<p>From the Wikipedia site, here is another really interesting reference of a book from 1903 that was scanned and made available on the web:
[Florida</a> Heritage Collection](<a href=“http://fulltext.fcla.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=fhp;cc=fhp;sid=d841011860860226ef5adb401ad147cd;rgn=full%20text;idno=FS00000038;a=48;view=jpg;node=FS00000038%3A76;seq=135]Florida”>http://fulltext.fcla.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=fhp;cc=fhp;sid=d841011860860226ef5adb401ad147cd;rgn=full%20text;idno=FS00000038;a=48;view=jpg;node=FS00000038%3A76;seq=135)</p>
<p>This is further corroboration that FSU is indeed the oldest university in Florida. Note that the first part reads “The oldest State College in Florida. Established 1851. Operated continuously since November, 1856”.</p>