Drawn from previous collections, the African American Experience in Florida (AAE) is a new, online portal that includes hundreds of artifacts that highlight the injustices that affected Black communities and businesses. … Continue Reading
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Associate Dean of Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Receives National Award
Kaya van Beynen, the associate dean of the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library and USF Libraries Research and Instruction, has been named the 2021 Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award winner. … Continue Reading
A Reading List of Remarkable Women in History
Discover amazing women in history in these print and online resourcesWomen have made significant contributions to the world’s history that often go unnoticed. In honor of Women’s History Month, Assistant Librarian Barbara Lewis has curated a guide of online items in the USF Libraries catalog. Women’s History Bibliography The Women’s History Bibliography …Continue Reading
Meghan Cook Awarded Iris Moreno Totten Geoscience Education Research Award
Please join us in congratulating Meghan Cook, our Research Platform Team Geosciences subject expert, for being awarded the Iris Moreno Totten Geoscience Education Research Award! This award is given to geoscience education researchers who “investigate the ways in which people interact with, understand, …Continue Reading
Prolific Midwife Made Her Mark in Tampa
Maria Messina Greco wrote six thousand names in her notepads, each one for a life she ushered into the worldThe writing, most of it in pencil, has faded with the years. Each small page in the sixty-two palm-sized notebooks bears the name of a new life ushered into the world by a remarkable Sicilian midwife born in 1880. Like most of …Continue Reading
Celebrating Women’s History
Women’s History Month is an annual celebration in March dedicated to the contributions and achievements women have made to our society and culture, and the vital role they’ve played throughout history in the United States. This month-long commemoration began as a week …Continue Reading
Digital Dialogs: A Portrait of Blanche Armwood
In honor of Black History Month, Digital Dialogs would like to highlight the story of one local leader for her commitment to education and equality. Blanche Armwood became a prominent figure on the national stage, known for her dedication to education and social reform … Continue Reading
The Jackson Rooming House Remembered and Re-envisioned
The history and future of the last-remaining African American boarding house in TampaThe Jackson Rooming House was once a haven for black entertainers, athletes, teachers, clergymen, and visitors to Tampa, Florida. Located a block west of Tampa Union Station along Nebraska Avenue at 835 Zack Street — currently 851 East Zack St. — it …Continue Reading
Meet Jordan Norris-Gaither, Student Scholar
Special Collections Latin American & Other Science Fiction Research Award RecipientBack in November 2020, we celebrated our Fall student scholarship and research award recipients, and we have another wonderful student at the Tampa Library to spotlight this month. Jordan Norris-Gaither, Special Collections Latin American & Other Science Fiction Research Award Recipient Advertising and …Continue Reading
Celebrating Black Heritage
Resources, collections, & events to commemorate Black history & heritageBlack History Month, also known as African American History Month, is a celebration of the contributions, achievements, and history of the Black community. It began as a week-long commemoration called Negro History Week, and was founded in 1926 by Dr. Carter G. …Continue Reading