Category: Special Collections

The Sociedad La Union Marti-Maceo Collection Now Preserved Through Digitization

USF Libraries Special Collections and Digital Collections combine efforts to digitize the valuable Sociedad La Union Marti-Maceo Collection.
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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 Lue Gim Gong Collection: A New Digital Collection

USF Libraries Digital Collections and Special Collections are proud to announce the complete digitization of The Lue Him Gong Collection, now online.
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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

Creating Virtual Tourism and 3D Model Collections that Commemorate the Craftsmanship and Legacy of President Jimmy Carter

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By: Lori Collins, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor and co-Director, Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information  Virtual tours and immersive learning tools such as virtual and augmented reality and 3D modeling are offering new ways to explore, share, and learn about places …Continue Reading

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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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

Listen to History: Governor LeRoy Collins and his Pivotal Speech on Race, 1960

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Listen to History: Governor LeRoy Collins and his Pivotal Speech on Race, 1960
Thursday, July 14th
2PM, virtual via Zoom

Join the USF Libraries on Thursday, July 14th at 2PM for a virtual event on Microsoft Teams and Listen to History, featuring Governor LeRoy Collins and his Pivotal Speech on Race in 1960. A conversation will be led by Special Collections curator Andy Huse, …Continue Reading

Millions of Years in the Making: A New Platform for the Karst Information Portal

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June 6th is the National Day of Caves and Karst, and we’re celebrating with the official launch of the newly redesigned Karst Information Portal (KIP). For 2021 and 2022, the scientific community is also engaging in the International Year of Cave and Karsts, a global celebration organized by the International Union of Speleology.[1] Caves and karsts are geological formations that play a significant role in Florida’s environment. …Continue Reading

The Oracle in the Archives: The Grim Reaper of Pizza

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The push for the USF Libraries to digitize the college’s student newspaper, The USF Oracle, began several years before I was hired as a staff member in the building. Alumni and researchers alike have always been interested in being able to view campus newspapers, and the more that they could view online, the better… …Continue Reading

Celebrate Earth Day with Florida Environment & Natural History Resources

From marine science to ornithology, climate change to environmental policy, materials are available in Special Collections to help us understand our environmental past and future
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Happy Earth Day! We here at the USF Libraries are committed to the preservation of, and access to, resources concerning impacts on Florida’s natural environment. We invite you to celebrate Earth Day this year by exploring our Florida Environment and Natural History (FLENH) …Continue Reading

The Florida Ornithological Society Nests at the USF Libraries 

Special Collections is the official repository of the society’s physical and digital records
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Many birds migrate in predictable ways, heading north in spring as winter retreats from cooler climes and cycling south in the fall as northern habitats freeze over. Florida’s milder climate, however, sustains both the migrants and the state’s charismatic resident birds. For …Continue Reading