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Caleb Del Rio

In Celebration of History: Talk, Panel and Book-Signing

Join us for an afternoon with two of Florida’s outstanding historians.  Larry O. Rivers (Associate Professor of History, University of West Georgia) will speak on his new book about civil rights pioneer James Hudson, followed by a discussion on the practice of history with him and his father, Larry E.

Diaspora Dishes: Remembering Home

September 15, 2023 – December 15, 2023 Smathers Library Gallery (2nd floor) Curated by: Katiana Bagué, Melissa Jerome, Lourdes Santamaría-Wheeler, and Margarita Vargas-Betancourt Cookbooks are more than objects on kitchen shelves and counters that share instructions. The stories, recipes, and images can connect us to our communities and collective histories.

Building the University Auditorium

The Governor told the university to start construction, and simply stop construction once the money ran out. All that was able to be built of the auditorium were the walls, roof trusses, and a composition roof.

A Meeting in Hell

In this months' blog post, a series of photos from the Panama Canal Museum Collection sheds a stark light on the reality of the making of the Culebra Cut, which completed the groundwork needed to bring the construction of the Panama Canal to a close.