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Record Group Number: 000550
Series/Collection Number: .S 1729
Creator: Florida Geological Survey.
Title, Dates: Photographs of Florida geological features, 1909-1952.
Amount: 2500.00 photographs
Medium Included: photographs
Organization/Arrangement: Numerical by image number.
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Biographical/Historical:     The Department of Environmental Protection was created by the Florida Environmental Reorganization Act of 1993 (93-213, Laws), merging the former Departments of Natural Resources and Environmental Regulation.  The Department's mission is to protect, conserve, and manage Florida's environment and natural resources.
    The Department's responsibilities include management and protection of Florida's marine resources, including endangered species and their habitats; protection, restoration, and management of environmentally important lands and their ecosystems; parks and recreation; water management; and pollution control and environmental protection.  The Department carries out these responsibilities through several commissions and offices, including the Environmental Regulation Commission; Marine Fisheries Commission; Office of Ecosystem Management; Division of Air Resources Management; Division of Law Enforcement; Division of Marine Resources; Division of Recreation and Parks; Division of Environmental Resource Permitting; Division of State Lands; Division of Water Management; Division of Water Facilities; and Division of Technical Services.
    The origins of the Florida Geological Survey can be traced to 1852 when the state legislature established the office of State Engineer and Geologist.  Francis I. Dancy was appointed to direct this office, with responsibilities including supervision of the draining of lowlands for agricultural development.  Dancy's post was abolished in 1855.
    The discovery of phosphate deposits in the 1880s prompted more studies of Florida's geology, and Governor E. A. Perry appointed Dr. John Kost as State Geologist from 1886 to 1887.  However, not until 1907 (Chapter 5681, Laws of Florida) did the state legislature establish a permanent Florida Geological Survey (FGS) under the direction of a State Geologist to collect and study Florida's mineral and other geological resources.  FGS findings were published in the Florida Geological Survey Bulletin and the Florida Geological Survey Annual Report.
    The FGS was placed under the newly-established State Board of Conservation in 1933 and in the new Dept. of Natural Resources when that agency was created in the major state government reorganization of 1971.  The FGS is now housed in the Bureau of Geology, Division of Technical Services, Dept. of Environmental Protection.  The FGS is the oldest state agency still functioning under its original establishing legislative statute and title.
Summary:     This series consists of photographic prints and negatives taken by Florida Geological Survey photographers to document Florida geological and archeological sites.  Images include fossil and mineral specimens, examples of stratigraphic layers and land formations, and mining sites and equipment.
Finding Aids: Searchable index available on the Florida Photographic Collection web site at http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/
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Reproduction Note: Photographic reproductions.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Original photographs held by the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection, Florida Geological Survey.
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Publication Note: Many of these images were originally published in the Florida Geological Survey's "Bulletin" and "Annual Report."  They are also published on the Florida Photographic Collection web site at http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/
General Note: Florida Photographic Collection ID:  "Geology Collection."
Electronic Records Access: http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/
Subject Access Fields: Florida Geological Survey
Florida Geological Survey
Archaeological geology Florida
Fossils Florida
Geological specimens Photographs
Geological surveys Florida
Geology Florida
Geology, Stratigraphic
Minerals Florida
Mines and mineral resources Florida
Photography in geology Florida
Photographs. aat
Negatives. aat
Added Entries Florida. Dept. of Environmental Protection.