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 • Transportation • UFDC overview • Other resources 2 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 ChronAm Features Search options: • General • Advanced • All newspapers 4 ChronAm Features 5 ChronAm Features Use these options Use these options Full screen view! Save pdf 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 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 Breaking Barriers • Aviation • Women’s Suffrage • Transportation 8 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 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 Suffrage 1920: 19th 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 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 UFDC • Historic & current • Over 15 million pages • More than 300 collections • Newspapers • Florida history • Florida photographs • Maps • Oral Histories https://ufdc.ufl.edu/ 13 Florida Digital Newspaper Library • Historic & current • Over 2 million pages • All 67 counties represented • Subcollections • Jewish • Ethnic https://ufdc.ufl.edu/newspapers 14 Florida History & Heritage • Primary & secondary resources • Photographs • Government documents • Periodicals • Statistical reports https://ufdc.ufl.edu/fhpc 15 SPOHP Oral Histories • 3,600 interviews online • Transcripts • Audio • Photographs • Native Americans • African Americans • Women https://ufdc.ufl.edu/oral 16 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 Reach Out! facebook.com/ufndnp twitter.com/ufndnp Melissa Jerome pinterest.com/ufndnp [email protected] ufndnp.wordpress.com www.ufdc.ufl.edu/ufndnp www.guides.uflib.ufl.edu/ufndnp 18.