NHD 2020Historic Newspapers as Primary Sources

Melissa Jerome

University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries

Presentation Overview• Chronicling America overview• Search tips• Breaking Barriers

• Aviation• Suffrage• Transportation

• UFDC overview• Other resources

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Chronicling America

ChronAm is a database of historic newspapers published in the United States and its territories• 46 states + PR• 1690 to 1963• 15 million newspaper pages• Text-searchable• Free!

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https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

ChronAm Features

Search options:• General• Advanced• All newspapers

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ChronAm Features

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ChronAm Features

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Search Tips

When searching think about…• Vocabulary

• Historic spelling• Change in terms• Typos

• Search parameters • Change scope to get more

useful results• Diversify name searches• Affiliated organizations, businesses,

and governing bodies• SAVE!

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Breaking Barriers

• Aviation• Women’s Suffrage• Transportation

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Aviation• 1910: First powered flight by

Lincoln Beachey Orange County Fair Orlando

• 1912: First fight school founded by Glenn Curtiss in Miami Beach

• 1914: Tony Jannus made first flight with passenger on St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line

• Florida was major training site for US Military during WWI & WWII

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Ruth Law

• First female pilot to fly in FL skies

• Purchased first plane at 24yo from Orville Wright in 1912

• 1915 nation’s first woman to perform “loop the loop”

• Set nation’s flight record in 1916 for longest non-stop flight (Chicago to NY); record for men and women

• Not the only aviatrix!• Harriet Quimby• Laura Bromwell• Adrienne Bolland• Amelia Earhart

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Suffrage1920: 19th amendment was ratified“single largest extension of democratic voting rights in our nation’s history”

Organizations:• NAWSA: National American woman

suffrage association• NWP: national woman’s party

Some important figures• Susan B. Anthony• Elizabeth Cady Stanton• Alice Paul• Carrie Chapman Catt

African American Suffragists• Sojourner Truth• Ida B. Wells• Mary Church Terrell• Mary Talbert

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Transportation1836: First train Lake Wimico & St. Joseph line connected St. Joseph to Apalachicola River –initially mule-drawn

1860: First line - Fernandina Beach to Cedar Key

1880s: Real development after Civil War • Henry B. Plant- Tampa & West coast• Henry Flagler- Jax & East coast

• (1912) Overseas Highway- first railroad connecting Key West with mainland

1900: more than 3,000 miles worth of tracks

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UFDC

• Historic & current• Over 15 million pages• More than 300 collections

• Newspapers• Florida history• Florida photographs• Maps• Oral Histories

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https://ufdc.ufl.edu/

Florida Digital Newspaper Library

• Historic & current• Over 2 million pages• All 67 counties represented• Subcollections

• Jewish• Ethnic

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https://ufdc.ufl.edu/newspapers

Florida History & Heritage

• Primary & secondary resources• Photographs• Government documents• Periodicals• Statistical reports

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https://ufdc.ufl.edu/fhpc

SPOHP Oral Histories

https://ufdc.ufl.edu/oral

• 3,600 interviews online• Transcripts• Audio• Photographs

• Native Americans• African Americans• Women

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Resources

Collections:• Chronicling America• UFDC

Other:• UFNDNP Blog

• Aviation + Ruth Law• Henry Flagler

• Smithsonian Learning Lab• Edsitement

• Chronicling + mapping suffrage• Florida Memory• Local library

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Melissa Jeromemmespino@ufl.edu

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