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Florida Collection September 2017
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Laying Out the Clues in Funeral Home Records
Saturday, September 2,
11:00 am
John F. Germany Library - Auditorium
Nationally known speaker, author and consultant George G. Morgan will discuss the vast amount of genealogical information to be found in funeral home and mortuary records. This program is sponsored by the Florida Genealogical Society in partnership with the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library.
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Bring Your Burgert to the Library
Saturday, September 9,
10:15 am
2 West - Florida History & Genealogy
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Burgert Brothers Photographic Studio with us! Learn more about the history of the Burgert Brothers; let us help you research your original Burgert Brothers prints, tour the Florida History and Genealogy Library, and scan images in our collection for free. This program is part of the 100th Anniversary - Founding of the Burgert Brothers Studio. Funded by the Friends of the John F. Germany Public Library. #BB@100
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The Burgert Brothers and You: A Look at Family Land Records
Saturday, September 9,
11:30 am
2 West - Florida History & Genealogy
Residences and places of business are an important part of family history. Learn how documents like photos, city directories and Sanborn maps can add to the rich experience of tracking your family land records to the courthouse. Examples will be presented from the Burgert Brothers' family and beyond. This program is part of the 100th Anniversary - Founding of the Burgert Brothers Studio. Funded by the Friends of the John F. Germany Public Library. #BB@100
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Burgerts & Beyond: New Perspectives On Historic Photographs
Wednesday, September 13,
10:30 am
USF Tampa Library 4th FloorGrace Allen Room
The Burgert Brothers Studio photographs widely exhibited throughout the community have become synonymous with Tampa history. The Burgert Brothers Studio has left us a vivid record of Florida's culture. Join USF Contemporary Art Museum curator Noel Smith and USF Special Collections librarian Andy Huse for a fun romp through Tampa's history featuring new perspectives on these historic photographs. This presentation is part of the celebration for the 100th anniversary of the Burgert Brothers Studio.In partnership with USF Special Collections #BB@100
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100th Anniversary - Founding of the Burgert Brothers Studio
Saturday, September 16,
2:00 pm
2 East
Join us for the culmination of our month-long series of events celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the opening of Alfred and Jean Burgert's photographic studio. Five speakers will address different aspects of the Burgert Brothers Photographic Collection and its uses, with the afternoon concluding with a caking cutting. University of South Florida professor and coauthor of the book, Pioneer Commercial Photography : The Burgert Brothers, Tampa, Florida, Robert Snyder will open with an exploration of the Burgert family and the development of brothers' work into a significant community resource. Gary Mormino, University of South Florida Professor Emeritus and a prolific author, will discuss the use of the photographs within newspapers and other publications. Bryan Weinstein, creator of the Tampa Changing website, will compare and contrast current photographs with Burgert Brothers images of structures. Delphin Acosta, architectural historian and author, will examine the value of the collection from a residential design perspective. Rodney Kite-Powell, historian and curator of the Tampa Bay History Center, will look at life in the year 1917 through Burgert Brothers photographs. Refreshments will be provided. Funded by the Friends of the John F. Germany Public Library. #BB@100
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Pioneer commercial photography : the Burgert Brothers, Tampa, Florida
by Robert E. Snyder
As Florida moved into the mainstream of American economy in the late 1890's, professional photographers established studios to document the events, people and enterprises that contributed to defining the Sunshine State as an integral part of the New South states. The firm of S. P. Burgert and Son was one of the most prolific photographers of the period and their images recorded the evolution of Tampa Bay from a small village on Florida's west coast to a dynamic city that epitomized the tremendous growth that marked Twentieth Century Florida. From its founding in 1899 until the mid-1950s, the Burgerts took thousands of images of the best and worst of the city.
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Beyond the call : the legacy of the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine, Florida
by Thomas Joseph McGoldrick
This book relates the story of the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine, Fl. These French Sisters came in 1866 to educate the liberated slaves. Florida's first Bishop, Augustin Verot invited them from the City of Le Puy in south central France where the Congregation had been founded in 1650. The the first eight Sisters and those who followed them were involved in establishing free schools, academies, the founding of orphanages, nursing during yellow fever epidemics (1877, 1888), teaching in Public Schools, Americanization of the Congregation, dynamics in dealing with Bishops in America, separation and excommunication, teaching the Apache Indians, their arrest in 1916 for teaching Black students. There are many letters written by the French Sisters to their comrades and family members in France in the late 1800's giving the real story and the local color of the experiences.
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As I Recall ... : Jacksonville's Place in American Rock History
by Larry Steele
A reflective look at some of those responsible for the placement of Jacksonville, Florida on the universal map of rock and roll. This autobiographical account of personal and professional triumph and tragedy takes the reader through the formative years of both Lynyrd Skynyrd and 38 Special, recounting those days when making records was only a dream. Former 38 Special stage manager and co-writer, Larry Steele, gives a first-hand account of growing up on the Westside of Jacksonville, of forming his first band with Allen Collins, and of the journey they each pursued, where scores of novice musicians sought a better way of life. Steele describes his own experiences as a musician, along with the friendships that would endure the rivalry which existed between his own band and those who would eventually become Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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