Safety Harbor Stories is a project that aims to collect the history of our city through stories told by former and current Safety Harbor residents. We hope to have an archive that we will be able to share with future generations to remind them of where our city came from and how it got to where it is today.

By collecting these stories, we are building bonds with past and current residents through shared memories, family connections and the pride that each person feels by being apart of our community. 

Our collection of videos can be found here.

Over 1000 pages of historic newspapers with scattered dates ranging from 1925 through 1989 are preserved and accessible to the public. The newspapers have been deacidified and encapsulated in a mylar sleeves.  Funding for the project was approved by the Pinellas Public Library Cooperative’s Board of Directors.  The newspapers are housed at the Library in a special display case purchased from funds provided by the Chrissie Shull Elmore Library Trust Fund. 

In 2010, the Library was awarded a reserves fund grant allocation of $16,200 from PPLC to further the Safety Harbor Library Preservation Project and preserve the Safety Harbor Herald collection.  The newspapers have been digitized and can be found here:  http://cdm15899.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/   

Historic Building Survey

In 1994, the City of Safety Harbor completed a historic property assessment. This document outlines the history of the City and the physical and architectural analysis of historic buildings within City limits.

Safety Harbor Museum of Regional History uses its valuable collection to illustrate and educate its visitors about the history of the Tampa Bay region from Paleo times to the 20th Century. 

329 Bayshore Blvd. South, Safety Harbor, FL.  
(727) 726-1668 
http://www.safetyharborculture.com

Florida Memory,  from the Florida Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services,  provides access to thousands of documents, photographs, films and audio recordings from the collections of the State Library and Archives of Florida.  It contains photographs and documents related to almost every city, town or county in Florida, from Alachua to Zephyrhills.  http://floridamemory.com/

The Archives and Library at Heritage Village is Pinellas County's principal resource center for the collection, conservation, and study of the history of Pinellas County.

The library features a collection of over 3,500 volumes dealing with topics ranging from Pinellas County and Florida history to genealogy and historic conservation and preservation as well as a collection of over 8,500 photographs on Pinellas County.

The Archives and Library have the Safety Harbor Herald in the following years:
Microfilm: June 22, 1917 - November 17, 1977 (sixteen rolls) 
Print Volumes: 1935 - 1941 (six volumes), 1949 -1953 (Four volumes)
Boxed: 1917 to December 1920, 1921 to 1924, 1927 to 1928, 1929 to 1932, 1932 to 1935, May 1942 to December 1945, January 1946 - December 1950.  Please contact the Archives for specific access to these items. 

11909 125th Street N., Largo, Florida 33774, (727) 582-2128