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Greetings from Florida! 📬🌴 Take a journey through the Vintage Florida Postcard Collection and experience the Sunshine St...
06/03/2026

Greetings from Florida! 📬🌴

Take a journey through the Vintage Florida Postcard Collection and experience the Sunshine State one postcard at a time! 🌞📮

Hurricane season is officially here! 🌧️🌪️Doug MacGregor’s cartoons continue to resonate today, reflecting the experience...
06/01/2026

Hurricane season is officially here! 🌧️🌪️

Doug MacGregor’s cartoons continue to resonate today, reflecting the experiences, preparation, and resilience that come with living in Southwest Florida. Find more cartoons in Doug MacGregor's Southwest Florida Cartoon Collection online at DigitalFGCU: https://buff.ly/eVm8MP5!

Happy National Alligator Day! 🐊 Celebrated each year, National Alligator Day highlights the important role alligators pl...
05/29/2026

Happy National Alligator Day! 🐊

Celebrated each year, National Alligator Day highlights the important role alligators play in Florida’s wetland ecosystems and the need for conservation and environmental awareness. Today, we’re sharing alligator images from a variety of collections held in the University Archives & Special Collections!

🌊🐚 Happy ! We’re throwing it back to the 1955 Sanibel Shell Fair! The Sanibel Shell Show & Festival is still a beloved ...
05/27/2026

🌊🐚 Happy ! We’re throwing it back to the 1955 Sanibel Shell Fair! The Sanibel Shell Show & Festival is still a beloved annual island tradition and the world's longest-running shell festival.

📸 Photo Credit: Sanibel Island Collection on DigitalFGCU: https://buff.ly/rmsnV83!

A day at the beach, Koreshan-style! 🏖️☀️🌊 Dive into the full Koreshan Unity Collection on DigitalFGCU! Link: https://buf...
05/26/2026

A day at the beach, Koreshan-style! 🏖️☀️🌊 Dive into the full Koreshan Unity Collection on DigitalFGCU! Link: https://buff.ly/hO8GMnh

As Finals Week comes to a close, we want to congratulate all of the amazing FGCU students for the wonderful work they’ve...
05/01/2026

As Finals Week comes to a close, we want to congratulate all of the amazing FGCU students for the wonderful work they’ve put in this semester. And many well wishes to the graduating Class of 2026!

As a reminder the FGCU Archives and Special Collections will be closed May 11th-15th and will reopen May 18th.

Stay tuned for updates about the new upcoming gallery and thank you to everyone who came to appreciate and view our previous exhibit, Nature’s Canvas. We look forward to showing you the work we’ve put into this next display! Thank you all of your support this semester, we look forward to having you back!


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As the semester comes to an end, so does the FGCU Archives and Special Collections current gallery: Nature’s Canvas. Com...
04/27/2026

As the semester comes to an end, so does the FGCU Archives and Special Collections current gallery: Nature’s Canvas. Come and see the amazing work our team put into this installation before it’s gone, and keep your eyes open from our upcoming Fall gallery.

Did you know the world is an egg? 🥚At least, that’s what David Teed, leader of the Koreshan Unity, believed. The Unity m...
04/08/2026

Did you know the world is an egg? 🥚

At least, that’s what David Teed, leader of the Koreshan Unity, believed. The Unity moved right here to Estero, Florida in 1894, bringing with them their own unique belief, “Cellular Cosmogony”. In this publication, Teed’s theory claims that the earth is actually a concave sphere, and that the sun is at its center. This book is one of Teed’s first copies from 1898.

Want to learn more about the fascinating history of our local cult? Come check out the Archive’s Koreshan Collection on floor 3 of the Wilson G. Bradshaw Library! 📖🥚

Some things you just never get over. Dunk City is one of them 🟢🏀In 2013, FGCU’s men’s basketball team shocked the countr...
03/27/2026

Some things you just never get over. Dunk City is one of them 🟢🏀

In 2013, FGCU’s men’s basketball team shocked the country by making it to the Sweet 16 and they did it with some of the most unforgettable dunks you’ve ever seen. Check out the Athletics Collection for all the stats!

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A HUGE shoutout to one of our incredibly talented archives interns, Bryanna, for drawing the sweetest doodle portraits f...
03/25/2026

A HUGE shoutout to one of our incredibly talented archives interns, Bryanna, for drawing the sweetest doodle portraits for everyone who visits our table during GiveDay! 🎉 She’s preserving the moment through her doodles while the University Archives and Special Collections handle the rest! Students, staff, faculty, community members - everyone (yes, even birds and puppets!) are welcome! Come get your doodle drawn tomorrow starting at 10:00 AM! ✏️

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