Chance Encounters: Meeting John Muir in Florida
In October of 1867, a weary and likely malarial John Muir stumbled back into the town of Cedar Key and collapsed in a heap. Just six months prior, the twenty-nine-year-old Muir had...
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...
Come to the Florida Sunshine Tree
One of the most iconic advertising campaigns of the 1970s featured singer Anita Bryant and a silent cartoon Orange Bird. What happened to it?...
Malaria Epidemic at the University of Florida
This essay was written in 2003, but seems more relevant than ever. How did the University of Florida respond to an epidemic in the early 20th century?...
Sometimes We Even Save Napkins—The UF Architecture Archive
The University of Florida Architecture Archives preserves and provides access to drawings and historic materials related to architecture in Florida and the Caribbean. One of the primary collecting areas for the Archives...
The Pearl Key — A Digital Treasure
One of the bright treasures of the Latin American and Caribbean Collection is The Pearl Key, or Midnight and Dawn in Cuba....
