Press Coverage

  • Neighbors Work to Renovate Sulphur Springs Tower in Tampa

    February 18, 2020 - 83 Degrees Media

    "We are trying to partner with USF’s Digital Heritage & Humanities Collection so we can use their tools to save money for the studies that need to be done for this cause,” Johnson says. “Once we preserve our tower, there are many things we can do like put a boardwalk or walking path along the river. There are many places for improvement.”

  • 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."