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The program was founded by Dr. Samuel Proctor in 1967 as the University of Florida Oral History Program. Its original projects were collections centered around Florida history with the purpose of preserving eyewitness accounts of economic, social, political, religious and intellectual life in Florida and the South.
Proctor was recognized as one of the "50 Distinguished Floridians of the 20th Century" and a national pioneer in the field of oral history. He co-authored a history of the university entitled Gator History: A Pictorial History of the University of Florida (1987). William Francis Whitman, Jr. 2004 D.P.S.
These programs focus on Central Florida history and are performed at the schools. Presentations include plays and puppet shows as well as curriculum materials for teachers designed to meet Sunshine State Standards; Home School Days-this program is specifically designed for home school students and their families.
The Florida State University (FSU) "Flying High" Circus located in Tallahassee, Florida, is an extra-curricular activity under FSU's Division of Student Affairs. All members of the FSU Circus are required to be a degree-seeking student registered at Florida State University and are accepted after an audition.
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki is a museum of Seminole culture and history, located on the Big Cypress Reservation in Hendry County, Florida. The museum is owned and operated by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The museum itself was named in a Seminole language phrase: Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki, which means "a place to learn, a place to remember". [1]
Dozens of teachers, students and labor leaders marched to a Miami school district headquarters Wednesday to protest Florida’s new standards for teaching Black history, which have come under ...
The Mississippi Freedom Project (MFP) is an archive of oral histories collected by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida.The ongoing project contains 100+ interviews online and focuses on interviews with civil rights veterans and notable residents of the Mississippi Delta.
Pleasants, Julian M., Gator Tales: An Oral History of the University of Florida, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (2006). ISBN 0-8130-3054-4; Proctor, Samuel, & Wright Langley, Gator History: A Pictorial History of the University of Florida, South Star Publishing Company, Gainesville, Florida (1986). ISBN 0-938637-00-2.