Press Coverage

  • USF documents historic Tampa with innovative laser scanner technology

    August 21, 2021 - Fox 13 News - Lloyd Sowers

    Lori Collins and her team at USF Libraries Digital Heritage & Humanities Collections (DHHC) used laser scanners and other digital equipment to make detailed images of threatened and historical sites around the world and here in Tampa.

  • Florida woman finds ballots inside 115-year-old ballot box

    August 20, 2021 - Orlando Sentinel - Paul Guzzo

    Two old ballot boxes — one wooden and the other metal — have sat on a shelf in Linda Martin’s Odessa home since the 1970s. Her late father-in-law, H.O. Martin, a Hillsborough County deputy, saved the boxes from the county courthouse trash in the 1950s.

  • USF Innovators: Dr. Lori Collins (DHHC USF)

    August 17, 2021 - Bay Squeeze - Frank Rodriguez

    Meet Dr. Lori Collins from DHHC at USF who's doing fascinating work preserving historical sites locally and globally.

  • The Cuban Sandwich controversy

    August 10, 2021 - Welcome to Florida - Craig Pittman

    Guest Andrew Huse, author of "From Saloons to Steak Houses: A History of Tampa," talks an upcoming title about the history of the Cuban Sandwich.

  • Odessa woman finds ballots inside 115-year-old ballot box used for home decor

    July 26, 2021 - Tampa Bay Times - Paul Guzzo

    Two old ballot boxes — one wooden and the other metal — have sat on a shelf in Linda Martin’s Odessa home since the 1970s. Her late father-in-law, H.O. Martin, a Hillsborough County deputy, saved the boxes from the county courthouse trash in the 1950s.