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Title
Sky Lake Collection
Alternative Title
Sky Lake Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Description
Sky Lake is a residential community and unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida. It is located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. The community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s by Hymen Lake. Houses originally sold in the range of $10,000 to $15,000. In the 1970s, Sky Lake became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated. The community was originally proposed to include one thousand homes within the middle of the square mile block and a ring of commercial developments along the perimeter.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/46" target="_blank">Orange County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sky Lake, Florida
Curator
Barnes, Mark
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>
External Reference
Mormino, Gary R. 2002. "<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5544029021" target="_blank">Sunbelt Dreams and Altered States: A Social and Cultural History of Florida, 1950-2000</a>." <em>The Florida Historical Quarterly. </em>81, no. 1: 3-21.
Arsenault, Raymond. "The End of the Long, Hot Summer: The Air Conditioner and Southern Culture." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1782314" target="_blank"><em>Journal of Southern History</em></a> Vol. 50, no. 4 (November, 1984): 597-628.
Staeheli, Lynn A. and Don Mitchell. "USA’s Destiny? Regulating Space and Creting Community in American Shopping Malls." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37915650" target="_blank"><em>Urban Studies</em></a> Vol. 43, nos 5/6 (May 2006): 977-992.
Dietrich, T. Stanton. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4683014" target="_blank"><em>The Urbanization of Florida's Population: An Historical Perspective of County Growth, 1830-1970</em></a>. Gainesville, FL: Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Florida, 1978.
Rome, Adam Ward. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44594084" target="_blank"><em>The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism</em></a>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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Title
Orlando Grid Map
Alternative Title
Orlando Grid Map
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Description
A grid map of Orlando, Florida, showing what appears to be the proposed site for the Sky Lake, a residential community and unincorporated area. It is located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. This residential community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s by Hymen Lake. Houses originally sold in the range of $10,000 to $15,000. In the 1970s, Sky Lake became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated. This residential community was originally proposed to include one thousand homes within the middle of the square mile block and a ring of commercial developments along the perimeter.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original map: <a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>, Pine Castle, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/20" target="_blank">Orlando Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original map.
Coverage
Sky Lake, Florida
Contributor
Lake, Harriett
Date Created
ca. 1950-1969
Format
image/jpg
Extent
548 KB
Medium
1 map
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>
External Reference
Tracy, Jane. "<a href="http://dc.ocls.info/memory/image/harriett-and-hymen-lake" target="_blank">Harriett and Hymen Lake</a> .'" Orlando Memory, March 11, 2014, http://dc.ocls.info/memory/image/harriett-and-hymen-lake.
Dean Road
Florida State Road 15
Florida State Road 50
Florida Technological University
Florida's Turnpike
FTU
grids
I-4
Interstate 4
Lake Barton Road
Martin
OBT
Orange Blossom Trail
orlando
Orlando-Cape Canaveral Expressway
Rio Pinar Country Club
Scenic Parkway
Sky Lake
SR 15
SR 50
U.S. Route 441
UCF
University of Central Florida
US 441
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Title
Friends of Lake Apopka Collection
Alternative Title
FOLA Collection
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Water quality--Florida
Pollution--Florida
Description
The Friends of Lake Apopka (FOLA) is a citizen advocacy group with the mission of restoring Lake Apopka in Orange County and Lake County, Florida. Due to poor farming practices along its shores, Lake Apopka has become one of the largest polluted lakes in Florida. This collection features various archival items related to the restoration of the lake.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Lake Apopka, Florida
Florida Game and Fresh Water Commission, Tallahassee, Florida
Oakland, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Saint Johns River, Florida
Winter Garden, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
King, Joshua
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Our Mission & Purpose</a>." Friends of Lake Apopka. http://www.fola.org/.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
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Title
Gourd Neck Springs Report
Alternative Title
Gourd Neck Springs Report
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Environmental protection--Florida
Parks--Florida
Springs--Florida
Description
This report by Gary I. Sharp lists information related to the Gourd Neck Springs area of Lake Apopka and a potential purchase of the area by the State of Florida through the Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program. The report aims to show why the area is suitable for a public park, describing physical and environmental characteristics of the area, as well as summarizing the economic issues related to a public purchase of the area, including zoning information from the Lake County Zoning Department and appraisal values from Danny L. Dulgar. The report also discusses an inspection of the area by the Environmentally Endangered Lands Committee, which rejected the site due to the polluted quality of the lake surrounding the area, as well as its small size. Finally, the report includes hydrological data related to the springs.<br /><br />Gourd Neck Springs is a small spring located in the southwest portion of Lake Apopka, in a small cove called “Gourd Neck” due to its distinctive shape. This area of the lake was considered in the 1960s as a potential nursery for fish. The Lake Apopka Technical Committee explored damming the Gourd Neck, separating it from the lake and preventing polluted lake water from entering, but these plans did not materialize. Efforts were also made in the 1960s to have the Gourd Neck area purchased by the State of Florida for use as a public park. The Gourd Neck Springs Park Association was formed in 1961 to study the site’s potential for a park and lobby for support from legislators. The land bordering the area was privately-owned by various individuals. One of these, Gary I. Sharp, continued seeking support for a park into the 1970s. While the project received support from Florida legislators and environmentalists, the land was never purchased by the state.<br /><br />The Environmentally Endangered Lands Program (EEL) was formed in 1972 as part of the larger Land Conservation Act of 1972. The EEL program was initially funded through the sale of state bonds. The program was designed to help the state acquire lands considered environmentally sensitive and was not designed for creating areas for recreational use. Potential sites for acquisition could be suggested by citizens, county and state governments, and nonprofit organizations. After evaluation for environmental value, potential sites would be approved by the Executive Director of the Florida Department of Natural Resources and finalized by the Governor. In 1979, the former Executive Director, Harmon Shields, was indicted on corruption charges involving the lands-acquisition process. Following this scandal, the EEL program was replaced by Conservation and Recreation Lands Program. This change replaced the program's funding with tax revenues instead of bond sales, and formed the Land Acquisition Selection Committee, made up by six executive directors of Florida environmental agencies, to select sites for approval by the governor. The Division of State Lands was also created as a division of the Department of Natural Resources to oversee mapping and evaluation of potential sites for acquisition.
Type
Text
Source
Original 10-page typewritten report: Sharp, Gary I. <em>Gourd Neck Springs<em>. Winter Park, FL: 1975: binder 1975, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.</em></em>
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
Binder 1975, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/153" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 10-page typewritten report: Sharp, Gary I. <em>Gourd Neck Springs<em>. Winter Park, FL: 1975.</em></em>
Coverage
Gourd Neck Springs, Florida
Lake Apopka, Florida
Creator
Sharp, Gary
Date Created
1975-06-20
Date Issued
1975-06-20
Date Copyrighted
1975-06-20
Format
application/pdf
Extent
1.32 MB
Medium
10-page typewritten report
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Science Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Gary I. Sharp.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Curator
King, Joshua
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.lake.wateratlas.usf.edu/resource.aspx?wbodyid=8500" target="_blank">Apopka Spring</a>." Lake County Water Atlas. Accessed June 08, 2016. http://www.lake.wateratlas.usf.edu/resource.aspx?wbodyid=8500.
Campbell, Ramsey. "<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1995-04-23/news/9504220188_1_lake-apopka-spring-water-bottled-water" target="_blank">Source of Surprise: Crystal Clear Water from Lake Apopka</a>." <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, April 23, 1995. Accessed June 8, 2016. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1995-04-23/news/9504220188_1_lake-apopka-spring-water-bottled-water.
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/6858" target="_blank">Letter from Arthur W. Sinclair to C. W. Sheffield (December 22, 1967)</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/6858.
"<a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19800502&id=IB5UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mI0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3814,204016&hl=en" target="_blank">Harmon Shields Indicted</a>." Boca Raton News, May 2, 1980. Accessed June 14, 2016. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19800502&id=IB5UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mI0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3814,204016&hl=en.
Farr, James A., and O. Greg Brock. "<a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/lands/files/Florida_LandAcquisition.pdf" target="_blank">Florida's Landmark Programs for Conservation and Recreation Land Acquisition</a>." Sustain 14 (2006). Accessed June 14, 2016. http://www.dep.state.fl.us/lands/files/Florida_LandAcquisition.pdf.
Acer
artesian springs
boating
camping
Carya
Danny L. Dulgar
eel
Environmentally Endangered Lands Committee
Environmentally Endangered Lands Program
ferns
fish camps
fishing
Florida Department of Natural Resources
Florida State Road 455
Florida State Road 50
Florida's Turnpike
Gary I. Sharp
Gourd Neck Springs
Green Swamp
hickory
Jay L. Blanchard
Kelly Park
Lake Apopka
Lake County Zoning Department
live oaks
magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia virginiana
magnolias
maples
orange county
Orange County Division of Parks
Orlando Area Chamber of Commerce
Orlando Public Utilities
palms
parks
Rock Springs
sand boils
sinkholes
SR 455
SR 50
sweet bay
swimming
The Winter Garden Times
Tupelo
U.S. Geological Survey
Walt Disney World
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Title
Sky Lake Collection
Alternative Title
Sky Lake Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Description
Sky Lake is a residential community and unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida. It is located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. The community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s by Hymen Lake. Houses originally sold in the range of $10,000 to $15,000. In the 1970s, Sky Lake became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated. The community was originally proposed to include one thousand homes within the middle of the square mile block and a ring of commercial developments along the perimeter.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/46" target="_blank">Orange County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sky Lake, Florida
Curator
Barnes, Mark
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>
External Reference
Mormino, Gary R. 2002. "<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5544029021" target="_blank">Sunbelt Dreams and Altered States: A Social and Cultural History of Florida, 1950-2000</a>." <em>The Florida Historical Quarterly. </em>81, no. 1: 3-21.
Arsenault, Raymond. "The End of the Long, Hot Summer: The Air Conditioner and Southern Culture." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1782314" target="_blank"><em>Journal of Southern History</em></a> Vol. 50, no. 4 (November, 1984): 597-628.
Staeheli, Lynn A. and Don Mitchell. "USA’s Destiny? Regulating Space and Creting Community in American Shopping Malls." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37915650" target="_blank"><em>Urban Studies</em></a> Vol. 43, nos 5/6 (May 2006): 977-992.
Dietrich, T. Stanton. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4683014" target="_blank"><em>The Urbanization of Florida's Population: An Historical Perspective of County Growth, 1830-1970</em></a>. Gainesville, FL: Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Florida, 1978.
Rome, Adam Ward. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44594084" target="_blank"><em>The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism</em></a>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 black and white photograph
Physical Dimensions
8 x 10 inches
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Title
Bee Line Mall, 1966
Alternative Title
Bee Line Mall
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Housing--Florida
Shopping malls--United States
Retail industry
Description
An aerial photograph showing the Bee Line Mall and its surrounding areas in 1966. The photograph is annotated to show the surrounding roadways, Sky Lake, Oak Ridge, Candlelight Park, the Gold Key Inn, Piccadilly Restaurant, and Travelodge. Sky Lake is a residential community and unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida. It is located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. The community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s by Hymen Lake. Houses originally sold in the range of $10,000 to $15,000. In the 1970s, Sky Lake became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated. The community was originally proposed to include one thousand homes within the middle of the square mile block and a ring of commercial developments along the perimeter.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original 8.5 x 11 inch black and white photograph, 1966: <a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>, Pine Castle, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/179" target="_blank">Sky Lake Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 8 x 10 inch black and white photograph, 1966.
Coverage
Sky Lake, Florida
Bee Line Mall, Sky Lake, Florida
Oak Ridge, Sky Lake, Florida
Oak Ridge II, Sky Lake, Florida
Contributor
Lake, Harriett
Date Created
1905-05-19
Date Submitted
190 KB
Format
image/jpg
Medium
8 x 10 inch black and white photograph
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Barnes, Mark
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>
External Reference
Tracy, Jane. "<a href="http://dc.ocls.info/memory/image/harriett-and-hymen-lake" target="_blank">Harriett and Hymen Lake</a> .'" Orlando Memory, March 11, 2014, http://dc.ocls.info/memory/image/harriett-and-hymen-lake.
Bee Line Mall
Candlelight Park
Colonial Drive
Downtown Orlando
Florida State Road 50
Florida State Road 528
Gold Key Inn
homes
hotels
houses
housing
I-4
inns
Interstate 4
lodges
Martin Andersen Bee Line Expressway
neighborhoods
Oak Ridge
OBT
Orange Avenue
Orange Blossom Trail
orlando
Piccadilly Restaurant
residential developments
shopping malls
Sky Lake
SR 50
SR 528
Sunshine State Parkway
Travelodge Orlando-Sky Lake
U.S. Route 17
U.S. Route 441
U.S. Route 92
US 17
US 441
US 92
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Title
Sky Lake Collection
Alternative Title
Sky Lake Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Description
Sky Lake is a residential community and unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida. It is located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. The community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s by Hymen Lake. Houses originally sold in the range of $10,000 to $15,000. In the 1970s, Sky Lake became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated. The community was originally proposed to include one thousand homes within the middle of the square mile block and a ring of commercial developments along the perimeter.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/46" target="_blank">Orange County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sky Lake, Florida
Curator
Barnes, Mark
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>
External Reference
Mormino, Gary R. 2002. "<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5544029021" target="_blank">Sunbelt Dreams and Altered States: A Social and Cultural History of Florida, 1950-2000</a>." <em>The Florida Historical Quarterly. </em>81, no. 1: 3-21.
Arsenault, Raymond. "The End of the Long, Hot Summer: The Air Conditioner and Southern Culture." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1782314" target="_blank"><em>Journal of Southern History</em></a> Vol. 50, no. 4 (November, 1984): 597-628.
Staeheli, Lynn A. and Don Mitchell. "USA’s Destiny? Regulating Space and Creting Community in American Shopping Malls." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37915650" target="_blank"><em>Urban Studies</em></a> Vol. 43, nos 5/6 (May 2006): 977-992.
Dietrich, T. Stanton. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4683014" target="_blank"><em>The Urbanization of Florida's Population: An Historical Perspective of County Growth, 1830-1970</em></a>. Gainesville, FL: Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Florida, 1978.
Rome, Adam Ward. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44594084" target="_blank"><em>The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism</em></a>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
52-page report
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Title
Bee Line Expressway Engineering Report
Alternative Title
Bee Line Engineering Report
Subject
Roads--Florida
Highways
Description
An engineering report for the planned construction of Florida State Road 528 (SR 528), also called the Martin Andersen Bee Line Expressway, published in November of 1964. This report include details regarding the original phase of the project, along with a summary of future extensions, site plans, maps, and bridge plans. Now known as the Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway, SR 528 is a Central Florida Toll Road that connects Orlando, Florida, at Interstate 4 (I-4) with Cocoa Beach at Florida State Road A1A (SR A1A). The highway operates under the joint guidance of the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) and the Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE). The first segment of the 41 mile road was opened on July 14, 1968. Martin Anderson, the influential owner of the Orlando Sentinel newspaper, proposed the road to connect Orlando to the Florida State Road 520 (SR 520) exchange that ran to Cocoa Beach.
Type
Text
Source
Original 52-page report: <a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>, Pine Castle, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/179" target="_blank">Sky Lake Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 52-page report.
Coverage
Florida State Road 528, Orlando, Florida
Florida State Road 528, Christmas, Florida
Interstate 4-Florida State Road 528 Crossroad, Orlando, Florida
Sunshine State Parkway-Florida State Road 528 Crossroad, Orlando, Florida
Publisher
<a href="https://www.cfxway.com/" target="_blank">Orange County Expressway Authority</a>
Contributor
<a href="http://rsandh.com/" target="_blank">Reynolds, Smith &amp</a>
Hills
<a href="http://www.hntb.com/" target="_blank">Howard, Needles, Tammen &amp</a>
Bergendoff
Lake, Harriett
Date Created
ca. 1964-11
Date Copyrighted
1964-11-01
Date Submitted
8.01 MB
Format
application/pdf
Medium
52-page report
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by the <a href="https://www.cfxway.com/" target="_blank">Orange County Expressway Authority</a>.
Rights Holder
This resource is not subject to copyright in the United States and there are no copyright restrictions on reproduction, derivative works, distribution, performance, or display of the work. Anyone may, without restriction under U.S. of state copyright laws:
<ul class="one_column_bullet"><li>reproduce the work in print or digital form</li>
<li>create derivative works</li>
<li>perform the work publicly</li>
<li>display the work</li>
<li>distribute copies or digitally transfer the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending.</li>
</ul>
This resource is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only. For more information on copyright, please refer to <a href="http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?submenu=3#A1S24" target="_blank">Secton 24 of the Florida Constitution</a>.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Barnes, Mark
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>
External Reference
"<a href="https://www.cfxway.com/TravelersExpressways/Expressways/CurrentExpressways/528BeachLine.aspx" target="_blank">Welcome to State Road 528</a>." Central Florida Expressway Authority. https://www.cfxway.com/TravelersExpressways/Expressways/CurrentExpressways/528BeachLine.aspx.
American Association of State Highway Officials
Beachline Expressway
Bee Line Expressway
Brevard County
bridges
Cape Canaveral
Cape Kennedy
City of Orlando
Civil Jet Terminal
Cocoa Beach
construction
crossroads
East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
engineering
Expressway Authority Act Commission
farms
Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956
Florida Legislature Industrial Complex
Florida State Road 15
Florida State Road 15A
Florida State Road 50
Florida State Road 500
Florida State Road 520
Florida State Road 527
Florida State Road 528
highways
Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff
I-4
I-75
Interstate Highway 4
Interstate Highway 75
Interstate Highway Design Criteria
Interstate Highway System
Lake Barton Road Zoning Commission
Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway
Martin Andersen Bee Line Expressway
Martin Anderson
McCoy AFB
McCoy Air Force Base
Merritt Island Launch Area
National Interstate and Defense Highways Act
orlando
Orlando International Airport
Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority
Patrick AFB
Patrick Air Force Base
ramps
Reynolds, Smith & Hills
roads
SR 15
SR 15A
SR 50
SR 500
SR 520
SR 527
SR 528
SRD
Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges
Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction
State Road Department
Toll 528, tourism
toll plazas
toll roads
U.S. Route 17
U.S. Route 441
U.S. Route 92
urban design
urban planning
US 17
US 441
US 92
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Dublin Core
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Title
Orlando Collection
Description
The Orlando area was originally occupied by the Creek and Seminole tribes. In 1838, Fort Gatlin was erected on the shores of Lake Gatlin, just a few miles south of present-day Downtown Orlando. Centered around Church Street, Orlando became a city in 1884.<br /><br />Originally a cattle town, Orlando grew into a major citrus growing center by the 1920s. The city continued to grow during the Great Depression with aid from the Work Progress Administration (WPA). During World War II, Orlando became a major military center as well, with the development of the McCoy Air Force Base and Pinecastle Air Force Base, and with the addition of the Naval Training Center (NTC) Orlando in 1968. Downtown Orlando declined in the 1960s and 1970s. Redevelopment began in the 1970s and continued into the 1980s, with projects such as the Church Street Station entertainment complex. In 1998, a building boom began and continued through the 2000s.
Contributor
Cook, Thomas
Cepero, Nancy Lynn
Cepero, Laura Lynn
Alternative Title
Orlando Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/46" target="_blank">Orange County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Orlando, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/783150094" target="_blank"><em>Lost Orlando</em></a>. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2012.
Rajtar, Steve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank"><em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em></a>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.
"<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Historic District Walking Tour</a>." City of Orlando. http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf.
Has Format
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/69" target="_blank">Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Collection</a>, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/106" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered Collection</a>, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/126" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Information Center Collection</a>, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/110" target="_blank">Orlando Public Library Collection</a>, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/111" target="_blank">Orlando Regions Bank Collection</a>, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1-page flyer
Dublin Core
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Title
Florida Mall Accessibility
Alternative Title
Florida Mall Accessibility
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Shopping malls--United States
Retail industry
Description
This report looks at the roadways which will provide access to the Florida Mall. The mall was designed and constructed by the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, founded by Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr. (1909-1994) in 1944. Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. (b. 1946) joined his father's business and together they became known as the "kings of the shopping mall." By the late 1980s, the DeBartolo Corporation had constructed 51 shopping malls, including 21 in Florida. The Florida Mall, located on the corner of Sand Lake Road and Orange Blossom Trail, was designed to appeal to Central Florida's large tourist economy and opened in March of 1986. Originally, the mall sat on 250 acres, contained over 1.3 million square feet of shopping space, and featured over 160 stores.
Type
Text
Source
Original typed flyer: <a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>, Pine Castle, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/20" target="_blank">Orlando Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original typed flyer.
Coverage
Florida Mall, Orlando, Florida
Publisher
<a href="http://www.simon.com/" target="_blank">Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation</a>
Contributor
Lake, Harriett
Date Created
ca. 1985
Date Submitted
167 KB
Format
image/jpg
Medium
1-page flyer
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by the <a href="http://www.simon.com/" target="_blank">Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation</a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.simon.com/" target="_blank">Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Barnes, Mark
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>
External Reference
Crawford, Selwyn. "<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-06-15/business/0230120196_1_debartolo-shopping-malls-mall-in-south" target="_blank">Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. bristles at even the slightest…</a>.'" <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, June 15, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-06-15/business/0230120196_1_DeBartolo-shopping-malls-mall-in-south.
accessibility
Bee Line Expressway
Colonial Drive
consumer shopping
Cypress Gardens
Florida Mall
Florida State Road 436
Florida State Road 50
Florida State Road 528A
Florida's Turnpike
I-4
Interstate 4
Lake Buena Vista
McCoy International Jetport
OBT
Orange Avenue
Orange Blossom Trail
orlando
Orlando International Jetport
retail
Sand Lake Road
SeaWorld Orlando
Semoran Boulevard
shopping malls
shops
SR 436
SR 50
SR 528A
stores
U.S. Route 17
U.S. Route 441
U.S. Route 92
US 17
US 441
US 92
Walt Disney World Resort
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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
Orlando Collection
Description
The Orlando area was originally occupied by the Creek and Seminole tribes. In 1838, Fort Gatlin was erected on the shores of Lake Gatlin, just a few miles south of present-day Downtown Orlando. Centered around Church Street, Orlando became a city in 1884.<br /><br />Originally a cattle town, Orlando grew into a major citrus growing center by the 1920s. The city continued to grow during the Great Depression with aid from the Work Progress Administration (WPA). During World War II, Orlando became a major military center as well, with the development of the McCoy Air Force Base and Pinecastle Air Force Base, and with the addition of the Naval Training Center (NTC) Orlando in 1968. Downtown Orlando declined in the 1960s and 1970s. Redevelopment began in the 1970s and continued into the 1980s, with projects such as the Church Street Station entertainment complex. In 1998, a building boom began and continued through the 2000s.
Contributor
Cook, Thomas
Cepero, Nancy Lynn
Cepero, Laura Lynn
Alternative Title
Orlando Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/46" target="_blank">Orange County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Orlando, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/783150094" target="_blank"><em>Lost Orlando</em></a>. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2012.
Rajtar, Steve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank"><em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em></a>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.
"<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Historic District Walking Tour</a>." City of Orlando. http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf.
Has Format
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/69" target="_blank">Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Collection</a>, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/106" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered Collection</a>, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/126" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Information Center Collection</a>, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/110" target="_blank">Orlando Public Library Collection</a>, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/111" target="_blank">Orlando Regions Bank Collection</a>, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1-page flyer
Dublin Core
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Title
Florida Mall Market Statistics
Alternative Title
Florida Mall Market Statistics
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Shopping malls--United States
Retail industry
Description
This report provides demographic statistics for the region surrounding the Florida Mall. The mall was designed and constructed by the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, founded by Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr. (1909-1994) in 1944. Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. (b. 1946) joined his father's business and together they became known as the "kings of the shopping mall." By the late 1980s, the DeBartolo Corporation had constructed 51 shopping malls, including 21 in Florida. The Florida Mall, located on the corner of Sand Lake Road and Orange Blossom Trail, was designed to appeal to Central Florida's large tourist economy and opened in March of 1986. Originally, the mall sat on 250 acres, contained over 1.3 million square feet of shopping space, and featured over 160 stores.
Type
Text
Source
Original typed flyer: <a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>, Pine Castle, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/179" target="_blank">Sky Lake Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original typed flyer.
Coverage
Florida Mall, Orlando, Florida
Publisher
<a href="http://www.simon.com/" target="_blank">Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation</a>
Contributor
Lake, Harriett
Date Created
ca. 1985
Date Submitted
208 KB
Format
image/jpg
Medium
1-page flyer
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by the <a href="http://www.simon.com/" target="_blank">Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation</a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.simon.com/" target="_blank">Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Barnes, Mark
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>
External Reference
Crawford, Selwyn. "<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-06-15/business/0230120196_1_debartolo-shopping-malls-mall-in-south" target="_blank">Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. bristles at even the slightest…</a>.'" <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, June 15, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-06-15/business/0230120196_1_DeBartolo-shopping-malls-mall-in-south.
Bee Line Expressway
Colonial Drive
consumer shopping
Florida Mall
Florida State Road 436
Florida State Road 50
Florida State Road 527
Florida State Road 528
Florida State Road 535
Florida's Turnpike
household income
households
I-4
Interstate 4
Kissimmee
Lake Buena Vista
Levittown
Market Research Department
Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway
OBT
Orange Blossom Trail
orlando
population
Primary Trade Area
retail
Ronald Reagan Turnpike
SeaWorld Orlando
Semoran Boulevard
shopping malls
shops
SR 436
SR 50
SR 527
SR 528
SR 535
stores
trade
U.S. Route 17
U.S. Route 192
U.S. Route 441
U.S. Route 530
U.S. Route 92
Urban Data Processing, Inc.
US 17
US 192
US 441
US 530
US 92
Walt Disney World Resort
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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
Sky Lake Collection
Alternative Title
Sky Lake Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Description
Sky Lake is a residential community and unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida. It is located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. The community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s by Hymen Lake. Houses originally sold in the range of $10,000 to $15,000. In the 1970s, Sky Lake became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated. The community was originally proposed to include one thousand homes within the middle of the square mile block and a ring of commercial developments along the perimeter.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/46" target="_blank">Orange County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sky Lake, Florida
Curator
Barnes, Mark
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>
External Reference
Mormino, Gary R. 2002. "<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5544029021" target="_blank">Sunbelt Dreams and Altered States: A Social and Cultural History of Florida, 1950-2000</a>." <em>The Florida Historical Quarterly. </em>81, no. 1: 3-21.
Arsenault, Raymond. "The End of the Long, Hot Summer: The Air Conditioner and Southern Culture." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1782314" target="_blank"><em>Journal of Southern History</em></a> Vol. 50, no. 4 (November, 1984): 597-628.
Staeheli, Lynn A. and Don Mitchell. "USA’s Destiny? Regulating Space and Creting Community in American Shopping Malls." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37915650" target="_blank"><em>Urban Studies</em></a> Vol. 43, nos 5/6 (May 2006): 977-992.
Dietrich, T. Stanton. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4683014" target="_blank"><em>The Urbanization of Florida's Population: An Historical Perspective of County Growth, 1830-1970</em></a>. Gainesville, FL: Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Florida, 1978.
Rome, Adam Ward. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44594084" target="_blank"><em>The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism</em></a>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
8-page brochure
Dublin Core
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Title
Oak Ridge Homes
Alternative Title
Oak Ridge
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Housing--Florida
Real estate--Florida
Description
This brochure shows model homes that were being built in the Oak Ridge community of Pine Castle, Florida. The brochure features five ranch model homes and includes prices and available interest rates. Florida Ranch Lands, Inc. is a real estate development firm founded by Craig Linton in the early 1960s. Linton's firm was best known for brokering the land deal that brought the Walt Disney Company to its present location. This brochure was also co-opted by Florida Gas Utilities Company.
Type
Text
Source
Original 8-page brochure: Collection of the <a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>, Pine Castle, Florida.
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/179" target="_blank">Sky Lake Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 8-page brochure.
Coverage
Oak Ridge, Pine Castle, Florida
Publisher
Florida Ranch Lands, Inc.
Contributor
Lake, Harriett
Date Created
ca. 1964-05-31
Date Copyrighted
ca. 1964-05-31
Date Submitted
1.01 MB
Format
application/pdf
Medium
8-page brochure
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Humanities Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Florida Ranch Lands, Inc.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Barnes, Mark
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>
External Reference
Snyder
Jack. "<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1994-04-25/business/9404250529_1_linton-florida-ranch-commercial-acreage" target="_blank">Florida Ranch Lands Gets A New Beginning</a>.'" <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, April 25, 1994. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1994-04-25/business/9404250529_1_linton-florida-ranch-commercial-acreage.
Ambassador
Baronet
Briggs Beautyware
Bryant
Chancellor
Colonial Drive
Diplomat
Downtown Orlando
Excellency
Florida Gas Utilities Company
Florida Ranch Lands, Inc.
Florida State Road 50
homes
houses
housing
Lancaster Elementary School
Lancaster Road
martin company
McCoy AFB
McCoy Air Force Base
model homes
Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge High School
Oak Ridge Junior High School
Oak Ridge Road
Oak Ridge Senior High School
OBT
Orange Avenue
Orange Blossom Trail
orlando
real estate
Rutland Building
Rutland's
Sky Lake
SR 50
Sunshine Parkway
Tampa Freeway
Tarpan
U.S. 441
U.S. Route 441
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https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/86c13e8b34202bc6aa5f5b96eb485407.pdf
8f9313bd0678182ca099f214a39235c4
Dublin Core
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Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Alternative Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Subject
Oviedo (Fla).
Description
The Oviedo Historical Society Collection encompasses historical artifacts donated for digitization at the Oviedo Historical Society's History Harvest in the Spring semester of 2015.
The Oviedo Historical Society was organized in November 1973 by a group of citizens. The society is a 501(3) non-profit organization. Its purpose is to help preserve the community identity of Oviedo by collecting and disseminating knowledge about local history, serve as a repository for documents and artifacts relating to Oviedo history, promote the preservation and marking of historic sites and buildings in the Oviedo area and foster interest in local, state, national, and world history.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>." Oviedo Historical Society, Inc. http://oviedohs.com/.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
8-page newspaper edition
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
The Oviedo Outlook, Volume 4, Number 40, May 26, 1977
Alternative Title
The Oviedo Outlook, Vol. 4, No. 40
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Description
Volume 4, number 40 of <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>, published on May 26, 1977. <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em> was published every Thursday at 173 West Broadway Street in Oviedo, Florida. The newspaper was operated by the NPN Corporation, president and general manager Lawrence E. Neely, vice president and managing editor James "Randy" R. Noles, and secretary-treasurer and business manager Marilyn Neely. Topics discussed in various articles in this issue include a meeting between Oviedo City Council members and Seminole County Commissioners, a fish fry held in honor of former Chief of Police George Kelsey, Oviedo's new city plan, the history of the First Baptist Church of Chuluota, Oviedo High School's (OHS) Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) chapter, Circuit Judge Robert McGregor's ruling on a rape case, athlete awards at OHS, poetry wards for students of Jackson Heights Middle School (JHMS), a burglary at T.W. Lawton Elementary School, the death of Lillian Della Lee Lawton, graduation at Florida Technological University (present-day University of Central Florida), Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) elections at JHMS, and results of the Oviedo Little League. This issue also includes a classified section and numerous advertisements through the issue. This issue is missing pages 5 through 8.
Type
Text
Source
Original 8-page newspaper edition: <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>, Vol. 4, No. 40, May 26, 1977: <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/147" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society Collection</a>, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of Original 8-page newspaper edition: <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>, Vol. 4, No. 40, May 26, 1977.
Coverage
Oviedo City Hall, Memorial Building, Downtown Oviedo, Florida
First Baptist Church of Chuluota, Chuluota, Florida
Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, Sanford, Florida
Florida Technological University, Orlando, Florida
Sanford Civic Center, Sanford, Florida
Jackson Heights Middle School, Oviedo, Florida
Langford Resort Hotel, Winter Park, Florida
T. W. Lawton Elementary School, Oviedo, Florida
Home of Lillian Della Lee Lawton, Oviedo, Florida
First United Methodist Church of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Publisher
<em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>
Date Created
ca. 1977-05-26
Date Issued
1977-05-26
Date Copyrighted
1977-05-26
Format
application/pdf
Extent
2.8 MB
Medium
8-page newspaper edition
Language
eng
Mediator
History teachers
Civics/Government teachers
Economics teachers
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
A. Duda and Sons Cubs
Adrienne Barr
Aein Road
Alafaya Trail
Albert Roberts
Albert's Jewelers
Alex Alexander Realty
American Heart Association
Andy's Home Service
Angeline Mizelle
Ann Belencak
Ann Roberts
Annie Jacobs
Artco Rubber Stamps and Printing
Baldwin-McNamara Funeral Home Yankees
Benjamin Franklin Wheeler, Sr.
Bernard Baruch
Bernard Mannes Baruch
Betty Ann Bledy Katzin
Big Oak Ranch
Black Hammock Kennels
Bob Hansche
Bob Szelc
Bob's TV Service
Bobby Joe Couch
Brenda Reichle
Brumley Road
Bryant Hickson
C & R TV-CB
C. Carter
C. S. Lee
Cardinals
Carol Masey
Central Florida Motors
Century 21
Chalay Heifer
Chandel Coffie
Charles Mays
Charles Simeon Lee
Charles Swaggerty
Charlie Johnson
Cheryl Hird
Cheryl Paxton
Cheryl Phillips
Chris Auturino
Christine Berney
Chuluota
Chuluota Baptist Church
Church of Christ
CiGi's Pizza
Cindy Ward
Citizens Bank of Oviedo
Citizens Bank Twins
City of Oviedo
Cocoa Beach
Collette Beasley
Colonial Drive
Conley and Associates
Conley and Associates Angels
Continental Singers
Cristie Elizabeth Cole
Cynthia Arndt
Cynthia Brundidge
Cynthia Johnson Sloan
Cynthia Weiss
D. F. Simmons
D. Knickerbocker
Dale Phillips
Daniel Lott
Darrell Duda
Darren Spencer
Daryl Ely
Dave Caughill
Dave Mizelle
David Duda
Dead Road
Demetrius Hill
Denise Duda
Dennis Sondag
Dick Williams
Dodgers
Don Jacobs
Donna Duda
Donna Neely
Donna Sloan
Doreas Jacobs
Duda Auto Parts
Eagles
Elizabeth Buck Bradley
Elizabeth Lawton
Elizabeth Lawton Laney
Falcon Development Company
Farewell Avenue
Favata's Bell-Cucina
FDOT
Fellowship Hall
Fergusons Nursery Cubs
Fin and Feather Restaurant
First Baptist Church of Chuluota
First Baptist Church of Oviedo
First Federal of Oviedo
First Federal of Seminole Expos
First United Methodist Church of Oviedo
Florida Department of Transportation
Florida Road Department
Florida State Road 419
Florida State Road 426
Florida State Road 50
Florida State Road 526
Florida Tech
Florida Technological University
Frank Kurtz Scharf, Jr.
Frank Phillips
Frank Wheeler, Sr. B. F. Wheeler, Sr.
French Avenue
G. M. Jacobs
Gale Associates Real Estate One, Inc.
Garden groves
Gary Hancock
Gary Hird
Gary Huggins
Gary Metcalf
Gaynor Mullin
Geneva Drive
George H. Kendrick
George Kelsey
George Lee
George Lee Wheeler
George Maurice Jacobs
George S. Eubanks, James R. Hall
Georgia Lee
Georgia Lee Wheeler
Gerald Edward Fensch
Give Heart Fund
Gordon Hathaway
Greater Oviedo Junior Chamber of Commerce
Greater Oviedo Junior Jaycees
Greg Hendley
Greg Kerr
Greg Korhne
Greg Roberts
H. J. Laney, Jr.
Hamp Bradford
Hanne Margret Lutken
Helen Hill
Henry Finne
Hiley's Fish Camp
Hillcrest Street
Hornet's
Howard Isner
Hurueal Bell
Iron Bridge Road
J & B Auto Parts
J. C. Barrington
J. F. Harrell
J. H. Lee, Sr.
J. Mann
J. W. Yarborough
Jack Share
Jackson Heights Middle schools
Jacob's Grove Service
James Andrew Burgess, Jr.
James Hibdon
James Hiram Lee, Sr.
James R. Noles, Jr.
James Wester
Jamie Birkenmeyer
Jaycees
Jean Rumsey
Jeff Morley
Jennings Neeld
Jerry Arndt
JHMS
Jim Andrews
Jim Todd
Jimmy Garlanger
Joanne Elizabeth Aldrich
Joanne Sheffield
Jody Michael
Joe Locklin
Joe Montgomery
John C. Westfall
John Cobb
John F. Kennedy Space Center
John Horn
John Lawton
John Pippin
Joseph Silvestri
Josie Prevatt
Joyce Johnson
June Etta Cone
Karen Whittaker
Kathleen Green
Kathryn Lawton
Kathy Batt
Keith Eubanks
Keith Grayson
Kelly Kearney
Kenneth Ashe
Kenneth Jacobs
Kim Boston
Kim Ventre
Kip Grant
KSC
Kurt Freund
Kyle Reichle
Lake Jesup
Lake Mills Road
Lake Pickett
Land Clearing
Langford Hotel
Larry Neely
Larry Roberts
Laura Barnett Lee
Lawrence E. Nelly
Lee R. Scherer
Lil Jackson
Lillian Della Lee Lawton
Linda Hall
Linda J. Stoothoff
Lisa Heidelmeir
Local Planning Agency
Lori Share
Lovel the Pied Piper
LPA
Lucy Smithson
Machon
Maggie Bentley
Manwell Hendrix
Marcea Linda Stiver
Marilyn Neely
Mark Lindsay
Mark Maupin
Mark Stewart
Martha Harrell
Martin Turner
Mary Ann Simmons
Mary Jacobs
Mary Taylor
Meat World Panthers
Mellonville
Memorial Day
Michael AmRhien
Michael Peimer
Michael Scott
Mike Meta
Mike Mullins
Mike Seiple
Mildred Allen
Morris Hedges
Nancy K. Cox
Nancy Van Wormer
Nelson and Company
Nora Kramer
North Texas State University
NPN Corporation
NTSU
Official Board
OHS: Wheeler Fertilizer
Oliver Grayson
Olliff's Barber and Hairstyling
Orangewood Feed and Tack
orlando
Orlando Avenue
Orlando Pressure Marcite
Over the Coffee
Oviedo
Oviedo Auto Parts
Oviedo Body Shop
Oviedo Cemetery
Oviedo Chief of Police
Oviedo Child Care
Oviedo Citizens' Charter Committee
Oviedo City Council
Oviedo Comprehensive Plan
Oviedo Drug
Oviedo Florist
Oviedo High School
Oviedo Little League
Oviedo Police Benevolent Association
Oviedo Weight Watchers
Oviedo Woman's Club
OWC
P. J. Jacobs
Pat Smithson
PBA
Peter Bozos
Peter Finch
Poli Brothers Lions
Pollyanna Jacobs
Pot Latch
Priscilla Hodges
Pru Michael
Prudence Long
Ralph Neely
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Randy Noles
Randy Willis
Ray Tyre
Real Estate One, Inc,
Reba Kozette Day
Reggie Barnes
Richard Painter
Rick Evans
Rick Nash
Ricky Evans
Robert Eby Cummings
Robert McGregory
Robin Ewald
Ron Wallace
Ronald Powell
Russell W. Boston
Sam Momary
Sammy Wiggs
Sanford
Sanford Civic Center
Sanford Plaza
Sanford Sewing Center
Scott Holten
Scott Meyer
SCPS: Lake Jessup Drive
Seminole County Commission
Seminole County Language Reading Arts Council
Seminole County Literary Magazine
Seminole County Public Schools
Seminole County School Board
Seminole-Brevard Circuit Court
Service Press
Shelia Hill
Sid Hoff
Sky King Youth Ranch
softball
Solary's wharf
SR 419
SR 426
SR 50
SR 526
Star
State Street
Steven Earl Brown
Susan AmRhein
Susan Bravence Martin
Sweetwater Park
T. P. Long
T. W. Lawton
Tami Glassmire
The Oviedo Outlook
The Pony Tail
Thomas Earl Knickerbocker
Thomas Willington Lawton
tigers
Tom Risher Brokerage
Tom Thompson
Tommy Boyle
Tracy Duda
Trey Ferlita
Tuscawilla Country Club Athletics
Uncle Hamp Bradford
Valerie Duda
Van Alstine
Veronica Sheehan
VICA
Viki Goulette
Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
W. C. Jacobs
W. J. Lawton, Jr.
W. J. Lawton, Sr.
Wade Yeatman
Walter Routh
Ward and Blackwood Indians
Warfield
Wayne E. Lanham
Wayne Jacobs
Wayne Johnson
Wayne Roberts
Welvet Sod Company
William Jacobs
William Mark Wise
William Taylor
Willie Wiggs
Winborn Joseph Lawton, Jr.
Winborn Joseph Lawton, Sr.
Winter Park
Woman's Missionary Society
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Dublin Core
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Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Alternative Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Subject
Oviedo (Fla).
Description
The Oviedo Historical Society Collection encompasses historical artifacts donated for digitization at the Oviedo Historical Society's History Harvest in the Spring semester of 2015.
The Oviedo Historical Society was organized in November 1973 by a group of citizens. The society is a 501(3) non-profit organization. Its purpose is to help preserve the community identity of Oviedo by collecting and disseminating knowledge about local history, serve as a repository for documents and artifacts relating to Oviedo history, promote the preservation and marking of historic sites and buildings in the Oviedo area and foster interest in local, state, national, and world history.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>." Oviedo Historical Society, Inc. http://oviedohs.com/.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
28-page booklet
Dublin Core
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Title
The Oviedo Outlook: Centennial Edition
Alternative Title
Oviedo Outlook Centennial Edition
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Description
The centennial edition of <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em> published in 1979 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Oviedo, Florida. The newspaper begins with a brief history of Oviedo, followed by articles devoted to important members of the community, including Evelyn Cheek Lundy and John Lundy, Thad Lee Lingo, Jr. and Lacy Aire Lingo, Clare Wheeler Evans, Wayne Jacobs and Karen Jansen Jacobs, Thomas Moon, Marguerite Partin, Frank Wheeler, Katherine Lawton, Tom Estes, Ed Yarborough and Ima Jean Bostick Yarborough, Virginia Balkcom Mikler, Paul Mikler, Sparks Lingo Ridenour and John Ridenour, Ray "Rex" Clonts and Thelma Lee Clonts, Jean Jordan and Harold Jordan, the Malcolm family, Edward Duda, Penny Mitchem Olliff and Leon Olliff, Louise Wheeler Martin and Bill Martin, Miriam "Mimi" Wheeler Bruce and Douglas Allen, Viola Smith, and Cay Westerfield.
Type
Text
Source
Original 28-page booklet: <em>The Oviedo Outlook: Centennial Edition</em>, 1979: <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/147" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society Collection</a>, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 28-page booklet: <em>The Oviedo Outlook: Centennial Edition</em>, 1979.
Coverage
Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
First Baptist Church of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
First Methodist Church of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo Woman's Club, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo, Post Office, Oviedo, Florida
Memorial Building, Oviedo, Florida
Sweetwater Park, Oviedo, Florida
Lake Charm, Oviedo, Florida
Lake Jesup, Oviedo, Florida
Geneva, Florida
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Slavia, Oviedo, Florida
White's Wharf, Oviedo, Florida
Citizens Bank of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Citizens Bank of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Publisher
<em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>
Date Created
1979
Date Issued
1979
Date Copyrighted
1979
Format
application/pdf
Extent
11.8 MB
Medium
28-page booklet
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
4th of July
A. Duda
A. Duda and Sons, Inc.
A. J. McCulley
A. M. Jones
A&W
ACL
African American
Al Ruthberg
Al Ruthberg's Dry Goods
Alafaya Square
Alafaya Woods
Alafaya Woods Boulevard
Albertsons
Allen Street
American Bandstand
American Legion
American Legion Post 243
American Radioactive Chemical Company
Anderson
Andrew Aulin, Sr.
Andrew Duda
Ann Leinhart
Anna Thompson
anniversary
Anything for Floors
Artesia Street
Arthur Evans
Arthur Scott
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Augusta Covington
Aulin Avenue
Avenue B.
B. F. Wheeler
B. G Smith
Babe Ruth League
Bank of Oviedo
Baptists
Baptizing Lake
Barbara Walker-Seaman
baseball
basketball
Bean Soup Ladies
Belle Glade
Ben Ward
Ben Wheeler
Benjamin Frank Wheeler
Benny Ward
Betty Aulin
Betty Malcolm
Betty Malcolm Jackson
Betty Palmer
Betty Reagan
Bill Clinton
Bill Martin
Bill Nelson
Bill Ward
Billie Chance
Black Hammock Fish Camp
Black Tuesday
Bob Butterworth
Bobby Malcolm
Boston Hill
Boston Park
Boy Scouts of American
Broadway Lily's Louis Edward Jordan, Sr.
Broadway Street
Brownie
Buddy Tyson
C. L. Clonts
C. R. Clonts and Associated Growers
C. S. Lee
cattle
Cattlewomen
Cay Westerfield
celery
centennial
Central Avenue
Century 21 Real Estate
Chance
Chapman Road
Charles Aulin
Charles Evans
Charles Lee, Jr.
Charles Simeon Lee
Charlie Beasley
Charlie Malcolm
Charlie McCully
Chase and Company
Chicago boys
Chiropractic Healthcare Center
Christmas
Chuluota
churches
Ci Gi's Pizza and Subs
Citizens Bank of Oviedo
city clerk
city council
city government
Clare Wheeler
Clare Wheeler Evans
Clarence William Nelson II
Clark
Clark Street
Claude Roy Kirk, Jr.
Claudia Mitchem
Cleo Malcolm
Cleo Malcolm Gore
Cleo Malcolm Leinhart
Clonts Farms, Inc.
Clyde Holder
Clyde Reese Moon
coach
Colonial Drive
Cooper
county commissioner
county government
Cow Bells
Crooms High School
Cross Seminole Trail
Crutchfield
D. D. Daniel
D. D. Daniel Store
David Evans
Dawson
Daytona
De Leon Street
Delco
Democrat
Democratic parks
desegregation
Dick Addicks
Dick Clark
Doc Malcolm
Don Ulery
Donna Neely
Donnie Malcolm
Dorothy Malcolm
Dorsey Brothers
Double R Private School
Doug Allen
Doug Allen Debris Cleaning
Douglas Allen
Downtown Oviedo
Duda
Dwardy
E. H. Kilbee
Econ Eating Club
Econ River
Econlockhatchee River
Ed Duda
Ed Yarborough
Edgar Marvin
Edith Mead
education
educator
Edward Duda
Edward Stoner
Elida Margaret McCulley
Elm Street
Elnoa Allen
Elsie Beasley
Emma Catherine Wahgren
Enoch Partin
Equestrian Green
Evelyn Cheek
Evelyn Cheek Lundy
Faircloth's Grocery
farmer
farming
Fernell's Grocery
FFA
FFWC
First Baptist Church of Oviedo
First United Methodist Church of Oviedo
Flagler's Hotel
Florida Avenue
Florida Federation of Woman's Clubs
Florida High School Athletic Association
Florida Power and Light Company
Florida State Road 426
Florida State Road 434
Florida State Road 50
Florida Tech
Florida Technological University
football
Forrest Harrill Burgess
Foster Chapel
Fountainhead Baptist churches
Fourth of July
Frank Wheeler
Freeze of 1894
Freeze of 1917-1918
Freeze of 1989
freezes
Fritz Mondale
fruit flies
fruit fly
FTU
Future Farmers of America
Gardenia
Gebhardy
Geneva
Geneva Drive
Geneva Historical and Genealogical Society
Geneva Methodist churches
George Aire
George Kelsey
George Lee
George Lee Wheeler
George Means
Georgetown
Georgia Lee
Georgia Lee Wheeler
Gertrude Lucas
Gladys Malcolm
Glenridge Middle School
government
Grace Olliff
Graham Street
Great Crash, Stock Market Crash of 1929
Great Day in the Country
Great Depression
Greater Oviedo Chamber of Commerce
groves
Guy Lombardo
Gwynn's Cafe
Halloween
Harold Henn
Harold Jordan
Hazel Malcolm
Henry Foster
Henry Wolcott
high schools
Hillcrest Drive
Hollie Ruscher
Horse Pond
Howell Branch Road
Hubert Max Lanier
Hurley Ann Wainright
Hurley Mae Moon
Hurricane Donna
Hyland
Ida Boston
Ima Jean Bostick Ocala
Ima Jean Bostick Yarborough
immigrants
Independence Day
infestation
integration
Irving Malcolm
Jack Malcolm
Jackie Kasell
Jackson Heights
Jakubcin
James Earl Carter, Jr.
James Gilbery
James Lambert Malcolm
Jane Cochran
Jane Gaydick
Jane Moran
Jane Moran Wheeler
Jean Jordan
Jean Wheeler
Jim Lee
Jim Partin
Jim Pearson
Jim Wilson
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Lee
Jimmy Malcolm
Joe Leinhart
Joe Malcolm
Joe Rutland
John Currier
John Evans
John Ganaway Malcolm
John Irving Malcolm
John Lundy
John Ridenour
Johnny Smith
Johnson Hill
Joseph Leinhart
Joseph Watts
July 4th
July Fourth
Junie Duda
Justice of the Peace
Karate Academy
Karen Jansen
Karen Jansen Jacobs
Katherine Lawton
Katherine Mikler
Katherine Mikler Duda
Katheryn Lawton
Katie Lawton
Kay Dodd
Kay Estes
Keith Malcolm
Kenneth Malcolm
King
King Street
Kingsbridge
Kit Lawton
Kitty Young
L. J. Gore
Lacy Aire
Lacy Aire Lingo
Lake Barton
Lake Charm
Lake Charm Park
Lake George
Lake Harney
Lake Jessup Settlement
Lake Jesup
Lake Mary
Lake Pickett
Lake Rosa
Lakemont Elementary School
Larry Neely
Larry Olliff
law
Lawton Elementary School
Lawton House
Lawton's Grocery
Lawtonville
Lee and Todd Real Estate Company
Lee Wheeler
Leinhart
Leon Olliff
Leonard Jansen
Letty Leinhart
Linda Olliff Cliburn
Linda Sheppard
little league
local government
Lockwood Boulevard
Lois Ridell
Louise Gore
Louise Wheeler
Louise Wheeler Martin
Lucy Fore
Lucy Fore Bostick
Magnolia Street
Malcolm
Mammy Jones
Marguerite Partin
Marilyn Partin
Mark Bellhorn
Marlow Link
Martha Ann Bruce
Martha Ann Moon
Martha Ann Moon Lee
Martin Anderson
Martin Gore
Mary Velora Moon
Matheson
Max Lanier
May Day
mayor
Mayor of Oviedo
McDonald's
McKinnon Meat Market
Mead Manor
Mediterranean fruit fly
Memorial Building
Memorial Building Committee
Merritt Staley
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Methodists
Michael Bruce
Mike Tsinsky
Mikler Road
Mimi Wheeler
Mimi Wheeler Bruce
Mims
Minnie Means
Miriam Wheeler
Miriam Wheeler Bruce
Mitchell Hammock
Mitchell Hammock Road
Model T Ford
Mule trains
Museum of Seminole County History
MYF
Myrtle Avenue
natural disasters
Navy
Nelson
Nelson and Company
Niblack Building
Nin a Ralston
North Lake Jessup
Novella Aulin
Novella Aulin Ragsdale
Ocala
OHS
Ol' Swimming Hole
Old Downtown Development Group
Old Mims Road
Old Time History of By-Gone Days of Lake Jessup Settlement
Orange Avenue
oranges
orlando
Oviedo
Oviedo Athletic Association
Oviedo Child Care Center
Oviedo City Cleaners, Inc.
Oviedo City Clerk
Oviedo City Council
Oviedo City Hall
Oviedo Garden Club
Oviedo High School
Oviedo Historical Society
Oviedo Inn
Oviedo Lights
Oviedo Magazine Club
Oviedo Marketplace
Oviedo Post Office
Oviedo Shopping Center
Oviedo Town Council
Oviedo Woman's Club
OWC
Palatka River
Park Avenue Elementary School
Partin
Patrick Westerfield
Paul Arie
Paul Mikler
Penny Mitchem
Penny Mitchem Olliff
Phil Goree
picnic
Pine Street
pioneers
post offices
postmaster
poultry
R. W. Estes
race relations
Railroad Street
railroads
Rainbow Bowl
rations
Ray Alford
Ray Clonts
Reconstruction
Red Barn
Red Bug Lake Road
religion
Rex Clonts
Rick Burns
Riverside Park
Robert A. Butterworth
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Roley Carter
Ropers
Rosa Gray
Roy Clonts
Roz Nogel
Russell Boston
Sanford
Sanford Airport
Sanford City League
Sanford Road
Sanlando Springs
sawmill
Sayde Fleming
Sayde Fleming Duda
Schmidt
school superintendent
schools
Scott Perry
SCPS
Sears and Roebuck
segregation
Seminole County Public Schools
Seminole County School Board
Seminole County Sports Hall of Fame
Seminole High School
settlers
Shedd Street
Shirley Malcolm Sheppard
Shirley Partin
Signworks Graphik and Design, Inc.
Silver Glen Springs
Silver Star
Simmons
Singletary
skiing
Slavia
Smoky Burgess
Snow Hill
snow Hill Road
Solary's wharf
Sparks Lingo
Sparks Lingo Clonts
Sparks Lingo Ridenour
Spencer's Grocery and Drygoods
Spencer's Store
sports
SR 426
SR 434
SR 50
St. Johns River
St. Luke's Lutheran Cathedral
State Democratic Committee
statute
Steak'n'Shake
Steen Nelson
Stevens Street
Stommy Staley
Stone
Sugarby's
Sunday schools
Suzanne Partin
Swedes
Swedish
Sweetwater Park
Swift and Company
swimming pool
T. L. Lingo, Jr.
T. L. Mead
T. W. Lawton
T. W. Lawton Elementary School
Teacher's House
teachers
Ted Estes
Thad Lee Lingo III
Thad Lee Lingo, Jr.
The Gap
The Oviedo Outlook
The Scrubs
The Sign Man
The Square
Thee Lee
Thelma Lee
Thelma Lee Clonts
Theodore Luqueer Mead
Thomas Moon
Thomas Willington Lawton
Thompson
Tom Estes
Tom Moon
Tom Morgan
Tommy Estes
town government
Town House Restaurant
Troy Jones
turkey
Tuscawilla
Twin Rivers
U.S. Army
UCF
University of Central Florida
Vera Malcolm
veteran
Vietnam War
Vine Street
Viola Smith
Virginia Balkcom
Virginia Balkcom Mikler
Virginia Staley
W. G. Kilbee
W. J. Lawton, Sr.
Wagner
Wall Street Crash of 1929
Wallace Allen
Walter Frederick Mondale
Walter Mondale
Walter Teague
water skiing
Watermaster Plumbing
Wayne Jacobs
Wes Evans
Wheeler Fertilizer Plant
White's Wharf
William Jefferson Blythe III
William Jefferson Clinton
Winborn Joseph Lawton, Sr.
Winchester Insurance, Inc.
Winter Park
Winter Park Telephone Company
Woman's Club
World War II
WWII
Zellwood
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Dublin Core
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Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Alternative Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Subject
Oviedo (Fla).
Description
The Oviedo Historical Society Collection encompasses historical artifacts donated for digitization at the Oviedo Historical Society's History Harvest in the Spring semester of 2015.
The Oviedo Historical Society was organized in November 1973 by a group of citizens. The society is a 501(3) non-profit organization. Its purpose is to help preserve the community identity of Oviedo by collecting and disseminating knowledge about local history, serve as a repository for documents and artifacts relating to Oviedo history, promote the preservation and marking of historic sites and buildings in the Oviedo area and foster interest in local, state, national, and world history.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>." Oviedo Historical Society, Inc. http://oviedohs.com/.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 map
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Title
Oviedo Area Map and Business Guide
Alternative Title
Oviedo Map
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Description
An area map of Oviedo, Florida, and its surrounding areas. A number of advertisements from the businesses surrond the perimeter of the map. While the date is unknown, the map is believed to have been published sometime between 1970 and 1978. <br /><br /> The Timucuan Native Americans originally inhabited the area of present-day Oviedo, although the remains of their settlements have disappeared. Homesteaders arrived along the shores of Lake Jesup in 1865 just after the Civil War ended and began growing celery and citrus. The area was called the Lake Jesup Community until March 13, 1879, when postmaster Andrew Aulin, a Swedish immigrant, chose the name Oviedo.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original map by Willett Ad Maps: Private Collection of Sue Blackwood.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/147" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society Collection</a>, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original map by Willett Ad Maps.
Coverage
Citizen's Bank of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo Saw and Mower, Oviedo, Florida
Meat World, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo Body and Paint Shop, Oviedo, Florida
RCA C&R TV Sales and Services, Oviedo, Florida
Eileen's Creative Mud Ceramics, Oviedo, Florida
Albert's Jewelers, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo Florists, Oviedo, Florida
Ci Gi's, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo Child Care Center, Inc., Oviedo, Florida
Cedar Chest of Fashion Fabrics, Oviedo, Florida
Publisher
Willett Ad Map
Contributor
Blackwood, Sue
Date Created
ca. 1974-1979-1978
Date Issued
ca. 1974-1979-1978
Format
image/jpg
Extent
473 KB
Medium
1 map
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by Willett Ad Map.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Willett Ad Map and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
Oviedo History Harvest
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Curator
Dossie, Porsha
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Sue Blackwood
External Reference
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
1st Street
2nd Street
3rd Street
4th Street
A. L. Yates, Jr.
Academy Street
Albert Cornelison
Albert's Jewelers
Allendale Drive
Altamonte Springs
art
Artesia Street
Ash Street
Audley Street
Auline Avenue
Austin Avenue
Avenue A
Avenue B
Avenue C
bank
banking industry
Bay Street
Beasley Road
Beech Street
Beverly Street
Big Tree
Bird Island
Bob Slaton
Boston Avenue
Boston Cemetery Road
Boston Street
Broadway Avenue
Broadway Street
Bumby View Drive
business
Cameron City
Canaan
Carib Lane
Carissa Lane
Carolyn Drive
Carver Avenue
Casselberry
Cedar Chest of Fashion Fabrics
Celery Avenue
Celery Circle
Central Avenue
ceramic
Chapel Street
Chapman Road
Ci Gi's
Citizens Bank of Oviedo
Citrus Avenue
Clark Street
Clonts Street
Colonial Drive
Crystal Avenue
Crystal Circle
Cypress Avenue
day care
Division Avenue
Dixie Gas Industries, Inc.
Doctor's Drive
Douglas Avenue
Downtown Oviedo
drug store
Eatonville
Eileen's Creative Mud Ceramics
Evans Street
Fairvilla
Faulk road
Fern Avenue
Fern Park
fertilizer
fertilizer industry
Field Street
First Street
Florida State Road 17-92
Florida State Road 415
Florida State Road 419
Florida State Road 420
Florida State Road 426
Florida State Road 431
Florida State Road 436
Florida State Road 46
Florida State Road 50
Florida Technological University
florist
Forest City
Forest Grove
Forest Trail
Fourth Street
Franklin Street
FTU
Gabriella
Garden Street
GE
General Electric
Geneva Drive
Goldenrod
Graham Avenue
H. P. Leu Botanical Gardens
Hamilton Avenue
hardware
Harrison Street
High Street
highway
hwardware industry
I-4
Interstate Highway 4
Italian
Jackson Street
Jamestown
jewelert
Kandel
Kimble Avenue
King Street
Kraft Azalea Gardens
Lake Charm
Lake Charm Circle
Lake Charm Drive
Lake Gem
Lake Hayes
Lake Hayes Road
Lake Jessup Avenue
Lake Mary
Lake Norma
Lake Road
Lake Rogers
Lake Rosa
Lawn Street
Lawton Avenue
Lee Avenuie
Lee Road
Lightwood Knot Canal
Lightwood Knot Creek
Lincoln Parkway
Lindsay Lane
Lingo Street
Little Econockhatchee Creek
Live Oak Lane
Long Lake
Longwood
Louise Avenue
Magnolia Street
Maitland
map
Maple Court
Mead Botanical Gardens
Mead Drive
meat
meat industry
Meat World
Middle Street
Midget City
Mimosa Trail
Mission Road
Mitchell Avenue
Mitchell Hammock Road
Muck Street
Myrtle Street
Naval Training Center Orlando
Nelson Hardware Store
Norma Avenue
Norwood Court
NTC Orlando
nursery
Nursery Street
Oak Circle
Oak Drive
Orange Avenue
Orangewood Drive
orlando
Orlando Sports Stadium
Orlando-Seminole Jai Alai Front
Oviedo
Oviedo Body and Paint Shop
Oviedo Child Care Center, Inc.
Oviedo Country Smoke House
Oviedo Drug Store
Oviedo Florists
Oviedo Saw and Mower
Oviedo Shopping Center
Palm Drive
Palm Way
Palmetto Street
Pemberton Street
Pembrple Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
pharmacy
Pine Avenue
Pine Street
Poulan
preschool
RCA
Red Bug Lake Road
Reed Road
restaurant
retail
Rich Drive
road
Rollings College
Rose Texaco
Round Lake
Ruth Street
Sanford
Sanford-Orlando Kennel Club
school
SCL
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Second Street
Shady Lane
Sharon Court
Slavia
Smith Street
Snapper
Southwood Court
SR 17-92
SR 415
SR 419
SR 420
SR 426
SR 431
SR 436
SR 46
SR 50
Stale Avenue
Stephen Avenue
street
Sweetwater Canal
Sylvan Lake
Tangerine Avenue
Taylor Street
Teleflora
television
Temple Terrace
Terrace Drivel Domer Street
Tesinsky Automotive
Third Street
Tomoka Drive
Tranquil Oaks Lane
True Value Hardware Stores
UCF
Union Park
University of Central Florida
Valenica Court
Vicki Vourt
Vine Street
Wagner
Washington Drive
Wekiwa Springs
Wheelco
Wheeler Fertilizer Company
Wilkerson Street
Willet Ad Maps
Winter Park
Wood Street
Woodcrest Circle
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Title
Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection
Alternative Title
Linda McKnight Batman Collection
Subject
Ocala (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Oviedo (Fla.)
Port Tampa (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Silver Springs (Fla.)
Titusville (Fla.)
Zellwood (Fla.)
Description
Collection of oral histories depicting the history of Seminole County, Florida. The project was funded by Linda McKnight Batman, a former teacher, historian, and Vice President of the State of Florida Commission on Ethics.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
External Reference
<span>Museum of Seminole County History, and University of Central Florida. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/744676869" target="_blank"><em>Researcher's Guide to Seminole County Oral Histories: Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project</em></a><span>. [Sanford, Fla.]: Museum of Seminole County History, 2010.</span>
Contributor
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
Coverage
Seminole County, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Oviedo, Florida
Port Tampa, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Silver Springs, Florida
Titusville, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Contributing Project
Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
Morris, Joseph
Interviewee
Groskey, Dick
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Title
Oral History of Dick Groskey
Alternative Title
Oral History, Groskey
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Altamonte Springs (Fla.)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Air Force
World War II--United States
Metalworking industries--United States
Description
An oral history of Dick Groskey, conducted by Joseph Morris on October 28, 2011. Born in Springfield, Ohio, Groskey migrated with his family to Orlando, Florida, in the early 1950s. In the interview, he discusses migrating to Florida, growing up in Ohio, how Orlando and Central Florida has changed over time, his experience contracting with various companies and government institutions, the metalworking industry, business taxes, his service in the U.S. Air Force during World War II, and his wife and children.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction<br />0:00:22 Migrating to Florida<br />0:02:37 Starting own business0:04:13 Growing up in Ohio<br />0:06:43 Decision to migrate to Florida<br />0:10:31 How Orlando and Central Florida has changed over time<br />0:15:15 Contract work with large companies<br />0:17:39 Working with government organizations<br />0:20:25 Metalworking industry<br />0:22:38 Business taxes<br />0:24:14 Current state of business<br />0:27:50 Positive changes in Central Florida<br />0:30:15 Serving in the Air Force during World War II<br />0:44:00 Returning to civilian life<br />0:45:00 Wife and children<br />0:50:18 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Dick Groskey Interview conducted by Joseph Morris at the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a> in Orlando, Florida.
Type
Sound
Source
Groskey, Dick. Interviewed by Joseph Morris. October 28, 2011. Audio record available. <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Orlando, Florida.
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Is Part Of
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Orlando, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/123" target="_blank">Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Coverage
Orlando, Florida
Altamonte Springs, Florida
Walnut Hills, Dayton, Ohio
Myitkyina West, Kachin, Burma
Creator
Morris, Joseph
Groskey, Dick
Contributor
Vickers, Savannah
Date Created
2011-10-28
Date Modified
2014-10-10
Date Copyrighted
2011-10-28
Format
audio/mp3
application/pdf
Extent
34.7 MB
211 KB
Medium
51-minute, and 23-second audio recording
25-page digital transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Joseph Morris and Dick Groskey.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
External Reference
Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/783150094" target="_blank"><em>Lost Orlando</em></a>. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2012.
"<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Historic District Walking Tour</a>." City of Orlando. http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf.
Rajtar, Steve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank"><em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em></a>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.
Transcript
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>It is October 28, 2011, and I am talking to Dick Groskey in his place of residence. I am Joseph Morris, representing the Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project for the Historical Society of Central Florida. Sir, could you tell us a little about yourself?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>What?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Could you tell us a little about yourself and your life?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Well, what would you like, what would you like…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Well, where were you born, sir? Where were you raised?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Springfield, Ohio.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And when did you come down to Florida, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Well, right after I got married in the early [19]40s. I got out of the service in ’46, and we got married the same year, and we came to Florida in the real early ‘50s.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. And did you move originally to...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>No. We—we were going to Miami, and I blew out a tire. It was over on U.S. [Route] 1, and we blew a tire out on the car, and it was late at night on Sunday. We stopped in a motel over on U.S. 1. The next morning, we got up and I asked where the local garage was, and they said, “Oh, it’s clear over in Bithlo. Over Dave Shaw’s garage.” So there happened to be a fellow there that was going that way, and so he took my tire, and we throwed[sic] it in the back of his truck, and he took me over Dave Shaw’s garage, which was right in the middle of no place. Well, Dave got the tire fixed, and one thing another.</p>
<p class="Body">And in the meantime, while he was fixing the tire, I thought, “Well, I’ll look at the local newspaper.” So I’m just thumbing through it. There’s an ad in there: “Machinist wanted.” So I asked Dave Shaw, I said, “Well, where is this place?” “Oh,” he said, “That’s over in Orlando, which is short ways from Bithlo.” So I put a dime in the telephone—it was a dime at that time—and I called this man up, and he was from Youngstown, Ohio. And I told him, I said, “Well,” I said, “I’ve been a toolmaker all my life.” And he said, “I got a job for you.” He says, “Come on over!” So I said, “Well, wait ‘til I get my tire fixed, and I’ll come over.” So he gave me the directions, and I came over to Orlando, and I went down on Sligh Boulevard—and Tool Engraving on Sligh. It was Trade Tool Engraving— was the name of the place. And he said, “I’ll let you run a screw machine second shift.” I said, “Great.” [inaudible] easy. I’d run one before. So I went back to Titusville, told the missus. I said, “Well, we’re gonna have to stay here tonight, but,” I said, “tomorrow we’re going to Orlando.” And she said, “Well, what’s the matter with going to Miami?” I said, “I got a job.” She said, “You got a job?” I said, “Yeah. I go to work tomorrow night.” And I’ve never been out of work since.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Wow, sir. So, why were you going to Miami?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>I don’t know. I just thought that was a place where it was warm and there was a lot of something going on.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Got distracted by Orlando?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>And well, we got stuck here and been here ever since.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Then how long did you work at the...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>At Trade Tool?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yes, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Only, well, best part of a year. And that’s when the Martin [Marietta Corporation] company came here, and I helped build the Martin plant. Then I went to work industrial engineering. And I stayed out there about a year and a half, I guess, and then I started my own thing, and been keeping it going ever since.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. And how did you start your own business, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>One tool at a time.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And how long have you been in business?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Oh my gosh. Never [<em>laughs</em>]—I’ve always had a shop. We moved the shop down when I moved down from Ohio.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh really, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>So you were doing this up in Ohio as well?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>The, um…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>I had a shop in Brookville, Ohio, and then we left Brookville to come to Florida, and I had our furniture in the shop in a—on a semi. We was gonna move it down here, and we moved, after we had the blowout over Titusville, and I got a job there, we went over here on [U.S. Route] 17-92 and rented a three-room apartment over there.</p>
<p class="Body">And I had all the shop equipment come down then after we got established, and I rented a place over in Altamonte Springs. It was a little—about a four-story—I mean a four-office little building that Merris Walker—he owned the whole town practically. He built this building—just a little commercial building—and I rented one of the offices in there. We put all the machinery in there. And at that time, I was working at the Martin company, so we got our little shop going. So I went, quit the Martin company, went back out there, went to purchasing, I said, “I’d like to bid on your work.” And we’ve been going ever since.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. And could you tell me a little about the place where you grew up? I know it was in Ohio, correct?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Mmhm.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Have you been back?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Only when my dad died in 1966. I haven’t been back since.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. What was it like growing up out there?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>It was right prior to World War II, and things were tight, but it was a lot—a lot easier. Better times than what it is now. It wasn’t near as fast-paced. People had more of value than they do now. Smaller things meant more. Our—we lived in a middle-class neighborhood where everybody worked, and everybody went to school. Everybody had a car. And we played croquet at night in the backyard. We played football down at the local park. We played baseball at the local park. We played horseshoes. There was always something to do. The local park was just a matter of trees, a drinking fountain, and a shelter house, but there the city provided ball gloves and tennis racquets and things. So you’d go in there, sign your name and get a ball, go up and go play ball.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>And that was kind of the center of activity of the whole community. We lived in what they called Walnut Hills. It was a very clannish type situation, because at that time, in that area—National Cash Register, General Motors [Company], Frigidaire, Dayton Rubber [Company], and those bigger companies—a job was something that there was nothing to be concerned about. That was something that your dad—your dad’s dad probably worked at these same companies over the last three or four generations, because that’s the way things were. You didn’t have to hunt for a job. Shop like I got now—a job shop—there was[sic] hundreds of them in that town. You’d pick up the phone call and say, “Hey, what do you got going? You got 30 days’ worth of work? I’ll be over this afternoon.” And you had another job. That’s job shopping. But if you wanted to go to the major companies like Dayton Rubber, Frigidaire, or one of the big ones—Master Electric, where they made motors—you’d go in there, hire on. They’re expecting you and your kids’ kids to work there. It was job security, which of you have none today. Today, it’s feast or famine. We get a job today, you finish it up two o’clock, goodbye. Go home. There is no security in jobs today, unless you create your own security. </p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Right, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>There is nothing that—you can’t depend on the other man for anything.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. And how—so you left. You just wanted a change of scenery? You came down to Miami for that reason? Or you were on your way to Miami for that reason?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>No. I spent—like I said, I spent a lot of time over in China and Burma and India. And it was all hot weather. Very hot. We came home in February, and it was just kind of the tail end of the winter, but there was a lot of snow and ice on the ground, and after being in the tropics for that long, and coming in to snow and ice on the ground—and I got married, I told her when we got married, I said, “Look, we’re going someplace else.” I said, “I’m not gonna shovel snow.” I said, “I’m not used to this.” My later teens and then early twenties, I was overseas, and I said, “Boy, I’m not going home and shoveling any snow.”</p>
<p class="Body">So we told her parents, we told my parents, and my dad says, “If you take her and them[sic] kids out of Ohio, I’ll disown you.” Which he did. We never got one dime from him, and he was a wealthy man. When he died, I got just exactly nothing, because I took her and came to Florida with the kids.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And that was your dad or her dad?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>No. That was my dad.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>No. Her dad was more lenient. He was from Georgia, and was a farmer from Georgia. He had a pretty nice business going, and he said, “Well,” he said, “I can understand why you’re doing what you’re doing.” And he says, “If we can help you, we will.”</p>
<p class="Body">But my dad was from the old school, and if it ain’t his way, it’s no way. It was that, but, he said, “You don’t know what you’re doing. You’re leaving the whole security and this and that and everything else.” I said, “No. I’m not.” I said, “Now I was in the service. I’ve been clear around the world.” I said, “I’ve seen other places. I’ve been other places and done other things. I’m not gonna sit here and shovel snow. I’m going someplace else.” “Well, if you do, you’re disowned.” And he did.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>What did your dad do for a living? Did he work in one of these...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>He was vice president of the [International] Typographical Union.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. I can definitely see why, after going to the tropics, that Miami might have come to mind.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>That was the only—Orlando—it was just a wide spot in the road, like Kissimmee, that was just a few cars walking up and down the road. But Orlando did have a name, but it didn’t have a name like Jacksonville or Miami. Now, my wife’s from Georgia, and some of her relations—her dad, or her uncle—was warden of the Duvall County farm up there. So we came down—prior to moving, we came down here and visited, and we talked to her uncle at great length, and he was a very, very, very knowledgeable man, and he knew basics of life right here in Florida. So I asked him a lot of pointed questions. He gave me the answers. He says, “It’s gonna be up to you.” He said, “There’s[sic] opportunities here. It’s up to you to make them.” He said, “You can go out there and hustle around.” He said, “You’ll make them.” He said, “Florida’s growing.” He was born and raised there. I figured, “Well, you know what you’re talking about.” So that changed our opinion on going to Miami. After talking to people who had been there and back, and one thing another, salesmen and people who had went down there to live, and got out of the Little Havana area—whatever—they said, “Stay up in Orlando area.” Been here ever since.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, so after you moved here, you were still thinking about going down to Miami afterwards?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>No.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Just talking to these people.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>No. That was it. That cancelled that out. I only went to Miami one time since we moved to Florida. We had a subcontract on the FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] building in Miami, and we supplied a lot of the high-pressure ductwork down there. We built it. And we had to get down—as owner of the shop, we had to get down to physically see that our work was in that job. It was a government job. Our work was in that building and that contract—blah blah blah blah blah. And I had to go down there about three different times. Other than that, I never went back.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>That’s where Miami and me[sic] ended.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>That’s where you and Miami have just parted ways?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Yep.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. Well, how has Orlando changed from when you moved here to now?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>They have ruined Orlando.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Really, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>In what way?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Due to the fact that the people that were responsible—once Orlando was established as a town, and the multitude started moving into that town—the way Orlando was originally set up was a farm town that was easygoing and whatever. As soon as it started to grow with a vast amount of people, which happened in the ‘50s, it really blossomed, and when it did, they lost reality with what Orlando was all about.</p>
<p class="Body">When we moved here, you could drink the water out of Prairie Lake. You could go along, there was water along the ditches on every main road out at the main area of the town here. There was[sic] fish in these ditches. People would be along the side of Route 50<a title="">[1]</a> fishing, and water wasn’t that deep, but there was fish in them. I worked at the Martin company, and when I’d come home at night, I’d take the boys, and we’d go over to Lake Monroe and sit there on the seawall, and in an hour’s time, I’d have a bucket so full of fish you could hardly pick it up. Where’d they all go? Where’d the mullet go? Where’d the blue crabs go? Everything has been polluted.</p>
<p class="Body">They ruined Central Florida. Now we’ve got crime. A lot more. A shooting in Central Florida back in the ‘50s—unheard of, unless it was a hunting accident. Somebody pulled out a gun and shot his own foot. It was unheard of. Now it’s an everyday occurrence. You go to Pine Hills today and somebody’s gonna shoot somebody before you can drive through it. They have ruined Central Florida, because that is the element that follows growth. There’s that type of person that will follow growth, and try to reap what they can off it, and they have ruined Central Florida.</p>
<p class="Body">Central Florida—I won’t even go to the coast. You used to be able to go anyplace up and down the east coast. You could pull off the side of the road, cross the dunes, and go fishing. It’s all barricaded off. Chain-link fence. “Keep out.” Don’t come here, don’t go there.</p>
<p class="Body">When we first moved, when we first got ourselves established in Altamonte Springs, I went to a council meeting, and several of the management meetings Downtown—city of Orlando. And most of the people down there—a lot of the people down there were from Baltimore[, Maryland]. Baltimore entered big in Central Florida, because the Martin came here. Martin company came here. They brought all their people with them. And come to find out, most of the people that came with the Martin company from Baltimore were the odd falls they wanted to get rid of anyway. And that’s how the Martin company started here. Well, I went—I helped build the building, then I went to work in it, and I know firsthand.</p>
<p class="Body">But, at any rate, I had a shop in Altamonte Springs. I had the first screw machine in Seminole County. So I went to one of these meetings down there, and I got a chance to speak my voice. I got up and I said, “Well, you fellows don’t have any manufacturing base here.” I said, “You got high-acreage use plant.” I said, “You got two or three big packinghouses. One Blue Goose [Growers packinghouse].” And I said, “You’ve got another packinghouse over in Maitland, but,” I said, “you don’t have anything that’s making anything. You don’t produce any. You don’t have any sawmills. You don’t have any manufacturing, no welding shops, no nothing. Why?” “Because we’re tourist-oriented.” That’s the famous saying: “We’re tourist-oriented.” And still to this day, they’re still leaning away from manufacturing. They don’t want any manufacturing in Central Florida. I tried to explain to them how the economy in Cincinnati and Dayton was based on all these little job shops that was doing something. Now what have you got? Blacks running up and down the ladder picking oranges. That ain’t gonna help the economy. Not one nickel’s worth. The grove owner’s gonna make money, but you and I aren’t. I said, “You have to have diversified activity in that community.” And you know, they said, “Well, you’ve probably got a pretty good idea, but we don’t wanna hear no more.” And that’s where they shut it off, and I said, “Well, to hell with you. Goodbye.”</p>
<p class="Body">And it’s still today the same situation. They want tourists. Get them in, fleece them, send them on a plane back home. They don’t want nothing here permanently. Go downtown. What have they done for the people who live here? If you go someplace, you’re gonna pay money dear for it, because you’re gonna pay just like a tourist. They don’t give the local people anything. They don’t say, “Hey, show me your driver’s license. You come in for two bucks.” “Hey, it’s $28.00? We might charge you $30.00, because you live here.” Uh-uh. I’m soured on [inaudible]. Believe me. That’s why we’re out here on our own little domain. I have nothing to do with them.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris </strong>Okay, sir. So, um, this kind of might be a little bit of a weird question, then—so you’re not a—you don’t go to—or have you ever gone to any of the theme parks that attract the tourists?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>I have never. I have done work for [Walt] Disney World and Universal [Studios Orlando] and everybody else, but it’s always on a bid-item basis. The only reason I will go there is to take a job out, give them a purchase order, and hope I get paid. That’s the only way. As far as spending my money to go to their park, I wouldn’t spend a dime.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yeah. They are expensive, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>I wouldn’t spend a dime.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>When you say “hope” you get paid, have you ever had a problem with receiving payment from these companies?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Martin company and Disney started out the same way. Thirty days on invoice, 60 days on invoice, 90 days on invoice. Martin company got 120 days on invoice. I took the last invoices right down to personnel, right into payroll. I said, “I want to get paid for these.” “Well, we’re a big company, you know. It takes time.” And I said, “Now, you’re not that big.” I said, “I’m a little guy. We started out 30-day invoice, okay. 60, I can live with. 90, I’m hurting. 120, I can’t do it. Anymore work we do from you, COD [Cash on Delivery].” Now I’m a little guy talking to a big guy, and I said, “That’s it.” They needed us at that time more than we needed them, because there was nobody else except Martin [inaudible] out here that had a shot.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, so they kept trying to put you off?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>That’s right. They kept stringing us out, stringing us out, and stringing us. “Well, we’re a big company!” I said, “Yes, you ought to be able to do it twice as fast. Because you have more facilities than we do. You ought to be able to make your pay the same day.”</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Right, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>So, I said, “C.O.D.”</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>So your business work with these companies has not been the—all you wish they could be?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Well, the Martin company, as you know, right now is one of the largest defense contractors there is in the United States. And had we—at that time, had we had somebody on our side that could go internally there, today we’d probably be a multi-million dollar corporation. Because they made some big companies out of what happened at Martin company throughout the United States.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, but because you couldn’t get anybody, or you didn’t have anybody to work with you there...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>We—as an outsider, we had nobody on the inside.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Gotcha, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Now, when the shuttle’s arm<a title="">[2]</a> came up at the Cape [Canaveral], when the shuttle’s arm came up, the robotic arm, we were doing NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] work at the time. So I went out to procurement, and I said to them, I said, “Well, we’d like to bid on this robotic arm.” And he said, “Okay, fine.” He said, “You’re qualified. You’re DoD [U.S. Department of Defense] and checked out and everything. Fine.” We got a set of drawings, we come back, and we figured it out. We could make the complete thing except the one base had a milled slot about 12-14 feet long. We couldn’t mill it. I had a friend in Winter Haven that had a big Niles Planer [Machine]. He could do it.</p>
<p class="Body">We submitted our bid. We were second—number two. Now, we’re a little shop, and that was a big job. There was only, I think, four of them to start with, and they were over a period of two or three years. The man out in IOA [inaudible] got the job. We went out and protested. He don’t have enough money in his bid to buy the material to do the job. The purchase agent out there on that contract was a woman. She said, “Well, Mr. Groskey,” she said, “I’ll tell you. We can’t control where he gets his material from. He may have a warehouse full.” That’s the only out I got. He may have a warehouse full. We had to buy it. He had a warehouse. I said, “Okay.” Less than 30 days, they came back and said, “We want you to pick up the contract. He went bankrupt.” I says, “Goodbye.” That’s what I told NASA. I wouldn’t touch it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh really, sir? But you worked with NASA afterwards, right?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Just not on that contract.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Not on that one. Nope. We dropped that one right by the wayside. They wanted us to come back and pick up the ball, and clean up the mess, and sweep the dirt. I said, “No dice.” We don’t get it going in, we don’t want any part of it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. Could you tell me more about the work you’ve done with NASA? Because that does a lot for the local community and the local area.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>No. The only thing that we got out there was small stuff that they couldn’t buy it for here [inaudible]. Onesie-twosie things that, like certain types of bearings and special screws, and just little nit-picking stuff. Nothing big.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Nothing big. No big contracts. Nothing. Biggest contract we had was from the Navy over here—the [Orlando Naval] Training Center. And we did Navy work, but there was too much red tape in all that work. I’d rather have work off the street. The last Navy job we had, they made four change orders on it. They went through a nuclear submarine. And there was[sic] four change orders. And after the second or third change order, the fourth change order went right back to the first change order, and that—we’d already scrapped it. We had to do it all over again. They don’t know what they’re doing.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Gotcha, sir. So, um…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>We’re very, very, very selective if we take work out that we don’t know the people that we’re gonna do it for. I would rather do a hundred percent commercial work. 100 percent. But right now, the customers we’ve got—we’ve got all the good customers in Central Florida—that they bring work to us. If we take something out to one of those customers, and it’s not according to what maybe they think they want, or they really need, they’ve already given us okay to do it, or purchase orders behind it. We make it, we fab it, we take it out, and if it’s not exactly what they want, it goes right in the dumpster and we get paid for it. Because that’s the way we do business. This is what you wanted, and this is what you got. Now, if you can’t use it, that ain’t my problem. You got what you ordered. And that’s the way we do business.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Gotcha, sir. Okay. Could you tell me a little more about the business here then? I know we discussed earlier, but could you tell me more about what kind of work you do, and who you do it for?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Well, we do sheet metal work, welding, and machine work, general machine work for the complete population. No matter what industry or what kind of a business they have going, we make. We’ve made everything you could possibly think of. We’ve made parts for outboard motors, typewriters, telephones, fishing equipment, hunting equipment, dies, jigs, drill jigs, fixtures, screw machine parts. You name it. If it was made out of metal, we made it. We make high-pressure ductwork, sheet metal ductwork. We make low-pressure ductwork. We make all kind of turning veins, fittings, the whole gamut. Whatever there is in small metalwork, we do.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. And, could you tell me how…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>We’ve only been stymied once or twice, and that was when we had something that was a—it was more of a compound angle, and we didn’t have facilities to do it with, but I have a friend out in Apopka that’s got a water jet machine. We took it out there to him, and he water-jetted it, and we went merrily on our way. So we have an out. We take them all.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Gotcha, sir. Okay. Can you tell me how your business has changed over the years or grown?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>The business—we try to—according to the tax structure—the way it’s set up—we’re allowed a tax deduction to amortize a piece of machinery over a five-year period. And I understand [Barack] Obama has allowed small businesses to amortize that machine in one year. And I like when we bought our big boring mill down there, that’s a $12,000 machine, we could take a tax write-off in five years for that machine for the $12,000. Well, if you happen to have a good year, that $12,000 would mean a lot if you could deduct it, but you can’t deduct it except for in a five-year period. So you wind up paying more taxes for spending more money, and that’s not right. If you’re spending more money, you should be able to deduct it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>If it’s shop equipment, it’s capital equipment. But now—I think they got it set up now to where you can deduct that in one-year or two-year period, rather than a five-year period.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And you said “amortize,” right?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>What does that mean, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>The government would only allow you to deduct off of your taxes—say I bought something for $1,000—a piece of machinery for $1,000. Every year I could get a $200 reduction on that piece of machinery.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>A tax write-off on that machinery. And at the end of five years, I had a tax write-off of that $1,000. Then that machine could no longer be amortized anymore. That machine was a dead piece of equipment in that business. It was part of the business, it made the business worth that much more, but as far as taxes go, you’re done. There’s no more relief on taxes for it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. So, well, I know we talked about this a little bit earlier, um, how is business doing these days?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Very bad. Our little shop down there was doing great up until 2002, and I could see then it was starting to slide, because we’d have customers the whole gamut of Central Florida. We’d have everything from photographic shops to big truck manufacturers, truck garages, and the likes of that. The whole gamut. We made parts for everybody. And all of them now have started slowing down, slowing down, slowing down. Because I’m interested enough to ask, “Well, Bill, how’s it going? Is your business going?” “Yeah, we’re up about 10 percent.” “We’re up 15 percent.” And it’s this way across the board.</p>
<p class="Body">There’s only one person that’s got a business in Central Florida that’s got more business than he can handle, and that’s the auctioneers. Now, Don [M.] Dennett in Sanford—[D. M.] Dennett Auctioneering—has been a friend of mine since he was in high school, and Don is running a very good business today. We went to a sale last week over here in Casselberry. [inaudible], a multi-million dollar company, a beautiful shop, bankrupt, up for sale, it went on the auction block. I said to Don at the sale, I said, “Don,” I said, “Why in the world would something like this happen?” He said, “There’s no volume.” There’s no volume of work. He happened to have an Air Force contract that kept him going for the last two or three years. When that contract ended, he was done, because he had so much invested in big equipment, nothing to do. He had to sell out. Don says, “I could have a sale—an auction a day, if I wanted to. There’s[sic] that many people going bankrupt.” But he only has one a week, because the market will only handle so much. Otherwise, you’d have people there buying shares for a dime and the likes of it. He waits until the smoke clears, then he’ll have another auction.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>But he is busy all the time, believe me. Right now he’s ready for two more auctions. I talked to him yesterday. He got two more shops that went out, and a bunch of restaurant equipment again. A couple more restaurants went broke, and he’s gonna sell them at the auction. But he has got more work than he knows what to do with. Because that’s people’s downfall that he’s advantaged—he’s taking advantage of.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>This is not a problem you’re having though, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>No. We’re sitting tight. We’re solid. We don’t owe a dime to anybody. We have one thing. We buy steel on a30-day basis. We buy sheet, plate, angle, and beam, and bar from three different companies. We pay our bills at the end of the month, every month, religiously. Every 30 days, we pay our invoices up and they’re done. We run no credit with nobody, pay cash for everything.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. The proper way to run a business, right?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>And 90 percent of the people—I’d say 95 percent of the people that we work for appreciate that fact, because their paperwork don’t carry over month to month to month to month. When they deal with us, and come out, if we don’t have a prior agreement of 30 days on invoice, they pay cash and bring a check with them, because that’s the only way we’ll work. We won’t chase any money. You can’t spend your time chasing bad debts. And over the last 40 years, I don’t think we’ve lost a hundred dollars, and that’s because somebody died, and there was no heirs. That’s the only reason.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Gotcha, sir. Well, I know you said that they ruined Central Florida.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Yep. That’s right. Yep.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Would you say there’s anything good in Central Florida, anything that—I mean, you discussed what had gone wrong. Would anything in your mind have gone right?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Well, sure. What Florida did, by them having all of their eggs in one basket with tourism, they’ve helped other industries and other things grow with them. The motel industry grew, the restaurants and the stores, the retailers and one thing another. A lot of those people now have picked up to where they rely on all of these people that’s coming in. But when people come out of the airport, and they go to Disney World, they’re more or less captive at Disney World. Now, most of them are here say two days, three days a week, something like this. their money is limited to what they can do, and when they have to spend $75 to go up to that gate, they’re gonna think twice about having to go outside to buy something. Disney’s smart enough to know this. That’s why they’ve got them captive. Restaurants, hotels, motels, the whole nine yards. Get them in the gate and keep them.</p>
<p class="Body">But there’s[sic] still a few people who want to see Central Florida. They want to get out and look around. “We haven’t come out here.” But that—Central Florida in that respect has grown along with all the tourists, and it’s helped the people that did stay here by giving them more of an opportunity to do things. Bowling alleys, and your arts, and a lot of your museums have grown. Your arts and science have grown. Everything has helped the local people, and I consider myself to be part of the local people. But they have given us an opportunity of more things which weren’t here.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>So you can give them the benefit of the doubt. They—their finances and their establishment created an environment that people wanted. So it kind of rubs off on us local people. We’re able to go take advantage of it too.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. That’s a—I was going to say, that’s a very interesting perspective, because you never go to those parks. You never do any of those things.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>No, no.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>But the benefit—the side benefits they bring with them…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Right. Right.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Gotcha, sir. I know before you mentioned you were, that you had served in the military.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>The military?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Could you tell us about that, sir? Like what branch? Where? When? What were you doing?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Well, I was in the military prior to—oh, what the hell they called it? Well, when the Japanese hit Pearl Harbor.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>And I was in Fort Knox[, Kentucky] in the regular Army before the Japanese hit Honolulu and Oahu[, Hawaii]. Now, when I went into Fort Thomas, Kentucky—I went from there to Fort Knox. I went to Fort Thomas, Kentucky, there wasn’t enough of us in that barracks to keep the fire going at night. We had to take shifts to keep the fire going at night. They declared war. The next day, they were standing in the hallways. They had to have so many people pouring into that place. There was a mobilization overnight. Believe me.</p>
<p class="Body">Well, when I enlisted in the service—I enlisted, I was never drafted—I enlisted in the Air Force. There was[sic] no openings. So I left Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and went to Atlantic City, New Jersey, for basic training. Well, when we got out there, of course the wartime conditions and everything—blackout at night and the whole story, everything was all window-curtains [inaudible] and the likes of it, no headlights and everything. Well, I left there and went out to Chanute Fields,<a title="">[3]</a> Illinois, and joined the Air Force. They had an opening, so I got transferred from the Third [United States] Army into the Air Force, which I had enlisted for to begin with. I wanted to get in the Air Force. So I went out there to Chanute Fields and went through tech school, graduated from tech school, and got assigned to a regular Air Force unit, and was with them for quite a while. And then, well, we stationed in California, and stationed in Texas, and stationed in New Mexico and quite a few places.</p>
<p class="Body">And then, as the [World] War [II] progressed, they took our unit and broke it up into four units, and made air combat cargo units out of them. So what we done was to air-drop supplies, ammunition, and equipment to the troops that were on the ground. That was our main—we were a transfer. I’d say an airborne trucking outfit. But on our mission, whenever we took what we had there, if there was another outstanding hospital in the area, we went to that base and haul a load of wounded back. “Litter patients,” we used to call them. So, we’d take a load of supplies over wherever we were going, and bring a load of litter patients back to the next general hospital. And that was our total obligation. And I did that in China, Burma, and India.</p>
<p class="Body">Now, when the war ended, we were flying into Chongqing[, China] when the war ended, from Myitkyina [West], North Burma. That was our last big U.S. air base in that part of the world. And when I say “big air base”—it was a grass, dirt strip with landing mats, but that was still—in that part of the world, that was a big air base. We flew [Douglas] C-47 [Skytrain]s, [Curtiss] C-46 [Commando]s, and [Douglas] C-54 [Skymaster]s. And when the—when the Japs—we had moved out of Myikyina and went down to Bhamo, Burma right at the war’s end.</p>
<p class="Body">And we were flying in into Saigon[, Vietnam],<a title="">[4]</a> and when the war ended, then our orders—the way our orders were written that, at the war’s end, we will be dis—our organization, equipment, will be disbanded by the most expeditious means. And our colonel, who was Colonel Scannel[sp] [inaudible], was a 36-year-old [United States Military Academy at] West Point man and a full-command pilot. Now that’s a hard nut to crack. That’s as good as you can get in the Air Force. We were all sitting down at what they called the “bomb crater.” We had a movie that night. Just a big bombed-out hole in the ground. We was all sitting around. They suddenly flashed the lights on the camera, and he says, “Boys, it’s all over.” And it took about a minute for it to sink in—the fact that the war was over. And it was. And then two days later, we pulled out of there, loaded our planes, we went back down into Tasgaon, India. But when we left, all the tents, all the equipment, the toolboxes, everything that was left on that strip, was either given to the hill tribes or was destroyed in the fire. We closed the base up, and that’s the way we left.</p>
<p class="Body">Now, one story that vividly sticks in my mind was at Myitkyina—that’s M-Y-I-T-K-I-N-A<a title="">[5]</a>—Myitkyina, North Burma. Before the war, it was a big town. Well, the Japanese, in order to go on their route from Japan—through China into India—that’s what their object was. They’d already just about taken over China, and they were into India pretty deep. Well, our object was to see that they didn’t get any further. We were kind of stopped dead [inaudible] in the middle. MARS Task Force and Merrill’s Marauders [inaudible] were the ground troops, and we’d get everything they had—ate, fed, shot, and whatever—we supplied them—air-dropped whatever to get to them. Well, one day, on the south end of our strip, was[sic] two fighter groups that supported us as air cover while we were flying and dropping supplies—the 82<sup>nd</sup> and 93<sup>rd</sup> fighter group. There was [North American Aviation] P-51 [Mustang]s and [Republic] P-47 [Thunderbolt]s. Now, most of these fighter planes, they were bombing down at the—in the Mekong valley [inaudible], and they were down around the bridge over the River Kwai.<a title="">[6]</a> That was one of their last bombing missions.</p>
<p class="Body">Well, the line chief and I were standing alongside the strip, and we was[sic] watching it. They’d take off about five, six, seven planes at a time. They’d fly together as a group, low-altitude bombing on these targets, like roads and bridges and commercial buildings that was of value to Japanese. So, Master Sergeant Hinky [inaudible] and I were standing there with a hot—typical hot day—and we was watching these P-47s take off, one right after the other. Well, when a fighter plane’s carrying a thousand-pound bomb under the belly of it, they got a load. Well, they would start up there at the end of the strip, and they’d tow [inaudible] them. They were full-throttle. By the time they got halfway up the strip, they’d be just about off the ground. And at the end of the strip was rice paddies and jungle. Well, we watched these planes—one, two, three. And the third one coming down the line on all of a sudden, he went straight up in the air. And line chief said to me, said, “Well, look at that damn fool.” And I said, “Yeah, but look at there.” And a thousand-pound bomb had let go of the bottom of that plane, and here he was coming down the middle of the strip tail first—a thousand-pounder. So Hinky looked at me, and I looked at him, and I said, “We better duck.” And we went under the first thing that was there, and it was a big truck, and we went under it. Well, that bomb went right at the end of the strip, went right out in the rice paddy, and just settled down as nice-you-please and didn’t explode. It went “poof” right in the mud. We crawled out from the trunk and Hinky said to me, he said, “Damn, that was close.” I says[sic], “Too close.” And I said, “Yeah, but look where we were.” And we were underneath a tanker full of hundred-octane gasoline. Oh, boy. That was a nice experience to have. That was just one of the little things that happened throughout the war.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>When did you, what age were you signed up, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>My 21<sup>st</sup> birthday. I was in combat.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. When did you, uh—but you said you signed—you enlisted prior to World War II, correct?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Yeah. I was 18.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay. And did you enlist right after high school?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. And, um…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Matter of fact, about—I went to trade school.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>That’s how I got my start to shops [inaudible]. I was going to trade school, and we had just finished. The way our school worked—it was called Dayton Cooperative High School. They had—well, all the instructors were professional people. They were professional in their trade. Well, the shops is what I was in basically, and of course, all of the instructors were master toolmakers. Well, when the war started, my class was just about ready. We went to school two weeks and worked two weeks. That’s the way co-op[erative] was set up. You had to carry a[sic] 80 average to go to school. If you didn’t maintain your class grades, as well as your shop grades, you got pulled out. You had to go to a regular school. You could no longer become a craftsman. You had to be interested and have a know-how to what you wanted to do. You had to want to know what you were doing. Well, at that time—that was in—oh, I think we graduated in December that year—and I went into the service September, just prior to that. And I’d say 90 percent of our class—males in our class—all went in about the same time. The whole class of ’41 just about all went in the military just about the same time. And I don’t think—of course, we lost track of all of them—but I don’t think after graduation—that year after graduation—it wasn’t more than a handful that even graduated after that because they all went in the service.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Was that very normal at the time, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Yes. Very much so.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey <br /></strong>The patriotism was extremely high. They had—Japanese had submarines out off the East Coast, they had submarines off the West Coast. They were at our back door.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Hm. Okay, sir, and you said you served for five years?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Mmhm.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And did you—was that when the war was over, or...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Yeah. Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And you came…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>I was in the 1348<sup>th</sup> air combat—air drop unit. And, when that—our orders were cut in North Africa before we left Algiers[, Algeria], when we was sent into the CBI (China-Burma-India] Theater, the general that wrote our orders for our outfit said that, “You will be there for the duration plus six months.” Now that’s just like a life sentence. How long will it last? You gotta be there, and six months more. But luckily, when it ended, we was gone out of there off of our former base in two days—three days at the most.</p>
<p class="Body">We went what they called “down the valley” into India, then we stayed there to be “disoriented”—is what they called it—to be re-civilianized. We had to turn in our guns, and all of our grenades, and all of our fighting equipment, and try to be civilians. Well, that didn’t—took longer than that to do. But anyway, we stayed there, I’d say, for a period we was in Tasgaon, India—for about a month. And then we got on the [USS] <em>General</em> [<em>M. B.</em>] <em>Stewart</em> and came home. We came home first-class on a big general ship, which was a well-relief. We could have hot meals. You had a bed to sleep on. I mean, you wasn’t[sic] sleeping on the ground. I mean, we’re civilians now. Yeah. This is really living.</p>
<p class="Body">Well, anyway, we got back into Camp Atterbury, Indiana, which was a discharge center. And the man in charge of the center—our whole outfit was there. We had 1,300 men and officers with our whole complete unit. All of our pilots were drafted civil pilots—Delta, Eastern, all of them were commercial pilots. They hated the military. Between them and us, the ground people, we got along fine, because we didn’t like it either. We got along great. Well anyway, when we got into Camp Atterbury, we got all the shots and all the rest of the stuff, and turned everything in, and got all the paperwork done, the commanding officer of that base had our commander, General Scannel—or Colonel Scannel—stand up, and he said, “Colonel,” he said, “we want to offer you people, your outfit, 1,380 men, all an increase in rank, one rank, with a one-year contract.” The Colonel says, “I would like to speak for our men, in behalf of them.” He said, “We have 1,500 hours, most of us, of combat flying.” He said, “We want to go home and stay there. It’s your baby. We quit.” And that’s the way it ended. There wasn’t one man re-enlisted. We had it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>You had your fill?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>We had it. Don’t want no part of it. But I’ll tell you still today—still today, there’s[sic] things at night flash through my mind of what we had done and what we did.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Well, thank you for your service.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>It sticks in your mind. At that time, and the way the elements, and the way everything was, you don’t forget things like that. No, I don’t care how old you get, you will not forget them. You try to, but there’s[sic] things that always come back, like things that got blew[sic] up, and things that got burnt out, and stuff. You don’t forget it. I don’t care what you do. I’d be down running lath, and sometime you remember that time or something like that.</p>
<p class="Body">We changed an engine [inaudible], and we used to call him “Tokyo Joe.” There was a zero. He used to come over about two o’clock every afternoon, and he’d drop what they called cluster bombs. Small, little ones. Just enough to worry you. Well, one of them hits your tent—boy, you got a mess. Blow everything up. Tokyo Joe would come out every afternoon two o’clock, and he’d drop a few cluster bombs, and back over the mountains he’d go.</p>
<p class="Body">Well finally, one day, we had a [Lockheed] P-38 [Lightning] group that was going into Saigon. And this one pilot, he said, “Well, you know,” he said, “I’m gonna get that S.B.” He said, “I can fly higher than he can.” So here come old Tokyo Joe over one afternoon right after chow, and we seen[sic] this boy fire that P-38 up and he went straight up in the air, and Tokyo Joe knew something was happening. He turned tail and started to run, and before he got over the base of the Chin Hills, he blew him out of the sky. That was the end of the Japs. That was the last time we had him.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>No more Tokyo Joe?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>No more Tokyo Joe.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Well, what would you do with your afternoons after that, then, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Oh, we worked, we worked round the clock. We had them—our planes flew seven days a week, 24 hours a day.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. How long after you got back before you moved to Florida? How long did that take? Did you have to shovel snow for a winter?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>No. it wasn’t too long. A couple years. Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Well, I was just feeling things out to try to become a civilian again, and decide which way I wanted to go. I knew I wanted to be into metalwork, but I didn’t know how I wanted to approach it. I didn’t know exactly how I wanted to do it—how I wanted to really get things started. And then, as we got married, and we had a couple kids, and one thing another started, I said, “Well, I gotta get my own business going. That’s all there is to it.” I just can’t—I can’t work for somebody else, because he’s not only going to take the cream of the crop, and I’m going to do all the dirty work. I want to be in a position where I can do the dirty work, take the cream of the crop, and try to establish some new business. Try to build a new product. Try to do things.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Makes sense, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Without being a number in somebody’s shop. So that was the way it started, that’s the way Reg Co. came about.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. Can you tell me about your family?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Like who they are, how old, what year were they born?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Okay. Well, we got married in 1946. And Larry [Groskey]—Larry is the oldest one. He come along a year later. And Ronnie [Groskey] was the next son born, about a year or two later. Then the twins came along about two years later.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Two boys? Two girls?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Karen [Groskey] and Sharon [Groskey]. And then Rusty [Groskey] came along about a year after that, and then that was the end of our family. We had five children.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And what’s your wife’s name, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Mary Ann [Groskey].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay. And what are your children doing now?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Well, the oldest one, Larry, is up in De Leon Springs. He’s got a rat farm. He raises rats commercially. These people that have reptiles and all kinds of weird people—they—he’s got a steady stream. He’s got quite an operation going, many buildings full of these rats. And he sells them all over the world. Now, there’s that many kooks out there, but he’s got a real good business going.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Now, the other son, Ronnie—he’s got a drywall business. He does drywall work and painting. The girls—Sharon, my one daughter, is a schoolteacher over in Sanford. Karen is an expediter for Fed Ex downtown. And Rusty works in the shop with me.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay, sir. And, do you have a—how did you meet your wife?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Well, that was a long story too. At—we both worked at National Cash Register. When I came out of the service, I went to work for National Cash Register, because my dad had worked there all his life, her dad had worked there all his life. So it was just a simple matter of walking in, getting a job, because that was where you—if you decided to work there, you had a lifetime job. They didn’t hire people and fire them the next day. There was enough business in that company. It was self-sustaining. When they made National Cash Register, they went all over the world and there was boxcar loads of material coming in every day. It was its own entity. When you went to work there, you quit looking for a job, because if you couldn’t make it one department, they’d transfer you to another department. There was 38,000 people working in that building—in that factory. They could find something for you to do.</p>
<p class="Body">They had a huge restaurant. So at noontime one day, the fellow that I was kind of running with at the time—he was a Navy man. We got along real good. He was running screw machines. So was I. So one day at noontime I said—well Friday, they always had fish fry, and boy, it was good fish. So Friday we’d go to the mess hall and eat lunch. Well, while we were sitting there eating lunch, Annie and her girlfriend—she worked up in Building 4. It was assembly—some kind of assembly job. Well anyway, her and her girlfriend was down there eating too. One of them had dropped a spoon on the floor. And I don’t know whether Mike picked it up or I did, but one of us picked it up, and we handed it to them, and we got to talking, and that’s how it started.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. Something as small as a…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>It was obscure as obscure can be. So I said to her, I said, “Yeah, my name’s Dick.” She said, “My name’s Ann.” And she said, “I work over in Building 4.” I said, “Well, we work in Building 27.” And we got to talking there for a few minutes, just at lunch period, and I said, “Well,” I says[sic], “where do you live?” She says, “I live out off of Smithville Road.” And I said, “Well, I live out in Walnut Hills”—both parts of east Dayton. And, I says, “Well, what are you gonna do Friday night?” She said, “I don’t know.” I said, “Well, you want to go bowling?” She said, “Sure.” I got her phone number, and that was it. We started going together. We got married, and she got laid off, because at NCR, you couldn’t have two people in the same family unless they were married, and once they got married, you couldn’t hire them. Two people can’t work there.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>She got married. She got laid off. Well, that’s how it started. So we got married, she got laid off, and I went out, I bought a little piece of property, and I started building a house, and over a period of about two years, I got the house built, and we had all the children then. Well, most of the children then. And one thing led to another, and we outgrew that, and we went out in the country, and I bought five acres and built a house out there, and when all the children were in school, that’s when we came to Florida.</p>
<p class="Body">Things got real bad up there, up there in the ‘50s. You couldn’t buy a job. It got the same way here, except it was localized. And I went to Indiana, went to Kentucky, I went all over. There was[sic] no jobs. Nobody was hiring. So I said, “Okay.” I said, “We’re not shoveling more snow.” I said, “We’re loading up and we’re leaving.” So I hired a local trucker. I said, “Now, I want you to move my shop.” We took just the prime equipment out of there, just enough to know we could make a living. Drills and saws, a couple laths, and one thing another. Everything else, had a public sale. Sold the house, the farm, everything. We got in the truck and we moved, come to Florida. Been here ever since.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Had a lot of reasons to come to Florida.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>Yep. And like I say, when I went to work at Trade Tool Engraving, we’ve never gone out of a job since. I went back to the motel in Titusville, I said, “I wanna pack a sandwich and a couple apples or something.” I said, “I’m going to work tonight.” She says, “You’re doing what?” I said, “I got a job over in Orlando.” She says, “You kidding me?” I says, “No. here’s the paper.” And looked at it, and she said, “Well, I’ll be damned.” Been working ever since.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Well, there you go, sir. Do you feel like there’s anything we haven’t talked about that you’d like to talk about?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>No. We’re just about as plain as you can get. Everybody in this part of the world knows us and knows what we do. We’ve got a reputation for doing a good job quick at a fair price. We—I don’t think we’ve had more than one or two disgruntled people that needed something done, and that was the fact that they were the type of people that nobody could satisfy. They have never come back, and I’m glad of it. Now, as you see, we have no advertisement whatsoever, yet we’re busy all the time. That speaks for itself. We do good work on time at a good price. And people always come back.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>The ones you want to come back [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>And they will tell somebody else. I always give them a business card. I said, “Now, your neighbor wants something done, here it is.” That’s the only advertisement we got.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. Well, thank you, sir, for taking the time out today.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Groskey<br /></strong>I’ll show you one of my cards here. Yeah. There you got them right there.</p>
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<p><a title="">[1]</a> Florida State Road 50.</p>
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<p><a title="">[2]</a> Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS), also known as Canadarm 1.</p>
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<p><a title="">[3]</a> Chanute Air Force Base (AFB).</p>
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<p><a title="">[4]</a> Present-day Ho Chi Minh City.</p>
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<p><a title="">[5]</a> Correction: Myitkyina.</p>
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<p><a title="">[6]</a> Khwae Yai River.</p>
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CBI Theater
China-Burma-India Theater
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Dayton Cooperative High School
Dayton, Ohio
Dick Groskey
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Historical Society of Central Florida
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Karen Groskey
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Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project
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Myitkyina, Myanmar
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Title
RICHES Podcast Documentaries Collection
Alternative Title
RICHES Podcast Collection
Subject
Podcasts
Documentaries
Description
RICHES Podcast Documentaries are short form narrative documentaries that explore Central Florida history and are locally produced. These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners.
Contributor
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>
Cassanello, Robert
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Altoona, Florida
Apopka, Florida
Astor, Florida
Barberville, Florida
Brevard County, Florida
Bushnell, Florida
Clermont, Florida
Cocoa, Florida
Cocoa Beach, Florida
College Park, Orlando, Florida
Coral Gables, Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
DeLand, Florida
Disston City, Florida
Eatonville, Florida
Eau Gallie, Melbourne, Florida
Fort King, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Geneva, Florida
Goldenrod, Florida
Groveland, Florida
Hannibal Square, Winter Park, Florida
Holly Hill, Florida
Hontoon Island, DeLand, Florida
Indian River, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Key Biscayne, Florida
Key West, Florida
Kissimmee, Florida
Lake Apopka, Florida
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Lake County, Florida
Lake Mary, Florida
Marion County, Florida
Merritt Island, Florida
Mims, Florida
Mount Dora, Florida
Newnans Lake, Gainesville, Florida
New Smyrna, Florida
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Ocklawaha River, Florida
Ocoee, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Ormond Beach, Florida
Osceola County, Florida
Oviedo, Florida
Parramore, Orlando, Florida
Reedy Creek, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Silver Springs, Florida
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Cloud, Florida
St. Johns River, Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Titusville, Florida
Vero Beach, Florida
Weirsdale, Florida
Winter Garden, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Ybor City, Tampa, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a><span>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php.</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/137" target="_blank">A History of Central Florida Collection</a>, RICHES Podcast Documentaries Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES<br /></a>
Sound/Podcast
A resource whose content is primarily intended to be rendered as audio.
Original Format
1 audio podcast
Duration
17 minutes and 58 seconds
Bit Rate/Frequency
192kbps
Dublin Core
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Title
RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 46: An Interview with Joy Wallace Dickinson, Part 2
Alternative Title
Interview with Joy Wallace Dickinson Podcast
Subject
Podcasts
Documentaries
Orlando (Fla.)
Journalism--Florida
Journalists--Florida--Biography
Description
Episode 46, Part 2 of RICHES Podcast Documentaries: An Interview with Joy Wallace Dickinson. RICHES Podcast Documentaries are short form narrative documentaries that explore Central Florida history and are locally produced. These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners. <br /><br />Episode 46 features an interview with former <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em> journalist Joy Wallace Dickinson about the history of Orlando based on her unique personal experience and professional research and work.
Abstract
Joy Wallace Dickinson gives a tour through the rich and diverse history of Orlando based off her unique personal experience and professional research and work. From artists and historical buildings to gangsters and gambling, Dickinson proves that the local history Orlando is fascinating and exciting in this two-part podcast.
Type
Sound/Podcast
Source
Original 17-minute and 58-second podcast, January 11, 2013: "RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 46: An Interview with Joy Wallace Dickinson, Part 2." <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>, Orlando, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>, Orlando, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/70" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Coverage
Orlando, Florida
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>
Contributor
Dickinson, Joy Wallace
Date Created
ca. 2013-01-11
Format
audio/mp3
Extent
24.7 MB
Medium
17-minute and 58-second podcast
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES<br /></a>
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>
External Reference
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/2499" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 46: An Interview with Joy Wallace Dickinson, Part 2</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/2499.
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/2498" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 45: An Interview with Joy Wallace Dickinson, Part 1</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/2498.
Dickinson, Joy Wallace. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53872607" target="_blank"><em>Orlando: City of Dreams</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2003.
Dickinson, Joy Wallace. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/548583228" target="_blank"><em>Remembering Orlando</em></a>. Nashville, Tenn: Trade Paper Press, 2010.
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Date Copyrighted
2013-01-11
Date Issued
2013-01-11
Has Part
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/2498" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 45: An Interview with Joy Wallace Dickinson, Part 1</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/2498.
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RICHES Podcast Documentaries
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