ZORA NEALE HURSTON

SPECIAL COLLECTION

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/znhurs

PRESENTER INFORMATION

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AGENDA

Current status and collection goals

Contents

Functionality

Resources for assisting students

Continuing the conversation

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OVERVIEW OF COLLECTION

Goal: To support scholarship on Zora Neale Hurston’s l ife and works, and related African American Studies and American Studies topics, and to preserve and digitize Hurston’s papers.

Current Status: Print + digital, over 200 items in the digitized collection.

Uniqueness of Collection

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COLLECTIONS CONTENT

Material

Scope

Time Span

Format

Location

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OVERVIEW OF COLLECTION: HURSTON

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COLLECTIONS CONTENT: SENT TO HURSTON

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COLLECTIONS CONTENT: ENCLOSED

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COLLECTIONS CONTENT: PHOTOS

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SIGNIFICANCE

American literary figure

One of the largest collections on Hurston

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RELATED COLLECTIONS

Zora Neale Hurston Digital Archive at UCF

http://chdr.cah.ucf .edu/hurstonarchive/?p=_home

Zora Neale Hurston Collection at Yale

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.hurston

The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress

http://memor y. loc.gov/ammem/collections/hurston/

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FUNCTIONALITY: SEARCH

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SEARCH: ALL ITEMS

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SEARCH

Specific Text Search

Advanced Search

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PAGE FUNCTIONALITY: ZOOM

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THUMBNAIL VIEW AND VOLUME TREE

Helpful for an overview

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RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH

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FAQ

Are any of Zora Neale Hurston’s manuscripts available digitally?

Can I use an image from the collection in my scholarly publication? In a student project? In a newsletter?

How do I compare the digital and the print collections?

For more information: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/ufdchelp

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