Newspapers

By Melissa Jerome The University of Florida (UF) George A. Smathers Libraries house an extensive collection of newspapers from around the world, with a strong emphasis on Florida and Caribbean-based publications. These newspapers serve as rich historical records, offering valuable insights into past events, cultural shifts, and societal trends. Their…

The George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida, has added 200,000 digitized pages of historic Florida newspapers to the freely available in the Florida Digital Newspaper Library (FDNL). The project, “Making Florida Newspaper Collections Accessible,” was completed with $53,040 in Library Services and Technology Act funding from the…