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Alan Bliss, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
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Mitch Hemann
Senior Archivist
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Kate A. Hallock
Director of Marketing & Communications
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Silvia Romero
Office Administrator
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Sherrard Ceglia and Susan Williams
Archive Assistants

Recent Posts: THE JACKSONVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Acosta Bridge Centennial Celebration

Take a step back in time on Saturday, June 26, as 1920s era vintage automobiles traverse the Acosta Bridge in celebration of its centennial.

Next year the citizens of Jacksonville will have the opportunity to learn more about the history of their hometown as we commemorate Jacksonville’s Bicentennial. What happened in 1822? Read more to see what CEO Alan Bliss shares about our humble, bovine beginnings.

From the Archives: The Great Fire and the Bisbee Family Revisited

JHS Senior Archivist Mitch Hemann shares another story from the Great Fire of 1901 and, with the help of Historian at Large Wayne Wood, solves a mystery.

Murder Capital: Stories of Murder and Mayhem in Jacksonville

Join us for our first post-pandemic, in-person Speaker Series program since February 2020. Welcome to Tim Gilmore, Ph.D., author of 20 books, founder of JaxByJax LIterary Arts Festival, and creator of jaxpsychogeo.com.

Making the Case for Historic Preservation

Part of our mission is to make the case for historic preservation, partly because it creates economic development in addition to cultural capital, but also because an old building contributes to the time capsule of city planning, architecture and construction as they were understood and practiced in the early 1900s.

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