Special Collections supports scholarly research, enhances teaching, and preserves USF and Florida history through a series of deep University and community partnerships.
To advance this mission, Special Collections:
- Collaborates with the Research Platform Teams in providing access to primary research materials appropriate to their missions.
- Engages researchers and encourages immersion with nontraditional and often rare resources through classroom, exhibit, and storage facilities.
- Establishes and promotes strong community partnerships organized around local and regional history, environmental history, and cultural resources and heritage.
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Research AwardsSpecial Collections offers four research awards for undergraduate and graduate students at the University of South Florida.Click here to learn more about the LGBT Research Award, Latin American & Other Science Fiction Research Award, the Leland Hawes Prize in Florida Studies, and the Patrick Riordan Memorial Research Award.
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Exhibitions
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Collections HighlightELAPP History ProjectThe Jan K. Platt Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program (ELAPP) is a citizen-led effort to preserve natural areas in Hillsborough County, Florida. It began as a local response to rapid development and habitat loss, and continues to preserve wildlife corridors in a highly urbanized region.
Story Map Exhibit