17 min
Random Florida Fact: The State Archives Your Florida Daily
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Let’s talk about your junk drawer.
Is it a kitchen drawer with sauce packets and spare batteries or a shelf in a closet where you keep the box your iPhone came in?
Either way, most of us are collecting and accumulating items with sentimental or historical value — including the government of Florida.
Preserving the history of an entire state is no simple feat. It first became someone’s job in 1845 when Florida formed an institution called the State Library and Archives.
So, let’s explore Florida’s extremely organized, climate-controlled, professionally curated junk drawer.
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Let’s talk about your junk drawer.
Is it a kitchen drawer with sauce packets and spare batteries or a shelf in a closet where you keep the box your iPhone came in?
Either way, most of us are collecting and accumulating items with sentimental or historical value — including the government of Florida.
Preserving the history of an entire state is no simple feat. It first became someone’s job in 1845 when Florida formed an institution called the State Library and Archives.
So, let’s explore Florida’s extremely organized, climate-controlled, professionally curated junk drawer.
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17 min