American History

Historically significant records of the state, as well as private manuscripts, local government records, photographs, etc.

selected original photographs and other materials from the collections of the State Library and Archives of Florida that illustrate significant moments in Florida history.

From Univ of Florida.

Over 1 million pages of historic Florida newspapers. Free & searcheable.

Naval and Air Force bases from around Florida. Includes Kennedy Space Center, a submarine base at King’s Bay Georgia, and the Panama Canal Zone.

From the newspapers from the William and Sue Goza & Thomas and Georgine Mickler Collections. These papers were not published in Florida; however, they help complete the journalistic record for Florida.

1780 diary of Bernardo de Galvez, who seized Pensacola from British forces.

Personal account of shipwright Jonathan Walker, who helped 7 Pensacola slaves escape in 1844, for which he was jailed and branded.

From ExploreSouthernHistory.com

Contains 13 full-text articles from 1959 issue devoted to historic Pensacola.

From the 1500s through the present. From Pensapedia.