FGCU Bradshaw Library's Archives and Special Collections

09/11/2026

09/02/2026

Emphasizing their major innovations in photography, Kodak’s slogan from the early 20th century, “Take a Kodak with you,” emphasized the portability of their cameras. The new accessibility of cameras changed how Americans captured the world around them.

Learn more about the amazing innovation of Kodak in our 2026-2027 exhibition, “Snapshots of Innovation: The Legacy of Kodak,” on the 3rd floor of the Wilson G. Bradshaw Library.

08/28/2026

Dusting off some C. Ruskin Sandbourne Christmas prints a few months too early!🎄

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08/27/2026

📚✨The Service Learning Fair is happening now in the Cohen Ballroom! Come say hi to our Special Collections Librarian and learn about opportunities to get involved with University Archives & Special Collections! We’ll be there until 2 pm!

Can’t make it? Check EagleLink to learn more about our current service learning projects.

Come see how you can turn learning into action! 🦅🤝

08/20/2026

to when UASC got to visit with our wonderful friends at the Alliance for the Arts!

08/07/2026

A big congratulations to one of UASC's student archived assistants, Jayson Cathey!

Last week, Jayson presented his research from working with the Koreshan Collection at the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting.

We are so proud of the work that Jayson has accomplished and this amazing opportunity! 👏

07/29/2026

26 years ago, in 2000, Wings of Hope🐾 was established!

Since then, thousands of students have experienced the environmental education program which aims to connect students through the life of the endangered Florida panther.

07/21/2026

In 2005, WGCU Public Media created a short clip that outlined FGCU's "Vision for the Future". We've included a small segment of it here! So, do you think we've reached out vision?

06/15/2026

On this day in 1942, Edwin "Ted" Boynton wrote home to his parents: "It seems to me that I have some allowance comming about now don't I Dad, I certainly hope so because I am absolutely broke at this point. I could use a pair of summer shoes too. It seems to me that I am asking for a lot of money but it is always that way at the beginning of a school term."

Sounds familiar, doesn't it? 😅 Read more from Ted's wartime correspondence in the Edwin "Ted" Boynton Letters, part of the World War II Collection on DigitalFGCU!

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