GNV Business History
Data Visualization
Use our custom-built database of Gainesville businesses that dates back to 1882 to recreate the economic landscape of the city, create custom graphs, and search for historic businesses.
GNV Company Stories
Explore our curated stories of iconic Gainesville businesses, both past and present. Or take a tour of a particular sector of the city’s economic past. You’ll find both brief and extensive profiles of small businesses and the people who make them run.
GBH Oral Histories
Watch and hear the histories of a variety of local businesses that make Gainesville a unique college town. There are also transcriptions of each interview and links to related stories.
The GBH Digital Collection
This collection preserves the stories of Gainesville’s diverse businesses through oral histories, photographs, documents, and data. Led by UF’s Inquire Capitalism Program, the project highlights small and medium-sized enterprises and invites community contributions.