Belonging and Equitable Access

Great news, this valuable collection is now digitized and online, thanks to efforts by USF Libraries Special Collections and Digital Collections! The Sociedad la Union Marti-Maceo collection first arrived at USF in 1983, and features records of the Afro-Cuban mutual aid society’s organizational …Continue Reading

The USF Libraries Digital Collections and Special Collections are proud to announce that The Lue Gim Gong Collection is now fully digitized and online. This popular collection has been cited extensively in local history publications and sheds light on issues related to …Continue Reading

The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity has named the University of South Florida (USF) and the Florida Holocaust Museum as the permanent homes of the papers and artifacts of Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor who became an esteemed humanitarian, writer, and recipient …Continue Reading

An initiative of USF Libraries’ Special Collections, The African American Experience in Florida (AAE), is an online portal containing materials and archives from Black communities, individuals, and businesses. The portal aims to help students, educators, researchers, and the public learn about Black …Continue Reading

Juneteenth celebrates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, became aware of the Emancipation Proclamation and the freedom that came with that executive order. In observance of this important historic event, the DEI committee has compiled a list of …Continue Reading

This month we celebrate and recognize the culture, traditions, and history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the United States. In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, the DEI committee has compiled the following list of eBooks available for checkout through …Continue Reading

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD), marks the day that Auschwitz-Birkenau – the largest Nazi death camp – was liberated in 1945. It seeks to remember the lives of the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, along …Continue Reading