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Byrd and Archives Historian Matthew Story join us to discuss the Department鈥檚 role as the state鈥檚 record keeper and various ways that these records are both preserved for and made available to the people of the state of Florida.</p> <p><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/77b7ca92-1b13-4cb0-b6e0-67c45ea1308c/01-Unsealed_MATT_STOREY-Part_Two-022.mp3">For the Record: The Common and the Curious Contents of the State Archives</a></p> <h4>To Learn More:</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.floridamemory.com/">Florida Memory</a></li> </ul> <p>聽</p> </div> <div class="sidebar col-md-4"> <div id="page-navigation"> <h2><a href="/unsealed/">Unsealed </a></h2> <ul> <li> <a href="/unsealed/keeper-of-the-seal/">Keeper of the Seal</a> </li> <li> <a href="/unsealed/digging-in-the-past/">Digging in the Past</a> </li> <li> <a href="/unsealed/think-glocally/">Think Glocally</a> </li> <li> <a href="/unsealed/florida-folklife/">Florida Folklife</a> </li> <li> <a href="/unsealed/pieces-of-the-past/">Pieces of 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