Juneteenth is a holiday celebrating and commemorating the emancipation of the last enslaved African Americans in the United States, where on June 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Texas to demand all enslaved peoples be free. This was two years after the …Continue Reading
Can a cemetery with nearly 800 burials be made to disappear from recorded history, only to be rediscovered nearly 100 years later? Sadly, it can, and this is what happened with Zion Cemetery, the first African American cemetery in Tampa. The cemetery …Continue Reading
The month of June celebrates Pride and the LGBTQIA+ community and the ongoing strides being made to fight for equality, create awareness, build acceptance, and celebrate accomplishments. At the Tampa Special Collections, we host more than two dozen archival collections and thousands of …Continue Reading
We would like to honor and acknowledge the career of Bernadette Storck, public librarian, consultant, archivist, and adjunct faculty member for the USF School of Information. Storck was an administrator at the Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library System and Leon County Public Library, and …Continue Reading
Matt Knight, PhD, is an Associate Librarian at the USF Tampa Library, the Content Expert for the History Research Platform Team (RPT), and Affiliate Faculty in the USF History department. He is graduating this Spring with his PhD in Celtic Languages and …Continue Reading
Meghan Cook, PhD, is the Coordinator of Library Operations and Content Expert for the USF Geosciences Research Platform Team (RPT) at the USF Tampa Library—as well as the co-host of our podcast Calling: Earth. She is graduating this Spring with her PhD …Continue Reading
Samantha Sonntag is a Student Assistant in the Stacks department at the USF Tampa Library, graduating this Spring with a Bachelor’s in Integrative Animal Biology (Human), with a minor in History! She just started playing bass guitar a few months ago, and …Continue Reading
Lydia Symens is a Special Collections Student Assistant at USF Tampa Library, and graduating with her BA in International Studies this Spring! She loves to read and spend time outside. HOW HAS THE LIBRARY CONTRIBUTED TOWARD YOUR ACADEMIC GOALS? The Library has …Continue Reading
Trey Stamm is graduating with a Bachelor’s in General Biology this Spring, with a concentration in Ecology and Evolution, as well as a minor in Biophysics. He started working at the USF St. Petersburg’s Nelson Poynter Memorial Library (NPML) as a Student …Continue Reading
Maleena Tran is a Student Assistant in the Stacks department at the Tampa Library, and is graduating with her Bachelor’s in Biomedical Science this Spring! In her off time, she enjoys doing puzzles and spending time with my friends. HOW HAS THE …Continue Reading