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Organized on 26 November 1902 and chartered three years later, the Florida Historical Society was the successor to the Historical Society of Florida, formed in 1856. According to its charter, the Society’s mission was twofold: “the collection, arrangement and preservation of all materials pertaining to the history of, or in any manner illustrative of... Read more »https://cah.ucf.edu/fhq/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/05/FHS-headerbldg-300x157.jpg