- A Short History of Florida - A concise history of the state "from the stone age to the space age" by the Florida Department of State's Division of Historical Resources.
dhr.dos.state.fl.us/flafacts/shorthis.html
- Emanuel Point Shipwreck - An underwater wreck thought to be from Tristan de Luna's 1559 expedition which sunk off the tip of Santa Rosa Island. The wreck is still being explored by state and university underwater archeologists with volunteer help. Includes virtual tour.
dhr.dos.state.fl.us/ep
- Find-A-Grave By State: Florida - Locate the Florida graves of notable people. With links to famous grave sites in other states.
www.findagrave.com/state/11.html
- Florida Division of Historical Resources - Archaeology, grants, museum of Florida History, underwater preserves, history, and folklife.
dhr.dos.state.fl.us
- Florida et Apalche - 1597 map by Flemish mapmaker Cornelius Wytfliet.
www.humanities-interactive.org/crossroads/ex026_06a.html
- Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 - Folksongs, folktales, and life histories of African-American, Arabic, Bahamian, British-American, Cuban, Greek, Italian, Minorcan, Seminole, and Slavic cultures throughout the state, recorded under the auspices of the WPA arts projects in Florida.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/flwpahtml
- Florida Historic Maps, 1836-1900 - Multi-resolution maps from the American Memory Collection of the Library of Congress.
memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/gmd:@filreq(@field(STATE+florida)+@field(COLLID+rrmap))
- Florida Historical Contexts - A multimedia presentation on the history of aboriginal Florida.
dhr.dos.state.fl.us/bar/hist_contexts/index.html
- Florida Historical Societies - Locate address information (including web site links) for historical societies in each county within the state of Florida.
www.daddezio.com/society/hill/SH-FL-NDX.html
- Florida Historical Society - Cultural organization. Bookstore, journeys for the junior historian, family history, library, Florida Historical Quarterly, research requests and membership.
florida-historical-soc.org
- Florida History and the Arts - Back issues of the official state publication on line.
www.flheritage.com/magazine/indexwinter2000.html
- Florida History Internet Center - A history of Florida and guide to historic sites across the state. A site search engine allows people to locate photographs, articles, and documents on Florida places and events.
www.floridahistory.org
- Florida Kids - A place for Florida kids to learn, explore, and amuse themselves with Florida history & education.
dhr.dos.state.fl.us/kids
- Florida Military Collection - Established and maintained by the Suncoast Chapter of the Association of the United States Army for ROTC and history students at the University of Tampa.
snoopy.tblc.lib.fl.us/utlibrary/FlaMilco.htm
- Florida Newspaper Project - Florida newspapers are being cataloged to full level CONSER standards. Microfilm of newspapers is produced to national preservation standards.
www.uflib.ufl.edu/flnews
- Fort Mose Free African Settlement - Online historical reference to a free African community in Spanish Colonial Florida.
www.oldcity.com/mose
- Historic Roads and Highways of Florida - US routes - Densely packed descriptions, maps, stories, and links for history buffs interested in the tale of Florida highways.
home.earthlink.net/~us98/flus.htm
- Inskeep's Florida History Page - Bernard Roman's Florida Explorer.
www.ewol.com/cli/bernie.html
- Mission San Luis - The Florida Department of State describes the early settlement and capital of La Florida from 1656 to 1704. Includes reconstructions of Apalachee buildings.
dhr.dos.state.fl.us/bar/san_luis
- NASA Manned Missions - Historical archives of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral.
www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/history.html
- Scottish Highland Games and Celtic Festival - In celebration of the Scottish and Celtic families who settled North Florida.
members.tripod.com/~MargeM/SCOTTISH.HTM
- Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie - The Henrietta Marie sank near Key West in 1701 after delivering a consignment of African captives to the island of Jamaica.
www.historical-museum.org/exhibits/hm/henmarie.htm
- Society of Florida Archivists - Individuals and institutions who share a concern for the identification, preservation, and use of records of historical value.
mailer.fsu.edu/~baltman/sfa.html
- South Florida Radio History, 1923-Present - The history of radio in south Florida. Entertaining and informative facts, stories, and anecdotes.
www.univox.com/radio/radioh.html
- Special Collections, University of North Florida - Among others, includes major manuscript and biographical collections about Eartha M. M. White (prominent African-American), Arthur N. Sollee, Sr. (engineer and planner for Jacksonville), and legislators Joe Carlucci and John E. Mathews, Jr.
www.unf.edu/library/per/papers.html
- The Floridians Text Book - A promising interactive textbook in progress, covering the history of Florida from aboriginal times to the present-day.
www.floridahistory.org/floridians/textpg.htm
- Tour of the Florida Territory, 1792-1859 - A county-by-county tour of antebellum historic locations.
www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Stadium/1528
- United States-Spain Treaty of 1819 - The original agreement transferring Florida to the United States of America. Provided by the Modern History Sourcebook.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1819florida.html
- University of South Florida (Tampa) - Special Collections Department - Focuses on Tampa and Florida History. Oral history, manuscript collections, historic photographs, and bibliographies.
www.lib.usf.edu/spccoll
- Wallace Reichelt Oral History Project, Florida State University - With an index of oral interviews, some of which are now readable on the web. Covering the history of Tallahassee, the state, and W.W.II.
www.fsu.edu/~ohp
- WPA Life Histories from Florida - Depression-era reminiscences of ordinary Floridians, some written by novelists and poets who later achieved fame. From the U.S. Library of Congress files.
lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/flcat.html
- Florida State Archives - Searchable collections of manuscripts, war records, historic images, vital statistics, and other state archives.
dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/fsa.html
- The Florida Department of State - Division of Historical Resources - Florida Division of Historical Resources web site with pages on archaeology, grants, museum of Florida History, underwater preserves, history, and folklife.
www.flheritage.com/contents.html
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