Letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Cary D. Landis, Esq. (December 6, 1921)
Sanford (Fla.)
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Florida
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
<p>An original letter of correspondence between Sydney Octavious Chase and Cary D. Landis, Esq. Topics discussed in the letter include a Ku Klux Klan demonstration in Sanford, rumors that the H. R. Stevens campaign was mobilizing African-American voters, and a satchel found in front of the Chase & Company office the evening of the demonstration.<br /><br />Chase & Company was established in 1884 by brothers Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. Randall Chase joined in the family business soon after his brother, Sydney Chase, Jr., did in 1922. Randall became the president of Chase & Company from 1948-1965.<br /><br />The Ku Klux Klan was first organized by ex-Confederate soldiers in in Tennessee in 1866, but was disbanded by the first Imperial Wizard Nathan Bedford Forest in 1869 in order to avoid government sanctions. The second Klan was reformed in 1915 by William J. Simmons. Although the KKK deteriorated nationally during the Great Depression, it still flourished in Florida until a $685,000 lien was filed against the national Klan in 1944 for back taxes from the 1920s. In 1948, Dr. Samuel Green of Atlanta revived the KKK in Georgia, which spread to Florida and other states. In 1951, the Florida KKK responded violently to the activities of Harry Tyson Moore's Progressive Voters' League and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) during a period dubbed "The Florida Terror." As of the early 2000s, the Florida KKK remained to be on of the more active Klans in the country.</p>
Chase, Sydney Octavius
Original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Cary D. Landis, Esq.: box 173, folder 2.36, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection (MS 14)</a>, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Original newspaper article: "Ku Klux Klan 120 Parades Sanford By Night." December 5, 1921: box 173, folder 2.36, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection (MS 14)</a>, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
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Chase & Company Office, Sanford, Florida
Sanford Grammar School Faculty
Sanford (Fla.)
Elementary schools--United States
Grammar schools
Faculty (Education)
Teachers--Florida
Educators--Florida
Schools
The Sanford Grammar school faculty standing on the front steps of the school building circa 1922. The faculty members photographed include Ruth Gillon (married name: Ruth Swinney), Gladys Adams, Carolyn Spencer, Mildred Babcock, Pearl Babbet, Ruth Kanner, Edna Chilterden, Mrs. Arrington, Claire McMillen, and Laura Christenden.
Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on Sanford Avenue in 1911. The original building on Seventh Street served as Westside Grammar Elementary School, which was later renamed Sanford Grammar School. In 1984, the building was placed on the National Registry of Historic Places and converted into the Student Museum. The building reopened as the University of Central Florida's Public History Center in 2012. In 1927, a high school campus was designed by Elton J. Moughton in the Mediterranean revival style and constructed at 1700 French Avenue. The school reopened on January 10 and was renamed Seminole High School. In 1960, the high school moved to a new campus at 2701 Ridgewood Avenue and the former building on French Avenue was converted to Sanford Junior High School, which was later renamed Sanford Middle School. The old building was demolished in the summer of 1991 and replaced by a $5.77 million school complex. As of 2013, Seminole High School offers various Advanced Placement courses, the Academy for Health Careers, and the International Baccalaureate Programme for students.
Original 7.15 x 9.15 inch black and white photograph: Main Lobby Display, Seminole County Public School Collection, <a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Swinney, Ruth Gillon
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Sanford Grammar School, Sanford, Florida
110-114 South Sanford Avenue
Sanford (Fla.)
African Americans--Florida
Georgetown (Sanford, Fla.)
Restaurants and Cafes--Florida
The lots located at 110-114 South Sanford Avenue in Georgetown, an historic African-American neighborhood in Sanford, Florida. The earliest known resident of this lot was an African-American barber named F. E. Eaverly in 1911. In 1917, both Eaverly and M. H. Johnson, who was also black, were listed at this address. By 1924, the suite was being occupied by Clair & Morris, an African-American clothes cleaning business, as well as by F. E. Eaverly's barbering and watch repair shop. F. A. Lenning's restaurant and J. M. Garrett's barber shop took over this address by 1926. By 1952, Garrett had moved his business to 110 South Sanford Avenue. At the time that this photograph was taken in January 2012, Suite 110 was a vacant lot with no buildings.<br /><br /> Joseph Daniels is the first known resident of Suite 112 from approximately 1911 to 1917. From approximately 1926 to 1947, Simons Veriety Store was located at this address. Wilson-Maier Furniture Company Annex later occupied this suite from approximately 1965 to 1975. At the time that this photograph was taken, Suite 112 was a vacant building. By November 2013, a Goodwill Self Sufficiency Job Center was located at this address. <br /><br /> In 1965, the lot at 114 South Sanford Avenue was listed as vacant. Florida Patient Aids Inc. Hospital Supplies occupied this location as early as 1975. At the time that this photograph was taken, Suite 114 housed Angel's Soulfood & BBQ.
Rock, Adam
Original color digital images by Adam Rock, January 23, 2012.
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
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Georgetown, Sanford, Florida
Clair & Morris, Georgetown, Sanford, Florida
F. E. Eaverly's Barbering and Watch Repair Shop, Georgetown, Sanford, Florida
F. A. Lenning's Restaurant, Georgetown, Sanford, Florida
J. M. Garrett's Barber Shop, Georgetown, Sanford, Florida
Simons Veriety Store, Georgetown, Sanford, Florida
Wilson-Maier Furniture Company Annex, Georgetown, Sanford, Florida
Goodwill Self Sufficiency Job Center, Georgetown, Sanford, Florida
Florida Patient Aids Inc. Hospital Supplies, Georgetown, Sanford, Florida
Angel's Soulfood & BBQ, Georgetown, Sanford, Florida
Oral History of Ida Boston
Oral history--United States
Oviedo (Fla.)
Education--Florida
Schools
Churches--Florida
Baptists--Florida
Segregation--Florida
Cemeteries--Florida
Graveyards
Civil rights--Florida
An oral history of Ida Boston, conducted by Porsha Dossie on April 18, 2015. Boston is a resident of Oviedo, Florida, and a retired school bus driver for the Seminole County Public Schools. In 1956, she married her husband, Russell Boston, who is the grandson of Prince Butler Boston, a leading figure in Oviedo's black community. In this oral history, Boston discusses the legacy of Prince Butler Boston, establishing a colored cemetery, funding colored schools in the Oviedo area, and the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. Boston also discusses black life in Oviedo, including membership in the Oviedo Citizens in Action Committee (OCIAC), which desegregated public places in Oviedo and fought for integration of Oviedo's schools.
Boston, Ida
Dossie, Porsha
Boston, Ida. Interviewed by Porsha Dossie, April 18, 2015. Audio/video record available. Oviedo History Harvest, <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
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Oviedo Colored School, Oviedo, Florida
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Oviedo, Florida
Home of the Boston Family, Oviedo, Florida
Home of Prince Butler Boston, Oviedo, Florida
Boston Hill Cemetery, Oviedo, Florida
WUCF Artisodes: Music at Large
Orlando (Fla.)
Concerts
Music--United States
Music--Juvenile--United States
Folk music--Florida
Youth orchestras
Alliance for Arts Education (U.S.)
Barbershops
Concert halls
In this edition of WUCF Artisodes, a Central Florida couple open their home for a concert, bringing together folk musicians and fans, an upstate New York barbershop doubles as a hair salon by day and a music lounge by night, Student Artist of the Week, Jaden Christopher-Muench, is highlighted, the Tampa Metropolitan Youth Orchestra inspire future musicians, and the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance pairs two of the city's arts organization in a unique working relationship. WUCF-TV is a Public Broadcasting Service television station serving the Central Florida television market. The station, operated by the University of Central Florida, is the region's sole PBS member station, reaching an estimated population of 4.6 million people in its aerial viewing area. Arts and culture take center stage in WUCF-TV's weekly local series: "WUCF Artisodes." Each episode airs Thursday at 8 p.m., featuring a local artist or initiative, as well as stories on the arts from across the country. Developed in partnership with 28 PBS stations nationwide, this series is part of WUCF-TV's mission to give everyone a front-row seat to the arts - whether it's in their backyard or on a Broadway stage. This episode originally aired as "WUCF Artisodes: Music at Large" on February 11, 2016.
<a href="http://www.wucftv.org/home/" target="_blank">WUCF-TV</a>
Original 24-minute and 42-second audio/video recording of Music at Large, <a href="http://www.wucftv.org/home/" target="_blank">WUCF-TV</a>, Orlando, Florida, February 11, 2016: WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida.
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Pittman, Amber
Rivera, Angela
Dotson, Bill
Hirten, Brian
Kelly, Brian
Pittman, Buddy
Hiles, Catherine
Brand, Connie
McGinty, David
Dayton Ballet
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance
Kendrick, Demetria
Duemmel, Emily
Strauss, Eric
Rodriguez, Frank
Heston, Grant J.
Christopher-Muench, Jaden
Hucome, Jamie
Wilson, Jason
Cook, Jennifer
Wolf, Jennifer
Calandra, Jessica
Brady, John
Kurokawa, John
Papp, John
Hamel, Joshua
Burke, Karen Russo
Salkowski, Keith
Boyd, Kenneth
Benjamin, Kristin
Warner, Kurt
Mahoney Fuchs, Kyle
Hetrick, Marcia
Lundstrom, Mark
Bischof, Melanie
Matier, Megan
Bounagura, Michael John
Herring, Mike
Jurgensen, Mike
Meza, Nancy
Kelly, Paul
Deblasio, Rayne
Nordstrom, Richard
Wonderling, Richard
Echeverria, Rita
Brand, Roy
Retherford, Ryan
Nagys, Sigy
Tampa Metropolitan Youth Orchestra
Gentry, Tiffany
Murray, T.L.
Grocki, Tony
Macaluso, Tony
Wiedrich, William
<a href="http://www.wucftv.org/home/" target="_blank">WUCF-TV</a>
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Dayton Performing Arts Alliance, Dayton, Ohio
Michael John Hairstyling Barber Lounge, Albany, New York
Nashville, Tennessee
Orlando, Florida
Tampa Metropolitan Youth Orchestra, Tampa, Florida
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
University of South Florida Concert Hall, Tampa, Florida
Villa ConRoy, Orlando, Florida
West Orange High School, Winter Garden, Florida
WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida