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Foreigners In Florida: A Study Of Immigration Promotion, 1865-1910, George E. Pozzetta

Florida Historical Quarterly

For most of the long American period, Floridians have been deeply concerned with the problem of attracting people to the borders of their state. Though the motivations behind the various efforts to induce migration into the state have changed, ranging from early desires simply to populate uninhabited lands to more modern concerns of tourism and development, the spirit has been remarkably consistent. Indeed, it has only been within the last few years that the “heresy” of imposing legal limits on population growth has been listened to with any degree of toleration. In no other period of Florida’s past, however, have …

When A Minority Becomes The Majority: Blacks In Jacksonville Politics, 1887-1907, Edward N. Akin

Florida Historical Quarterly

With the end of Reconstruction in 1876, the national Republican party abandoned the blacks of the South to state governments controlled by native southern whites. This traditional textbook interpretation of the plight of blacks in the Bourbon South rested on two implicit assumptions: the black was dependent on national Republicanism for protection; and, with the end of this protective system, blacks ceased to be a viable independent political element.1 When blacks did vote during the Bourbon era, they were pictured as sheep being led by conservative whites. An example of this voting behavior in an urban setting is recounted in …

Defeat In Victory: Yankee Experience In Early Civil War Jacksonville, Richard A. Martin

Florida Historical Quarterly

It is something of an irony that Jacksonville, a sleepy town removed from the major centers of agitation prior to the Civil War, was affected so directly by the passions raging across the land. Jacksonville was settled by people from all parts of the country, many of whom earned a living catering to a cosmopolitan mix of travellers, including many from foreign lands. With a resident population about one-third southern, one-third northern, and one-third slave, Jacksonville was, in effect, a kind of national microcosm where the prevailing political controversies were acted out to their logical and disastrous ends.

Florida Manuscript Acquisitions And Accesions, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

This is a listing of recent manuscript acquisitions and accessions as reported by Florida universities, colleges, and public libraries. In some instances the acquisitions of rare books, pamphlets, and maps have also been noted. Those interested in using particular collections should correspond with the library or institution directly.

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

OSCEOLA: THE UNCONQUERED INDIAN, by William and Ellen Hartley, reviewed by John K. Mahon; BIG CYPRESS: A CHANGING SEMINOLE COMMUNITY, by Merwyn S. Garbarino, reviewed by Harry A. Kersey, Jr.; HISTORIA DEL DESCUBRIMIENTO DE LA FLORIDA Y BEIMENI O YUCATAN, (Boletin de la Academia Puertorriquena de la Historia), by Aurelio Tío, reviewed by C. W. Arnade; FLOOD TIDE OF EMPIRE: SPAIN AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, 1543-1819, by Warren L. Cook, reviewed by Jack D. L. Holmes; ARMS FOR EMPIRE: A. MILITARY HISTORY OF THE BRITISH COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA, 1607-1763, by Douglas Edward Leach, reviewed by T. Harry Williams; BRITISH …

A Woman Liberated: Lillian C. West, Editor, Bernadette K. Loftin

Florida Historical Quarterly

Lillian Carisle West's professional name, L. C. West, graced the masthead of the weekly Panama City Pilot from 1917 to 1937. She also managed or edited two other local papers, the St. Andrews Bay News and Lynn Haven Free Press, during part of this period, and she operated the Gulf Coast Development Company and the Panama City Publishing Company. Thus, for almost two decades, Mrs. West successfully assumed a leadership position generally reserved only for the male sex by the society of her time. How she managed to accomplish this feat in a small southern town where women’s struggle for …

Florida History Research In Progress, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

This list shows the amount and variety of Florida history research and writing currently underway and as reported to the Florida Historical Quarterly. Doctoral dissertations and masters theses completed in 1973 are included. Research in Florida history, sociology, authropology, political science, archeology, geography, and urban studies is included.

East Florida In 1834: Letters Of Dr. John Durkee, W. Stanley Hoole

Florida Historical Quarterly

In the summer of 1833 Dr. John Durkee, for more than ten years a practicing physician in Meredith Bridge (now a part of Laconia), New Hampshire, traveled to East Florida for the benefit of his health.1 Settling in Jacksonville, a village of fewer than 250 people and about twenty houses and stores, he soon recuperated sufficiently to lead an active life.2 He rode horseback into the hinterland of Duval County, hunted, fished, and because of his scientific background interested himself primarily in such subjects as alligators, snakes, deer, birds, trees, cattle, soils, and Indian archeology. Meantime, he kept abreast of …

History News, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Announcements and Activities, Local Societies and Commissions, Notes, Obituary

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

RIVER OF THE GOLDEN IBIS, by Gloria Jahoda, reviewed by Frank G. Slaughter; TALES OF OLD BREVARD, by Georgiana Kjerulff, reviewed by Ernest Lyons; HUNTED LIKE A WOLF: THE STORY OF THE SEMINOLE WAR, by Milton Meltzer, reviewed by James W. Covington; FLORIDA PROMOTERS: THE MEN WHO MADE IT BIG, by Charles E. Harner, reviewed by Thomas S. Graham; SUGAR AND SLAVES: THE RISE OF THE PLANTER CLASS IN THE ENGLISH WEST INDIES, 1624-1713, by Richard S. Dunn, reviewed by Robert R. Rea; THE PAPERS OF HENRY LAURENS, VOLUME THREE: JAN. 1, 1759-AUG. 31, 1763, edited by Philip M. Hamer …

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

FLORIDA, LAND OF IMAGES, by Nixon Smiley, reviewed by William M. Goza; PAPA: HEMINGWAY IN KEY WEST, by James McLendon, reviewed by Kathryn Hall Proby; FRANCIS DRAKE, PRIVATEER CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVES AND DOCUMENTS, edited by John Hampden, reviewed by Paul E. Hoffman; BLAZE OF GLORY: THE FIGHT FOR NEW ORLEANS, 1814-1815, by Samuel Carter, III, reviewed by Frank L. Owsley, Jr.; THE MALLORYS OF MYSTIC: SIX GENERATIONS IN AMERICAN MARITIME ENTERPRISE, by James P. Baughman, reviewed by Edward A. Mueller; DANIEL LEE, AGRICULTURIST: HIS LIFE NORTH AND SOUTH, by E. Merton Coulter, reviewed by James C. Bonner; BOOKER T. WASHINGTON: THE …

That Infamous Floridian, Jesse Fish, Robert L. Gold

Florida Historical Quarterly

The story of Jesse Fish has long been obscured by rumor, contradictory reports, and confusion. He lived more than half a century in St. Augustine under both Spanish and British authority, and his long residence probably helped in the formation of the “Fish Legend,” which has lasted until the present day. Generally, he emerges as a sinister figure, an insidious schemer characteristically involved in contraband commerce, sedition, and illicit land transactions. Fish reputedly made money as an hacendado, land dealer, slaver, smuggler, usurer, and cunning crook. His critics also accuse him of performing espionage for England and Spain, and claim …

Episode 13: Elena Cyrus: Expertise On Infectious Diseases And Vaccines, University Of Central Florida

Knights Do That Podcast Transcripts

In episode 13 of Knights Do That, we speak with Elena Cyrus, an infectious disease epidemiologist at UCF’s College of Medicine. She discusses her expertise and research in infectious diseases, public health and COVID-19 vaccines.

Produced by UCF, the podcast highlights students, faculty, staff, administrators and alumni who do incredible things on campus, in the community and around the globe.

Minutes Of Directors' Meeting, January 6, 1973, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The semi-annual meeting of the officers and board of directors of the Florida Historical Society was convened in the Society’s library, University of South Florida Library, Tampa, at 10:15 a.m., January 6, 1973, by Dr. John E. Johns, president. Attending were Milton D. Jones, Thelma Peters, Mrs. Milton D. Jones, Mary Jane Kuhl, Samuel Proctor, Audrey Broward, Donald Curl, Michel G. Emmanuel, David Forshay, Bryon S. Hollingshead, Anthony P. Pizzo, Sister Elizabeth Ann Rice, Jerrell H. Shofner, Normann Simons, Charlton Tebeau, and James C. Craig. Dr. Johns welcomed the group and introduced the new Board members, Sister Elizabeth Ann Rice …

Florida Manuscript Acquisitions And Accessions, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

This is a listing of recent manuscript acquisitions and accessions as reported by Florida universities, colleges, and public libraries. In some instances the acquisitions of rare books, pamphlets, and maps have also been noted. Those interested in using particular collections should correspond with the library or institution directly.

Who Wrote "Barbour's Florida"?, Thomas S. Graham

Florida Historical Quarterly

In the years following the Civil War Americans in increasing numbers were becoming interested in Florida as a winter resort, a refuge for the infirm, and a frontier of opportunity. A brisk demand developed for accurate information about the state, which was romantically envisioned as the "Italy of America" or disparaged as a wilderness of swamp and everglades. To satisfy the market for knowledge about Florida a considerable quantity of newspaper stories, magazine articles, and tourist guide books were produced. Harriet Beecher Stowe, a pioneer in promoting Florida, sent out a series of articles from her winter retreat at Mandarin …

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

BILLY BARTRAM AND HIS GREEN WORLD, by Marjory Bartlett Sanger, reviewed by Wyatt Blassingame; A HISTORY OF FLORIDA BAPTISTS, by Edward E. Joiner, reviewed by Walter B. Posey; SOME WHO PASSED THIS WAY, by Ira A. Hutchinson, reviewed by John D. Ware; THE EVERGLADES TODAY: ENDANGERED WILDERNESS, by George X. Sand, reviewed by Thelma Peters; T. THOMAS FORTUNE: MILITANT JOURNALIST, by Emma Lou Thornbrough, reviewed by Jerrell H. Shofner; THE EUROPEAN DISCOVERY OF AMERICA: THE NORTHERN VOYAGES, A.D., 500-1660, by Samuel Eliot Morison, reviewed by Charles W. Arnade; BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS CASAS IN HISTORY: TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAN …

Lumber And Trade In Pensacola And West Florida: 1800-1860, John A. Eisterhold

Florida Historical Quarterly

Of all the commercially significant communities along the Old South's gulf coast, Pensacola was most dependent upon lumber for its prosperity. Although it failed to develop into a great cotton port, Pensacola found that an expanding lumber industry offered a reliable export commodity upon which to base a steady if unspectacular rate of growth. Favorably situated near rich timber resources, and possessing a good harbor, only enterprise was needed to make the city one of the nation's leading lumber ports.

Status Of Negroes In A Southern Port City In The Progressive Era: Pensacola, 1896-1920, Donald H. Bragow

Florida Historical Quarterly

Booker T. Washington in his book, The Negro in Business, selected Pensacola, Florida, as a "typical Negro business community" to illustrate the economic progress of blacks since the Civil War. Pensacola, he felt, was "representative of that healthy progressive communal spirit, so necessary to our people...." Washington’s information, obtained largely from the periodical pages of the Colored American, was quite accurate in describing the community's Negro populace during the period 1896 to approximately 1913. In 1907 The Voice of the Negro provided a similar appraisal of Pensacola's Negroes: "It has been equally surprising to note the amount of business done …

Pelts, Plumes, And Hides: White Traders Among The Seminole Indians, 1890-1930, Harry A. Kersey, Jr.

Florida Historical Quarterly

Only a handful of Indians remained in Florida as the Third Seminole War ended in 1858. When Chief Billy Bowlegs led his band out of the Big Cypress Swamp, accepted a government indemnity, and boarded the steamer Grey Cloud which would take him and his group to their new home in the Indian Territory, he estimated that only thirty-eight warriors and their families were left behind. This was probably a low figure, but his information was relayed to the war department by Colonel Elias Rector, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and plans were made to locate the remaining bands. Throughout that …

Florencia Investigation Of Spanish Timucua, Fred Lamar Pearson, Jr.

Florida Historical Quarterly

In 1565 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded St. Augustine on the Florida peninsula. Spanish activity pushed Spain's northern frontier up as far as Chesapeake Bay, but effective control extended only to Port Royal, South Carolina. Menéndez, and subsequent Florida governors, established missions and presidios along the Atlantic seacoast and in the interior areas to give added protection to Florida.

Florida's Image In Juvenile Fiction, 1909-1914, Peter A. Soderbergh

Florida Historical Quarterly

In the years between Appomattox and Sarajevo many young readers took their leisure pleasures from the pages of hardbacked novelettes. More respectable, to parents at least, than the "dime novel," the novellas exploded with the heady escapades of fictional boys and girls whose mental and physical reserves were unlimited. Descended from earlier models created by Martha Finley and William T. Adams— and rooted in the "success" ethos popularized by Horatio Alger, Jr.— the series published after 1898 outdid their prototypes in every aspect but quality.

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

DUNCAN UPSHAW FLETCHER: DIXIE’S RELUCTANT PROGRESSIVE, by Wayne Flynt, reviewed by Williard B. Gatewood, Jr.; FORERUNNER COURAGEOUS: STORIES OF FRONTIER FLORIDA, by LeRoy Collins, reviewed by William M. Goza; TWO ISLANDS: GRAND MANAN AND SANIBEL, by Katherine Scherman, reviewed by E. Ashby Hammond; SPAIN AND HER RIVALS ON THE GULF COAST, edited by Ernest F. Dibble and Earle W. Newton, reviewed by Helen Hornbeck Tanner; ANGLO-SPANISH RIVALRY IN NORTH AMERICA, by J. Leitch Wright, Jr., reviewed by John J. TePaske; THE NORTH CAROLINA CONTINENTALS, by Hugh F. Rankin, reviewed by Edward S. Perzel; THE PAPERS OF JEFFERSON DAVIS: Volume I, …

Florida History In Periodicals, 1971, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

This selected bibliography includes scholarly articles in the field of Florida history, archaeology, geography, and anthropology published in state, regional, and national periodicals in 1971. Articles, notes, and documents which have appeared in the Florida Historical Quarterly are not included in this listing since they appear in the annual index of each volume. The present listing also includes articles appearing in journals not published on schedule and which were not included in the list published in the July 1971 issue of the Quarterly.

St. Augustine School: Seventy-Five Years Of Negro Parochial Education In Gainesville, Florida, Harry A. Kersey, Jr.

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Baptists and Presbyterians already had active congregations in Gainesville, Florida, when, in 1868, the Episcopalians formed "Trinity Parish." Land was secured and in 1873 a frame church was built on north Main Street where the Masonic Temple now stands. This structure served the needs of the parish for over three decades.

Florida Whites And The Brown Decision Of 1954, Joseph A. Tomerlin

Florida Historical Quarterly

The United States Supreme Court delivered its epochal opinion in the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka on May 17, 1954. Chief Justice Earl Warren, only recently confirmed by the senate, read the unanimous decision, which held that "in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place." The plaintiffs in the suit, subjected to racially segregated systems of education, were thereby "deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment." But then the court postponed implementing its decree to hear more arguments in the next session on …

Episode 12: Deborah Beidel: Ptsd Treatment That Works For Veterans, First Responders, University Of Central Florida

Knights Do That Podcast Transcripts

In episode 12 of Knights Do That, we speak with Deborah Beidel, executive director of UCF RESTORES. The Pegasus Professor and Trustee Chair of Clinical Psychology and Medical Education shares her experience and expertise in PTSD treatment, innovative treatments happening at UCF RESTORES, and how we can better acknowledge and support veterans. Produced by UCF, the podcast highlights students, faculty, staff, administrators and alumni who do incredible things on campus, in the community and around the globe.

Ucf Libraries Programming Report, 2019-2020, Megan M. Haught, Ucf Libraries

Libraries' Documents

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Covid-19 And Tourism: Analyzing The Effects Of Covid-19 Statistics And Media Coverage On Attitudes Toward Tourism, Maksim Godovykh, Jorge Ridderstaat, Carissa Baker, Alan Fyall

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

COVID-19 has significantly influenced tourism, including tourists’ and residents’ attitudes toward tourism. At the same time, attitudes and consumer confidence are important for economic recovery in the tourism sector. This study explores the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people’s attitudes toward tourism by analyzing time-series data on the number of COVID-19 positive cases, vaccinations, news sentiment, a total number of daily mentions of tourism, and the share of voice for positive and negative sentiment toward tourism. The applied data analysis techniques include descriptive analysis, visual representation of data, data decomposition into trend and cycle components, unit root tests, Granger …

Ucf Libraries Programming Report, 2018-2019, Megan M. Haught, Ucf Libraries

Libraries' Documents

No abstract provided.