Florida Frontiers

Florida Historical Society Archivist and Public History Coordinator Ryan Humm gave an outstanding presentation on “Florida in the American Revolution” for an enthusiastic audience of South Brevard Historical Society members at the Melbourne Public Library. It was an informative and engaging discussion!

David Levy Yulee was the first US Senator from Florida. Coming up on “Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society” we’ll discuss this complex historical figure. We’ll talk about the infamous Johns Committee that targeted homosexuals on college campuses in the 1950s and’60s, and we’ll look at Hurricane Andrew from a new historical perspective. Check your local NPR schedule, listen as a podcast, or online at https://myfloridahistory.org/frontiers/radio/programs.

African American community leader Jewel Collins has died. Coming up on “Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society” we’ll discuss how her legacy lives on in the Leon and Jewel Collins Museum of African American History and Culture in Cocoa. Exhibits there focus on Harry T. Moore who started his teaching career in the former Rosenwald School, nearby resident Zora Neale Hurston, Cocoa Highwayman Artist R. L. Lewis and others. Check your local NPR schedule, listen as a podcast, or online at https://myfloridahistory.org/frontiers/radio/programs.

The classic 1883 novel “Florida Breezes” by Ellen Call Long is back in print. Coming up on “Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society” we’ll discuss the book with writer Tracy J. Revels. We’ll talk about the Negro Fort at Prospect Bluff, and Orlando tourism before Disney. Check your local NPR schedule, listen as a podcast, or online at https://myfloridahistory.org/frontiers/radio/programs.

The Florida Historical Society 2026 Public History Forum begins today at the Shores Resort and Spa in Daytona Beach!

Today is the last day of the 74th Annual Florida Folk Festival. Come visit your friends from the Florida Historical Society in White Springs! We have educational exhibits, great books, and live music. It’s a beautiful morning!

The Florida Historical Society musical group The Florida Quest (Ben Brotemarkle and Tim Carroll) performed on the Seminole Stage this morning at the Florida Folk Festival, and Ryan Humm is running the FHS Bookstore and exhibits across from the Gamble Rogers Stage. Come visit us today and tomorrow in White Springs. See you here!