Documenting the American South (DocSouth)

Documenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes sixteen thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.

A search for "Florida" found 6,560 items with "Florida."  The University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sponsors Documenting the American South, and the texts and materials come primarily from its southern holdings. The UNC University Library is committed to the long-term availability of these collections and their online records. An editorial board guides development of this digital library.
"First-Person Narratives of the American South" and "Oral Histories of the American South" are possibly the 2 most widely recognized of the 15 thematic collections. Standing out among the other collections are the papers of noted North Carolina populist leader Tom Watson and "North Carolinians and the Great War," showcasing the university's holdings of WW I propaganda posters as well as other memorabilia from the library's Bowman Gray Collection. In summary, DocSouth is a significant repository of primary source materials. A digitization project begun in 1994 with a handful of slave narratives, this website has expanded its offerings and is an example of the best of such sites". Choice, April 2012, Highly recommended. All levels/libraries. -- M. Daniel, Piedmont Technical College Library