Two Women, So Many Books
The correspondence between Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Julia Scribner Bigham reveals fifteen years of talking about life, nature and, of course, books. ...
“Political” Theater
Explore the connections between stage and statehouse in our collection of historical playbills and theater programs....
Abigail’s Dictionary
A Hebrew-English dictionary from the middle of the nineteenth century illuminates the mind and the labor of its author. ...
The Lost Communities of Florida
Submitted by Bridget Bihm-Manuel, Collections Coordinator for Florida History, and Hank Young, Principal Serials Cataloger Imagine driving around Florida and seeing a church or a cemetery with the name of a town...
When Historic Becomes Modern: The 2021 Coffey Residency in Book Arts
Ellen Knudson, Curator of the Book Arts Collection (SASC) and Instructor of Book Arts and Letterpress Printing (SAAH) Coffey Residency for Book Arts The Coffey Residency for Book Arts is an annual...
Rev. Alexander Linn among the Everglades Seminole
By James Cusick, Curator of the PK Yonge Library of Florida History Reverend Alexander Linn In the 1920s and 1930s, Reverend Alexander Linn made parochial trips throughout Florida to set up churches and...
Documenting Campus History with UF University Archives
Submitted by Sarah Coates, Interim University Archivist October is Archives Month and to celebrate, we’re highlighting one of our 13 collecting areas in Special and Area Studies Collections: the UF University Archives....
International Comics: Papa Mfumu’Eto 1er
Submitted by Dan Reboussin, Ph.D., African Studies Curator I’m thrilled to share that, in collaboration with Professor Nancy Hunt, I’ve recently accessioned the creative and production papers of comic artist Papa Mfumu’Eto...
Missing Pieces
A fragment of an early printed book tells the story of how we think about texts and titles....
Comics, the Panama Canal, & World War II
Submitted by Celeste Velazco, 2020 Smathers Library Undergraduate Student Fellow Nowadays, people of all ages enjoy comics and blockbuster comic book-inspired movies. However, in the 1930s, comic books were written mostly for...
