Florida History and Literature: Digital Resources

Nestled in the heart of the Everglades on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum is home to more than 200,000 unique artifacts and archival items.

Digital component of the State Archives of Florida.

Florida’s official state natural history museum.

Communicating the story of Florida's free black settlement, the museum covers the history of Spanish Florida as an early "underground railroad" and the stories of the free people of color who lived in Florida in the 1700s.

History museum bringing the stories of our Fort Lauderdale to life through educational experiences, cultural exhibits, research, and preservation.

A Smithsonian Affiliate history museum located in downtown Miami.

The Islandia Journal's curated collection of documents, images, and ephemera from Florida & the Caribbean.

African American history museum located in the Lincolnville neighborhood of Saint Augustine, FL.

History Museum of Gainesville, Alachua County, and the surrounding regions.

The online archive of 19th century letters, diaries, and memoirs held by the P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History

Reclaiming the Everglades is a collaborative digital library project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida libraries and special collections. With a grant from the Library of Congress and generous technical support from the Florida Center for Library Automation, nearly 10,000 page images of primary source materials relating to south Florida environmental history are accessible here.

Gateway to collections on Florida and the Caribbean that UM has put online.

Since Januarly 2009 the Florida Historical Society has been producing a half hour radio program. These 'podcast' programs are the same 'mp3' audio files that have been available since 2009, but with a "feed" page used by third parties

A weekly look at a different fascinating topic in Florida History.

Best selling author, award winning reporter and Florida native Craig Pittman is joined by radio personality and Florida transplant Chadd Scott to discuss the state's history, people, politics, environment, animals, current events and weirdness.

Two SJMC faculty, Kate MacMillin and Juliet Pinto, explore the narrative of a South Florida community under threat from sea level rise in this half-hour documentary.

Through the Stories of Resistance from Black Miami project, HistoryMiami Museum is collaborating with 20 storytellers to document in-depth oral history interviews that explore the major social and racial justice efforts related to Miami’s diverse Black residents. Each story will be archived in the museum’s collection in its entirety and made available to the public. This project is ongoing, and published here are the edited videos produced so far. HistoryMiami Museum will update the playlist as we continue to produce video interviews.