Lost Voices from America's Oldest Parish Archive, 1594-1821, with Dr. J. Michael Francis
Original research from St. Augustine Catholic Church Parish Records, 1594-1821
This is a promotional flyer for an event featuring Dr. J. Michael Francis, hosted by the St. Johns County Public Library System, with the support of the Friends of the Main Library St. Augustine and Florida Humanities, at the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center on November 8, 2021. Main Library's Adult Programming Coordinator Beth Maycumber organized the event. The description of the event was as follows:
The Friends of the Main Library is pleased to welcome eminent scholar Dr. J. Michael Francis for an event honoring St. Johns County’s Bicentennial anniversary. He will discuss the early history of St. Augustine, with particular attention to the settlement’s diverse population, which included Spaniards, Native Americans, Portuguese, Germans, Flemish, Irish, French, as well as Africans, both free and enslaved.
The talk will highlight Dr. Francis’s recent research project, titled Lost Voices from America’s Oldest Parish Archive, 1594-1821. This event is FREE and open to the public and will take place at the Lincolnville Museum & Cultural Center, located at 102 M.L. King Avenue in St. Augustine. Parking is available for museum guests along either side of the museum building, behind the building (via Pomar Street), and across from the building (grass lot). If you have any questions, please call the Main Library at 904-827-6940.
Dr. J. Michael Francis is the Hough Family Chair of Florida Studies at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, and he serves as the Executive Director of La Florida: The Digital Archive of the Americas. Dr. Francis received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and was appointed in 2011 by US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to serve on the St. Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission. In 2021, Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Dr. Francis to serve on the board of the Florida Historical Commission, and that same year, Spain’s King Philip VI conferred upon Dr. Francis the Official’s Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic. He has written numerous articles and books, including St. Augustine America’s First City: A Story of Unbroken History & Enduring Spirit and Murder and Martyrdom in Spanish Florida : Don Juan and the Guale Uprising of 1597.
This program is a partnership between the Florida Humanities and the Friends of the Main Library St. Augustine. Funding for this program was provided by Florida Humanities and sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
Maycumber, Beth
<a href="https://sjcpls.org/">St. Johns County Public Library System</a>
November 8, 2021
Francis, J. Michael (John Michael)
<a href="https://www.lincolnvillemuseum.org/">Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center</a>
Friends of the Main Library St. Augustine
<a href="https://floridahumanities.org/">Florida Humanities</a>
<a href="https://laflorida.org/">La Florida: The Interactive Digital Archive of the Americas</a>
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SJCPLS Online Event: Local HERstory- Women of Lincolnville -- 4/29/2021
Oral interview
In this virtual program created for the St. Johns County Public Library's social media pages, Main Library’s Adult Programming Assistant Beth met with Regina Gayle Phillips, Director, and Kimberlyn Elliott, Assistant Director of the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center, to learn about some local HERstory! They discussed the Lincolnville Museum’s new exhibit, Women Who Made a Difference, featuring the exceptional stories of five local women: Janie Price, Katherine Twine, Mildred Parson Mason Larkins, Debbie McDade, and Barbara Vickers.
Maycumber, Beth
<a href="https://sjcpls.org/">St. Johns County Public Library System</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUSoPWWpaNo4tZK1LVYyGzg">SJCPLS YouTube Channel</a>
<a href="https://sjcpls.org/">St. Johns County Public Library System</a>
April 29, 2021
Phillips, Regina Gayle
Elliott, Kimberlyn
<a href="https://www.lincolnvillemuseum.org/">Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center</a>
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SJCPLS Online Event: Archives Month- The Resilience Project - 10/29/21
Oral interview
To celebrate American Archives Month, Beth Maycumber, Adult Programming Coordinator at St. Johns County Main Public Library, explores some of the projects undertaken by various archives, museums, and libraries as part of Resilience: Black Heritage in St. Augustine. Included in the video are Casey Wooster and Laura Marion of Governor's House Library, Bob Nawrocki of the St. Augustine Historical Society Research Library, Taryn Rodriguez-Boette and Roger Smith of Ximenez-Fatio House Museum, Kimberlyn Elliott of Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center, and Jolene DuBray and Katherine Owens of Flagler College Proctor Library.
Maycumber, Beth
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10/29/2021
Wooster, Casey
Marion, Laura
Nawrocki, Bob
Rodriguez-Boette, Taryn
Smith, Roger
Elliott, Kimberlyn
DuBray, Jolene
Owens, Katherine
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