The project creates a digital collection consistently updated with the new information made available between the five contributing universities.
"RICHES is an umbrella program housing interdisciplinary public history projects that bring together different departments at UCF with profit and non-profit sectors of the community.The Public History program at UCF links many projects under one initiative to promote the collection and preservation of Central Florida history.

By facilitating research that records and presents the stories of communities, businesses, and institutions in Florida, RICHES seeks to provide the region with a deeper sense of its heritage.

As of the summer of 2016, RICHES has collected nearly 4,000 items in its database. Items include photographs, newspaper articles, pamphlets and brochures, report cards, oral history recordings, and various other types of media."
Includes the Sanford, Chase, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center, Thomas Cook, Central Florida Music History, Henry Shelton Sanford Papers, History Harvest, RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Dr. Calvin Fowler, Patricia Black, Orlando, Central Florida Railroad DepotsUCF Community Veterans History Project, Winter Garden Heritage Foundation,
Maitland Historical Museum, U.S. Census, Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government, Carol E. Mundy, and Central Florida Monuments Collections