes.
Folded brochure advertising the suburb Daytona Highlands which was started in 1924 as a golf and country club style community. It features the Tarragona Tower entrance, part of which still stands today.
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Pioneering in the southwest.
Holt, A. J. (Adoniram Judson), 1847-1933
Autobiography of the author and his adventures in Florida, Texas, and Tennessee during the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries.
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Beautiful Florida: the winter playground of the nation.
A booklet with one page of text and fifteen pages of color "postcard syle" photographs showing various hotels, scenic areas,and homes in Florida.
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Report of the Board of Control: 1922.
Florida. Board of Control
Report of the Board of Control 1922 issue. The report serial gives financial reports, including budgetary requests and recommendations for the state institutions under the management of the Board, beginning with University of Florida, Florida State College for Women, Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negros. Includes independent reports from the presidents of each institution. In 1946, the Ringling Museum of Art came under Board control, continuing up to 1959 when a separate board was established for its administration. In 1948, the Florida State College for Women became Florida State University. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negros became Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 1953. A report from the newly established University of South Florida appears in the 1956/1958 volume. Planning for Florida Atlantic University is reflected in the 1960/1962 volume followed by a report from its president in the 1962/1964 volume.
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The anthropology of Florida.
Hrdlicka, Ales, 1869-1943
Surveys archaeological sites containing Indian remains, concentrating on those found in southwest Florida. Gives an overview of the physical anthropology of the remains, along with comparisons to the physical measurements of populations in other parts of Florida and in other states.
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Sun hunting: adventures and observations among the native and migratory tribes of Florida, including the stoical time-killers of Palm Beach, the gentle and gregarious tin-canners of the remote interior, and the vivacious and semi-violent peoples of Miami and its purlieus.
Roberts, Kenneth Lewis, 1885-1957
Humorous description of 1920s Florida and the customs of the northerners who visit its resorts in Palm Beach and Miami as well as its free auto camps around Tampa.
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History of public-school education in Florida.
Cochran, Thomas Everette
Thesis by Thomas Everette Chochran traces the history of public-school education in the state of Florida from 1822 up to 1920.
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Laws of Florida relating to corporations.
Florida. Office of Secretary of State and Crawford, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1856-1929
Florida laws of 1921 relating to corporations are presented in a rearranged order according to topic.
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Florida under four flags: Indian legends : Ormond.
Boyd, Marie E. Mann
A brief history of Florida under Spain, England, and France and a collection of anecdotes regarding Florida Indians, plus short histories of Ormond and Daytona Beach. Includes six pages of advertising by Ormond businesses from the period.
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Report of the Board of Control: 1920.
Florida. Board of Control
Report of the Board of Control 1920 issue. The report serial gives financial reports, including budgetary requests and recommendations for the state institutions under the management of the Board, beginning with University of Florida, Florida State College for Women, Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negros. Includes independent reports from the presidents of each institution. In 1946, the Ringling Museum of Art came under Board control, continuing up to 1959 when a separate board was established for its administration. In 1948, the Florida State College for Women became Florida State University. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negros became Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 1953. A report from the newly established University of South Florida appears in the 1956/1958 volume. Planning for Florida Atlantic University is reflected in the 1960/1962 volume followed by a report from its president in the 1962/1964 volume.
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A history of Florida.
Brevard, Caroline Mays, 1860-1920 and Bennett, Henry Eastman, 1873-
Parts I and II cover the history of Florida including its discovery by Ponce de Leon, the establishment of colonies by various European nations, its purchase by the United States, statehood, involvement in the Civil War, Reconstruction and brief descriptions of events through World War I. Part III describes the Internal Improvement Fund, Florida's school system and the civil government of Florida.
