Here are outlinks and references to external resources that provide research and primary sources regarding Florida history.

Web Repositories

Internet Archive Florida Collection - The most extensive collection of Florida history documents, at over half a million volumes for viewing. Contemporary sources are able to be viewed through the Open Library. Start your research here!

Fivay.org - Articles and digitized sources covering Pasco County history, maintained by Jeff Miller and the WPHS.

Florida Historical Quarterly - An academic journal covering Florida history, published by the Florida Historical Society,

Florida Memory - Digital reproductions of sources maintained by the State Archives of Florida.

HCPLC Digital Collections - Digitized sources covering Tampa Bay history, more specifically Hillsborough, maintained by the HCPLC.

Pinellas Memory - Digital archives of photographs and texts significant to Pinellas County, maintained by the PPLC.

University of Central Florida, Florida Heritage - Digitized sources covering Florida history, many recent and public licensed.

University of Florida Digital Collections - Digital sources from throughout Florida and wider Caribbean and American history.

University of South Florida Digital Commons, Florida Studies - Digital reproductions of Florida and Tampa Bay sources.

Contemporary Books

A Land Remembered -  Patrick Smith

Black Society in Spanish Florida - Jane Landers

Cross Creek - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 

Florida: A Short History - Michael Gannon

Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida - Gary Mormino

Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando - Richard E. Foglesong

The New History of Florida - Michael Gannon