Oral History of Shirley Muse
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
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.
Glasshoff, Jesse
Muse, Shirley
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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Student Museum and Center for the Social Studies,Sanford, Florida
UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida
Quit-Claim Deed for Ella Wall (June 1, 1928)
Apopka (Fla.)
Deeds--Florida
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.
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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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.
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Apopka, Florida
Warranty Deed for State Bank of Apopka (May 20, 1921)
Apopka (Fla.)
Deeds--Florida
Banks and banking--Florida
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.
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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Gladden, Michael, Jr.
Gladden, Elizabeth
Talton, W. G.
Robinson, Bill
Wittierby, Frank S.
Mundy, Carol E.
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Apopka, Florida