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Newspaper The Volusia County Record (Deland, Volusia Co., Fla.) 1888-1921 Record

About The Volusia County Record (Deland, Volusia Co., Fla.) 1888-1921

The DeLand Weekly News was founded in 1887 and succeeded by the DeLand News in about 1907. Christopher O. Codrington served as editor for both newspapers. A well-known DeLand newspaperman, Codrington also published the Florida Agriculturalist; he was also involved in a 1908 libel case (Steward v. Codrington, et al.) involving railroad owner and county judge Isaac A. Stewart.

The interests of the railway loomed large in DeLand–the seat of Volusia County. First settled in 1874 and originally named Persimmon Hollow after its persimmon trees, the community was at first accessible only by steamboat. This situation changed with the visit in 1876 of Henry DeLand, a New York industrialist, who renamed the town and re-envisioned its future as a center for agriculture, particularly for citrus, and for tourism. Soon afterward, the tracks of the Georgia, Florida, and Key West Railway Company came to DeLand, running south from the Georgia state line to New Symrna on the Atlantic coast.

DeLand enjoys a reputation as a city of firsts. It was the first community in Florida to have electricity. It was home to the state’s first private university, Stetson University. Later, it would host Florida’s first law school, established in 1900 at Stetson University. DeLand was known as the “Athens of Florida” because of its outpouring of cultural activities–extraordinary for Florida at the turn of the century. The town’s influence would later wane as political and economic power shifted toward Daytona Beach.

Both the DeLand Weekly News and the DeLand News provided extensive coverage of local developments, and the papers duly noted the comings and goings of prominent visitors, including John B. Stetson, the Philadelphia hat manufacturer and philanthropist for whom Stetson University is named.

In 1921, the DeLand News merged with another local weekly, the Volusia County Record founded in 1888. The product of their union was the DeLand News and Volusia County Record.

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About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Volusia County Record (Deland, Volusia Co., Fla.) 1888-1921

Other Title

  • Record

Summary

  • A weekly newspaper, the Volusia County (FL) Record [LCCN sn95026693] began publication in 1888 from the city of DeLand, Florida. In 1921, the newspaper merged with the DeLand (FL) News [LCCN sn92062121] to form the DeLand news and Volusia County (FL) Record [LCCN sn95026694]. DeLand is the Volusia County seat and home to Stetson University. The founding of this school parallels the beginnings of the Volusia County Record and the newspaper provides extensive coverage of its development. DeLand refers to itself as the "Athens of Florida," because of its extraordinary, for late 19th-early 20th century Florida, outpourings of cultural activities. The Volusia County Record duly noted the comings and goings of prominent visitors, including John B. Stetson, the Philadelphia hat manufacturer and philanthropist for whom Stetson University is named. The newspaper ceased just before the Florida Land Boom takes off but coverage by its successor ensures an excellent overview of the Boom and of the Bust when it too arrives. --E. Kesse, University of Florida Digital Library Center.

Dates of Publication

  • 1888-1921

Created / Published

  • DeLand, Volusia Co., Fla. : William A. Cook

Headings

  • -  De Land (Fla.)--Newspapers
  • -  Volusia County (Fla.)--Newspapers
  • -  Florida--De Land
  • -  Florida--Volusia County
  • -  United States--Florida--Volusia--De Land

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  Began in 1888; ceased in Aug. 1921.
  • -  J. Park Todd, editor.
  • -  Description based on: Vol. 5, no. 20 (Jan. 1, 1889).
  • -  Latest issue consulted: Vol. 32, no. 14 (Dec. 28, 1917).
  • -  DeLand news (DLC)sn 92062121 (OCoLC)1699436
  • -  DeLand news and Volusia County record (DLC)sn 95026694 (OCoLC)33138259

Medium

  • volumes

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn95026693

OCLC Number

  • 33138258

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