- USF Works With Local Community to Uncover the Legacies of Those Forgotten
February 14, 2020 - University of South Florida
As forgotten burial grounds continue to be discovered around Tampa Bay, the University of South Florida and Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) are working with local officials and community members to rediscover unmarked graves and identify those forgotten there. - Remembering the Strange, Sordid History of the Florida State Fair
February 13, 2020 - Tampa Bay Times
“It was always a means to bring down the governor or other officials from Tallahassee," said Andy Huse, a librarian with the University of South Florida Special Collections Department. - It's Called Dead Man's Field. Were Bodies Ever Moved from West Tampa Site?
February 5, 2020 - Tampa Bay Times
"Academics have pored over the research Echezabal donated to the University of South Florida’s Library of Special Collections. They agree he might be right because no one has found evidence that large numbers of graves were ever relocated." - Heritage on the Edge: New Google Project Reveals Climate Change Damage to UNESCO Sites
February 5, 2020 - The Art Newspaper
"The raw data sets are also freely available to download for educational and other non-commercial uses from the Open Heritage 3D Alliance database, founded by CyArk with Historic Environment Scotland and the University of South Florida Libraries." - Search For Story of Zion Cemetery Shifts From Graves to Family Records
January 13, 2020 - Tampa Bay Times
These people were intentionally erased,” said University of South Florida genealogist Drew Smith, who leads a five-member team of volunteers. "We want to undo that damage to some degree by making them known again.” Zion was believed to be Tampa’s first all-black burial ground and the final resting place for more than 800 people. It disappeared as buildings were constructed there starting in the late 1920s.