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Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 28, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 28, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Filibustering with the “Dauntless” Richard V. Rickenbach
An Archeologist at Fort Gadsden John W. Griffin
Northern Plans for the Economic Invasion of Florida, 1862-1865 Robert L. Clarke
A Florida Settler of 1877 The Diary of Erastus G. Hill
St. Augustine
“Tequesta 1949, Annual of the Historical Association of Southern Florida"
The Jacksonville Historical Society
The Florida Historical Society

  • The annual meeting
  • Donations to the library
  • New members


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 28, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 28, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The National Farmers’ Alliance Convention of 1890, and its “Ocala Demands” Samuel Proctor
Negro Slavery in Florida, Part II Edwin L. Williams Jr.
Francis P. Fleming in the War for Southern Independence Letters from the Front Edward C. Williamson
Now is the Time

  • Hillsborough County Historical Commission
  • Historical Association of Osceola County
  • Fort Clinch Memorial Association
  • The Halifax Region
  • Terra Ceia Indian Mound

Archeological Sites
The Jacksonville Historical Society

  • Papers

The Historical Association of Southern Florida

  • Tequesta

The Florida Historical Society

  • The Annual Meeting
  • An offer from The University of Florida


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 28, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 28, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Negro Slavery in Florida Edwin L. Williams Jr.
Hernando de Miranda Ray E. Held
Political Factions in Territorial Florida Herbert J. Doherty Jr.
Francis P. Fleming in the War for Southern Independence Letters from the front Edward C. Williamson
Book Review Merritt, “A Century of Medicine in Jacksonville and Duval County”
The Florida Historical Society

  • New members
  • Donations to the library


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 28, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 28, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Diego Pena’s Expedition to Apalachee and Apalachicolo in 1716 Mark F. Boyd
The Political Activity of the Freedmen’s Bureau in Florida George R. Bentley
Francis P. Fleming in the War for Southern Independence Letters from the front Edward C. Williamson
Letters of the Invaders of East Florida, 1812 Rembert W. Patrick
Tequesta: The Journal of the Historical Association of Southern Florida
Book Review Martin : “Florida’s Flagler” Samuel Proctor
The Jacksonville Historical Society
The Florida Historical Society

  • The annual meeting
  • Minutes
  • Reports
  • New members
  • An assistant editor of the Quarterly
  • Our contributors


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 27, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 27, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Major-General John Campbell in British West Florida George C. Osborn
Nocoroco, a Timucua Village of 1605 John W. Griffin Hale G. Smith
The Founder of the Seminole Nation Kenneth W. Porter
A Connecticut Yankee after Olustee Letters from the front Vaughn D. Bornet
Book reviews:

  • Kathryn Abbey Hanna: “Florida Land of Change”
  • Paul Murray: “The Whig Party in Georgia, 1825-1853” Herbert J. Doherty Jr.

Local History:

  • “The Story of Fort Myers”
  • Pensacola Traditions
  • The Early Southwest Coast
  • Early Orlando
  • “They All Call it Tropical”

The Florida Historical Society

  • A noteworthy gift to our library
  • List of members

Contributors to this …


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 27, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 27, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

William Dunnington Bloxham The Years to the Governorship Ruby Leach Carson
A Connecticut Yankee Fights at Olustee Letters from the Front Vaughn D. Bornet
Carpetbag Imperialism in Florida, 1862-1868 Part II George Winston Smith
John Westcott’s Plan for Public Education in Florida, 1844 Nita Katharine Pyburn
Florida Regional and Local Historical Societies

  • The Historical Association of Southern Florida
  • The Jacksonville Historical Society
  • The St. Augustine Historical Society

The Florida Historical Society

  • The annual meeting
  • The membership drive

Contributors to this number


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 27, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 27, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Carpetbag Imperialism in Florida 1862-1868 George Winston Smith
Independentism: A Challenge to the Florida Democracy of 1884 Edward C. Williamson
Early Education in Tallahassee and the West Florida Seminary, Now Florida State University, Part II William G. Dodd
Enumeration of the Florida Spanish Missions in 1675 Mark F. Boyd
Dr. Henry Perrine, Tropical Plant Enthusiast Nelson Klose
Local History
The Florida Historical Society

  • A meeting of the directors
  • Accessions

Contributors to this number


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 27, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 27, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Early Education in Tallahassee and the West Florida Seminary now Florida State University William G. Dodd
Taylor County History and Civil War Deserters William T. Cash
Robert E. Lee in Florida Karl A. Bickel
Spanish Relief Policy Duvou C. Corbitt
Book Reviews:

  • Hanna and Hanna, “Lake Okeechobee” J. E. Dovell
  • Dawson, “Lakanal, the Regicide” G. C. Osborn
  • Griffin and Smith, “Report on the Goodnow Mound”

Local historical societies

  • Jacksonville Historical Society
  • Historical Association of Southern Florida
  • St. Augustine Historical Society
  • Tallahassee Historical Society

The Florida Historical Society

  • The drive for new members
  • Accessions to the Library

Contributors to this number


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 26, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 26, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Secession in Florida-Pensacola on its Own Documents, letters, and other papers
Comte de Castelnau in Middle Florida, 1837-1838 Translated by Arthur R. Seymour
Governor Cespedes and the Religious Problem in East Florida, 1786-1787 Richard K. Murdoch
The Siege of St. Augustine in 1702 A report to the King of Spain by the governor of East Florida Translated by Mark F. Boyd
A New Collier County Map John M. Goggin
Currency and Banking in Florida
The Florida Historical Society

  • The annual meeting
  • Minutes
  • Report of the treasurer
  • Membership report
  • Accessions to the Library


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 26, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 26, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Essay on Middle Florida (Essai sur la Floride du Milieu) Comte de Castelnau Translated by Arthur R. Seymour Foreword by Mark F. Boyd
Flagler’s Associates in East Florida Development S. Walter Martin
Tequesta: The Journal of the Historical Association of Southern Florida, No. 7, 1947
Book review: Douglas, “The Everglades : River of Grass” J. E. Dovell
The Florida Historical Society

  • The membership campaign
  • The annual meeting with the Jacksonville Historical Society
  • New members
  • Accessions to the Library


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 26, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 26, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Napoleon B. Broward The Years to the Governorship Samuel Proctor
From Pensacola to St. Augustine in 1827 A Journey of the Rt. Rev. Michael Portier
More About Dr. John Gorrie and Refrigeration Ruth E. Mier
Florida and the Presidential Election of 1928 Herbert A. Doherty, Jr.
The Florida Historical Society

  • The next annual meeting
  • Minutes of a meeting of the directors
  • The budget for 1947-48
  • The Florida State Historical Society
  • Donations to the Library
  • New members

Contributors to this number


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 26, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 26, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Everglades Before Reclamation J. E. Dovell
Locating the County Seat of Jackson County Dorothy Dodd
Stephen Russell Mallory, Part III Occie Clubbs
Florida in North Carolina Spanish Records, Part II Albert C. Manucy
The Episode of Osceola’s Wife Kenneth W. Porter
Joseph Byrne Lockey
New Books:

  • Clinton N. Howard, “The British Development of West Florida, 1763-1769”

The Tallahassee Historical Society ‘‘Apalachee 1946”
The Jacksonville Historical Society
The Historical Association of Southern Florida “Tequesta 1946”
The Florida Historical Society

  • The annual meeting
  • Minutes
  • Report of the treasurer
  • Donations to the Library
  • New members

Contributors to this number


Students Find More Than Gaming In Depaul Esports, University Marketing and Communications, Courtney James 2020 DePaul University

Students Find More Than Gaming In Depaul Esports, University Marketing And Communications, Courtney James

DePaul Download

The Esports market, or competitive video gaming, is anticipated to surpass $1.5 billion by 2023. At DePaul, Esports is even a BIG EAST-sanctioned program. DePaul’s director of Student Involvement, Courtney James, talks about DePaul’s unique Esports community, which draws hundreds of student gamers. Through their participation, the students find connection, an inclusive environment and even inspiration for career paths. James also discusses some of DePaul’s upcoming Esports events and the pandemic’s impact on the industry.


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 25, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 25, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Stephen Russell Mallory Part II Occie Clubbs
Florida in North Carolina Spanish Records Albert C. Manucy
W. D. Chipley, West Florida’s Mr. Railroad Edmund C. Williamson
A Soldier’s View of the Seminole War Three Letters of James B. Dallam William D. Hoyt, Jr.
Notes and Comment

  • Recommended Readings on Florida
  • The Suwannee River
  • Sarasota
  • Concord Baptist Church
  • On Florida’s Coconut Coasts

The Historical Association of Southern Florida
The Jacksonville Historical Society
The Florida Historical Society

  • Report of the Long-range Committee
  • President Boyd
  • Donations to the Library
  • New and deceased members


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 25, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 25, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Stephen Russell Mallory Occie Clubbs
Captain Bunce’s Tampa Bay Fisheries Dorothy Dodd
Henry Morrison Flagler S. Walter Martin
Governors of Florida as Members of Congress James B. Whitfield
Thomas Frederick Davis
Book Reviews:

  • Hanna, “A Prince in Their Midst” Robert S. Cotterill
  • Jonathan Dickinson’s Journal Lawrence C. Wroth

Local and Regional Historical Societies:

  • Jacksonville Historical Society
  • Madison County Historical Society Edwin B. Browning

Notes
The Florida Historical Society

  • New members
  • Deceased members
  • Donations to the Library


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 25, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 25, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Theatrical Entertainment in Early Florida William G. Dodd
The Alagon, Punon Rostro, and Vargas Grants T. Frederick Davis
The City of Wreckers Key West letters of 1838 Kenneth Scott
Some Military Affairs in Territorial Florida Albert C. Manucy
Ponce de Leon
The Florida Historical Society

  • Meeting of the Executive Committee
  • Accessions to the Library
  • New members

Contributors to this number


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 25, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 25, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Negro Abraham Kenneth W. Porter
Notes on the “Catalogo de los Fondos de las Floridas" Albert C. Manucy
Pioneer Florida : Mexican Squadron at Key West, 1827 T. Frederick Davis
The Port of St. Augustine During the British Regime, Part II Wilbur H. Siebert
“Tequesta” 1945 The Historical Association of Southern Florida
Book Reviews:

  • Cash and Dodd: “Florida Becomes a State” Rembert W. Patrick
  • Alden: “John Stuart and the Southern Colonial Frontier” Wilbur H. Siebert

The Florida Historical Society:

  • The annual meeting
  • Minutes
  • Report of the Librarian
  • Report of the Treasurer
  • New members
  • Accessions
  • Establishing Local Societies

Contributors to …


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 24, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 24, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Port of St. Augustine During the British Regime Wilbur H. Siebert
Physicians and Medicine in Early Jacksonville Webster Merritt
Pioneer Florida: T. Frederick Davis

  • Destruction of Port Leon
  • The First Militia Organization
  • The Wild Tallahassee of 1827

Historic Artifacts and the Buzzard Cult in Florida John W. Griffin
The Contest for Pensacola Bay and other Gulf Ports, 1698-1722. Part II Stanley Faye
Book reviews:

  • Wolff: Miami, Economic Pattern of a Resort Area, Kathryn Abbey Hanna
  • Patrick : Florida Under Five Flags

The Florida Historical Society:

  • Florida’s Past in 1946
  • The long-range committee
  • History-minded Bradenton and Manatee
  • New members
  • Accessions


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 24, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 24, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Contest for Pensacola Bay and other Gulf Ports, 1698-1722, Part I Stanley Faye
Governor Salazar’s Wheat Farm Project Katherine S. Lawson
The Seminole Negroes of Andros Island, Bahamas John M. Goggin
Pioneer Florida: The First Session of the Legislative Council of Florida T. Frederick Davis
Writing Local History Lillie B. McDuffee
Tiger Tail Kenneth W. Porter
Resources for the History of the British Floridas
The Florida Historical Society

  • Minutes of meeting December 7
  • Donations to Library
  • New members


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 24, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 24, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Florida Banditti, 1783 Joseph B. Lockey
Tallahassee and St. Marks in 1841 A Letter of John S. Tappan W. T. Cash (ed.)
Pioneer Florida : An Interpretation of Spanish Laws and Land Titles T. Frederick Davis
A Diary of Joshua Nichols Glenn St. Augustine in 1823
A Timely Florida Bibliography
The Florida Historical Society

  • Librarian and Secretary Marchman
  • New Members
  • Accessions to the Library


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