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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Eulogy for Harry &quot;Big Newt&quot; Boston, Sr.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:alternative><![CDATA[&quot;Big Newt&quot; Boston]]></dcterms:alternative>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oviedo (Fla.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oviedo (Fla.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[African Americans--Florida]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Baseball--Florida]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Softball--United States]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sports--Florida]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Eulogies--United States]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Parks--Florida]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The transcription of a eulogy given by Harry H. Boston, Jr. after the death of his father, Harry &quot;Big Newt&quot; Homer, Sr. Boston, who was an integral part of Oviedo&#039;s African-American community. Originally from Valdosta, Georgia, he graduate from Valdosta State College (now Valdosta State University). After college, he joined the U.S. Army, where he served as a medic during World War II. After migrating to Oviedo, Florida, Boston built a baseball diamond where local black youths played. The teams were known as the Oviedo Black Hawks for boys and Oviedo Lady Black Hawks for girls. On his bus, affectionately nicknamed the &quot;Big Newt Bus,&quot; Boston would take the teams to games across Florida and other states as far north as Tennessee. The City of Oviedo honored him by naming Boston Hill Park, located at 777 South Central Avenue, in his honor. On May 21, 1994, the city also proclaimed that date Harry &quot;Big Newt&quot; Boston Day. Boston passed away on October 3 of that same year at the Winter Park Memorial Hospital in Winter Park.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Boston, Harry, Jr.]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Original 1-page typed transcription by Harry H. Boston, Jr., 1994: Private Collection of Jacqueline Morgan.]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[ca. 1994-10-08]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Morgan, Jacqueline]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:isFormatOf><![CDATA[Digital reproduction of the original 1-page typed transcription by Harry H. Boston, Jr., 1994. ]]></dcterms:isFormatOf>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[<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.]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
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    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[322 KB]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[1-page typed transcription]]></dcterms:medium>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[eng]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Text]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Boston Hill Park, Oviedo, Florida]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:accrualMethod><![CDATA[Donation]]></dcterms:accrualMethod>
    <dcterms:mediator><![CDATA[History Teacher]]></dcterms:mediator>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Originally created by Harry H. Boston, Jr.]]></dcterms:provenance>
    <dcterms:rightsHolder><![CDATA[Copyright to this resource is held by Harry H. Boston, Jr. and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.]]></dcterms:rightsHolder>
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