Sanibel Island Collection, 1574-1998

Summary

Extent:

649 Megabytes

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

The Sanibel Island Collection consists of photographs that highlight the geographical, environmental, social, and civic aspects of Sanibel Island. There are also letters, telegrams, and newspaper articles that highlight the social and community life on Sanibel Island. All materials in this collection are prior to the damage caused by Hurricane Ian in 2022.

Biographical / historical:

Sanibel Island is a barrier island off the coast of Florida in Lee County. It became an incorporated city in 1974 and has steadily become a top Florida tourist destination since the construction of the Sanibel Causeway, which replaced the ferry as Sanibel's main form of transportation.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related

Location of originals:

The University Archives and Special Collections do not own some of the original material in this collection, as materials were originally digitized by Southwest Florida Library Network as part of the Digitizing Southwest Florida Heritage Project and PALMM Project, 2004 in collaboration with the Sanibel Public Library.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Location of this collection:

Florida Gulf Coast University Special Collections

10501 FGCU Blvd South

Fort Meyers

FL

33965

USA

Contact:

https://library.fgcu.edu/uasc