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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was the first Floridian to receive the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (later named the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction). She won the award in 1939 for her book The Yearling. Marjorie...
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Group f/64 and the West Coast Photographic Movement
Although the photographs on Florida Memory are often discussed for their historic value, all exhibit some level of artistic direction and formal design elements. A group of San Francisco-based...
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Harriet Beecher Stowe in Florida
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), famed author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) and noted abolitionist, is remembered for her New England roots and Northern perspectives. However, Stowe both influenced and...
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Florida’s Own Billy the Kid
Many people may not be aware but at the turn of the century, Florida had its very own Billy the Kid. And while he wasn’t a rustler or robber, he was a train-hopping rogue active in the Fort McCoy area...
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Old Sparky’s Rough Start: The Story of Jim Williams
The curious story of Jim Williams begins with an early, botched operation of ”Old Sparky,” Florida’s electric chair, and ends on the lips of a folk singer, with plenty of misinterpretation, heroics,...
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Floridaphobia
Phobias are a part of the human experience. Some are reasonable or instinctive: arachnaphobia (fear of spiders), acrophobia (heights) venustraphobia (fear of beautiful women). And, well, some of the...
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Share Your Digital Photos: Hurricane Matthew
Now that Matthew has passed, it will be remembered alongside Camille, Andrew, and Charley as one of many hurricanes that have shaped Florida’s history. Help the State Archives preserve that history by...
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New Collection: Florida Maps
Florida Maps is the newest addition to Florida Memory’s ever-growing document collections. This is a selection of over 300 maps from the State Library of Florida’s Florida Map Collection. In addition...
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