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Title
Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society Collection
Subject
Museums--Florida
Description
The Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society is located in Geneva, an unincorporated area of Seminole County. The first regular meeting was held at the Geneva Community Center on November 30, 1952. Alice Coffee Guyton served as the society’s first president.
The Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society established the Museum of Geneva History, located at 165 First Street, in 1965. W. G. Kilbee and his wife donated the land that the museum was built on. The museum was dedicated in 1966, with Leo Rehbinder cutting the ribbon and Judge Don Cheney of Orlando making a speech. In 1977, a second larger room was added to the building. The Society also owns Fort Lane Park.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/" target="_blank">Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Museum of Geneva History, Geneva, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/" target="_blank">Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/museum.htm" target="_blank">Museum of Geneva History</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/geneva_history.htm" target="_blank">Geneva History</a><span>." Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/geneva_history.htm.</span>
Alternative Title
Geneva Historical Society Collection
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/54" target="_blank">Apopka Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Moving Image
A series of visual representations that, when shown in succession, impart an impression of motion.
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Title
100 Year Memorial Remembering Roderick Perry Taylor
Alternative Title
Roderick Perry Taylor Memorial
Subject
World War, 1914-1918
Veterans--Florida
Memorials--Florida
Description
The Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. held a 100 year memorial on October 10, 2018, for Roderick Perry Taylor of Geneva, Florida, and the other 564 people who died on the R.M.S. Leinster when it was hit by three German torpedoes in the Irish Sea on Oct. 10, 1918. Most of those killed were young military men and women. The ceremony was held at 2:00 PM at the Geneva Community Center. While memorials were also held on the same day in Ireland and other Allied countries, this was the only memorial in the United States that honored the six American soldiers who drowned.
Type
Moving Image
Source
Original 30-minute and 26-second audio/video recording, Geneva Community Center, Geneva, Florida.
Requires
Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" target="_blank"> Adobe Flash Player</a>
Application software, such as <a href="http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp" target="_blank"> Java</a>.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/55">Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society Collection, Geneva Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES.</a><br /><br />
Coverage
Geneva Community Center, Geneva, Florida
Creator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Publisher
<a href="https://riches.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES</a>
Contributor
Currie, Wanda
Dunham, Geoffrey
<a href="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/" target="_blank">Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.<br /></a>
Lee, Richard H.
Martin, Mal
Martin, Mary Jo
Date Created
2018-10-10
Date Copyrighted
2018-10-10
Format
video/mp4
Extent
1.27 GB
Medium
30-minute and 26-second audio/video recording
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Geoffrey Cravero and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a> and is provided here for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Curator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Tuchman, Barbara W., and Robert K. Massie. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/881458391" target="_blank"><em>The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I</em></a>. 2014.
Geneva Historical &amp
Genealogical Society, Inc. <em>100 Year Memorial remembering Roderick 'Perry' Taylor and the 564 persons who lost their lives on the R.M.S. Leinster Oct. 10, 1918, WWI, Irish Sea</em>. October 10, 2018.
Click to View (Movie, Podcast, or Website)
<a href="https://youtu.be/vx0bRnudC0A">100 Year Memorial Remembering Roderick Perry Taylor</a>
Charles Simeon Lee
flag ceremony
Geneva Community Center
Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.
Geoffrey Dunham
John Black
John Rose
John Valentine
Joseph Furlong
Joseph Hogan
Mal Martin
Mary Jo Martin
memorials
military history
military service
posting of the colors
R.M.S. Leinster
Richard H. Lee
Roderick Perry Taylor
United States Navy
veterans
Wanda Currie
World War I
World War, 1914-1918
WWI
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https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/aeb6fdcdbffed1171645859e9e8e6e3d.pdf
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Dublin Core
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Title
Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society Collection
Subject
Museums--Florida
Description
The Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society is located in Geneva, an unincorporated area of Seminole County. The first regular meeting was held at the Geneva Community Center on November 30, 1952. Alice Coffee Guyton served as the society’s first president.
The Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society established the Museum of Geneva History, located at 165 First Street, in 1965. W. G. Kilbee and his wife donated the land that the museum was built on. The museum was dedicated in 1966, with Leo Rehbinder cutting the ribbon and Judge Don Cheney of Orlando making a speech. In 1977, a second larger room was added to the building. The Society also owns Fort Lane Park.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/" target="_blank">Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Museum of Geneva History, Geneva, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/" target="_blank">Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/museum.htm" target="_blank">Museum of Geneva History</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/geneva_history.htm" target="_blank">Geneva History</a><span>." Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/geneva_history.htm.</span>
Alternative Title
Geneva Historical Society Collection
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/54" target="_blank">Apopka Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Dublin Core
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Title
100 Year Memorial Remembering Roderick "Perry" Taylor
Alternative Title
Roderick "Perry" Taylor Memorial
Subject
World War, 1914-1918
Veterans--Florida
Memorials--Florida
Description
The program for the 100 year memorial ceremony remembering Roderick Perry Taylor and the 564 persons who lost their lives on the R.M.S. Leinster. The event was put together by the Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. The four-page program contains a description of Charles S. Lee, whose dictated account provided the basis for understanding Taylor's story, an outline of the ceremony's events, and a description of the sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster.<br /><br />The Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. held a 100 year memorial on October 10, 2018, for Roderick Perry Taylor of Geneva, Florida, and the other 564 people who died on the R.M.S. Leinster when it was hit by three German torpedoes in the Irish Sea on Oct. 10, 1918. Most of those killed were young military men and women. The ceremony was held at 2:00 PM at the Geneva Community Center. While memorials were also held on the same day in Ireland and other Allied countries, this was the only memorial in the United States that honored the six American soldiers who drowned.
Type
Text
Source
Original 4-page black and white program: <a href="https://riches.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES</a>, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/55" target="_blank">Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society Collection, Geneva Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES.<br /></a>
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original program.
Coverage
Geneva Community Center, Geneva, Florida
Creator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Publisher
<a href="https://riches.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES</a>
Date Created
2018-10-10
Date Copyrighted
2018-10-10
Format
application/pdf
Extent
11.1 MB
Medium
1 black and white program
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created and published by the <a href="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/" target="_blank">Geneva Historical &amp</a>
Genealogical Society, Inc..
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/" target="_blank">Geneva Historical &amp</a>
Genealogical Society, Inc. and is provide here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Tuchman, Barbara W., and Robert K. Massie. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/881458391" target="_blank"><em>The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I</em></a>. 2014.
Geneva Historical &amp
Genealogical Society, Inc. <em>100 Year Memorial remembering Roderick 'Perry' Taylor and the 564 persons who lost their lives on the R.M.S. Leinster Oct. 10, 1918, WWI, Irish Sea</em>. October 10, 2018.
Charles Simeon Lee
Geneva Community Center
Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.
Geoffrey Dunham
John Black
John Rose
John Valentine
Joseph Furlong
Joseph Hogan
Mal Martin
Mary Jo Martin
memorials
military history
military service
R.M.S. Leinster
Richard H. Lee
Roderick Perry Taylor
United States Navy
veterans
Wanda Currie
World War I
World War, 1914-1918
WWI