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Title
Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection
Subject
Museums--Florida
Schools
Elementary schools
Grammar schools
Sanford (Fla.)
Description
The Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection encompasses a broad range of materials and items ranging from the late 19th Century into the present. The collection includes artifacts, photographs, documents, videocassettes, and other historical records pertaining to the history of the Sanford Grammar School, the Sanford community through the years, and the history of teaching and learning within the United States from the 19th century to the 2010s.
The Student Museum has collaborated with the University of Central Florida and established the UCF Public History Center (PHC). All of the Student Museum's collections are presently housed at the PHC. The goal of the PHC is to promote access to history through ground-breaking research connecting local to global, provide cutting-edge hands-on educational programs for students and visitors, and to engage the community in contributing to and learning from history.
Contributor
Student Museum
UCF Public History Center
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida
Westside Grammar Elementary School, Sanford, Florida
Sanford Grammar School, Sanford, Florida
Student Museum, Sanford, Florida
UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida
Contributing Project
Student Museum
UCF Public History Center
Curator
Marra, Katie
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Public History Center/Student Museum
External Reference
"Public History Center." Public History Center, University of Central Florida.
"Student Museum." Seminole County Public Schools. http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/studentmuseum/Home.aspx.
Alternative Title
Student Museum and PHC Collection
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<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
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<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/32" target="_blank">General Photographic Collection</a>, <span>Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, </span>Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/73" target="_blank">Seminole County Public Schools Collection</a>, <span>Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, </span>Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
Glasshoff, Jesse
Interviewee
Muse, Shirley
Location
UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida
Original Format
1 DVD/DAT recording
Duration
23 minutes and 33 seconds
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141kbps
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Title
Oral History of Shirley Muse
Alternative Title
Oral History, Muse
Subject
Oral history--United States
Sanford (Fla.)
Museums--Florida
Archives--Florida--Administration
Archivists--United States
University of Central Florida. Department of History
Sanford, Henry Shelton, 1823-1891
Description
Oral history interview of Shirley Muse, collection cataloger for the UCF Public History Center, located at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida. Muse was born in Corvallis, Oregon, on May 16, 1936. She was raised in the Panama Canal Zone. In 1958, Muse married her husband while attending Florida State University in Tallahassee. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Library Science that same year. She worked in the Florida Public School System as a Librarian/Media Specialist for 20 years until 1999. Following her retirement, Muse began volunteering at the Student Museum and Center for Social Studies. This interview was conducted by Jesse Glasshoff at the UCF Public History Center on October 12, 2012.
Table Of Contents
00:00 Introduction<br />0:00:48 Student Museum Collections Manager<br />0:02:47 Museum visitors<br />0:03:50 How the museum has changed over time<br />0:06:23 Exhibits<br />0:12:29 How the museum has impacted visitors<br />0:15:23 How the community has impacted the museum<br />0:16:34 How the museum has impacted Muse’s life<br />0:19:14 Most memorable visitor<br />0:20:54 History Harvest and future projects<br />0:23:00 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Shirley Muse. Interview conducted by Jesse Glasshoff at the UCF Public History Center, in Sanford, Florida.
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Moving Image
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Muse, Shirley. Interviewed by Jesse Glasshoff. UCF Public History Center. October 12, 2012. Audio/video record available. UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
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UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
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Digital transcript of original 23-minute and 33-second oral history: Muse, Shirley. Interviewed by Jesse Glasshoff. UCF Public History Center. October 12, 2012. Audio/video record available. UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
Coverage
Student Museum and Center for the Social Studies,Sanford, Florida
UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida
Creator
Glasshoff, Jesse
Muse, Shirley
Date Created
2012-10-12
Format
video/mp4
application/pdf
Extent
99.9 MB
161 KB
Medium
23-minute and 33-second DVD/DAT recording
9 page typed transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Jesse Glasshoff and owned by UCF Public History Center.
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Copyright to this resource is held by the UCF Public History Center and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a> for educational purposes only.
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Donation
Contributing Project
UCF Public History Center
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
UCF Public History Center/Student Museum
External Reference
"Public History Center." Public History Center, University of Central Florida.
"Exhibits." Public History Center, University of Central Florida.
"Student Museum." Seminole County Public Schools.
"<a href="http://www.seminolehs.scps.k12.fl.us/" target="_blank">Seminole High School</a>." Seminole High School, Seminole County Public Schools. http://www.seminolehs.scps.k12.fl.us/.
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
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Transcript
<p><em>Shirley Muse</em></p>
<p><em>Interviewed by Jesse Glasshoff October 12, 2012</em></p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Okay, we’re on. So—let’s see. Today’s date is October 12<sup>th</sup>, 2012, and it is 10 AM and we’re here at the [UCF] Public History Center in Sanford, Florida—formerly the Student Museum. Uh, my name is Jesse Glasshoff. I’m a graduate student at the University of Central Florida, and I’m interviewing Shirley Muse. Do you want to introduce yourself, Shirley?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Good morning. I’m Shirley Muse. I’m the collections person in charge of the collection, and I’ve been here for 13 years—almost 14—and loved every minute of it.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>All right. Well, we’ll go ahead and jump right into these questions. So how did you—how’d come to be working at the museum?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Well, Serena [Rankin Parks] Fisher, who was the director of the museum in 1999, um, asked me if I wanted to volunteer, ‘cause we were both media specialists together, and I worked at Sanford Middle School, and I knew a lot of the old timers here and their children, and I’ve enjoyed it very much, because I could follow it up over here and see pictures of the grandparents and etcetera [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>So what—what has been your involvement in the museum? You said you’re the Collections Manager right now. Uh…</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>I have been doing all the numbering of the pictures, cleaning the glass, putting them back with new labels, trying to make the print larger so that older people can read it without having to get right up to it, and then if they want a copy of it, they’ll tell me, or if they can identify someone in the picture that is not identified, then they will get in touch with me, make a note, and take the number down, then we go get the picture, and then I take it apart and put in the identity of that person that we didn’t have, and it helps a lot, and they’ve identified family members, and they’ve identified classmates from way back when, and it is really very, very satisfying to do.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Now, is that—is this the same job you’ve always had here?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Or have you done…</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>I have done only that, because I was the only one that[sic] knew about cataloging, because I’m a retired media specialist. So it’s all gone into the computer and we are getting there…</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Eventually, to the end, I hope.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] Okay. Well, it sounds like a pretty big task, and it sounds like you’re the right person for it.</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>I love it. I love it.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff <br /></strong>I think everyone else agrees, because you’re the person doing it.</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Uh, so what—what kind of people—since you’ve been here, what kind of people do you see visiting the museum?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Well, we have visitors to the area, especially those that may be putting their car on AMTRAK to send back up north, or to pick up their car from the trains, and then they come into town and want something to do, and we are listed, I believe, at the [Historic Sanford] Welcome Center, and also maybe at the Amtrak Station. Then we have the old-timers that want to come back and look at the pictures and think about the old days, and then we have students.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>So we have quite a…</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>So tell me a little bit about the students.</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>The students—we have mainly K[indergarten] through—well, we mainly have fourth- graders, ‘cause we are with the fourth-grade curriculum.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>And we teach to that, but then we have a lot of other students that[sic] come in for the events that we have, and they like to look at the pictures that go into the rooms and peruse what we have on display.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>So—since you’ve been here for quite a while—you have been volunteering for quite a while…</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>What would you think—what would you say has changed in the museum since you’ve been with them?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Well, for many years there wasn’t much change, but now that we have UCF [University of Central Florida] as a partner, things are changing for the better, and they are just doing a tremendous job, and I can see that it will go on and prosper and, I think just get better and better, and we are changing things now that we didn’t have the people to do it before, ‘cause there was only like a handful of us volunteers—maybe five or six that worked in the building, teaching the classes, and all of that, but I was the only one doing the cataloging, but then there were the gardeners, and they strictly stayed out in the Pioneer Gardens. So it’s been so many more people helping now, and we can see a real difference taking place now.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Okay, what was it like when you first got here?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>It was very quiet. We didn’t have many visitors. Well, we first had quite a few visitors for a while, but then when fourth grade would come, we were not allowed to have visitors at the same time, because we couldn’t have them intermingle with the students at that time, and that was, uh, school law to keep the children from wandering off or talking to strangers and everything, and we had to always abide by that.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>So…</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Just to make sure I’ve got it clear: when you first started, fourth-graders weren’t coming in, and then, shortly thereafter, they were?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>No, they’d been coming in for years.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Oh, they were?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Yeah, I misstated that.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Yeah, yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>That’s all right. I misunderstood you.</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Yeah, but they’d been coming—that’s the main thing—the main that, uh, we did.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Was with them, but then as soon as they left, it was open to the public, but then when the economy went down, we had to close down, and only had three days, we had to cut if off early, uh, so…</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Okay, when was that?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>That was I think about three or four years ago. We had to start closing at 3, which didn’t give you much time, ‘cause the children were here until 1:30, and that was only an hour and a half, and a lot of people would have liked to come in, but we couldn’t allow them to come in until 1:30, but many-a-times—I will say—the director stayed until 4 and 4:30 on their[sic] own, to let those people go through and give them a tour. So I—I had to hand it to them.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>[inaudible].So kind of in line with that, who do you—who would you say the exhibits are targeted towards? What are the goals of the exhibits?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>I—I think most of the goals of the exhibits are the fourth-grade curriculum, and the geography of Florida is included in that, and the history of the Native American, and also the pioneers—the early people that settled Florida, and—and that[sic] was[sic] the main ones, and that fit into the curriculum at that time, and I think now it’s been broadened more, since we have other people coming in, and we’ve got new ideas, which we needed, and I think we also have welcomed it, because you get a little stagnant if you don’t have new blood brought in, and I think that’s been very good.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>And it, eh—so would you say since you’ve been here, the exhibits have generally been the same?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>They have generally been the same. There’s[sic] only been a few small changes when we got something that was really pertinent to that room, then we set up a little bit of a—a new part to that room, but that didn’t happen too often, because we weren’t really on the map that well. We didn’t get the publicity that we’ve gotten now.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Can you give me an example? You said that every now and then, maybe one little part would change?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Well, um, they were talking about, um, fossils, and one of our, um, gardeners was very interested in fossils and came from a part—a place in Georgia that they’d a lot of them. So when he went up there, he brought back a whole lot of them, and then they put this sand box in and then they put the fossils into the sand so the kids could take little rakes and find them, like they would out in the desert, you know, when looking for things. So that was a new one that was nice at that time, and I can’t tell you exactly when it was.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>That’s okay.</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>That's why we write things down [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>So what do you think they’re meant to teach, uh—these exhibits? What—they’re directed towards the students?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Well, the Pioneer [Exhibit: Before the Settlement of Sanford] room showed how they lived, and how big of space—because we have a small, pioneer, log cabin. We have the cooking utensils that they used at that time in there. We have, uh, like, um, the—the pots that they used on the fire. We have, um, certain clothing. We have an old, pioneer-time nightgown that was actually donated, uh, just about—oh, about a year ago. The lady had two of them, and they’re really tattered and torn, but we washed them, and we hung them up in—one in there to show that they wore a long-sleeved, uh, long nightgowns and long to the floor, you know, and then they, uh—we put one also into the, uh, Grandma’s Attic. Yeah, so it was very neat, because the kids didn’t ever think about what they would sleep in [laughs].</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Right[?].</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>But it—it was fun, and the kids got a big kick out of it. Yeah, and if they just learn a few things, you know, and then they go home and tell their parents. Usually, they come back with their parents and their sisters and brothers to see it on their own.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>It’s nice, yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Well, what, uh—through all the exhibits you’ve seen—and you’ve seen all of them really, since you’ve been here—which exhibit was your favorite?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>My favorite was Grandma’s Attic.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Grandma’s Attic?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong> ‘Cause I had a grandma that[sic] had an attic like that.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>What was it like?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Well, the Grandma’s Attic—it used to have wallpaper, but they’ve since taken that down, and they’d pictures on the wall, but they were crooked, just like they would be if Grandma had put them up there to store them, and they got crooked. Grandma didn’t go up there to clean it. They just let them hang, and they were just out of the way, and then there was[sic] toys in the attic, and you would know which ones were yours to play with, and they saw that, and then they showed, uh, cooking utensils that Grandma used in the kitchen area, at that time. They had, uh, the irons that you used to heat on the big, uh, stoves that had coal in it or wood-burning stoves, and then they have the iron that they would have to put the coals in the iron and do it, and, uh, they had a coffee grinder there. They ground the coffee to let the children see that. They made candles also, so the kids could see how to make the candles, and everybody got a turn to dip it, but we had to be careful of that—and you might get burnt. So we had to take that out, much to our discouragement, but sometimes you’ve to do that for safety problems. Yeah, but it—it was just fascinating, because there were instruments that were hung from the ceiling on wires, just to keep them out of the way, you know, ‘cause Grandma stored all of that stuff up in the attic, you know, but it—it looked like a real grandma’s attic. Yeah, and everybody—I think the majority of people liked that one. It brought back a lot of memories. You had the old-fashioned toys—the ones that were made of iron and they were very heavy, but the kids still played with them, you know, but, uh, we had a little bit of everything, and we always let them play with the toys. We had, um, the old, um, wood toys that you could—I forget what they were—but they had this—pieces of wood—it was called something. I cannot remember what it was, but you always had to get it back together and it clicked. It was really neat, and the kids had never seen something like that. I should have brought one with me. Yeah, but I didn’t think about it. Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>[inaudible].Thinking about the exhibits and the changes through time, which parts of the museum do you think had the most impact on the children that have visited—the K through 12[<sup>th</sup> grade] children?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>I think the Geography [Lab: Where in the World Are We?] room, because the map of Florida is large enough they can walk on, and then they have to learn the names of the cities and where they’re located, and then they have kind of like tops—there's holes driven in the actual map, and you have to take the top that has the name written on it. Pensacola—they learned that it went up in the panhandle. Um, Tallahassee was up north—part, and then there was Miami, and there was Orlando, and they’d to put the right one—the answer— in that position, and they loved doing that, because it was big enough they could walk around it and look, you know, and then actually put that in themselves, like they named it, and they felt real good about that in fourth grade.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>And then I the second best was Grandma’s Attic. They liked the interaction, because they always gave them time to play with the toys and pick them up and touch things, because that’s how we believe, that you should be able to touch things.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Mmhmm. So aside from the children that have visited, uh, how do you think, uh—how do you see that the museum has had the most impact on the larger community?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Well, I think Sanford citizens that have been here for years love to come back and reminisce, and they see the houses that they used to walk by on their way to school, because they are still here in the pictures the same. A lot of them in Sanford have been restored and that’s just beautiful thing, but they can come back, and they find people on there that[sic] they haven’t seen in a long time, and it brings back memories, and if you get two or three of them from the same class, they start talking, and they really enjoy it, and they end up spending several hours here many-a-times, particularly the older people, because they are just so excited to be back in their element of time, you know? Yeah, and that toy with the blocks was the Jacob’s ladder, and I know a lot of people would know exactly what I’m talking about. Yeah, there.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>So the decisions to make changes in the, um, museum that have happened recently—and through the time of the museum since you’ve been here—how do you feel that the larger community has impacted the goals and the direction of the museum?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Um, that’s a good question, because not many changes were made for many years, ‘cause we didn’t have the people to do—to make the changes, and we didn’t have an assessment of what we needed. We didn’t have time to do that, and it’s something we are working on very diligently right now, and I’m very pleased about how it’s going, but at the time, we were so shorthanded, and we weren’t all professional museum people, and that makes a big difference, ‘cause you don’t realize exactly what goes into making a museum meaningful to that community until you start studying it like we are now, and it's really, I think, had a big impact on everybody working here, and I find we all are working together as a good unit, and that’s—makes me feel real good [<em>laughs</em>]. I really do.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>So how has the museum affected your life?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Well, my husband passed away, um, in 2007, and I find if I don’t get here to work at least two days a week, I get down, because I meet all the people here, I have something that's purposeful in my life, and I’m seeing things coming to fruition, and that makes me feel real good, but I’ve always liked detail-work, and I always feel like anything that has to do with books and pictures and things that have to do with one particular area has got to be a good situation to present to the public. I really do.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>And how has it—how has it affected the way that you understand Sanford?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>I find the people are so friendly and so happy to know that we treasure them and their city as something very worthwhile, and has been very, very, um, very instrument—instrumentally with the—sending things from Jacksonville, the transportation, the steamships all here, and then it's disseminated out along the—the coast—the east coast, the west coast of Florida, and it’s been very interesting for me to learn about it, and they, I think, are proud that we are studying this and keeping track of all the pictures and everything, so that we can look back and see it, and General [Henry Shelton] Sanford—he lived right here in Florida, right at the top of the hill here for many years, and he has a real connection to this city, and I’ve been amazed at how many people have visited his grave up in Connecticut, and we have pictures of that downstairs on the Sanford, uh, bulletin board right outside the office, and the man came and brought me the pictures all on a CD, and I made copies of them with his permission, and I—I thought it was very exciting, and then when people come in and see it, they’re even—they say, “Oh, that’s new,” you know, and I say, “Yeah, we got those by him giving them to us,” and it was wonderful. Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>So kind of moving in a different direction now [<em>laughs</em>]—you’ve worked here quite a while, and you’ve seen a tons of people come and go. Uh, who do you think was the most memorable person to you that has come to visit the museum?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Well, I think, Mr. Douglas Stenstrom, who was born here in 1921, and he passed away in 2010. He was a fantastic person, and he—he was in the World War II in the South Pacific. He attended the University of Florida, the University of Virginia, Stetson College.<a title="">[1]</a> He was a county judge, he was a state senator, and he did many more things than that, and he would come and sit and talk with us when we had an event, and he’d sit for an hour or two, and when he left, he always left a check for us to put into the—the—the bank for keeping this place going, because he was very attached to it—both he and his wife, and they were lovely people, and with all that education and everything, he always found time to stop by, and we just really delighted in him, and I think everybody did, because you couldn’t walk by him without saying something to him, ‘cause everybody knew him. Yeah, it was wonderful. He was a wonderful man. Plus he has a school named after him out in Oviedo, Stenstrom Elementary. Yeah, he[sic] a very generous gentleman.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>So kind of moving away from that, uh—do you’ve any people in mind that[sic] might have gone to the school here that we could contact for future projects at the museum?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Well, to tell you the truth, Jesse, I gave a whole list of them to Dr. [Rosalind “Rose” J.] Beiler, and they are a lot of the people—the Stiffys—and they are local people that have been here for years and donated their time in many schools and for many activities, and then, um, there’s, um, Bill Robinson. He’s a local person that lives here, and he is just as friendly and happy a man as I’ve ever known, and he went to school here, and his picture’s down one of the bulletin boards downstairs. Plus there is a number of other ones, but I—I can’t remember them all, but I did give her a long list of them with phone numbers, and how to get a hold of them.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>That’s good news [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] In fact, you could get that list, if you’re interested, from her. I’m sure.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Do you’ve any ideas about spreading the word about the history harvest?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Well, I think one of the best ways we could do it is to get <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em> columnists—there’s, I think, a Kay—Kay Richardson or—or something. I can’t remember her name, but there’s[sic] several columnists that[sic] do stories on this, and also <em>The</em> <em>Sanford</em> <em>Herald</em>, and if they would do a piece on it and tell ‘em we’re looking for people to bring in things for this, um, um, history harvest, I think it would get out real quick that way, because most people take that <em>Sanford Herald</em>, and if—if they don’t get <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>—I know friends do, and they pass it around the neighborhood, but I’m sure there would be a lot of people that would be interested in it if they explained what it was and what they want to do. I think it would be great, and I’m excited about it. I really think it will be great.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Well, thank you for doing the interview. I think that’s[sic] all the questions I have.</p>
<p><strong>Muse <br /></strong>You’re quite welcome.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Is there anything that you wanted to say—that you wanted to add?</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>No, I’m just so happy with the partnership that we have. The people that are coming to work and help are so good, and they are doing a tremendous job, and it makes me feel so good that it’s going to be carried on for years to come, really.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>[inaudible].</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>Yeah, I really am.</p>
<p><strong>Glasshoff<br /></strong>Okay. Again, thank you for doing the interview.</p>
<p><strong>Muse<br /></strong>You’re quite welcome.</p>
<p><em>Shirley Muse</em></p>
<p><em>Interviewed by Jesse Glasshoff October 12, 2012</em></p>
<div><br /><div>
<p><a title="">[1]</a> Present-day Stetson University.</p>
</div>
</div>
7th Street
Amtrak
archival collection
Beiler, Rosalind
collection cataloger
collections manager
columnist
county judge
Florida State University
fossil
FSU
gardener
general
Geography Lab: Where in the World Are We?
Glasshoff, Jesse
Grandma’s Attic
Historic Sanford Welcome Center
History Harvest
Jacob’s Ladder
librarian
Library Science
media specialist
Million, Shirley
Muse, Shirley
Orlando Sentinel
Panama Canal Zone
PHC
Pioneer Exhibit: Before the Settlement of Sanford
Richardson, Kay
Robinson, Bill
Sanford Herald
Sanford Middle
Sanford Middle School
Sanford MS
Sanford Welcome Center
Seventh Street
South Pacific
state senator
Stenstrom
Stenstrom Elementary
Stenstrom, Douglas
Stetson College
Stetson University
Stiffy's
Student Museum
The Orlando Sentinel
UCF
UCF Public History Center
UF
University of Central Florida
University of Florida
University of Virginia
UV
volunteer
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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
Carol E. Mundy Collection
Alternative Title
Mundy Collection
Subject
Apopka (Fla.)
Description
The Carol E. Mundy Collection consists of hundreds of 19th- and 20th-century African-American memorabilia from the Apopk, Florida. The collection provides a snapshot into life within the African-American business community. This collection challenges our preconceived notions of how African-American communities lived in this time period. The entrepreneurial and community spirit thrived despite oppressive conditions.
Contributor
Mundy, Carol E.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Apopka, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.africanamericanlegacy.com/" target="_blank">African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1720-Present</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/" target="_blank">University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.africanamericanlegacy.com/" target="_blank">African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1720-Present</a>." African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1720-Present. http://www.africanamericanlegacy.com/.
"<a href="http://mundyhr.com/" target="_blank">AAHEC: African American History Education and Culture</a>." African American History Education and Culture. http://mundyhr.com/.
"<a href="http://africana.cah.ucf.edu/mundycenter/" target="_blank">The Carol E. Mundy African American Cultural and Diasporic Research Center</a>." The Carol E. Mundy African American Cultural and Diasporic Research Center. http://africana.cah.ucf.edu/mundycenter/.
<span>Apopka Historical Society. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55471340" target="_blank"><em>Apopka</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2004.</span>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/74" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
2-page notarized warranty deed
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
Warranty Deed for State Bank of Apopka (May 20, 1921)
Alternative Title
Warranty Deed for State Bank of Apopka
Subject
Apopka (Fla.)
Deeds--Florida
Banks and banking--Florida
Description
A warranty deed certifying the transfer of land from Michael Gladden, Jr. and Elizabeth Gladden to the State Bank of Apopka for $100 on May 20, 1921. The property transferred was the west quarter of Lot 17 of Block J in Apopka, Florida. The deed was certified by the circuit court clerk and deputy clerk of the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Orange County on May 25, 1921. <br /><br />Michael Gladden, Jr. (1899-1982) was the executor of the estate of George W. Oden (1862-1939), a successful businessman and citrus grower in Apopka, Florida. Gladden was born in South Carolina in 1899. He married Elizabeth Gladden and together they had a son, William, who was born around 1904. According to census records, the Gladden family had moved to Jacksonville as early as 1910 and then moved to Apopka. After Oden's death in 1939, Gladden continued to manage the legal documents of Oden's estate.
Type
Text
Source
Original warranty deed, May 20, 1921: State of Florida, County of Orange, Apopka, Florida: series I, box 1, folder 74, <a href="https://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/AAL" target="_blank">African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection</a>, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
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Is Part Of
Series I, box 1, folder 74, <a href="http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/" target="_blank">Special Collections University Archives</a>, University of Central Florida Libraries, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in <a href="http://ucfarchon.fcla.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=54" target="_blank">African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1720-2010 finding guide</a>.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original warranty deed, May 20, 1921: State of Florida, County of Orange, Apopka, Florida: series I, box 1, folder 74, <a href="https://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/AAL" target="_blank">African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection</a>, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Coverage
Apopka, Florida
Publisher
H & W. B. Drew Company
Contributor
Gladden, Michael, Jr.
Gladden, Elizabeth
Talton, W. G.
Robinson, Bill
Wittierby, Frank S.
Mundy, Carol E.
Date Created
1921-05-20
Date Accepted
1921-05-25
Format
application/pdf
Extent
730 KB
Medium
2-page notarized warranty deed
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Collected by Carol E. Mundy between 1990 and 2009.
Purchased by the University of Central Florida Libraries, <a href="http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/" target="_blank">Special Collections and University Archives</a> in 2009.
Rights Holder
All rights are held by the respective holding institution. This material is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce and or for copyright information contact Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, (407) 823-2576. <a href="http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/" target="_blank">http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/</a>.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.africanamericanlegacy.com/" target="_blank">African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1720-Present</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/" target="_blank">University of Central Florida, Special Collections and University Archives</a>
External Reference
Apopka Historical Society. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55471340" target="_blank"><em>Apopka</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2004.
Transcript
5/25/21
64406
Drew's Form R. E. 34
Warranty Deed
(To Corporation)
Michael Gladden Jr
To
The State Bank of Apopka.
Date
ABSTRACT OF DESCRIPTION
State of FLorida,
County of Orange
On this 25th day of May A. D. 1921, at 8 o'clock a.m., this instrument was filed for record, and being duly acknowledged and proven, I have recorded the same on pages 588 of Book 214 in the public records of said County.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit of said State, in and for said County.
13[?] Clerk.
[?] D. C.
The H. & W. B. Drew Company, Jacksonville, Fla. 8-30-17
RECORD VERIFIED
State of Fla
County of Orange
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That on this 20th day of May A. D. 1921, before me personally appeared Michael Gladden + wife Eliz Gladden to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing conveyance to THE STATE BANK OF APOPKA and severally acknowledged the execution thereof to be this free act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned; and the said Eliz Gladden the wife of the said Michael Gladden on a separate and private examination taken and made by and before me, and separately and apart from her said husband did acknowledge that she made herself a party to the said Deed of Conveyance, for the purpose of renouncing, relinquishing and conveying all her right, title and interest, whether of dower or of separate property, statutory or equitable, in and to the lands therein described, and that she executed said deed freely and voluntarily and without any constraint, fear, apprehension or compulsion of or from her said husband.
WITNESS my signature and official seal at Apopka, Fla in the County of Orange and State of Fla the day and year last aforesaid.
Frank S. Wetterly
Justice of the Peace
Dept. No. 6 Orange Co.
This Indenture, Made this 20th day of MAy A. D. 1921, BETWEEN Michael Gladden + wife of the County of Orange and State of Fla parties of the first part, and THE STATE BANK OF APOPKA, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Fla, having its principal place of business in the County of Orange and State of Fla party of the second part, WITNESSESTH, that the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of One hundred Dollars to them in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, remised, released, enfoeoffed, conveyed and confirmed and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, alien, remise, release, enfeoff, convey and confirm unto the said party of the second part and its successors and assigns forever, all that certain parcel of land lying and being in the County of Orange and State of Fla more particularly described as follows:
West 1/4 of lot 17 Block J of Apopka
TOGETHER with all the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances, with every privilege, right, title, interest and estate, dower and right of dower, reversion, remainder and easement thereto belonging or in anywise appertaining: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the same in fee simple forever. And the said parties of the first part do covenant with the said party of the second part that are lawfully seized of the said premises; that they are free of all incumbrance, and that have good right and lawful authority to sell the same; and that said parties of the first part doth hereby fully warrant the title to said land, and will defend the same against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year above written.
Signed, sealed and delivered in our presence:
W.G. Talton
Frank S. Witterly
Michael Gladden (Seal)
Eliz GLadden (Seal)
17th Judicial Circuit of Orange County
Apopka
bank
banking industry
Block J
deed
Gladden, Elizabeth
Gladden, Michael, Jr.
H & W. B. Drew Company
Lot 17
Mundy, Carol E.
Robinson, Bill
State Bank of Apopka
W. G. Talton
warranty deed
Wittierby, Frank S.
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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
Carol E. Mundy Collection
Alternative Title
Mundy Collection
Subject
Apopka (Fla.)
Description
The Carol E. Mundy Collection consists of hundreds of 19th- and 20th-century African-American memorabilia from the Apopk, Florida. The collection provides a snapshot into life within the African-American business community. This collection challenges our preconceived notions of how African-American communities lived in this time period. The entrepreneurial and community spirit thrived despite oppressive conditions.
Contributor
Mundy, Carol E.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Apopka, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.africanamericanlegacy.com/" target="_blank">African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1720-Present</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/" target="_blank">University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.africanamericanlegacy.com/" target="_blank">African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1720-Present</a>." African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1720-Present. http://www.africanamericanlegacy.com/.
"<a href="http://mundyhr.com/" target="_blank">AAHEC: African American History Education and Culture</a>." African American History Education and Culture. http://mundyhr.com/.
"<a href="http://africana.cah.ucf.edu/mundycenter/" target="_blank">The Carol E. Mundy African American Cultural and Diasporic Research Center</a>." The Carol E. Mundy African American Cultural and Diasporic Research Center. http://africana.cah.ucf.edu/mundycenter/.
<span>Apopka Historical Society. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55471340" target="_blank"><em>Apopka</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2004.</span>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/74" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
2-page notarized property warranty deed
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
Quit-Claim Deed for Ella Wall (June 1, 1928)
Alternative Title
Quit-Claim Deed for Wall
Subject
Apopka (Fla.)
Deeds--Florida
Description
Quit-claim deed certifying the transfer of land from J. D. Beggs, Leila S. Beggs, Annie E. Beggs, Laura B. Casey, and T. L. Casey to Ella Wall on May 22, 1928. The property transferred was Lot 27 Block J in the Town of Apopka, Florida, for $38.28. The document was notarized by Ruth W. McClure on May 24, 1928. The deed was certified by Bill Robinson, clerk of the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Orange County on June 1, 1928. Wall had previously purchased the north half of the north half of Lot 27 Block J from A. M. and Julia A. Starbird in 1924. <br /><br />Ella Wall (1874-1938) was an entrepreneur and businesswoman of Apopka who served as the inspiration for a character in Zora Neale Hurston's novel <em>Mules and Men</em>. Wall was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1874 and moved to Apopka as a widow. Throughout her lifetime, Wall purchased four parcels, of land. She operated an orange grove and also constructed small wooden buildings that she rented out to migrant workers. Wall was also a friend of Michael Gladden, Jr., the executor of the George W. Oden estates, until her death in 1938.
Type
Text
Source
Original quit-claim deed, June 1, 1928: State of Florida, County of Orange, Apopka, Florida: series I, box 1, folder 132, <a href="https://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/AAL" target="_blank">African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection</a>, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
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Is Part Of
Series I, box 1, folder 132, <a href="http://develop.lib.ucf.edu/SpecialCollections/FindingAids/CarolMundy.xml" target="_blank">African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1720-2010</a>, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/74" target="_blank">Carol E. Mundy Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in <a href="http://ucfarchon.fcla.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=54" target="_blank">African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1720-2010 finding guide</a>.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original quit-claim deed, June 1, 1928: State of Florida, County of Orange, Apopka, Florida: series I, box 1, folder 132, <a href="https://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/AAL" target="_blank">African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection</a>, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Coverage
Apopka, Florida
Publisher
<p>H & W. B. Drew Company</p>
Contributor
Wall, Ella
Beggs, J. D.
Robinson, Bill
McClure, Ruth W.
Beggs, Leila S.
Beggs, Annie E.
Casey, Laura B.
Casey, T. L.
Mundy, Carol E.
Date Created
1928-05-22
Date Accepted
1928-06-01
Format
application/pdf
Extent
708 KB
Medium
2-page notarized property warranty deed
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Collected by Carol E. Mundy between 1990 and 2009.
Purchased by the University of Central Florida Libraries, <a href="http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/" target="_blank">Special Collections and University Archives</a> in 2009.
Rights Holder
All rights are held by the respective holding institution. This material is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce and or for copyright information contact Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, (407) 823-2576. <a href="http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/" target="_blank">http://library.ucf.edu.specialcollections/</a>.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.africanamericanlegacy.com/" target="_blank">African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1720-Present</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/" target="_blank">University of Central Florida, Special Collections and University Archives</a>
External Reference
Apopka Historical Society. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55471340" target="_blank"><em>Apopka</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2004.
Apopka
Beggs, Annie E.
Beggs, J. D.
Beggs, Leila S.
Casey, Laura B.
Casey, T. L.
deed
H & W. B. Drew Company
McClure, Ruth W.
Mundy, Carol E.
quit-claim deed
Robinson, Bill
Wall, Ella