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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