1 100 15 https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/60494d5b2abcbe631c06de34c243fba2.pdf 5bb99ca60af6f8e64a214c1e07982375 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection Subject Oviedo (Fla.); African Americans--Florida; Schools; Education--Florida; Segregation--Florida; Elementary schools--United States; Students--Florida Description In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Transcription Lester Today is August the 2nd, 2022. I am Connie Lester. With me is Jessica Oldham, and Dillard Alvin Gould. We are conducting this oral history via Zoom. Mr. Gould, welcome to the oral history. Would you please state your name and tell us a little bit about where you’re from, and what it was like growing up? Gould Okay. My name is Dillard Alvin Gould. That’s my given name, but I was under a different name until I was—went through the service. My mom didn’t like the name I was given so she—she put the name she wanted on my birth certificate. And, uh, I didn’t know about that until I went in the service when I was 17. You need my, uh, original name? Lester If you want to give it to us, yes. Gould My original name was Aloie Tossie. A-L-O-I-E. Tossie. My mom didn’t like that name… Lester Mhmm. Gould …but it was given to me by my aunt. And, uh, she never changed it. She just put what she wanted on my birth certificate, which was my great-grandfather’s name. His name was Dillard Gould. Lester Mhmm. Gould So, I was surprised when I got to the service and I gave my birth certificate, that it was different. So, I went through school with that name. And when I tried to, uh, get my school records when I was in New Jersey, I—they had a hard time finding them. Yeah. Lester So what was your childhood like? What was—what was it like growing up in Oviedo? Gould Growing up in Oviedo was, uh—well, it wasn’t easy. Lester Mhmm. Gould I had a—Well, first of all I didn’t start school at, uh, six years old like most kids did. I started at five [audio glitch]. And that was a problem for me for a while because I think I was too [audio glitch] young to be there. Lester Mhmm. Gould But my mom insisted that I go because I knew a lot of stuff. Apparently, I didn’t know enough, and later years it caught up with me. I didn’t get past the eighth grade. But eventually, I, uh, finished school with a GED . And I passed it the first time around [doors closes]. Which was, uh, because there’s not much about my childhood to, uh [clears throat]—nothing, uh, dramatic about it or anything. I was just a kid that was always hungry. My mom worked every day and my dad wasn’t around. Lester What kind of work did your mother do? Gould She was a farm worker. Lester Mhmm. Gould After that she went to work for Henry Walker[?]… Lester Mhmm. Gould …on Lake Charm in Oviedo. She worked for them for 37 years [clears throat]. Lester Did you have brothers and sisters? Gould I had two brothers and three sisters. I don’t know how in the world my mom, uh… Lester Mhmm. Gould …took care of all of us, but she did. She was a good woman. Lester It sounds like it. Were—were you the oldest or kind of in the middle? Gould No, I was the third. Lester You were the third. Okay. Gould Mhmm. No, wait a minute. I had two brothers and a sister before me. That’d make me fourth. Lester Mhmm. Gould And two sisters after me. Yeah. Lester Do you remember what kinds of games you played as a kid? Um… Gould Oh, we loved baseball. And I played basketball. Um, [clears throat] baseball was my favorite game. Lester What position did you play? Gould Well, I was a center fielder. Lester Were these baseball games in the neighborhood, or did you play at school? Gould Both. Neighborhood and at school. Lester Mhmm. Gould I probably could have been a professional but that wasn’t allowed back in my day. Lester So, um, you were an adult, uh, y—you—a—as a child, uh, integration hadn’t come, and the Civil Rights Movement hadn’t come. So, you experienced integration as an adult, um, I’m assuming, when you went into the army. Can you tell me what that was like? Gould Well, at first it was, uh, okay. I was the first one in my group to get a promotion. But after that, uh, I was, uh, sent to Germany. And the First Sergeant there didn’t like me at all. He was from Mississippi. Lester Mhmm. Gould And he said as long as he was there I would [audio glitch] never get any place. And he was a lifer. He was going to be there forever, so, he was right. I never got any place. My, uh, [unintelligible] leader, the lieutenant, he put me in for promotions maybe four or five times. They never got passed for [unintelligible]. It wasn’t easy. But I had plans to stay in there for twenty years or so. But, as it was, I got out after three years. A lot of time [sic] I think I should have stayed in, but I couldn’t take what was going on. Lester Did you have a chance to travel around in Germany when you were there? Gould Oh yes. It was a beautiful country. Lester Mhmm. Gould I went to Munich. Lots of places. Lester Mhmm. Gould I was in Augsburg stationed. Lester Okay. Gould Mm. I—I didn’t want to come home. I knew how it was back there, so… Lester Mhmm. Gould But in Germany I had freedom I had never felt before. Lester Mhmm. Lester So, when you got out of the service, what kind of work did you do? Gould Well, [sighs] first I went to s—went to school. I got my GED. Then I went to school. Uh, electronics school. Lester Mhmm. Gould And I got a job with AT&T . And I retired [audio glitch] for them. Lester Was it difficult to get a job with AT&T? Were they open, uh, to… Gould No, not at first. Lester Okay. Gould They uh—they hired me because they needed, uh—needed me to, uh, rescue them, I guess. Lester [laughs]. Gould They were fined by the government six million dollars for doing what they were doing. They were, uh, hiring sisters and brothers and cousins and aunts for the people that was [sic] there. Lester Mhmm. Gould And they needed me to kind of break that up. Lester Did it get better over time? Gould Uh, since I was the only different-colored person there, didn’t get much better. Lester Mhmm. Gould But I did the best I could do. Lester How long have you lived in the West, in Nevada? Gould We just been here three years. I came out here to see after my mother-in-law. Lester Mhmm. Gould My wife’s mother. Couldn’t live alone again because she’s in her nineties. So, we came out to, uh, take her in. Take care of her. Lester Where did you live while you were working for AT&T? Gould Well, I lived in New Jersey for twenty years. Lester Mhmm. Gould Then I moved back to Florida, and—and I was there for the rest of the time I was with AT&T. Lester Mhmm. Lester Can you talk about the changes you’ve seen over time? Um, how much change do you think there has been, since you [unintelligible]. Gould Well, I’ve seen a lot of good, and a lot of not so good. Some of the changes were, uh, kind of fake changes. Weren’t real changes. Lester Mhmm. Gould But, uh, they were bearable. Lester Is there something you would like to say? A lot of students will look at this oral history. Is there something you would like to say to them, because they were—they were born so much later? Gould Well, take everything as it is, and just try to live [unintelligible]. That’s all you can do. Lester Mhmm. Gould I don’t think, uh, um, [unintelligible]—I don’t think the color barrier will ever end. It’s been there forever, so, it’s—it’s just the way it is. Lester Um, as you think about this Oviedo Colored School Museum , that is being, uh, built… Gould Mhmm. Lester …what kinds of expectations do you have for that museum? What—what do you hope it will accomplish? Gould Well, I hope that, uh, the people that go there will understand that the world is what it is, and it’s not going to change too much. And they have it much better than we did when we were kids. Lester Mhmm. Um, is there anything you would like to tell us that we haven’t talked about or that you would expand on what we’ve talked about earlier? Gould I can’t think of any. Lester Okay. Well, we appreciate your time, and we thank you, uh, for, um, doing this oral history with us. Gould Mhmm. Lester And this has been an oral history with Dillard Alvin Gould, conducted on August the 2nd, 2022, but through Zoom, by Connie Lester and Jessica Oldham. And thank you very much. Gould Thank you very much for having me. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Click to View (Movie, Podcast, or Website) <a href="https://youtu.be/zXFb3b-kchg?si=o-yyFRUJ03cyqgEI">Oral History of Dillard A. Gould</a> Title Oral Memoirs of Dillard Alan Gould Alternative Title Oral History, Dillard Alan Gould Subject Oviedo (Fla.) African Americans--Florida Schools Education--Florida Segregation--Florida Elementary schools--United States Students--Florida Description An oral history interview of educator Dillard A. Gould. The interview was conducted by Dr. Connie Lester and Jessica Oldham over Zoom on August 2nd, 2022. Some of the topics include his early life and education in Oviedo and playing sports, his military service, experiencing discrimination in the United States Army, and being stationed in Germany, working for AT&T, and his thoughts on African American advancement and the Oviedo Colored School Museum. Table Of Contents 0:00:00 His early life and education in Oviedo and playing sports 0:05:58 His military service, experiencing discrimination in the United States Army, and being stationed in Germany 0:08:13 Working for AT&T 0:10:25 His thoughts on African American advancement and the Oviedo Colored School Museum Abstract Oral history interview of Dillard Alan Gould. Interview conducted by Connie Lester and Jessica Oldham through Zoom on August 2, 2022. Source Gould, Dillard Alan. Interviewed by Connie Lester and Jessica Oldham, August 2, 2022. Audio record available. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>, Orlando, Florida. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/226" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection</a>, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES. Requires Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> QuickTime</a>. <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a> Language eng Type Moving Image Coverage Oviedo, Florida Creator Gould, Dillard Alan Lester, Connie Oldham, Jessica Publisher <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Date Created 2022-08-02 Date Copyrighted 2022-08-02 Contributor Schramm, Noah Format video/mp4 application/pdf Extent 143 KB 98.1 MB Medium 13-minutes and 18-seconds video recording 9-page digital transcript Mediator History Teacher Provenance Originally created by Dillard Alan Gould and Connie Lester and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>. Accrual Method Item Creation Rights Holder <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> External Reference Robison Jim. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2012. Accessed November 4, 2022. The World Outside Reunion. “<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools, 1890-1967</a>.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed November 4, 2022, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258. "<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government</a>.” Accessed November 4, 2022. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection Subject Oviedo (Fla.); African Americans--Florida; Schools; Education--Florida; Segregation--Florida; Elementary schools--United States; Students--Florida Description In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Group Wielding Ceremonial Shovels Alternative Title Ceremonial Shovels at Groundbreaking Ceremony Subject Oviedo (Fla.) African Americans--Florida Schools Education--Florida Segregation--Florida Elementary schools--United States Description A group wields ceremonial shovels in front of the wooden steps of the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum at a groundbreaking ceremony on February 13, 2023. President Judith Dolores Smith appears in all seven photographs. A banner hangs at the top of the doors that reads, "Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Inc. hocsmuseum.org." A brown welcome mat that reads, "Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Inc." sits at the foot of the steps.<br /><br />In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Type Still Images Source 7 original color photographs: <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/226" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES. Coverage Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Oviedo, Florida Creator Cravero, Geoffrey Publisher <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Date Created 2023-02-13 Date Copyrighted 2023-02-13 Format image/jpg Extent 5.88 MB 5.93 MB 5.36 MB 6.03 MB 6.07 MB 5.55 MB 5.6 MB Medium 7 color photographs Language eng Mediator History Teacher Provenance Originally created by Geoffrey Cravero and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>. Rights Holder <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Accrual Method Item Creation Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> External Reference Robison Jim. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2012. Accessed November 4, 2022. "<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government</a>.” Accessed November 4, 2022. The World Outside Reunion. “<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools, 1890-1967</a>.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed November 4, 2022, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258. African-American history Black history ceremonial shovels education educator groundbreaking ceremony Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum integration Jamestown Judith Dolores Smith museum Oviedo renovations segregation St. James AME Church https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/273385b33b83c3141e310e761d5d68dc.JPG 3e41e3aaffd3b40047a94bb0db077722 https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/0612d18f5a2bb33b9fac21c49604dab3.JPG d07130fca62c75b56584256752836cfd https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/a151829fcdbba1fb9deb24c8171dfcdf.JPG 80aebcdfa646c7435a6fdff4a91eadb6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection Subject Oviedo (Fla.); African Americans--Florida; Schools; Education--Florida; Segregation--Florida; Elementary schools--United States; Students--Florida Description In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Ceremonial Shovels Alternative Title Groundbreaking Shovels Subject Oviedo (Fla.) African Americans--Florida Schools Education--Florida Segregation--Florida Elementary schools--United States Description Five ceremonial shovels rest on the wooden steps of the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum at a groundbreaking ceremony on February 13, 2023. A banner hangs at the top of the doors that reads, "Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Inc. hocsmuseum.org." A brown welcome mat that reads, "Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Inc." sits at the foot of the steps.<br /><br />In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Type Still Images Source 3 original color photographs: <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/226" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES. Coverage Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Oviedo, Florida Creator Cravero, Geoffrey Publisher <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Date Created 2023-02-13 Date Copyrighted 2023-02-13 Format image/jpg Extent 4.44 MB 5.01 MB 5.08 MB Medium 3 color photographs Language eng Mediator History Teacher Provenance Originally created by Geoffrey Cravero and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>. Rights Holder <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Accrual Method Item Creation Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> External Reference Robison Jim. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2012. Accessed November 4, 2022. "<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government</a>.” Accessed November 4, 2022. The World Outside Reunion. “<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools, 1890-1967</a>.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed November 4, 2022, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258. African-American history Black history ceremonial shovels education educator groundbreaking ceremony Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum integration Jamestown museum Oviedo renovations segregation St. James AME Church https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/4638bebbd65e87c9a155377cdebce830.jpg 555e2189f200c55cffbda1d7eb235d18 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection Subject Oviedo (Fla.); African Americans--Florida; Schools; Education--Florida; Segregation--Florida; Elementary schools--United States; Students--Florida Description In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Groundbreaking Ceremony at Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Alternative Title Poster for Groundbreaking Ceremony Subject Oviedo (Fla.) African Americans--Florida Schools Education--Florida Segregation--Florida Elementary schools--United States Description A poster advertising the groundbreaking ceremony for the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum. The poster reads, "Groundbreaking Ceremony. You are cordially invited to join us as we celebrate the start of renovation and repair of the HOCSMUSEUM (Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum) Monday, February 13, 2023, 12:00 PM. 2170 James Drive Oviedo, Fl 32765. This venue is a place where people all over the world can visit to see the rich history of colored schools in Oviedo and the surrounding areas. 407-234-3374. hocsmuseum.org." A photograph of the museum and a gold shovel sticking out of a mound of dirt appear at the bottom.<br /><br />In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Type Still Image Source 1 original color poster: Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Oviedo, Florida. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/226" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES. Coverage Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Oviedo, Florida Creator Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Publisher Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Date Created 2023-02-13 Date Copyrighted 2023-02-13 Format image/jpg Extent 385 KB Medium 1 color poster Language eng Mediator History Teacher Provenance Originally created and published by Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum. Rights Holder Copyright to this resource is held by Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> for educational purposes only. Accrual Method Item Creation Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> External Reference Robison Jim. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2012. Accessed November 4, 2022. "<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government</a>.” Accessed November 4, 2022. The World Outside Reunion. “<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools, 1890-1967</a>.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed November 4, 2022, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258. African-American history Black history education educator groundbreaking ceremony Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum integration Jamestown museum Oviedo poster renovations segregation St. James AME Church https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/4fa3c2e1c5595447f97e09716cb817ae.JPG 388ca1c020021b15fa2b380934d95095 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection Subject Oviedo (Fla.); African Americans--Florida; Schools; Education--Florida; Segregation--Florida; Elementary schools--United States; Students--Florida Description In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Jamestown Historic Marker Alternative Title Seminole County Historic Marker Subject Oviedo (Fla.) African Americans--Florida Schools Education--Florida Segregation--Florida Elementary schools--United States Description Seminole County Historic Marker for the Jamestown neighborhood. The marker stands outside the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, previously St. James AME Church, located at 2170 James Drive in Oviedo, Florida. The marker reads, "The name 'Jamestown' is a tribute to Benjamin and Esther James. The James' homesteaded about 1900 on 160 acres in the area known as 'The Woods' on the northern edge of the settlement of Gabriella. Mr. Ben James built a home and farm on some of his acreage in an area called 'The Woods.' The photograph was taken during a groundbreaking ceremony for the museum on February 13, 2023.<br /><br />After the hurricane of 1926, in the Miami area, where four hundred people died, Mr. Ben James sold acre lots to some of the new settlers that moved into this area. 'The Woods' had no real name so the residents began calling it 'Jamestown,' after Mr. Ben James.<br /><br />The first lots were sold to Bob and Flossie Wells, George and Nettie Davis, Morris J. and Margaret Williams. Other early settlers were: The Nails, Olivers, Perrys, Bryants, Evans, Brannons, Walkers, Ryans, and many more families in years to come. (Continued on other side)<br /><br />(Continued from other side) Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church was the first church built in Jamestown. The church was shared by both Baptist and Methodist members, who alternated Sundays for church services, and it was a school for the children during the week.<br /><br /> Mrs. Ethel Burney was the principal and teacher for the students in 1930. Ben James built St. James A.M.E. Methodist Church, named for him and his family in 1938. The school then moved to the St. James Church. Mrs. Louise Williams was the teacher until 1951-51, when the school was consolidated with Jackson Heights School in Oviedo.<br /><br />Ben James placed a corner stone on the front of the Church, which says: 7-30-38, St. James A.M.E., BEN JAMES &amp FAMILY, REV. J.H. HOLLINS, PASTOR, REV. A.P. POSTELL, P.E.br&gt <br />The 'JAMESTOWN' community believes that they are blessed to have had ancestors who instilled in them, The Golden Rule."<br /><br />March 10, 2020. located at 2170 James Drive<br /><br />In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Type Still Image Source 1 original color photograph: <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/226" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES. Coverage Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Oviedo, Florida Creator Cravero, Geoffrey Publisher <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Date Created 2023-02-13 Date Copyrighted 2023-02-13 Format image/jpg Extent 5.95 MB Medium 1 color photograph Language eng Mediator History Teacher Provenance Originally created by Geoffrey Cravero and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>. Rights Holder <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Accrual Method Item Creation Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> External Reference Robison Jim. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2012. Accessed November 4, 2022. "<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government</a>.” Accessed November 4, 2022. The World Outside Reunion. “<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools, 1890-1967</a>.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed November 4, 2022, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258. African-American history Black history education educator groundbreaking ceremony historic marker Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum integration Jamestown museum Oviedo renovations segregation St. James AME Church https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/922ed990df60dc1911b72efd91af8ce5.JPG 9ec9fffd27c87d5c85a86c473257e7a8 https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/ed0b8ce832826c6603ca13b0e02ff74b.JPG 383a4cbc34c9aeb8bf1281b654fc7c1d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection Subject Oviedo (Fla.); African Americans--Florida; Schools; Education--Florida; Segregation--Florida; Elementary schools--United States; Students--Florida Description In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Tree Stumps at the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum During Renovations Alternative Title Tree Stumps at St. James AME Church During Renovations Subject Oviedo (Fla.) African Americans--Florida Schools Education--Florida Segregation--Florida Elementary schools--United States Description Tree stumps at the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, previously St. James AME Church, located at 2170 James Drive in Oviedo, Florida, on February 21, 2023. The two color photographs depict two tree stumps from renovations to the yard and building.<br /><br />In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Type Still Images Source 2 original color photographs: <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/226" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES. Coverage Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Oviedo, Florida Creator Lester, Connie Publisher <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Date Created 2023-02-21 Date Copyrighted 2023-02-21 Format image/jpg Extent 6.04 MB 6.75 MB Medium 2 color photographs Mediator History Teacher Provenance Originally created by Connie Lester and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>. Rights Holder <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Accrual Method Item Creation Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> External Reference Robison Jim. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2012. Accessed November 4, 2022. "<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government</a>.” Accessed November 4, 2022. The World Outside Reunion. “<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools, 1890-1967</a>.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed November 4, 2022, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258. African-American history Black history education educator Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum integration Jamestown Oviedo renovations segregation St. James AME Church https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/267934ddce4da4fb97e0250dcf2a8c3e.JPG 04cbfc4b2205ffdb07e5aff39509ff7b https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/4560f726bb346b63aeb065ce46d87b84.JPG 0044d2603f596a7f6c55d877a31cf675 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection Subject Oviedo (Fla.); African Americans--Florida; Schools; Education--Florida; Segregation--Florida; Elementary schools--United States; Students--Florida Description In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Roofers at the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum During Renovations Alternative Title Roofers at St. James AME Church During Renovations Subject Oviedo (Fla.) African Americans--Florida Schools Education--Florida Segregation--Florida Elementary schools--United States Description Roofers working on the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, previously St. James AME Church, located at 2170 James Drive in Oviedo, Florida, on February 21, 2023. The two color photographs depict the building during renovations.<br /><br />In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Type Still Images Source 2 original color photographs: <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/226" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES. Coverage Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Oviedo, Florida Creator Lester, Connie Publisher <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Date Created 2023-02-21 Date Copyrighted 2023-02-21 Format image/jpg Extent 3.16 MB 3.65 MB Medium 2 color photographs Language eng Mediator History Teacher Provenance Originally created by Connie Lester and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>. Rights Holder <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Accrual Method Item Creation Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> External Reference Robison Jim. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2012. Accessed November 4, 2022. "<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government</a>.” Accessed November 4, 2022. The World Outside Reunion. “<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools, 1890-1967</a>.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed November 4, 2022, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258. African-American history Black history education educator Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum integration Oviedo renovations segregation St. James AME Church https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/bf30579ad1c94029d2f981e7d6032e62.JPG 2f34d3d56e84fcee9403a49914d69c6b https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/eac01fce78b215b6a2f322e41b484dfe.JPG 0985f4de4b8b45c7defde12ea5bdc8b7 https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/cd027405f879d74cef6ea3f0356b4c5c.JPG a2e4689341e08450000bd8aa8238a8eb https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/f08a93ccaf1897804008a821ab4975f3.JPG 4cce9dd96016dd661d22824d0e399f7b https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/23610b049fd8a12f9c79507ec18bfa6e.JPG 59991765ba9d33ecd4e91723a146ef22 https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/ce2ae6d40ff74dbe99f0940ec2ea6ca8.JPG 9b33d898aa038c239e9a424ed9fc760f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection Subject Oviedo (Fla.); African Americans--Florida; Schools; Education--Florida; Segregation--Florida; Elementary schools--United States; Students--Florida Description In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum During Renovations Alternative Title St. James AME Church During Renovations Subject Oviedo (Fla.) African Americans--Florida Schools Education--Florida Segregation--Florida Elementary schools--United States Description The exterior of the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, previously St. James AME Church, located at 2170 James Drive in Oviedo, Florida, on February 21, 2023. The six color photographs depict the building during renovations. A blue tarp covers part of the roof.<br /><br />In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Type Still Images Source 6 original color photographs: <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/226" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES. Coverage Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Oviedo, Florida Creator Lester, Connie Publisher <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Date Created 2023-02-21 Date Copyrighted 2023-02-21 Format image/jpg Extent 4 MB 5.96 MB 4.9 MB 5.34 MB 5.08 MB 4.21 MB Medium 6 color photographs Language eng Mediator History Teacher Provenance Originally created by Connie Lester and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>. Rights Holder <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Accrual Method Item Creation Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> External Reference Robison Jim. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2012. Accessed November 4, 2022. "<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government</a>.” Accessed November 4, 2022. The World Outside Reunion. “<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools, 1890-1967</a>.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed November 4, 2022, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258. African-American history Black history education educator Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum integration Jamestown Oviedo renovations segregation St. James AME Church https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/82fb13d660c2e44836d4f90005117399.JPG 7f3e69b48595b88a0dcec8f9eda29b5a https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/d45bf0ce40b504b16404cf4c0326a364.JPG 0badad1d3abea8cdd73113025f2c52d1 https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/977084ec6bd50915a43782906a103dfb.JPG 9fbcaaa20f9452d7dfc021e71a0ececb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection Subject Oviedo (Fla.); African Americans--Florida; Schools; Education--Florida; Segregation--Florida; Elementary schools--United States; Students--Florida Description In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title St. James A.M.E. Ben. James and Family Rev. J.H. Hollins Pastor 7-30-38 Alternative Title 7-30-38 St. James A.M.E. Ben. James and Family Rev. J.H. Hollins Pastor Subject Oviedo (Fla.) African Americans--Florida Schools Education--Florida Segregation--Florida Elementary schools--United States Description A stone marker at the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, previously St. James AME Church, located at 2170 James Drive in Oviedo, Florida. The marker reads, "7-30-38 St. James A.M.E. Ben. James and Family Rev. J.H. Hollins Pastor."<br /><br />In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Type Still Images Source 3 original color photographs: <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/226" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES. Coverage Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Oviedo, Florida Creator Cravero, Geoffrey Publisher <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Date Created 2020-03-10 Date Copyrighted 2020-03-10 Format image/jpg Extent 5.86 MB 5.27 MB 6.23 MB Medium 3 color photographs Language eng Mediator History Teacher Provenance Originally created by Geoffrey Cravero and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>. Rights Holder <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Accrual Method Item Creation Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> External Reference Robison Jim. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2012. Accessed November 4, 2022. "<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government</a>.” Accessed November 4, 2022. The World Outside Reunion. “<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools, 1890-1967</a>.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed November 4, 2022, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258. African-American history Black history education educator Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum integration Jamestown Oviedo renovations segregation St. James AME Church https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/13f19410a2e63d27c9d79f309e3baf60.JPG c7f3ba80931a95fa78d94745aa92894c https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/93b401d99fe62af2f441459daf110cc8.JPG baf4c67630311d1c1807722200b326de https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/36ba0b0d31fc88d64120e4b2b725d8c5.JPG 7d1f308bd2d37f3605e8db7070555b4b https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/0a71cbcd25a83efd5997e94db69ba96a.JPG 406e83bfc39c1bf98a1ed026c9b768f7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection Subject Oviedo (Fla.); African Americans--Florida; Schools; Education--Florida; Segregation--Florida; Elementary schools--United States; Students--Florida Description In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Jamestown Historic Marker Alternative Title Seminole County Historic Marker Subject Oviedo (Fla.) African Americans--Florida Schools Education--Florida Segregation--Florida Elementary schools--United States Description Seminole County Historic Marker for the Jamestown neighborhood. The marker stands outside the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, previously St. James AME Church, located at 2170 James Drive in Oviedo, Florida. The marker reads, "The name 'Jamestown' is a tribute to Benjamin and Esther James. The James' homesteaded about 1900 on 160 acres in the area known as 'The Woods' on the northern edge of the settlement of Gabriella. Mr. Ben James built a home and farm on some of his acreage in an area called 'The Woods.'<br /><br />After the hurricane of 1926, in the Miami area, where four hundred people died, Mr. Ben James sold acre lots to some of the new settlers that moved into this area. 'The Woods' had no real name so the residents began calling it 'Jamestown,' after Mr. Ben James.<br /><br />The first lots were sold to Bob and Flossie Wells, George and Nettie Davis, Morris J. and Margaret Williams. Other early settlers were: The Nails, Olivers, Perrys, Bryants, Evans, Brannons, Walkers, Ryans, and many more families in years to come. (Continued on other side)<br /><br />(Continued from other side) Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church was the first church built in Jamestown. The church was shared by both Baptist and Methodist members, who alternated Sundays for church services, and it was a school for the children during the week.<br /><br /> Mrs. Ethel Burney was the principal and teacher for the students in 1930. Ben James built St. James A.M.E. Methodist Church, named for him and his family in 1938. The school then moved to the St. James Church. Mrs. Louise Williams was the teacher until 1951-51, when the school was consolidated with Jackson Heights School in Oviedo.<br /><br />Ben James placed a corner stone on the front of the Church, which says: 7-30-38, St. James A.M.E., BEN JAMES &amp FAMILY, REV. J.H. HOLLINS, PASTOR, REV. A.P. POSTELL, P.E.br&gt <br />The 'JAMESTOWN' community believes that they are blessed to have had ancestors who instilled in them, The Golden Rule."<br /><br />March 10, 2020. located at 2170 James Drive<br /><br />In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Type Still Images Source 4 original color photographs: <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/226" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES. Coverage Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Oviedo, Florida Creator Cravero, Geoffrey Publisher <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Date Created 2020-03-10 Date Copyrighted 2020-03-10 Format image/jpg Extent 4.66 MB 6.17 MB 4.08 MB 6.04 MB Medium 4 color photographs Language eng Mediator History Teacher Provenance Originally created by Geoffrey Cravero and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>. Rights Holder <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Accrual Method Item Creation Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> External Reference Robison Jim. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2012. Accessed November 4, 2022. "<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government</a>.” Accessed November 4, 2022. The World Outside Reunion. “<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools, 1890-1967</a>.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed November 4, 2022, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection Subject Oviedo (Fla.); African Americans--Florida; Schools; Education--Florida; Segregation--Florida; Elementary schools--United States; Students--Florida Description In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Pews in the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Before Renovations Alternative Title Pews in St. James AME Church Before Renovations Subject Oviedo (Fla.) African Americans--Florida Schools Education--Florida Segregation--Florida Elementary schools--United States Description Wooden pews from St. James AME Church on March 10, 2020, before renovations were made to convert the building into the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum. The building is located at located at 2170 James Drive in Oviedo, Florida.<br /><br />In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Type Still Images Source 12 original color photographs: <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/226" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES. Coverage Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Oviedo, Florida Creator Cravero, Geoffrey Publisher <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Date Created 2020-03-10 Date Copyrighted 2020-03-10 Format image/jpg Extent 4.62 MB 3.38 MB 3.1 MB 4.87 MB 3.94 MB 4.1 MB 4.1 MB 3.05 MB 3.5 MB 3.71 MB 4.39 MB 3.36 MB Medium 12 color photographs Language eng Mediator History Teacher Provenance Originally created by Geoffrey Cravero and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>. Rights Holder <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Accrual Method Item Creation Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> External Reference Robison Jim. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2012. Accessed November 4, 2022. "<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government</a>.” Accessed November 4, 2022. The World Outside Reunion. “<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools, 1890-1967</a>.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed November 4, 2022, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection Subject Oviedo (Fla.); African Americans--Florida; Schools; Education--Florida; Segregation--Florida; Elementary schools--United States; Students--Florida Description In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Interior of Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Before Renovations Alternative Title Interior of St. James AME Church Before Renovations Subject Oviedo (Fla.) African Americans--Florida Schools Education--Florida Segregation--Florida Elementary schools--United States Description The interior of the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, previously St. James AME Church, located at 2170 James Drive in Oviedo, Florida, on March 10, 2020. The 27 color photographs depict the building before any renovations were made. The roof shows signs of water damage, mold, broken wood and peeling paint. The bathroom sink appears broken. Some of the windows are broken or cracked, and parts of the blinds are broken. A musical organ stands next to one of the restrooms.<br /><br />In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Type Still Images Source 27 original color photographs: <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/226" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES. Coverage Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Oviedo, Florida Creator Cravero, Geoffrey Publisher <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Date Created 2020-03-10 Date Copyrighted 2020-03-10 Format image/jpg Extent 2.9 MB 2.64 MB 3.79 MB 3 MB 2.83 MB 3.45 MB 3.44 MB 3.45 MB 4.29 MB 3.2 MB 2.65 MB 2.69 MB 3.19 MB 3.75 MB 3.05 MB 4.07 MB 3.95 MB 3.34 MB 2.74 MB 3.05 MB 4.48 MB 3.34 MB 3.17 MB 4.05 MB 6.36 MB 2.86 MB 3.18 MB Medium 27 color photographs Language eng Mediator History Teacher Provenance Originally created by Geoffrey Cravero and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>. Rights Holder <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Accrual Method Item Creation Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> External Reference Robison Jim. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2012. Accessed November 4, 2022. "<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government</a>.” Accessed November 4, 2022. The World Outside Reunion. “<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools, 1890-1967</a>.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed November 4, 2022, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection Subject Oviedo (Fla.); African Americans--Florida; Schools; Education--Florida; Segregation--Florida; Elementary schools--United States; Students--Florida Description In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Exterior of Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Before Renovations Alternative Title Exterior of St. James AME Church Before Renovations Subject Oviedo (Fla.) African Americans--Florida Schools Education--Florida Segregation--Florida Elementary schools--United States Description The exterior of the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, previously St. James AME Church, located at 2170 James Drive in Oviedo, Florida, on March 10, 2020. The 23 color photographs depict the building before any renovations were made. The roof is stripped and damaged, the steps are broken, the wood on the doors is rotten and missing in parts, and some of the windows are broken or cracked. A banner hung over a set of doors says, "Historic Jamestown Colored School Museum hjcdm.org."<br /><br />In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Type Still Images Source 23 original color photographs: <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/226" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES. Coverage Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Oviedo, Florida Creator Cravero, Geoffrey Publisher <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Date Created 2020-03-10 Date Copyrighted 2020-03-10 Format image/jpg Extent 4.4 MB 6.46 MB 6.54 MB 7.37 MB 5.05 MB 4.15 MB 5.47 MB 5.19 MB 5.24 MB 5.1 MB 4.8 MB 4.53 MB 5.52 MB 4.03 MB 4.46 MB 3.22 MB 5.3 MB 3.62 MB 4.88 MB 3.71 MB 3.41 MB 4.17 MB 4.93 MB Medium 23 color photographs Language eng Mediator History Teacher Provenance Originally created by Geoffrey Cravero and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>. Rights Holder <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Accrual Method Item Creation Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> External Reference Robison Jim. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2012. Accessed November 4, 2022. "<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government</a>.” Accessed November 4, 2022. The World Outside Reunion. “<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools, 1890-1967</a>.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed November 4, 2022, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258. African-American history Black history education educator Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum integration Jamestown Oviedo renovations segregation St. James AME Church https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/ab51209d5584fea01d53315dbdc6b87c.pdf 66c430531c32ca50b83f62cfc3ea9cb1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection Subject Oviedo (Fla.); African Americans--Florida; Schools; Education--Florida; Segregation--Florida; Elementary schools--United States; Students--Florida Description In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Oral Memoirs of David Tossie Alternative Title Oral History, David Tossie Subject Oviedo (Fla.) African Americans--Florida Schools Education--Florida Segregation--Florida Elementary schools--United States Students--Florida Description An oral history interview of educator David Tossie. The interview was conducted by Geoffrey Cravero and Diana Dizon over Zoom on November 8th, 2022. Some of the topics include early life and education in Oviedo, his favorite teachers, integration of Central Florida public schools, becoming an educator, thoughts on Historic Colored Schools Museum, and his final thoughts. Table Of Contents 0:00:00 Early life and education in Oviedo <br />0:03:18 His favorite teachers <br />0:04:49 Integration of Central Florida public schools <br />0:09:13 Becoming an educator <br />0:11:04 Thoughts on Historic Colored Schools Museum <br />0:12:49 Final thoughts Abstract Oral history interview of David Tossie. Interview conducted by Geoffrey Cravero and Diana Dizon through Zoom on November 8, 2022. Type Moving Image Source Tossie, David. Interviewed by Geoffrey Cravero and Diana Dizon, November 8, 2022. Audio record available. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>, Orlando, Florida. Requires Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> QuickTime</a>. <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a> Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/226" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES. Coverage Oviedo, Florida Jackson Heights Elementary, Oviedo, Florida Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida Creator Tossie, David Cravero, Geoffrey Dizon, Diana Publisher <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Date Created 2022-11-08 Date Copyrighted 2022-11-08 Format video/mp4 application/pdf Extent 223 KB Medium 16-minutes and 42-seconds video recording 10-page digital transcript Language eng Mediator History Teacher Provenance Originally created by David Tossie, Geoffrey Cravero, Diana Dizon and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>. Rights Holder <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Accrual Method Item Creation Curator Davila, Hiram Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> External Reference Robison Jim. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2012. Accessed November 4, 2022. "<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government</a>.” Accessed November 4, 2022. The World Outside Reunion. “<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools, 1890-1967</a>.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed November 4, 2022, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258. Click to View (Movie, Podcast, or Website) <a href="https://youtu.be/NS7qPmgsBHY" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Oral History of David Tossie</a> Transcript Cravero Are you already recording? Let me see [smacks lips]. Dizon Good to go. Cravero Okay. Alright I’m gonna go ahead and start. Let’s see here. Hm. This is Geoffrey Cravero and with me is Diana Dizon. I am conducting an oral history with David Tossie. The interview is being connected via Zoom on Tuesday November 8th, 2022. Mr. Tossie, thank you for speaking with us today. Would you begin by stating your name and telling us a bit about where you’re from and what life was like for you growing up? Tossie My name is David Tossie. You can say Tossie either way it doesn’t matter. Alright. Um, part of my family says Tossie, some say Tossie. I am from Oviedo. I was born in Oviedo, Florida, 1954, at a doctor’s office—Doctor Stoner’s office— right in downtown Oviedo. Um, I attended school at Jackson Heights Elementary School1 from 1960 to 1967. And that was when—since 1967 is when the integration was, uh, full-blown and it was freedom of choice. You could choose to go to Crooms2 in Sanford or choose to go to Oviedo High School3, and I chose to go to Oviedo High School [audio glitch]. Cravero I forgot—that’s—all the times I’ve done this I always forget to do that [laughs]. Um, could you please describe your experience attending Jackson Heights Elementary School, uh, Colored School and what are some of the memories that stand out to you? Tossie Well, just, uh, going to school was a big excitement because I had two sisters, uh—I had four siblings in front of me that had gone to school in Oviedo but two that had gone to Jackson Heights. And they would come home with all these stories and everything, so I was excited to go. My first-grade year I remember catching mumps or measles. I can’t remember what it was. But, you know, when I—when I caught that I was home for a week. And my teacher—my first-grade teacher just happened to be my next-door neighbor. So—and instead of missing all the schoolwork, she brought my homework home to me every day. So that was—It wasn’t fun, but it was alright. Um, all through the school I had good friends. Uh, I walked to school. Um, my aunt was one of the bus drivers for the, uh, school. We had—I think we had two buses that went to Jackson Heights. And my aunt, Gladys Ingram4, was one of the bus drivers and Dolphus Carwise5 was the other bus driver. We had probably around 400 students. My first-grade class was two classrooms and I think every other class—I can remember all my teachers from first grade through the seventh grade and all of my friends. Some friends I have—still have those friends for life. So we still see each other and still communicate with each other. Cravero Did you have a favorite teacher? And what qualities did he or she bring to the classroom? Tossie Well I guess as you—as you progress my—I guess in first grade my favorite teacher was my first-grade teacher because she was my next-door neighbor, and I knew her. Our second-grade teacher was real good. Mrs., uh, Curtis I think her name was. My third-grade teacher was another neighbor and my best friend’s mother. So she was pretty good but she was real strict. And since she knew me, you know, she was real strict on me. My fourth-grade teacher was a lady from another town, but she was close—you know, y—Jamestown is where it was. We always thought she was mean, but she was a good lady. But we always thought she was mean because we were little kids. Uh, fifth grade and—fifth and sixth grade I had the same teacher: a man. That was my first male teacher and we thought he was great because we did a lot of different things with him. So we kept him for two years. And then my seventh-grade teacher, Mr. Wright, was a teacher—that was when we started changing classes, too. We would go from science to English to math and different things like that. And all the classes we always had recess. We didn’t have any physical education class. No special classes at all. We did have recess though. Alright. Cravero Many, uh, schools in Central Florida were still considered segregated over a decade after the Brown vs. Board of, uh, Education6 decision. Tossie Yes. Cravero You’d go on to attend Oviedo High School during a period of racial integration. Do you remember what that first day was like and would you share some of your memories of your high school experience? Tossie It was—it was different. Um, that was my eighth-grade school year and I had seen the school—it was within walking distance of me. I had never been on that campus before. And I had seen it. I had been around it and whatever but never walked on that campus. Never been to any classes. Some of the students that were there I had seen before. And later on I found that their names were familiar because at Jackson Heights we wouldn’t get new books. We would get their old books with their names in them. And so that was, uh, strange. You know, it was alright then because it was new to us but once I got up there it felt kind of strange. Because we wouldn’t get the new books. We would get the old books. But it was—it was—it was different. Um, I was put in classes that had, uh, mostly Black kids and probably—and I don’t know if this is right or not, but probably the poorest of the white kids were in—were in the classes that I had. And my first day in English class—I remember this very well. A guy behind me—white guy—I didn’t know him, but I knew his uncle because my dad and his uncle worked together on the farms. And he was sitting behind me. And he touched me on the shoulder and told me what his name was and said hello. Very nice guy. And I—I knew him until his—he passed away about three or four years ago. But he was a good friend of mine all those years. And so—and I got some new friends, too. But there was some controversy or some tension at the school because a lot of the white people didn’t want us up there. And our parents would tell us before we left the house to be careful. To go to your class. Do you work. One of the things my mother told me was not to touch a white girl, you know? So [laughs] make sure I stay away from them because you get hung by that. You know, stuff like that. So I did—I—I did all that. Uh, one day, one of my friends was, uh—the school was a three-story school. It was where Lawton Elementary School7 is now, it was Oviedo High School. One of my friends had an art class and had brought some scissors to school. This the story I got and I don’t know the real story of it. But this the story I got. He brought some scissors to school and some white guys saw him upstairs. And he was kind of a big guy, so they were gonna jump him. And it ended up that he beat all three of them up and he got sent to the office and got suspended from school. And they said they suspended him because he had scissors, you know? So—and then there was another fight in the girls’ bathroom where another girl— Black girl—was in there and a girl called her the n-word. I guess they must’ve bumped into each other or something, so she called her the n-word. And the girl hit her in the nose. And I was just happened to be passing by the hallway and the bathroom girl—girls’ bathroom. When the girl ran out. And I remember her screaming and hollering that—that n just hit her in the nose, you know? And so the crowd—the hallway was always crowded and everything. But it was the next day I think all the—a lot of parents showed up. Uh, mainly white parents. I don’t think any of the Black parents showed up. But you could hard—you could hardly walk on the school campus because of all those people that were there. And we didn’t know what was going on, you know? We had heard stuff about KKK and all that stuff, but we had never seen anyone. But they didn’t have on any robes or anything. But they were there. And I still to this day don’t know why they were there, but they were. There was a lot of people there and it was sort of scary. But we got over that and ended up having some good white friends and Black friends. And some of them I still know today. Cravero You’d go on to, uh, become an educator yourself. Um, how did your formative experiences, um, in Oviedo shape your desires to become an educator and—and w—what—what were some of the differences, uh, once you were an educator versus a student in your experience? Tossie The great thing about that: when I was in the eight grade, that first year up there, the, uh, PE8 teacher was a basketball coach and he was assigned to teach the high schools and the middle schools, but I guess the principal had him to take out the elementary kids also. And so he asked me and another guy if I would come over there. And he’d talk to the teachers I guess and got us excused and had me take the kids out to the playground for him. And so I guess that—that sort of got me into that mode. And so during all those years I guess just watching what the teachers do—and I was a basketball player at school—in high school. And so when I went to college I had no, uh, expectations of becoming a teacher. I just wanted to make sure I got into college. And I was gonna think about it when I got there. But I did get into college. And I played basketball. And after my junior year is when I decided to become an educator. So it was just all of the basketball coaches, the teachers treated me good up at Oviedo High School. And I got along well with just about everyone. So it wasn’t any big influence over anything. I had a lot of cousins that were teachers and educators and maybe that did, too. But it was—it was just a progressive thing. Cravero The oral history that you’re giving us today is going to be archived in the Oviedo Colored Schools Museum. What are your hopes for that museum? Tossie Well, I would hope that it grows and that everyone—uh, people in the future will see what—what happened. Because a lot of times—I guess today’s people are trying to push a lot of history down and not—not try to remember. But I think we should remember our history because if we don’t know where we came from, we don’t know where we’re going. Um, I know that I grew up in Oviedo and it was poor and we lived in a one-bedroom house. My parents were not educated. My mother went to sixth grade, which is probably equivalent to maybe third grade nowadays. My dad—I never saw him or heard him read anything, but I did see him sign his name on his checks. So, we were not a upper-class or middle-class people. You know? They went to work early and came home late. They worked for other people. And so I just want people to know that Oviedo was a pretty good place to live. There was prejudice here. Um, I’ve heard about it. You know? I saw some of it, but not much. And I knew—you knew what and what not to do. And—but I would like for people in the future to just know that things are not just like it is today. But it was worse than it was and—and people need to know that. Some people are—they don’t want their children to know how bad people were treated, but it should be known. Cravero Is—is there anything else that you’d like to add or expand on? Do you have any final thoughts for us? Tossie Well, I did write some stuff down to remember. I told you about my homework teacher—my homework in first grade. And we also did a lot of things with the Bible in—in elementary school. Our principal would come on the intercom every morning and say a prayer. And then he would tell everybody to have a good day and everything. Um, we would have a Bible teacher that would come. I don’t know if it was once a week or once a month. I can’t remember. But that Bible teacher was a white lady. And she would come there. And we would all assemble in the auditorium. And she would do Bible lessons. And she would have this felt board. I remember this very vividly. A felt board with things that she would—with people that she would stick on that board. And then she would give a story and tell us. And we would, uh—she would sing some songs and things. Um, we had a music teacher and she would do, uh, Christian music. Hymns and things like that. We would sing those things. Uh, we would—in the classrooms our teachers would have prayer. We would sing a song about “Get Thee Behind Me Satan” every morning before we, uh, started our classes. I remember all the girls were always taller than me in elementary school. And then when we got in eighth grade or something I sort of passed them up. I love the carnivals that we would have. It would be a PTA sponsored thing, I guess. And they would have a little booth. And parents would make food. And they would have gifts. And you’d go to these different booths and try to play things. And they would have a, uh—I remember this truck that looked like a train that you could get on there for a certain amount of money. And then they would ride to downtown Oviedo then back to Jackson Heights. And it looked like a train but it was a truck. Uh, recess was good because, like I said, we didn’t have regular physical education classes, but we had recess. And our teachers would take us outside and they would play little games with us. And then we would go to the playground and play that. Uh, the parent participation was real good at PTA. When you’d go to a PTA meeting it would be crowded. And I when education—I was in education for 35 years and I don’t think I’ve ever been to a crowded PTA meeting unless it was a show or something that the children were doing. Um, like I say my siblings—I always looked up at them. And the bad thing about having two girls in front of you is that if you get the same teacher, they expect you to excel like they did. And I wasn’t doing that so [laugh] it was just a little different. And like I said we had—I’ve got friends that I met before elementary school and in elementary school. And I’ve had those friends for life. And the status of the students out there was different. There were people—most the people out there were poor. Uh, there were maybe two or three families that had exceeded. You know? We had some students that were—that their parents were teachers. Some students had parents that had gone to college, but not that many. Most of them worked for field—in the field. And they worked for other people. And they were just like us [inaudible] you know? So it was a—there wasn’t a big status different in anyone. And that’s about it. Any questions? Cravero No, that was fantastic. Thanks. Mr., uh, Tossie, thank you again for sharing your time and speaking with us. This has been Geoffrey Cravero with Diana Dizon on November 8th, 2022. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/f1eeee737c3efa4a3add901228d4125f.pdf 7bff07e691f9b2fadcc301bb7540cd5f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection Subject Oviedo (Fla.); African Americans--Florida; Schools; Education--Florida; Segregation--Florida; Elementary schools--United States; Students--Florida Description In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Oral History of Kelley Muller-Smith Alternative Title Oral History, Kelley Muller-Smith Subject Oviedo (Fla.) African Americans--Florida Schools Education--Florida Segregation--Florida Elementary schools--United States Students--Florida Description An oral history interview of Kelley Muller-Smith, a Sanford native raised in Oviedo and professional singer. The interview was conducted by Dr. Connie Lester and Jessica Oldham over Zoom in Orlando, Florida, on July 28th, 2022. Some of the topics covered include Muller-Smith’s childhood and schooling in Oviedo and Jackson Heights Elementary School, now Jackson Heights Middle School, and the roles of her parents, her father, principal Stanley T. Muller, and her mother, music teacher Mae Frances Muller, in segregated Oviedo-area schools for African American students. Other topics include her memories of daily life at Jackson Heights Elementary School, the instruction of memorable teachers, the role of music in shaping Muller-Smith’s personal and professional life, her experiences traveling with different musical and performing arts groups, and her view on the importance of the future Historic Colored Schools Museum. Table Of Contents 0:00:00 Early life and schooling in Oviedo <br />0:04:52 Segregation in Central Florida public schools <br />0:08:48 Role of music in personal and professional life <br />0:12:59 Dedication to Historic Colored Schools Museum <br />0:15:01 Stanley T. Muller and Mae Frances Muller’s legacy Abstract Oral history interview of Kelley Muller-Smith. Interview conducted by Connie Lester and Jessica Oldham through Zoom on July 28, 2022. Type Moving Image Source Muller-Smith, Kelley. Interviewed by Connie Lester and Jessica Oldham, July 28, 2022. Audio record available. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>, Orlando, Florida. Requires Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> QuickTime</a>. <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a> Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/226" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES. Has Format Digital transcript of original 19-minutes, and 15-seconds oral history: Muller-Smith, Kelley. Interviewed by Connie Lester and Jessica Oldham, July 28, 2022. Audio record available. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>, Orlando, Florida. Coverage Jackson Heights Middle School, Oviedo, Florida Robert Hungerford Preparatory High School, Eatonville, Florida Creator Muller-Smith, Kelley Lester, Connie Oldham, Jessica Publisher <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Date Created 2022-07-28 Date Copyrighted 2022-07-28 Format video/mp4 application/pdf Extent 390 MB 238 KB Medium 19-minutes, and 15-seconds audio recording 11-page digital transcript Language eng Mediator History Teacher Provenance Originally created by Kellye Muller-Smith, Connie Lester, and Jessica Oldham and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>. Rights Holder <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a> Accrual Method Item Creation Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES MI</a> External Reference Robison Jim. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2012. Accessed November 4, 2022. "<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/796757419" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government</a>.” Accessed November 4, 2022. The World Outside Reunion. “<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools, 1890-1967</a>.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed November 4, 2022, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258. Click to View (Movie, Podcast, or Website) <a href="https://youtu.be/m0pb_Knj2hI">Oral History of Kelley Muller-Smith</a> Transcript Lester Today is July the 28 th, uh, 2022. I am Connie Lester. With me is Jessica Oldham and Kelley Muller-Smith. We are conducting this oral history via Zoom. So, Miss Muller-Smith, please state your name and tell us a little about where you're from and what life was like for you growing up. Muller-Smith Okay. My name is Kelley Muller-Smith, as you stated. I'm from Oviedo, Florida. That's my home. Reared in right there in Oviedo, born in Sanford. Um, life was absolutely great. We had a great community. We had great schools. Uh, we had great churches. Uh, it took the village to raise us and I'm so appreciative of that because it's helped to build me into the person that I am. So, life in Oviedo was absolutely the best. Did I answer you okay? Lester So, which schools did you attend in the Oviedo area, and can you talk about some of your favorite school memories? Muller-Smith Yes, I can. I only attended one school, and that was Jackson Heights Elementary, now Middle School.1 My favorite memories started in first grade. Um, my teacher had us to make aprons by hand for our finger-painting class. That was a big deal. And that also kind of launched my sewing interest which lasted throughout ha— after high school. Those were just great times. Our teachers were our parents away from home. I'll put it like that. Some of the other fond memories: uh, school lunches were always home-cooked meals and they were the best food on earth. Uh, also, playground time. I—I—I just loved it because we had all of these playground equipment toys. Merry-go-rounds, swings, see-saws. You—you just had fun, uh, for the time that we were outside. And then of course, the music classes with my mom on Fridays. Absolutely amazing. She taught us basic—uh, basic songs. A lot of patriotic songs. A lot of Christian songs. And I looked for a picture to show you of her with her elementary school course. I don't know where it is. But those were great memories. Just absolutely great. And being at the school with, uh, two of my dad's sisters, my aunts, and my dad and my mom, it was just like being at home. So again, it—it—it raised me away from the house. It—it instilled in me the values of education, of how to treat people. We—we were always taught there's a way to speak to adults. There's a way to speak to children. And when you are in the presence of adults, you address them, “yes ma'am,” “no ma'am,” “yes, sir,” “no, sir.” And I’m seventy-two and I still do that. So, those were great memories that I have not forgotten. Lester Did you have a favorite teacher and what qualities did he or she bring to the classroom? Muller-Smith Yes. My first-grade teacher and then my seventh-grade teacher, uh, Miss Houston [laughs]. She was amazing. Uh, she instilled in us the importance—you had to do all of your work in the classroom. All of your work. Uh, away from school, your homework had to be turned in. There were no excuses. Uh, and then of course, the music was first and foremost. I—I—I just love music. Um, but she would always demonstrate to us. We—we never misunderstood how she wanted the work done because she would always give a demonstration. If we were doing, uh, a history lesson, then she would say, “You have to get an encyclopedia. You have to look up the subject. You have to read it and write down the important facts.” So there were no excuses. And that kind of instruction just carried over throughout my life. If you got to do it, do it right, and do it well. Yes. Yes. Lester Central Florida schools remained segregated long after Brown v. Board decision. What was the first grade year that you attended a desegregated school and could you share some of your memories of that experience? Muller-Smith Yes. I was fortunate enough to start school at five years old. 1955. Uh, the law in Florida stated then that if you would turn six by the end of that year, then you could start school at age five, which I did. Um, I'm sorry, would you repeat your question [laughs]? Lester Sure. Um, what were—what was the first grade year that you… Muller-Smith Oh. Okay. Lester …desegregated school and could you share some of your memories? Muller-Smith Absolutely. Yes. It was first grade. Uh, 1955. I remember it well. Again, that teacher, and I can't call her name, uh, she was just so interested in all of us. She would find ways to help us better that gift that each student had, which I thought was amazing. Although the classes were not—the class was not very large, but she somehow knew us individually, not just as a student in her class. But she cared enough to find that little special something that would work for me and work for my classmates. And we just had a great time and we learned. We not only had fun, but—math was fun, which was not my favorite subject. But we—we learned the adding and subtraction and multiplication. And it was fun. She always made everything fun. But yeah, my—my first year was first grade, uh, and in 1955 there at Jackson Heights Elementary. Lester Okay. Was that an—an—an integrated school or was it… Muller-Smith No, it was not. Uh, in fact, integration did not happen until after I graduated eighth grade. The school went from first through eighth grade. Lester Mhmm. Muller-Smith And, um, it came—that—that's another story I'd like to share later. But I went from first to eighth grade in a, uh, segregated school. My dad’s school. Lester Okay. Muller-Smith Yeah. Lester Was that a difficult transition for you? Muller-Smith No, because—no, it wasn't, actually. Because when I finished eighth grade, I attended Orange County schools. I lived in Orange County during the week so that I could attend Hungerford High. And that was, uh, segregated as well. So the—the—the integration didn't come about until after I graduated in ’67. It was slowly opening in Oviedo. Um, I remember my dad had a very good relationship with, uh, Oviedo Elementary. Yes. Oviedo Elementary. I can't call his name now, but he was a man that everyone knew. And my father made it his business—being an educator, he made it his business to make sure that there was some kind of rapport. But, um, you know, it's interesting because, although I grew up in a segregated environment, when I did finish high school, there was no adjustment for me. Because I didn't—I was not taught one race was better than the other. We were all people, and we all—though we were separated, we were still God's people and He didn't make any mistakes. So you got along with whomever you were faced with. And the transition for me was easy. Yes. Lester It seems that music has played a significant role in your life. And how did Oviedo schools foster your musical talent and what other influences shaped your musical education? Muller-Smith Okay. It was my mom. I grew up in a home with music. My family, cousins, I didn't have sisters and brothers at that time. My family was all just music. Uh, we always sang around the piano. My mother played for both my dad's church and our church. She would always—uh, we had many what we call Easter Sunrise services there on one of the lakes there in Oviedo. And she was over that, for many, many years. Anything music in the community, it was Mae Frances Muller, my mother. Um, so, um, studying under her—started piano at six years old, and then in seventh grade she found a teacher for me in Orlando. So off we went every weekend to Orlando to take my piano lesson. So, it was always music. Um, it really, really made my life a lot easier because I just love it. When I finished high school, I went to Bethune-Cookman and sang in the famous Bethune-Cookman chorale at that time and then went to Peabody Conservatory of Music, where I majored as a vocal major. So—and I can't tell you how much music really, really means to me and inspires me. I've had the blessed opportunity to sing with the Memphis Symphony Chorus8 since 2004. Um, it's what I do. It's who I am [laughs]. Yes. Lester Well, can you tell us how, um—how this shaped your career opportunities and… Muller-Smith Yes. Yes, I can. When I got to Peabody that summer with my mom and her best friend, I was too late to audition for Peabody, so I stayed there and studied at the preparatory department of the conservatory and then I auditioned a year later, got accepted, studied, studied, studied, and was out for Christmas. And my choir director called me and said, “So and so was looking for a singer. He needs one mezzo-soprano and I told him about you, but you have to be in New York tomorrow.” I said, “Okay.” And I did audition and that's how my career started as a professional singer. Did that for over ten years with different companies. Um, it just—the music just shaped me and I knew that's what I wanted to do. So I studied as best I could, and it just opened up the doors for singing for me. Lester So, have you performed with, uh—with groups that, uh, people who are listening to this oral history might recognize? Muller-Smith Yes. I did a Broadway show on the road for nine months with Eartha Kitt. It was called Timbuktu!. That was amazing. I learned a lot. It was fun. It was hard work. We were on a plane on an average of every two weeks flying to the next city. So that was a great experience. There was also Disney World. I was one of the, uh, second—the second group, of Kids of the Kingdom. That's me. I don't know if you can see it, but there I am. Okay. That was three years. The Norman Luboff Choir, Robert De Cormier Singers. Uh, I did, uh, Hello Dolly! there— right there in Orlando at Once Upon a Stage Dinner Theater. That was great. Um, so it's—it’s been a journey. I'm just thankful for the opportunity that God has given me to do what I love the best. Yeah, it's been great. It's been great. Lester The oral history that you're giving us today will be archived in the Oviedo Colored Schools Museum. Muller-Smith Yes. Lester What are your hopes for that museum? Muller-Smith First of all, I want to say hats off to our President of the Board, uh, Judith Smith. She was given the vision to open this museum. And her goal, and our goal as board members, is to better educate the Oviedo and surrounding communities and, of course, anyone that would eventually visit the museum to learn the truth about the Black history of the educational system in our area. We've got a whole new group of people. They're younger and they have no idea—I've been told many times when I come home that a lot of people think Jackson Heights Elementary was always integrated. I mean Jackson Heights Middle School—that it's always been there. It's always been i—it's, uh, uh, integrated. They don't know about Oviedo Colored School and then Jackson Heights Elementary School. They have no clue. So, our goal is to better educate the community, the surrounding areas, so that they can just learn the truth. Uh, there's just so much history in that area and I'm proud to be able to say that it's my home. But there's a lot of history that has just never been known, uh, by this younger generation. And our goal is to get that information out there, so anyone that wants to can really know and learn the truth about the Black educational history of the Oviedo Colored Schools and that area. Lester Well, is there anything else you would like to add or expand on or any… Muller-Smith I would. I want to show you another picture. This is the only principal and his wife, the music teacher, of the Jackson Heights Elementary School. He was there—I don't even have the years because I was so little. But, again, I started in ’55. And shortly after I graduated, he—huh. Let me share this because I think you need to know. My dad was in a meeting in Tallahassee. Uh, a state education meeting. And he came home. His favorite thing to do was to get the paper and read the news. And in the Sanford Herald, there was an announcement that Jackson Heights Elementary School would be turned into Jackson Heights Middle School the following year. That's how he learned that he would not be the principal anymore of Jackson Heights. Isn’t that something? They gave him a position at the school board where he ended up working for a few years before he passed away. It broke—it broke his heart and broke our hearts, because I thought, “School board. You can't tell him? Write a letter? Make a phone call?” He read in the paper. I was sitting right there with him when it happened. So, I— I think those kinds of things need to be known because he was a great man. He— he believed in education of all people. He inspired a lot of young men and women. He especially believed in men being men, uh, dressing properly, taking their hats off when they're in the presence of a female or inside a building. You just don't carry yourself any kind of way. And he was able to, as I said, inspire a lot of people. I remember when Hurricane Donna came through our front yard. And he got out in that storm, went to the school, Jackson Heights, and opened it so that the people that didn't have adequate homes to live in during a storm could have somewhere to go. Because no one thought of us. But he is hardly known today. So that's something else that the museum is looking forward to try and make known. Lester Well, to make them better known, will you say your parents’ names? Muller-Smith Yes, I will. Stanley T. Muller. They called him Professor Muller. And May Francis Muller. My mother had seven schools when she started. She was called an “itinerant music teacher” in Seminole County. She had seven schools in one week. That's how she started. And she did it gladly. It's—it's—it's been a journey, but I'm thankful that—let me say this. I'm so thankful for your organization and what you all are doing to help us. This is phenomenal. And we won't stop until the dream has been completed. It’s ongoing. We want everyone to know the truth about the Oviedo Colored Schools of our area. Thank you for what you’re doing. Thank you. Lester This has been an oral history with Kelley Muller-Smith, conducted on July 28th , 2022, through Zoom, by Connie Lester and Jessica Oldham.