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NHD 2020 Historic Newspapers as Primary Sources Melissa Jerome University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries Chronicling America overview Search tips Presentation Overview Breaking Barriers Aviation Suffrage


  1. NHD 2020 Historic Newspapers as Primary Sources Melissa Jerome University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries

  2. • Chronicling America overview • Search tips Presentation Overview • Breaking Barriers • Aviation • Suffrage • Transportation • UFDC overview • Other resources 2

  3. Chronicling America ChronAm is a database of historic newspapers published in the United States and its territories • 46 states + PR • 1690 to 1963 • 15 million newspaper pages • Text-searchable • Free! https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ 3

  4. ChronAm Features Search options: • General • Advanced • All newspapers 4

  5. ChronAm Features 5

  6. ChronAm Features Use these options Use these options Save pdf Full screen view! to change page to change issue Zoom in/out by Zoom in and clicking these clip something buttons. Can of interest. also use mouse scroll 6

  7. Search Tips When searching think about… • Vocabulary • Historic spelling • Change in terms • Typos • Search parameters • Change scope to get more useful results • Diversify name searches • Affiliated organizations, businesses, and governing bodies • SAVE! 7

  8. Breaking Barriers • Aviation • Women’s Suffrage • Transportation 8

  9. Aviation • 1910: First powered flight by Lincoln Beachey Orange County Fair Orlando • 1912: First fight school founded by Glenn Curtiss in Miami Beach • 1914: Tony Jannus made first flight with passenger on St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line • Florida was major training site for US Military during WWI & WWII 9

  10. Ruth Law • First female pilot to fly in FL skies • Purchased first plane at 24yo from Orville Wright in 1912 • 1915 nation’s first woman to perform “loop the loop” • Set nation’s flight record in 1916 for longest non-stop flight (Chicago to NY); record for men and women • Not the only aviatrix! • Harriet Quimby • Laura Bromwell • Adrienne Bolland • Amelia Earhart 10

  11. Suffrage 1920: 19 th amendment was ratified “single largest extension of democratic voting rights in our nation’s history” Organizations: • NAWSA: National American woman suffrage association • NWP: national woman’s party Some important figures • Susan B. Anthony • Elizabeth Cady Stanton • Alice Paul • Carrie Chapman Catt African American Suffragists • Sojourner Truth • Ida B. Wells • Mary Church Terrell • Mary Talbert 11

  12. Transportation 1836: First train Lake Wimico & St. Joseph line connected St. Joseph to Apalachicola River – initially mule-drawn 1860: First line - Fernandina Beach to Cedar Key 1880s: Real development after Civil War • Henry B. Plant- Tampa & West coast • Henry Flagler- Jax & East coast • (1912) Overseas Highway- first railroad connecting Key West with mainland 1900: more than 3,000 miles worth of tracks 12

  13. UFDC • Historic & current • Over 15 million pages • More than 300 collections • Newspapers • Florida history • Florida photographs • Maps • Oral Histories https://ufdc.ufl.edu/ 13

  14. Florida Digital Newspaper Library ry • Historic & current • Over 2 million pages • All 67 counties represented • Subcollections • Jewish • Ethnic https://ufdc.ufl.edu/newspapers 14

  15. Florida History ry & Heritage • Primary & secondary resources • Photographs • Government documents • Periodicals • Statistical reports https://ufdc.ufl.edu/fhpc 15

  16. SPOHP Oral Histories • 3,600 interviews online • Transcripts • Audio • Photographs • Native Americans • African Americans • Women https://ufdc.ufl.edu/oral 16

  17. Resources Collections: • Chronicling America • UFDC Other: • UFNDNP Blog • Aviation + Ruth Law • Henry Flagler • Smithsonian Learning Lab • Edsitement • Chronicling + mapping suffrage • Florida Memory • Local library 17

  18. Reach Out! facebook.com/ufndnp twitter.com/ufndnp pinterest.com/ufndnp Melissa Jerome mmespino@ufl.edu ufndnp.wordpress.com www.ufdc.ufl.edu/ufndnp www.guides.uflib.ufl.edu/ufndnp 18

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