This VR experience tells the story of Northeast Florida native, Eartha M. M. White, a prominent African American female from Jacksonville who founded the Clara White Mission. The VR narrative biography tells the story of Ms. White's life and all of her accomplishments. It also gives a glimpse into her home and base of operations which is now the Eartha M.M. White Museum located in Jacksonville FL.
This VR experience was made possible by a 2023 Innovative Project Award from the Northeast Florida Information Network (NEFLIN).
In cooperation with the Eartha M.M. White Museum, The University of North Florida Thomas G. Carpenter Library Special Collections and University Archives, and the UNF Virtual Learning Center.
The Eartha M.M. White VR Experience is made for use on the Meta Quest VR headset and can be "sideloaded" to the Quest from SideQuest VR . The Experience can also be viewed as a 360 VR video on on the Quest by using the YouTube VR Application and going to the LibraryVR application page.
The Eartha M.M. White VR Experience may be watched as a 360 VR Video on YouTube VR.
References cited:
Bennett, Charles. (1989). Twelve on the River St. Johns. Jacksonville: University of North Florida Press.
Gilmore, Tim. (2014). In Search of Eartha White, Storehouse for the People. San Bernardino, California: CreateSpace Independent Publishing.
Godwin, Carmen. (2001). “To Serve God and Humanity”: Jacksonville’s Eartha Mary Magdalene White (1876-1974) (Unpublished master’s thesis). Department of History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Schafer, Daniel L. (1976). Eartha M. M. White; The Early Years of a Jacksonville Humanitarian. Unpublished manuscript, Department of History, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.
Director and Producer – Beryl White-Bing Virtual Learning Librarian. at the UNF Thomas G Carpenter Library
Associate Producers – Adonnica Toler, Lydia Stewart, Meg Fisher at the Eartha M.M. White Museum, 613 W. Ashley Street, Jacksonville, Florida 
Writer – Susan Swiatosz, Head of Special Collections and University Archives at UNF's Thomas G. Carpenter Library
Director of Photography – Jennifer Bibb, UNF Coordinator of Library Services and Curator of the Eartha M.M. White Collection at Thomas G. Carpenter Library
Narrator – Trina McCowan, Assessment Librarian at UNF's Thomas G. Carpenter Library
Production Design – Dr. Kevin Pfeil, UNF Assistant Professor from the CCEC School of Computing
Production Crew – Steven Drummond, Christopher Clark both UNF VLC Student Workers.
Special thanks to Ju’Coby Pittman, CEO of Clara White Mission and Dr. Brent Mai, Dean of Thomas G. Carpenter Library, University of North Florida for their continued support for this project
This project has been funded in part through a 2023 Northeast Florida Library Information Network (NEFLIN) Innovative Project Award.
