Each year in February, the New York Academy of Medicine Library sponsors #ColorOurCollections, an annual coloring festival promoted on social media, where libraries, museums, archives, and other cultural organizations around the world are invited to share images from their collections for coloring.Check …Continue Reading
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African American Experience in Florida (AAE)
In celebration of Black History Month, the USF Libraries are featuring the history of the African American Experience in Florida. In the spring of 2021, the USF Libraries launched the African American Experience in Florida (AAE), an online portal containing materials and …Continue Reading
Scholarships, Research Awards and Essay Prizes Available through the USF Libraries
Students pursuing any major in any college are welcome to apply. All applications are reviewed by the USF Libraries Scholarship Committee. If you are awarded a Research Award or Essay Prize, a research component utilizing materials from Special Collections is required. Meet …Continue Reading
New Digital Exhibits Highlight the USF Forest Preserve & Piney Point
Two environmental controversies provide USF Libraries with new opportunities for collecting and collaboration. In April of this year, incidents involving the USF Forest Preserve and Piney Point prompted new projects to support the Libraries’ Florida Environment and Natural History (FLENH) initiative launched …Continue Reading
Juneteenth and the Robert W. and Helen S. Saunders Papers
In conjunction with Juneteenth, in 1980 the NAACP established January 1st as Jubilee Day, an annual celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation to commemorate Black heritage and history. The USF Tampa Special Collections has some primary documents related to Jubilee Day in the …Continue Reading
Special Collection Highlight LGBTIA+ Stories & Exhibit
In honor of celebrating Pride and the LGBTQIA+ community, the Tampa Special Collections has highlighted their very impressive holdings past and present through the “Queer Life and Literature in the 19th Century” exhibit. Scroll through the exhibit to see the ways in …Continue Reading
USF Libraries Launch the African American Experience in Florida
The African American Experience in Florida, a new collection from the University of South Florida Libraries, has curated the Black experience in Florida around six different themes: activism, Black-owned businesses, the community, journalism, the arts, and history. Information in the collection ranges …Continue Reading
Library Spotlight on Dr. Joan F. Kaywell
In honor of National Support Teen Literature Day (April 23rd, 2021), the USF Libraries acknowledge Dr. Joan F. Kaywell’s contributions to Special Collections’ Ted Hipple Collection, a collection of over 10,000 autographed titles and one of the largest young adult literature collections …Continue Reading
Color Our Collections 2021
Break out the colored pencils you bought at the start of quarantine!Tampa Special Collections created a coloring book with 14 images from our archives and book collections for you to enjoy! The tradition was started by the New York Academy of Medicine …Continue Reading