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Article: The Florida Historical Society, 1856-2004.(Book Review)
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- The Journal of Southern History
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
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The Florida Historical Society, 1856-2004. By Jerrell H. Shofner. (Cocoa: Florida Historical Society Press, c. 2004. Pp. vi, 286. $25.00, ISBN 1-886104-13-1.)
Since the founding of the nation's first historical society in the 1790s, such institutions have collected and preserved historical sources, published books and state history quarterlies, and provided links between the academy and the public. Historical societies have traditionally followed two models: predominantly nineteenth-century eastern societies that were privately funded and twentieth-century midwestern societies supported by tax revenues and reflecting a progressive belief in the value of history.