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The Heritage Collection consists of over 1,100 historical photographs from all aspects of daily life in the Alachua County area. Treat yourself to a journey of amazing historical detail and profound human interest through this annotated photographic expose’ of the Alachua region spanning the 1870s through the 1970s. Experience and understand local history in a different way, through the faces and places of the past that still influence the present.

The collection presents a pictorial record of the commercial, residential and social growth of Tampa Bay and Florida's West coast from the late 1800s to the early 1960s.Over 20,000 images in the Burgert Brothers Photographic Collection chronicle the history of the Tampa Bay area as it faced wars, natural disasters, economic booms and busts. The images offer a view of a community at work, from cigar factories, sponge docks and strawberry fields, to grocery stores, service stations and bank lobbies. Many of the photographs also depict a community at leisure, enjoying a day at the beach, participating in local celebrations, attending the Florida State Fair or playing favorite games such as golf, tennis, shuffleboard or checkers.

This extraordinary archive - a visual link with our past and our heritage - is preserved at the John F. Germany Public Library for the public to view and use. The Library has made reference prints for public examination. A photocopier/scanner is available for reproductions of the reference prints or customers can bring their own photographic equipment to make digital images of the materials. Reprints of the photographs from high-resolution images of the negatives are also available through a photography studio.

The Bay County Public Library maintains a local history collection in a local history room set aside for that purpose. The Library has a collection of approximately 7,000 photographs and almost 5,000 of these are catalogued and searchable by subject area in the Bay County Public Library Catalog. Patrons may obtain a copy of any photograph for a small fee. The Bay District Schools owns the Tommy Smith Photograph Collection of 1,998 photos that they will maintain. The Tommy Smith Collection is also cataloged and searchable in the Bay County Public Library Catalog. This collection contains historic and current photos of local landmarks, people, buildings, churches, schools, community events and other items that reflect the history of Bay County and its communities.

thinkFlorida.org was created by the Florida Humanities Council to provide Florida educators with a dynamic, interactive, and authoritative source on Florida's history and heritage. Scholar-written articles explore topics covered by topics covered in Florida classrooms. Related resources like maps, photographs, letters, and audio and video programs illustrate specific article subjects. The site also Inventory of Digital Libraries 69 serves as a clearinghouse for reliable and credible websites on Florida topics and provides lesson plans created by teachers who have attended our "Teaching Florida" seminars. thinkFlorida.org modules are designed to extend and expand on teacher seminars conducted by the Florida Humanities Council.

To date, the FIPR Institute Information Clearinghouse has published over 200 documents in the following areas: Chemical Processing & Phosphogypsum Mineral Processing (Beneficiation) Reclamation Mining Public Health

CPALMS is an online toolbox of information, vetted resources, and interactive tools that helps educators effectively implement teaching standards. It is the State of Florida’s official source for standards information and course descriptions.