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Each of the six UF Libraries offer events, workshops and trainings for patrons. Virtual and in-person opportunities are available each week. See the calendar here.

Scrapbook page from a trip to Gainesville in 1894. (Illustrated Diary of a Trip from Boston to Florida, 1894, PKY 88.056) Russell Ramsey Papers 1960-2020 The collection contains documents, publications, correspondence, and research materials related to the academic and military career of Russell Ramsey. La colección contiene documentos, publicaciones,…

A new exhibit opening on March 3, 2025 at Florida House on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. highlights vintage maps of Florida. The maps in the exhibit are reproductions from the University of Florida (UF) George A. Smathers Libraries. They are only some of the stories of the Sunshine…

Gore Vidal’s “An Evening with Richard Nixon” (LP), 1972 – Steven Abbott Collection of Materials relating to the Gore Vidal Bibliography (MSS 0544) The following collections in the Special and Area Studies Department have been recently processed, expanded or revised at the University of Florida. Miguel Ángel Quevedo Papers…

In celebration of Juneteenth, the Map and Imagery Library is hosting a display featuring Louise E. Jefferson. Jefferson is known as an illustrator, photographer, graphic designer, founding member of the Harlem Artists Guild, and as one of the first Black female cartographers. Louise E. Jefferson’s passion for portraying disenfranchised populations…

Florence M. Turcotte, Literary Manuscripts Archivist, recently won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Visiting Faculty Travel Grant and will travel to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN for research at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. She will consult with Mary McSparran, Curator of Manuscripts and conduct research in the Edwin Mims…

Margarita Vargas-Betancourt In the new text, Collective Creativity and Artistic Agency in Colonial Latin America, Librarian Margarita Vargas-Betancourt presents her research on an Aztec merchant woman and uses the case to illustrate and overcome the bias that has surrounded the study of Indigenous women. This book brought together art…

Holland-America Line 1937 promotional album of photographs of the West Indies taken by photographer Robert Smith Mathews with text written by his brother, Richard B. Mathews. This photo shows passengers on their way to the Port of Havana. MSS 0538 SS…

Below are collections that have been recently processed, expanded, or revised at the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida. Latina Women’s League Records  2005-2019 Correspondence, meeting agendas, reports, event programs, and posters of the Latina Women’s League. Correspondencia, minutas de reuniones, reportes, programas de…

At the University of Florida, we are pleased to announce the debut of The Journal of Assessment in Higher Education (JAHE), a collaboration between the UF Office of Institutional Assessment and the George A. Smathers Libraries. The journal is an open-access, semi-annual publication that presents articles on current philosophy,…