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Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Alternative Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Subject
Oviedo (Fla).
Description
The Oviedo Historical Society Collection encompasses historical artifacts donated for digitization at the Oviedo Historical Society's History Harvest in the Spring semester of 2015.
The Oviedo Historical Society was organized in November 1973 by a group of citizens. The society is a 501(3) non-profit organization. Its purpose is to help preserve the community identity of Oviedo by collecting and disseminating knowledge about local history, serve as a repository for documents and artifacts relating to Oviedo history, promote the preservation and marking of historic sites and buildings in the Oviedo area and foster interest in local, state, national, and world history.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>." Oviedo Historical Society, Inc. http://oviedohs.com/.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
Schneider, Sarah
Interviewee
Aulin, Julia Nadine Davis
Location
<a href="http://www.ocls.info/locations/Alafaya/alafaya.asp?from=vurl_alafaya" target="_blank">Alafaya Branch Library</a> in Orlando, Florida
Original Format
1 audio/video recording
Duration
50 minutes and 6 seconds
Bit Rate/Frequency
941kbps
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Title
Oral History of Julia Nadine Davis Aulin
Alternative Title
Oral History, Aulin
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Description
An oral history interview of Nadine Davis Aulin, conducted by Sarah Schneider at the Alafaya Branch Library of the Orange County Library System in Orlando, Florida, on March 13, 2015. Born in 1945, Aulin grew up in Orlando and migrated to Oviedo as an adult. Aulin married Andrew Aulin, the grandson of a founding member of Oviedo, the eldest Andrew Aulin, Sr. (1843-1918). Interview topics include growing up in Orlando, migrating to Oviedo, how Oviedo has changed over time, the history of the Aulin family, and the founding of Oviedo.
Table Of Contents
<br />0:00:00 Introduction <br />0:01:38 Oviedo in the 1960s <br />0:07:44 How Oviedo has changed over time <br />0:12:06 Mary Alice Powell Aulin <br />0:18:24 Oviedo’s Centennial <br />0:19:37 Andrew Aulin, Sr. <br />0:28:45 The Lees and the Lawtons <br />0:33:18 Alice Aulin, Andrew Aulin, Jr., and Oviedo during World War II <br />0:39:25 Colloquial expressions and historical artifacts <br />0:46:10 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Nadine Davis Aulin. Interview conducted by Sarah Schneider at the <a href="http://www.ocls.info/locations/Alafaya/alafaya.asp?from=vurl_alafaya" target="_blank">Alafaya Branch Library</a> in Orlando, Florida, on March 13, 2015.
Type
Moving Image
Source
Aulin, Julia Nadine Davis. Interviewed by Sarah Schneider, March 13, 2015. Audio/video record available. Oviedo History Harvest, <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
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Is Part Of
<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.
Has Format
30-page digital transcript of original 50-minute and 6-second oral history: Aulin, Julia Nadine Davis. Interviewed by Sarah Schneider, March 13, 2015. Audio/video record available. Oviedo History Harvest, <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Creator
Aulin, Julia Nadine Davis
Schneider, Sarah
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Date Created
2015-03-12
Date Modified
2016-01-14
Date Copyrighted
2015-03-12
Format
video/mp4
application/pdf
Extent
232 MB
Medium
50-minute and 6-second audio/video recording
30-page digital transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Julia Nadine Davis Aulin and Sarah Schneider, and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69149825" target="_blank">Andrew Aulin</a>." Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69149825.
"<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1993-01-13/news/9301130107_1_oviedo-sanford-grandchildren" target="_blank">MARY ALICE AULIN, 83, Myrtle Avenue, Oviedo, died Tuesday...</a>" <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, January 13, 1993. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1993-01-13/news/9301130107_1_oviedo-sanford-grandchildren.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
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Transcript
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Alright, so we’re here with, um, Ms. Nadine [Davis] Aulin, conducting an oral history interview. Um, the interview is conducted by myself, Sarah Schneider, at the Alafaya [Library] Branch of the Orange County Library System, um, in Orlando, Florida. It’s Friday, March 13<sup>th</sup>, twe—2015, and, um, the interview will cover topics about Oviedo’s history and the Aulin family’s history, and, um, this is being done for the UCF [University of Central Florida] Public History introduction class, um, for their project on Oviedo’s history. So welcome. Thank you for talking with us today.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Well, I’m glad to be here.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Um, and so could you start off just introducing yourself, um, to the camera. So tell yourself a little—tell us a little bit about yourself, um, where you grew up, and how long you’ve been in Oviedo.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Okay, I, um, was born and raised in Orlando. Um, remember Orlando from when it was, uh, 75,000 until now. uh, I married my husband<a title="">[1]</a> in 1965, and prior to that, I had been to Oviedo many times. my grandparents lived in Chuluota, uh, but I wasn’t, you know, didn’t really know people from Oviedo, but, uh, my husband, uh, went to Vietnam in 1965 through ’66, and during that time, uh, I lived with his aunt, who was, uh, Nettie [Dorcas] Jacobs Aulin. She was married to, uh, Theodore Aulin, who everybody called “The Judge,”, because he was Justice of the Peace.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Ah.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, uh, in addition to that, my mother-in-law,<a title="">[2]</a> at that time, was living and she lived in Oviedo, and we had a close relationship.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh, great, um, and so what was life like in or—in Oviedo when you moved here—in the area?</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Well, it was sorta cool. Um, the big events happened through the [First] Methodist Church [of Oviedo] or the [First] Baptist Church [of Oviedo]. uh, anything that was going on it was either through that or the—or the [Seminole County Public] Schools. Um, people—it was a big deal to go into Orlando out to eat. You know, you didn’t just do that willy-nilly. You, eh—it was an occasion.</p>
<p>Um, what I loved about that time is, uh, Oviedo had one police officer, and that was, um, George Kelsey, and his family had been here I think as long as the Aulins, uh, and he, uh, took care of the town. He, uh, would sleep, I think, in the early morning and then be around 18 hours a day doing his job, and he did it well. I don’t think we had too much crime. Uh, one of the things is, uh—Aunt Nettie—when I was living with her, we had an armadillo that bothered us, and she called Mr. Kelly[sic]—Mr. Kelsey to, uh, come get rid of that armadillo, and he says, “Well, Aunt Nettie, I’ll—I’ll be there as soon as I can. I just got in bed,” and she said, “Well, he’s out in our yard now, you need to come by now.” [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>So he did. He came, and, uh, he says, “Okay. Well, I’m here. Where’s the armadillo?” And we—of course, the armadillo was gone by the time he got there, and she says, “Well, just hang around. you can shoot it,” and he says, “I don’t think I’m gonna be shooting armadillos, Aunt Nettie,” and—because, you know, everybody called everybody “Aunt” or “Ms.” or—you know, it wasn’t just first names, and she was, uh—one of his best friend’s son, er—her son was one of his best friends, and so, of course, he wanted to accommodate her, but he didn’t [<em>laughs</em>]—he wanted to be shooting armadillos in Downtown Oviedo. We lived right across from the Baptist church.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>So that wouldn’t have gone over very well, but that’s just sorta how Oviedo was back in those days—is that everybody knew everybody, and, uh, like the mayor of the time was, uh—oh, gosh, what was his name?<a title="">[3]</a> He was so nice. Um, it’ll come to me, but anyway, he used to go to the post office every morning and bring me my mail. You know, you’re not supposed to let somebody have somebody else’s mail, but he would bring me my mail, because my husband, being in Vietnam, he would write to me every day, and so this mayor would, uh—gosh, why can’t I think of his name? Um, he would bring me my mail, and, uh, it was just sorta, you know—sorta like, uh, small town, uh, neighborly kinda things that went on, back in those days.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Great, great, and did you mention, um—what year did you come to Oviedo?</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>I was, uh…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>I’m not…</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>We got married in ‘65, and he soon left to go to Vietnam right after that. So, yeah, ’65.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And I was working at the Townhouse Restaurant, and it was like a year old</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>When I started to work there.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Wow, uh, huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And so it’s been an institution…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>For many years now.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Yeah, Um, and what kinds of people—what kinds of jobs did people have in town around that time?</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Well, most everybody worked at either the packin’ house or in the groves, and you know, of course, there was the insurance companies, and there was real estate, uh, people back, at that time. Oviedo was beginning to build up, because the [Florida Technological] University<a title="">[4]</a> was in the works…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And people were moving out this way and buying houses, and, um—but farming and, um, the citrus was[sic] the main jobs, uh, I think, uh, at the time. At some point in time, I went to work for Citizens Bank [of Oviedo],<a title="">[5]</a> and at that time, it was like the, uh, only—the—the next largest business that wasn’t, uh, uh, the packin’ house…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>You know, and, uh, I think it was the only building, at that time, that had an elevator, and it may still be.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>I don’t know. I can’t—I don’t know if there’s any buildings in the actual town that has an elevator, besides that. Maybe they do. I don’t know, but that was sort of a big deal that they had an elevator...</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>To [inaudible], uh, but yeah. There was one—I—I I’m trying to think if there was any other major jobs. Uh, there was your, uh—you know, you had school teachers and that kind of thing, but mostly it was farming.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Something to do with farming.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh, and you mentioned people going to Orlando. that was a special treat. What other kinds of things did people do for fun in town?</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Oh, back then they, uh—ball games. They were really into, um, the different ball games, so like baseball, football. The Oviedo, um—had just—the [Oviedo] High School had just started over, at, uh, Career Field, and, uh, they had their first football game—a team for the school’s in 1964—maybe ‘63—but it was a very good team. By 1965, they had, uh, uh—were winning a lot of games, and people really supported them, and, eh, little league and—and all that. people were really into that. I remember [<em>laughs</em>] when we came home from, uh, our honeymoon, the—after we took our luggage to his mother’s house—we went to, uh, a baseball game.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>You know, who does that?</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] But, eh, you know, it was the community thing, I think, uh, maybe because the community was so small, but people were active. If, um, you—even if you didn’t have children playin’ ball, you still wanted to go to support them and be there, and, uh, it was just, like I said, small town U.S.A.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh, great. Um, and so what is Oviedo-life like today? What…</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Well [<em>laughs</em>]...</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>I—I think that, um—I, uh, think that it’s still very neighborly, but more secular. Uh…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>I think there’s, uh—you know, people who live out on this side of town sort of do their kind of thing with their kids and their schools, and on the other side of town, the same thing, you know? I think that, uh, it—I—I think Oviedo still sort of has a reputation of being friendly and has that small town atmosphere kind of thing. Um, I don’t know if you’ve looked on the website. There’s an Oviedo community web—website, and people…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Go in with their gripes and—or their happy things, or…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>You know, whatever. So it’s still, uh—technology’s sorta caught up with us, and...</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>But I don’t think in a negative way. I think that’s sort of a good thing.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>So…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Great, um, and has—is there anything else that has changed in Oviedo since you’ve lived here that you—that you’ve noticed?</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Oh, I’m sure they’re lots of changes that I, you know—of course, they’re building new buildings and tearing down old buildings. Um, citrus has not gained or even [inaudible].</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] and citrus is leaving us, and so is, uh, when—when we were first—when I first came here to Oviedo, um, out in Black Hammock, there was celery growing and cabbage and onions, and there was always something growing out there, and Now, there’s really nothing. There’s palm trees, but with the building industry not being too hot, they’re just growing and growing. They’re not being sold, uh, and I don’t even see much sod being sold. Um, uh, we, uh—all that has changed. It’s just not agriculture any more, and, uh, you know, then, uh, it’s modern times. I think people are, um, you know, since we’ve started here, there’s been integration, and so, that’s a big difference in Oviedo. um, people working together of different races and things like that, and I think it’s going pretty well.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Um, so…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Okay, great. Um, so do you have any other stories—memorable stories about your time living in Oviedo, um, while you’ve been living there?</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Well [<em>laughs</em>]…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>There’s been like the—I think it was, uh, one of the packing houses out on, uh, [Florida State Road] 46 caught on fire. This was in the early maybe 70s—maybe late 60s…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, uh, that was a huge deal. I mean, everybody, uh, was going out to see that fire….</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Uh, but, uh—and of course, there’s been, u, funny things that’s happened, and I—right now, I can’t think of any[<em>laughs</em>], but, uh—you know, personal things—but, uh, eh, Just the change and the times, and the university, like I said, started it all. Uh, people started moving out here and then, because there was now new bedroom communities. Uh, then other businesses, that catered to that, have moved out here. I mean, we’ve got so many food, you know, restaurants and places to get food, and, uh, we don’t—and, you know, we’ve got a [Oviedo] Mall. Who would’ve ever though Oviedo would have a mall, and all these different places? Uh, It’s, uh, a very—like if—if you think back—1965 and today—it’s like two different worlds…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Until you get down to the nitty gritty of it and start talking to people that actually live here. They still—still, I think, sorta have the same mindset.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Maybe I’m wrong, but that’s what I think.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Huh. Um, alright. So what family stories have you heard, uh, about Oviedo’s early history? So before you lived here.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Well, my, um, mother-in-law, who I, uh, learned so much from, she, uh, came here when she was I think 17—maybe 18 years old—from Lake Monroe, Florida, which is right outside of, uh, Sanford. Uh, she came out here because there was a lady that was running the hotel in Oviedo, that was right where the main red light is, um, in Oviedo. It was sort of east, uh, or south of that, and, uh, since then, of course, it’s burned down, and—but, uh, she came out to actually take care of the lady’s children while the lady ran the hotel. The [?] t turned into—she became like the telephone operator there, and, uh, I think she is noted as the first telephone operator in, uh, Oviedo, because, you know, that was a big deal back then too, and she, uh—that’s where she met her husband.<a title="">[6]</a> Uh, he worked across the way at the packing house with his, you know—his—the people who owned the packing house were relatives of his. Not that—I—I don’t think it was nepotism that he had a job there. It’s just there were not many other places to work, but, um, she met him there, and she learned how to pack fruit just by sittin’ around. I guess that was their courting days, you know?</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>“Here, let me show you how [<em>laughs</em>] to pack fruit.”</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>But, uh—and she used to tell me, um, or she told me once that, uh, she—when they courted, uh, her husband’s, uh, cousin, would loan him his car, and it was a roadster, and I never quite got the concept of what a roadster is, but I do know that, uh, one of the cars that they rode around in had the rumble seat in the back</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Ah.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And when they would double date, she and her husband always had to be in the rumble seat, but when it was just the two of them, they would—a big date would be him taking her to Lake Monroe to visit her parents [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>So—but anyway, they, uh—they—she used to tell me stories about how they dressed, and, you know, her husband, um, was sort of dashing. I think he wore this straw, Panama hat or somethin’, and, uh, she was a great seamstress, so she made all her clothes, and she was seamstress for Oviedo. She, uh, made so many wedding dresses for people, and, uh, I think she sewed for about—oh, gosh. I want to say about 40 years…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And she was really great. Uh, she would make you clothes that—as a matter of fact, there was one person in Oviedo that used to take her to, uh, Winter Park, and they would sketch out the dresses in the windows…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And then she would come back and make them for this person, and, you know, for hardly any money at all, and in Winter Park, it would cost like, 20 times whatever she charged…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Because they were very nice dresses, but, uh—and she did that up until she was in her ‘60s.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, uh, everybody loved to have her make them a dress, and she always was—loved to do it, because it was like her calling. It was her art. It was her thing, and, uh, she really enjoyed that very, very much, and, uh, of course, it was the different people that would come there. She had these, um—what do they call them? Dress models?</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh…</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Uh, and she had one that was—one lady that was sort of heavy, and that’s what she called it—by this lady’s name, and, um, I’m not saying their names, ‘cause their families all—still are here.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And then there’s another one that the lady was quite tall, and she called it that, and then finally she got this little short, fat, one and she called it Nadine [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And she used to make me my clothes, even when we were stationed in Germany or wherever. She’d send me, uh, my clothes, and they would be perfect every time. So, um, she was very, very talented at that, and I, uh, think that, uh—like I said, I think that it was her art, and she enjoyed doing it, and I think a lot of people, uh, of that era enjoyed working. I don’t think you see that so much anymore.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And I think people, uh, of my father’s age and, uh, Andy’s parents, they just sorta took their job very, very seriously, and it was their thing. It was, you know—they had pride in what they were doing. It wasn’t just—and of course, they had to earn money, and they didn’t earn that much for whatever they were doing, but still it was their—their art. It was their art.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>So there’s, um—some of the funny stories would be, uh, Andy’s uncle, eh, Theodore, who they all called Fifi, um, he didn’t [<em>laughs</em>] believe in change. So like, if they put in a traffic light or a stop sign where they never had had one before, he never paid—after he got old, he never paid any attention for—to it.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, uh, he was just—and George, the policeman, would just say, “Well, that’s Uncle Fifi. We just have to watch out for him.” [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And there was other people like that. there were what you call “characters” around the town, and—and that’s what people did—is they just sorta said, uh, “Well, that’s who they are,” and, you know, you just have to watch out for them, and I think that’s where the lovely—lovely thing about Oviedo and small towns everywhere, I’m sure.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And so, uh, don’t know what else…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Yeah, that’s great, um, and you mentioned the—being a telephone or switchboard operator. Um, so what were the name—what was her name? [inaudible]…</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Her name was Alice.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Alice?</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Mary Alice Aulin.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Um, yeah. Uh, she did that, and, uh, as a matter of fact, when they did the centennial here, I, uh—they recognized her for that, and, um, it was very nice, um, and that was a nice thing too. I don’t know if you, uh—I’m sure you got information about that, but that centennial thing was really a nice thing that Oviedo did. Uh, brought everybody together, and then people that were new got to know more about what was going on. uh…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>There was, like, memorial celery vase.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Have you heard that or seen that? Uh…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>I haven’t seen it. no.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Well, uh, most of us have one that were around at that time, uh…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And that’s when, um, Mr. Neely’s book<a title="">[7]</a> came out.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Uh, or Miss [Donna] Neely’s. I guess it was Ms. Neely’s. Uh, Dr., uh—what was his name?<a title="">[8]</a> Doesn’t matter.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>That’s okay. Uh, [inaudible] another one of those things that will come to you, but, um, that all sorta gelled at the same time for the centennial, and It was a big celebration, and, um, it was very, very, very nice.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm, nice. Yeah, um, and have you heard any family stories about Andrew Aulin?</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Oh, yes, he…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>That you’d like to share.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Was, uh—now, the first Andrew Aulin? You know, there’s…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>The first Andrew Aulin, and then there was my husband’s father, Andrew Aulin, and my husband, Andrew Aulin, and none of them have middle names, and, uh, [<em>laughs</em>]…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>So it’s just…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Confusing.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Uh, but anyway, the first one, uh—it’s was my understanding that he traveled a lot before he settled down and came to Florida, but, um, one of the places that he traveled to or was in was, um, Oviedo, Spain. There was a big University [of Oviedo] there, and evidently, he was a scholar, and he had gone to, uh, [Uppsala] University in Uppsala, Sweden. he was Swedish, and, um—so when he came to Oviedo and they decided they were gonna make a town, and as a postmaster, they had him choose the name, he chose Oviedo, because this area reminded him of that town—city—I guess it was—and, uh—so therefore, he named it Oviedo, because—and—and also it had the Spanish name and Florida has a Spanish name—is a Spanish name. So he all thought it all sorta fit.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, um, it’s also my understanding—and this is sorta—I’ve heard people sorta joke about it—that he really cared more about reading and his books and doing scholarly things that, uh, he didn’t really care much about his business. He—he had a business, and I heard someone say—I think it was Mr. W. A. Ward’s father, uh, Bill Ward—said, um, that he would like—and maybe it wasn’t Mr. Ward—but anyway it doesn’t matter—it was somebody from that era—said that, uh, you would go into the mercantile store and say, you know, you wanted—I don’t know, um—seven yards of material or whatever, and he’d say, “Well, it’s back over that way,” and he’d go right back to his book [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, uh—so whether people paid him or not he wasn’t real [<em>laughs</em>]…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>But I’m sure they all did pay, because it was a different era, again, at that time, but, uh, they said that they[?]—they would often see him sittin’ outside his—his store—just sittin’ there reading a book…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, uh, he—it’s also my understanding that he, uh, taught, was one of the first like little school situations here. Not that it was really a school. I don’t know about that. I just know that he taught people whatever he taught them, I don’t know if it was Greek or, uh, some, uh—something more than just grade school kind of things. I’m not sure about that. I just know that, uh—that was, uh,—has been told to me several times—was that he, um—and it may be even—there’s a letter written by, uh, Steen Nelson, uh, who…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Nelson and Company.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, uh, in that letter, there’s a descript—description of, uh, Andrew Aulin, and, uh, I think in there, he mentions him being a scholar, and, um, his store, and naming the town, and—and those kind of things, and I have—I just thought of it. I think I have a copy of that letter that I’ll try to provide for you, if I can find it. Uh…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Yeah, that’d be great.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Uh, then there’s[sic] other people in town that have a copy of it too, so I’m sure that we can locate it, and that’s sorta interesting too. I don’t know much about Steen Nelson, other than Nelson and Company was originally his business.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, uh, I don’t know if he became a partner with Mr. [Benjamin Franklin] Wheeler[, Sr.], or if the Wheelers just bought it out, or what.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>I don’t know that, but, uh, yeah. that’s, uh, how it all started with him.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh, and do, you know, anything about, um, Andrew Aulin’s role as sort of an entrepreneur or stockholder—I think was the word. That I think he was involved in some entrepreneurial ventures with those people. I don’t know if you’ve heard anything about that.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Uh, he probably was…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>I mean, because he was very much involved in the very beginning of Oviedo, and if you look at the land, uh, plats from that time, his name’s everywhere.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>So I, um—that part though I don’t really know, but I…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Do know that once upon a time, he owned a lot of land in Oviedo, and then I think, by the time he passed, there—he had sold it or, uh—I know that my mother-in-law used to talk about, uh, there were boom times and not-boom times, and, uh, in the boom times, everybody had money and had high hopes, and then it would all crash, and—but that’s all throughout history. You know, they…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>That—early 1900s, and on, and in 1929, and then on and on, and so…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>People would have stuff and then they’d have nothing.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And—but, fortunately, back in those times, if you were a farmer, you could always grow your crop, but—as long as you didn’t have a dust bowl, like they did out West, and that kind of thing, but—yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Okay, um, and have you heard about anything in terms of Andrew Aulin, uh, growing citrus? Have you heard any…</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Stuff about that? Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>He did. He grew, um,—he had orange groves, um, and I—he had, uh, different properties around. I know that on the, uh, south side of town, uh, he had properties, and then down—what we now call Downtown Oviedo, uh—I think he had properties down there that he grew not oranges on. I think it was, um, other kinds of crops. Uh, I’m thinking strawberries and celery. I don’t think celery was the big thing particularly, at that time. I think celery came along a little later, but, uh, yeah, uh, he did, and I—I that part—I’m sorry to tell ya—I haven’t ever delved into it, but I have always liked to hear the character stories, ya know?</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Yeah, um, and have you heard anything about him as a postmaster, beyond what you were saying? Have you heard any stories about that, or…</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Nothing other than him naming the town.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, uh, I don’t know how it came about that he was the first postmaster. Uh, I do know that, uh, prior to that, everybody got their mail from, um, White’s Wharf, but, uh, then I guess they decided they needed a post office in Oviedo.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh, great, and, uh, you mentioned earlier, uh, the Swedish background of the family. Um, do you know anything more about that?</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Uh, no, other than they’re from a place, um—it’s a big— it’s a big town in, uh, Ov—I mean Spain, uh—Sweden. Um, it’s right on the—the ocean. I, uh, don’t[?]—I have all this stuff at my house, because, um, I have sort of like a history, but I can’t think of it now. Uh, it’s called “getting old.”</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Did you say before Uppsala? [inaudible]…</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Well, Uppsala was where he went to university.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh, okay. That was the university. [inaudible]…</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Yes, he went to school there, and, um, I can’t think of the name of the town where he was born, but that’s as far back as, uh, we’ve been able to go in his genealogy is to that town. Um, it starts with an M. I can’t think of it, but anyway, uh, he—I think it was a relatively young age when he left Sweden. I mean, um, not as a child, but [inaudible] probably in his early, early 20s, and then he traveled, and I think he even lived for a time in, uh, Ohio, and then, um—but it wasn’t until he came to Oviedo that he met his wife,<a title="">[9]</a> who was a Lawton, and, uh, her, uh, family was one of the main fam—founding families of, uh, Oviedo.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Uh, the Lawtons, uh, and Wheelers, and, uh, Aulins—they were sorta—and they sorta—and the Lees—the Lees also is another…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Name. Speaking of Lee, my mother-in-law, when she was a child, went with, uh, her uncle and her father on a, uh, river trip to Rockledge to get some—her uncle was the grocer. So they went on a skiff. She’s always called it that. I don’t know a skiff—from Lake Monroe to, uh, Rockledge, er, you know, by the coast, and, uh, I didn’t even know that the waterway would—would go that far, uh, on the St. Johns [River], but, um, back then, it did for sure, and she talked about how they camped on the way, and—but another person in their party was a gentleman named Thee Lee. I’m thinking his name was Theodore Lee. Uh, uh, I don’t know, but anyway, uh, we called him Thee Lee, and, um, he was a young man and he was—I guess knew her father or the uncle or somethin’. Anyway, he went on this trip with them and he would kill duck or whatever for their supper, and then she would always laugh and she says, “And then, 10 years or so later, I met him, because I was gonna marry his cousin.” So he was…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Andrew’s cousin.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, um—so I—I just thought that was so neat. She was just she had to be under 11 years old, because her father, uh, got killed on the railroad when she was, uh, 11. So she had to be pretty little kid when she went on that trip, but she remembered so much about them killing the geese and roasting them on the fire at night.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And isn’t that an adventure for an 11-year-old? I mean golly.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Yeah, wow.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Uh, sounds so cool [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh, awesome. Yeah, and what else have you heard about the Lawtons, and, uh, Lona Lawton, and everybody?</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Well, um, I just know that, uh, there was a Mr. Lawton, uh, here in Oviedo that, uh, when he—he found out that I was married to—and I worked in a bank—when he found out that I, uh, was married to an Aulin, uh, his wife would send me cookies every once in a while.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Aw.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And also Andy’s cousin’s wife lived there, uh—worked there, and so they were all—they were very kind to us, uh, just because of the relationship, I guess, and, um, I just thought that that was so cool that he would, uh—that she would do that, and now, I can’t remember which Lawton they were, because, uh, at that time, there was[sic] several older Lawtons living in Oviedo.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, uh—but that was so cool that he—that she would send us those cookies just because we were [<em>laughs</em>]…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Aulins. It was just this family ties, I guess, but, um, the—I’m trying to think of some of the—there was, um, a lot of Lawtons. Uh, I think there was like—it was of two different mothers, but there was like a bunch of ‘em. I—I’m wantin’ to say eight, or maybe even more than eight…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Children, and, um, so they, um, settled here in Oviedo, and then, uh, I’ve since learned that there’s some Lawtons of that same group that live up in, uh, Northwest Florida.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, uh, I’ve been in contact with their, um, great-grandchildren, um, but, uh, they—they were big farmers, and, um—then also, I think they, uh, were teachers, and, uh, I know that, um, another one of my husband’s aunts was a teacher, and she, uh, married a gentleman and they lived out—and went out to live out in Texas, and that’s where the original Andrew Aulin died. He was in Texas. that’s where he’s buried—is in Texas, because he was living out there with his daughter, and, um—but yeah, they—I think they sort of have a—a legacy of teaching and farming.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm, yeah. Um, have you heard anything about, uh, Lona Lawton as—and her role as a switchboard operator after the [World] War [I]?</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Lona Lawton?</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Or Alice Aulin?</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Um, I believe it was Lona Lawton that they mentioned in the book.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Nah, I…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Maybe.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>What war?</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Um, I said after World War—World War I?</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Uh, that would have had to have been Andy’s mother,</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Alice.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Mary Alice Aulin.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[inaudible].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Because Lona Lawton…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Was, um, Andrew’s mother.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And she died before, um, Andy’s mother met him.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>So I—she met him, um, around 1920.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Something like that.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Um, maybe twe—even ’22—something like that, ‘cause she was, uh—well, she was born in 1904, and, um, so she was only like 18 in ’22, so yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>So Lona had—had died…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Ah.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Before then.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Uh, and she, uh—I think way before then. I think in the early 1900s.<a title="">[10]</a> Uh, Andy’s father was the youngest child, and he was born in like 18-something.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Like, uh, 1893, I’m thinking—somewhere in that area.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>So, yeah, she had been dead a long time.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Hm, mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Um, so it wasn’t her. It was Andy’s mother, and I don’t remember, um, I mean it was after World War I that she, uh, did that because, uh, she was like 18 when she started.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And then, at one point, uh, she got married and—but then, at a later time, they came and put the switchboard in her house.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Ah.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>They lived on Graham [Avenue].</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And then she ran it from there, and then, um, another time, when she lived on Myrtle Street, they’ve[sic] moved it there, and she—but she had the—it, like, blew up in her ear, or…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>I don’t know what you’d call it. Uh, it had a short somehow and it made her, uh, almost deaf in one ear from doing that, and that was—I think that was like in the ‘30s…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>When that happened.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>And have you heard anything about Andrew Aulin’s experience in World War I, uh, so [inaudible].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Yes, I know that he was, um, uh—now, this is Andrew Aulin, Jr.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh, okay, sorry.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Uh, Andy’s father—my husband’s father.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>He was, uh, in, um, France during World War I, and he was, um, gassed. He got injured, uh, or, you know, not wounded, but, uh, harmed or disabled, uh, somewhat, by having, uh, gas, because, you know, that was the war when they did the—did that. he was in the trenches, and one of the funny or odd things, I think, is, um, they don’t eat—eat potatoes very much in the Aulin family, uh, or that part of the Aulin family, because all he got to eat when he was, uh, overseas was potatoes, and he said he hoped he never saw another potato, so…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] Andy’s mother cooked rice every day, and, uh, when I got married, I cooked rice every day for many, many years, and then I finally taught my husband that, you know, life will go on without rice, so [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] [inaudible].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>But, uh, rice was the big thing. They ate rice instead of potatoes, and another thing, because of his, uh, eating habits, or lack of, when he was over there, uh, he wouldn’t eat gravy that was white—you know, made with milk.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Because that was just—that’s all they got over there—was white gravy. Er, he thought it had no taste. So Mrs. Aulin—even if the gravy didn’t come out dark enough, she would put like instant coffee in it or somethin’ to make it dark.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] And that’s a good trick.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>It makes it taste better, if you just put a li’l coffee in it.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Huh [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>That’s one of the tricks I’ve learned from her, uh, but yeah. I don’t know of any, uh—I just know that he went over there, uh, and got more or less wounded, and, uh, that whole family, I think, is, uh, been in World War—his—my husband’s oldest—older brother<a title="">[11]</a> was in World War II and in the Korean War. My husband was in, uh, [the] Vietnam [War], and, um, so they’ve all, you know, served their country.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[inaudible].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And I, uh, think that’s sorta something that most of the people in Oviedo did. I mean, there was a lot of people in Oviedo that, uh, served in World War II, and, uh, even some of the people that weren’t in the military, they served by, uh, manning the—they had a tower that they watched for…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Airplanes and what have you, like a civil defense kind of thing…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, uh, I know that Andy’s sisters did some of that and the, uh, other girls in town, uh, volunteered to do that, and there was—the tower was downtown, uh, by the red light too…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>h huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>From what I understand. I think that’s where it was. Have to ask somebody who was here then, but I think that’s where it was from the stories...</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>They tell.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm, um, and you mentioned some of the founding families of Oviedo. What—is there anything else—any other stories you know about them, or, um—besides [inaudible]…</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Well, I do know that, uh, it—I think this is sort of funny. Uh, When I came and I was living with Andy’s aunt and she would mention someone or I would mention someone, and she would say something like, “Oh, they’re one of the new people.”</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] And I would say, “Oh, when did—when did they come to Oviedo?” And she says, “Oh, I think they came in like the 20s.”</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] And—she—her family was the Jacobs, and they—her father settled on—at—at Lake Pickett…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Way back in the 1800s. Uh, his brother settled on Lake Mills.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And then his sister was married to, uh, a Kilby, I think, and they settled in, um, Geneva on Lake Harney.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>So it—out of the same family, they all settled on lakes, and then Aunt Nettie married, uh, an Aulin, and so she was like from first—a first family of two different places, and, uh, she used to say—and not only she—when I would first come to Oviedo and I’d be like at my grandmother’s, somebody would say, uh, “Oh, we’d better get back to Oviedo before the creek rises,” or if you were in Oviedo, uh, they would say, “Well, we’d better get back to Chuluota before the creek rises,” and Aunt Nettie explained to me what that was—is that once upon a time there was a—a low bridge, where the regular bridge is going from Oviedo to Chuluota, but it was a low bridge, and if the water got high, you couldn’t go across it, because you couldn’t see the bridge, and, uh, so it was true that if it was raining or something like that and the bridge got overflowed, then you were stuck. You had to…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] stay there. So that’s why they said that. They—and they still say it as far as I know, to this day, “If, you know—if the creek rises, we’d better,” just as a sort of joke or whatever, and, um, I [<em>laughs</em>] always thought that—well, I liked it when I found out what it—what it meant, and there was something else I was gonna tell you around those lines, but, um, every little town has its—its little sayings, and funny things, and, um—but I can’t think of what else I was gonna tell you. Anyway…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh [<em>laughs</em>]. So tell me about, um, you mentioned some of the artifacts that you had, um, so tell me a little bit about what those were or if you have any stories about them.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Well, I don’t really have any artifacts. I have some copies of things that…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Uh, have been handed to me, because of my interest in genealogy.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Uh, I have, uh, copies of some pages out of a Lawton, uh, Bible that, uh—these people I’ve met in Northwest Florida—and it has, of course, the names of people that were here, you know, like, uh, Lona, and Narcissa [Melissa Lawton], and those, um, Lawtons, and, um, then I have, uh, different, you know, writings, and newspaper clippings, and, um, things like that. I had some, um, things that belonged to my husband’s, um, father, but I sent them to, uh—or had his grandmother send them—send them to her son—her grandson in Tennessee, because he was interested in that stuff…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And not many people, you know, really are, and so…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>I thought that would be a good thing for him to have, but as far as, uh, actual hold-it-in-your-hand kind of thing, other than copies and—and writings, I don’t— I don’t really have anything.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh, and what were some of the things that were sent? what were some of the, um…</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Uh, well, I’ve got, uh—we have a copy of, uh, Nar—Narcissa’s diary.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>A portion of it that she did</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>In World War…</p>
<p>[<em>child cries</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>I mean in the Civil War.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Uh, and that’s very interesting.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And I mean it really takes you back in—in time.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And there—one of the things she writes about is, uh, having to make, uh, shoes for, uh, some of the people that worked there, and she didn’t—obviously, they were slaves, but she didn’t call them that.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>It was “our people,” you know?</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And she had to make them some shoes, and, uh, she talked about the war, and, she, you know—she heard bad news that would come down from Virginia, and she was in, uh—right outside Thomasville, Georgia, is where they lived at that time.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, uh, it’s really, really a treasure having—having that, uh, but it’s, uh, a copy of it, and it’s, uh—I don’t even know who’s got the original. Oh, I do. I[?] happen to be—the original, uh, got washed away in a flood they had out in Texas, where…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Where it was—where it was kept, uh, which is regrettable, ‘cause, I mean, now it’s gone, but fortunately, we all have—or not all of us—but a lot of us have copies of it.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Wow[?].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>So that’s really, really another treasure.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, uh, then I have these like—I think I had already told you—these copies of that—pages out of that Bible, where they note the family happenings—you know, deaths, births—that kind of thing—weddings, Um, and like—like I said, the Steen, uh, Nelson letter. I’ve got, I think, probably, uh, all the books and things that were written, and—and I have treasures from the, um, centennial, and newspaper clippings, and things like that.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Awesome, very cool. Um, so are there any other stories that you want to share about—in general, that you’ve been thinking about? Um…</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Well, I, you know—I can sit here and tell you stories, uh, about, uh, my mother-in-law [inaudible], but I don’t know if they would have any interest to, um—I mean, it’s just—you would just be interested if you were her granddaughter or something like that, you know? It’s just sorta family things.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>But, um, Aunt Nettie, uh, as I said, you know—she—her husband was the one they called “The Judge.” he was the Justice of the Peace, and, um, she, um, also had, uh—it wasn’t a boarding house, but she had extra rooms in her house, and there was a time when the railroad people were working here or whatever, uh, and, you know, Oviedo used to be really busy with all of the fruit, vegetables being shipped in and outta here—or being shipped out of here.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, um, so she would, um, let out a room to these people that work for the railroad, and, uh, she used to tell me little saying—like one of ‘em would, uh, put cheese in his coffee, and [<em>laughs</em>]…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>I’ve never heard of that before, and then she would always say, uh—she was a swe—sweet, old lady. She was so precious, and she would say, uh, “Nadine, you want some cheese in your coffee?” I said, “No, Aunt Nettie. I don’t want any cheese in my coffee.”</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>That’s what the man would say. He would say…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>“I want some cheese for her coffee.” [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Just little stories like that…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>You know, that doesn’t mean anything to anybody, but…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Just, uh, you had to know the people. You had to be there, you know, sort of thing. So…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh, great, and, um, so do you have any last words about maybe what impact that your relatives and—have had in the town in the early history or just any other thoughts about Oviedo’s history in general?</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Well, I [inaudible]—I think that Oviedo has a, uh—a good history, you know? You don’t really think of too many bad things happening in Oviedo. I don’t know—don’t know that I recall anything bad. I did[?]—I know that there’s been some, uh—there used to be a prison camp out on the way to Winter Park, on that road.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, uh, I think there was an escape, uh—escape there, and I think, uh, that’s when Mr. John Courier[sp] got hurt. Now, this you’re gonna have to talk to other people about, because I don’t really know, but I do know that there’s been things like that that have happened…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>That are tragic.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>But, um, I—I don’t know any firsthand information about that, and—but as far as Oviedo is concerned, I think that, uh, like I said in the beginning, the—the churches is[sic] what it was all based on, and I think pretty much, it still has that, uh, heritage, that rock, that—that keeps it sorta held together, and I think all that’s important. Uh, we have a lot more churches now than just the Methodist and the Baptist.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And, uh, the, uh, church that’s, uh, mainly black people on the, uh, way out of town…</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Uh, I think that’s been there for years and years and years and years, and, uh, I noticed the other day, it’s growing like gangbusters, just like the other churches.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>And that’s really great, and that’s really a good foundation, and I think that they’ve—we’ve maintained that foundation.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>So that’s a good thing.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>Great, alright. Well, thank you so much for talking with us. this was really helpful.</p>
<p><strong>Aulin<br /></strong>Oh, well, thank you. I hope that it was. I, uh, enjoyed it. Sorta nice bringing those memories back. Sorry I couldn’t remember some things.</p>
<p><strong>Schneider<br /></strong>No, no. It’s—that’s great.</p>
<div><br /><div>
<p><a title="">[1]</a> Andrew Aulin III.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p><a title="">[2]</a> Mary Alice Powell Aulin.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p><a title="">[3]</a> Lee Gary.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p><a title="">[4]</a> Now the University of Central Florida.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p><a title="">[5]</a> Now the Citizens Bank of Florida.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p><a title="">[6]</a> Andrew Aulin, Jr.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p><a title="">[7]</a> <em>Oviedo: Biography of a Town</em>.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p><a title="">[8]</a> Richard R. Adicks, Jr.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p><a title="">[9]</a> Emma “Lona” Leonora Lawton Aulin.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p><a title="">[10]</a> 1904.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p><a title="">[11]</a> Charles Warren Aulin.</p>
</div>
</div>
American Civil War
Andrew Aulin III
Andy Aulin
armadillos
automobiles
Benjamin Franklin Wheeler, Sr.
Black Hammock
Career Field
cars
Charles Warren Aulin
Chuluota
church
churches
Citizens Bank of Florida
Citizens Bank of Oviedo
citrus
cops
Donna Neely
Downtown Oviedo
dressmakers
dressmaking
elevators
Emma Leonora Lawton Aulin
Fifi
football teams
George Kelsey
immigrants
immigration
Jacobs
John Courier
Kilby
law enforcement
Lee Gary
Mary Alice Powell Aulin
motor vehicles
Nadine Davis Aulin
Narcissa Melissa Lawton
Nelson and Company
Nettie Dorcas Jacobs Aulin
OHS
orange groves
oranges
orlando
Oviedo
Oviedo High School
Oviedo: Biography of a Town
police officers
post offices
postmasters
rice
roadsters
rumble seats
Sarah Schneider
seamstress
seamstresses
sewing
spiders
sports
spyders
Steen Nelson
Swedes
Swedish Americans
switchboard operators
The Judge
Thee Lee
Theodore Aulin
Theodore Lee
Thomasville, Georgia
Townhouse Restaurant
White's Wharf
World War I
World War II
WWI
WWII
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Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Alternative Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Subject
Oviedo (Fla).
Description
The Oviedo Historical Society Collection encompasses historical artifacts donated for digitization at the Oviedo Historical Society's History Harvest in the Spring semester of 2015.
The Oviedo Historical Society was organized in November 1973 by a group of citizens. The society is a 501(3) non-profit organization. Its purpose is to help preserve the community identity of Oviedo by collecting and disseminating knowledge about local history, serve as a repository for documents and artifacts relating to Oviedo history, promote the preservation and marking of historic sites and buildings in the Oviedo area and foster interest in local, state, national, and world history.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>." Oviedo Historical Society, Inc. http://oviedohs.com/.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
Dossie, Porsha
Interviewee
Bunch, Alice Kathryn Aulin
Location
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida
Original Format
1 audio/video recording
Duration
22 minutes and 10 seconds
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626kbps
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Title
Oral History of Alice Kathryn Aulin Bunch
Alternative Title
Oral History, Bunch
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Description
An oral history interview of Alice Kathryn Aulin Bunch (1926-), conducted by Porsha Dossie on April 18, 2015. Bunch was born in in Oviedo, Florida, on July 2, 1926. After graduating from Oviedo High School, Bunch began working in a bank in Downtown Orlando. On August 17, 1946, she married Richard Burdette Bunch (1924-) and together they had two daughters: Mary Kathryn Bunch Hamby (1947-) and Billy Beatrice Bunch Parrot (1948-). In the interview, Bunch discusses attending high school during World War II, her career as a bank teller, how she met her husband, the founding families of Oviedo, church and her social life growing up, the influence of the military on Oviedo, the artifacts that she contributed to the Oviedo History Harvest, her parents and her siblings, and how Oviedo has changed over time.
Table Of Contents
<br />0:00:00 Introduction<br />0:00:43 Attending high school during World War II<br />0:04:32 Career as a bank teller and meeting Richard Burdett Bunch<br />0:06:16 Founding families<br />0:07:47 Church social life<br />0:09:53 Influence of the military on Oviedo<br />0:11:38 Oviedo History Harvest<br />0:14:49 Parents and siblings<br />0:18:44 How Oviedo has changed over time<br />0:21:51 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Alice Kathryn Aulin Bunch. Interview conducted by Porsha Dossie at the <a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/1322" target="_blank">Lawton House</a> in Oviedo, Florida, on April 18, 2015.
Type
Moving Image
Source
Bunch, Alice Kathryn Aulin. 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.
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Is Part Of
<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.
References
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6290" target="_blank">The Oviedian, Vol. VII</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6290.
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6364" target="_blank">Letter from Steen Nelson to Annie Tes Rae (July 20, 1938)</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6364.
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6292" target="_blank">Oviedo High School Varsity Letters</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6292.
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6289" target="_blank">U.S. Army Air Force Aircraft Warning Service Armband from Oviedo</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6289.
Has Format
15-page digital transcript of original 22-minute and 10-second oral history: Bunch, Alice Kathryn Aulin. 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.
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Creator
Bunch, Alice Kathryn Aulin
Dossie, Porsha
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Contributor
Cepero, Laura
Date Created
2015-04-18
Date Modified
2016-01-22
Date Copyrighted
2015-04-18
Format
video/mp4
application/pdf
Extent
164 KB
Medium
22-minute and 10-second audio/video recording
15-page digital transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Julia Alice Kathryn Aulin Bunch and Porsha Dossie, and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69149825" target="_blank">Andrew Aulin</a>." Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69149825.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
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Transcript
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>My name is Porsha Dossie. This is an oral history interview of [Alice] Kathryn Aulin…</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Bunch.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Bunch, and it is April 18<sup>th</sup>, 2015, and we are at the Lawton House in Oviedo, Florida.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>So, Kathryn, please tell me a little bit about growing up in Oviedo. You were born here? Is that correct?</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>I was born here in[sic] July 2<sup>nd</sup>, 19, uh, 26 [<em>laughs</em>], and lived here ‘til I graduated from high school, but most everything we, uh, did, we did it e—either at the church or at school. That was[sic] our activities in those days—back in those days.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Uh, you went to the Oviedo School? Is that right?</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Uh huh, it was just one school. You went from first through, um, twelfth, and then you graduated from there, and it was only three of us that graduated, because it was wartime. Not that we had that many to start with, but with—it was ‘cause of the war and the boys were gone—had gone off to be in service during World War II.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>What was that like?</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>We just got used to the war. We—I mean, like, a lot of things that were different—uh, you were limited, uh, to a lot of things back then that, Uh, you couldn’t, uh,—you couldn’t buy clothe[sic]—or shoes—leather shoes. You were limited to so many like that and things, uh, but other than that, we got used to it, and, uh, had, uh, some—I—I was older when I was—in high school, I was—had boyfriends that would go off to the service and come—and not come back, and that was sorta sad too, uh, in those days. We had servicemen stationed in, uh—in the [Armed] Service, uh, in the woods near here too, as well as—they were—their main place was in Orlando, but they would be over here at different times, and my father<a title="">[1]</a> ran the—we had two swimming pools, and there was, um, dance hall there, and, uh, he ran the swimming pools, and we—that’s where we had a number of the service boys—would come and dance there with—as well as the local, but we didn’t have that many local boys of that age around anymore. So…</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>That was it.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>What were the swimming pools called?</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>They were the Oviedo swimming pool. It was, um, by the city, and they did away with ‘em. Uh, I have a couple of pictures of them that—I don’t know if they still ever—that—there’s—it still belongs to the City [of Oviedo].</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong> The property does, but the pools have been done away with, and they got ballparks there or somethin’ now, but that was the thing to do. Uh, we had a sm—a small and a large one, uh, and he man—he managed those for—during that period of, um—my daddy did for a while.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Was that the—Sanlando?</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>No, we went to Sanlando when you went—go on a big date[?].</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] I have a picture of, uh—of the three…</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>The three seniors at Sanlando, and it, uh—in my book, or it’s in our yearbook, I think.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>So tell me a bit about your yearbook. I know you brought that with you today…</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>To be scanned. You made that yourself?</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>We, uh—we put it together, although I’m sure somebody else helped us, uh, but we did have to glue the pictures in, and, uh, I noticed that I—in the other one—the year before me—that we typed the words in there, and actually, I noticed that in one place, the typing—if we made a mistake, instead of erasing the letters, just typed back over it, which [<em>laughs</em>] would not be a thing to have done, I don’t think, in those days, but they’re hand-typed. I mean, everything was done by hand, not woven books and things, like they are nowadays, but other than that—and we had an awful of, uh—I was a Baptist, and we all went to the Baptist church, and did most everything—social life was there, as well as school. Those were our two main things [<em>sniffs</em>] to do during—but other than that, I don’t—I…</p>
<p>When we left Orlando, we still [inaudible], uh—I graduated from high school, but I had a job in Orlando, uh, my last year, and I started working at the bank. My sister—older sister<a title="">[2]</a>—two years older than me—was already working in Orlando, so I moved from Oviedo to Orlando, and been there the rest of my life, after that.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>So you, uh—what did you do at the bank?</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Teller. When you started out, in those days, at the bottom, you learned every step. Nowadays, I understand you go in whatever department you’re gonna—but you—you started answering the phone, then[?] learning the each thing—bookkeeping—and, uh, I ended up—I was a teller when I left.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>So how did you meet your husband?<a title="">[3]</a></p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>That was—my mother-in-law<a title="">[4]</a> was a big person to go into bank, and I understood she wanted my husband, who was in the service—and I didn’t know ‘im. I knew her from being a customer at the bank, but, uh, she wanted to have him meet her—my sister, but for some reason, he just—and she was already there two years ahead of me.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>But for some reason, he would rather have met me, so…</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] I dated him, and we met, uh—we married later on, uh, after he’d come out of the service. He was a—in the—she had, uh, property in—in, uh, cattle and dairy and a ranch, and he was in the ranch business at that time, after he came out of the service, and we married, had two girls,<a title="">[5]</a> and that’s been it.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>So, um, growing up in Oviedo, you knew the, uh, Wheelers and the Evans? Is that correct?</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>The Wheelers were actually kin—uh, my daddy’s sister, Mary Ann, um—Mattie, uh, Wheeler<a title="">[6]</a> married, uh—he—that’s his sister—married [Robert] Lee Wheeler, who was a brother to Frank Wheeler, uh, that had Nelson and Company and those[?]…</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>And there was the Law—Lawtons and the, uh, Lees, and the—all those were, uh—they—they were the people in Oviedo, and everybody knew everybody back in those days.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>And, uh, I actually—my daddy, uh—the man that, uh—my daddy’s dad<a title="">[7]</a>—that named Oviedo was born—he was—the house at where he was born is still here,<a title="">[8]</a> as I understand. It doesn’t look anything like it did…</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Back then. They’ve changed it around, but it’s still there.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>But…</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>So you said the Wheelers were kin?</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Yes, uh, Lee Wheeler—my aunt married—was a brother to Frank Wheeler. That—like I said, they were—and, um—and I think I, uh—we’ve got the background all in—in all these books and things, and[?] the Lawtons—there’s a com—combination of—way back there, with all those—that’s first started. Now, about the Lees, I’m not real sure, but they were here too. They were another family that was—but everybody knew everybody…</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Back in those days—and you—for some reason, we never did—did—my sister and I have talked about it since—why the women went to the Methodist church—most of ‘em—of the husband and wife, and the men went to the Baptist church. I, uh—not in our family, but m—most of ‘em—a lot of ‘em, that’s the way it worked, and you—still, you got together, eh, for socials and things like—I mean, you got together with the two churches, but for some reason, the women all seemed to be—want, uh—go to the Methodist church, and we—but I went to the Baptist all my life and still do [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>What kind of social events did you guys have at the Baptist church?</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Well, just, uh—just nothing really that much. Uh, picnic-type things, and, uh, we had, uh, training you, uh—the one thing I did do, which isn’t the thing[?] to try to tell, uh, we had BYPU<a title="">[9]</a> or BTU, we called it—Baptist Training Union—at night, which is like—Sunday mornin’, you have Sunday school, and at night, and I would have a date. I could go to trainin’ union and not stay for church at[sic] Sunday night, and this was a, uh, typical thing, and it—I wasn’t the only one that did this. It was a—but that was the thing to do Sunday night, and we’d—we’d go to Winter Park. Uh, that was the place to go after—and, uh, go, uh, to a movie, and then go to, uh, get Coke and a sandwich, and come home. That was just a typical Sunday, uh, night. We went to, uh—did that, back in those days, but we didn’t, uh—anything that we had as far as social things, uh—there weren’t that many. I mean, it was something at the church, or, uh, it was eating or something, and I’m, uh—but, uh, other than that, I don’t remember too much, but[?] that’s about it. I [<em>laughs</em>]…</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>So let me ask you about, um, the influence of the military on Oviedo in the 1940s. How did that affect your life here in Oviedo?</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>It—it did. Like I said, we met a lot of them men that were stationed here, and, uh, That’s when we could go to the pool and, uh, could dance, and Met a lot of ‘em that way, and then, uh—but, uh—and some of them even dated other people, because I remember, uh, one going with my sister to church. Uh, I mean, they were close enough friends if they were doing that, back in—they were very good. I—we didn’t—we didn’t mind ‘em being here, by any means. It was something going on. ‘Course, war was just so different, anyhow, back then. I mean—and then when they left here, we went, uh—moved to Orlando, and we still did things with the service people there, uh, at the different things that were for so—the soldiers back then too. Went to dances and things like that. That was mainly what most of the things were. Although, I have some pictures I’ve seen that we were at a lake out there at the—at the, uh, base<a title="">[10]</a> in our bathing suits and things, with the boys out there. So we did do things out there at the base too.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Uh, but it was just different than things are nowadays [<em>laughs</em>], but an awful lot of boys stayed—married people and, uh—and just like in Sanford, they married, uh—a lot of the Navy people are married to Sanford people too. So other than that, I really don’t know too much to report on that.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>So we can discuss some of the items you brought today. You brought your yearbook? Um…</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>What else did you bring?</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Well, the, um—my, uh, my sister-in-law wanted a copy of a letter that was written by Steen Nelson, as to how Oviedo was named. Our fa—grandfather, they say named—I mean, and—why he named it Oviedo and that business. So I—that’s in the—one of those copies, and I had an annual, uh, yearbook for the fo—where we got to get together for our 50<sup>th</sup>, uh—the other class—we didn’t have but two that showed up, but they—for our 50<sup>th</sup> anniver—graduatin’, we have a book on that. That’s in—in those things that I saved, uh, but we didn’t have but two that showed up for that [<em>laughs</em>]. That was me and, uh, one boy, and he’s still here in Oviedo, I understand.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Auliff[?] [inaudible], and, um, other than that, I don’t know…</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>You brought some…</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Uh…</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>44s?</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Uh, my letters for my—I got a—I was, uh—played basketball in high school…</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>When I was—got a 44 and a[sic] O for, uh, my letter, with my stripes and stars on it for being captain—co-captain, and, uh, they’re in there—the O and the 44, and I also have an [U.S. Army Air Force Aircraft Warning Service] armband that I got from havin’ watched planes go over, uh, during wartime. We—we each had a shift. They had a tower they built over in Downtown Oviedo, and, uh—in front of the [First] Baptist Church [of Oviedo], and, uh, we would report whatever plane was going over and[?] the direction, and I’m pre—I’m thinking we were reporting back to the base, or somethin’, what kind of plane. Now, why I would know, uh—I’m sure they taught us how and all that.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>But that was what it was, and they gave us an arm—and I have that in there to give to the His—[Oviedo] Historical Society.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>What was that like watching the planes overhead?</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Uh, I don’t know.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>I’m thinkin’ back. I—I don’t know that I was that smart about it, but I guess they were tryin’ to get—and they would get more[?] girl—people they would get…</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>On, uh—and you had a shift, I’m sure, you know, and, uh, went[?]—went there after school or whenever. Maybe it was a weekend, um—on the weekend. I—I just know we did it same time at—why they chose to do it right[?] there in Oviedo? I don’t know. I guess they did it in all kind of different areas of the—around the bases, but, uh, that was part of it, and—and they gave us a[sic] armband to put on that says that that’s what you were. So I have—I saved that and my letters, and I never did use ‘em for anything. I didn’t put ‘em on a sweater, I don’t think.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>But that was about it. It wasn’t very [<em>laughs</em>], uh—not—not like it was nowadays with young people, and things[?] goin’ up, but was good.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>I’ve enjoyed it.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>I had, uh, two sisters<a title="">[11]</a> and, uh, two brothers,<a title="">[12]</a> and, uh, so we had pretty good-sized family to—to deal with, and my daddy—as well as having the pool, he did do a lot with examining fruit, uh, to be sure it was ready to be picked and that, and he did that for quite a few years too—too, and my mother<a title="">[13]</a> worked at Nelson and Son, but she was a seamstress, and she did a lot of, uh, sewing for people. Uh, you know, the [inaudible].</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>So they both working at the Nelson packing company here?</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Mmhmm, both ‘em had, mmhmm. matter of fact, my mother was working there when my youngest brother<a title="">[14]</a> was still too—too young, uh—little to go to school, and she would—would keep him in one of the—the places where they were packin’ the oranges, and I—when school was out, I’d go out do there and get him and go back home with him, and I got a nickel to go by the drugstore, which was in the center of Downtown Oviedo, to get a Coca-Cola, and—and he[?] got ‘em off of a fountain. The man behind the fountain would give[?] them to you. That was one thing I remember—and ordered—that was my payment for…</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Eh, takin’ care of him ‘til she got home.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie</strong> [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>But, uh, we did—didn’t have a lot of money, but we had—we had plenty to get by with, and that was the way it worked in those days.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>So tell me about, uh, your siblings. You just—you mentioned that you had brothers and sisters.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Well, I had one girl—one sister that was two years older, and, uh, she was smart—very smart, and, uh—and why she—how she got the job in Orlando ahead of time? I don’t know, but anyway, she moved over there, and, uh, as a teller at the bank, and, uh—and I—we did not go to college that much in those days. The girls didn’t then[?], and, uh, [inaudible] we couldn’t have afforded it anyway, I’m sure, but, uh, she liked the bank and was doing alright and had a place in Orlando called the [inaudible] Community Club, which was right down near the center of Downtown Orlando, and, uh, you stayed there and you got your food and that kind of stuff, and she knew that I was graduatin’ and that—she thought I’d get a job there, so I did. I went over and applied and they gave it to me, and I moved in and we stayed there at the [inaudible] Community[?] Club, and that’s when went to a place in Downtown Orlando to dance with the USO.<a title="">[15]</a> Uh—they had a place for—but, uh, she started making too much money to stay at [inaudible] Community[?] Club, which was part of the deal. I mean, the—and so we all moved to a place down out of there, uh, and then—but stayed there ‘til I get married—met my husband and we got married, and that was it, but then I have a sister that’s here, and she’s giving information today. She’s an artist, and I had a brother,<a title="">[16]</a> but he went to Texas. He—he was in the service, uh, also, and he’s no longer living, and my older sister isn’t either, but my other sister’s here, and she’s[sic] lives in Lake Mary, and, um, is an artist, and she’s doing a lot of work today for them, and then I’ve got my brother<a title="">[17]</a> that lives here in Oviedo, and he and his wife<a title="">[18]</a> live here, and that’s it—that I…</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>With us—the rest of the family, but all the rest of ‘em are gone, but we’ve got the sister here and the brother here, and that’s—and me—of the family—of the five of us. That’s what’s left. I’m the oldest of the group.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Well, is there anything else you’d like to tell me about Oviedo that we haven’t covered yet?</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>No, it’s, eh—it—it is—nothing the same.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>I don’t know my way around it at all. I—I just cannot—I—how much the church, uh—how big it is, uh—has added and added to, uh, and I came out, went to church [inaudible], and there was no—well, the person that I—only person I knew that I saw—that I knew that day and he’s [inaudible]. He was a Wheeler—Frank Wheeler, Jr., and, um, I didn’t know anybody, and—just like I don’t know anybody out here nowadays, uh, but, uh, my mother is, uh—she’s been dead a pretty good while, and, uh, that—once she was gone, then I didn’t come back out like I did to—did later on, but, uh, it’s grown, and that’s for sure, and I keep seeing it goin’ more too, but other than that—and back in our day, we didn’t have anything but a Methodist and Baptist church. Now, I’m sure they got all of ‘em different ones…</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Now, out here now.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Has the growth surprised you?</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Yes, it really has. It’s—it’s—it is—it’s much—than I would’ve thought when I was growing up, yes, um, ‘cause like I said, you knew everybody, but I think it’s this way with other small towns, but probably the way they do, but this one has grown from what it was back in our day. That’s for sure, but other than that, I don’t know. Eh, I—I really don’t know of any other—and I don’t know if I know anybody that lives out here, except my sister—my brother-in-law—my brother and sister-in-law, and, uh, Bettye [Jean Aulin Reagan] has, um—her child is out here now, but I don’t know any of the past, uh—I—that’s why I said when I was looking in that, uh, yearbook, I don’t know that there’d be anybody anymore, and as old as I am, um, I’m—I guess I’m one of—of, uh, the older ones that would be, uh…</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Out here nowadays.Knowing how—I know people go to their 90s and that, but I still—they can’t, uh—back in my day, I don’t—I don’t know if there’s anybody that much more out here that I would’ve known, unless I was kin to ‘em, and I don’t have anybody out here now. So—but things have sure changed, and I do see there are, uh, in the b—block that we called[?] goin’ around Oviedo, uh, some of those houses, when we’ve gone, are still there. That—which is odd. Very—they’ve been there quite a while. Like I said, where my daddy was born,<a title="">[19]</a> uh, it’s still there these days, but it doesn’t look anything like it—I mean, they changed it all around—backyard and everything.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>But I don’t have that much to contribute [<em>laughs</em>] to Oviedo. That’s for sure.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Oh, you definitely…</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>And, um…</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Told us some great…</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Information today.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Yeah, so I think that’s enough.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>Well, we’re going to bring the interview to a close. I wanna thank you so much…</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Thank you.</p>
<p><strong>Dossie<br /></strong>For being interviewed, and I really appreciate you coming out here and doing [inaudible] did.</p>
<p><strong>Bunch<br /></strong>Okay [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
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<p><a title="">[1]</a> Andrew Aulin, Jr.</p>
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<p><a title="">[2]</a> Mary Leonora Aulin Bartlett.</p>
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<p><a title="">[3]</a> Richard Burdette Bunch.</p>
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<p><a title="">[4]</a> Mary Bunch.</p>
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<p><a title="">[5]</a> Mary Kathryn Bunch Hamby and Billy Beatrice Bunch Parrot.</p>
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<p><a title="">[6]</a> Martha Lenora Aulin Wheeler.</p>
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<p><a title="">[7]</a> Andrew Aulin, Sr.</p>
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<p><a title="">[8]</a> Correction: Andew Aulin, Sr. was born in Sweden.</p>
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<p><a title="">[9]</a> Baptist Young Peoples Union.</p>
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<p><a title="">[10]</a> Naval Training Center (NTC) Orlando.</p>
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<p><a title="">[11]</a> Mary Lenora Aulin Bartlett and Bettye Jean Aulin Reagan.</p>
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<p><a title="">[12]</a> Charles Warren Aulin and Andrew Aulin, Jr.</p>
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<p><a title="">[13]</a> Mary Alice Powell Aulin.</p>
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<p><a title="">[14]</a> Andrew Aulin, Jr.</p>
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<p><a title="">[15]</a> United Service Organizations.</p>
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<p><a title="">[16]</a> Charles Warren Aulin.</p>
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<p><a title="">[17]</a> Andrew Aulin, Jr.</p>
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<p><a title="">[18]</a> Julia Nadine Davis Aulin.</p>
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<p><a title="">[19]</a> May 20, 1893.</p>
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General Collection
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Florida was first inhabited by Paleo-Indians as early as 14,000 years ago. By the 16th century, several distinct Native American tribes inhabited present-day Florida, primarily the Apalachee of the Panhandle, the Timucua of North and Central Florida), the Ais of the Central Atlantic Coast, the Tocobaga of the Tampa Bay area, the Calusa of Southwest Florida, and the Tequesta of the Southeast Florida.
In 1513, Juan Ponce de León of Spain became the earliest known European explorer to arrive in Florida. During the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, Spanish, French, and English pioneers settled various parts of the states, though not all settlement were successful. Most of the region was owned by Spain, until it was ceded to the United States via the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819. On March 3, 1845, Florida earned statehood. Florida was marred by nearly constant warfare with the Native Americans in the region, particularly with the Seminoles during the Seminole Wars.
On January 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of American on January 20th. The state's participation in the Civil War revolved mostly around the transportation of goods via ships.
On June 25, 1868, Florida regained its representation in Congress. During the Reconstruction period, Florida drafted a new state constitution, which included statues that effectively disenfranchised its African-American citizens, as well as many poor white citizens.
Through much of its early history, Florida's economy relied heavily upon agriculture, especially citrus, cattle, sugarcane, tomatoes, and strawberries. Florida's tourism industry developed greatly with the economic prosperity of the 1920s. However, this was halted by devastating hurricanes in the second half of the decade, the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and the Great Depression. The economy would not fully recover until manufacturing was stimulated by World War II. As of 2014, Florida was the third most populous state in the country.
Contributor
Humphrey, Daphne F.
Alternative Title
General Collection
Subject
Florida
Eatonville (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Daytona Beach (Fla.)
New Smyrna Beach (Fla.)
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Eatonville, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Sanford , Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-history/" target="_blank">Florida History</a>." Florida Department of State. http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-history/.
<span>Knotts, Bob. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49672975" target="_blank"><em>Florida History</em></a><span>. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003.</span>
Website
A resource comprising of a web page or web pages and all related assets ( such as images, sound and video files, etc. ).
Original Format
1 motion picture
Duration
23 minutes and 58 seconds
Producer
Kriete, Logan
Fernández, Slyvana
Monticello, Monica
Director
Cassanello, Robert A.
Mills, Lisa
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Title
Florida’s Purge: The Johns Committee Witch Hunt
Alternative Title
The Committee
Subject
Education--Florida
Civil rights--Florida
Gainesville (Fla.)
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Colleges
Universities
Homosexuality--Florida
Description
<em>Florida’s Purge: The Johns Committee Witch Hunt</em>, known colloquially as <em>The Committee</em>, is a short film about the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee's investigation of communism and homosexuality amongst students and faculty at Florida colleges and universities. Commonly known as the Johns Committee, the committee was led by state senator and former governor Charley Eugene Johns (1905-1990). The committee was established in 1956 and originally focused on the investigation of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, an historically African-American university, for its faculty's and staff's involvement of the Tallahassee Bus Boycott (1956-1957). However, as the committee expanded its McCarthy era anti-communist witch hunt, it came to focus on the homosexual lifestyles of many faculty members and students at colleges and universities. After growing public critique of the committee's activities, it was eventually disbanded on July 1, 1965. <br /><br /><em>The Committee</em> centers on the anti-homosexual investigations of the Johns Committee. The film was produced and directed by University of Central Florida professor Dr. Robert Cassanello and Dr. Lisa Mills. Other producers include Slyvana Fernández and Logan Kriete, and Monica Monticello serves as associate producer. The screenplay was written by Monica Monticello, Kathryn Paulson, and Amy Simpson, with research conducted by Alex Boyce and Shay Cambre. Ben Taylor and Alex Wood were the cinematographers and the arts and graphics were created by Patrick Fenelon and Adrien Mills. The film was edited by Aaron Hosé, with the aid of assistant editors Chelsea Echols and David Mariutto. <em>The Committee</em> includes interviews with Ruth Jense-Forbell, a lesbian student interrogated by the Florida State University Police Department in 1964-1965; Chuck Woods, a homosexual student interrogated by the University of Florida Police Department while attending the university from 1959 to 1965; John Tileston, Sr., a UF police officer who investigated various faculty members and students, including Woods; Dr. Karen Graves, a professor of education at Denison University and the author of <em>And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida’s Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers</em>; Dr. Judith Poucher, a professor at Florida State College at Jacksonville; Bob Graham, a graduate of UF, the 38th Governor of Florida (1979-1987), and former U.S. Senator for Florida (1987-2005); and Dr. Fred Fejes, a professor of multimedia studies at Florida Atlantic University. <em>Florida’s Purge: The Johns Committee Witch Hunt</em> won various awards and accolades, including an Emmy Award.
Type
Moving Image
Source
Original 23-minute and 58-second motion picture produced by Dr. Robert Cassanello, Dr. Lisa Mills, Slyvana Fernández, and Logan Kriete: <a href="http://www.thecommitteedocumentary.org/" target="_blank"><em>Florida's Purge: The Johns Committee Witch Hunt</em></a>, <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>, Orlando, Florida, 2013.
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Coverage
Florida Legislative Investigation Committee, Tallahassee, Florida
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Florida State College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, New York City, New York
Creator
Cassanello, Robert
Mills, Lisa
Fernández, Slyvana
Kriete, Logan
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES<br /></a>
Contributor
Hosé, Aaron
Monticello, Monica
Paulson, Kathryn
Simpson, Amy
Taylor, Ben
Wood, Alex
Brown, Timothy
Hosé, Brigitte
Echols, Chelsea
Mariutto, David
Boyce, Alex
Cambre, Shay
Fenelson, Patrick
Mills, Adrien
Jensen-Forbell, Ruth
Woods, Chuck
Fejes, Fred
Graham, Bob
Graves, Karen
Poucher, Judith
Tileston, John, Sr.
Jensen-Forbell, Elizabeth
Date Created
2013-2014
Date Copyrighted
2014
Format
application/website
Medium
23-minute and 58-second motion picture
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally produced by Dr. Robert Cassanello, Dr. Lisa Mills, Slyvana Fernández, and Logan Kriete and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Department of History</a>
<a href="http://svad.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Department of Film</a>
<a href="http://honors.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Burnett Honors College</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Cassanello, Robert, Lisa Mills, Slyvana Fernández, and Logan Kriete. <a href="http://www.riches.cah.ucf.edu/committee/view.php" target="_blank"><em>Florida's Purge: The Johns Committee Witch Hunt</em></a>. RICHES of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 2013.
Graves, Karen. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/246893193" target="_blank"><em>And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida's Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers</em></a>. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009.
Beutke, Allyson A., et al. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47028564" target="_blank"><em>Behind Closed Doors The Dark Legacy of the Johns Committee</em></a>. Gainesville, Fla: University of Florida, Dept. of Journalism, Documentary Institute, 2000.
Florida. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51244830" target="_blank"><em>Homosexuality and Citizenship in Florida, A Report of the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee</em></a>. 1964.
Click to View (Movie, Podcast, or Website)
<a href="http://www.thecommitteedocumentary.org/" target="_blank"><em>Florida’s Purge: The Johns Committee Witch Hunt</em></a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/36" target="_blank">General Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Aaron Hosé
Adams Street
Adrien Mills
Advanced Documentary Workshop
African Americans
Alex Boyce
Alex Wood
Allyson Beutke
Amy Simpson
And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida's Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers
Anita Jane Bryant
anthropophagy
anti-Communism
anti-communists
Art Darling
ArtServe Fort Lauderdale
Atlanta's Out on Film LGBT Film Festival
Barbara Washington
Barry Sandler
Barry Sefteur
Behind Closed Doors: The Dark Legacy of the Johns Committee
Ben Taylor
Bill Young
Black's Law Dictionary
Bob Ewart
Bob Graham
boycotts
Brigitte Hosé
British Columbia, Canada
Broward County Sheriff's Office
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Bryan W. Knicely
C. Lawrence Rice
C. W. Young
Charley Eugene Johns
Chelsea Echols
Chip Burpee
Chuck Woods
cinemas
citrus
civil rights
civil rights activists
Cleveland
colleges
communism
communists
courts
Dade County
Daniel Robert Graham
David Mariutto
David Messer
David Morton
David Starner
David Strickland
Diane Maurtie
Don Uhrig
Donna Zell
Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
education
educators
Elizabeth Forbell
Elizabeth Jensen-Forbell
Emmy Award
FAU
films
flagellation
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Citrus Commission
Florida Film Festival
Florida Legislative Investigation Committee
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Florida State Legislature
Florida State Senate
Florida State University
Florida State University Marching Band
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
Frank Rose
Fred Fejes
Fred Ottle
FSC
FSU
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Gasparilla International Film Festival
gay
gay clubs
gay marriage
gay pride
gay pride parades
George B. Stallings, Jr.
George Stupksi
Governor of Florida
governors
Graveville
Greenwich Village, New York
High Springs
higher education
homophobia
homosexuality
Homosexuality and Citizenship in Florida: A Report of the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee
homosexuals
International Jury Award
interrogations
investigations
J. Wayne Reitz
J. Wayne Reitz Student Union
James Monticello
Jennifer Campbell
Jeremy Mayeres
Jesse Monteagudo
Jim Noah
Joe McCarthy
John E. Evans
John Perez
John Tileston, Sr.
Johns Committee
Jon Bowen
Jordan Henry
Joseph Holbrooks
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Raymond McCarthy
Judith Poucher
Julia Andrew
Julia Monticello
Julian C. Chambliss
Julius Wayne Reitz
June Sellers
Karen Graves
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Kathy Marsh
Kevin Mixon
Killer Tracks
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Leo C. Jones
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Lisa Soros
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Mark Howard Long
Mark Long
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Paul Fasana
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Title
Florida Citrus Exchange Collection
Alternative Title
FEC Collection
Subject
Florida Citrus Exchange
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Description
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. 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, Florida, and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes.
Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.
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. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/23" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection items are housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to these items belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about these items should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php" target="_blank">The History of Seald-Sweet</a>." Seald Sweet International. http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php.
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
<span>Weaver, Brian. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.</span>
<span>"<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00086639/00046" target="_blank">Mayo Dade Offers Helpful Aid on Fruit Picking</a>." </span><em>Florida Clearing House News</em><span>, August 25, 1930.</span>
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Coverage
Arcadia, Florida
Babson Park, Florida
Davenport, Florida
Fort Myers, Florida
Frostproof, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Lakeland, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Penney Farms, Florida
Pierce, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Wauchula, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
6 page typrwritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
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Title
Letter from Joshua Chase to Sydney Chase (October 19, 1934)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (October 19, 1934)
Subject
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Citrus fruit industry--California
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Agriculture--Florida
Lakeland (Fla).
Orange industry--Florida
Orange industry--California--History
New Deal, 1933-1939--Florida
Florida Citrus Exchange
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Description
An original letter of correspondence written by Joshua Chase to his father and Chase & Company business partner Sydney Chase. The letter discusses a meeting Joshua attended in Lakeland about the specifics on the proposed Federal Marketing Agreement on citrus and nationally standardized shipping rates. Issues discussed in the meeting included freight rates of citrus products, New Deal policies, and accurate reporting.
Chase & Company was established by the brothers in 1884. 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. The Florida Citrus Exchange was founded by a group of growers on June 21, 1909 to help improve production of citrus in the state. Members shared facilities and helped establish operation and shipping standards. Both Sydney and Joshua Chase were hesitant to join the Exchange because they did not want to jeopardize the business they had successfully managed. Chase & Company eventually became a part of the Exchange, but backed out three years later.
Creator
Chase, Joshua
Source
Original letter from Joshua Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase, Sr., October 19, 1934: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.49, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1934-10-19
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a title="A Guide to the Chase Collection" href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
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Format
application/pdf
Extent
9,859 KB
Medium
6 page typrwritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Asheville, North Carolina
Lakeland, Florida
California
Seattle, Washington
Spokane, Washington
Portland, Oregon
Tampa, Florida
Spatial Coverage
28.811729, -81.268138
35.595065, -82.551673
28.0333, -81.9500
36.747138, -119.770317
47.607089, -122.332878
47.658913, -117.425423
45.523668, -122.674828
27.951345, -82.456627
Temporal Coverage
1934-08-01/1934-10-19
Accrual Method
Donation
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
Hopkins, James T. <em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
Warner, S.C. "Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
External Reference Title
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>"
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus</em></a>
"<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20V%20ol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>"
Transcript
CHASE & CO.
SANFORD, FLORIDAOctober
19, 1934Mr
. O. Chase
P.
Asheville North Carolina
Dear Dad:
Attended the meeting in Lakeland yester afternoon composed of the 96 growers and shippers who united last August in fighting the proposed newAgreement
. There were a few other growers of the
Lakeland territory present, also representatives of the Atlantic Commission Company, and two new Grower-shippers, making a total of 93 now instead of 96.
L. V. Kirkland was elected as chairman of the mmeeting and stated briefly the reason for the meeting, stressing particularly the point that in
is opinicn an erffort as being made by Washington and urged by interests in California more or less at the request f a certain group in Florida to force -the Florida citrus industry into national prorating.
r. irk and pointed out that national prorating was unsuited to Florida, because California enjoyed a freight rote which allowed them to put their fruit into the eat at $1.17 a box, whereas Florida could not go west of the Mississippi River due to the very high freight rate. He also pointed out that California would want to prorate their Naval crop against or entire crop of oranges, including Valencias, and in this wor allow them a very clear and unobstricted cncampetitive market for their Valencias.
it was later brought out in the meeting that Florida freight rate to Seattle and spokane, Washington, and Portland, Oregon .1d surrounding territory amounted to $1.91 a box, including refrigeration, nd that California, if they wanted to, could place their oranges in Tampa, Florida by rail at 1.17 a box.
C. Chaser. Kirkland then asked Judge Holland to review the whole matter of the fight against the Agreement which Washington proposed last August, and the results that had been obtained by the 96 grower-shippers who had fought the matter together, as a unit, and he Urged that they all continue to • meet the matter in a united effort, as he believed that was the only way to secure recognition in Washington to such an extent that they would listen and give the Florida citrus industry a representative and fair group of grower Control Committee members, which Washington had agreed to do when they met in that city in September, and which Washington has not done, as evidenced by the group of names just received from Washington, and which I gave you as a list in my letter of two days ago.
Judge Holland reviewed the matter, begin-ning with last June up through his last visit to Washington in September. He emphasized the fact that Washington was very much astounded at the
united front and effort made by the 96 growers, and that they had not considered this possible before last August. He pointed out that this united action had secured practically every concession that had been asked for, and that the attitude of the Depart¬ment of Agriculture was entirely different after August, due to the strength shown by the majority of the shippers in the state, representing a decided majority of the fruit. He also stated that it was his personal opinion that the naming of the Grower Control Committee as sent out from Washington was a last effort to try to bluff the industry into national prorating and ram down the throats of the majority what California would like to see and the old Central Committee clique would like to have.
Mr. S. O. Chase page #3
e said he felt reasonably sure that if united effort was continued as in the past we would be able to secure a Grower Control Committee that would be fairly selected and in line with what Washington had agreed to d in selecting the Grower Committee.
Aurin was asked to say a few words.
e brought out tee Tampa Tribune and read part of a statement issued by Commander, wherein Commander said he hoped the independent shippers and buyers would consider for once the growers of the at.. to of Florida. Dr. Aurin said that he was an hundred per cent in accord with Commander in regard to that part of hi; statement, ands that he sincerely hoped that all off the shippers present and in the state would consider the poor growers of the state and see that they would not get the Growers Control Committee as handed down by Washington, but one that would be fair to the growers of the state; that it Was high time that the continued effort of a certain group to coerce growers into the exchange be stopped and that the growers be allowed to ship and sell their fruit to those shippers which they themselves
might choose. Dr. Aurin Said that, in looking over
the group of growers appointed to the Committee by Washington, that he could not believe that the leopard had changed its spots any more than if someone told him that Hitler was a friend of the Jews.
Howey was called on to soy a few words, which ho did, and a great deal of it amounted to politicings; he tactfully said that he felt that Some of the good Democrats present would be making good Republicans by the time the present administra¬tion got through trying to run their business for them by groups of people who knew nothing about it. He was asked the question as to what he thought the lose would be if Florida was forced into national prorating. Howey very carefully avoided giving his own opinion, but did say !hat he had heard the loss would be from several different sources, which amounted to anywhere from $250,000 annually to a
Mr. S. O. Chase Page #4
1,500,000 annually. Fe also stated that he had been informed sten in Washington by good authorities that some businessess which Washington was trying to run by would-be experts who knew nothing about the businesses or any business were suffering a loss in some- instances as high as 17,000,000 a year.
We next heard from Jeff Sligh, who was very brief and said that he did not approve of r. Howey politicing in such meetings. This was all good. natured. -.nigh did bring out something in regard to what Florida's less would be if they participated in national prorating for several years. Pe said the real loss would amount to about 40,000,000, or the citrus industry in Florida. This brought down some real applause, and even Howey nodded his agree¬ment.
Several other growers and shippers spoke briefly, one or two stressing the difference of freight rates from California and Florida. judge Holland drew up a motion protesting the appointment of the Grower Committee and alternates selected by Washington, which was unanimously approved.
7. J. Howey next moved that the chair appoint a committee to form an organization and in-corporate same including the group present and as many more as they could secure for united action in
ll such matters. The judge had already prepared a motion which was substituted for Howey's, and,we believe, a very good one.
A fully detailed report as to the motions and Committee appointed, and the whole meeting will undoubtedly follow from the Clearing House within the next day or two.
Mr. S. c, Chase Page #5
The press was present and were told in no unmistakable words that the paper which would not publish all of what was said at the meeting would never be allowed at a meeting again, and that it would be made known why. It was stated that in the past it has been very noticeable that some of the papers in the state published very damaging :and unfair articles Pertaining to the growers and shippers meetings in the past by not giving all of the information, and by omitting parts and misconstruing many facts. This was directed, I believe, primarily at the Orlando Sentinel. Their reorter as present, and certainly got red around the ears when he received these instructions. The reporter for the Lakeland paper, which has been so active in the past in getting fair and correct informa¬tion, was present, and I noticed he remained after the meeting to get some of the details he was unable to catch and record as the meeting progressed. I did not see the Sentinel reporter doing this, and 1 will be interested to set: how the two papers compare.
Affectionately yours,
SOCjr / b
Copy:
Mr. J. C. Chase
FLORIDA CITRUS CONTROL COMMITTEE GROWER ALTERNATESM
EMBERS
Grower
G. B. Ayerigg W. Haven
John S. Taylor Largo
Harry L. Borland Ocala
Judson J. Reynolds Orlando
A. W. Young Vero Beach
Francis Whitehair DeLand
I. A, Yarnell Lake Wales
Shipper
xehjL Lowry Exchge.
WCG Commands,
A- Mouser Exchge. Ind.
Edwa Stwart C.Cstw. Hof
L. C. alwardi Tampa Ind.
Barry L. Askew Lakeland
LWCGA- Edwar
L8CGA-F:Edwardsnfluenced
ALTERNATES
row Shi per
H. E. Cornell Haven Ex 0 Patterson Tampa Exchge.
Marvin H. Walker Tampa prank Clark Indian
A. F. Pickard Lakeland Comm. 50 River City "W.
• Vickers Sebastian AG J. C, Chase Winter Park Ind»
James Tillman Lake Jabs LWCGA L. P. Kirkland Auburndale "
W. T. Bland Lake Gem AFG G. Roe W. Haven
C. 3. Stewart DeLand Exchge.J. J. Parrish Titusville "
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Joshua Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase, Sr., October 19, 1934.
Is Part Of
Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.49, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection </a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Atlantic Commission Company
Aurin
California
Chase and Co.
Chase, Sydney Octavius, Sr.
Clearing House
Commander
Crower Control Committee
Democratic Party
Democrats
Department of Agriculture
Federal Marketing Agreement
freight
Holland, Judge
Howey
Kirkland, L. P.
oranges
Republican Party
Republicans
Tampa Tribune
USDA
Valencias
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Title
Citrus Collection
Alternative Title
Citrus Collection
Subject
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Citrus--Florida
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Description
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. 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, Florida, and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes.
Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.
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. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Belair Grove, Lake Mary, Florida
Isleworth Grove, Windermere, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
Weaver, Brian. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.
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<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/91" target="_blank">Belair Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection</a><span>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.</span>
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/88" target="_blank">Isleworth Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Provenance
<span>Entire </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a><span> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.</span>
Rights Holder
<span>The displayed collection is housed at </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. </span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a><span> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.</span>
Source Repository
<span>University of Florida, </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
6-page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
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Title
Letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase (October 19, 1934)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (October 19, 1934)
Subject
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Southern Railway (U.S.)
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Description
An original letter of correspondence written by Joshua Coffin Chase to his father and Chase & Company business partner, Sydney Octavius Chase. The letter discusses a meeting Joshua attended in Lakeland about the specifics on the proposed Federal Marketing Agreement on citrus and nationally standardized shipping rates. Chase participated in a meeting where citrus growers identified the production and merchandising issues they faced when selling grapefruit.
Chase & Company was established in 1884. 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.
Creator
Chase, Joshua Coffin
Source
Original letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase, October 19, 1934: <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.49, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1934-10-19
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
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Format
application/pdf
Extent
9,859 KB
Medium
6-page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Chase & Company Office, Jacksonville, Florida
Chase & Company Office, Orlando, Florida
Lakeland, Florida
California
Seattle, Washington
Spokane, Washington
Portland, Oregon
Tampa, Florida
Washington, D.C.
Winter Haven, Florida
Largo, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Vero Beach, Florida
DeLand, Florida
Lake Wales, Florida
Frostproof, Florida
Sebastian, Florida
Lake Gem, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Auburndale, Florida
Titusville, Florida
Spatial Coverage
30.3167, -81.6500
28.538084, -81.378593
28.0333, -81.9500
36.747138, -119.770317
47.607089, -122.332878
47.658913, -117.425423
45.523668, -122.674828
27.951345, -82.456627
38.907866, -77.037216
28.021985, -81.732502
27.909789, -82.787529
29.187236, -82.139683
28.539291, -81.377907
27.63898, -80.39712
29.028255, -81.303005
27.901559, -81.586368
27.745863, -81.530631
27.817216, -80.470448
28.617679, -81.370865
28.599896, -81.339026
28.066224, -81.788803
28.612555, -80.807934
Temporal Coverage
1934-10-18/1934-10-19
Accrual Method
Donation
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
Warner, S.C. "<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
Daniells, W.C. "<a href="http://fshs.org/proceedings-o/1936-vol-49/97-103%20(DANIELLS).pdf" target="_blank">The Plight of Grapefruit</a>." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em>, vol. 49 (1936): 97-103.
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=321" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
Hopkins, James T. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
Transcript
CHASE & CO.
SANFORD, FLORIDA
October 19, 1934
Mr. S. O. Chase
P. O. Box 23
Asheville, North Carolina
Dear Dad:
Attended the meeting in Lakeland yesterday afternoon composed of 96 growers and shippers who united last August in fighting the proposed new Agreement. There were a few other growers of the Lakeland territory present, also representatives of the Atlantic Commission Company, and two new grower-shippers, making a total of 98 now instead of 96.
L. P. Kirkland was elected as chairman of the meeting and stated briefly the reason for the meeting, stressing particularly the point that in his opinion an effort was being made by Washington and urged by interests in California more or less at the request of a certain group in Florida to force the Florida citrus industry into national prorating. Mr. Kirkland pointed out that national prorating was unsuited to Florida, because California enjoyed a freight rate which allowed them to put their fruit into the east at $1.17 a box, whereas Florida could not go west of the Mississippi River due to the very high freight rate. He also pointed out that California would want to prorate their Naval crop against our entire crop of oranges, including Valencias, and in this way allow them a very clear and unobstructed noncompetitive market for their Valencias.
It was later brought out in the meeting that Florida's freight rate to Seattle and Spokane, Washington, and Portland, Oregon and surrounding territory amounted to $1.91 a box, including refrigeration, and that California, if they wanted to, could place their oranges in Tampa. Florida by rail at $1.17 a box.
Mr. Kirkland then asked Judge Holland to review the whole matter of the fight against the Agreement which Washington proposed last August, and the results that had been obtained by the 96 grower-shippers who had fought the matter together, as a unit, and he urged that they all continue to meet the matter in a united effort, as he believed that was the only way to secure recognition in Washington to such an extent that they would listen and give the Florida citrus industry a representative and fair group of grower Control Committee members, which Washington had agreed to do when they met in that city in September, and which Washington has not done, as evidenced by the group of names just received from Washington, and which I gave you as a list in my letter of two days ago.
Judge Holland reviewed the matter, beginning with last June up through his last visit to Washington in September. He emphasized the fact that Washington was very much astounded at the united front and effort made by the 96 growers, and that they had not considered this possible before last August. He pointed out that this united action had secured practically every concession that had been asked for, and that the attitude of the Department of Agriculture was entirely different after August, due to the strength shown by the majority of the shippers in the state, representing a decided majority of the fruit. He also stated that it was his personal opinion that the naming of the Grower Control Committee as sent out from Washington was a last effort to try to bluff the industry into national prorating and ram down the throats of the majority what California would like to see and the old Control Committee clique would like to have. He said he he felt reasonably sure that if united effort was continued as in the past would be able to secure a Grower Control Committee that would be fairly selected and in line with what Washington had agreed to do in selecting the Grower Committee.
Dr. Aurin was asked to say a few words. He brought out the Tampa Tribune and read part of a statement issued by Commander, wherein Commander said he hoped the independent shippers and buyers would consider for once the growers of the state of Florida. Dr. Aurin said that he was an hundred percent in accord with Commander in regard to that part of his statement, and that he sincerely hoped that all of the shippers present and in the state would consider the poor growers of the state and see that they would not get the Grower Control Committee as handed down by Washington, but one that would be fair to the growers of the state; that it was high time that the continued effort of a certain group to coerce growers into the Exchange be stopped, and that the growers be allowed to ship and sell their fruit to those shippers which they themselves might choose. Dr. Aurin said that, in looking over the group of growers appointed to the committee by Washington, that he could not believe that the leopard had changed its spots any more than if someone told him that Hitler was a friend of the Jews.
Howey was called to say a few words, which he did, and a great deal of it amounted to politicings; he tactfully said that he felt that some of the good Democrats present would be making good Republicans by the time the present administration got through trying to run their business for them by groups of people who new nothing about it. He was asked the question as to what he thought the loss would be if Florida was forced into national prorating. Howey very carefully avoided giving his own opinion, but did say what he had heard the loss would be from several different sources, which amounted to anywhere from $250,000 annually to a $1,500,000 annually. He also stated that he had been informed when in Washington by good authorities that some businesses which Washington was trying to run by would-be experts who knew nothing about the businesses or any business were suffering a loss in some instances as high as $7,000,000 a year.
We heard next from Jeff Sligh, who was very brief and said that he did approve of Mr. Howey politicing in such meetings. This was all good natured. Sligh did bring out something in regard to what Florida's loss would be if they participated in national prorating for several years. He said the real loss would amount to about $50,000,000 or the citrus industry in Florida. This brought down some real applause, and even Howey nodded his agreement.
Several other growers and shippers spoke briefly, one or two stressing the difference of freight rates from California and Florida. Judge holland drew up a motion protesting the appointment of the grower Committee
and alternates selected by Washington, which was unanimously approved.
W. J. Howey next moved that the chair appoint a committee to form an organization and incorporate same, including the group present and as many more as they could secure for united action in all such matters .The Judge had already prepared a motion which was substituted for Howey's, and, we believe, a very good one.
A fully detailed report as to the motions and committee appointed, and the whole meeting, will undoubtedly follow from the Clearing House within the next day or two.
The press was present and were told in un mistakable words that the paper would not publish all of what was said at the meeting would never be allowed at a meeting again, and that it would be made known why. It was stated that in the past it has been very noticeable that some of the papers in the state published very damaging and unfair articles pertaining to the growers and shippers meetings in the past by not giving all of the information, and by omitting parts and misconstruing many facts. This was directed, I believe, primarily at the Orlando Sentinel. Their reporter was present, and certainly got red around the ears when he received these instructions. The reporter for the Lakeland paper, which has been so active in the past in getting fair and correct information, was present, and I noticed he remained after the meeting to get some of the details he was unable to catch and record as the meeting progressed. I did not see the SEntinel reporter doing this, and I will be interested to see how the two papers compare.
Affectionately yours,
SCCjr/b
Copy:
Mr. J. C. Chase
FLORIDA CITRUS CONTROL COMMITTEE
GROWER MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES
_________________________________
MEMBERS--
Grower
Geo. B. Aycrigg[?], W. Haven
John S. Taylor, Largo
Harry L. Borland, Ocala
Judson J. McReynolds, Orlando
A. W. Young, Vero Beach
Francis P. Whitehair, DeLand
I. A. Yarnell, Lake Wales
Shipper
Exchge. L. L. Lowry, Tampa, Exchge.
Exchge. C. C. Commander, Tampa, Exchge.
AFG W. H. Mouser, Orlando, Ind.
Exchge. C. A. Stewart, Frostproof, Ind.
Exchge. L. C. Edwards, Tampa, Ind.
Exchge. Harry L. Askew, Lakeland, Ind.
LWCGA-Exchge. influenced
ALTERNATES
Grower
H. E. Cornell, W. Haven
Marvin H. Walker, Tampa
A. F. Pickard, Lakeland
E. W. Vickers, Sebastian
James Tillman, Lake Wales
W. T. Blend, Lake Gem
C. E. Stewart, DeLand
Shipper
Exchge. E. E. Patterson, Tampa, Exchge.
Exchge. Frank G. Clark, Indian
Comm. 50, River City, Exchge.
AFG J. C. Chase, Winter Park, Ind.
LWCGA L. P. Kirkland, Auburndale, Ind.
AFG W. G. Roe, W. Haven, Ind.
Exchge. J. J. Parrish, Titusville, Ind.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase, October 19, 1934
Is Part Of
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.49, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
AFG
Asheville, North Carolina
Askew, Harry L.
Atlantic Commission Company
Auburndale
Aurin
Aycrigg, George B.
Blend, W. T.
Borland, Harry L.
California
Chase and Company
Chase, Joshua Coffin
Chase, Sydney Octavius
citrus
citrus growers' Florida Citrus Exchange
citrus industry
Clark, Frank G.
Clearing House
Commander, C. C.
Cornell, H. E.
Daniells, W. C.
Daniells, W.C.
DeLand
Democrats
Edwards, L. C.
FCE
Federal Marketing Agreement
freight rates
Frostproof
grapefruit
Grower Control Committee
Hitler, Adolf
Holland
Howey
Jews
Kirkland, L. P.
Lake Gem
Lake Wales
Lakeland
Largo
Lowry, L. L.
LWCGA
McReynolds, Judson J.
Mouser, W. H.
Ocala
oranges
orlando
Parrish, J. J.
Patterson, E. E.
Pickard, A. F.
Portland, Oregon
Republican
River City
Roe, W. G.
Sanford
Seattle, Washington
Sebastian
shipping
Sligh, Jeff
Southern Railway
Spokane, Washington
Stewart, C. A.
Tampa
Taylor, John S.
The Orlando Sentinel
The Tampa Tribune
Tillman, James
Titusville
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Valencias
Vero Beach
Vickers, E. W.
Walker, Marvin H.
Washington, D.C.
Whitehair, Francis P.
Winter Haven
Winter Park
Yarnell, I. A.
Young, A. W.
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https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/8977e926fe8c6ef231985fc82fa42385.pdf
ca9ee3cb76b797cfd649ce5937bc0161
Dublin Core
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Title
Citrus Collection
Alternative Title
Citrus Collection
Subject
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Citrus--Florida
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Description
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. 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, Florida, and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes.
Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.
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. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Belair Grove, Lake Mary, Florida
Isleworth Grove, Windermere, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
Weaver, Brian. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/91" target="_blank">Belair Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection</a><span>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.</span>
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/88" target="_blank">Isleworth Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Provenance
<span>Entire </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a><span> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.</span>
Rights Holder
<span>The displayed collection is housed at </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. </span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a><span> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.</span>
Source Repository
<span>University of Florida, </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
3 page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Dublin Core
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Title
Letter from Randall Chase to Sydney Chase (October 29, 1936)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (October 29, 1936)
Subject
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Citrus --Florida
Oranges--Florida
Wabasso (Fla.)
Quincy (Fla.)
Vero Beach (Fla.)
Fort Pierce (Fla.)
Nocatee (Fla.)
Description
An original letter of correspondence written by Randall Chase to his father and Chase & Company business partner Sydney Chase. A portion of the letter includes information about Chase & Company's involvement at Wabasso Grove, Vero Beach, and Fort Pierce. Other topics mentioned include color added treatments, and tangerine and orange production.
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. 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.
Creator
Chase, Randall
Source
Original letter from Randall Chase to Sydney Chase, October 29, 1936: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.48, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1936-10-29
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a title="A Guide to the Chase Collection" href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Format
application/pdf
Extent
650 KB
Medium
3 page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Asheville, North Carolina
Wabasso, Florida
Melbourne, Florida
Vero Beach, Florida
Fort Pierce, Florida
Nocatee, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Lakeland, Florida
Spatial Coverage
28.811729, -81.268138
35.595065, -82.551673
27.748285, -80.436098
28.084167, -80.609272
27.638736, -80.397732
27.446612, -80.326699
30.105632, -81.424414
28.022621, -81.733512
28.040847, -81.952081
Temporal Coverage
1934-01-01/1936-11-12
Accrual Method
Donation
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">University of Florida, Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
Kirkland, L.P. "The 'Color Added' Situation." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em>, vol 49 (1936): 103-106.
"Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
Hopkins, James T. <em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
Warner, S.C. "Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
External Reference Title
"<a title="Florida State Horticultural Society" href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1936%20Vol.%2049/103-106%20(KIRKLAND).pdf" target="_blank">The 'Color Added' Situation</a>"
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>"
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus</em></a>
"<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20V%20ol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>"
Transcript
CHASE & CO
SANFORD. FLORIDA
October 29, 1936.
Mr. S. O. Cheese, Asheville, N. C.
Dear Dad:
Tuesday morning I left here and went down the east coast. I stopped for a short time at the Wabasso Grove. They have had a super-abundance of rain south of Melbourne. The trees on the Wabasso grove are looking excellent, end I cannot sec that there has been any damage resulting to the trees. The Hamlins on the young trees have split very badly, end my guess would be we have lost from 25 to 55% of the crop. Henry has the place well mowed, ditches open, and the work well in hand.
The old darky who once thought he wanted to sell his 40 acres adjoining ours has now decided he can get $80 an acre. He may be able to do it sometime this winter, as real estate values have ad¬vanced considerably and there is some activity in that territory.
At Vero Beach I spent some time with Jack Napier Strong, who has leased a packing house at that point, end will operate sort of a truck depot for citrus fruits and vegetables.
We have agreed to finance him to the extent of $1,500. for buying supplies, field crates, and some of his pay rolls. We will be interested fifty-fifty with his in the results of the packing house. Any fruit that is shipped will be shipped thru us. For the first year I do not expect there will be very much revenue. I think by working on a conservative basis we can in a year or so make a very nice little business from there. Investiga¬tions indicate that Strong is well thought of in Vera and by people who have done business with them, but that he has little financial responsibility at present. This is due chiefly to the fact that for the past two years he has endeavored to finance some farming operations and has to t. heavily in so doing, but so far as we have been able to ascertain all of his accounts are cleared up, but it has left him without funds .
#2 . Mr. S. O. Chase. October 29, 1936.
At Fort Pierce I stopped for a few minutes to look at the new Exchange house. It is a huge affair, and I expect one of the biggest in Florida. This is the house that Bill Mosley manages. The new building is down on the water front, right next to the pre-cooling terminals. They have two units of four sizers to each unit, all
equipped with stamping machines and the latest devices of all sort. My guess would be that the machinery in the building cost clost to $100,000.
The vegetable business around Vero and Fort
Pierce has been badly damaged by reins, most people think 50% or wore. The chances are the heavy rains now may wean good spring crops.
I continued over to Nocatee, where I spent the night. They have started picking Tangerines, and have 100
boxes in the coloring room. We estimate we can get two
or three cars of oranges right away, and they started picking yesterday. Oranges have not grown as much in the past few weeks as some of us thought they would. The trees at Nocatee that did not have to be cut back have about all the fruit on then they can carry. The color is good. The texture and shape is satisfactory.
Oranges and Tangerines will he gassed at Nocatee and trucked to Winter Haven where they will be color-added and packed.
Yesterday morning, I attended a meeting of the Control Committee in Lakeland. The prorate on grapefruit is 600 cars, no culls or thirds to be shipped; no restrictions on oranges; Tangerines no thirds to be shipped. They are having some com-plaints about color added treatments. It seems that the treat¬ment that has so far shown up the best, and store uniform, is that of the Food Machinery Company. The dye put out by the Fruit Treating Company, which is the Brogden Company, of Orlando, has shown up splotches and too deep a color. It is the general opinion of those at Lakeland that the next ten days or two weeks would be a very good time to ship oranges.
CHASE & CO.
SANFORD. FLORIDA
#3. Mr. S. 0. Chase. October 29, 19!6.
The complaint of nearly everyone at the meeting was that they could not get oranges to pass the test. I did not hear such about Tangerines being shipped, but if other people's are passing the test like ours are there will soon be a lot of them.
Affectionately,
RC
CC— Mr. J. C. Chase
Mr. T. A. Leffler
Mr. S. O. Chase Jr.
RC:HMR.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Randall Chase to Sydney Chase, October 29, 1936.
Is Part Of
Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.48, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Audience Education Level
SS.K.A.1.2; SS.K.G.3.3; SS.1.A.1.1; SS.1.A.2.2; SS.1.A.2.4; SS.1.E.1.4; SS.1.G.1.6; SS.2.A.1.1; SS.3.A.1.1; SS.3.G.3.1; SS.3.G.4.1; SS.4.A.1.1 ; SS.4.A.7.2; SS.4.E.1.1; SS.4.E.1.2; SS.4.G.1.3; SS.5.A.1.1; SS.6.W.1.3; SS.7.E.2.4; SS.7.G.2.3; SS.8.A.1.5; SS.8.E.2.1; SS.8.E.2.3; SS.912.A.1.1; SS.912.A.1.6 ; SS.912.A.5.11; SS.912.A.5.12; SS.912.E.2.3; SS.912.G.2.1; SS.912.G.3.2; SS.912.G.3.5; SS.912.G.5.1; SS.912.W.1.3 ; SS.912.W.7.4
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Brogden Co.
Brogden Company
Chase, Randall
Chase, Sydney Octavius, Jr.
color added treatment
Control Committee
Exchange packing house
FCE
food machinery
fruit coloring
fruit treating
Hamlins
Leffler, William A.
Mosely, Bill
oranges
pre-cooling
Strong, Jack Napier
tangerines
Wabasso Grove
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https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/a13984d26d46123b96a25d46703648ad.pdf
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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
Citrus Collection
Alternative Title
Citrus Collection
Subject
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Citrus--Florida
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Description
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. 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, Florida, and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes.
Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.
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. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Belair Grove, Lake Mary, Florida
Isleworth Grove, Windermere, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
Weaver, Brian. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/91" target="_blank">Belair Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection</a><span>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.</span>
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/88" target="_blank">Isleworth Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Provenance
<span>Entire </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a><span> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.</span>
Rights Holder
<span>The displayed collection is housed at </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. </span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a><span> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.</span>
Source Repository
<span>University of Florida, </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
5-page typewritten letter
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
Letter from Randall Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, Sydney Octavius Chase, Sr., William A. Leffler, and Sydney Octavius Chase, Jr. (January 9, 1934)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (January 9, 1934)
Subject
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Mowry, Harold
Camp, A. F. (Arthur Forrest), 1896-
Organic fertilizer
Zinc sulphate
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Gainesville (Fla.)
Jacksonville (Fla.)
Description
An original letter of correspondence from Randall Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, Sydney Octavius Chase, Sr., William A. Leffler, and Sydney Octavius Chase, Jr. A portion of the letter discusses Harold Mowry and Arthur Forrest Camp's experiments using zinc sulphate on soil to help absorb fertilizers. In 1934, Mowry and Camp wrote a detailed report on their findings called, <em>A Preliminary Report of Zinc Sulphate as a Corrective for Bronzing of Tung Trees</em>. Other topics discussed in the letter include issues surrounding packaging and shipments in the Florida citrus industry and innovative cooling systems used to ship fruits and vegetables out of Jacksonville.<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.
Creator
Chase, Randall
Source
Original letter from Randall Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, Sydney Octavius Chase, Sr., William A. Leffler, and Sydney Octavius Chase, Jr., January 9, 1934: <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.48, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1934-01-09
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a title="A Guide to the Chase Collection" href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
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5-page typewritten letter
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Gainesville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Washington, D.C.
New York
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Donation
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
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<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
Mowry, Harold and Arthur Forrest Camp. <em><a title="A Preliminary Report on Zinc Sulphate as a Corrective for Bronzing of Tung Trees" href="http://ufdc.uflib.ufl.edu/UF00027079/00001" target="_blank">A Preliminary Report on Zinc Sulphate as a Corrective for Bronzing of Tung Trees</a></em>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, 1934.
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>." Florida Citrus Hall of Fame. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
Hopkins, James T. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
Warner, S.C. "<a href="http://fshs.org/proceedings-o/1923-vol-36/198-200%20(WARNER).pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
Transcript
January 9,
Mr. J. C.Chase,
Mr. S. O. Chase,
Mr. W. A. Leffler,
Mr. S. 0. Chase, Jr.
Gentlemen
Saturday Monsalvatee and I left Sanford and motored to Gainesville, where we had a conference with Mr. Harold Mowry and Doctor Camp. Both of these gentlemen have been carrying on fertilizer experiments. Mr. Mowry curried on a number of experiments until about six months ago, when his
work was taken over by Doctor Camp. We spent about two hours
with them Saturday afternoon, discussing the various problems that are confronting; the citrus sacs vegetable growers with re-spect to fertilizers.
It is the general opinion that the excessive dry weather in the past two years has not made available a great deal of the organic fertilizer, furthermore that the dry, hot, weather his[sic] killed a good deal of the bacteria in the soil, which assists in making available the organic material. When the organic material decreases, or disappears the soils are apt to become acid. The problem now is to sweeten the soils so as to make a favorable condition for the development of bacteria, which will in turn release some of the organic material that has accumulated over several years.
Applications of zinc appear to be very conductive to the development of bacteria, thereby releasing fertilizer in the soil and bettering the condition of the pint or tree. They have experimented on trees with doses from l/4#, up to 20# per tree. They have gotten just as good results from the l# applications as they did with anything above that. In one instance where they put an excessive application on a nursery tree, followed by a heavy rain, they are of the opinion that a little burning took place; however with that one exception they have detected no detrimental results from an over-dose of zinc sulfate..
They have found that chicken manure is especially beneficial to soils that may be acid, or where bacteria is lacking. The chicken compost contains a considerable quantity of zinc. There are some large poultry operators near Callahan, Florida, where chicken compost can be obtained in car lots. Mr. Mowry promised to send me the names of some of the places
it could be obtained. Another way of sweetening the soil, and
helping reestablish the bacteria is a moderate application of lime. These gentlemen did not suggest that, but they said they could see no harm in it, providing the dose was moderate and not excessive. On citrus trees of a bearing age they suggest 4 to 6 pounds.
For a complete fertilizer on Tung trees they have noted the beet results from a 4-8-5 mixture, one-half of the Ammonia to us from organics such as cotton seed Meal, Castor Pomace, Tankage, etc. The other half of the Ammonia to be derived from Nitrate of Soda, or possibly a little. Sulphate of Ammonia; the Potash to come from either Muriate or Sulphate, they have not been able to detect any difference in these potashes. They made the suggestion that tobacco stems might be a very good ingredient to put into the mixture.
Just before dark they took out to the experimental farm, where they had numerous check rows of Satsumas and Tung trees some of which had been treated with zinc and other not treated. Without exception the zinc treated trees were far superior to the non-treated.
After supper from Gainesville I took Monsalvatge to Lake City, where he spent the night with his sister. I continued on to Jacksonville in order to see Mr. Rhodes the first thing Sunday morning. I met Mr. Rhodes in his office about nine o'clock, and spend over and a half with him, giving him the data about the price of citrus and vegetable containers, and their effect on the farmers and the industries in general. Mr. Rhodes requested that we ask the American Fruit Growers, Sanford-Oviedo Truck Grower, Manatee Truck Growers, and perhaps one or two on the east coast to wire him at Washington, Harrington Hotel, authorizing him to represent their interests at the meeting in Washington, which is to start today. I attended to this yesterday, end everyone I have requested to said they would wire Mr. Rhodes accordingly. Some of the principal points he intended to make are:
(1) That high prices of crate materials will curtail the consumption of creates, and thereby increase unemployment in the crate mill territory.
(2) It will tend to increase the shipments of bulk fruit and vegetables, thereby creating disorderly marketing, and defeating the purposes of the various marketing agreement is pro¬mulgated under the AAA.
(3) Under the NRA, end various other recovery act every single item of expense that constitutes the cost of producing and marketing has been increased, without a single assurance of increased prices for the products, and that the greatest increase of all these items was crate material, which in some instances has doubled in price. He intends to call attention to the
fact that California is supposed to have had an increase of approximately 14% in the cost of their citrus boxes. He expects to state that the Florida industries would not have objected to a reasonable increase, but they do feel that 100% is entirely out of reason.
(4) He expects to call attention to the fact that under the, AAA and various marketing agreements as set forth they expect to restore the purchasing power of agriculture to the basis it was in the period 1903 to 1914, but that the tremendous increase in costs makes that impossible, even though prices of agricultural products in some instances have advanced a little. We have given them comparative prices on citrus for 1932 thru December wl, with those of 1933 thru December 31. According to the Clearing House the market price for that period in 1932 was:
Oranges $2.85
Grapefruit 2.80
Tangerines 2.75
For that perios[sic] in 1933:
Oranges $ 2.38
Grapefruit 2.83
Tangerines 2.37.
The slight increase in the market price on grapefruit does not begin to offset the increase in the cost of the crate material alone.
Mr. Rhodes seemed very much pleased that he had been requested to go, and I think will do his very best to prevent the matter at the hearing. He had a great deal of data that he was taking with him, and intended to work up sort of a brief to present at the hearing.
After leaving Mr. Rhodes office I went out and spent several hours at the Refrigerated Steamship Line's new precooling plant at the Municipal Dock & Terminals. Mr. J. W. Lees, General Manager, took us all over the place. I also met Mr. T. J. Davis, Superintendent of Terminal Operations for the United Fruit Company, who came in on the SS “ATENAS” from New York arriving Sunday morning. He was making a special trip down to inspect the Jacksonville plant and the various operations. I also met a Mr. McKinnon, who is their Refrigeration Engineer. He has been with the United Fruit Company for ten or twelve years, and has redesigned some of their cooling systems for steamers to better refrigerate the cargo. I met a Mr. Spitzer, who is Superintendent of the Stevedores. Mr. Williams, Vice President of the York Manufacturing Company was there, whom we also met. While I was at the plant Sunday warning they turned on the cool air for the first time. They undoubtedly have the most up to date cooling system that can be had. They have the reversible type, so the air is first blown in from the bottom and out thru the top, them in from the top and out thru the bottom. This gives a very thoro[sic] cooling job. They have automatic control of the humidity, so there will not be any danger of drying out the fruit thru the precooling operations, nor after the fruit is held in storage for any length of time. They have canopies with which the fruit will be covered end enclosed when it moves from the precooling rooms into the ship. About thirty-six hours before the ship gets into Jacksonville they start the refrigerating machinery, and reduce the temperature of the, storage space to approximately 36 degrees.
They have experimented on the various types conveyors, and the many different methods and systems of handling the fruit so it can be done quickly; and the least possible chance of injury to the package or fruit itself. Their Research Department in New York is now investigating citrus fruit, and will no doubt develop some very useful and valuable information. They expect to have some statements to make about Brogdexing in the near future.
Mr. Lees said that his Company would precool the fruit for 10 cents per box, and hold it for 10 days before shipping out. By the payment of another 10 cents per box they would hold it for 15 or 20 days more. I asked him how the
storage space would be allotted, and he replied that the first come was first served. If we have any fruit that has to be moved on account of deterioration we better get it off quick and send it to the Refrigerated precooler as soon as they are ready to receive it, then feed it out gradually as the market can take it.
Mr. Lees, Mr. McKinnon, end Mr. Williams expect to make a trip to Sanford Tuesday to look into the possibility of precooling and handling celery. They are very anxious to see our Beardall plant. It has been suggested that the Refrigerated put in a celery precooling unit nom whet similar to ours, so as the celery is trucked to Jacksonville it can be put into the precooling unit and from there direct into the hold of a ship, under low temperature and high humidity. Celery handled in this way should carry thru in perfect shape. Mr. Lees took lea over the steamer that had just come in. The whole ship was spotlessly clean, even down in the hold where the fruit is stores.
We also went by the Clyde pier, and saw their loading and precooling operations. The York people furnished the refrigeration machinery to the Clyde, however account of lack of room and storage facilities I do not believe they are physically equipped to do as good a precooling job as the Refrigerated . The Clyde Line loads the fruit to be precooled onto insulated barges. They tow these alongside of the pier there the refrigerating machinery is installed, and cold air is blown into the barges. They inject the air in underneath the floor, and also take it out underneath the floor. This could seem to me to leave hot air on the top of the barges, and the fruit at top of the barge would be precooled only thru equalization of the temperature, rather than by forcing the cold air over. The Clyde Line are handling tie Loading and unloading operations in a very fine manner. Luring the past several years when they have been handling fruit they have systematized the loading operations, which are done quietly had with a minimum of damage to the box or the fruit. They handle it very, very, carefully indeed, and deserve a great deal of credit for developing, such a careful way of handling it. One thing that impressed Me was that when the Clyde Line has fruit that is not precooled they stack it in the ships with
space between, so that air can circulate. Mr. Lees told me that When the Refrigerating line had fruit that were not precooled they stacked it just as close as when it was precooled. The refrigeration stetted, of course, as soon as each hatch was loaded. The engineer told me that on the steamer that was there Sunday, the SS “ATENAS”, non-precooled fruit was reduced to a temperature of about 48 degrees by the time it reached New York.
Briefly my impressions of the Clyde and Refrigerated plants are that the Clyde Line is doing everything they possibly can with the facilities at their command to handle the fruit properly. They can take care of truck deliveries pretty well, also deliveries from the rider boat, but their track facilities are quite Limited, and if the railroads should reduce the rate on fruit to Jacksonville for water transportation the Clyde Line might have difficulty in handling a volume of fruit by rail; also that the precooling done by the Clyde Line was not as good as the precooling by the Refrigerated. The Refrigerate is pre pared to handle fruit either by the rivers, by truck, or by rail. They could probably handle the entire output by any one of the above three methods.
Yours very truly,
RC:HMR.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Randall Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, Sydney Octavius Chase, Sr., William A. Leffler, and Sydney Octavius Chase, Jr., January 9, 1934.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.48, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
AAA
American Fruit Growers
ammonia
Atenas
Beardall
Camp, Arthur Forrest
castor
celery
Chase and Company
Chase, Joshua Coffin
Chase, Randall
Chase, Sydney Octavius
Chase, Sydney Octavius, Jr.
Chase, Sydney Octavius, Sr.
citrus
citrus industry
Clyde Line pier
cooling system
cotton seed meal
crates
Davis, T. J.
fertilizer
Gainesville
grapefruit
Harrington Hotel
Jacksonville
Lees, J. W.
Leffler, William A.
Manatee Truck Growers
manure
McKinnon
Monsalvatge
Mowry, Harold
muriate
nitrate
NRA
oranges
pomace
potash
Refrigerated Steamship Line
Rhodes
Sanford-Oviedo Truck Growers
Satsumas
soda
Spitzer
SS Atenas
sulphate
Superintendent of Stevedores
Superintendent of Terminal Operations
tangerines
tobacco
Tung
Tung trees
United Fruit Company
Williams
York Manufacturing Company
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Title
Chase Collection
Description
Select images, correspondence, and other records from the Chase Collection (MS 14) at Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. According to the biographical sketch in the collection's finding aid:
"The story of the Chases in Florida began in 1878 when Sydney Octavius Chase (1860-1941), having read about orange groves in Scribner's Magazine, came to Florida from Philadelphia. His brother, Joshua Coffin Chase (1858-1948), joined him in 1884 and together they formed Chase and Company that year. The Chase brothers came to Florida at the right time for Florida citrus and at the right time for them as investment entrepreneurs. Strong family ties in the North provided them with financial backing for their ventures. Joshua left Florida in 1895 to work in the California citrus industry. He returned to Florida in 1904 and rejoined his brother. Another brother, Randall, remained in Philadelphia and augmented his brothers' finances when convenient. Sydney and Joshua were also important civic leaders who took part in community development, most notably in the City of Sanford. Both were elected to the Sanford city commission. They also supported the development of Rollins College, worked with the Florida Historical Society, and were the benefactors of numerous charities.
Chase and Company began as an insurance company and branched out to storage facilities and fertilizer sales. The latter was the beginning of the company's lucrative agricultural supply division which remained in operation throughout the existence of the company. Although citrus was the primary interest, the company also invested in other agricultural pursuits including celery in central Florida, tung oil production in Jefferson County, and winter vegetables and sugar cane in the Lake Okeechobee muck lands. The company was also involved in the peach business in Georgia and North Carolina. The company was incorporated in 1914, with the Chase brothers owning 75 percent of the stock, and reincorporated in 1948. A second generation of Chases began its involvement in the family operations when Sydney O. Chase, Jr. ( b. 1890) became a citrus buyer in 1922. He was later joined by his brother Randall who served as president of Chase and Company from 1948-1965. Outside the Chase Family, Alfred Foster, W. R. Harney, and William "Billy" Leffler figured prominently as company executives and investors. The company dissolved in 1979 when its principal assets were sold to Sunniland for $5.5 million.
The Chases' interest in citrus began when Sydney came to Florida and became associated with General Henry S. Sanford. The Chases would eventually own General Sanford's experimental farm, Belair, and the Chase family home in Sanford was located there. Over the years, the Chases invested in a number of citrus groves and owned others outright. In 1912, they organized the Chase Investment Company as a holding company for their farms. Initially, the company operated the Isleworth, Nocatee, Belair, and Kelly citrus groves as well as celery farms in Sanford. The company was renamed Chase Groves, Inc. in 1951. From time to time, Chase Investment was involved in real estate in Florida and North Carolina. The latter included Fort Caswell, a former military property that was held for a time and then sold. Unquestionably, the jewel in the Chase crown was the Isleworth grove at Windermere. Isleworth's four hundred lake-tempered acres carried the Chases through many difficult times. It proved to be the principal asset at the company's demise when it was sold to golf legend Arnold Palmer in 1984. Chase Groves dissolved that same year, 100 years after the founding of Chase and Company."
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
Alternative Title
Chase Collection
Subject
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Golf--Florida
Celery industry
Sanford (Fla.)
Windermere (Fla.)
Jacksonville (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Isleworth Grove, Windermere, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
Warner, S.C. "<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
Hopkins, James T. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
"<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a>.'" <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/90" target="_blank">Celery Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/91" target="_blank">Belair Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/88" target="_blank">Isleworth Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/86" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/94" target="_blank">Holy Cross Episcopal Church Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/87" target="_blank">Sanford Country Club and Golf Course Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
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2 page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
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Title
Letter from Randall Chase to Sydney Chase (May 12, 1925)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (May 12, 1925)
Subject
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Celery industry
Sanford (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Description
An original letter of correspondence written by Randall Chase to his father and Chase & Company business partner Sydney Chase. Topics discussed in the letter include the marketing of the Sunniland brand, selling celery, and company shipments.
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. 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.
Creator
Chase, Randall
Source
Original letter from Randall Chase to Sydney Chase, May 12, 1925: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.48, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1924-05-12
Date Submitted
1924-05-12
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a title="A Guide to the Chase Collection" href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
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Format
application/pdf
Extent
471 KB
Medium
2 page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Spatial Coverage
28.811729, -81.268138
28.538084, -81.378593
Temporal Coverage
1925-05-12/1925-05-16
Accrual Method
Donation
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">University of Florida, Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
Hopkins, James T. <em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
Warner, S.C. "Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
External Reference Title
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>"
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus</em></a>
"<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20V%20ol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>"
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Randall Chase to Sydney Chase, January 9, 1934.
Is Part Of
Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.48, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Audience Education Level
SS.K.A.1.2; SS.1.A.1.1; SS.1.A.2.2; SS.1.A.2.4; SS.1.E.1.4; SS.2.A.1.1; SS.3.A.1.1; SS.4.A.1.1; SS.4.A.7.1; SS.4.E.1.1; SS.4.E.1.2; SS.5.A.1.1; SS.6.W.1.3; SS.7.E.2.4; SS.8.A.1.5; SS.8.E.2.1; SS.8.E.2.3; SS.912.A.1.1; SS.912.A.1.6; SS.912.A.5.4; SS.912.E.2.3; SS.912.W.1.3
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Auburndale Aristrocrat
broker
celery
Chase and Co.
Chase, Randall
Cluster
Diamond
grapefruit
Magnet
oranges
pioneer
Prince of Orange
Pyramid
Richards
Sunniland
vegetables
Wiggins
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f242cbf746a1ed1387af0d3b8760313c
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
Citrus Collection
Alternative Title
Citrus Collection
Subject
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Citrus--Florida
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Description
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. 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, Florida, and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes.
Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.
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. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Belair Grove, Lake Mary, Florida
Isleworth Grove, Windermere, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
Weaver, Brian. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/91" target="_blank">Belair Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection</a><span>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.</span>
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/88" target="_blank">Isleworth Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Provenance
<span>Entire </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a><span> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.</span>
Rights Holder
<span>The displayed collection is housed at </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. </span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a><span> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.</span>
Source Repository
<span>University of Florida, </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
2 page handwritten letter
Dublin Core
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Title
Letter from Sydney Chase to Joshua Chase (October 18, 1928)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (October 18, 1928)
Subject
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Southern Railway (U.S.)
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Asheville (N.C.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Description
An original letter of correspondence between brothers and business partners Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase. Topics discussed in the letter include information on the family's annual move back to Sanford, Florida, from Asheville, North Carolina; the Southern Railway; and discounts on oranges.
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. 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. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove.
Creator
Chase, Sydney Octavius
Source
Original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, October 18, 1928: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.46, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1928-10-18
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a title="A Guide to the Chase Collection" href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
Requires
<a href='http://www.adobe.com/reader.html' target='_blank'>Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Format
application/pdf
Extent
1,695 KB
Medium
2 page handwritten letter
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Asheville, North Carolina
Sanford, Florida
Spatial Coverage
35.6000, -82.5500
28.811729, -81.268138
Temporal Coverage
1928-10-18/1928-10-25
Accrual Method
Donation
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">University of Florida, Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
<em>Sanford: Central Florida's Waterfront Gateway</em>. Sanford, Florida: City of Sanford, 2005.
"Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
Warner, S.C. "Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
Hopkins, James T. <em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
External Reference Title
<a title="Sanford: Central Florida's Waterfront Gateway" href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=21" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Central Florida's Waterfront Gateway</em></a>
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>"
"<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>"
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus</em></a>
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, October 18, 1928.
Is Part Of
Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.46, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Audience Education Level
SS.K.A.1.2; SS.1.A.1.1; SS.1.E.1.4; SS.2.A.1.1; SS.3.A.1.1; SS.4.A.1.1; SS.4.A.7.1; SS.4.E.1.1; SS.4.E.1.2; SS.5.A.1.1; SS.6.W.1.3 ; SS.7.E.2.4; SS.8.A.1.5 ; SS.8.E.2.1 ; SS.8.E.2.3; SS.912.A.1.1; SS.912.A.1.6 ; SS.912.E.2.3; SS.912.W.1.3
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Has Format
Digital transcript of original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, October 18, 1928.
Commander
contractor
Ellis
excursion rate
Fort Caswell
Ft. Caswell
house correspondence
oranges
Ramsey
Skinner
South Railway
Whitner
-
https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/861a18dbd114aea74c5e53ef8b2fd0c8.pdf
32a919e248e163b298e8adea7a3ade72
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
Florida Citrus Exchange Collection
Alternative Title
FEC Collection
Subject
Florida Citrus Exchange
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Description
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. 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, Florida, and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes.
Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.
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. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/23" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection items are housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to these items belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about these items should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php" target="_blank">The History of Seald-Sweet</a>." Seald Sweet International. http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php.
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
<span>Weaver, Brian. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.</span>
<span>"<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00086639/00046" target="_blank">Mayo Dade Offers Helpful Aid on Fruit Picking</a>." </span><em>Florida Clearing House News</em><span>, August 25, 1930.</span>
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Coverage
Arcadia, Florida
Babson Park, Florida
Davenport, Florida
Fort Myers, Florida
Frostproof, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Lakeland, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Penney Farms, Florida
Pierce, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Wauchula, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1 page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
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
Letter from Sydney Chase to N. D. Cloward (April 17, 1925)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (April 17, 1925)
Subject
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Florida Citrus Exchange
Orlando (Fla.)
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Description
An original letter of correspondence written by Sydney Chase to N .D. Cloward. Cloward worked as a representative for Babson Park Citrus Growers Association in Lake Wales, Florida. In the letter, Chase is informing Cloward to recruit growers who dropped out of the Florida Citrus Exchange and join Chase & Company. This letter also shares some of the doubts and distrust Chase & Company felt toward the Florida Citrus Exchange, a state organization comprised of a large number of Florida citrus growers. While members who trusted the Exchange praised the organization as a united group of growers that promoted better distribution and marketing of their citrus products, growers such as Chase & Company were hesitant to hand over all of their power to a larger organization with poor marketing strategies and unregulated membership guidelines.
Chase & Company was established in 1884. 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.
Creator
Chase, Sydney Octavius
Source
Original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to N. D. Cloward, April 17, 1925: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 7, folder 14.10A, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1925-04-17
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a title="A Guide to the Chase Collection" href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
Requires
<a href='http://www.adobe.com/reader.html' target='_blank'>Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Format
application/pdf
Extent
1,715 KB
Medium
1 page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Jacksonville, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Spatial Coverage
30.3167, -81.6500
28.021985, -81.732502
28.538084, -81.378593
Temporal Coverage
1925-04-17/1925-04-17
Accrual Method
Donation
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"The History of Seald-Sweet." Seald Sweet International. http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php.
Warner, S.C. "Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
<em>Florida Clearing House News</em>, June 25, 1931. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00086639/00066.
Hopkins, James T. <em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
"Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
External Reference Title
"<a title="The History of Seald-Sweet" href="http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php" target="_blank">The History of Seald-Sweet</a>"
"<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>"
<em><a title="Florida clearing house news" href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00086639/00066" target="_blank">Florida Clearing House News</a></em>
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a>
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=321" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>"
Transcript
CHASE & CO.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
April 17, 1925.
Mr. N. D. Cloward,
Winter Haven, Fla.
Dear Mr. Cloward:
I was interested in receiving carbon copy of your recent letter to the Orlando office regarding the withdrawal of Exchange memberes in your district. I would make a dead set for the two or three of these disgruntles Exchange members who have already withdrawn, and work them hard as you can to get them signed up with Chase & Company. We are not strangers in that section of the country, and I feel that our general averages for this season warrant your making strenuous efforts to sign up business at this time. We want you to focus on crops which are good sized and contain a large percentage of round oranges, preferably tangerines and valencias. I feel that you should have some friends in your district who are willing to follow your judgement and advice in the marketing matter. If you can get one or two prominent growers to sign up it will be much easier to get others.
I know it is not easy to do these things, but the exchange does it. Last year we laid off a but to give the Exchange an opportunity of showing what they could do if they had control of a larger percentage of fruit for 1924-25 than they had for the season of 1923-24. Evidently their results to date have not been highly satisfactory. Growers who have mainly valencias have come out good, but I am satisfied that their returns on crops consisting of grapefruit, some mid-season and late oranges will not check up with ours. If there is any personal assistance I can render call on me.
About how many more cars of fruit have you lined up for the Eloise house? Is there any chance of capturing any additional business for this season?
Yours very truly,
SOC:HMR
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to N. D. Cloward, April 17, 1925.
Is Part Of
Chase Collection (MS 14), box 7, folder 14.10A, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection </a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Babson Part Citrus Growers Association
Chase and Co.
Cloward, N. D.
FCE
oranges
tangerines
Valencias
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Title
Florida Citrus Exchange Collection
Alternative Title
FEC Collection
Subject
Florida Citrus Exchange
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Description
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. 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, Florida, and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes.
Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.
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. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/23" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection items are housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to these items belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about these items should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php" target="_blank">The History of Seald-Sweet</a>." Seald Sweet International. http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php.
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
<span>Weaver, Brian. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.</span>
<span>"<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00086639/00046" target="_blank">Mayo Dade Offers Helpful Aid on Fruit Picking</a>." </span><em>Florida Clearing House News</em><span>, August 25, 1930.</span>
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Coverage
Arcadia, Florida
Babson Park, Florida
Davenport, Florida
Fort Myers, Florida
Frostproof, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Lakeland, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Penney Farms, Florida
Pierce, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Wauchula, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
2-page typewritten letter
Dublin Core
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Title
Letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase (May 7, 1924)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (May 7, 1924)
Subject
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Citrus fruit industry--Florida--History
Florida Citrus Exchange
Citrus--Florida
Description
An original letter of correspondence between brothers and business partners Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase. Topics discussed in the letter include Sydney Chase's meeting with Forrest Lake and Doctor McKenzie, the future of the Florida Citrus Exchange, and voting for William Gibbs McAdoo for the Democratic Party's presidential nominee. 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.
Creator
Chase, Sydney Octavius
Source
Original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, May 7, 1924: <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> (MS 14), box 7, folder 14.11, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1924-05-07
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
Requires
<a href='http://www.adobe.com/reader.html' target='_blank'>Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Format
application/pdf
Extent
265 KB
Medium
2-page typewritten letter
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Chase & Company Office, Jacksonville, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php" target="_blank">The History of Seald-Sweet</a>." <em>Seald Sweet International</em>. http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php.
Warner, S.C. "<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
Hopkins, James T. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
Transcript
[Handwritten note: Dade Good 4/9/24]
May 7, 1924.
Mr. J. C. Chase,
Jacksonville, Fla.
Dear Josh:
This morning I accidentally met Doctor McKenzie with Lake in the First National Bank. McKenzie came in to see some of the bank people regarding McAdoo matters, however it only took a moment or so to swing the conversation to the campaign for the Florida Citrus Exchange which McKenzie was active in. He made the statement that the Exchange was now assured of 75% of the crop, and with the new blood which they would get into the Exchange, and the new method which they had planned to use for the sale of the fruit, results next year should be fine.
To illustrate what he meant he told a story about a doctor and a certain patient which the doctor was treating. The patient had been on a starvation diet for several days, was convalescent and very hungry. Just as the doctor was leaving his room he told the patient he might have some nourishment in the shape of a bun and some coffee. After leaving the room he met the nurse who made an appeal for some nourishment for the patient and he then state that the patient could have a bun and some coffee. When he reached the first floor he saw the boys mother, who asked for nourishment for the boy. He again stated that he could have a bun and some coffee. After leaving the mother he met two sisters of the boy who asked for nourishment for the boy and the doctor again stated that he could have a bun and some coffee. The next morning when he went to see the patient he found him dead, as every one of the parties he had spoken to had given him some nourishment. I told the Doctor, before some audience, that that was exactly what was going to happen to the Citrus Exchange at the end of the 1924-25 season. He did not relish it very much as the crowd gave him the laugh. He then started to argue that this years results were on account of poor distribution and made the statement that Detroit was short of citrus fruits, and to prove it he stated that he had shipped to a friend there some 25 boxes of either oranges or grapefruit which sold at a good price and resulted in his selling 150 acres of grove property. I then told him that real orange growers were not selling their property, but were trying to make a living out of it. That rather confused him. He then started to talk about there being enough population in the United States to absorb all citrus fruits produced in Florida and California and that we could not produce too much if it was property [sic] distributed. At this juncture I had a telephone call and went into the booth and when I returned to the Cashier’s Office the Doctor had gone, however just before I left his company he told me to vote for McAdoo. I told him that McAdoo had now promised to lower the rates which several years ago he raised, McKenzie’s reply was thathe could do it.
The Doctor stated positively that there was going to be a house cleaning and reorganization in the Tampa office and that the Sales Department would be efficient and up to the minute, and would know exactly what they were doing.
Yours very truly,
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, May 7, 1924.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> (MS 14), box 7, folder 14.11, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Chase and Company
Chase, Joshua Coffin
Chase, Sydney Octavius
citrus
citrus industry
Democratic Party
doctor
First National Bank
Lake, Forrest
McAdoo, William Gibbs
McKenzie
orange grower
oranges
patient
presidential candidate
starvation
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Dublin Core
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Title
Putnam County Collection
Alternative Title
Putnam County Collection
Subject
Putnam County (Fla.)
Description
Putnam County was created in 1849 from parts of St. Johns County, Alachua County, Orange County, Duval County, and Marion County. Putnam County was named in honor of Benjamin A. Putnam, who was a lawyer, state, legislator, and veteran of the First Seminole War. Putnam also served as the first president of the Florida Historical Society (FHS).
Contributor
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Putnam County, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.putnam-fl-historical-society.org/Historic/Historical%20Documents/PALHIST.html" target="_blank">A BRIEF HISTORY OF PALATKA</a>." Putnam County Historical Society. http://www.putnam-fl-historical-society.org/Historic/Historical%20Documents/PALHIST.html.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
8 x 10 inch black and white photoprint
Dublin Core
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Title
Dakin Family at the Racimo Plantation
Alternative Title
Dakin Family at the Racimo Plantation
Subject
Dakin, Florence
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Description
George W. B. Dakin with his daughter, Florence Dakin, and wife, Anna Marie Olcott Dakin, at the Racimo Plantation, an orange grove along the St. Johns River, in 1887. The caption incorrectly cites the name of Dakin's wife as Anne Maria Dakin purchased property near Georgetown, Florida, in the early 1880s and settled his family there. Within the next decade, his son, Leonard Dakin, who took this photograph, developed the Racimo Plantation with 5,000 orange trees, 40 laborers, and a packinghouse. The grove was destroyed by a freeze in 1895.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original 8 x 10 inch black and white photoprint by Leonard Dakin, 1887: Private Collection of Bettye Reagan.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/170" target="_blank">Putnam County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 8 x 10 inch black and white photoprint by Leonard Dakin, 1887.
Has Format
"<a href="https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/27452" target="_blank">Florence Dakin picnicking with her parents at the Racimo Plantation - Georgetown Region, Florida</a>." Florida Memory. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/27452.
Coverage
Georgetown, Florida
Creator
Dakin, Leonard
Contributor
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin
Date Created
ca. 1887
Format
image/jpg
Extent
392 KB
Medium
8 x 10 inch black and white photoprint
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Leonard Dakin.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Leonard Dakin and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Bettye Reagan
External Reference
"<a href="https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/27452" target="_blank">Florence Dakin picnicking with her parents at the Racimo Plantation - Georgetown Region, Florida</a>." Florida Memory. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/27452.
"<a href="https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/27460" target="_blank">George Dakin and his son Leonard (in buggy) at the Racimo Plantation - Georgetown Region, Florida</a>." Florida Memory. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/27460.
Anna Marie Olcott Dakin
Anne Maria Olcott Dakin
citrus
Florence Dakin
George W. B. Dakin
groves
Jessie Dakin
Leonard Dakin
oranges
plantations
Racimo Plantation
St. Johns River
tea
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https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/3da2cef58471c6e942834f73448816cb.mp3
4e82a1f35c2e960aedcffe0ff393d822
https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/c082f79011d3bb6dc365c694170b623e.pdf
cd9bc9537642de3a8bd248b0ed3a2661
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
Jared Muha Collection
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Agriculture--Florida
Migrant labor
Apopka (Fla.)
Description
A collection of oral history interviews conducted by Jared Muha.
Creator
Muha, Jared
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank"> RICHES</a>
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank"> RICHES</a>
Curator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank"> RICHES MI</a>
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Dublin Core
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Title
Oral Memoirs of Jeannie Economos
Alternative Title
Oral History, Economos
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Apopka (Fla.)
Migrant labor
Agriculture--Florida
Description
An oral history interview of Jeannie Economos, the Pesticide Safety and Environmental Health Project Coordinator at the Farmworker Association of Florida (FAF), who also worked as Lake Apopka Project Coordinator for the FAF, as well as for non-profit organizations such as the Audubon Society and Save the Manatee Club. The interview was conducted by Jared Muha at the FAF in Apopka on December 10, 2014. Topics discussed in the interview include a summary of her career, the Lake Apopka Project versus the Lake Apopka Restoration Act of 1996, the Farmworker Association of Florida, pesticide health and safety, common environmental challenges facing farmworkers, the necessity of farmworkers, the evolution of farmworkers, African-American farmworkers in Apopka, the shutdown of Lake Apopka, effects of the shutdown on African-American farmworkers, the influx of Hispanic farmworkers, and the future of farm labor in the United States.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction<br /> 0:01:16 Lake Apopka Project and the Lake Apopka Restoration Act of 1996<br /> 0:02:52 Farmworker Association of Florida<br /> 0:04:57 Pesticide health and safety<br /> 0:06:01 Common environmental challenges facing farmworkers<br /> 0:08:48 Necessity and evolution of the FAF<br /> 0:13:15 Ethnic makeup and race relations among farmworkers in Apopka<br /> 0:24:47 Shutdown of Lake Apopka<br /> 0:32:18 Replacing African-American workers with Hispanic workers<br /> 0:38:32 Remembering farmworkers<br /> 0:46:45 The future of farm labor<br /> 0:50:59 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Jeannie Economos. Interview conducted by Jared Muha in Apopka, Florida, on December 10, 2014.
Type
Sound
Source
Economos, Jeannie. Interviewed by Jared Muha, December 10, 2014. Audio record available. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>, Orlando, Florida.
Requires
Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank"> QuickTime</a>.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/53" target="_blank">Apopka Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES.
Has Format
Digital transcript of original 54-minute and 55-second oral history: Economos, Jeannie. Interviewed by Jared Muha. Audio record available. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank"> RICHES</a>, Orlando, Florida.
Coverage
Farmworker Association of Florida, Apopka, Florida
Hawthorne Village, Apopka, Florida
Lake Apopka, Florida
Creator
Economos, Jeannie
Muha, Jared
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank"> RICHES</a>
Contributor
Cravero, Geoffrey
Date Created
2014-12-10
Date Copyrighted
2014-12-10
Format
audio/mp3
application/pdf
Extent
50.2 MB
Medium
54-minute and 55-second audio recording
24-page digital transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/ Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Jeannie Economos and Jared Muha, and transcribed by Geoffrey Cravero.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank"> RICHES</a>
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank"> RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Palm, Matthew P. "<a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/health/os-last-harvest-crealde-school-20140819-story.html" target="_blank">Crealde School's 'Last Harvest' exhibit in Winter Garden</a>." <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, August 20, 2014. Accessed June 13, 2016. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/health/os-last-harvest-crealde-school-20140819-story.html.
Ailworth, Erin. "<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2007-01-18/news/MHAWTHORNE18_1_lonnie-jackson-hawthorne-south-apopka" target="_blank">Displaced from Hawthorne Village, families struggle to weave new lives</a>." <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, January 18, 2007. Accessed June 13, 2016. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2007-01-18/news/MHAWTHORNE18_1_lonnie-jackson-hawthorne-south-apopka.
Wilson, Becky. "<a href="http://www.gainesvilleiguana.org/2015/articles/linda-lee-a-voice-for-lake-apopka-farmworkers/" target="_blank">Linda Lee: A Voice for Lake Apopka Farmworkers</a>." <em>The Gainesville Iguana</em>, October 15, 2015. Accessed June 13, 2016.
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Transcript
Muha
This is Jared Muha on December 10th, 2014, with Jeannie Economos at the Farmworker Association of Florida. So, Jeannie, uh, do you wanna start by, uh, telling us who you are and a little bit about yourself?
Economos
Sure, my name is Jeannie Economos. I, um, am the Pesticide Safety and Environmental Health Project Coordinator here at the Farmworker Association of Florida. I’ve been in this position since 2007. Um, I came back to work at the Farmworker Association in 2006, um, and in 2006, I was working on immigration issues, um, but prior to that, from, um, 1996 until 2001, I worked at the farmworker association as the Lake Apopka Project Coordinator, um, and prior to that, um, I’ve spent the last—since—well, the last 30 years, um, working for non-profit organizations on everything from the Audubon Society and Save the Manatee Club, um, to the farmworker association and the botanical gardens, but my passion is environmental justice and social justice, and I—and I worked on Indian rights issues, uh, for a while also, as a volunteer.
Muha
Great, thank you.
Economos
Mmhmm.
Muha
Um, I—I heard you mention the Lake Apopka w—w—can you say that one more time? The Lake Apopka Project?
Economos
Well, um, it—we didn’t have an official name, but, um, when I began in 1996—um, that was before the farms closed on Lake Apopka—when the State of Florida passed the, uh, Lake Apopka Restoration Act of 1996, which was, um, the, um—the legislation that gave the [St. Johns River] Water Management District the authority to buy out the farms on the north shore of Lake Apopka. So the farmworker association began work on trying to address the issues of the farmworkers related to this proposed buyout. Initially, we actually tried to stop the State [of Florida] from—before the legislation was passed, we tried to stop the state from buying the farmland, and tried to, um, get a coalition of groups together to, uh, support sustainable agriculture instead. That didn’t work. Um, the state bought out the farms, um, and so, from ‘96 to ‘98, we tried to get programs for the farmworkers, um, and then after the farms closed, we were doing, um, disaster control—trying to get housing and food for people—before we learned about the serious contamination and health issues. Um, so—um, so—yeah—so I was the Lake Apopka Project Coordinator from ’96 to 2001.
Muha
Great, thank you.
Economos
Mmhmm.
Muha
Okay, um, so I’d like to start by just asking about, um, farmworker association much more broadly.
Economos
Mmhmm.
Muha
Um, so can you just tell us broadly what the Farmworker Association of Florida is and what it does?
Economos
Well, it would take a long time to tell you everything that we do. Um, we were founded in 1983, uh, incorporated in 1986, expanded statewide in 1992. Um, we do a lot of things. I guess our two main focuses over the past, um, 30 years, um, have been immigrants’ rights and, um, pesticide health and safety. Um, we do lots of other things, too, which would take a long time to say, including things like wage theft, disaster, um, education and response, um, civic participation, um, housing. We did housing for a while, but, basically, I think the best way to describe our organization is that we are very grassroots. Um, our Board of Directors are[sic] almost all current or former farmworkers. The head of the organization is a former farmworker. We have leadership committees of farmworkers in each of the areas where we have an office, and we’re—we really feel that we are run by the grassroots. We are not top-down, we’re bottom-up. Um, even though we work on, uh, individual, local, state, regional, national, and international issues, we’re really driven by our base, which is—are—which are the farmworkers in each of the areas, and I think that’s the beauty of our organization. That’s why—one of the things that I feel so strongly about is that we are a really, um, you know—we—we—we offer services to farmworkers, like we help people fill out food stamp applications and unemployment. So we do help people on an individual level, but we’re not a service organization. Our—our—our goals are to change policy and empower farmworkers to become agents of social change.
Muha
Oh[?].
Economos
Mmhmm.
Muha
And—and you mentioned earlier that your role has been in pesticide health and safety.
Economos
Yes, yes.
Muha
Mmhmm.
Economos
Um, and so that entails a lot…
Muha
[clears throat].
Economos
Of different things. Um, it—we—we have a training for farmworkers to train them about pesticide health and safety, um, and we train a minimum of 500 farmworkers every year in Florida, um, and that—we have five offices in the state, so that’s about a hundred workers in each area. Um, we also train healthcare providers on how to identify, treat, diagnose, and report pesticide-related illnesses. We file complaints when there are violations of regulations in the workplace, um, and we work on pesticide policy issues. We try and[sic] change pesticide policy at the state level and at the national level, and—and we work internationally too with Pesticide Action Network. Um, so I could go on, but that’s [laughs]—gives you a little overview of it.
Muha
Great. Well, thank you.
Economos
Mmhmm.
Muha
Um, so—and—and I know this—this might be a challenging one to—to do briefly, but do it in whatever length you’d like. Um, so can you speak to, um, you know, environmental harms that farmworkers are—are commonly exposed, uh, to and—and—and why that’s important?
Economos
Um, a lot of farmworker organizations—well, first of all, there aren’t many farmworker organizations, but the ones that do exist, um, are often times focused on wages, um, because farmworkers are low on the totem pole. They get very poor wages, um, and some of them are focused on other kinds [sic]—kinds of abuse, like labor camps and things like that, um, but, uh, um, pesticides are really harmful to farmworkers’ health, and scientific studies over the past seven to eight years have increasingly showed[sic] that pesticide exposure can harm the second generation and the third generation of farmworkers, and they can also have—in the past, um, farmworker organizations were focused on acute effects of pesticide exposure, like, um, you know, farmworkers in the field vomiting or—or passing out or whatever from pesticides, but we know more and more now about long term effects of pesticide exposure, um, and farmworkers standards. Um, they’re, um—they are, um, under the [Agricultural] Worker Protection Standard of the Environmental Protection Agency, and those standards are lower—less than the OSHA regulations that protect workers from chemicals[sic] exposures in other kinds of industries. So, um, it’s vitally important, because these people are making money for the owners of the industry. Whether they’re a small grower or a large grower, industry could not operate without the workers, and yet, the workers are risking their health and their lives and that of their families by being exposed to pesticides on a regular basis, and we should all care because we’re all human, but we should also all care because it affects our food and our environment, and what happens to the least of us happens to the—to all of us. So it’s, uh, critically important, um, and I could go on, but I won’t [laughs].
are the invisible ones. They are, um, treated like workhorses, not like people, um, andthey are not afforded the same protections—health and safety protections—that other workers are protected under OSHA1 standards. Um, they’re, um—they are, um,under the [Agricultural]Worker Protection Standard of the Environmental Protection Agency,and those standards are lower—less than the OSHA regulations that protect workers from chemicals[sic]exposures in other kinds of industries. So, um, it’s vitally important,because these people are making money for the owners of the industry. Whether they’re a small grower or a large grower, industry could not operate without the workers,and yet, the workers are risking their health and their lives and that of their families by being exposed to pesticides on a regular basis, and we should all care because we’re all human, but we should also all care because it affects our food and our environment, and what happens to the least of us happens to the—to all of us. So it’s, uh, critically important, um, and I could go on, but I won’t [laughs].
Muha
Good, thank you.
Um, so why do you think there’s a need for an organization like Farmworkers Association of Florida?
Economos
Um, well,let me just give you a little example. We do pesticide trainings, as I mentioned earlier, and we have five offices in the state, so we tend to work with farmworkers in the counties in the areas where we have offices. A few years ago,we ended—started going to different areas, like Wimauma and Wahneta and Winter Haven, where there’s farmworker populations—migrants—and there is no farmworker organization there as a support for them, and when we have gone and done pesticide trainings in those areas,we’ve seen a huge difference. The level of education of the—of—or—or knowledge—not education—the level of knowledge of the workers of their rights and about pesticide exposure is much less, and we have gone and done trainings in areas where there was no farmworker organization presence,and the people have begged us—after an hour and a half or two hour training, they’ve begged us not to leave. They’ve begged us to come back, and, to me, that says it all, because even if we don’t touch farmworkers directly—for example, here in the Apopka area—even if we don’t touch them directly, what we are doing here, by osmosis, gets out into the broader community, and it raises people’s level of understanding of their rights, it raises their understanding of the risks in their workplace, um, and people know that they can come here for things like help with wage theft and things like that.So, um, not only do I feel that, you know—I see what—what we do here every day, but also, having gone to these other areas and seen the difference in the level of, um, information that the people have. It’s really been a stark contrast. So that to me justis—says it all.
Muha
Well, thank you.
Economos
Mmhmm.
Muha
So you mentioned that, um, Farmworkers Association was founded in—in 1983. Uh, can you speak to—and I know you’ve—you’ve been involved since the ‘90s—but can you speak to how you think it’s changed since its founding?
Economos
Yeah, um…
Muha
[clears throat].
Economos
I mean, we have expanded, um, statewide. I think one of the biggest things—I mean, we—lots of things have changed, but I think one of the biggest things that, um, I’ve seen change is our, um, deeper connection to, understanding of, and action on a global level—an international level. So, um, while we continue to be very grassroots, we work in coalition with groups like Pesticide Action Network International, La Via Campesina, uh, Domestic Fair Trade Association, and other organizations like that, um, that, um, make us, um, connect what we’re doing at the local level to much bigger, broader global, um, trends, policies, um, actions, um, multinational corporations and how they’re affecting things at the local level. So I think we’re much more involved in that, and I think that helps, uh, eh, reinforce what we’re doing locally, but also, um, moves us to a different level where we can, eh, rather than just trying to get a—a particular nursery or farm to pay their workers better or to, you know, um, stop using or—or exposing their workers, we’re looking at it on a much more global level. That it’s systemic—not just systemic in the United States, but systemic globally, because of transnational corporations and how they’re affecting governments, and, you know, international trade agreements. So I think that that’s really significant and that helps inform the work that we do locally by having that big, broad national perspective and working in coalitions, uh, nationally and internationally.
Muha
Okay, great. Thank you. Um, so having spoken now for, uh, about 13 and half minutes, um, I haven’t yet, uh, heard about, um, farmworkers’ role in—in black community—and bl—black farmworkers. So I’d like to ask about that if you don’t mind.
Economos
Mmhmm.
Muha
Um, so what has been your role, um, in the lives of former black farmworkers in Apopka?
Economos
Well, um, we, eh—we used to have, um, an African-American, um, organizer with the farmworker association, um, and for two reasons—one, we no longer had funding for the Lake Apopka Project, um, and also, the African-American
organizer that we had became very sick. We don’t have an African-American organizer in our organization right now, um, but because I’ve been working with the farmworker community on Lake Apopka since 1996, even though I was gone for a few years and came back, um, you know, I—and since Lake Apopka is my passion, I have become the African-American farmworker organizer for the farmworker association, and, um, th—uh, the people know me and we have a long-term relationship and the African Americans in this community, um, know that—they trust me I hope—I think. I like to believe that they do, um, and, um—and they know that, um, I really care about them on an individual level, but I care about the cause too.
Maybe I should start by saying that, um, when the farms on Lake Apopka were operating, um, there were, um, mostly Haitian, Hispanic, and African-American farmworkers. I know I might be jumping ahead on your questions, but, um—but, um—and, uh—when—by the time the farms closed in 1998, the majority of farmworkers on Lake Apopka, at that time, were Hispanic. Uh, the Haitians that worked on Lake Apopka were mostly migrants that would come up from South Florida, harvest corn, and then travel the seasons. Um, there were some Haitians that were more permanent, or seasonal residents here, but a lot of the Haitians that worked on the farms were migrant. Um, a lot of the Hispanics were seasonal, so they were here eight, nine, ten months out of the year. Some of them were here permanently all year-round, because Lake Apopka had such a long growing season, okay? Um, the African- American community was older, uh, in general, um, on Lake Apopka and smaller, um, in—in—in—in terms of numbers, um, and because a lot of them were older, a lot of them worked in the packing houses. Um, even though some of them still worked out in the fields, a lot of the older women worked in the packing houses, so they could sit during the day and help grade—you know, grade the—the product as it came through.
Um, so when the farms closed on Lake Apopka, a lot of the Hispanics were absorbed—were younger, uh, in general. This is, you know, a generalization. Um, a lot of them were either able to move to other areas to work or they were absorbed in other kinds of industries, like the nursery industry or construction or laying sod, but the African Americans, because they were older, um, because they didn’t know anything else but farm work, um, they pretty much, um, got left behind, and so, um, when I came back, um, after being gone for several years, um, I wanted to make sure that the Lake Apopka story didn’t get lost, and so I began working with mostly the African-American farmworker community to keep the Lake Apopka story alive. Most of the Hispanics, um, again, were not, um, um, as interested in continuing the Lake Apop—there were a few. Um, uh, a couple of them moved away, um, but the African Americans really feel like their story needs to be told, because today, if you talk to people about farmworkers, you know—there’s other farmworker organization that seem to be all focused on Hispanic farmworkers. If you talked—if you talk to people about farmworkers, they think, Oh, Hispanics, Mexicans, okay? Well the African Americans feel upset about that, okay? Because they say, “Wait a minute. We’re farmworkers. We were farmworkers here before the Hispanics were here,” and this is not to be, you know—to—to, uh—to pit—to pit the races against each other by any means. It’s just that that that history needs to be captured and not lost, and I know that the farm—the African-American farmworkers that I work with feel very strongly about that, um. Because I feel like I work for them, I feel very strongly about that, um, and because what I have read, not that I’m the most well-read person in the world, but, um, I haven’t seen anything in Florida history. I’ve seen like—like, um, peripheral references in other books, like you’ll read books about, you know, uh, discrimination against blacks in Florida…
Muha
[clears throat].
Economos
And there might be a reference to, um, oh, um, “It—it happened in an orange grove,” or, oh, um, “and he was an orange picker,” but I have not seen anything that has really talked about, specifically, the role of African-American farmworkers in Florida history. I haven’t seen it anywhere. I don’t know. Did I answer your question? I kind of…
Muha
Absolutely.
Economos
Okay.
Muha
Not a problem. Well, so you said a few things that I—I want to pick up on later, if you don’t mind, um—or expand on later, um, and I’ll—I’ll ask about that, um, but I—I would like to, um—to—to return to—to your role, um, within black farmworker communities, um, and then I’ll—I’ll—I’ll come back to—to s—a few things you mentioned, uh, about memorialization of—of, um, black farm labor in Florida and, um, some perspectives and what have you. Um, so, um, you mentioned that you’re currently the person that acts as like, um, a liaison between the farmworker association and—and former black farmworkers. Um, so I’d like to know—I mean, it—is—is that—well, so—so is your work then centered around, um, their lives as it pertains to employment or their role in the community? Or, like, what—what do—what do you do, um, with them?
Economos
Well first of all, I wouldn’t use the word “liaison.”
Muha
Oh.
Economos
Because, um, we actually—it can—we have, um, what we call “leadership committees,” and so, um, because our—our office in Apopka has a Hispanic, a Haitian…
Muha
[clears throat].
Economos
And a[sic] African-American leadership committee, s o I call the—the African Americans that I work with mostly, um, are key people—are leadership committee. So they’re actually part of the organization.
Muha
Okay.
Economos
Um, so, um, um, yeah, so I—I would put it in—in those kinds of terms. Um, uh—initially, um—well, we have tried everything over the years, in terms of the Lake Apopka farmworkers, um, and initially, it was not just African Americans, it was all the farmworkers. I—you know, we—we talked about trying to get class-action lawsuits to address the health issues of the farmworkers. That didn’t work. Um, we tried to get, um, funding, uh, from the National Institutes of Health to do, um, a[sic] scientific studies where we can actually test the blood of farmworkers, and that wasn’t just His—uh, African-American, but all Lake Apopka farmworkers—to look at, uh, levels of pesticides in their body to see if, you know—to—to identify that as a problem. That didn’t work. We’ve tried—we did a health survey, um, actually Geraldine [Matthew], an African-American farmworker who was a staff member here, did a survey in 2005 of about 150 mostly African-American farmworkers, ‘cause they were still here. That didn’t get any traction. So basically, what my position in—in—has evolved into, I guess, since everything else has not gotten anywhere, is to keep the legacy alive…
Economos
And to tell their stories.
Muha
[inaudible].
Economos
Because I feel like that’s what they want, that’s what I want to see happen, that’s what they deserve.
Muha
Mmhmm.
Economos
So that’s kind of what my role has evolved into. Um, the book, Fed Up [: The High Costs of Cheap Food], that was published as way to keep those stories alive. Talking to you [laughs] is a way to do that too. Um, the quilts is[sic] a way to try and do that. Um, you know, um, hopefully, we’re gonna have an iTunes film, um, so those are some things that we’ve done, but kind of an answer to your question, um— most of the people that I work with are too old and too sick. They’re—I shouldn’t say “too old,” because Geraldine [Matthew] and Linda [Lee] are my age, you know, and I’m still working, but most of the people I work with are on disability [benefits].
Muha
Mmhmm.
Economos
They’re not even—some of them are over 65, but a lot of them aren’t over 65, but they’re sick. So they—so it’s not in terms of trying to get anybody any jobs because they can’t work, and that says a lot to me, um, but, um—so it’s not in terms of getting jobs. um, it’s mostly to keep the legacy alive, but at the same time, you know, they’ve become friends. I’m close to ‘em. It’s personal, you know? So I do things like take food to Geraldine when she’s on dialysis and she doesn’t have anything to eat and she has nobody to help her, or I’ll—Um, so it’s a, you know—it’s a commitment, and it’s become personal. I care about ‘em.
Linda has a problem with her—this county trying to—code enforcement trying to cite her house because of her roof. So we’re trying to help her, uh, get the right paperwork to get her roof fixed. So, um, I mean,it ends up, um, you know, for our community, and that’s what it’s all about is really feeling like a community, and that’s how you build trust, you know? Um, they call me on the weekends to see how I’m doing. I call them, you know? Its, uh—um, we took a field trip to St.Augustine because they had a—an exhibit on 500 years of African-American history in the United States. We were gonna take a field trip this weekend to the Harry T. Moore museum.2 Um, so it’s a, you know—it’s a commitment, and it’s become personal. I care about ‘em.
Muha
Thank you. Appreciate that.
Economos
Mmhmm.
Muha
[clears throat] So—and, again, I—I do—a lot of what you said I do want to ask about later. Um, but, um, just to—so I’m clear, um, most farmworkers, uh, or former farmworkers from your observation, if I understand correctly, um, you know, after—after the shutdown of Lake Apopka, what did they do?I mean,from your observation, it seems like you’re saying most of them didn’t return to—to any jobs or…
Economos
Well, so that’s a long story too.Right after the farms closed it’s a—I’ll try to do this short—um, th—there was a thing called the Jobs and Education Partnership and they set up this outreach thing for—I think it lasted a year and a half maybe—to try and do retraining of farmworkers, to try and offer them classes, to try and get them other jobs. Um, it was real mess. It was for all f—not just for African Americans. I mean, like—like part of it was English classes for Hispanics. Um, it was pretty unsuccessful. Some farmworkers, like Linda Lee’s sister,Margie, got a job at a nursery. This was before the [Great] Recession happened in the, you know—a few years ago.3 This was at the boom of building and construction and nurseries and stuff, So some of them did get other jobs for a period of time, but most of the African Americans—again, most of the Hispanics and Haitians were absorbed, so, um, they eventually settled out into something—most of them—a lot of them.
Muha
Mmhmm.
Economos
Most of the African Americans got left behind.Geraldine always talks about how, um, “I don’t know what happened, but after the farms closed, people started getting[phone rings]sick and started dying.”
[phone rings]
Economos
And I know from I own experience, sometimes, you know, when you’re, you know…
[phone rings]
Economos
If you’re not active, you know, you—you start to get depressed and you, you know—and people had this—they had to go to work every day and they probably didn’t have time to even think about their healthcare, but a—after the farms closed, a lot of people did start getting sick. A lot of them were sick beforehand, um, like Linda Lee had, you know, a kidney transplant beforehand. Some of them were absorbed for a little while in other jobs, but most of them were older and not in the best of health and didn’t last very long.
Muha
Hm.
Economos
Um, but some of them were already on disability.
Muha
Mmhmm.
Economos
Um, so, um, I don’t know of many that got jobs in farm work. Um, Magaline[sp] was smart. She got out early, before the farms closed, and got a job as a janitor in a school, and worked there up until about a year ago, um, but the ones that stayed in farm work, most of them, um, didn’t know anything else, um, didn’t really get plugged into anything else in terms of a job and/or, you know, were sick and really couldn’t—couldn’t get out there in the world, but had serious health problems. So, yeah.
Muha
Thank you. Um, so, okay—so what I’d like to ask, um—right. Okay, so I’d like to ask, um—and this might be a—a difficult question to—to answer, but, I mean, so, since the—the shutdown of m—most Lake Apopka farms, w—what has been the most dramatic change that you’ve noticed in the lives of—of the former farmworkers who are black?
Economos
Um, I think—well, uh, I think that there’s been a little bit of—there’s been a little bit of dissolution of community. So, um—for example, um, the African-American community in this area are [sic] not what you would traditionally think of, because they are very settled here. Um, there might be two or three or four generations. A lot of them might have come here—their parents or grandparents might have come here in the ’30s and ‘40s. Well, probably I should say ‘40s, because that’s when the farms started on Lake Apopka, okay? And so, w—they—whereas the Hispanics came later, like in the ‘60s and then again a wave in the ‘80s, um, the African Americans were here much longer. Um, there was some public housing, subsidized housing, USDA4 housing for farmworkers. It was called Hawthorne Village. When the farms closed on Lake Apopka—you could only live there if you had so much of your income from farm work. That included nurseries, okay? When the farms closed on Lake Apopka, the African Americans that lived in Hawthorne Village, like Louisee [sp] and other people, uh, Angela Tanner, they were no longer working in farms, so they couldn’t, um, record that…
Muha
[clears throat].
Economos
“I get this much money from farm work.” They couldn’t live there anymore. They had to go find someplace else to live. Some of them had to go find rental housing, and it wasn’t subsidized, so it was too much money for ‘em. Um, some of them had to go live with family members. Then they finally closed down Hawthorne Village completely. They tore it down, ‘cause [sic] it was in bad shape. Those African-American f—farm—former farmworkers ended up having to go to Lake City, so, some—so, it—it did affect some of the—a little bit—there’s still quite a bit of community cohesion, okay? ‘Cause [sic] some people like Linda and Geraldine and Betty and Irma are, you know—own their own homes, okay? But it did separate some families because of that. So some families had to leave the area, um, because of the housing issues. Some of the younger ones—because there was no more work here—did have to leave and find work other places. So it did affect the community, in that sense, and then, it also affected the community because I think when people weren’t working, again, you have issues of, you know, people being depressed because they can’t work, financial problems because they’re not working. Um, some people were sick, but they just kept working, and then they had to try to get on disability, and if they were under 60, they had to wait two or three years. Oh, it was terrible. Some of them had to wait—uh, you know, in the meantime, while you’re waiting to get on disability, even though you’re on, you know—you have all kinds of health problems. Um, how do you survive in the meantime, you know? You’re not old enough to get Social Security, you know, you’re not well enough to work, so you’re in this limbo. How—so it did cause a lot of financial problems for people. Like I said, when the farms first closed on Lake Apopka, we weren’t thinking about health then. We were just thinking about trying to get people, you know, housing and jobs and food and furniture and a place, you know, uh—just real immediate needs.
Muha
Yeah.
Economos
Um, so, yeah, but long term, I think, uh, the health issue is the biggest—biggest thing.
Muha
Okay, thank you.
Economos
Mmhmm.
Muha
Appreciate that.
Economos
Mmhmm.
Muha
Um, okay, and so—so—and—okay. So next one I’d like to ask—I mean, you mentioned a couple times a difference between, um
[phone rings]
Muha
How the shutdown affected…
[phone rings]
Muha
Hispanic farmworkers and how it affected black farmworkers in—in Florida. So I’d like to ask
[phone rings]
Muha
A little bit about, I guess, a shift that occurred, um, on farms in—in Florida and—and specifically in Apopka, um, and—and what you mentioned, you said that there were, uh, waves of—of Hispanic immigrants in the ‘60s and ‘80s, as…
Economos
Mmhmm.
Muha
As you perceived it.
Economos
Right. Mmhmm, mmhmm.
Muha
Um, so the thing[?] that I’d like to ask—so why do you—why do you think that—that that shift took place, eh, eh, from—in our opinion. Um, was it growers’ preferencing [sic] Hispanic farmworkers? What do you think…
Economos
Well, I think…
Muha
The reason…
Economos
It was several things. Um, one is I think the Civil Rights Act—the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 was one influence, because, um, after that, um, blacks had more opportunities to, um, get out of farm work and get into other kinds of jobs, um, and the younger generation of, uh, African Americans—this next generation—wasn’t, um, subject to the same Jim Crow—not that it didn’t still happen, especially in Apopka, um—but, legally, it wasn’t supposed to happen. So the second generation, um—whereas for example—I’m jumping around—but, like, um, Linda’s parents—Linda’s grandparents were farmworkers, Linda’s parents were farmworkers, and she was a farmworker. Well, her kids didn’t have to be farmworkers. They were born after the Civil Rights Act was passed, okay? Same thing with Geraldine, same thing with Betty, you know? Their next generation, um, didn’t have to—they had more options than, um, the previous generation. So the Civil Rights Act was one thing.
The end of the Bracero Program was another thing, okay? Um, so when the Bracero Program ended, um—well, that was mostly in—that was here too, but the end of the Bracero Program, um—which brought, um, Hispanics into the United States—okay, it ended, but then the growers had an opportunity to go and get, uh, thr—without the Bracero Program to go and get cheaper labor from, you know, Mexico and bring them here to work, okay? And then, I think conditions in Mexico, um—people, you know—workers coming from Mexico, I think, um, you know, the—well, in the ‘90s, NAFTA5 made a big difference too. There was an influx of, um, farmworkers from Mexico after NAFTA, but in the ‘60s and the ‘80s, it was conditions in Mexico, it was the end of the Bracero Program, but I think it was just, you know, demographic changes. A lot of African-American farmworkers were getting older and moving out, and Linda will tell you a story about how, you know, it was mostly African-American farmworkers. She remembers one day going out to the orange groves. They would get up every morning, go to the orange groves, pick oranges, and then take the bus—you know, the crew bus back home. She said one day, they went out to the grove and there was a—as she says, a Mexican f—family there that had slept there all night long, okay? Well, the African-American farmworkers were upset, because the Hispanics that were there—and this is, you know—this is how the industry ends up causing racial divide. The Hispanics that were there all night long could pick earlier in the morning. They could stay and pick later at night, and when you’re being paid by the piece, you know, you’re not getting paid by the hour, they were able to make more money, okay?
So, um, you know, people from Mexico saw econom—economic opportunity here and they started coming here, and they kind of, you know—the—the—it—there became that clash of—and the Hispanics would work cheaper, and—and sometimes they would work faster, and part of that was because a lot—some of the African Americans were beginning to know what their rights were, um, and some of them would stand up for their rights. Whereas, the—a lot of time the Hispanics didn’t know they even had any rights, and they would put up with more abuse, and that’s—again, that’s kind of a generalization, you know? Um, but, um, G— Geral—Geraldine would s—says sometimes, you know, “Oh, I felt sorry for the Hispanics, because they would come here—s—some stuff that we wouldn’t put up with, you know, they would come and they would—they would take it.” So I think there’s [sic] lots of different factors, but I think those are some of them.
Muha
Mmhmm.
Economos
Yeah.
Muha
And then, from your observation, uh, what do you think the perception on that question of—of black farmworkers is? What do you think—do you think they would say the same?
Economos
Well that’s—like I said, a lot of that’s stuff that I’ve heard. In terms of the Civil Rights Act, that’s my perception and th—things I’ve read too, um, but in terms of some of the other things, I mean, I—I hear that directly from them, you know? That they—they have said that. That, you know—that, um, the Hispanic workers would work longer hours, they would put up with more abuse, um, sometimes they would work faster. Again, if you have—especially after the 1960s, um, if you have an aging African-American population, they might not harvest as fast. Whereas, the Hispanics coming in are younger, um, you know, and they would work faster. If you see the—and now it’s not even Mexicans as much as it is Gua—uh, you know, Guatemalans and Salvadorans. the training that we here—had here last night for the farmworker women, they were all young and they were from Guatemala, um, and they were all—I would say—20s, um, early 30s. They were young and they were all farmworkers. So, you know, I think that had a—is a factor too.
Muha
[clears throat].
Muha
Great, um, and—and then, um—following that question, um, in your experiences with former farmworkers in Apopka today, I mean, what—what stands out, uh, to you about their perspec—perspectives on farm labor? Um, given that most of them are now former farmworkers. Most of their children aren’t farmworkers. Um, what do you notice about their perspectives?
Economos
Well, I think they’re all very proud of it. Um, there are some, like Mary Tinsley, who will say, uh, “Oh, I—I used to pick oranges when I was a teenager and I never, ever wanted to do it again, so I decided to go to college and never do it again,” you know, um, but, um, her mom is proud of the work she did, you know? Betty Woods, who died last year, um, said that she loved it. She loved being a farmworker. Geraldine—she’ll say, “We fed the world.” Um, I love Geraldine. She’s so powerful, um, and they’re—they’re proud of what they did, um, and they should be. They deserve to be proud of what they did, um, and, um—and I think the ones that I—I work with, of course, probably have a higher consciousness about all of these issues, because they have been working on this, and, you know, um…
[phone rings]
Economos And have been connected with the farmworker association. We, you know, do do consciousness raising stuff, but even…
[phone rings]
Economos
When we go down to Indiantown, and the farmworkers there—the African Americans there—I think they’re proud of what they’ve done…
[phone rings]
Economos
And their contribution. Um, some of them love it. Geraldine’s really proud that she was the fastest corn packer [laughs], you know, and it was kind of competitive. Um, Linda’s proud that her father was a crew leader and he was a good crew leader…
Muha
Mmhmm.
Economos
And he treated his people well and—and, um, they have all kinds of stories. You could listen to them for hours and days and months and never get all the stories that they have, and it’s a very rich, uh, history, which is why I think it’s so important to capture that, because it’s just very, very rich, both in terms of good and bad. Um, you know, it’s—we—we talk about the discrimination against the blacks in Florida, the country, um, but…
[phone rings]
Economos
What was it like to be black and a farmworker? Kind of the—the…
[phone rings]
Economos
And I hate to put it like this, but how society looks at it is like the…
[phone rings]
Economos
Lowest rung on the totem pole in terms of, you know, the type of job that you do. Um…
[phone rings]
Economos
So I think that that’s a really super rich history, and, um…
[phone rings]
Economos
They have stories talking about being on the mule train and them laughing and…
[phone rings]
Economos
And singing slave songs to get them through the day, um, and it’s just very, very, uh, rich, cultural history, um, and they talk about their interactions with the Hispanics and the Haitians, um, and some of it’s good and some of it’s bad, you know? Um, and—and, uh, um, so, yeah—I forgot what the original question was [laughs].
Muha
No, you did great. Well, the original question was about farm—farmworker perspecti—or black farmworker perspectives…
Economos
Oh, yeah.
Muha
Today and what stands out to you.
Economos
Yeah, yeah.
Muha
So if there’s anything else you wanted to add…
Economos
Um, well, I—I, a—again, what stands out to me, because of the people I work with is that they feel very strongly that they want to be remembered. Yeah.
Muha
Well, I wanted to ask you about that because, uh, throughout this—this interview, a few times you’ve mentioned the importance of, um—of history and—and being remembered, um, so—so, yeah, I mean, and—and you’ve mentioned, uh, the quilt, which—which was Linda’s project…
Economos
Hm, yeah.
Muha
Um…
Economos
Well, every—it—Linda did the most of it…
Muha
Okay.
Economos
It was everybo—I don’t want to—yeah.
Muha
Okay.
Economos
Yeah, it was everybody’s pro—it was a project of the farmworker association. Linda was the one that really did most of the quilt squares, but everybody was involved…
Muha
Great.
Economos
So…
Muha
Well, if I understand, she was l—like the—I—I don’t—I…
Economos
[laughs].
Muha
Perhaps the leader of it? Or…
Economos
She and Sara [Downs]—Sara.
Muha
Okay.
Economos
Together were—yeah. If it weren’t for—they—they were the two that really drove it forward. So, yeah.
Muha Okay.
Economos
Yeah.
Muha
Well, so…
Economos
Mmhmm.
Muha
But I—I wanted to ask you, I mean, you know, it seems i—if I—if I understand correct[sic] I, uh—I mean, has—do you think the history of—of black farm labor has been remembered in Apopka?
Economos No, I don’t. I don’t. I—no. If you go to the, uh, uh, Museum of the Apopkans over here, um, there’s almost nothing in there about African Americans at all, much less African-American farmworkers. They finally did—actually, I need to—they finally did invite us to bring the quilts there during, uh, Black History Month. That was nice of ‘em, um, finally, um, but, um, uh, there’s almost nothing about bla—the, um—if you go to Winter Garden—because I don’t want it to sound like it’s just Apopka, ‘cause[sic] it’s the whole—Lake Apopka is really big, so there’s farmworkers f—that worked on Lake Apopka that were from Zellwood and Eustis and Mount Dora and Astatula and, um, Winter Garden. Winter Garden—there’s a big African-American community there. Linda’s sister lived in Winter Garden. Um, I used to go ride my bike in Winter Garden, and they have a big mural on the side of one of the main buildings in Winter Garden of citrus, and it’s a white guy picking oranges, um, and I’m like, No. [laughs] It probably wasn’t a white guy picking oranges, and, um, you know, and you go to Winter Garden and there’s almost nothing about, um—I think it’s a little bit better over the last couple of years. Um, Winter Garden just had “The Last Harvest[: A History and Tribute to the Life and Work of the Farmworkers on Lake Apopka”] exhibit there and I didn’t even get to go see it, um, but, uh, it’s virtually—no. It’s—it‘s—it’s hidden. It’s deliberate. If you go to, um, Oakland Nature Preserve, um, that was started by Friends of Lake Apopka, there is nothing there about farmworkers at all. If you go to Magnolia Park and the boat ramp and you see the sign there about the history of Lake Apopka, there is nothing there about farmworkers or African Americans in the community. So, no, I think it’s not there and I think it’s deliberate. Yeah.
Muha
And—and you’ve noticed that you—you—you think it’s important to the farmworkers in Apopka and—and those who worked on Lake Apopka that they be remembered.
Economos
Absolutely, and—and they have talked about—I mean, the quilts are great, and the book is great, and we’re—I think everybody’s happy to have both of those things, um, have happened, but, um, I think—some of them have told me that they would like to see a memorial in the city of—that—that—sanctioned by—because the book and the quilt and “The Last Harvest”—that was the farmworker association doing that. Nobody outside—I mean, Dale [Finley Slongwhite] is outside the fa—you know, but nobody outside the farmworker association. What are they doing? It’s all been driven by, you know, the farmworker association. Who else out there has made a concerted effort…
Muha
Mmhmm.
Economos
To do anything to remember the farmworker association? You are, but, I mean, who else is really doing anything to recognize farmworkers at all here—much less African-American farmworkers in this community? So no, I don’t think it’s remembered, um, and I think it’s deliberate.
Muha
Well, thank you, um, and then, as—as my last question, I—I wanted to ask you, um, if you had any thoughts on, uh, the future of farm labor in—in Florida, and perhaps, uh, more broadly in the United States or the South.
Economos That’s a really good question, because, um—that’s a really big question, because, um, you know, there’s continuing competition from globalization, um, the recession has affected the…
Muha
[clears throat].
Economos
Nursery industry in Florida, um, imports of tomatoes from Mexico has a—affected the tomato industry in Florida, the drought is affecting the nut industry in California, as well as other kinds of crops. Um, so lots of different factors are affecting, um, agriculture in the United States. Um, subsidies for commodity crops, like, um, corn, soy, and wheat are affecting—they, eh—it just blows my mind that they call fruits and vegetables “specialty crops.” That just is mind-boggling to me, you know? tomatoes are a specialty crop. Corn is not a specialty crop. Gen—genetically-modified corn is not a specialty crop, but, you know, your healthy carrots are. Um, so specialty crops are at risk, um, because of the huge agribusiness farms. Um, so I think that there is a real danger of, um—or threat to agriculture in the United States. The global, you know—forces of globalization around the world, um—I do take hope from the food movement, um, where a lot of, um, people are, um, wanting healthy, organic, local, sustainable food, even though it might not be fair trade food, um, for workers, but a lot of, um, small, independent farms are starting up at a very small scale, but poor people can’t afford to buy that. I can’t afford [laughs] to buy that, um, produce. Um, so you’re still going to have your big grocery store chains, you’re still going to have, um, you know, your, um, need for cheap food. So I do think it’s a really big concern where—and I think farmers know that. The writing is on the wall for some of them.
Um, tomatoes, you know, the—tomatoes are a big issue in Florida. Um, the tomato industry in Florida wants to continue growing tomatoes the way they’re growing them, which is picking them early and—and, um, then treating them with methyl bromide to ripen them, whereas Mexico is growing vine-ripe tomatoes and that they’re shipping here, and people want those more. So, um, if agriculture, um, diminishes—and we’ve already seen that on a small scale in Apopka. The recession, um, put a lot of farmworkers out of work in Florida. Um, nurseries went under. Miguel estimated about 50 percent of the nurseries. I don’t know if that’s accurate or not, but quite a few nurseries, um, closed, which put a lot of workers out of work. Immigration policies have affected agriculture. A lot of workers, um, are afraid to travel, um, the seasons like they used to, because of immigration policies in other states, um, like Georgia and Alabama that might be really horrible. Um, immigration policies have affected migration into the United States, which has affected how many people come here to be farmworkers. So, um, there’s lots of different forces at play here, and, uh, I’m not real[sic] good at forecasting the future, but I think we have some real issues that—that are gonna come up, um, and I think we’re gonna end up seeing a lot more imported food and a loss—lot less work for farmworkers. So…
Muha
Good, okay. Well, um, as far as my questions, that’s all. Um, was there anything you wanted to add or say before I stop the recording?
Economos
Um, I just want to say that I think—I think there’s a real place and a real need in Florida history to document the role of African-American farmworkers. I mean, I—I kind of said that already several times, but, um, I want to say it kind of in a different way now, because I think it’s important to put African-American farmworkers—not just to remember that they were here and they had lives, but to really look at that in terms of the economic development of Florida. That—you know, we hear about, um, [Henry] Flagler and the railroad and other people in, you know, uh, uh, major, uh—who I can’t think of right now—major people in Florida history who, you know, created the development of Florida, but none of that could happen, okay? A lot of that was based on—a lot of the economy in Florida was driven by agriculture, okay? And the railroad and all these other things—where part of it was to move agricultural products, part of it was to bring people down here to start orange groves and vegetable fields, and none of that could have happened without African-American farmworkers, and I think it’s really crucial not only to remember the lives of the farmworkers here, but to put them in some kind of really profound historical context, um, in the—in Florida’s history, you know?
Even, um, Patrick [D.] Smith, who wrote that book, Angel City [: A Novel], okay? The main characters in that book where white farmworkers that came down from Tennessee or Kentucky or something like that, um, and the peripheral characters in the book were African American, okay? I—it’s really vitally important to see how—there’s even more about, um, the Indians—the native Indians in Florida and what happened to them then there are[sic] about African Americans historically in Florida as part of the development and what caused the economy to grow in the state, and I also think—one more thing I think is crucially important is to—to demonstrate or to understand that African-American farmworkers, in Florida and other parts of the South, have a direct line to slavery, and I think that that thread needs to be pulled through, um, because the conditions that farmworkers experienced and continue to experience, but, again, it was—e—e—even before Lake Apopka, you go back into the ‘20s and ‘30s and ‘40s before Lake Apopka, you know, that—it was still the legacy of slavery. So I think somehow that thread needs to be woven through all of this, um, because I don’t think you can look at—at—at it in a—in a vacuum without bringing—bringing that in, and how the conditions on the farms were related to, um—how con—plantation conditions and slavery in the United States. So…
Muha
Okay. Well, thank you so much. Um, this…
Economos
Thank you.
Muha
Has been—oh, absolutely [laughs]. This has been Jared Muha with Jeannie Economos of the Farmworker Association [of Florida] on December 10th, 2014.
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Title
Florida Land Colonization Company Collection
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FLCC Collection
Subject
Sanford, Henry Shelton, 1823-1891
Sanford (Fla.)
Mackinnon, William, 1823-1893
Polk County (Fla.)
Sumter County (Fla.)
Hernando County (Fla.)
Brevard County (Fla.)
Volusia County (Fla.)
Manayunk (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/107" target="_blank">William MacKinnon Collection</a>, Henry Shelton Sanford Papers Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
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eng
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Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Manayunk Bank, Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
New York City, New York
Washington, D.C.
Brussels, Belgium
Gingelom, Belgium
Hombourg, Belgium
Berlin, Germany
Florida Land and Colonization Company, London, England, United Kingdom
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Fedorka, Drew M.
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
External Reference
<span>Fry, Joseph A. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8475473" target="_blank"><em>Henry S. Sanford: Diplomacy and Business in Nineteenth-Century America</em></a><span>. Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, 1982.</span>
Tischendorf, Alfred P. "<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35894049" target="_blank">Florida and the British Investor: 1880-1914</a>." <em>Florida Historical Quarterly</em> 33, no. 2 (Oct. 1954): 120-129.
Amundson, Richard J. "<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4894931414" target="_blank">The Florida Land and Colonization Company</a>." <em>Florida Historical Quarterly</em> 44, no. 3 (Jan. 1966): 153-168.
Munro, J. Forbes. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57653564"><em>Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William MacKinnon and His Business Network, 1823-1893</em></a>. Rochester, NY: Boydell Press, 2003.
Kendall, John S. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1836396" target="_blank"><em>History of New Orleans</em></a>. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1922.
Description
The Florida Land and Colonization Company (FLCC) was a joint-stock venture that invested in Florida land development and sales in the 1880s and early 1890s. The company was formed by Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891) with help from a group of British investors. The original impetus for the company's formation was Sanford's inability to continue his land acquisition and development efforts in Florida independently. In 1879, faced with financial difficulties, Sanford turned to a trusted associate in the United Kingdom, a Scottish industrialist named Sir William Mackinnon (1823-1893), to help him attract investors. The formation of the company was in large part due to the efforts of MacKinnon, whose reputation and influence helped bring investors on board.<br /><br />Located at 13 Austin Friars, the company was officially registered in London on June 10, 1880. With the formation of the FLCC, all of Henry Sanford's Florida properties were transferred to the company in exchange for a £10,000 cash payment and another £50,000 in company stock. The one-time cash payment was a needed reprieve for Sanford, who faced financial difficulties by the end of the 1870s. The board of directors included Mackinnon, as well as W. C. Gray and Edwyn Sandys Dawes, partners in Gray-Dawes and Company, a London-based banking and investment house. Other directors included Alexander Fraser, Anthony Norris, George A. Thomson, and Eli Lee. Sanford was named President and Chairman of the Board. In 1880, the company owned 26,000 acres scattered across Florida, including in the cities of Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and Sanford, as well as in Alachua County and Marion County. <br /><br />Almost from the outset, there was serious friction between the British board members and Henry Sanford. Disagreements erupted over business strategy, as Sanford frequently proposed initiatives deemed too bold for the cautious British investors. From 1882 to 1892, the company saw steady, if meager, profits. Most of its income came from the sale of lots in the city of Sanford. From 1885 until 1890, the company, while remaining solvent, continued to see declining profits. From 1886 to 1890, the profits were so modest that the company declined to pay dividends on its yearly profits. Needed improvements and developments in the city of Sanford during the late 1880s sapped much of the company's income. Following Henry Sanford's death in 1891, many of the investors lost the motivation to continue. On September 15, 1892, the various directors acted to dissolve the company. Its assets, including roughly 65,000 acres of Florida land, were divided among shareholders.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
Provenance
<span>Collection dontated to the </span><a href="http://www.chs.org/" target="_blank">Connecticut Historical Society</a><span> after 1901.</span>
<span>Collection loaned to the </span><a href="http://www.tn.gov/tsla/" target="_blank">Tennessee State Library and Archives</a><span> for processing until June 1, 1960.</span>
<span>Collection acquired by the General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, </span><a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a><span> in 1960.</span>
Rights Holder
<span>The displayed collection items are housed at the General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, </span><a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a><span> in Sanford, Florida. Rights to these items belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about items should be directed there. </span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a><span> has obtained permission from the </span><a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a><span> to display this item for educational purposes only.</span>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1-page handwritten statement
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Title
Statement from Gray Dawes and Company to Henry Shelton Sanford (January 28, 1880)
Alternative Title
Gray Dawes & Co. to Sanford (January 28, 1880)
Subject
Investments--Florida
Sanford, Henry S. (Henry Shelton), 1823-1891
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Description
A statement from Gray Dawes and Company to Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891) dated January 28, 1880. The statement lists charges for the shipment of 10 boxes of oranges from New York to London. The oranges may have been sent to the London-based company as a gift from Sanford, who was in London at the time seeking to attract investors for his Florida land development scheme, what would become the Florida Land and Colonization Company.<br /><br /><p>Gray Dawes and Company was founded in 1865 by business partners Archie Gray and Edwyn Sandys Dawes. Located at 13 Austin Friars in London, England, the company was focused, at least initially, on maritime insurance. By the mid-1870s, the company had also expanded its operations into shipping, overseeing a fleet of steamships that circulated within a trade network including London, Calcutta, Madras, and elsewhere. The company was closely linked to the Scottish shipping titan, Sir William MacKinnon (1823-1893). Gray was Mackinnon's nephew. Dawes, meanwhile, went on to become a close and trusted business partner to MacKinnon. As such, the firm became a useful means for MacKinnon to reward his friends and business associates. The company availed insurance accounts to these select individuals, accounts that could be used as a source of credit to be paid at a later date. The company became associated with Henry Shelton Sanford thanks to the mutual connection to MacKinnon. In 1880, MacKinnon lent Sanford, who was faced at the time with financial difficulties, some £8,000 to facilitate the founding of a Florida land investment company. The money offered by MacKinnon was in fact loaned to Sanford by Gray Dawes and Company. Additionally, at the behest of MacKinnon, both Gray and Dawes became reluctant subscribers to Sanford’s land investment scheme, the Florida Land and Colonization Company.</p>
Type
Text
Source
Original statement: box 53, folder 3, subfolder 53.3.1, Henry Shelton Sanford Papers, General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Is Part Of
Box 53, folder 3, subfolder 53.3.1, Henry Shelton Sanford Papers, General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/98" target="_blank">Florida Land Colonization Company Collection</a>, Henry Shelton Sanford Papers Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original statement.
Coverage
Gray Dawes and Company, London, England, United Kingdom
Creator
Gray Dawes and Company
Date Created
1880-01-28
Format
image/jpg
Extent
130 KB
Medium
1-page handwritten statement
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Gray Dawes and Company.
Donated to the <a href="http://www.chs.org/" target="_blank">Connecticut Historical Society</a> after 1901.
Loaned to the <a href="http://www.tn.gov/tsla/" target="_blank">Tennessee State Library and Archives</a> for processing until June 1, 1960.
Acquired by the General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a> in 1960.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at the General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a> in Sanford, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. RICHES of Central Florida has obtained permission from the <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a> to display this item for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Fedorka, Drew M.
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
External Reference
Munro, J. Forbes. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57653564" target="_blank"><em>Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William MacKinnon and His Business Network, 1823-1893</em></a>. Rochester, NY: Boydell Press, 2003.
citrus
Dawes, Edwyn Sandys
Gray Dawes and Company
Gray, Archie
insurance
investments
oranges
Sanford
Sanford, Henry Shelton
shipments
shipping
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Dublin Core
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Title
Jared Muha Collection
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Agriculture--Florida
Migrant labor
Apopka (Fla.)
Description
A collection of oral history interviews conducted by Jared Muha.
Creator
Muha, Jared
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank"> RICHES</a>
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank"> RICHES</a>
Curator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank"> RICHES MI</a>
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
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Title
Oral History of Sister Gail Grimes
Alternative Title
Oral History, Grimes
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Apopka (Fla.)
Agriculture--Florida
Description
An oral history interview of Sister Gail Grimes, a Roman Catholic sister from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who moved to Apopka, Florida, in January of 1975 to serve the farmworker, low-income and immigrant communities. This interview was conducted by Jared Muha in Apopka on October 10, 2014. Some of the topics covered include moving to Apopka, working for the Hope CommUnity Center, the working conditions of Central Florida farmworkers, Apopka farms in the 1970s, relations between farmworkers and crew leaders, migration to Florida, early types of industry, the development of muck farms, shifting racial dynamics on Apopka farms, a history of racism in Central Florida, finding work after the shutdown of Lake Apopka, and the legacy of black farmworkers in Florida history.
Table Of Contents
<br />0:00:00 Hope CommUnity Center <br />0:04:30 Working conditions <br />0:12:48 Apopka farms in the 1970s <br />0:19:03 Relations between farmworkers and crew leaders <br />0:24:21 Migration to Florida and the development of muck farms <br />0:27:47 Shifting racial dynamics and pesticide exposure <br />0:37:04 Shutdown of Lake Apopka <br />0:43:13 The legacy of black farmworkers and <em>Dowdell v. City of Apopka</em> <br />0:49:51 Segregation <br />0:52:41 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Sister Gail Grimes. Interview conducted by Jared Muha in Apopka, Florida, on October 10, 2014.
Type
Sound
Source
Grimes, Gail. Interviewed by Jared Muha, October 10, 2015. Audio record available. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank"> RICHES</a>, Orlando, Florida.
Requires
Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank"> QuickTime</a>.
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Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/53" target="_blank"> Apopka Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES.
Has Format
Digital transcript of original 53-minute, and 27-second oral history: Grimes, Gail. Interviewed by Jared Muha. Audio record available. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank"> RICHES</a>, Orlando, Florida.
Coverage
Farmworker Association of Florida, Apopka, Florida
Hope CommUnity Center, Apopka, Florida
Lake Apopka, Florida
Creator
Grimes, Gail
Muha, Jared
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>
Contributor
Cravero, Geoffrey
Date Created
2014
-10
-10
Date Copyrighted
2014
-10
-10
Format
audio/mp3
application/pdf
Extent
48.9 MB
239 KB
Medium
53-minute and 27-second audio recording
26-page digital transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Sister Gail Grimes and Jared Muha, transcribed by Geoffrey Cravero, and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank"> RICHES</a>.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank"> RICHES</a>
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Curator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank"> RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Damron, David. "<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2014-04-14/news/os-apopka-nuns-back-demings-20140414_1_nuns-val-demings-sister-gail-grimes" target="_blank">Apopka nuns donate to Demings campaign</a>." <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, April 24, 2014. Accessed October 3, 2016. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2014-04-14/news/os-apopka-nuns-back-demings-20140414_1_nuns-val-demings-sister-gail-grimes.
"<a href="https://hopecommunitycenterapopka.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/newsletter_fall_final_web_version.pdf" target="_blank">Hundreds Enjoyed Festive Retirement Celebration to Honor Sister Gail Grimes</a>." <em>Hope CommUnity Center</em>, 2014 Fall Edition. Accessed October 4, 2016. https://hopecommunitycenterapopka.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/newsletter_fall_final_web_version.pdf.
Santich, Kate. "<a href="http://smfws.com/art07032006c.htm" target="_blank">Nuns' efforts aid Apopka farmworkers</a>." <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, July 3, 2006. Accessed October 4, 2016. http://smfws.com/art07032006c.htm.
Santich, Kate. "<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2006-07-03/news/MSISTERS03_1_sisters-reality-tv-hard-work" target="_blank">Hope And Hard Work: Nuns' efforts aid Apopka farmworkers</a>." <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, July 3, 2006. Accessed October 4, 2016.
Slongwhite, Dale Finley, and Jeannie Economos. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/857802909" target="_blank"><em>Fed Up: The High Costs of Cheap Food</em></a>. 2014.
Giagnoni, Silvia. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/715188868" target="_blank"><em>Fields of Resistance The Struggle of Florida's Farmworkers for Justice</em></a>. Chicago, Ill: Haymarket Books, 2011.
A. Duda & Sons
African Americans
agricultural labor
agriculture
alligators
Ann Kendrick
Apopka
Apopka City Council
bass
bass fishing
Bonita Springs
boycotts
Cape Canaveral
carrot houses
carrots
Cesar Chavez
César Estrada Chávez
citrus
City of Apopka
Crealdé School of Art
discrimination
Dowdell v. City of Apopka
E & J Gallo Winery
farms
Farmworker Association of Florida
farmworkers
ferneries
fernery
Gail Grimes
gators
Germans
Haitians
Hispanics
Hope CommUnity Center
Immokalee
Jared Muha
juice plants
kale
KKK
Ku Klux Klan
laborers
Lake Apopka
Lake County
Latinas
Latinos
lettuce
lupus
Mexican Americans
Mexicans
muck farms
Museum of the Apopkans
nonprofits
nuns
nurseries
nursery
Office for Farmworker Ministry
orange county
orange groves
oranges
pesticide exposure
pesticides
Peter Schreyer
Pierson
Plymouth
Plymouth Citrus Products Cooperative, Inc.
Polk County
POW
POWs
Prisoner of War
Prisoners of War
race relations
racial conflict
racism
radish
radishes
religious sisters
Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholicism
Roman Catholics
segregation
service learning
SLE
soldiers
Stomping Ground
systemic lupus erythematosus
The Last Harvest
turpentine
Vietnam War
wages
Walt Disney World Resort
William Donald Borders
Willis V. McCall
Willis Virgil McCall
Winter Garden
Winter Garden City Council
Winter Park
World War II
WWII
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Title
Sanford Collection
Description
The present-day Sanford area was originally inhabited by the Mayaca/Joroco natives by the time Europeans arrived. The tribe was decimated by war and disease by 1760 and was replaced by the Seminole Indians. In 1821, the United States acquired Florida from Spain and Americans began to settled in the state.
Camp Monroe was established in the mid-1830s to defend the area against Seminoles during the Seminole Wars. In 1836, the United States Army built a road (present-day Mellonville Avenue) to a location called "Camp Monroe," during the Second Seminole War. Following an attack on February 8, 1837, the camp was renamed "Fort Mellon," in honor of the battle's only American casualty, Captain Charles Mellon.
The town of Mellonville was founded nearby in 1842 by Daniel Stewart. When Florida became a state three years later, Mellonville became the county seat for Orange County, which was originally a portion of Mosquito County. Citrus was the first cash crop in the area and the first fruit packing plant was constructed in 1869.
In 1870, a lawyer from Connecticut by the name of Henry Shelton Sanford (1832-1891) purchased 12,548 acres of open land west of Mellonville. His vision was to make this new land a major port city, both railway and by water. Sitting on Lake Monroe, and the head of the St. Johns River, the City of Sanford earned the nickname of “The Gate City of South Florida.” Sanford became not only a transportation hub, but a leading citrus industry in Florida, and eventually globally.
The Great Fire of 1887 devastated the city, which also suffered from a statewide epidemic of yellow fever the following year. The citrus industry flourished until the Great Freezes of 1894 and 1895, causing planters to begin growing celery in 1896 as an alternative. Celery replaced citrus as the city's cash crop and Sanford was nicknamed "Celery City." In 1913, Sanford became the county seat of Seminole County, once part of Orange County. Agriculture dominated the region until Walt Disney World opened in October of 1971, effectively shifting the Central Florida economy towards tourism and residential development.
Alternative Title
Sanford Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Contributor
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
<a href="https://www.thehistorycenter.org/" target="_blank">Orange County Regional History Center</a>
<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/" target="_blank">Sanford Historical Society, Inc.</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=108" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
"<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48" target="_blank">Sanford: A Brief History</a>." City of Sanford. http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48.
<em>The Seminole Herald</em>. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52633016" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Our First 125 Years</em></a>. [Sanford, FL]: The Herald, 2002.
<span>Mills, Jerry W., and F. Blair Reeves. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11338196" target="_blank"><em>A Chronology of the Development of the City of Sanford, Florida: With Major Emphasis on Early Growth</em></a></span><span>, 1975.</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/82" target="_blank"><em>Celery Soup: Florida’s Folk Life Play</em> Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/65" target="_blank">Churches of Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/131" target="_blank">Creative Sanford, Inc. Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/41" target="_blank">Georgetown Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/78" target="_blank">Marie J. Francis Collection</a>, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/101" target="_blank">Sanford Avenue Collection</a>, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/79" target="_blank">Goldsboro Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/116" target="_blank">Henry L. DeForest Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/12" target="_blank">Hotel Forrest Lake Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/14" target="_blank">Ice Houses of Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/42" target="_blank">Milane Theatre Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/13" target="_blank">Naval Air Station Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Sanford Baseball Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/61" target="_blank">Sanford Cigar Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/10" target="_blank">Sanford Riverfront Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/11" target="_blank">Sanford State Farmers' Market Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
Holcomb, Susan
Interviewee
Scott, David
Location
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida
Original Format
1 audio recording
Duration
55 minutes and 53 seconds
Bit Rate/Frequency
196kbps
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Title
Oral History of David Scott
Alternative Title
Oral History, Scott
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Nursing homes--Florida
Description
An oral history of David Scott, conducted by Susan Holcomb on April 9, 2010. Scott was the son of Grady Scott, who served as Superintendent of the Old Folks Home, formerly located at 300 Bush Boulevard in Sanford, Florida. The property has since been converted into the Museum of Seminole County History. In this interview, Scott discusses the layout and residents at the home, his responsibilities as an employee, growing up in Sanford, and how Sanford has changed over time.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction<br />0:00:20 Old Folks Home<br />0:02:38 Residents<br />0:05:10 Responsibilities as an employee<br />0:11:31 Dining room and kitchen<br />0:12:43 Willie and Lily<br />0:13:31 Stories about residents, father, and siblings<br />0:18:59 Livestock and agriculture<br />0:21:34 Stories about residents and pet dog named Pooch<br />0:24:04 Laundry room and furnace<br />0:25:43 Life as a teenager<br />0:26:52 How Sanford has changed over time<br />0:27:55 Siblings and education<br />0:30:15 Pasture, orange groves, and freezer locker<br />0:32:53 Agricultural Building<br />0:34:44 Cattle ranchers and the railroad<br />0:38:03 Father's employment history<br />0:39:50 Oak tree memorial<br />0:41:23 Disciplining children and residents with dementia<br />0:44:13 Living room<br />0:44:55 Gender and racial segregation<br />0:45:45 Layout<br />0:54:29 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of David Scott. Interview conducted by Susan Holcomb at the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Type
Moving Image
Source
Scott, David. Interviewed by Susan Holcomb. April 9, 2010. <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
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Is Part Of
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/43" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
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Old Folks Home, Sanford, Florida
Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida
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Holcomb, Susan
Scott, David
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55-minute and 53-second audio recording
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<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Today is April 9<sup>th</sup>, 2010. My name is Susan Holcomb. I’m here interviewing David Scott about his time when his dad<a title="">[1]</a> was Superintendent here at the Old Folks Home. David, thank you again for your time today.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Okay. You’re welcome.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>You were telling me about the office here.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yes. This where I’m standing now in front of the fireplace. This was the superintendent’s living quarters. This is where we lived—my mom<a title="">[2]</a> and dad, and my sister, my brother, and myself. We lived here. This was the entrance—the main entrance—the office. That’s where we kept all the records. There was a driveway that came up in the front here and made kind of a turn and people would come up and stop in front of the office. And whatever their business was, we would take care of it here, because we lived right next to the office. So it was real convenient. But this was where we lived. We lived in here. It was good. This has been opened up. The partitions—this has all been opened up into the dining area. That was all closed when we lived here. It looks small now, but it was large then. But it was a lot of fun here. This was back in the late [19]50s-early ‘60s. But my sister and my brother stayed on this side—in the superintendent’s side—and I stayed over in the office where Kim [Nelson] is right now, that was my room. There was[sic] two rooms where the office is—two small rooms. They opened that up and now she’s in—where her office is that was my room where I stayed.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>How about that. So there were two rooms there and you had one of them?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>And how old were you again when you lived here?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>I was around 15—15 years old.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /> </strong>And how many years were you here?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>We were here approximately four years living here. But I got used to the elderly folks, and it was a good part of growing up. It was a lot of experience, a lot of knowledge, and things that I listened to back then—stories and all. They were fantastic. It was just like reading a book, when you talk to some of the people that were here. And it was great.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>That’s interesting. About how many residents were here then? Do you know?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>I would say probably 10-15 in this section. We had the infirmary in the back. Of course it’s not there now. Rachel Lee ran the infirmary with a nurse, and she had her patients, and sick people were there. And there was the colored section where they lived and there was probably eight people living in there. But there would be people coming and going, but most of the time we kept the same ones. They just lived here ‘til something happened to them.</p>
<p>But it was good that this road came around from the front of the office. It came around the building and all the way around that building, and made a loop, and came out over there where you parked your car in the parking lot, and came back out to the road. And the ambulance—if they had to pick up someone from the infirmary or the doctor or whatever, they could make a loop and all the deliveries and everything.</p>
<p>Now when you pull up—we’ll walk to the kitchen here. This was our entrance right here in the kitchen on the superintendent’s side. We parked our cars out there. There was an oak tree. This was all field out there. To your right, on the south side, there was a garage and a chicken coop. It was probably 50 by 50 and we probably had 150 chickens to 200 chickens. Behind that was the wash shed—the infirmary. And the coloreds stayed in their building. We would take—certain days we would go out and gather up the chickens and we would have to slaughter up the chickens. We had fresh chickens and put them in the freezer. We also had pigs and cows and stuff like that. We had plenty of meat, plenty of milk, and it worked out good for everyone here.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>That[?] sounds like it. What were some of the responsibilities you had here, if any?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. Yeah. Back in the day you did your part. I would get up in the mornings, and I’d get dressed and sometimes put on an old pair of pants. Not my school clothes, but I would come over and back up between the little trellises out here. This is the dining room and kitchen here, and I would back up there with the truck. We had a five-gallon pail with leftover milk, scraps. And we would get commodities like cornmeal with bugs in it or something once in a while and I would take all that, throw it in the five-gallon bucket with milk, put it in the back of the truck, drive down the road, and I’d slop the hogs every day. That was my morning chore. So the reason why I said about pants was that sometimes it would spill on ya, so you had to be real careful. But I had to do that and a bunch of little things in the morning. Make sure everything was in its rightful place, kinda do a little walk round—my dad did and I did. It was a family thing. Then we’d walk down to the road and catch the school bus, or drive to school, or someone would pick us up.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>You said you went to Seminole High [School]?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>I went to Seminole High on French Avenue on top of the hill back then in ’59. The road out here—the four lane—was just getting finished. It was two lane. They were just finishing it. That made it nice.</p>
<p>But it was good. In the afternoons, I would come in after school and I’d kinda go through the same process of changing clothes and getting everything. We had a Snappin’ Turtle lawn mower—one of those old mowers with a turtle head on the front—and we would mow grass. That was part of it. We’d mow grass and Will—he was one of the black guys. He was on crutches. He would be at the barn at a certain time, and all the cows would come in, and he’d milk all the cows. I’d go through the orange grove—that was all orange grove on that side then—I’d go down through the orange grove to the barn, and I would bring the milk back, because he couldn’t do it. And I’d carry the milk, bring it back to the kitchen so they would have fresh milk. Usually we’d have two full buckets. That was part of my job in the afternoon. There was[sic] always things to do. Sometimes in the afternoons or on the weekends, I would even go to the infirmary or in the back where the blacks lived—the colored folks lived—and pick them up and take them across—here’s a lake in Lake Mary you could go through the woods and around, and the man that had the lakefront property would let them fish. So we would go fishin’. There’d be four or five that’d want to go over. Sometimes we’d leave ‘em for two-three hours with water and everything and then go back and get ‘em. They’d bring the fish back, clean them, and the kitchen people would cook ‘em. So that’s the way it went.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>So every once in a while you had fresh fish too?</p>
<p><strong>Scott <br /></strong>Oh, yeah. It was great really, really good. It was a good life living out here. I enjoyed it. Kept us all busy and you got to see a lot of people and that’s what it was all about really.</p>
<p>Sometimes I’d be sitting in here—and another part of my duties were, someone pull up—there was a funeral home in Sanford and they’d bury folks in the [Seminole] County cemetery here by the college. They would pull up in the hearse, and I would go to the office, and give them a number, and they would have all the paperwork. Or they would give me a number. I forget how that went back then. I would go over to the cemetery with them and they would have a hole. They had someone—they would drop him off and dig the grave. Sometimes the graves weren’t real deep, because of the water table. But they had a pine box, and I would help them lower the remains—the body—down in to the gravesite and basically, you know, cover it up. And I’d bring back the number or whatever and it would go into the book. But that was just another thing that I did. But yeah. I helped bury a number of people over there. Sometimes the cows would get out of the fence and they’d trample through over there and you could see where they stepped in. it was just a common thing though. It was something to be expected when you had animals like that in a cemetery.</p>
<p>We had a guy that was in the infirmary—Sam McFadden was his name. I was 15 years old and I told him—I said, “Sam, when I turn 18, I’ll take you back to Oviedo.” That’s where he was from. He was a black guy. Really a nice person. He had no legs at all. He was over there probably six-eight years. I forget how many years. So the week I turned 16, and got my regular license, I pulled around, got him down the ramp, picked him up, put him in the passenger seat, and we went to Oviedo. All day long. He hadn’t been over there in years. So I drove him all around Oviedo so he could see people he knew. He would show me where to go and tell me which way he wanted to turn. He had a wonderful day. People gave him money and everything. That probably made his day, you know. He remembered that the rest of his life. He was a real good person. I liked doing things like that. It was part of the experience I got from living over here. He was a great person. Just a little thing I could do to help out.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>That’s fantastic. I bet he did enjoy that.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. But he didn’t weigh much. I could pick him right up, with no legs.</p>
<p>But, uh, this area—this area was the dining room and they would eat their breakfast, dinner, and supper in here. The kitchen was right through there and they would cook everything. Where the books and all are, that was the pantry. That’s where we kept all the food and stuff. And the little walkway out here— where the colored dining room was. They came up, they ate out here, and the other folks in here ate in here.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>So they essentially put the kitchen in the middle.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>The kitchen—right. It’s where it is now. I guess it’s still a kitchen in there. But that’s what that was. I don’t know if they’ve done anything with the little extension out here or not, I think it’s basically for storage now.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>What was—what was that? The storage [inaudible]?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>[inaudible].</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>No. The dining room.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Got it, got it, got it.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yeah. They would sit on the porch down there. And there was two—there was Willie and Lily. She was ‘bout as big around as she was tall—real short. But they would go down here on [U.S. Route] 17-92—there was big oak trees down there then. They would take their chairs—they had a couple chairs they left down there. I took them down for them, and they would sit there and watch the traffic and wave. People got used to seeing them every day just about. Some people would actually stop and give them money. They’re the same ones that we would take fishing. They loved to fish. It was really great. They enjoyed it. It was something for them to do. ‘Cause you know a place like this you get a certain age, it gets a little boring and a little excitement—you see new people, new cars.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>And somebody stop to chat.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. People would probably knew[sic] them—that knew they were here. You know, there’s a lot of sad things. People that you get acclimated to living in this area with older people. And you’re a teenager, and you hear all the stories, and you like these people. Then they get sick and pass away. It’s kinda hard on you. But it’s an experience that you never forget. It’s good really. It was really good for me. And I remember a lot of the stories. They were great. Like back years ago when Florida had dirt roads and people rode horses and things like that were some of the stories.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>So you heard some of those?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Oh, yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Well, that’s fascinating.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>‘Cause some of the people—back in 1960, they were 80 years old, so you know they didn’t have the cars. That’s the way it was. All the women stayed in one section and the men stayed in the other. Sometimes they would get to arguing—well, older people like that is—was—kinda comical. But they would. They would get serious and would start arguing. We had one out here named Beautiful Lee. That was his name. He had a business here in Sanford. We had another here, Mr. Barfield. And they didn’t get along too well. Sometimes you had to straighten them out. My dad—he had his hands full.</p>
<p>When we first got here, the beds were really bad. The mattresses were old and soiled. The first thing he did was go to the [Seminole] County commissioners to get funding to where Echols Bedding Company years ago. Came out to haul the mattresses out and put all fresh mattresses in. And like—the people we buried out there. They were just buried—buried without any nice clothes. And dad got to where—they might’ve got them from Goodwill [Industries International, Inc.] or wherever back then—but they had suits when they were buried instead of being buried in a pine box. It was the little things that mattered. He was good about that.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>So you’re saying your dad went in front of the commission to get the beds?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. When he needed something. Homer Little was on the board of county commissioners back then, and he talked to him about a lot of things. He would go to the meetings and whatever he would bring it up—whatever he really needed. There wasn’t a lot of money, but still yet you know things needed to be done. Because, to be honest with you, it still happens every day. And I hate to see it, but people bring their parents out after they get sick and everything and they can’t help themselves. They bring them out here and sell their house. The kids get their house—get everything. And for the first week or two they’re out here continuously visiting. Then it starts dropping off. Then it’s two weeks. Well, then it’s six months. Then maybe it’s birthday or Christmas. And that’s the way it happens. It happens all the time. It’s sad, but it’s true. I would say 85 percent. Of course, it might be a little different now. I’m sure it is. But it was still sad back then. That’s just the way life is.</p>
<p>But it was nice. We had one man back there next to me—next to my room. And back then, you could smoke. He had emphysema so bad. So they gave him cigarettes for his emphysema that he could smoke that, I guess, helped him or something. Those things smelled so bad. I remember his smoking at night or in the daytime, the whole hallway would smell of his cigarettes. I would have to go to my room and I didn’t like that.</p>
<p>But, uh, it was nice. My brother and sister—they did a lot of work too. There was a little pool right out here in the front—a fishing pond—concrete fishing pond. It’s not there now. My sister, when she was in her teens, would walk up and down take pictures of her walking, because she thought she was something. She had her little small waist and all that then. That’s just the way it was.</p>
<p>I had an old car. I put it in the garage back there that I worked on a little bit when I wasn’t real busy. It was good. The road department was real small down here, and if we needed something from the road department, we could get it and bring it back. It was pretty decent out here. Everyone seemed to work together.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>There’s so many things I really can’t remember. I know with the hogs—we would take them and—Mr. Humphrey was his name—from Lake Mary. He was really big man. He would come over a certain time of the year when it was cool and we would butcher the hogs. They would get so big and so fat from the milk and everything. We would butcher the hogs and then we’d take the hogs up to the freezer and, as needed, we would go there—get the meat—bring it back, and they would cook it. So we always had fresh meat. It was really good. We had beef too. We raised a few bulls and stuff like that once in a while. It was always something. It never stopped.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Doesn’t sound like it. A very self-sufficient organization too, with as many chickens as were out there.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Right. Yeah. We had chickens. We had the pork. Beef. We had eggs. We didn’t buy any eggs. We had like the commodities the corn meal was brought in. The government had left over stuff. And someone hit a deer or something like that, or poached one, they had venison. That’s the way life was back then. We had plenty of vegetables. People would bring stuff like different vegetables out here, and oranges. There was an orange grove all around the place. There was oranges galore. Course, they’re all gone now. Anytime you wanted a real nice orange, just go out and get it. And they did. The people that were able. The rest of them that weren’t able. They looked out for them.</p>
<p>We had a pickup truck that we used. I would use it to go get things when I got my license. I would drive it back and forth in the mornings to feed the hogs—slop the hogs—and stuff. We also had a station wagon that we used. My dad would take the people that live here to the doctor, or to take them to town or something instead of taking them over to the infirmary, if they needed x-rays or something.</p>
<p>There was one black lady. She was really young. I say young—she was probably in her 20s. She was in an accident or got shot or something. I forget what it was, but she couldn’t walk. She was in the infirmary. She didn’t have any money. The county had to take care of her. They took her back and forth to the doctor, kept taking her, not giving up on her. And you know she got to where she could walk. She got out on her own. From what I understand she got married and had kids. But that’s another one of the stories.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>That’s amazing.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yeah. There’s a lot of stories. If I could remember a bunch of them…</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Any time you remember one, give us a call.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yeah, yeah. We did a lot of things out here. I don’t know. I get to thinking about—there’s a few movies that I have. They’re the old 8mm. if I could ever get them off and transferred them over onto something—one of these days, it shows cars parked out here and where we were living we’d be coming in and out of this door, and the garage, the chickens, the whole area. It’s just a small video, but maybe I could put it together.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Oh. That would be fantastic.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yeah. We had out little dogs and stuff. A little dog out here. I had one. We had a wreck down here on the side of the road, and my uncle had worked for Ratliff’s Towing. So I was over there, and walked down to see the car that had been left down there on the side of the road that had been there a couple days. I heard a little noise and there was a puppy under the seat. But it was part Chihuahua. It was a little, small dog. So I brought it back and named it Pooch. That was my dog. And she had the run of the place. Everyone loved her around here. She had the run of the place. Everyone played with her. She was really smart. The newspaperman would come up and make the circle and throw the paper out and we had—there was no air conditioning in here—we had fans. There was the screen door. She could hit it and open it up and then she’d run out. When I saw him coming up, if she didn’t hear him I’d say, “Paper, Pooch,” and she’d run out and get the paper and bring it back in. She was a smart little dog [<em>coughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yeah. It was basically self-sufficient. We took care of everything here. Laundry and the whole nine yards.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Where was the laundry?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>The laundry was back here behind the garage. There was a building back there. That’s where the maids did the laundry. We had, I think, one or two maids that helped. My mom made out all the menus. She did the menus and helped with the cooking and the cleaning in here too. And the maids did the laundry and all in the back—back here.</p>
<p>And my dad—if you go out the back and you go down, there was a boiler down there, and probably still is. That’s how the heat was in here. We had the big radiant things. They had a furnace down there. Actually, it was coal to start with. And we used to have to go down there at night and fill that thing up to keep it warm in here. Then they changed it over to diesel fuel or kerosene or something. Yeah. It had a coal chute. A truck would back up and dump it down in there. That was another job. There was[sic] always things to do. Always.</p>
<p>But they’d get together—a lot of people would get together, like the folks in the back. They would get together sometimes on Sundays and sing and have a good time down there. We all did.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>It sounds like it. Did they keep you cracking on your homework—your schoolwork?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. Well, I kinda would go against the grain. You know how that goes. I still had to do it. Yeah. You gotta do that afterwards and everything. But on the weekends, being a teenager, you could go somewhere—to the drive-in or the skating rink that used to be up here on 17-92. Course, you didn’t need but a couple dollars. You could get a hamburger, hot dog or whatever, you know, for 25 or 30 cents. It wasn’t very expensive back then. Couple dollars’ worth of gas—you could go everywhere. We’d go—a couple of us would get together—two or three guys—ride around a little bit, go skating, or go to the movies, or hang out. The Movieland Drive-In was here then, years ago. Or the old Ritz [Theatre] downtown. There was a lot to do on the weekends. You could go to the beach.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>There’s not a lot of traffic like there is now. On [Florida State Road] 415, you didn’t run but about 55-60 miles an hour. The old cars would run real fast, but you didn’t run real fast, because you didn’t want to burn it up. You had to save it. But yeah, a lot of things have changed since way back then. Some for the good, some the not so good. Back when I lived in here it’s not like today. Life was simple. It wasn’t expensive. Taxes were cheap, and everyone knew everyone. Now it’s not that way. A lot of people you can’t even speak to them, because you don’t know what language they’re speaking. It’s completely different than what it was back then. But it was really down-to-earth and basic, even though you know it was hard, but it was good. It was really good.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Sounds likes it. Um, you were talking about a brother and sister here at the time too. Were you the oldest or the youngest?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>My older sister, Helen [Scott], her last name is Atkinson now. I was in the middle. My younger brother is Edward Scott. He’s younger than me. Our parents are gone, but we stay in touch. They did a lot of work out here too. We all pitched in.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>And you said you moved to the area when you were six?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yes. I started at Lake Monroe School in 1950, I think. It was just a small school out there. It’s still there. They sold it and a doctor lives in it now. They converted it into a house. Back then, you see guys in first grade that was probably 10 years old, because they were late starting school or they didn’t come to school very often. They progressed on up they were older in the sixth grade. But it was a good school. I had a lot of fun there. Then I went to Sanford Junior High School on Ninth [Street] and Sanford Avenue.</p>
<p>And then from there to Seminole High, out on the hill out there. And then the new Seminole High was built and I started my sophomore year there. Freshman year on the hill and then the new high school. They built the one that’s out there now. And it was all just palmettos and pine trees when they were building that. You just had to go out through there. Yeah. I went to high school there. Back where the college is here—that was just a nothing. It was just a power line road that went through. It went over to Lake Mary. That’s what we would use to go to the lake the back way. And some of us—myself and my brother—we would take our old clunker car. We didn’t have a license, but we would drive the back road through the woods and everything. It was a lot of fun [<em>coughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>The power line road was the one you were talking about taking people fishing?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yeah. You would go down to the road department, and turn left. Then go down, and then you could make a right, and it would take you back out to the cemetery and to Lake Mary Boulevard. It wasn’t much of a boulevard then, because it would dead-end up there before they opened it up and did all that. Or you could go to the road department and make a left, then it would take you down and around. It was just a mud hole on each side. It was a road built up for the power line use and it was a shortcut to Lake Mary. We’d go over there and go swimming or whatever sometimes. But there was nothing back there then. There was a lot of orange trees all around. This out in the front was a pasture. The pasture actually went out and all the way around and ended up almost past the cemetery almost to Lake Mary Boulevard back where the houses are.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>So the orange grove went that far? Or the pasture?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>The pasture did. The orange grove started from the road department—the end of their little road and then all back around this whole place around here was orange grove. This whole place around here was orange grove. Even back on this side, there was an orange grove going back. So there was a lot of oranges.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Sounds like it.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>I think we had five cows. I think Will milked about five cows. Plus, when they would have a calf, we would raise it up for beef or sell it or something or butcher it up. I’m not sure what happened to most of them. I know we always had plenty of meat in the freezer in town. I forget the name of the locker. It was there on Thirteenth Street where we kept everything. But they would cut it, dress it, pack it, freeze it, hang it or whatever we needed.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>You said up on Thirteenth Street was the freezer locker?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>That’s where it was. Back when Sheriff Poppy[sp] was the sheriff here years ago. I don’t know what else you need to know or if there’s anything you can think of.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Um, I had a question about what they call the “Agricultural Building” now. The building back behind that’s part of the museum. That wasn’t here though.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>No. Back where the new building is now?</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>The loop went around the back of this building, because nothing was here. Made the loop and that was the infirmary. That’s where the infirmary was. Rachel Lee was the nurse there.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Okay. But that area is where the infirmary was, but it’s not the building that was the infirmary?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Right. The infirmary was when you walk out this one door here, you go straight across the driveway and that was the infirmary. And then on the other side was where the coloreds lived—in their section there, in the corner down there. And the loop went all the way around the place.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Okay. You were saying earlier about the big tree up front providing shade.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. The camphor tree. I was telling you earlier that I would go out on the porch with all the old men here, and I would sit out on the porch in the afternoon. It was a real good shade, and we would sit out there with the breeze blowing. That’s where I heard most of my stories from all the old folks. The men—they would sit out there, and they would tell me about the history of when they moved to Florida—whenever they’d come. And they rode horses, and they drove Model Ts, and there was a dirt road going to Orlando and all kind of stuff .and I guess that’s where the Crackers come in were popping the whips and stuff. It was interesting. We would sit under that tree, and it was a big tree then, on the porch.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>That’s interesting. Were they—did any of them work in cattle ranching? Any of the stories that you heard?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /> </strong>Oh, yeah. They would move cattle in Florida for miles, especially around the Kissimmee area way back then. It was mostly swamp—a lot of it was swamp. They would talk about some of the things that occurred moving one herd of cows to the next place or wherever. Some of them, like I said, even in 1960—they were up in their 80s, so they knew a lot about this before any of us was even thought of.</p>
<p>They lived a good life, a lot of them. And this was their last place. The last stop was here. They didn’t have anything else to do and here I am—15 years old—and I’m sitting out there just listening, and they loved to tell me their stories. Sometimes I’d hear the same story over two or three times, but it was still interesting.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>I bet so. Any railroaders? I was looking at some video when the railroad marker dedication was, but I didn’t know if anybody here when you were here who was involved in that.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>No. Actually there weren’t. I can’t remember anyone that worked for the railroad that was here years ago, but I do remember a lot of the trains. Growing up, I remember the diesels—when they first started running the diesels and stuff like that. I’ve seen steam engines and stuff. Not a lot of railroad people that I remember lived out here. Basically railroad people—I think the reason for that was when they worked for the railroad, they got a retirement. And see, their retirement took care of them when they got sick and that was basically the reason why they didn’t put them in the Old Folks Home. People that were out here were—they worked all their life and didn’t have anything left—basically, no retirement or anything else so they qualified for the [Seminole] County to take care of them, and that’s where they ended up. Their folks put them in here.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>So they were more the ones who worked for themselves in a way?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Right. Some of them had businesses they were really doing good[sic] through the years. But like I said earlier, when they get to a certain point in their life or they get sick and their family can’t take care of them or don’t want to take care of them, and so they basically take away everything so they ended up here. It’s a cruel way to look at it, but they were actually better off here. They got waited on, they had plenty to eat, they had a nice place to sleep, and whatever, you know. If they really wanted to go visit someplace, their family would come up once in a while and take them out and bring them back so it wasn’t bad. It made it easier on everyone probably.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Um, I had thought of another question. What type of work did your dad do before he got this job?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Uh, my dad [<em>coughs</em>]—he was a used car salesman actually. He was in the Military. He could do about anything, really. Carpenter work or whatever. Whatever it took growing up to make a living, that’s basically what he did. But he was a car salesman. He was in a dealership. Well, I think the guy that he worked for and him were the only two, but they had a real nice car lot and he was selling cars. Buying and selling cars [<em>coughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Interesting. Was it there in Sanford then?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yes. It was in Sanford. Of course, there’s[sic] buildings there now. Where his car lot was—actually years ago, when he first started selling cars was there on Second [Street] and Sanford Avenue. If you know where the post office is downtown, but there’s a lot right there with a big oak tree on it where Larry’s [New & Used] Mart used to be. Well, it wasn’t years ago, but that was a car lot. The tree wasn’t so big back then. They had cars all around on that corner there. Then they moved up like on Ninth [Street] and Sanford Avenue and sold cars up there. But yeah it was interesting. I always loved cars, I still do. I’ve got old cars and trucks. It gets in your blood. But, yeah. That’s what he did.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Uh, you mentioned earlier too—one of the trees out back here on the property on the Old Folks Home was an oak tree?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yeah. There was some oak trees. They were having a fundraiser—or I don’t know what it was—but they wanted to sell oak trees for $100, or whatever it was when they were doing it. And you could dedicate it or whatever to whomever you wanted to for the members that was here, and I got one in memory of my mom and dad, Grady and Flora Scott. But they didn’t put any markers or anything on it, so when you go out there, you think it’s just like another tree planted. I would like to see them one of these days go back in the records to find out who did that and put some little something in recognition of who it’s for. But they haven’t done that, and I’m sure it’s an oversight that never got taken care of.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>I’m sure it is too. I would like to see—if you don’t mind, when we’re wrapping up, if you’d show me which ones they were out there we can get that documented.</p>
<p>Anything else for your childhood that sticks out for you—growing up here or even before you got here—that makes you chuckle now?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Oh, there’s a lot of things [<em>laughs</em>]. I was a middle kid. I’ve got a younger brother and an older sister. I was the one that was in between. Growing up, if you got in trouble in school, you got tanned a little bit by the principal. Then you got home your mother did it. Then when your dad got home he took care of it. So it was one, two, three. And you didn’t do that anymore. I basically raised my kids the same way—in a way that I would set them down when they got in trouble and we would talk about it and we’d determine the punishment. It would be kinda up to them. They turned out really, really great. Hopefully my grandkids will be the same way. But it’s not like it was. It’s a little harder. There’s not a lot of “Yes, sir,” “No, sir” stuff anymore.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Not a whole lot. No.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>My two boys still say, “Yes, sir” to me. They’re in their 40s. There’s a lot of things that I try to instill in people, especially the younger generation—my kids, my grandkids, or whatever. Because I’ve seen so many people that’s passed on—I’ve been with them when they’ve passed on. Even at a young age, like I was out here, and you miss them.</p>
<p>But when you see a person that’s 80 years old or 60 years old or whatever, and they’re sick and you’ve been knowin’ this person for a long time—it doesn’t matter if you know them or not. But when you see them there and they don’t recognize you hardly but they try—don’t think of that person as what you see. Think of that person that you knew. That same person’s still inside there. Talk to them just as if they were 20 years old or 30 years old, or when you knew them and times were good. Talk to them the same way as when you knew them, because they’re still the same person. I don’t care if they weigh 60 pounds with cancer and they’re 80 years old and they’re dying. They’re still the same person as they were when they were 15 years old or 25, and out here dancing and having a good time. And that’s what I like to see people think of instead of, you know. I don’t want to be around them. That’s the wrong attitude to take. The person’s still in there. That’s the way I look at it.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>That’s great advice.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>It works for me.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>There’s a lot true in that.</p>
<p>Um, yeah. We could walk around there to the trees and then we’ll see what we can make note of here.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Sure.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Back out this way, right?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yes. This was the living room.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>This was the living room?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>This was where they sat around and watched TV. Like I said, my room was down there on the end where Kim’s office is. And where your office is, that was two rooms too I think.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Yeah. It probably was.</p>
<p>So the—and then, were the—you said the women and men were separated?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yes. The women I believe lived in this area and the men lived in the other wing.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>And then the colored section was out there?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Okay.Thanks. I’m trying to orient.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>I thought they had some pictures out here. I don’t see anything.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Well, they do change the pictures around.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Every now and then too. Sorry. Excuse us. That’s okay. I just don’t want to step on it. Thank you.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>This right here was the colored dining area.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Right. We use that for storage now.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>The driveway came here around the building. About where those gates are was a building—a big wood building—and that was where the colored folks lived. And that was orange grove. Straight on down—probably about where that stop sign is, where that car just went through—through the orange grove that was the barn. The cows would come across the road in the evening. They would walk right across, and Will would milk them, and I would go down and bring the milk back up to the kitchen here. This is the kitchen. Straight across here was the infirmary where the new building is. The driveway went around to the infirmary. To the left back in this area was a washhouse. Right here was a garage, and the other side of that was a big chicken coop. That’s where we had the chickens. On down in the front down here, across from the barn on the right, was the hog pen, and that’s where I had to take the hog slop. This was all orange grove, even all the way around in the back. Where that building is over there that was orange grove. This was a field out here all the way over to where the fire station is. We had to keep a lot of that mowed.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>You said the pasture came up this way?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>The pasture part actually started in front of the building right here to the left of the driveway. That was pasture all the way around. On the other side of the road, all the way around way back past the cemetery. There’s a lot of acreage back there. It was all pasture. I’m sure you know where the cemetery is.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>I haven’t been, so I don’t have an idea.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>It’s just on down past the tower. But that was basically the layout of the place here. We had deliveries. In between here you go down to the bottom. That’s where the boiler room…</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>So in between these two porches here?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yeah. Let’s take a look.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>You go through there and go down to the right. And you’ll see it looks like a cellar, but that’s the boiler room. They’ve changed it now. The oak trees have got to be this oak tree, that one. I think they’re planted all around.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Now were you here when any of them were planted?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>No. It was probably four or five years ago. Now this was all driveway here. And by where we’re standing now is where the garage was. And the chicken coop was on up. There was some big oak trees planted there, that’s where we parked the cars on the superintendent’s side.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Because this was the front?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Right. This was our entrance. We used this entrance. The office is in the front right there. Deliveries would come around back up between the two buildings here and go into the kitchen. They’d back the trucks in there to drop things off and pick things up.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>It makes sense, but it’s different to see it, because what is the front entrance now was the side.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Right. The office was the main thing back then. Back in the late ‘50s, this was a two-lane road. Then they started to changing[sic] it and made it into a four-lane. And they finally opened it up. There was some oak trees down there. I think they’re gone now—the big oak trees—but there’s where Lily and Willie used to sit and watch the traffic under the oak trees.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>On the other side of this road here?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. Right there on the edge of 17-92. That’s where they would sit and people would blow their horns at them.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>You said it was two-lane then?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Well, actually it was four-lane, but the road wasn’t finished until about 1960. Then it was four-lane. There used to be a little tavern right there. I guess the building’s still there. They had some bad wrecks people pulling out after it was four-lane, because they weren’t used to it.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>I bet.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>I do have some movie clips of coming up here and parking cars and walking to the garage and stuff here. Some of my friends—when I was a teenager, we’d come back from the beach and walk up and down through here, play with the dog and stuff. If I could ever get them all together. But the oak trees, I guess, are these. I’m not sure. You can see them planted all around. I have no idea how many they ended up planting.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>I don’t either. We’ll see what we can find out about that.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Well, it would be nice. Even if there was just one little sign that said, “Oak trees planted in memory of…” Or something like that. That’s a nice building.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Yes. It is. It’s a great space in there too, for displays and presentations. I’m sure you’ve seen it.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>The infirmary was there and that’s when I pulled up there. There was a ramp to the infirmary. And when I was 16—I turned 16—I pulled the car around and I saw Sam McFadden, with no legs—black guy. I would visit him. He’d come out and get a little sun once in a while. I told him, “Sam, I’m going to take you to Oviedo when I get my license.” And he just couldn’t wait. When I pulled up there that day, and they wheeled him down in the chair to the car. I had the door open. I set him in that car. His face was all lit up. He’d been in there for so many years. He loved it. I think it did me more good than it did him.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Sure. Doing something like that for somebody else.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>When they closed this place down, I tried to get in touch with him and the rest of them. They moved him to [inaudible] and whatever home. I don’t know what happened to him. I tried to do a follow up, but I never could.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Is that home in Sanford?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yeah. It was on West Ninth Street I believe it was.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>West Ninth?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>They changed a few things around.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /> </strong>Like I said, I don’t know where the pictures are out here. They used to have I don’t know how many pictures.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>I’m sure we still have them somewhere.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yeah. Probably.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Thank you very much for your time, Dave. I appreciate it.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>It’s not a problem. I enjoy doing it. I ramble on too much sometimes when I get to talking because most of the memories are really good. I try to delete all the bad stuff.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>]Well, for our purposes the rambling is good [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>Yeah. There’s some bad stuff. Sam lived right here in this one room right here and he was an old man. A good friend of mine. He was real quiet. He loved it when I moved back here, because he had someone to talk to.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Was he the one with emphysema?</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>No. That was another man. They had moved him in there afterwards—after Sam passed away. Then I missed him. Then the other guy with emphysema cigarettes—oh, that about killed me. Then he passed away too. People—some of them stayed here a few years. They hung around. But a lot of them were really bad when they brought them in.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Yeah. I imagine so.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /></strong>But that’s about it.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /> </strong>Okay. Thank you again.</p>
<p><strong>Scott<br /> </strong>If you can remember anything or want me for anything, just give me a call.</p>
<p><strong>Holcomb<br /></strong>Yeah. Thank you.</p>
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<p><a title="">[1]</a> Grady Scott.</p>
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<p><a title="">[2]</a> Flora Scott.</p>
</div>
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assisted living
Barfield
Beautiful Lee
burials
camphor trees
cattle ranchers
cattle ranching
cemeteries
cemetery
chickens
Chihuahua
crackers
David Scott
dogs
Downtown Sanford
Echols Bedding Company
Edward Scott
elderly
Flora Scott
Grady Scott
graves
Helen Scott
Helen Scott Atkinson
Holcomb, Susan
Homer Little
Humphrey
Kim Nelson
Kissimmee
Lake Mary
Lake Monroe School
Larry's New & Used Mart
Movieland Drive-In
Museum of Seminole County History
nursing homes
Old Folks Home
orange groves
oranges
Oviedo
pastures
pigs
Poppy
race relations
Rachel Lee
Ratliff Towing
retirement homes
Ritz Theatre
Sam McFradden
Sanford
Sanford Junior High School
segregation
Seminole High School
Susan Holcomb
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Title
Thomas Cook Collection
Alternative Title
Cook Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Orange County (Fla.)
Longwood (Fla.)
Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
Lake Wales (Fla.)
Silver Springs (Fla.)
Weeki Wachee (Fla.)
Winter Haven (Fla.)
Osceola County (Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, postcards, documents, and other records from the private collection of Thomas Cook. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Contributor
Cook, Thomas
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Lake Wales, Florida
Longwood, Florida
Orange County, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Osceola County, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Rights Holder
All items in the <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/102" target="_blank">Thomas Cook Collection</a> are provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<p><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a></p>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Thomas Cook
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/103" target="_blank">Postcard Collection</a>, Thomas Cook Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
External Reference
<span>Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/783150094" target="_blank"><em>Lost Orlando</em></a></span><span> Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2012.</span>
"<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf">Downtown Orlando Historic District Walking Tour</a>." City of Orlando. http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf.
<span>Rajtar, Steve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank"><em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.</span>
<span>Osborne, Ray. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/253374549" target="_blank"><em>Cape Canaveral</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2008.</span>
<span>Smith, Margaret. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51888803" target="_blank"><em>The Edward Bok Legacy: A History of Bok Tower Gardens: The First Fifty Years</em></a></span><span>. Lake Wales, Fla: Bok Tower Gardens Foundation, 2002.</span>
<span>Pelland, Maryan, and Dan Pelland. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67516850" target="_blank"><em>Weeki Wachee Springs</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2005.</span>
<span>Flekke, Mary M., Sarah E. MacDonald, and Randall M. MacDonald. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85451307" target="_blank"><em>Cypress Gardens</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2006.</span>
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67-page book
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Title
Early Settlers of Orange County, Florida: Reminiscent-Historic-Biographic
Alternative Title
Early Settlers of Orange County Florida
Subject
Orange County (Fla.)
Settlers, First
Orlando (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Christmas (Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Winter Garden (Fla.)
Kissimmee (Fla.)
Longwood (Fla.)
Altamonte Springs (Fla.)
Description
<em>Early Settlers of Orange County, Florida</em>, printed in 1915 and published by Clarence E. Howard of Orlando, Florida. The book also includes an article "Early History of Orlando" written by J.N. Whitner of Sanford, Florida. This 68-page book contains the biographies of many of Orange County's early settlers.
Creator
Howard, Clarence E.
Source
<span>Howard, Clarence E. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1725831" target="_blank"><em>Early Settlers of Orange County, Florida: Reminiscent-Historic-Biographic</em></a><span>. Orlando, Fla: C.E. Howard, 1915.</span>
Publisher
Howard, Clarence E.
Date Created
1915
Contributor
Whitner, J. N.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original book: Howard, Clarence E. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1725831" target="_blank"><em>Early Settlers of Orange County, Florida: Reminiscent-Historic-Biographic</em></a>. Orlando, Fla: C.E. Howard, 1915.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/102" target="_blank">Thomas Cook Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Requires
<a href='http://www.adobe.com/reader.html' target='_blank'>Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Format
application/pdf
Extent
19.3 KB
Medium
67-page book
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Orlando, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Winter Garden, Florida
Longwood, Florida
Altamonte Springs, Florida
Kissimmee, Florida
Christmas, Florida
Spatial Coverage
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28.803165\-81.26936
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28.55256\-81.59008
28.702784\-81.338339
28.661972\-81.366177
28.291987\-81.407719
28.529337\-80.999306
Temporal Coverage
1750-01-01/1915-12-31
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Clarence E. Howard.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Clarence E. Howard and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cook, Thomas
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Thomas Cook
External Reference
Howard, Clarence E. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1725831" target="_blank"><em>Early Settlers of Orange County, Florida: Reminiscent-Historic-Biographic</em></a>. Orlando, Fla: C.E. Howard, 1915.
Porter, Tana Mosier, Cassandra Fyotek, Stephanie Gaub Antequino, Cynthia Cardona Melendez, Garret Kremer-Wright, and Barbara Knowles.<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/551205659" target="_blank"><em>Historic Orange County: The Story of Orlando and Orange County</em></a>. San Antonio, Tex: Historical Pub. Network, 2009.
Transcript
Early Settlers of Orange County Florida
1915
OLD WORTHIES OF ORANGE COUNTY
The late Hon. W. L. Palmer
The late Gen. W. H. Jewell
The late Judge J. D. Beggs
The late Capt. L. C. Horn
The late Judge Cecil Butt
The late Will Wallace Harney,
Orange County Poet
The late J. P. Huey
The late Dr. J. N. Butt
Hiram Beasley
Bailiff of Orange County Court from the earliest days to now
EARLY SETTLERS OF ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA
Reminiscent--Historic--Biographic
1915
C. E. HOWARD, ORLANDO, FLA.
PUBLISHER
Date Copyrighted
1915
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Title
Belair Grove Collection
Alternative Title
Belair Collection
Subject
Lake Mary (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Agriculture--Florida
Sanford, Henry Shelton, 1823-1891
Description
in 1870, Henry Shelton Sanford purchased 12,547.15 square acres of land known as the Sanford Grant. The acreage included an experiment station called Belair Grove, located just three miles southwest of the city named after Sanford. By 1889, Sanford extended his land purchase to 145 acres and contained mainly orange and lemon trees. In Belair alone, Sanford introduced over 140 varieties of citrus plants. All were tested to determine if Florida citrus growers could introduce new varieties into the growing citrus market. Sanford also grew exotic plants acquired from Central and South America, many of which survived the 1886 freeze. Sanford mainly used Belair as his own experiment station, but ultimately the findings and reports would be used by other citrus growers throughout Florida. Eventually, following Sanford's death in 1891, his wife, Gertrude Sanford, sold Belair to Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase.
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Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Belair Grove, Lake Mary, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Fedorka, Drew M.
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
External Reference
<span>Fry, Joseph A. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8475473" target="_blank"><em>Henry S. Sanford: Diplomacy and Business in Nineteenth-Century America</em></a><span>. Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, 1982.</span>
<span>Molloy, Leo T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1729498"><em>Henry Shelton Sanford 1823-1891. A Biography</em></a><span>. Derby, CT: Valley Historical Research Committee, 2009.</span>
<span>Sanford Historical Society, Inc. </span><em><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288"><em>Sanford</em></a></em><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2003.</span>
<span>Westgate, Philip J., and R. Bruce Ledin. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1953%20Vol.%2066/184-187%20(WESTGATE).pdf" target="_blank">Belair Groves, Sanford, Pioneer in Sub-Tropical Horticultural Introductions</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> 66 (1953): 184-187.</span>
Some Account of Belair, Also of the City of Sanford Florida, With a Brief Sketch of Their Founder. Sanford, Florida: 1889.
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Title
List of Recipients of Oranges from Belair Grove (December 24, 1882)
Alternative Title
Belair Orange Recipients
Subject
Citrus--Florida
Sanford (Fla.)
Sanford, Henry Shelton, 1823-1891
Description
A memorandum listing recipients of oranges sent from Belair Grove in Sanford, Florida, dated December 24, 1882. The list denoted recipients of full boxes and half boxes of oranges. Notable recipients included Republican President Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886); William B. Allison (1829-1908), Republican Senator from Iowa; Senator Henry B. Anthony, Republican Senator from Rhode Island; Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Republican Senator from Maine; abolitionist Amos Adams Lawrence (1814-1886); U.S. Court of Claims Judge Bancroft Davis (1822-1907), who also was the president of the Newburgh and New York Railway Company; and Union General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891).<br /><br />During that period, Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891), the owner of Belair Grove, actively courted President Arthur and high-ranking Republicans in the U.S Congress as part of his bid to win recognition in the country, and with it, international legitimacy, for King Leopold II (1835-1909) of Belgium's colonial enterprise in the Congo, what would become known as the Congo Free State. In 1883, acting on behalf of the King Leopold, Sanford mounted a lobbying campaign in Washington, D.C. Preceding these efforts, Sanford regularly corresponded with the President and influential legislators about the Belgian Congo. As part of his lobbying efforts, Sanford regularly sent boxes of Florida oranges to high-ranking officials. This list of recipients reflects the efforts of Sanford to sway public figures in positions of power.
Type
Text
Source
Original memorandum by James Edmundson Ingraham, December 24, 1882: box 52, folder 5, subfolder 52.5.1, Henry Shelton Sanford Papers, General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
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Box 52, folder 5, Henry Shelton Sanford Papers, General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/132" target="_blank">Belair Grove Collection</a>, Henry Shelton Sanford Papers Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original memorandum by James Edmundson Ingraham, December 24, 1882.
Coverage
Belair Grove, Lake Mary, Florida
Washington, D.C.
Creator
Ingraham, James Edmundson
Date Created
1882-12-24
Format
application/pdf
Extent
555 KB
Medium
2-page handwritten memorandum
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by James Edmundson Ingraham.
Donated to the <a href="http://www.chs.org/" target="_blank">Connecticut Historical Society</a> after 1901.
Loaned to the <a href="http://www.tn.gov/tsla/" target="_blank">Tennessee State Library and Archives</a> for processing until June 1, 1960.
Donated to the General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a> in 1960.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at the General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a> in Sanford, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from the <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a> to display this item for educational purposes only.
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Donation
Curator
Fedorka, Drew M.
Digital Collection
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Source Repository
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
External Reference
Hochschild, Adam. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39042794" target="_blank"><em>King Leopoldís Ghost</em></a>. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Amos Adams Lawrence
Bancroft Davis
Belair Grove
Chester A. Arthur
Chester Alan Arthur
citrus
Congress
Eugene Hale
Henry B. Anthony
Henry Bowen Anthony
Henry Shelton Sanford
James Edmundson Ingraham
John Chandler Bancroft Davis
oranges
Sanford
William B. Allison
William Boyd Allison
William Tecumseh Sherman
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Title
Belair Grove Collection
Alternative Title
Belair Collection
Subject
Lake Mary (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Agriculture--Florida
Sanford, Henry Shelton, 1823-1891
Description
in 1870, Henry Shelton Sanford purchased 12,547.15 square acres of land known as the Sanford Grant. The acreage included an experiment station called Belair Grove, located just three miles southwest of the city named after Sanford. By 1889, Sanford extended his land purchase to 145 acres and contained mainly orange and lemon trees. In Belair alone, Sanford introduced over 140 varieties of citrus plants. All were tested to determine if Florida citrus growers could introduce new varieties into the growing citrus market. Sanford also grew exotic plants acquired from Central and South America, many of which survived the 1886 freeze. Sanford mainly used Belair as his own experiment station, but ultimately the findings and reports would be used by other citrus growers throughout Florida. Eventually, following Sanford's death in 1891, his wife, Gertrude Sanford, sold Belair to Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/83" target="_blank">Henry Shelton Sanford Papers Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Belair Grove, Lake Mary, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Fedorka, Drew M.
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
External Reference
<span>Fry, Joseph A. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8475473" target="_blank"><em>Henry S. Sanford: Diplomacy and Business in Nineteenth-Century America</em></a><span>. Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, 1982.</span>
<span>Molloy, Leo T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1729498"><em>Henry Shelton Sanford 1823-1891. A Biography</em></a><span>. Derby, CT: Valley Historical Research Committee, 2009.</span>
<span>Sanford Historical Society, Inc. </span><em><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288"><em>Sanford</em></a></em><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2003.</span>
<span>Westgate, Philip J., and R. Bruce Ledin. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1953%20Vol.%2066/184-187%20(WESTGATE).pdf" target="_blank">Belair Groves, Sanford, Pioneer in Sub-Tropical Horticultural Introductions</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> 66 (1953): 184-187.</span>
Some Account of Belair, Also of the City of Sanford Florida, With a Brief Sketch of Their Founder. Sanford, Florida: 1889.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
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Title
List of Recipients of Oranges from Belair Grove
Alternative Title
Belair Orange Recipients
Subject
Citrus--Florida
Sanford (Fla.)
Sanford, Henry Shelton, 1823-1891
Description
An undated memorandum listing recipients of oranges sent from Belair Grove in Sanford, Florida. Recipients included the President Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886), ; William B. Allison (1829-1908), Republican Senator from Iowa; Senator Henry B. Anthony, Republican Senator from Rhode Island; Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Republican Senator from Maine; abolitionist Amos Adams Lawrence (1814-1886); U.S. Court of Claims Judge Bancroft Davis (1822-1907), who also was the president of the Newburgh and New York Railway Company; former Republican Governor of Connecticut Marshall Jewell (1825-1883); and Union General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891).<br /><br />During that period, Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891), the owner of Belair Grove, actively courted President Arthur and high-ranking Republicans in the U.S Congress as part of his bid to win recognition in the country, and with it, international legitimacy, for King Leopold II (1835-1909) of Belgium's colonial enterprise in the Congo, what would become known as the Congo Free State. In 1883, acting on behalf of the King Leopold, Sanford mounted a lobbying campaign in Washington, D.C. Preceding these efforts, Sanford regularly corresponded with the President and influential legislators about the Belgian Congo. As part of his lobbying efforts, Sanford regularly sent boxes of Florida oranges to high-ranking officials. This list of recipients reflects the efforts of Sanford to sway public figures in positions of power.
Type
Text
Source
Original memorandum by James Edmundson Ingraham: box 52, folder 5, subfolder 52.5.3, Henry Shelton Sanford Papers, General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Requires
<a href="https://get.adobe.com/reader/" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
Box 52, folder 5, Henry Shelton Sanford Papers, General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/132" target="_blank">Belair Grove Collection</a>, Henry Shelton Sanford Papers Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original memorandum by James Edmundson Ingraham.
Coverage
Belair Grove, Lake Mary, Florida
Washington, D.C.
Creator
Ingraham, James Edmundson
Date Created
ca. 1882
Format
application/pdf
Extent
509 KB
Medium
4-page handwritten memorandum
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by James Edmundson Ingraham.
Donated to the <a href="http://www.chs.org/" target="_blank">Connecticut Historical Society</a> after 1901.
Loaned to the <a href="http://www.tn.gov/tsla/" target="_blank">Tennessee State Library and Archives</a> for processing until June 1, 1960.
Donated to the General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a> in 1960.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at the General Henry S. Sanford Memorial Library, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a> in Sanford, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from the <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a> to display this item for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Fedorka, Drew M.
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
External Reference
Hochschild, Adam. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39042794" target="_blank"><em>King Leopoldís Ghost</em></a>. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Amos Adams Lawrence
Bancroft Davis
Belair Grove
Chester A. Arthur
Chester Alan Arthur
citrus
Eugene Hale
Henry B. Anthony
Henry Bowen Anthony
Henry Shelton Sanford
James Edmundson Ingraham
Jewell, Marshall
John Chandler Bancroft Davis
Marshall
Marshall Jewell
oranges
Sanford
William B. Allison
William Boyd Allison
William Tecumseh Sherman
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Title
Maitland Historical Museum Collection
Alternative Title
Maitland Museum Collection
Subject
Maitland (Fla)
Museums--Florida
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records contributed by the Maitland Historical Museum. The museum is located at 221 West Packwood Avenue in Maitland, Florida.
Present-day Maitland was originally inhabited by the Seminole tribe, which called the area "Fumecheliga," meaning "Musk Mellon Place." In 1838, Fort Maitland was established on the west coast of Lake Maitland by the U.S. Army and named after Captain William Seton Maitland, a casualty of the Seminole Wars.
Settlement in Maitland expanded at the close of the American Civil War and the citrus industry grew. Around 1876, Dr. Haskell formed a syndicate and began contruscting a railroad from Jacksonville to Maitland that was completed in 1880. In 1885, the area was incorprated as the Town of Lake Maitland. Many left Maitland following the Freeze of 1894-1895. Despite the freeze's devastation, the citrus industry was able to grow and expand, reaching its peak in 1926.
More growth occurred in the 1950s and 1960s with the development of the space industry in nearby Orlando and Brevard County. In 1959, the city was renamed Maitland. Growth continued in the 1970s with the arrival of Walt Disney World in the Orlando area.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/112" target="_blank">Maitland Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Maitland Historical Museum, Art & History Museums - Maitland, Maitland, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://artandhistory.org/maitland-history-museum/" target="_blank">Maitland Historical Museum</a>." Maitland Historical Museum, Art & History Museums - Maitland. http://artandhistory.org/maitland-history-museum/.
"<a href="http://www.itsmymaitland.com/maitland_history.asp" target="_blank">Maitland History</a>." City of Maitland. http://www.itsmymaitland.com/maitland_history.asp.
Poole, Leslie Kemp. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320803902" target="_blank"><em>Maitland</em></a>. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2009.
Contributor
<a href="http://artandhistory.org/maitland-history-museum/" target="_blank">Maitland Historical Museum, Art & History Museums - Maitland</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://artandhistory.org/maitland-history-museum/" target="_blank">Maitland Historical Museum, Art & History Museums - Maitland</a>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/150" target="_blank"><em>The Maitland News</em> Collection</a>, Maitland Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1-page handwritten letter
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Title
Letter from J. A. Jacobson to Isaac Vanderpool (December 17, 1895)
Alternative Title
Letter from Jacobson to Vanderpool (December 17, 1895)
Subject
Maitland (Fla.)
Crescent City (Fla.)
Citrus--Florida
Oranges--Florida
Description
A letter from J. A. Jacobson to Isaac Vanderpool, dated December 17, 1895, regarding a shipment of orange trees. The Vanderpools were one of the original families in Maitland, Florida, with Isaac Vanderpool, the patriarch of the family, buying 160 acres of land in the year 1870. In 1876, after facing a large financial loss and disaster in New York, Isaac and his wife, Harriet Vanderpool, permanently moved to the Maitland area. At the time of their arrival, the area only had about four or five family homesteads and orange groves. Vanderpool was part of the first committee to help incorporate the town of Lake Maitland. The committee included Vanderpool, Henry S. Kedney, George Packwood, and Richard Packwood.<br /><br />The Vanderpool family was also heavily involved in civic affairs, which included the establishment of the town of Eatonville by Vanderpool and Josiah C. Eaton. The Vanderpools were paricipants in the creation of the Florida Audubon Society and the organization of the Maitland Public Library. Harriet Vanderpool, along with Bishop Henry C. Whipple, founded the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, and, in 1927, she wrote the "Maitland Song," which the chamber of commerce adopted as the official song for the city. In 1887, Vanderpool became Mayor of Maitland and during this time, acquired land for the city first cemetery. In 1892, he built the first packinghouse in Maitland, which was featured in <em>The Gate City Chronicle</em> as the state most modern and best packinghouse.
Type
Text
Source
Original 1-page letter from J. A. Jacobson to Isaac Vanderpool, December 17, 1895: Vanderpool Collection, accession number 2014.002.021V, room 2, case 2, shelf 10, box GV, <a href="http://artandhistory.org/maitland-history-museum/" target="_blank">Maitland Historical Museum, Art & History Museums - Maitland</a>, Maitland, Florida.
Is Part Of
Vanderpool Collection, room 2, case 2, shelf 10, box GV, <a href="http://artandhistory.org/maitland-history-museum/" target="_blank">Maitland Historical Museum, Art & History Museums - Maitland</a>, Maitland, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/113" target="_blank">Maitland Historical Museum Collection</a>, Maitland Collection, Orange County Collection. RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 1-page letter from J. A. Jacobson to Isaac Vanderpool, December 17, 1895.
Creator
Jacobson, J. A.
Date Created
1895-12-17
Format
application/pdf
Medium
1-page handwritten letter
Language
eng
Audience
150 KB
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by J. A. Jacobson.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://artandhistory.org/maitland-history-museum/" target="_blank">Maitland Historical Museum, Art & History Museums - Maitland</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://artandhistory.org/" target="_blank">Art & History Museums - Maitland</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.itsmymaitland.com/maitland_history.asp" target="_blank">Maitland History</a>." City of Maitland. http://www.itsmymaitland.com/maitland_history.asp.
Poole, Leslie Kemp. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320803902" target="_blank"><em>Maitland</em></a>. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2009.
Coverage
Maitland, Florida
Crescent City, Florida
citrus
citrus industry
citrus trees
Maitland
orange trees
oranges
Vanderpool, Isaac
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Title
Jared Muha Collection
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Agriculture--Florida
Migrant labor
Apopka (Fla.)
Description
A collection of oral history interviews conducted by Jared Muha.
Creator
Muha, Jared
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank"> RICHES</a>
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank"> RICHES</a>
Curator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank"> RICHES MI</a>
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
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Title
Oral History of Geraldean Matthew
Alternative Title
Oral History, Matthew
Subject
Apopka, Lake (Fla.)
Apopka (Fla.)
Migrant labor
Agriculture--Florida
Race relations--United States
Environmental justice--United States
Description
An oral history interview of Geraldean Matthew, a third-generation farmworker and advocate for environmental justice and migrant farmworkers’ rights. The interview was conducted by Jared Muha in Apopka, Florida, on October 30, 2014. Some of the topics covered include a summary of Matthew’s life, leaving home at age 13, her relationships with her mother and father, her slave heritage, her grandparents, segregation, traveling to the North, tramp trucks and maggot workers, life in labor camps, the replacement of African-American workers with Hispanic workers and the relationship between the two races, educational programs and retraining of the replaced workers, the effects of unemployment and underemployment on African-American families, working for environmental justice and farmworker’s rights, her contribution to <em>Fed Up: The High Costs of Cheap Food</em>, a book about sexual misconduct by crew leaders, modern farms in Florida and the treatment of Hispanic workers today. Matthew passed away in 2016.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction <br />0:04:47 Parents and leaving home at age 13 <br />0:09:04 Grandparents <br />0:11:32 Segregation and discrimination <br />0:17:25 Labor camps <br />0:22:31 Hispanic replacements for African American workers <br />0:31:11 Educational programs, retraining, and unemployment <br />0:38:27 Environmental justice and labor rights <br />0:42:08 Her Children’s Experiences as Farmworkers <br />0:42:53 <em>Fed Up: The High Costs of Cheap Food</em> by Dale Finley Slongwhite <br />0:47:11 Sexual abuse by crew leaders <br />0:49:35 RECORDING CUTS OFF <br />0:49:35 Modern farm labor and Hispanic workers <br />0:51:28 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Geraldean Matthew. Interview conducted by Jared Muha in Apopka, Florida, on October 30, 2014.
Type
Sound
Source
Matthew, Geraldean. Interviewed by Jared Muha, October 30, 2014. Audio record available. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>, Orlando, Florida.
Requires
Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank"> QuickTime</a>.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/219">Jared Muha Collection</a>, Apopka Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES.
Has Format
Digital transcript of original 51-minute and 42-second oral history: Matthew, Geraldean. Interviewed by Jared Muha. Audio record available. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>, Orlando, Florida.
Coverage
Apopka, Florida
Belle Glade, Florida
Lake Apopka, Apopka, Florida
Creator
Matthew, Geraldean
Muha, Jared
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>
Date Created
2014-10-30
Date Copyrighted
2014-10-30
Format
audio/mp3
application/pdf
Extent
47.3 MB
254 KB
Medium
51-minute and 42-second audio recording
31-page digital transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Geraldean Matthew and Jared Muha and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Curator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Balogh, Christopher. "<a href="http://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/apopka-farmworkers-say-pesticide-exposure-caused-illnesses/Content?oid=2248681" target="_blank">Apopka farmworkers say pesticide exposure caused illnesses</a>." <em>Orlando Weekly</em>, June 1, 2011. Accessed July 11, 2016. http://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/apopka-farmworkers-say-pesticide-exposure-caused-illnesses/Content?oid=2248681.
Slongwhite, Dale Finley, and Jeannie Economos. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/857802909" target="_blank"><em>Fed Up: The High Costs of Cheap Food</em></a>. 2014.
Comas, Martin E. "<a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/health/os-apopka-farmworkers-lupus-20150918-story.html" target="_blank">Sick Apopka farmworkers hope for major study of their illnesses</a>." <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, September 19, 2015. Accessed May 25 ,2016. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/health/os-apopka-farmworkers-lupus-20150918-story.html.
Giagnoni, Silvia. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/715188868" target="_blank"><em>Fields of Resistance The Struggle of Florida's Farmworkers for Justice</em></a>. Chicago, Ill: Haymarket Books, 2011.
Rothenberg, Daniel. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38475492" target="_blank"><em>With These Hands: The Hidden World of Migrant Farmworkers Today</em></a>. New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1998.
McCauley, Linda A., Michael R. Lasarev, Gregory Higgins, Joan Rothlein, Juan Muniz, Caren Ebbert, and Jackie Phillips. "<a href="http://resolver.flvc.org/ucf?sid=google&auinit=LA&aulast=McCauley&atitle=Work+characteristics+and+pesticide+exposures+among+migrant+agricultural+families:+a+community-based+research+approach.&id=pmid:11401767" target="_blank">Work Characteristics and Pesticide Exposures among Migrant Agricultural Families: A Community-Based Research Approach</a>." <em>Environmental Health Perspectives</em>, Vol. 109, No. 5 (May, 2001): 533-538.
Das, Rupali, Andrea Steege, Sherry Baron, John Beckman, and Robert Harrison. "<a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/107735201800339272" target="_blank">Pesticide-related Illness among Migrant Farm Workers in the United States</a>." <em>International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health</em>, Vol. 7, Issue 4 (2001): 303-312.
Rodgers, Bethany. "<a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orange/os-apopka-farmworker-geraldean-matthew-20161006-story.html" target="_blank">Pillar in Apopka farmworker community dies at age 66</a>." <em>Orlando Sentinel</em>, October 9, 2016. Accessed October 10, 2016. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orange/os-apopka-farmworker-geraldean-matthew-20161006-story.html.
Transcript
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>This is Jared Muha. I’m here on October 30<sup>th</sup>[, 2014] with Geraldean Matthew. Um, Geraldean, to start off, can I ask you just to tell you—tell—tell me a little bit about yourself, um, and who you are?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Well, I’m Geraldean Matthew. I was Geraldean Shannon before I got married and became—became the—Matthew. Um, I come from Palm Beach County, a little place in the—on the, um, eastern shores of Palm—of Palm Beach. Um, I was a migrant farmworker. I’m the third generations[sic] of farmworkers—uh, of migrant workers in my family, and, um, we continued—I continued to do farm work until, um, 1972.</p>
<p>Um, I can remember as far as[sic] back when I was three years old, traveling to see them with my mom on what you call a “traffic truck”—a “tramp truck,” and it’s[sic] taken us from Belle Glade, Florida, to the New York states[sic] to pick apples and beans—whatever state we were in, whatever the vegetable was, and, um, in traveling back, we stopped in a little town called Mount Dora, and from Mount Dora to Apopka, and that’s when we decided to stay here to work in the oranges, which was our first time ever picking oranges, and from there we ended up staying here in Apopka, and, um, I left home at the age of 13 and went out on my own and been out on my own ever since, and from there, I got married and I end[sic] up with six babies, uh—12 years of marriage, and then I divorce[sic] and from there, I had to take care of my kids and raise my kids alone, and I continued to travel, and in 1972, that’s when I gave it up. I didn’t want to put my children through what I had went[sic] through—changing schools every two or three months because you’ve got to move to the next state to work.</p>
<p>So, um, we remaineded[sic] here in—in—in Apopka, Florida, and from that, I continued to work in the fields, um, cutting and jiving[?], packing corn, and picking string beans, and, uh, whatever else they had for us to do—working in the carrots, and, um, from there, I just got tired of the—the—the farm work…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And I went into doing the foliage work, uh—potting flowers, and that—I liked it pretty good, and I stayed there for a number of years, and then from there, I volunteered to work with the Farmworker Association[ of Florida] and I landed a job with the association, and I worked there doing different types of jobs in the organization, and, um, I started advocating for poor people[sic] rights in Tallahassee, and that was one of the most awesome jobs I had ever had in my life. Just having a—just a 10<sup>th</sup> grade education, it was really awesome, because I never thought in life that I would land such a good job, and from there, I started working, uh—after they laid me off ‘cause lack of, uh, grants, I start[sic] working with Orange County Health Department and then, uh, Env—En—Environmental Protection [Agency], and, uh, I worked there with David Overfield for a few months, and then I got sick with my kidney. Worked from December until April, and the kidney broke down and I had to stop working with them.</p>
<p>I, uh, left them in June, and from there I got sicker and sicker, and I ended up on kidney dialysis. So right now, that’s where I basically is[sic]. I’m on kidney dialysis three days a week. Um, I just was told a month ago that my liver is gone. My heart—there’s nothing they can do. So right now, I have my good days, I have my bad days, and I just, you know, I have to accept what life throws at me and depend on the grace of the Good Lord. So right now that’s where I am.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Um, there’s a lot of times, if I’m able to go to the grocery stores, um, I always tell people, “My job is not finished,” because I stand in the grocery stores and I talk with peoples[sic] about the use of pesticide in the field. Those that are still out there working.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>I’ve talked with them.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And, um, let them know that it’s not finished, you know? You’re still being sprayed with the pesticide if you’re still in the fields.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Well, thank you for telling me all that.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>So you mentioned a few things that I wanna ask about.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm?</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Some now and some later. The first thing—um, you said you were 13 years old when you went on your own?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>So can you tell me like how that happened and—and what—what that was like being 13 and on your own?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Well, the reason I left home when I was 13—because of a step-father, and, um, he didn’t treat my mom right, and I had a sister and a brother, at that time, and he didn’t treat them right. He were[sic] more like afraid of me, ‘cause I used to threaten him all the time about if he would hit me, what I would do to him. So I didn’t have to worry about getting licks from him, but he would beat my sister and beat my brother so bad[sic], and my mom, she didn’t—she wasn’t a violent person and I just couldn’t—I couldn’t take it—seeing her not saying nothing at the way he was treating the family.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>So one day I just packed and I left, and, um, I was, you know—I was tall. I was always a tall girl. So I could pass off for 17 years old, 18 years old—and that’s what I did.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And, um, I got a man—uh, a man and his wife to say they was[sic] my mom and, um, take me to the courthouse, and I got married.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And when I got married, then I was, you know—it was better for me to be married. That way I could—continue to help my mom.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And I didn’t move from around my mom until after about four years and—I was married and I moved to another town.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>But I would come see her every Saturday.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm, but you continued working at the fields?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm, I continued to work in the fields.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm, you just did it on your own then?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Yep, mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>It was—it was like—it was hard, but, you know, having somebody to help you, it wasn’t so difficult, because my thing was I always wanted to give my mom—I always wanted to make sure that my mom had—and I was able to help my mom.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>So after the marriage was over with of 12 years, then I continued to work, but I was always able to go by my mom[sic] house and give my mom money to help her.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Because my mom was a young lady when she got—she took sick. She was 36…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>When she took sick.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>So yeah, I wanted to ask about your parents too. I mean, um, so—so your parents were farmworkers, as well?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Yes, my mom and my father were farmworkers when they met. My mom was 13 years old and my daddy was 15 years old.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And, um, when my mom got pregnant with me at the age of 13 years old, my father got—was afraid, and my father, he was big for—big, big, big boy…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And he ran off and lied and went into the military. So he was in the Air Force all his life.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>He made a career out of it, and in, um—in 1960, he come[sic] home and everybody was saying that I was his baby, and he took a look at me and said, “Oh, yeah, that is my baby.”</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And they said then he wanted to be a part of my life, but he went back into the Air Force, and then, when he come[sic] back home, that[sic] when he begin[sic] to fight my mom for, uh, a part of my life. So they took it to court and the court give[sic] him, um—I stayed six months with my mom in Belle Glade, and I stayed six months with my father in Miami, and my father was called by mistake to go back into the military, and that’s when his mama and his wife decided to send me home…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>To my mom.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And I never communicated with him again. When I seen[sic] my father again, it was 1972.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>He came here and visit[sic] me, and I haven’t seen him again since.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>‘Cause he, um—he went fishing in Miami and he never was found again.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm, okay. Do you remember any stories that your mother or father had told you about their days working on the farms?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Yeah, my mom used to, um, tell us about when they was[sic] children and the sh—her mom and her father was[sic] together, how they would go to work. Uh, they was[sic]—they was[sic], um, picking cotton, and how they would go to work and work days and—I mean hours and hours in the cotton fields.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Um, she mostly talked about my grandmother, but—because my grandmother was a slave…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And she talked about—we talked about a lot of slavery in that—in our house…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Because of my grandmother being a slave.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Um, sh—I mean, it wasn’t no[sic] [inaudible] generation. Slavery was right at our backdoor.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And, um, that’s mostly what she’d talk about. She never really just do a lot of talk[sic] about herself as a little girl, you know? Sometimes she would tell us stories about how the crew leaders would try to do little nasty things and stunts and things they would pull, you know—and how my grandmother would defend them and stuff.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Yeah, and mostly talks about my grandmother and mostly talks about her father and mostly her grandfather. Her grandfather was—uh, mostly talk of the family was her [<em>laughs</em>] grandfather. They used to tell us stories about how funny he was and how, you know, he—he—after coming off the slave camps, he’d never taken crap off of anybody again and how mean he was, and mostly what they talk about—even ‘til today, they talk about my great-granddaddy—how, you know—how raw[?] he got and, you know, just didn’t want nothing[sic] wrong to go—nothing in the family to go wrong.</p>
<p><strong>Muha </strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>All the way up until he passed away, but my family, they’re originally from Georgia—Fort Valley [State University], Georgia, and I used to have to go there after—if my mama didn’t feel like taking us up on[sic] to see her, she would take us to Georgia and leave me with my grandmother.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>So I would stay, uh, the month of June, July, August, and come back when school start[sic] in September.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>We would go back to Belle Glade.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>But if we was[sic] traveling, we would go to school wherever we was[sic].</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>So, um, you mentioned that, uh, you would travel, you know, during cer— certain seasons to—to pick in other states.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Um, I’m wondering if you could tell me a little bit about that. How did—how did what you experienced in other states differ from Apopka?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>It was much different from my home in Belle Glade.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>It was much…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>In Belle Glade? Right[?].</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Different from Belle Glade, because Belle Glade was a very, very violent town. Very vi—violent, and those states was[sic] more calmer[sic]. You saw more respect. In Belle Glade, there was no respect at all.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Because Belle Glade was build[sic] up on people of all nationalities. It wasn’t just the people from Belle Glade. It was the people from all over the Caribbean Islands, and there was no respect. If you was[sic] a child in Belle Glade, you knew everything that an adult knew when you was[sic] six or seven years old.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And it wasn’t nice. It wasn’t nice at all. So when we’d travel to the other states, we see the childrens[sic] more respectable[sic], it make[sic] you feel a difference. You be[sic] like, <em>Wow, why I can’t be like that child?</em> You know, and the schools was[sic] different, because Belle Glade schools, they wasn’t[sic] segregated, and those schools up North, they were segregated. So you got a chance to go to school—go—go to a—a school—a minority[?] school, and it was a big difference. It was like—the first time you went, it was scary, scary, scary, and as you continue to go, then the children begin to talk with you and you begin to meet friends, but when you first go—first start, you are told, “Oh, you can’t play with them little white children.” You know, because that was the way the South was out here.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>We could not—we didn’t play with the childrens[sic] across the track, you know? We stayed on our side of the track and the whites stayed on their side of the track. So we didn’t know the feeling of being with, uh, the white childrens[sic]. We didn’t know that feeling.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>So when I went up to travel up North, then we connected with that. That was—to us it was weird, you know, but then, as we traveled to a—we might be in say, New Jersey—the childrens[sic] are one way in New Jersey, and when we get up to maybe New York, the children are different wherever they are—different style[?]. We had—we had to adapt to that, but as we continued down through the years, then it became like nothing to us, you know?</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>It was, you know—we expecting[sic] it.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And it was all good, but I can remember the bad times when we travel[sic] and we was[sic] told that—we would stop and we would buy gas, and then if you needed—if one of the children needed to use the restroom, we was[sic] told that we couldn’t use the restroom, and by me coming from the Deep South down here—coming up here, we’d have thought it was better, but it was worse in North Carolina.</p>
<p><strong>Muha <br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>You want to use the bathroom after you done purchased gas, they tell you to go out there in the cornfield.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And that wasn’t—that wasn’t right with us, you know?</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>That wasn’t right.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And it—it finally growed[sic] on us, you know? It finally growed[sic] on us, but we, as childrens[sic]—being a migrant worker, you really enjoyed, because you’ll come in—you’ll see things that you probably wouldn’t have never[sic] seen if you wasn’t[sic] a migrant worker.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Yeah, because—like right now, you travel from Florida to Georgia, you don’t see any mountains, and back in our days, there were mountains. By the time you get to Savannah, Georgia, you got mountains. North Carolina on up, but now, you don’t see that like you did—did when I was a child.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And, um, childrens[sic]—childrens[sic] nowadays will never get the opportunity that we had and that make[sic] me appreciate my life ,because I got a chance to do something that children nowadays would never do. I got a chance to travel on the back of a truck full[?] the women and childrens[sic] going up north. That was awesome. I got a chance to stop - when they stopped the truck, we would stop in the mountains and we would go up in the mountains and we would cook our food, and water would be coming down the mountain and we would take baths in the water. Children would never see that now, but, you know, it made us feel good. It made us feel good, ‘cause the adult[sic] used to get mad. We out there, the water running down the mountain streams…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And we were washing our skin and they were arguing, because we were so happy, you know?</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>We cooking our food and stuff and we so happy, and they would argue, because life was really hard for the adults that had childrens[sic].</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>To be on the back of a tru—of a—a truck—they called them “tramp trucks,” ‘cause that’s what they called us—tramps. We was[sic] either tramps or we was[sic] either maggot workers. We wasn’t[sic] called “migrants.” We was called “maggot worker.” “There go[sic] those maggot workers.”</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>By who[sic]?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Hm?</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Who would—who would call you that?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>The peoples[sic] in the town where we was[sic] going, and then we would live on labor camps. Some of them would have bathrooms and some of them wouldn’t, and we would have to go down to the river to drink—get our—get our drinking water. So find the river—once we locate the river, we come back—the children would locate the river. We’d come back and tell the adults that we located a river, and the adults would go down and would start getting water from the river. Bring them back to the camp in buckets, and when the city people learned that peoples[sic] the, uh—the, um—the migrant workers from Florida are here. Once the word get[sic] out, then there were some people from the city—like there was a company in Maryland, Merita Bread—they would bring us bread on the camps, and, um, there was another company that made coats—they would bring us winter coats on the camp.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>They made sure that we had socks on—some of the camps. Some of the states we went in, they wouldn’t give you nothing[sic], but, um…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>And the crew leaders would provide these?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>No.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>No? Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>These was[sic] peoples[sic] that hear that migrant workers was[sic] here working.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And they would do that in hopes of[sic]—when we would start working, we would come and spend our money to your…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Store or whatever.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah, I see.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>So I wanted to—to ask about the labor camps, uh—the quarters. Um, so yeah, I mean, what were the quarters like? Could you speak to what the quarters were like here in Florida that you observed?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Well, a quar—the places here in Florida was[sic] much better than the places—much better than some of the places traveling up north, because here, in Florida, you had the Florida Farmworkers Bureau here and they was[sic] on top of a lot of faulty living, but up north, they didn’t worry about you. They would—they would take you in the woods. They mostly built their camps in the wood[sic], but here, in Florida, there were eyes on you, you know? So you can’t get away with a lot of stuff that you can get away[sic] up north, ‘cause I can recall, in 1970, traveling to Michigan to pick cherries and apples. I can recall, when we got there, we saying[sic], “We[sic] going to the camp.” There was no camp. The guy had chicken coops—what you put the chickens in.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And they was[sic] taking chickens out, and I say[sic], “What are they going to do with them? Why are they taking the chickens out?” And somebody whispered to me and say[sic], “That’s where you guys gonna sleep.” So they brought a carriage. they put all the chicken coops in a line side by side in a circle-like and they brought a carriage—they put a carriage on top, and you’re—from here up is inside the coop and your feet hanging[sic] out, and that’s where we slept.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And, um, finally, somebody came down and talked to the—talked to the owner of the property, and that’s when he began to build, um, a shed—a thing—a little building where we could go inside. So we had to go inside, but everybody was in one—one thing, and you had to put a—just a little sheet between you and the next family.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yep.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And that’s the way we slept that season.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>In—in—in—in Michigan. I can recall, in Maryland, the crew leader had a horse stable, and, uh, it was a huge horse stable. I never seen[sic] one that big, and he parted off into rooms, and each family had their room, and that’s where we slept, but the male child could not sleep with—in—with the females. It—like my brother.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>My brother had to go up in the loft.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And, uh, where they have all the hay at, and the mens[sic] had to sleep up in the loft, and the women slept in the barn—what we called a barn.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>You know, it was a lot of [<em>laughs</em>]—a lot of crazy ways we had to sleep. I mean, it was miserable.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Miserable.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah, but you stayed in quarters in Florida, as well, did—did—right? Or no?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>No…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Only—only when you traveled?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>I never stayed—let me see. I never—I stayed in a quarter when I come[sic] to Apopka. They called it “the Graveyard Quarters.”</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And it housed migrant workers, but most of the people was[sic]—was like—had come here as a migrant worker and never left.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Yeah, they come here as a migrant worker and they lived in “the Graveyard Quarters,” but they never left.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>They be—they just continued to stay there until they tore it down.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Okay, and—and who were they? Were they generally black Americans living there?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Black Americans.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm. At that time, there wasn’t[sic] no[sic] Hispanic farmworkers here. When I come[sic] to Apopka, it[sic] wasn’t[sic] any Hispanic farmworkers here. It was all African Americans, and, um, when it got really throwed[?] was in 1990-something that they faded out African Americans. They got rid of them. Um, I’m trying to think, and when they—well, before they closed the farmland down, they give[sic] us all our papers and told us that they would not need us anymore, but those that want to come out there and help clean up can come clean up. They, um—all of the black crew leaders—they laid them off, and they hired a Hispanic man from Pahokee, and he brought some peoples[sic] up here and he re—they replaced us. We demonstrated and demonstrated about it, but nothing never[sic] happened.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>When we would go out there and try to get work, they wouldn’t give us no[sic] work.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And it’s still like that today. Once they replace[sic] us with Mexican workers, the Mexicans would not hire us. The crew leaders would not hire us, but we get a job, we’ll hire them, but they will not hire us. It’s still that way today.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Great, so yeah—so, if I understand, uh, correctly, you said at some point in the 1990s, they fired most all the black…</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>They got rid of all the black…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>And that’s up in Apopka?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>In Apopka.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>And they replaced them with mainly…</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Hispanics.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mexican or Hispanic crew leaders.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm, right.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>And those crew leaders hired…</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Hired…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Predominantly…</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Nothing but Mexicans.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Really? Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Yep, we got involved—the organization got involved. We went out there. We marched out there with Hispanic people. Hispanic people—there was[sic] Hispanic people that didn’t like the idea and they’d march along beside us, you know, but they never hired us back, and right now, I don’t know—have[sic] Jeannie [Economos] taken you out to—to—to—to the—where they[sic] corn is? Where they[sic] working in the corn.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Well, right now out there was all African Americans doing all that work out there, but now it’s nothing but Hispanic people.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>They…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Uh…</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Just plum out replaced us.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>And—and do you know why they did that?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Well, my—my—my thing is this—and I tell peoples[sic] this all the time, and I used to say this before they replaced us—that one day, we won’t have a job, and people used to look at me crazy and they say[sic], “What you talking about?” I say[sic], “One day, you will not be able to come out here on them muck[?] and work here.” I say[sic], “It’ll be all Hispanic peoples out here working.” That was about probably five years before they replaced us. We hadn’t heard nobody[sic] talking about replacing us.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>But I felt that way because, when the Hispanic people come around, the crew leaders would—the—the—the crew leaders that owe—owned a pro—piece of the job would always have a big conversation with them, and, uh, African Americans I truly believe was[sic] replaced because you start—when they start working us, they started working us and giving us our money every day. When we’d leave the job in the afternoon, we were paid off, and if you pay me off and I drink, I’ma[sic] come home and I’ma[sic] drink up my money, and tomorrow I’m gon’[sic] be sick and I’m not able to come to work. So your job is still going on, but I’m so sick ‘cause I done[sic] got my money overnight and I’m drunk. I can’t come to work. That kind of stuff was going on, and there were many years you could see, at the ending of the season—every season have[sic] an ending. There was[sic] a lot of crops to be throwed[sic] away,</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>’Cause the manpower wasn’t there to work it, because you pay me every night, I feel like, <em>I—no,</em> <em>I ain’t goin’ to work tomorrow. I got me some money in my pocket.</em></p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>That’s the way I feel about it. I don’t know how anybody else feel[sic], but I feel that African Americans begin to lag on the job. You give them all that power and now you want to snatch it down from them. So the best way to snatch it away from them is to replace them, and that’s what they did. It was—it was sad. The year they replaced them, it was sad, ‘cause I was out there. I was, uh, working.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And it was really sad. We didn’t have no[sic] job, and if you was a person worked[sic] seven days a week out there, and they replace you and you ain’t[sic] got nothing coming in—boy, it’s—it’s hard.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>It is hard.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm. So, um—so this was—just for the recording—in 1996, uh, through 1998?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>It was in the ‘90s.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>What was in the [inaudible]…</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>I think it was in the earlier ‘90s.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>But in 1996 to 1998…</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>A lot of the farms around Lake Apopka were shut down.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Um, but this was before that, you’re saying, when—when the black farmworkers were replaced?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Replaced, yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Replaced, yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm, I think it was about ’92-‘90—’91-’92—’92/’93.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>When African Americans was[sic] replaced.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And then right after that the farmworkers—the farm was shut down.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>And do you remember…</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Only one farm was left open. That’s what they called the Sang[?] Farms.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Uh huh, and do you remember, uh—so before that—before—while—while you were still working, what were—what were relations like between black farmworkers and Mexican farmworkers, Or Hispanic or Caribbean farmworkers?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>There wasn’t any relationship because when they—when they—when they—if you go to work, and a Spanish person is in what we call “the stall,” in one of the positions on the machine or whatever, he don’t say nothing[sic] to you, you don’t say nothing[sic] to him.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>I mean, you work. If he say[sic] something to you, then you, you know—we try to—most American—most—most African-American people probably my age and down took Spanish in school.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>So we try to, you know, [<em>laughs</em>] comprehend the little Spanish that we…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Took in school. “Good morning.” “How you doing?” “My name is this,” and…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>So on.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Eh, but if they don’t say anything to us, we work all day and don’t say anything to them.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>So…</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And then there was a Mexican guy come[sic] around named Mexican Pete. He start[sic] getting—organizing farmworkers and then he got a crew—he the only Mexican that had a crew, but he went to school and he learned English really good[sic], so all Afri—all African Americans likeded[sic] him.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm, when did you start noticing, uh, Hispanic farmworker—like a presence of Hispanic farmworkers on—on farms in Apopka and in Florida?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Yeah, well, on farms in Apopka, I started noticing them—a large percentage of ‘em in 1989.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>So that’s when a lot had come or a lot had—you had noticed a lot of them, that had already been there…</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mm…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>But now made up a large segment or…</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>They was[sic] coming.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>They were coming? Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Okay, and, um—and yeah, so I mean, how did that—did that change the workplace at all before a lot of the black farmworkers were fired, as you say?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Did it change?</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah, I mean, was—was there something different about, um, the workplace or the way the crew leaders treated you or anything like that?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>No, it wasn’t—they—hm, they just come[sic] to us and just told us what it was going be, and the crew leaders told the crew leaders, so the crew leaders probably held it under they[sic] belt a week—didn’t want to tell us, and then finally, it got out.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And then, when it got out, a lot of people didn’t want to believe it, you know? Well, those like me that were smart and—and knew it was going to happen, felt like it was going to happen, went on and looked for a job.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>You know?</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>So…</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Most of it—most of the farmworkers, they, um, had programs trying to get them to go to school, but a lot of farmworkers could not go to school. They[sic] hands all cramped all up like that with arthritis, and they[sic] feets[sic] and stuff all messed up from all the, uh, sores and stuff working on the farm.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And they—they just—they just could not—could not, um, take—they was[sic] offering us typing classes and computer classes and—wasn’t none[sic] of us computer literate at all, so…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>It just was a mess.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>So I—I landed a job taking people to school every morning.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>You know, picking them up in the evening for the trainings, but they knew that—the state knew that eventually they was gonna be that—deal with that. So the program close[sic] down and left the people shut out again. So you kept promising us—they kept promising us and promising us and trying to open up doors, and the doors that they were opening up, like the computer classes, they didn’t last long. The truck-driving classes did—I can’t tell you not[sic] a one man that got a job with the truck driving school.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>It just—every—there wasn’t nothing[sic] falling through. So right now, those of us that worked in the fields—all the promises that you made to us, right now, we don’t believe nothing[sic] you got to say. Don’t come telling me nothing[sic] about, “Well, they gonna open up a program, and this program going to help farmworkers do this,” ‘cause I’m not going to believe it because I’ve been deceived so many times. So that’s where we are now. So most of the farmworkers that work now, they’ll sit. They can’t do nothing[sic]. They’re on disability [insurance]. Our young farmworkers, you know—you done sprayed us with your chemicals all your life—all our life, because most children start working in the fields back in them[sic] days when you was[sic] six years old, you know? You take your children to work with you, but then, when it got in the—in the ‘9—‘80s, they: “Oh, you can’t bring your children in the field no more.” The damage is done. I had a daughter—three—had a stroke at three years old.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Because she was in the field with me every day.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>You know? The damage is done. You done took ‘em out there for a few years, and then in the ‘80s, they decided that they wouldn’t let you—you bring your children in the field no[sic] more.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm, alright. So—so you said after—after a lot of the black farmworkers were fired, most of them went to school on some program?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm, yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>[inaudible]…</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Numerous skills. Do you know what happened—So after they went to school, did they—did some of them find jobs in oth—other industries or…</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>The only…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Do you know what happen to [inaudible]?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Well, the only ones found[sic] jobs—the only African-Americans[sic] women…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>That found jobs was because of me, because there wasn’t a list of who were[sic] hiring you. There was a list of—for[sic] you could go and go to school to be retrained.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>That’s what they claimed. They was[sic] retraining us into other job fields, but what I did is[sic] I called different agencies that knew where women can get medical training, and a lot of women went to the medical training and they got jobs in nursing homes. They become what they call a “tech[nician].” They got jobs in nursing homes, they got jobs in shelters for boys and shelters for the handicapped, and the men—the men—they were hard—they were hard for the men. We got mens[sic] and—and—work up until [inaudible], and then they started dying. We lost a lot of farmworkers. Uh, at points you go to a funeral every weekend.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Somebody you worked beside have[sic] died.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Well, it was hard for a man to get a job. So the—the women became head of the house, and that’s when they lost their hand with the childrens[sic]. No respect in the house, because the man wasn’t there to put—to say nothing, ‘cause you’re not putting nothing in here, so the child[sic] looking at—you’re not putting nothing in here, so you don’t have no say here. So the—the bigger boys—they bullied their mama and all of that. So right now there’s a lot of crisis in people[sic] home, because the father was put out of work due to the closing of Lake Apopka.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>They want to make Orange County this big metropolitan area. They swiped up all the orange trees. You can’t go pick oranges, but when you were—when you—when all of this stuff exists, you could take your childrens[sic] to the grove and make ‘em work. You—I could take you on a street here in Apopka, right now, with about 60 or 70 young men just standing on the corner, but they graduated from high school.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>But they still live home with their mama. They don’t think they[sic] got[sic] to go to work. The runs—they rule they[sic] mama[sic] house, but with me, it was a different story, because your butt was gonna go to work. You wasn’t[sic] gon’[sic] live in here and don’t[sic] work, you know, but a lot of parents scared[sic] of their children. They was[sic] afraid. They [inaudible] this day.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>The—the young boys run they[sic] mama’s house.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm. Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>It’s—it—it—it hurt us. It hurt us and I don’t think—I don’t think that our leaders of our country understand that. I don’t think they understand that—you got—and it’s so easy. It’s so easy to understand. You[sic] got to realize we come from slavery. We were poor. We were ran[sic] down all our lives. Now, you want us not to apply? The same thing you did to me not to apply it to my child? So my child disrespect[sic] me, because my child can say, “I’ll call the police on you.” Police come on out, what they gon’ do? Handcuff me and take me to jail, because I whipped his butt, ‘cause he stayed out all night long. That’s the way things are now.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And it really hurt the parent. It hurt—killing the parent. You can’t be a parent in your own house. Mm-mm. I got a 22-year-old grandson here with me. He just come[sic] back here. Last Saturday morning, I woke up, he laying[sic] in my bedroom with a girl. I said, “What is this?” I called him out and talked with him. This is no respect. All my life I respect[sic] my children. Now, this is no respect.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Jm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>So I give[sic] him time[sic] period to get out of here. I’m not going—I don’t have to tolerate with that. I don’t have to tolerate with[sic] that, but you don’t want to go look for a job. He do[sic] not go look for a job. Daily, he laying[sic] up in here. You can’t—you—I mean, lack of work causing[sic] a lot of problems in your home, and there’s no work here for a young man.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>There’s no work.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm. Well, thank you for telling me all[sic] that.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Um, so, I wanted to ask about ray[?]—okay, so I wanted to ask about—we were talking about, you know, what a lot of farmworkers did after they were either fired or after the shutdown of Lake Apopka farms. Um, for you—I—I know that you got involved in a lot of environmental justice work.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>And I—I was wondering if you could tell me about that.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Well, I was, um, like I said, advocating for poor people[sic] rights for a long time. Very young kid wi—with the organization, and, um, when I start[sic] with—working with the environment people in Orange County, it was like a different ballgame. I organized and organized and organized peoples[sic] to come to m—meetings, where we could talk about the rights of farmworkers, of laws that needed to be put in for farmworkers. Um, the first law I worked with was asking—giving farmworkers the right to know what type of pesticide was being used in the work area.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>That was the first law that we fought for. Finally, years of fighting in Tallahassee, years of walking the floors, I, um—they passed the law.<a title="">[1]</a> They finally passed the law.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>What?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Finally, they passed the law, giving us the right to know what type of farm work we were—what type of pesticide we were working in, after about 20 percent of African Americans in Apopka had passed away.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And, um, we continue to fight for other improvements, like drinking clean drinking water in the fields.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>When I was there, there wasn’t clean drinking water. We finally got that deal passed, um, where we could have clean drinking water in the fields. Um, better working equipment for farmworkers, like rubber gloves, rubber boots, rain coats.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And stuff like that. Some of the companies got away with it, but some of the companies went on and bowed down and gave us the equipment we—the proper equipment we needed to work in. Um, as far as going to the doctor, like accidents happen bad[sic] in the fields, and, um, we would go to the company doctor. Finally, we managed to get around that and, um, get a good—good—better medic[sic] care—medical care.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yep.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>When we’d get cut sometimes, you know, we work with knives…</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And—and sometimes we get cut. Like you[sic] working here and somebody working there, they got[sic] their knives set up and you[sic] doing this here all day and your arm—elbow hit the knife and bust[sic] it all open. You got[sic] to go to the hospital, and they don’t take you to the hospital. They take you to a regular doctor, and he patch[sic] you up and send[sic] you home.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>We finally got, you know, help with that, but a lot of changes. We see a lot of changes, but it’s[sic] still a long way to go.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Still a long way to go because they’re still using pesticide. They’re still making pesticide. They’re still using pesticide. Our babies are still being born deformed, so we have a long way to go.</p>
<p><strong>Muha <br /></strong>Yeah, yeah. Absolutely, and, you know, you mentioned your—your kids and your grandkids…</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>A few times throughout this. I—I’m wondering how they perceived farm labor. Did any of them have interest in doing that, or…</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Well, my kids worked the fields.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>All six of my kids worked the fields. My grandkids never worked the fields, because when they came along, I was stone against them going in the fields. Um, they came along at the ending of the term, where[sic] children were no longer to go out there anyway. So they didn’t get a chance to work the fields, but, um, all of my kids did.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm. Okay, and, um, lastly from you, I think, I wanted to ask about the book, <em>Fed Up</em>[<em>: the High Costs of Cheap Food</em>], um, by Dale Finley Slongwhite. Um, could you tell me a little bit about that and your part in that?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong><em>Fed Up</em> is a book that I’m proud of and I’m not proud of. The reason I say “I’m proud of,” because[sic] it was the first book that I ever had been involved in, and “I’m not proud of” is because I think that I left a lot out the book, and, um, I wanted to do three versions of the book. So I had[sic] talked with, um, what’s her name?</p>
<p>[<em>phone rings</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Do a second version and a third version, but if I can do the second version, maybe I could capture a lot of stuff I left out.</p>
<p>[<em>phone rings</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>It’s like I was saying, um, there’s a lot I want to add to <em>Fed Up</em>. Um, and I would like more pictures in the book, because, um, peoples[sic] really need to actually see what our peoples[sic] are going through—um, the lesions on the s—the legs, the feet, the amputations of the toes, the amputation of the feet, legs—because of all of the pesticide where it had deteriorated the skin, and, um, I’d like to get more[sic] deeper into the labor camps. It’s[sic] a lot that I left out, because I wasn’t thinking. I’m thinking that, uh, when the book was gonna be wrote[sic], it gonna be like a mini-book [<em>laughs</em>]. I didn’t realize it was gonna be a story—um, a nice book. I’m just looking at it like it’s gonna be a—be a little, short mini-book, and, um, I imagine everybody that played a part in the book—about eight of us— I would imagine if—if everybody can really redo their story, it’ll be more awesome than what it is.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Because a lot of people left out stuff that should’ve been told, you know? There was a—um, a lot of death in our family, due to, um, the DDT<a title="">[2]</a> that they used. People lost their family, and they didn’t talk about that in the book. Um, how we come from work and we[sic] riding on the bus, and when we get home, we think the other person sitting over on the bus sleeping[sic]. The person dead[sic], because of the chemicals that we worked in all day long.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>We didn’t talk about that in the book, and I would like to, you know, let people know these things actually happen. You[sic] going home from work and when you get there you[sic] hollering, “Mr. Clyde! Mr. Clyde!” And you—“Mr. Clyde!” You think he[sic] sleep. He[sic] dead, you know?</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Those things happen, and we didn’t talk about none of that in the book. We didn’t know how much room or space or whatever we had in the book.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>So I asked her about second and third version, and we didn’t—a lot of stuff—when I read the book, on my—my part of the book, I—I wasn’t pleased. I wasn’t happy with—with—with the part that I wrote—that she wrote for me, and then I read the other people[sic] part, and I know their history, and same thing with them. You know, they don’t talk about it, ‘cause[sic] when you say, uh, “We gon’[sic] write a book.” You know, you—you never wrote a book before, so you[sic] not—you[sic] not thinking good, you know?</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yep, right.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>But if we can—another book could re—be redid[sic] [<em>laughs</em>], it’d be awesome.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yep.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>We left a lot out.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Well, is there anything—you said you—there are things you wanted—wish you could’ve included. Is there anything that you haven’t told me thus far that you want to include in this interview? Uh…</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Well, in—in—in the book? I talked a little about the treatment of the African-American women and the crew leaders. Not the growers, the crew leaders. I talked just a little bit about that. That should’ve been brought wide open. Should’ve been blowed[sic] up, because a lot of young girls have babies—they’ll never know who the father[sic], because the crew leaders and his[sic] what we call “henchmens”[sic] would come in and have sex with those girls like they was—they wanna, you know?</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>And we didn’t express too much of that in the book.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>You know? If you had a father that drank, a mother that drank—oh, God. You didn’t have nobody[sic] in your corner. The crew leaders do whatever they want to do. Mmhmm, yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>As I can recall, one time I was going—my mom had got[sic] me up early. Uh, our day begin[sic] by five o’clock, and she sent me to the store to get a loaf of bread and there was a man waiting in the dark on me when I got to get the bread, and he jumped right at me and grabbed me, but I was so fast I snatched the loaf from him and I ran home and I told my mom, and my mom went over there and my mom jumped on the man and told him don’t try anything like that on none[sic] of her childrens[sic] again in life. She would kill him, and I—we never had problems with him again, but just imagine if I had a mama that didn’t do that. Every time he saw me, he would’ve give[sic] me a problem.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Yep.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>But my mama let him know that, you know, she was not taking no crap like that.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>But then a lot of the girls, their mama never say[sic] one word, and it went over and over and over again.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Thank you for telling me that.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Is there anything else you want to tell me before we conclude the interview?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>That’s it.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>That’s it.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>That’s about it.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Okay. Well, thank you so much, Geraldean.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Again, this was Jared Muha and Geraldean Matthew on October 30<sup>th</sup>, 2014. Okay, this is Jared Muha with Geraldean Matthew on October 30<sup>th</sup> again, uh, for a second session interview. Um, Geraldean, I wanted to ask, uh, what is your impression of, uh, farms today in Florida and, you know, treatment of Latino workers, uh, who are on the farms?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>You know, the farms today have changed very much because now most farmworkers, uh, get their own place to stay, but, as for the Latino workers—women—the ones that are still housed in labor camps, they are treated really bad[sic] by the crew leaders. If they are undocumented and have daughters, the crew leaders think that the daughter should be their woman or their wife or their girlfriend, and they mistreat the women very bad[sic]. Um, what brought that to my attention was, uh, when I was doing HIV<a title="">[3]</a> prevention, went into the homes talking and, um, passing out, uh, HIV materials on the camps, uh—how the men would treat the women when they tried to get protection. They didn’t want the women to get condoms for—from us or female condoms from us or whatever. So it’s a problem to me, because it seems like nobody[sic] really paying that Latino group attention, just like they didn’t pay the African-American group attention back in the ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. So, um, it kind of bothers me a lot, you know, seeing that happening, and, um, seeing how the women have to take up their young children—their young daughters and run at night and try to find another place when the crew leaders come, um, pounding on their doors and demanding that they open the doors and demanding for[sic] sex. I don’t think that should be like that, and yes, it does disturb me.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Mmhmm. Well, thank you for telling me that. Uh, is there anything else you wanted to include?</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>That’s it.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew<br /></strong>That’s all.</p>
<p><strong>Muha<br /></strong>So this is Jared Muha and Geraldean Matthew on October 30<sup>th</sup>, 2014.</p>
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<p><a title="">[1]</a> Alfredo Bahena Act.</p>
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<p><a title="">[2]</a> Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, a pesticide banned in 1972.</p>
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<p><a title="">[3]</a> Human immunodeficiency virus.</p>
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Fed Up: The High Costs of Cheap Food
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Florida Department of Health
Florida Department of Health in Orange County
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General Collection
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Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Florida was first inhabited by Paleo-Indians as early as 14,000 years ago. By the 16th century, several distinct Native American tribes inhabited present-day Florida, primarily the Apalachee of the Panhandle, the Timucua of North and Central Florida), the Ais of the Central Atlantic Coast, the Tocobaga of the Tampa Bay area, the Calusa of Southwest Florida, and the Tequesta of the Southeast Florida.
In 1513, Juan Ponce de León of Spain became the earliest known European explorer to arrive in Florida. During the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, Spanish, French, and English pioneers settled various parts of the states, though not all settlement were successful. Most of the region was owned by Spain, until it was ceded to the United States via the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819. On March 3, 1845, Florida earned statehood. Florida was marred by nearly constant warfare with the Native Americans in the region, particularly with the Seminoles during the Seminole Wars.
On January 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of American on January 20th. The state's participation in the Civil War revolved mostly around the transportation of goods via ships.
On June 25, 1868, Florida regained its representation in Congress. During the Reconstruction period, Florida drafted a new state constitution, which included statues that effectively disenfranchised its African-American citizens, as well as many poor white citizens.
Through much of its early history, Florida's economy relied heavily upon agriculture, especially citrus, cattle, sugarcane, tomatoes, and strawberries. Florida's tourism industry developed greatly with the economic prosperity of the 1920s. However, this was halted by devastating hurricanes in the second half of the decade, the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and the Great Depression. The economy would not fully recover until manufacturing was stimulated by World War II. As of 2014, Florida was the third most populous state in the country.
Contributor
Humphrey, Daphne F.
Alternative Title
General Collection
Subject
Florida
Eatonville (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Daytona Beach (Fla.)
New Smyrna Beach (Fla.)
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<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
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eng
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Collection
Coverage
Eatonville, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Sanford , Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-history/" target="_blank">Florida History</a>." Florida Department of State. http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-history/.
<span>Knotts, Bob. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49672975" target="_blank"><em>Florida History</em></a><span>. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003.</span>
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Title
Map of Florida Showing the Land Grant of the Florida South Railway
Alternative Title
Florida South Railway Map
Subject
Railroads--Florida
Agriculture--Florida
Fishing--Florida
Description
A map of Florida showing the Florida South Railway's land grant, published in 1888. The map includes information about towns along the railway, facts about Florida, and hints for potential immigrants. The Florida Southern Railway was established in 1891 when it took over the Gainesville, Ocala and Charlotte Harbor Railroad. Facing foreclosure, the line was acquired by Henry B. Plant (1819-1899) as part of his Plant System in 1892 and reorganized as the Florida Southern Railroad, which stretched from Gainesville to Ocala and then to Punta Gorda. In 1903, the Florida Southern was acquired by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL). The ACL merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL) in 1967 to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL). Much of the original ACL lines are now part of the CSX Transportation line, which operates the SCL.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original 24-page map, 1888: Matthews, Northrup and Company. <em>Map of Florida Showing the Land Grant of the Florida South Railway</em>. Map. Buffalo, NY: Art-Printing Works, 1888: <a href="http://www.maitlandpubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">Maitland Public Library</a>, Maitland, Florida.
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<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/36" target="_blank">General Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 24-page map, 1888: Matthews, Northrup and Company. <em>Map of Florida Showing the Land Grant of the Florida South Railway</em>. Map. Buffalo, NY: Art-Printing Works, 1888.
Coverage
Palatka, Florida
Francis, Florida
Francis, Florida
Hollister, Florida
Mannville, Florida
Interlachen, Florida
Keuka, Florida
McKeein, Florida
Hawthorne, Florida
Grove Park, Florida
Rochelle, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Micanopy, Florida
Evinston, Florida
Boardman, Florida
McIntosh, Florida
Citra, Florida
Reddick, Florida
Martin, Florida
Mount Tabor, Florida
Kendrick, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Candler, Florida
Ocklawaha, Florida
East Lake Weir, Florida
South Lake Weir, Florida
Conant, Florida
Lady Lake, Florida
Fruitland Park, Florida
Leesburg, Florida
Astor, Florida
Eustis, Florida
Tavares, Florida
Lane Park, Florida
Okahumpka, Florida
Centre Hill, Florida
Webster, Florida
Pemberton Ferry, Florida
Brooksville, Florida
Bartow, Florida
Homeland, Florida
Fort Meade, Florida
Bowling Green, Florida
Wauchula, Florida
Zolfo Springs, Florida
Charlie Creek, Florida
Brownville, Florida
Arcadia, Florida
Nocatee, Florida
Fort Ogden, Florida
Cleveland, Florida
Punta Gorda, Florida
Creator
Matthews, Northrup and Company
Publisher
Art-Printing Works
Date Created
1888
Format
application/pdf
Extent
98.9 MB
Medium
24-page map
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Matthews, Northrup and Company and published by Art-Printing Works.
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Copyright to this resource is held by <a href="http://www.maitlandpubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">Maitland Public Library</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
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Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.maitlandpubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">Maitland Public Library</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep25-RailwaysOfCentralFL.mp3" target="_blank">Episode 25: The Railways of Central Florida</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep25-RailwaysOfCentralFL.mp3.
Mulligan, Michael. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225874809" target="_blank"><em>Railroad Depots of Central Florida</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2008.
Murdock, R. Ken. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38291666" target="_blank"><em>Outline History of Central Florida Railroads</em></a>. Winter Garden, Fla: Central Florida Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, 1997.
Turner, Gregg M. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/184906141" target="_blank"><em>A Journey into Florida Railroad History</em></a>. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2008.
"<a href="http://www.csx.com/index.cfm/about-csx/our-evolution-and-history/interactive-timeline/" target="_blank">Our Evolution and History: CSX</a>." CSX. http://www.csx.com/index.cfm/about-csx/our-evolution-and-history/interactive-timeline/.
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Altoona
Arcadia
arrowroot
Art-Printing Works
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Baker County
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Bartow
Boardman
Bowling Green
Bradford County
Brevard County
Brooksville
Brownville
Caloosahatchee River
Candler
cassava
castorbeans
cattle
Centre Hill
Charlie Apopka
Charlie Creek
Charlotte Harbor
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Citra
citrus
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Cleveland
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coconuts
Columbia County
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Conant
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cotton
DeSoto County
Dragem Junction
Duval County
East Lake Weir
Eustis
Evinston
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fish
fisheries
fishery
fishing
Florida Commissioner of Land and Immigration
Florida Southern Railway Company
Fort Mason
Fort Meade
Fort Ogden
Francis
Fruitland Park
fruits
Ft. Meade
Ft. Ogden
Gainesville
Glendale
Grove Park
groves
guava
hammocks
Hawthorne
hemp
Hernando County
hogs
Hollister
Homeland
immigrants
immigration
indigo
Interlachen
Irish potato
Irish potatoes
Jacksonville
Japanese persimmon
Japanese plums
John W. Candler
John W. Weeks
John Welsh
Johnson
jute
Kendrick
Keuka
L.O. Garrett
Lady Lake
Lake County
Lake Eustis
Lake Harris
Lake Weir
Lane Park
LeConte pears
Lee County
Leesburg
lemons
Levy County
limes
Lochbie
Manatee County
Mannville
Marion County
Martin
Matthews, Northrup and Company
McIntosh
McKeein
Micanopy
Monroe County
Mount Tabor
Nassau County
Nocatee
nuts
Oak-Lawn
Ocala
Ocklawaha
Okahumpka
Orange Belt Railway
orange county
Orange Lake
oranges
Osceola County
Palatka
Peace River
peach
peaches
pecans
Pemberton Ferry
pineapple
pines
Polk County
population
Punta Gorda
Putnam County
railroads
railways
rain
ramie
Ravenswood
Reddick
rice
Rochelle
Sherman Conant
South Lake Weir
St. Johns River
Stanton
strawberries
strawberry
sugarcane
Sulphur Springs
Summit
Sumter County
swamps
sweet potato
sweet potatoes
Tavares
timber
tobacco
Umatilla
vegetables
Volusia County
Wait's Crossing
Wauchula
Webster
Welshton
Zolfo Springs
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Title
Miami Collection
Alternative Title
Miami Collection
Subject
Collection of archival items related to the history of Miami, Florida. The Tequestas were the first known inhabitants of the Miami area before explorer Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519-1574) claimed the land in 1566 for Spain, which established a mission there the following year. After Spain ceded the Florida Territory in 1821, the U.S. constructed Fort Dallas, which served as an important battlefront during the Second Seminole War. For much of the 19th century, Miami remained a region of wilderness, and it was one of the few area's to survive the Great Freeze of 1894 with relatively few damages. Soon after, Henry Flagler (1830-1913) expanded his Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) to the area, and Miami was officially incorporated as a city on July 28, 1896.<br /><br />Like other parts of Florida, Miami prospered during the Florida Land Boom of the 1920s, but also floundered when the real estate bubble burst in 1925. The following year, the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 devastated South Florida and the Great Depression began just three years later. During World War II, Miami played a vital role in battling German submarines, resulting in increased population growth in the post-ward period. Miami experienced another spurt in population growth when hundreds of thousands of people fled Cuba, following the takeover by Fidel Castro (1926-). Despite a number of social crises in the 1980s and 1990s, Miami remains a major international, financial, and cultural center.
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<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/182">Miami-Dade County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
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eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Miami, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.miamigov.com/home/history.html" target="_blank">City of Miami History</a>." City of Miami. http://www.miamigov.com/home/history.html.
"<a href="http://www.historymiami.org/research-miami/topics/history-of-miami/" target="_blank">MIAMI: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF HISTORY</a>." HistoryMiami. http://www.historymiami.org/research-miami/topics/history-of-miami/.
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Title
Letter from Carl Arvil Mead to Oscar Winfield Mead
Description
A letter from Carl Arvil Mead to his father, Oscar Winfield Mead, most likely written the winter of 1920 when Carl Mead and his family were in Miami, Florida. He was from Walton, Indiana and his father was from Pekin. In the letter, Carl Mead describes the sandy beaches of the Biscayne Bay area, the cost of house rentals , the Rickenbacker Causeway, the economic development of the city, the drive from Indiana to Florida, the family's trip to Vero, tasting various Florida fruits, and the cost of groceries and gasoline.
Date Created
ca. 1920
Coverage
Miami, Florida
Vero, Florida
Creator
Mead, Carl Arvil
Source
Digital transcript of original 3-page letter from Carl Arvil Mead to Oscar Winfield Mead: Private Collection of Ann Wilder.
Source Repository
"<a href="http://www.miamigov.com/home/history.html" target="_blank">City of Miami History</a>." City of Miami. http://www.miamigov.com/home/history.html.
"<a href="http://www.historymiami.org/research-miami/topics/history-of-miami/" target="_blank">MIAMI: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF HISTORY</a>." HistoryMiami. http://www.historymiami.org/research-miami/topics/history-of-miami/.
"<a href="http://www.covb.org/index.asp?SEC=7A2FDAEA-D94A-426F-B0C9-C376A4297189&Type=B_BASIC" target="_blank">The City of Vero Beach - A Brief History</a>." City of Vero Beach. http://www.covb.org/index.asp?SEC=7A2FDAEA-D94A-426F-B0C9-C376A4297189&Type=B_BASIC.
"<a href="http://www.verobeach.com/history.html" target="_blank">History of Vero Beach, Sebastian & Indian River County, Florida</a>." VeroBeach.com. http://www.verobeach.com/history.html.
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Copyright to this resource is held by Ann Wilder and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Transcript
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268 N.W. 27th Terrace
Miami, Florida
Dear Father:
After about 6 days’ travel we arrived here and are well located at the above address. This place is out in the thicket almost but by no mean is it at the edge of the City as there is city for some eight miles north west of here. Enough laid out to build a city like Chicago.
The soil here is sand, not sandy, but pure san and this is filled with rock white as snow. Looks like lime hardened and as it is exposed to the air becomes harder. I would judge it is of coral formation.
I am planting some garden, but Florence says she isn’t going to worry herself about any garden as I will not raise anything anyway, but you know how well she likes those big watermelons and I sure planted some of those seeds first thing. I also planted beans, radishes, lettuce and tomatoes, aim to be living fine by Christmas, “don’t you know.” This *quotation, the southerner adds to every sentence he tells you.
There are hundreds of tents here, people living in them the year around. They charge $5.00 per month for a place large enough for a tent to be place on the summer season and $15 per month commencing Nov. 1st for the winter season. Houses or shacks rent from $50 to $500 per month. If you had your house here furnished as it is, it would rent for $150 per month, but would probably sell for $10,000, located within 2 miles of the business section. Lots anywhere within a mile of the main business section sell or $1,000 up per front foot. I have decided that to judge a piece of property at what I think it is worth and then multiply it by ten or more and that will be what they will ask you for it. Too high for me, scares me out, guess I haven’t the nerve or don’t know a bargain when I see it.
We have been over to the beach a few times. There is a road built across Biscayne Bay about 150 feet wide and they call it the “Causeway” then when you get across this which is three or four miles long, you are on a large island of some 500 acres or probably more. This is all laid out in lots with some very fine buildings on it, that, maybe, if I get my nerve up, I may price some of those lots. Suppose they are worth from $5,000 up.
The children have a fine time hunting shells on the beach and they sure are pretty. We were in bathing Thursday. It is like bathing in brine if you are covered with mosquito bites. The ocean looks pretty and is unlike other clear water as it looks so blue and tastes so salty, makes your nose and eyes smart and burn like onions do some times. Florence and Betty are scared of the waves which are three or four feet high, but the girls and I went out some 50 yards, where, if the water were still, It would not have been two feet deep with a solid sand bottom, but the waves went over their heads often and they sure had a fine time. It is so hot here you *simply cannot stand it to be out in the boiling sun long at a time, so the bathers go late in the afternoon and they are there by the hundreds.
The business section of the town is growing very rapidly, many new buildings going up, 7 or 8 banks with fine buildings. I have not seen any of their statements yet, do not know how large they are. Garages by the hundreds. I don’t have a desire to loaf around those places any more. I surely have my fill of them.
There are over 1300 real estate offices in the city, a real bunch of grafters. In fact the place in general has that appearance. If you see anyone coming tell them to be sure and bring a well filled pocket book as they will need it.
On our western trip we were in an altogether different country from this. It was farming and grazing country, while this is a fruit and truck country. Florence thinks the garden spot of the world lies in and around Walton, Indiana, and I believe she would like to be home right now. Coming down thru Kentucky, the roads were good but very rough; full of holes and up one hill and down another; sand later on and ground about like southern Indiana, plenty of red clay and red sand. Niggers and sweet potatoes, mules and mosquitoes in abundance. Corn all the way, but very poor. I can raise more corn on a town lot in northern Indiana than they raise on ten acres in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, or Florida. Between each row is a row of peanuts which look fine. Plenty of fine roads in Tennessee. We came through Nashville, on to Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama. Out of Birmingham we came through *mountains. Not such mountains as the Rockies around Salida and Gunnison, Colorado. The children call them knobs.
We stopped at Claud Smith’s at Vero, Fla. He came from Walton 18 months ago, and is putting out a truck farm. The fruit here is of so many different varieties and flavors. Ate some apricotta (avocado) pears that look good but taste so slick and sickening. Have a seed as large as a hen egg. Mangoes, a fruit, not a pepper, whose taste is little better, pineapples, oranges, grape fruit and bananas in abundance. In our yard we have a banana in bloom, guava trees and fruit getting ripe in the yard now, *also one tree of limes. The guavas are the size and shape of a lemon but taste like *mayapples, turpentine and onions all stirred together. Think you’d like them? The limes taste like lemons but much stronger and not so large. Ruby says they surely make castor oil out of them.
We also have some trees that they say bear mulberries and pigeon peas, on fruit on them till February. That is all the fruit we have in the yard. *Cocoanuts in nearly every yard where they have been there long, as it takes ten years to grow trees to the producing stage.
The forests and swamps are covered with pines and palms, such as palm leaf fans are made of, some trees thirty feet high, with oleander and hibiscus and other pretty flowers growing wild. Saw plenty of hogs running wild, the real elm peeler type and the cattle not much better. No wonder milk is $1.00 per gallon, as there is no grass and poor quality of cattle. Flour is $1.80 per 24 pounds, eggs 46 cents a dozen potatoes 7 cents per pound, meats a little higher than mother [something missing], bananas and oranges a little higher here than at home. Oranges and grapefruit will be in full season about Nov. 15th.
We came over several toll bridges and one toll road that cost 75 cents for 15 miles. The roads in Georgia and Alabama are mostly good, quite a little asphalt. One place in Alabama we came down an old railroad bed for 50 miles. About 25 miles out of Birmingham while driving at night it came on a severe rain storm. We were along a large telephone system and such popping and cracking you never heard. Then came a blow out. We stayed by the roadside all night. Our hinged front seat worked fine as did also the hammocks for the girls. The mosquitoes were awful.
Gasoline gets higher until you get to Vero where it is 27 cents. It is 24 cents here. Corn is $2.25 per cws, oats $1.25 a bushel. It seems to be the freight rate that does it.
All the coast towns are nice but the northwest part of Florida where there is too much pure sand. Southern Georgia has lots of pecan growers.
Carl
Alternative Title
Letter from Carl Mead to Oscar Mead
Subject
Miami (Fla.)
Vero (Fla.)
Beaches--Florida
Contributor
Wilder, Ann
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/183" target="_blank">Miami Collection</a>, Miami-Dade County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
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application/pdf
Extent
47.8 KB
Medium
3-page letter
Language
eng
Type
Text
Accrual Method
Donation
Provenance
Originally created by Carl Arvil Mead.
Curator
Wilder, Ann
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
268 N.W. 27th Terrace
Miami, Florida
Dear Father:
After about 6 days’ travel we arrived here and are well located at the above address. This place is out in the thicket almost but by no mean is it at the edge of the City as there is city for some eight miles north west of here. Enough laid out to build a city like Chicago.
The soil here is sand, not sandy, but pure san and this is filled with rock white as snow. Looks like lime hardened and as it is exposed to the air becomes harder. I would judge it is of coral formation.
I am planting some garden, but Florence says she isn’t going to worry herself about any garden as I will not raise anything anyway, but you know how well she likes those big watermelons and I sure planted some of those seeds first thing. I also planted beans, radishes, lettuce and tomatoes, aim to be living fine by Christmas, “don’t you know.” This *quotation, the southerner adds to every sentence he tells you.
There are hundreds of tents here, people living in them the year around. They charge $5.00 per month for a place large enough for a tent to be place on the summer season and $15 per month commencing Nov. 1st for the winter season. Houses or shacks rent from $50 to $500 per month. If you had your house here furnished as it is, it would rent for $150 per month, but would probably sell for $10,000, located within 2 miles of the business section. Lots anywhere within a mile of the main business section sell or $1,000 up per front foot. I have decided that to judge a piece of property at what I think it is worth and then multiply it by ten or more and that will be what they will ask you for it. Too high for me, scares me out, guess I haven’t the nerve or don’t know a bargain when I see it.
We have been over to the beach a few times. There is a road built across Biscayne Bay about 150 feet wide and they call it the “Causeway” then when you get across this which is three or four miles long, you are on a large island of some 500 acres or probably more. This is all laid out in lots with some very fine buildings on it, that, maybe, if I get my nerve up, I may price some of those lots. Suppose they are worth from $5,000 up.
The children have a fine time hunting shells on the beach and they sure are pretty. We were in bathing Thursday. It is like bathing in brine if you are covered with mosquito bites. The ocean looks pretty and is unlike other clear water as it looks so blue and tastes so salty, makes your nose and eyes smart and burn like onions do some times. Florence and Betty are scared of the waves which are three or four feet high, but the girls and I went out some 50 yards, where, if the water were still, It would not have been two feet deep with a solid sand bottom, but the waves went over their heads often and they sure had a fine time. It is so hot here you *simply cannot stand it to be out in the boiling sun long at a time, so the bathers go late in the afternoon and they are there by the hundreds.
The business section of the town is growing very rapidly, many new buildings going up, 7 or 8 banks with fine buildings. I have not seen any of their statements yet, do not know how large they are. Garages by the hundreds. I don’t have a desire to loaf around those places any more. I surely have my fill of them.
There are over 1300 real estate offices in the city, a real bunch of grafters. In fact the place in general has that appearance. If you see anyone coming tell them to be sure and bring a well filled pocket book as they will need it.
On our western trip we were in an altogether different country from this. It was farming and grazing country, while this is a fruit and truck country. Florence thinks the garden spot of the world lies in and around Walton, Indiana, and I believe she would like to be home right now. Coming down thru Kentucky, the roads were good but very rough; full of holes and up one hill and down another; sand later on and ground about like southern Indiana, plenty of red clay and red sand. Niggers and sweet potatoes, mules and mosquitoes in abundance. Corn all the way, but very poor. I can raise more corn on a town lot in northern Indiana than they raise on ten acres in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, or Florida. Between each row is a row of peanuts which look fine. Plenty of fine roads in Tennessee. We came through Nashville, on to Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama. Out of Birmingham we came through *mountains. Not such mountains as the Rockies around Salida and Gunnison, Colorado. The children call them knobs.
We stopped at Claud Smith’s at Vero, Fla. He came from Walton 18 months ago, and is putting out a truck farm. The fruit here is of so many different varieties and flavors. Ate some apricotta (avocado) pears that look good but taste so slick and sickening. Have a seed as large as a hen egg. Mangoes, a fruit, not a pepper, whose taste is little better, pineapples, oranges, grape fruit and bananas in abundance. In our yard we have a banana in bloom, guava trees and fruit getting ripe in the yard now, *also one tree of limes. The guavas are the size and shape of a lemon but taste like *mayapples, turpentine and onions all stirred together. Think you’d like them? The limes taste like lemons but much stronger and not so large. Ruby says they surely make castor oil out of them.
We also have some trees that they say bear mulberries and pigeon peas, on fruit on them till February. That is all the fruit we have in the yard. *Cocoanuts in nearly every yard where they have been there long, as it takes ten years to grow trees to the producing stage.
The forests and swamps are covered with pines and palms, such as palm leaf fans are made of, some trees thirty feet high, with oleander and hibiscus and other pretty flowers growing wild. Saw plenty of hogs running wild, the real elm peeler type and the cattle not much better. No wonder milk is $1.00 per gallon, as there is no grass and poor quality of cattle. Flour is $1.80 per 24 pounds, eggs 46 cents a dozen potatoes 7 cents per pound, meats a little higher than mother [something missing], bananas and oranges a little higher here than at home. Oranges and grapefruit will be in full season about Nov. 15th.
We came over several toll bridges and one toll road that cost 75 cents for 15 miles. The roads in Georgia and Alabama are mostly good, quite a little asphalt. One place in Alabama we came down an old railroad bed for 50 miles. About 25 miles out of Birmingham while driving at night it came on a severe rain storm. We were along a large telephone system and such popping and cracking you never heard. Then came a blow out. We stayed by the roadside all night. Our hinged front seat worked fine as did also the hammocks for the girls. The mosquitoes were awful.
Gasoline gets higher until you get to Vero where it is 27 cents. It is 24 cents here. Corn is $2.25 per cws, oats $1.25 a bushel. It seems to be the freight rate that does it.
All the coast towns are nice but the northwest part of Florida where there is too much pure sand. Southern Georgia has lots of pecan growers.
Carl
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Title
Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection
Alternative Title
Linda McKnight Batman Collection
Subject
Ocala (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Oviedo (Fla.)
Port Tampa (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Silver Springs (Fla.)
Titusville (Fla.)
Zellwood (Fla.)
Description
Collection of oral histories depicting the history of Seminole County, Florida. The project was funded by Linda McKnight Batman, a former teacher, historian, and Vice President of the State of Florida Commission on Ethics.
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eng
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Collection
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
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<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
External Reference
<span>Museum of Seminole County History, and University of Central Florida. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/744676869" target="_blank"><em>Researcher's Guide to Seminole County Oral Histories: Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project</em></a><span>. [Sanford, Fla.]: Museum of Seminole County History, 2010.</span>
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Coverage
Seminole County, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Oviedo, Florida
Port Tampa, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Silver Springs, Florida
Titusville, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Contributing Project
Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
Morris, Joseph
Interviewee
Clonts, Rex, Jr.
Location
Rex Clonts, Jr.'s home in Florida
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Title
Oral History of Rex Clonts, Jr.
Alternative Title
Oral History, Clonts
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Celery
Agriculture--Florida
Zellwood (Fla.)
Citrus--Florida
Cattle--Florida
Ants--United States
Description
An oral history of Rex Clonts, Jr., conducted by Joseph Morris on November 2, 2011. Clonts was born in Orlando, Florida, but he was raised in Oviedo. In the interview, Clonts discusses his family's work in agriculture, celery farming, how Oviedo has changed over time, the effect of Walt Disney World and the University of Central Florida (UCF) on the region, the citrus and cattle industries, the relationship between the Oviedo community and the Naval Air Station Sanford (NAS Sanford), and fire ants in Florida.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:40 Family background in agriculture
0:11:32 Celery farming
0:12:06 RECORDING CUTS OFF
0:12:07 Celery farming
0:20:23 Bleaching celery
0:25:34 Childhood memories of mules
0:29:13 Working in the fields
0:31:01 How Oviedo has changed over time
0:33:13 Arrival of Walt Disney World and the University of Central Florida
0:38:11 Evolution of the citrus industry
0:42:27 Central Florida weather
0:43:28 Cattle industry
0:45:19 College education
0:45:46 Plane crash near Oviedo High School
0:48:58 Relationship between the Oviedo community and the Sanford Naval Training Center
0:50:40 Fire ants in Florida
0:55:06 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Rex Clonts, Jr. Interview conducted by Joseph Morris at Clonts' home in Florida.
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Original 55-minute and 16-second oral history: Clonts, Rex, Jr. Interviewed by Joseph Morris. November 2, 2011. Audio record available. <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
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<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/123" target="_blank">Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Black Hammock, Oviedo, Florida
Mitchell Hammock, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
Naval Air Station Sanford, Sanford, Florida
Creator
Morris, Joseph
Clonts, Rex, Jr.
Date Created
2011-11-02
Date Modified
2014-09-09
Date Copyrighted
2011-11-02
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application/pdf
Extent
557 MB
151 KB
Medium
55-minute and 16-second audio recording
18-page typed transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Joseph Morris.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
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Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
Transcript
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>It is November 2, 2011, and I'm talking to Rex Clonts[, Jr.] at his residence. I am Joseph Morris, representing the Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project for the Historical Society of Central Florida. Mr. Clonts, could you tell us a little about your life?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, I was born in 1949 in the hospital, in Orange Memorial Hospital in Orlando, to Rex Clonts, Sr., my dad, and my mother, Thelma Lee Clonts. I'm gonna talk a little bit about their life, if that's okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Perfect, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>My dad came to Oviedo riding in the lap of his mother—he was one year old, age of one—in a Model A Ford, from north Georgia in 1937, I believe. And my mother was born here on Lake Charm in Oviedo. They both passed on rather recently. They—so, basically, both lifelong residents of Oviedo. And after the war [World War II] they married, and I'm the oldest of their five children. Four of us still live right here in Seminole County, and have one sister who lives in Cartersville, Georgia. </p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>What kind of jobs did your parents do while they lived in Oviedo, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Their families were in agriculture. Oh, let me start over. Let me start back just a little bit. My mother's family had—her grandfather had moved down here in the 1880s, and her father—my grandfather—C. S. Lee, was born here on Lake Charm in Oviedo. And his dad was in agriculture, taking care of citrus trees. And so my grandfather was always in the citrus, vegetable, and cattle business. And so my mother was familiar with all those endeavors coming up, and it was natural that she married a farmer—my father. His father also had begun farming shortly after arriving in Oviedo. </p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Same type of farming, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Both of them were vegetable farmers growing celery.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>They grew some other crops from time to time, but specialized in celery farming. And so—growing up here—that's what my family did. We had some orange groves, but the majority of the family focus was on the vegetable farming operation. C. R. Clonts Associated Growers was the company that my grandfather started in the early 1940s, and at one time we farmed over 200 acres of celery right here in eastern Seminole County-Oviedo area. You got a mosquito on your cheek. Got him.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Thank you, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Celery farming was extremely profitable, lucrative during the early '30s and '40s. Sort of the heyday of the Oviedo celery industry. So their timing was good. But over—after the war, when all the boys came home from the war, and a lot more celery was being grown in the United States, markets went down. Prices went down. The small farms here in Oviedo weren't as easy to operate—weren't as efficient. And so my father and grandfather purchased land in Zellwood—in the Zellwood muck area on Lake Apopka. And they did that in anticipation of needing to be having a more modern, large, contiguous farm. So they purchased that in the year I was born, in 1949. So when I grew up, we were farming both places. My father was farming both—multiple small farms here around Oviedo—Black Hammock, Mitchell Hammock, the Slavia area—and we were raising vegetables at our Zellwood farm. And that was 650 acres. And as a child, I remember going over, and every year they would clear up another portion of that farm. So they started by farming just 40 acres, and then over about another 10 or 12 years, they cleared the rest of it so that they could farm all 650 acres over there.</p>
<p class="Body">When I went off to college, I specifically—I went to school so that I wouldn't be a farmer. I could have stayed home and been a farmer. So I was planning on working in the business world, and just before I graduated realized the one business I could control was coming back here, taking over the family farm. And so I came back and joined actively working full-time in 1971, when I got out of college. And I moved over to Apopka and ran that Zellwood farm. We grew celery, lettuce, carrots, sweet corn, occasionally onions and parsley—several crops over the years, but the staple was always celery, sweet corn, and carrots. And in about 1978, we closed down our last Oviedo farm. Up until that time, we'd been farming both places, but we closed that down, and the last farm land that we were actively farming is now—is in Mitchell Hammock—is now a sod farm along Mitchell Hammock in between Mitchell Hammock and Chapman Roads. So, no longer used for vegetables. Family still owns the land, but we don't farm vegetables anymore.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. So your family's no longer in the farming business, but they were in the farming business up until 1978?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts <br /></strong>Well, we still were in business here in several ways. We always had orange groves here. </p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>And we have cattle ranches.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Those were my follow-up questions.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah. You know, you'd find most people that had been multi-generational in the vegetable business in Central Florida also have had orange groves and cattle, because the three just naturally go together here. And you can, if you're successful in one, you're able to be successful in the other, usually.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>How come they go together like that, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, vegetables are very seasonal, so, you know, you've got a fall crop and a spring crop, but you got time on your hands during the other portions of the year. So orange grove tends to be more year-round work, but is not as intensive as vegetable farming, so you can sort of work the two together. And then if you've been successful in the vegetable business, usually you reinvest in land, and very often the best use for that land is cattle. Only certain types of land are good vegetable land, but cattle you can graze just about anywhere in Central Florida.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. Could you give us a little insight into how you grow vegetables—celery in particular, citrus in particular—like the methods of how you would go about it?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Celery's, in nature, celery grows, um—stop it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Sure thing, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. Would you like to continue?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah. Celery in Central Florida is—the seed is planted in the fall, and it’s planted in seed beds so that you can grow a large number of plants in a small, controlled area. You can herbicide them. You can control the irrigation. And as those seeds—because celery seeds are a very difficult seed to sprout. It’s not much larger than a large fleck of pepper, and takes a long time to germinate to get any substantial size, and so we would start planting seed in August. But because that seed is so tender, we would oftentimes cover those plants.</p>
<p class="Body">First of all, laid burlap out as soon as you rolled the seed down out on the ground, and let the seed actually germinate under the burlap where it would be cooler and moister. You kept the ground moist with subsurface irrigation, and actually surface irrigation between the beds to keep that environment just right for those little seeds to germinate. And then you would remove the sacks after the green—after the seeds germinated and started to show the first leaves. And we would grow them in the seed bed for about four months, and then we would transplant those plants, pull them up by the root, knock the majority of the dirt off the root, and pack them in boxes, take them to the production field. And we used a New Holland transplanter, which is a fairly simple machine that, as it’s pulled through the field, opens up a furrow, and it has a wheel with a set of fingers on it, and you can put the plants one at a time in the notches in the wheel, and as it goes around and puts the root in that furrow, it releases that plant. And we would have a bank of six of these wheels on the back of a tractor-drawn machine, and go through the field and transplant—we called it “setting”—the celery plants in the field. And from that point, they got immediately irrigated with overhead irrigation so that the ground got packed good[sic] around the roots, and they got a good start. Then it took anywhere from 75 to 90—and if the weather was cold, maybe 100—days to produce that crop. So growing celery’s four months in the seed bed, and three months in the field. It’s a long cycle, especially when you consider that in the off-time you’re having. Someone usually would gather seed from an arid region like Utah or California. Had our seed grown. So between the production of seed and the planting of seed and the growing of the crop, was just about a year-round endeavor. And we did all our harvesting in March, April, May, and June.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Why did you transplant it from the seed bed to the production area? What was the difference between—is it soil?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>No. Well, yes. It did happen to be different soil, but you could take ten acres of seed beds and grow enough plants for 200 acres of field production, and so was much less expensive to take care of that—to do the fungicide, and the weeding, and keeping the insects off of it on ten acres. And then you—when you pull those plants and spread them out where they would get to a large stalk, planted them at the right distance apart, you could have 200 acres of celery out of that. You only had three months to take care of that 200 acres.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay, sir. So it was easier to guard and protect them when they were younger that way?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah, much easier, much less expensive to protect them. The transplanting operation was expensive, but it was not nearly as expensive as it would have been trying to put those plants—to put those seeds directly in the field and take care of them the whole seven months it took to grow that. And you could, also when that—the seed beds—that ten acres that that seed bed was on…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>Mosquito’s trying to—he’s gone. He’s just scouting you out, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>The ten acres that seed beds are on is very—you intensely farm that, and one of the preparations of doing that intense farming—this will keep the mosquitoes out—is that you level that land meticulously. You tried to—you ran a very intricate irrigation system all tile-drained, and you used—your seed bed land was your most prized possession in the celery business. That seed bed—a good seed bed—plot that was the right consistency of soil and the right ability to not only hold moisture, but to get rid of moisture when you had too much rain—to get rid of excessive rainfall—was very important. So celery farmers did a lot of work to try to get their seed bed just perfect and have the right plot of land to do that with.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>So that was pretty common then, between celery farmers?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah. Every celery farmer in the state had their own seed beds. And now seed—most celery seed or a good portion of it—is grown in greenhouses. It’s grown in plant trays—in the trays of plants in greenhouses. So it’s got much more of a controlled environment to grow in now, than when we were growing them outside. But still the best plants are the ones grown outdoors. It’s just a lot tougher, a lot more work.<strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. Did you ever bleach the plants—whiten them?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>That was a practice that kind of came to an end in the mid-1940s. Until then, yes. They took the boards and put down the sides of celery, at least a portion of it, and they would bleach it. I remember them doing that as a child—I shouldn’t say that. I remember them talking about it, but I don’t actually remember seeing it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. But why did they do that? I personally don’t understand.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>It was a practice that—I don’t know this for sure—but I think that it allowed celery to be harvested, and stored in root cellars, and carried much longer through the year, than if celery were left green and packed away and stored. You know, a lot of the original celery growers were Upstate New York and Michigan. In the North, when they grew celery, they grew it in the late summer, harvested it, and stored it, and shipped it out little by little during the wintertime. And so people would traditionally take celery, put it in a root cellar back in the—back before refrigeration. And it was very important to try to preserve that as long as you could before so that you had vegetables, and if you stored potatoes, and everything that you harvested in the fall, you stored and ate on it as long as you could. We’re not used to that nowadays. Nowadays you go to a supermarket and they got, you know, just about every vegetable year-round, but that’s just happened in my lifetime. Prior to that and prior to refrigeration in the early part of the 1900s, vegetables were very seasonal. And so you had an excess—you had an abundance at harvest time—you tried to store that as long as you could. And bleached celery would store better than green celery.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>That’s the reason. That’s the long-winded explanation for bleaching. And because it traditionally had been bleached, even after refrigeration came along in the early part of the 1900s, celery was—had always—people were used to eating bleached celery, so that’s the way it was done. That was phased out, and my understanding is that the military, right before World War II, came out with a report that said green celery was better for you than bleached celery—was more nutritious. And that one report was sort of the tipping point. They had been up until then, for the few years before that, they had been growing bleached and unbleached celery, and after that, bleached celery became a thing of the past.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. Well, thank you, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>All right. That’s the long-winded explanation. It’s kind of like, you know, why did all citrus juice come from a frozen concentrate can a few years ago, and now it’s available in a not-from-concentrate carton in the refrigerated section of the store? It’s sort of the same thing. It’s an evolution of technology and what people are used to. And you can’t—people don’t change their habits overnight. It takes a while.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>All right. Gotcha, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts <br /></strong>But all the celery starting in the late ‘40s then, was not bleached celery.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Did your—so I’m understanding—well, you didn’t grow it that way, but your father and grandfather each did?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Grandfathers definitely did. Yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>Okay. Well, how, you said earlier that one of the stories you remember—hearing them talk about bleaching the celery. Do you remember any other childhood memories popped into your mind? You know, whether’s[sic] it in agriculture or just at school?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, when I was—I do remember my father’s—excuse me—my grandfather’s mules. He had obviously started—mules were used a lot, exclusively in the 1800s, and quite a bit in the early 1900s, because in Oviedo most of this celery farming was grown on muck, and that soft, organic land, the heavy tractors of the day wouldn’t stand up. They’d do fine out here on the sand land, or where they were mostly used in the Midwest, but that muck soil was, you had to have good flotation. And they would even take the mules’ hooves and wrap them in sacks, and tie around the hooves to increase the footprint of the mule so that he wouldn’t bog up as much when he went through the field. And at the end of the day, untied those sacks off the bottom of the mules’ feet. And the next day, if it was still soft and wet out there, they’d retie them. That would keep him from bogging up. He’d only sink three inches instead of sinking eight inches.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And the mule accepted this.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>The mules accepted it. And you know, back then, if you were going to be a farmer, you had to be able to have a good—you had to know your mules, and be able to train them, and be able to work them. And it was an art to have a good team of mules. So I remember as a kid, the conversation between my dad and my grandfather, where my dad was saying, “What in the world are you doing keeping those mules? You haven’t plowed a field with them in five years now, and we’re not gonna ever use mules again. I don’t know why you’re fooling with them.” And my grandfather saying, “They’re my mules. I can’t just get rid of them.” So until those mules died, which was probably—I was probably six or seven years old—he still had a barn right on the end of Lake Charm at Florida Avenue. Along Florida Avenue there, he had a barn with two mules in it. But I’ve never seen them work the field. I’ve seen pictures. I’ve got pictures of it. In fact, I’ve got pictures of my grandfather with his mule team and his first tractor in the field, and he’s smiling. I think he’s more proud of the mules than he is the tractor.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>He had two mules? Is that like a normal amount, or...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Oh, well, they generally used a mule team. They generally used two mule teams farming here. Now, I have no idea how many total teams he had, but probably, you know, two or three teams of two.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>You said your grandfather had worked the fields. Did your father also work as a farmer?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah. Yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And growing up, did you do the same?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, I worked summers, you know, but—so when school got out in the summer, I’d go work with Dad, and work all summer long at the farm. But my dad always told me that, you know, he wanted me to be whatever I wanted to be. You know, don’t—he didn’t expect me to come back to the farm. If I did, it was going to be my decision. He wanted me to make that decision on my own.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>So as I said, when I went off to college, I went so that I wouldn’t be a farmer, but ended up coming back.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>When you came back, sir, did you work mostly the administrative? Or did you also go back and work the fields as well?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>No, I worked the fields. I mean, you know, times had changed, but we had a crew of tractor drivers and—but I was the farm manager. I oversaw not only decisions on what we were gonna plant and where we were gonna plant it, but when the planting times were gonna be, and how we were gonna try to space the crop out, what personnel we needed for packing, and shipping, and selling.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. Can you tell us how it’s changed over the years, like Oviedo and the areas you’ve lived in? Since you were growing up, I’m assuming there’s been a lot of changes between then and now.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, Oviedo in the 1950s was an agricultural economy. Between the citrus and the vegetables that were grown, the basis for all the economy and all the services here was built around agriculture. That started changing in the late ‘50s, as some of the new equipment that was available had opened up new farming areas in the United States, and competition. For instance, in South Florida, the Belle Glade area opened up, and it was more economical in a lot of ways to grow products down there than it was up here. So, these farms tended to fall on harder times, and the more marginal farms and marginal farmers dropped out, sometimes bought up by other farmers, and sometimes that land was just taken out of production, never to be put in. There was lots of small pockets here in Oviedo that I remember having vegetables in them, that have not have been farmed in thirty years now.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Now, that started occurring the ‘50s, you said, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, late ‘50s.</p>
<p>And with the, you know, two things things happened about the time I started to go to—I graduated from high school and left to go to college. One is [Walt] Disney [World] opened up, and the other is that UCF [University of Central Florida] was established in our backyard here. And Disney really was the beginning of Orlando being a tourist destination. It had been a wintertime destination for a hundred years, almost, but it had not been a year-round tourist destination until [Walt] Disney established Disney World here.</p>
<p class="Body">UCF, being so close to Oviedo, changed Oviedo in that it brought in not only the teachers, professors, but all of the services that a large university requires, and, of course, the students. And so, it makes Oviedo a little bit more of a bedroom community to that college—doesn’t make it—Oviedo’s not the classic college town, but it is definitely a bedroom community to UCF. My perspective, because I left for college and didn’t come back to Oviedo—I lived in Apopka after that to run that farm, and just moved back fairly recently. I lived in Apopka for 35 years, but had lots of interests here. My family was here so I was, you know, monthly I was in Oviedo. And so I could see Oviedo change without being part of that change, you know, sort of being distanced from that change.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>And really, not easily described, but a very constant growing and getting less and less dependent on agriculture, more and more dependent on the high-tech industries and moderate. You know, medium manufacturing, light manufacturing, and of course, tourism.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>As a farmer, did you see UCF and Disney World as problematic for your business or for your community in Orlando?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>No, no. You know, you don’t try to rail against progress. It is—and you adapt to it. So, our family’s operation adapted as needed to those, and one reason why we closed the Oviedo farms down and just concentrated on our Zellwood operation was because that was the more modern farm of the last part of the 20th century, and the Oviedo farm was the farm of the first half of the 20th century.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. And since then both have farms have been closed down, correct, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yes. We sold our Zellwood farm to the State of Florida as part of a restoration project to clean up Lake Apopka.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. And that was 1979?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>No. No, we shut that down, sold that in 1998.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>Oh, okay, sir. And have you been working elsewhere since then, or traveling, or…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah. We had citrus groves, and we expanded those after selling out the vegetable operation, but basically downsized. I said I retired when I sold the vegetable operation, because I work so much less now than I did back then. But I still stay busy and enjoy growing oranges. You know, even the citrus business has evolved. When I was on the outside, I didn’t think the citrus business changed very much in, you know, my whole lifetime. And then once I got involved in it, I realized it is evolving. So it’s an interesting business to be in. I really enjoy it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>How has it evolved?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, we were, once again, especially around Oviedo, there were lots of small orange groves. You could send a man on a tractor down the road. If your farm was right here, you could send a man out on over to Casselberry or up to Lake Mary on a tractor pulling an implement, have him do work that day, and drive back in the evening to do work on a ten-acre grove. Now, the liability exposure of putting a tractor on the road, you wouldn’t do—you know, you couldn’t make enough money on a ten-acre grove to just cover the liability exposure. So, groves now tend to be large blocks of a hundred acres, 75 to 500 acres. Anything less than that is pretty hard to caretake.</p>
<p class="Body">Irrigation systems—groves weren’t irrigated except by portable aluminum pipe. In real dry times in the spring, you would hook portable irrigation pipe to a pump and irrigate down that row—and for two or three hours—and you would shut the pump down, move that pipe through the grove, and reassemble it, and water another strip. Now everything is micro-jet, where there’s a sprinkler under every row, under every tree, year-round, a permanent micro-sprinkler. The irrigation’s mostly done by a timer and moisture sensors in the ground so that you don’t—nothing’s ever touched once it’s installed out there.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay. Because all I ever see of the orange trees, sir, I don’t get to see underneath the ground. I didn’t know what changes had occurred.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>They’ve all got a sprinkler underneath them now.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>And we’re planting much closer than we used to. Trees used to be planted on a 25’ x 25’ spacing. Now, generally, you plant on a 12’ x 24’ spacing, so there’s a lot more trees to the acre, and everything’s worked one way down a row instead of two ways, like they used to do it in a grove. Used to be able to drive down two ways.</p>
<p class="Body">It’s starting to rain. Do you believe that?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>No.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Did you leave your windows down?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>No, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>No. It must be that one random cloud, right there. That’s the one catch about Florida. You never know when it’s gonna rain, even with the sunny skies.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Wow. I’m so surprised at that. I can’t—I wouldn’t have thought it’s gonna rain today, as cool as it was this morning.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>On the plus side, it doesn’t snow randomly.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts <br /></strong>Nah. Well, not very often.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>I think I’ve seen it snow in Florida one time.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>But the snow disappeared before it hit the ground, and that was in the late ‘80s.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts <br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Have you ever seen it snow in Florida, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah. Yeah, about three different times I’ve seen where snow stayed around.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Really?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah, but not—the Christmas freeze of 1983. Snow stayed in shady spots for two days.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Wow. Would not have expected that from Florida.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>You said you still have the citrus industry as the business. Do you still do cattle, or ...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, the Clonts family never was in the cattle business, but we owned pasture land.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>And so, we’ve never been involved directly in the cattle business, but we know it well because we’ve always had land that we leased to my cousins and to other cattlemen who ran the cows, kept up the fences, and paid their lease for all that.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>So, was a way of having a ranch that was active cow ranch without having to be hands-on day-to-day in the business.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. And I’m assuming that made it a lot easier, then?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. Basically, you’re just a landowner. In the cow business, we’ve just been a landowner and landlord to the cattlemen.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts <br /></strong>And it’s my mother’s brother, Robert Lee, was very involved in the cattle business all his life, so they leased most of our land.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. Jumping off subject, you mentioned when you went to college. You were old enough to go to UCF, were you not? Or was UCF ...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>I could’ve gone to UCF, and instead I chose to go to University of South Florida down in Tampa.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, really? I didn’t even realize that university was as old.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yep.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>So you’re a Bulls fan, then?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>That’s right.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>My best friends would love to hear that. I, however, went to Florida State [University].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. Well, that’s another good school.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>It’s a good school.</p>
<p class="Body">Are there any particular historical events that come to mind, when you think over the course of your life, sir, that stick out?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Hm. You know, thinking back into my childhood, I remember one that was—and I don’t remember what the year was, probably was about 1961 or ’62—a jet aircraft flying a training mission out at what was then Sanford Naval Training Center [Naval Air Station Sanford], crashed just a few hundred feet from the edge of what is now Lawton Elementary School, but it was the Oviedo High School, which had all twelve grades at that time. And being in class, and hearing that crash, and all the flames and all the confusion afterwards. The pilot died in that crash. You know, one of those things you never forget. But I have forgotten the year. [<em>laughs</em>] So I guess I do forget it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay. But you remember the event though, right, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts <br /></strong>I remember the event.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>What grade were you in at that time?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>It seems like I was in about seventh or eighth grade, something like that. Maybe I was younger than that, because my memory’s still pretty fuzzy. But still it was—I remember the confusion.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And was it over by the next day? Did you return to classes normally?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. And, you know, it was the talk of the town for months and months, but things got back to normal fairly quickly—not, you know. Military jets were still, at that time, you know—it was the new technology.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>So it wasn’t—we heard jets flying, but, you know, you didn’t see that many jets back then.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Unless they crashed right outside your school.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Unless they crashed next to your school.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Then it’s hard to miss them. What kind of relationship did the community have with the military—the base—right there? Especially the farmers.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts <br /></strong>Oh, I think it was a good relationship. You know, Florida was—a lot of people who were in the military during World War II, when they got out, ended up coming back to Florida, because Florida had been such a good place for military bases in the ‘40s. Got the climate where you can train year-round, you know. It’s a whole lot better being stationed on a base in Pensacola than it is in upstate Michigan in the wintertime. So Florida had lots and lots of bases that trained soldiers of all types in the 1940s. As I said, a lot of those people got a taste of Florida, and once they were out of the military, and maybe got married, and—you know, said, “I know where I want to go.” And they moved back to Florida.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Can’t blame them.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Nope. It’s been happening ever since.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>It has, sir. It has. It’s still, I think—it’s still known for its military bases being more preferable to work—train—here. Because you have some of them in Jacksonville, some still down in Tampa.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Sure.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yeah. Is there anything we haven’t covered, discussed today sir, that you wanted to make sure we got to?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>No, I didn’t have any agenda, and I don’t think I’ve done a very good interview. I think I’ve done a pretty average job at this.</p>
<p class="Body">I remember when fire ants had first gotten into Texas—because fire ants are not native to Florida—and, so fire ants in the mid-‘60s were getting into the state from the coastal states, but they had originally come in in Texas and then spread from there, and the [Douglas] DC-3 airplanes would fly on ant bait over the whole state. They would take a grid of eight miles by eight miles, and they would systematically fly at about three or four hundred feet high, dropping ant bait on a hundred percent of the ground surface.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Ant bait was ...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, the ant bait was to try to kill fire ants that were coming into the state. Obviously was not successful.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Obviously. I didn’t even know they weren’t native to Florida. I just kind of figured they were native everywhere.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>No. [<em>laughs</em>] They seem like it now.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>You know, that’s something that I don’t think you’d see happen today. I mean, there’s new pests now coming into the state of Florida, but at the rate of two or three a year. And you know, we’ve got pythons in the Everglades—that the idea of trying to eradicate an insect like that once it’s got established in the state is probably never going to happen again.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Probably not, sir. Did that cause any kind of panic or worry with the farmers? If they took it seriously enough to be spraying the entire state to try to get out fire ants?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, fire ants had been—fire ants are a pest, but you just learn to live with them. I mean, fire ants can kill a newborn calf if that calf gets born in the field, and the mother cow drops that calf in an ant pile. I mean, fire ants cause damage to livestock right now. They can kill a newborn calf, but that’s not a high rate of mortality, because it doesn’t happen too often, so it’s not something we try to eradicate anymore. But there was a time when there was a very organized war on fire ants.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Who organized this war?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, it was at the request of citizens, but it was the government and Ag departments [Department of Agriculture], and so on.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. When you say fire ants, you’re talking about the red ones? The black ones had already been here, correct? Or did they both come at the same time?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>There’s lots of species of native ants here, some of which bite and some which don’t.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>But the fire ant is the one that, you know, when you step in the mound, you just get swarms of them.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Right. There’s one in my front yard.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah. I take those out every time I see one. I get the ant bait out and kill it. But I don’t try to eradicate them all over the state.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>That would be a little extreme, wouldn’t it? But, is there anything else, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>No.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>All right, sir, this has been invaluable. I really appreciate it. Thank you for letting me come over and talk to you today.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts <br /></strong>You bet. </p>
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Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection
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Ocala (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Oviedo (Fla.)
Port Tampa (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Silver Springs (Fla.)
Titusville (Fla.)
Zellwood (Fla.)
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Collection of oral histories depicting the history of Seminole County, Florida. The project was funded by Linda McKnight Batman, a former teacher, historian, and Vice President of the State of Florida Commission on Ethics.
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Collection
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Cepero, Laura
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<span>Museum of Seminole County History, and University of Central Florida. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/744676869" target="_blank"><em>Researcher's Guide to Seminole County Oral Histories: Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project</em></a><span>. [Sanford, Fla.]: Museum of Seminole County History, 2010.</span>
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Seminole County, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Oviedo, Florida
Port Tampa, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Silver Springs, Florida
Titusville, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
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Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project
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Morris, Joseph
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Morgan, Charlie
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An oral history of Charlie Morgan, conducted by Joseph Morris on September 21, 2011. Morgan was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1940, but migrated to Bookertown, an African-American community in Sanford, Florida. In the interview, Morgan discusses life in Bookertown, working in the agriculture and construction industries, segregation and race relations in Sanford, moonshine, civil rights, serving in the military during the Vietnam War, how Bookertown and Sanford have changed over time, and Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955).
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction and Bookertown
0:02:26 Working on farms
0:05:24 Segregation in education and sports
0:08:03 Farmers in Georgia
0:11:11 Picking oranges
0:15:08 Working in construction
0:16:12 Parents and sister
0:16:49 Bolita and moonshine
0:18:07 Race relations in Sanford
0:22:49 Personal hygiene
0:24:51 Potbellied stoves
0:27:42 Television
0:29:46 Civil rights
0:33:34 Spirituality in the African-American community
0:34:48 Race and socio-economics
0:36:22 Picking apples and cherries
0:39:40 Military service and the draft
0:55:12 Life after military service
0:56:20 Wife and children
0:56:20 Community involvement and civil rights
1:01:56 Charlie Carson
1:03:41 Plans for the future
1:04:15 How Bookertown and Sanford have changed over time
1:11:15 Mary McLeod Bethune
1:13:48 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Charlie Morgan Interview conducted by Joseph Morris at the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
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Original 1-hour, 14-minute, and 22-second oral history: Morgan, Charlie Interviewed by Joseph Morris. September 21, 2011. Audio record available. <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
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Albany, Georgia
Bookertown, Sanford, Florida
Ace Theatre, Sanford, Florida
Ritz Theatre, Sanford, Florida
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Vietnam
Creator
Morris, Joseph
Morgan, Charlie
Date Created
2011-09-21
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2014-09-14
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2011-09-21
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1-hour, 14-minute, and 22-second audio recording
23-page typed transcript
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eng
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History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
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Originally created by Joseph Morris and Charlie Morgan.
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External Reference
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
Flewellyn, Valada S. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320804616" target="_blank"><em>African Americans of Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2009.
Transcript
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>This is an interview with Charlie Morgan. This interview is being conducted on the 21<sup>st</sup> of September, 2011, at the Museum of Seminole County History. The interviewer is Joseph Morris, representing Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project for the Historical Society of Central Florida. Would you care to tell us about yourself, Charlie Morgan?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Well, I was raised in the Lake Monroe area—a little community called Bookertown. It was established in 1926 by three white men and one black preacher. At that time, we couldn’t live among white people. We lived on the back side of the farms, in the little shanties. We didn’t have doorknobs. We had just a wooden latch to close the door. We were so poor that we didn’t have anything to steal. You had a little one room shack, and you took a sheet and made two rooms out of it. You had a wooden stove. You had to chop wood daily to cook our foods with. We had a little oven in the wood stove, and we had lamplight. We had wooden windows to the little shanty. We had to walk maybe a thousand meters to get water to heat up on the stove so we can take a bath. And we had to carry water for to drink, and water in—we had it in a bucket to keep. And we didn’t have a refrigerator. We had what they called an icebox, where you get about 25, 50 pounds and put it in there. It’ll last about a day and a half, two days, to put our foods on, our perishable foods. So those days we would have to hunt wood. The bottom—the roots of a pine tree, we called it lighter knots. And it’s the sap coming out of the bottom of the wood, and it would burn fast. And that’s what we’d start the fire with. And had oak wood to keep it going.</p>
<p class="Body">So—and then, our parents would work on the farms, and we thought it was just farms all over the world. It’s just all we knew—farms. You know, we’d need us a cabbage, we’d go out in the backyard and get a cabbage. There’s a field right out there. Corn. And this one white guy was—he was trying to, you know, live a little bit better. He had him a cantaloupe farm. He got me to work with him, and so I worked with him. And he had to go somewhere while I picked the cantaloupes, and when he got back, I gave him the time I had worked. And he didn’t—I knew he didn’t have much money before, from the way he told me. He said, “Oh, no. That’s too much time. Too much time.” I said, “You told me to keep the time.” “Too much money. Too much money.” And I knew that he was trying to make it, like a, you know—but I couldn’t tell him that, because I wanted to make the little money. We wasn’t making that much money. We’d work on the farm, and the kids would get 40 cents an hour, and the ladies would get 50 cents an hour, working on the farm. And the men, if they were driving the tractors and stuff, they’d get 60 cents an hour.</p>
<p class="Body">So, I wasn’t much of a farm boy. You know, they had okra and cabbage and stuff to cut out. I mean, I could—after they packed the bags, I could throw them on the trucks, something like that. But cutting the okra, you know, I tried to cut it with one hand. That’s the way they used to do it. And I was cutting the tops out the okra. [<em>laughs</em>] He told my mom—said, “Send him home. I won’t have no more okra if he’s cutting all the tops off.” [<em>laughs</em>] So those are some of the things that we went through. And there was a gentleman who we rented the house for $6 month—the standard little shanties. And we’d go up to their house. He had a big, nice house. He had lights in it and all this, and said to myself [?], “They’re rich,” you know. He had—he was a tall, slim, lean white guy, had a big brim hat, and he was—well, we said, “Mr. Buchanan.” We called him “buck-cannon.” “Mr. Buchanan, can we get some of those tangerines?” He said, “Yes. Get you a couple and go.” [<em>laughs</em>] We said, “Okay, thank you!” [<em>laughs</em>] I’d get a—they gettin’ more [inaudible], I got more than a couple. He was looking. He said, “Get along, now! Get along!” [<em>laughs</em>] I guess he didn’t want me to get them all at one time.</p>
<p class="Body">So those were the days, and then we had—going to school—across the farm was a white school. Well, you know, it was segregation at that time. We had passed the white school walking, and we’d come going over to Bookertown from in the area of the post office. We had walked through there and go through the woods. And they had cows out there, and some time the cows was running, and you had to run through there and through a pass. But they tore down all the woods to build I[nterstate]-4, and so there’s no more evidence of that now. So a black man had probably about 21 or 22 acres. The Briar construction [Briar Team] bought that, and tore down all of those woods, and his intent was to build a complex, but it never materialed[sic] yet. But those were the woods we used to go through, and this black guy had a black baseball park there. People would come from Orlando and Daytona, Apopka. You know, all the black players, you know—we’d get out there. It really wasn’t that good, but, you know, those guys could throw that ball. Some of those guys were Puckwood[?] guys, you know. You know what Puckwood[?] guys are?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>No, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Well, they cut trees down, and had a certain method. They’d load them onto a truck. Those guys had muscles almost big as my head. You’d get some of those guys to pitching—that ball looking like an asteroid [inaudible] coming. [<em>laughs</em>] I didn’t never want to be a catcher. And I was a young guy, I was about 16 back in 19—was I 16 or 17? Somewhere in there.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>What year were you born, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>1940.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Yeah. I was born in Albany, Georgia. My mother brought me down here when I was one year old, you know. That’s when they—most the people would come and they’d tell the other people, ‘cause they wasn’t getting that much money in Georgia. So the white farmers down here were recruiting some of the peoples out there, but not telling the white farmers in Georgia. And what they would do—get their big truck, and they’d be communicating, and they’d come in two or three o’clock in the morning and load up these black people. And the thing was, they said, they’d steal one of the white man[sic] pigs. [<em>laughs</em>] And when they’d get by the white man’s house, said seemed like the old truck put to cranking more than ever, and said they’d hold the pigs off, until he—so he wouldn’t make any noise, and they hit the road. The next morning, white man get up, he don’t have no more help. [<em>laughs</em>] They’re on their way to Florida. They were making more money.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Farmers stealing other farmers’ workers?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Help. Yeah. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, man.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>And some of the older guys said, “Well, we can’t go back to Georgia. We stole that white man’s pig.” [<em>laughs</em>] He said, “Now, that many years—the man probably dead now.” [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body">So they’d get down here, you know—and in Lake Monroe, that’s where a lot of celery, cabbage, and everything, done out there. Sanford was called “Celery City,” because of all the celery. Seventy percent of the celery was grown out there in the Lake Monroe area, and they had the, you know, black workers from Bookertown, Goldsboro, Midway, and Oviedo. They would get big trucks and haul them in, and they’d do the work. And they had pride in their work, you know. When they were planting the celery plants—cabbage plants, anything like that, you know—they would brag about how many thousand they set. You know, that was a big thing. And now, if the white farmer would have a tractor, and they drove that tractor, oh, man, it was like they were riding in a Cadillac. They loved it. They’d go down to the end of the row. I don’t know how they did that. You know, I never was—I never did learn how to drive a tractor. And those guys would get to the end of the row of a field and they would spin that thing around on one wheel and be ready to go down. I just looked at it. It was amazing to me. I never knew how to drive a tractor. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body">And then, uh, you know, in the ‘60s, there was a lot of orange picking. Around in this area, there was a lot of oranges. And I tried to pick some oranges, but those thorns was hitting me so hard, and I tried to put it out of my mind, but by the time 11 o’clock, I couldn’t put it out of my mind no longer. Those thorns, they didn’t just tear your shirt all up. You know, it’d be this fight trying to pick those oranges.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>You’re talking about 11 A.M., sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Yeah, 11 A.M. I mean, I’m just trying to pick those oranges. Trying to, you know, get a lot of boxes, you know. Just going, man, but those thorns was hitting me from everywhere. I couldn’t take it no more. I had to rest a little bit. Suck me a few oranges.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Did they pay you by the day when you were doing oranges, sir? Or did they pay you by the box? Because you said you were trying to…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Pay you by the box.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>I see. You were trying to…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Yeah, you were trying to, you know, get a lot of boxes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Gotcha, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>And so, I got by my dad one day, and he went out early. He was gonna really make him some money. We had to finish up a grove, and he was there about six o’clock that morning. And he had him a bunch of boxes, a few of them when we got there about nine o’clock. And I said, “I’m gonna get him to work today.” So I got beside him and then went to working, and when we got through with that grove, he didn’t have but one box more than me. He looked—well, he loved the competition. He didn’t want nobody to beat him, especially me, not his son. So, next we went to another grove. So, I said, “I’m gonna have me some fun today.” I put my ladder in the orange time we’d got there, and he throwed[sic] his up there too, and I ran up that ladder—I mean, just literally run up it with my orange sack. And just—I mean, I was just throwing them on through them orange limbs and leaves, with this flying. And he was going at it too. So I got a half a sack, and I went down and dumped them into my little bin. And he looked around. He thought I had a whole sack. He said, “Lord, Jesus!” [<em>laughs</em>] “Lord, Jesus!” There he was. He was picking and picking and I went, I ran up the ladder again, and come down with a half a sack again, enough to—oh, he was really—he was really fighting then. He thought I was really beating him. He said, “Lord, Jesus!” He was picking real fast, and he caught a cramp in his right hand. And he took his left hand, and tried to, you know, unfold it, and the left hand caught a cramp. [<em>laughs</em>] Both of them. Both his hands was all cramped up, and he couldn’t pick. He said, “Well, I’m not gonna kill myself,” and he went down. He had to be careful about holding the rungs of the ladder. And he got 90 cent down there without coming down with a half a sack again. [<em>laughs</em>] He went up that ladder with the cramps. [<em>laughs</em>] Oh, man. He beat me by one box. He beat me. He was not gonna be denied. He wasn’t gonna let his son beat him.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>How old were you at the time, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>I was probably in my twenties, at that time.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>How long did you pick oranges for?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Just between construction jobs. I worked construction jobs. I started them when I was in high school, because I wanted to make more money. I worked for a guy called B. Edwards[?]. He was on Third Street in Sanford, and he had a stucco crew. And we was doing a lot of stucco out in Sunniland. And I was learning how—starting, you know—some of the guys would teach me how to help those guys they called “plasters.” They would be stuccoing the inside of the house and the outside. And you had to mix the mud with the concrete with a hoe. You didn’t have a mixer then.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan <br /></strong>Oh man, my back would be so tired, but I had to survive. It was just me and my mom, then.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Your father had passed away, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>No. They just weren’t together. Just me and my mom. My sister—she couldn’t take it any longer. She got married and left. She said she wasn’t working on those farms. [<em>laughs</em>] So she went to Jacksonville. She met her husband there, and he was one of these guys—I mean, he was thrifty. I mean, he didn’t mind a little chasin’. He’d sell those numbers, what they called “bolita” I don’t know whether you ever heard about that.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>No, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>They just didn’t do that in Cuba, and they would—you could hear it—Cuba [inaudible]. They knew they was doing that stuff. But it was supposed to be illegal here, but you had the police department, everything, you know. You didn’t give them a tip, then they’d carry you to jail. But so, they’d come by, and you’d give them their tip, they’d go head on.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>T</strong>he same as they would with moonshine. They’d make moonshine in the woods out there, Bookertown. And you didn’t get the police. The chief, you know, he would come in and get you. And then the Feds come around. They didn’t want the Feds to know that they was getting money on nothing. They’d let you know when the Feds comin’. And they would let you have a little bit of moonshine, there, then they’d come in and confiscate with the Feds and, you know, make the Feds think they’re doing their jobs. When the Feds leave, they’d bring you up there, they’d take you and your moonshine back out there. [<em>laughs</em>] Oh, man, it was a lot of things and all[?].</p>
<p class="Body">And we loved it. We’d go to town maybe once or twice a week. And we’d walk to town. It was fun for us. We didn’t mind walking it. From Lake Monroe, we’d walk down [State Road] 46 all the way into Sanford. And we walkin’ and talkin’.</p>
<p class="Body">And there was a movie called the Ace Theatre. It’s a vacant lot there on Third [Street] in Sanford Avenue. I don’t know have you been by there. But anyway, that vacant lot was where that Ace Theatre was. That was for black people. And the Ritz Theatre was for white people. The white people sat downstairs, but they wouldn’t let the black people go upstairs. You know how kids is[sic]. They’d go, you know—white kids would yell something, and black folks would throw some popcorn on them or else our drink. [<em>laughs</em>] And then, they had a—one of these—had a black guy that was supposed to be in control of the black kids and so, if he’d catch you doing that, then he’d put you out the movie. So, you know, I guess they was kinda integrating a little bit. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body">And then we, you know—if we’d be uptown on Saturday, oh man, we’d come up and see the streets and everything, I mean, oh, it was—we was glad to see uptown, you know. We’d go up and go to the ice cream parlor, and get some ice cream. But if you want a hamburger or something, you have to go to a window with a hole cut in it, and you couldn’t go inside there, you know. Only the white people could go inside. And we’d get a hamburger. They just seemed like they was some good-tasting hamburgers. [<em>laughs</em>] But that’s the way it was.</p>
<p class="Body">And the later years, you know—I think it was 1959 or ‘60, somewhere in there, the black kids said, “We want to integrate this[?].” And they’d go out down to the [Sanford] Civic Center. They didn’t like the black people going to Sanford Civic Center there. And so, they went in anyway. They called the police, and they go in and run the black people out of there. And they—one of my friends—he’s a professor now in Atlanta—he said, “I will return!” He sounded like General [Douglas] MacArthur. “I will return!” And they did return, and there the police was[sic] too. You know, they didn’t—as far as I know, they didn’t beat them up or nothin’.</p>
<p class="Body">But they tried to keep them out, and they kept protesting ‘til they built a little center over in Goldsboro called the Boys & Girls Club. I don’t know whether you know where that is or not. But they got that for the black people, but the black people still wanted to go downtown, too. [<em>laughs</em>] They originally wasn’t letting the black people go downtown. And you couldn’t drink out of a fountain that a white person drank out of. You know, you drank out that fountain, if that fountain said “white only”—oh man. Once on Park Avenue, a black guy—he was gonna drink out that white fountain anyway. He drank that, and it was something like a little service station. They had a drink box with the water on the side. He came out with his rifle and hit that black guy—the little young—probably about 17, 18—hit him in the mouth with that rifle and knocked a few teeth out, and he said that fountain was contaminated.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Ugh.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>“That’s contaminated! You contaminated it—that fountain!” So, same way it was with the outhouse. You couldn’t go in there if it had “white only.”</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>You can “contaminate” an outhouse? It’s contaminated anyway.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Yeah, you contaminate that outhouse if a black person go in there. White man wouldn’t wanna go back in there no more. He probably scrub it and scrub it. He probably get a black person in there. Scrub it with some bleach.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Well—and then they had what they called “octagon soap.” You would—you’d kill a hog and get the grease, and put lye in there, and you would cook this grease. And I don’t know what all they put in there, but they had it on a big, round, black pot. And it cooks a long time, maybe putting wood up under there, cooking it. And when it’d get cold, be in big cakes, and you’d cut out chunks for soap. Some of us bathed with this. Oh man, you’d be—with that lye in it, it wasn’t too good. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>You’ve had better soap, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Oh, yes, I’ve had far better soap than that. But back then, you just didn’t know. And then, you know, we used to bathe in a big tub, you know, tin tub. You didn’t have bathrooms. You’d get in this bath, in this thing, put some wood in the stove and heat up some water. And I was a little boy. My sister used to bathe me. And it was cold, man, and I was in that tub and I just kept moving, you know, ‘cause it was cold, and she was bathing me, and the warm water’s all right, but the house was cold. Didn’t have a—you could see the studs in the wall holding the house up. And then they’d get cardboard from the railroad, where that old icehouse used to be. That’s where everything was shipped out from. They’d throw the cardboard out, and we’d get it, put it in there for drywall. You know, like they do for drywall. Until the rats eat it up, then we had to get some more.</p>
<p class="Body">So, then, sometimes we had these potbellied stoves to keep warm with in the wintertime. This root of the pine tree was full of sap, and it was easy to get started—to put the oak wood on there. And we’d put it in there—it was cold. I got up and we’d have about five or six quilts on there trying to stay warm, and I put too much of that fat lighter in there. And man, we had a stove pipe, you know, that comes up and then goes out the wall of the house. And man, that’s— the pressure couldn’t get out quick enough of that old stove. It was really red. You could see—was glowing, man. And when it got too much for the old stove, it was coming up off the floor, you know. It was, “woof, woof, woof.” The feet was actually leaving the floor. And then the stove pipes come off. Oh man, we had to scuffle to try to get some rags and put the stove pipe back on there. The whole house was about to catch a-fire. It would have burned down about two minutes if we hadn’t a got it started. And so, we got them put back on there. So, we didn’t put that much in there before. That taught us a lesson.</p>
<p class="Body">So, in 1960, I was tired of cutting wood. I told my mom, I said, “Mom, I’m not cutting wood no more.” Because the stove—the wood stove—had went bad. After cooking on it so long, where you put the wood in—in the wood stove had been—well, maybe, I don’t know what you call it—rotted away, something. And it fell back on some bread we had in the oven. Ashes all over itself. Said, “Throw that away,” and then we cooked some bread on top of the stove. And I said, “Mom, I’m not cutting any more wood.” I was working a little bit then. I said, “We gonna get a gas stove.” She said, “Oh, no! Oh, no! That food won’t taste right with no gas stove.” [<em>laughs</em>] I said, “Mama, I ain’t choppin’ no more wood.” [<em>laughs</em>] I finally got her to get a gas stove. We got the gas stove.</p>
<p class="Body">We didn’t have a TV. So we finally got a TV in 1953. And we was the last people living in the little quarters. They ran some poles down there, and brought electric down there too. And we got a TV. Oh, man. I felt we had something when we had that TV. That was something. We said, “Oh, yeah. We got a TV now.” Yeah. We loved to watch <em>The Lone Ranger</em> and Tonto. That’s—oh, man. We’d get brooms and, you know, we’d be Lone Ranger, we’d be riding those brooms. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body">But we didn’t know how poor we was, and it didn’t bother us. We just adapted to the situation. Made the best of it, and kept moving. Not that we didn’t try to prepare for a better future, but we didn’t have time to worry about how poor we are. Our mind was on the future. And a lot of us did live a little bit better. And I lived a little better. I worked hard. And it wasn’t a problem—working hard—because you knew where you wanted to go, what you wanted to do. And that’s what stayed on our mind. Not that we wasn’t getting that much. But we punished this body. It was the mind that we were thinking about. We didn’t worry about maybe our children can do better. This is what we were concerned about. Then, we were taught, not—I know the people I knew—not to hate nobody[sic].</p>
<p class="Body">So we in charge of ourselves. Even though we’d been oppressed, we’re not gonna worry about the people oppressing us. We gonna do what we know to do, and keep going. Somebody will see our problem. And just like, back in the Northern states, it was more people, you know, integrated than it was in the South.</p>
<p class="Body">So, they was having problems, and this white lady named Mary [White] Overton—she got with the black people in the NAACP [National Association for the Advancement of Colored People], ‘cause they had a movement called the Niagara Movement with the other blacks, so they can be treated better, you know. Because a lot of black people were being hung lately, in 1909. So, they named after Mary Overton, got it in folk [inaudible] form for the blacks and they called it the NAACP, National Advancement[sic] for the Advancement of Colored People.</p>
<p class="Body">And so, all those, that’s what started the civil rights advocates came in, Martin Luther King[, Jr.] Ralph Abernathy, Jesse Jackson—a lot of those guys, you know, fighting for freedom in a lot of places. And most people resisted change. And so the white people didn’t like—clearly, said, “It’s not time to change.” And black people coming out there. And the police, they didn’t like that either. They’d get the dogs, sic the dogs on you. They’d be biting you. They’d run the fire hose on you, and slide you down the street—that fire hose. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body">And so, you know, sometimes you have to suffer through things to get better. So, if you didn’t accept things just the way they are, and don’t fight for it, sometimes you gonna—some people gonna die, and some gonna get hurt, but you got to resist being treated bad. And don’t think of hating nobody. You think of giving them all the love you can. That’s loving them so they can’t do you no wrong. [<em>laughs</em>] And so, with that attitude, there was a change in heart and a lot of white people, they were seeing what was wrong. It’s a lot of white people didn’t like the way blacks was treated. It’s a lot of them. But they couldn’t do it, because the government had this thing set up. So the people in high echelons could get rich, and they kept all the black and white people fighting while they got all the money. And we knew that, because a lot of white people helped black people back then. But they had to be careful how they did it. They had to do it undercover, because it’s some white people didn’t like it either. They would come beat them up, because they would call you a n—well, a[sic] “N”-lover. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Gotcha, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>So these are some of the things that people have to think, and mostly where we come through was the spiritual thing. We believed in Him—God—and we trusted Him, what the Bible say, and stuck with it. And, just like they said—they always tell you—prayer changes things. And it does. I had experiences. Prayer changes things. You don’t do evil for evil. Some people, you know—some people don’t know that they’re doing wrong until they’re proven that they’re doing wrong. Only thing people was[sic], you know, having a hard time. They was looking out for number one—their family. Said, “The heck with you! My family got to be all right.” [<em>laughs</em>] But then some people looked at that better. Said, “Well, I can be better.” And they can, too.</p>
<p class="Body">But then, the way the world is, and the way the governments do it all over the world, they want somebody to be on the little—on the totem pole below them, so they can take care of those that greedy after that money. So somebody have to work, and go through these things. Well, the blacks was the low on the totem pole at that time. They’d bring some Puerto Ricans, and some people from Bahamas, different islands and stuff, and they’d work and they’d get them together some crops. But then when so many minorities start coming in, then the blacks started getting moved up a little bit, and so they had to be the one that worked, just like the Mexicans and the Puerto Ricans now, you know. They mostly be picking our oranges and picking their apples in New York. ‘Cause those apple and cherry farmers would have black people a long time ago picking their apples. You go up there and, oh man, well, you making a lot of money up there, more than they was up here. That was big money, you know.</p>
<p class="Body">I’ve picked some apples and cherries, and [inaudible]. We’d be going after ‘til I went to a private place. They paid a little bit more. It was hard too—picking them. You had to be careful how you handled those apples. If you squeezed them too hard, you could bruise one of them. So, you learn all of that.</p>
<p class="Body">But when they brought the people up on old school bus from down here, you couldn’t stop eating at the restaurant and eat. You had to go in a—maybe a convenience store or something—back then, and get you a little of some bologna, and moon pies or something, and a soda. And they wouldn’t let but so many blacks come into the store. They wouldn’t be able to watch you. Said, “They might steal something.” And then you didn’t have no bathroom to go to. You had to stop by a wooded area and go out there in the woods somewhere. This is rough.</p>
<p class="Body">When you get up there, I remember one place. You seen a chicken coop? Those big chicken coops? Where you can stand up and walk in them? Well, they partitioned that off and made rooms for the people to stay in that time that they was up there. And you would work by what they called the “piece.” You’d get so much a box for certain things, you know, like apples, or cherries, or onions. And they had one guy would be over the rest of them. They called him the “crew leader.” And once they took us up there and the work wasn’t ready, you know, for us to go to work. And so they went around into this Italian restaurant, and got this old hard bread. This stuff that the people didn’t eat and stuff. Gathered it up, and they put it in a[sic] old pot, and one man brought a bunch of bullfrogs over there. And they skinned those bullfrogs up. And, man, I didn’t want no bullfrogs. [<em>laughs</em>] They said, “Come on,” and the man said, “Come on! Come on! Come on, and let’s eat this. Eat some of this.” They called it the son of a—son of a “B.” “Come on, get some of this son of a ‘B’!” And he was just boiling and bubbling in there. Had all some of everything—little steak, little, some all kind of little meats, and it was cooking in there. It was bubbling. Man, I don’t want none of that. That’s, I gotta leave here. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Well, sir, I know you also mentioned earlier, before the interview, that you worked in the military. What time did you, uh—why did you join the military? When did you do that? Because I know you said you were working these other odd jobs—construction, a lot of agriculture. What prompted the move?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Well, I didn’t join. I was drafted.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>They was drafting people at that time. I had went to Philadelphia[, Pennsylvania] to live with my sister, because I wanted to make more money. And my mother was here, so I had to send her money home to her—to help her. I was making about $80 a day up there doing that construction there. Oh man, that was big money.</p>
<p class="Body">And I was 23 years old. I thought the draft people had forgot about me. I said, “They have forgot about me.” And I was working, and I wanted to get me a trade. I said, “Well, I wanna do automatic transmissions.” I said, “That’ll be a good trade for me.” So I went up in there, they had this sort of thing for free. And they got—when I approached them about it—about the application— he said, “Well, by the time we get you trained, Uncle Sam will be calling you.” And he wasn’t lying, ‘bout two weeks later I got a letter. “Greetings from Uncle Sam!” [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body">So I didn’t want to go from up there. I wanted to see my mom before I go, and so I came home. And we went downtown there to the bus station, and they—you know, the guy—was calling the names off and everything, and we got on the bus and went to Jacksonville, you know. They’d check you out. You know, sees[sic] you, in case [inaudible], you know, you’re physically ready. And so by the time they get through with us, the bus had gone that was gonna take us to Fort Jackson[, South Carolina].</p>
<p class="Body">So they told us to wait ‘til October the 17<sup>th</sup>. And I was here, I walked down to the Cape with the construction, where they were shooting those rockets off of pad thirty-nine, and the VAB building. I seen all of that. And then October 17<sup>th</sup>, got ready to catch the bus, and we caught that bus. That bus driver was late, and he was driving. I had dozed off to sleep, and he had waken me when he drove off the road. Was trying to—he was driving. I said, “This man gonna kill us before he get us there.” [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body">I got—we got—there to Fort Jackson, and we got off with our duffel bags. Well, we didn’t have the duffel bags at that time. We just was in civilian clothes. And then those guys had been there for a while—we was getting off the bus—said, “You’ll be sorry! You’ll be sorry!” Oh, and there was bald head sergeant running upside the bus before it even stopped. I mean, time you’d get to the door, he’d snatch you off. [<em>laughs</em>] Man, it was scaring me, ‘cause he had a bald head and everything. And then—“Get off, you ‘D’-heads! You will hate me before you leave here!” Oh man, they was really—and so, we went through the reception center, went there, and we went to Fort Benning[, Georgia,] they had our duffel bags there. And time we got there, it was worse then. Those drill sergeants and all, they just run up to that bus. He was looking wild and crazy. The guy was in front of me, he had on his hat, like this one—like that—he had on this hat, you know. And coming in there, the hat was too big for his head. They always give you clothes too big for you.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>And he grabbed that guy, snatched him off the bus, and snatched his hat from him. He snatched him from under his hat, and his hat fell on the ground. That guy had a heart attack. [<em>laughs</em>] I don’t know did he die or not. So, I had the chance to get on off. He didn’t get a chance to grab me. And them[sic] boys was saying the same thing. “You’ll be sorry!” And, you know, we—some of the guys—would be talking and everything, and later that night, we wasn’t used to having bed check, you know. Ten o’clock, you gotta be in bed. He’d come in, you’d be in there and have them lights on. They’d come in there, man, and get you out, two or 2:30 in the morning, drilling you. “You gonna hate me before you leave here!” [<em>laughs</em>] And so that was a good experience, you meet guys that you had never met before. And you meet, you get to mingle with the white guys, the Puerto Ricans, all different races of people. Of course, I had had experiences.</p>
<p class="Body">In 1953 and 1954 I went to school with white people in New York—in Port Byron, New York—and Lyons, New York. You know, it wasn’t a big thing. People was just people, far as I was concerned. I had enjoyed it, you know, because they really treated me nice. Man, we’d go out there every night having a good time, you know, playing and everything—the kids, you know. And they—when I got ready to come home, they didn’t want me to come home. I said, “I gotta go with my parents.” [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>“You’ll be sorry.”</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Yeah. “You’ll be sorry!” Then we got to AIT [Advanced Individual Training]. And they was training. They was—these people said basic training, but basic training wasn’t nothing to AIT. Oh man, we had to do 144 exercise. And you started off running two miles, then we got ready to go to Vietnam, we was running eight miles. And do 144 exercise, run eight miles, come back do 10 pull-ups, then you go to breakfast. After you come from breakfast, you go in there and shine those floors, and buff it. Then you get out for your daily training, a 20-mile road march, and after you do that, you do squad tactics. It’s a way to fight.</p>
<p class="Body">We was in 2<sup>nd</sup> or 23<sup>rd</sup> infantry at that time. We was mechanized. And they had, you know, big deuce and a quarter, stuff like that. So, as the Vietnam War was going on, they had a few advisors in Vietnam. And they was taking some of them. And as the war got worse, they sent the colors from Korea to be exchanged there because the KF couldn’t come back to the station until they were winning colors.</p>
<p class="Body">So, I was honor guard there for a minute at that time. They do shiny helmets and all, and they exchanged the colors and they got us ready for Vietnam. Became a chopper outfit. Used to fly choppers just about every day, repelling from those choppers on ropes, just like those Navy Seals did. We started that. And they had thousands and thousands of choppers. A lot of them was falling because the blades would spit. They didn’t know anything about why those blades were spitting, so they sent us a vehicle mechanic up, and he found out what was going on, and radioed back to the ground and told them that the blades was spitting, but that chopper crashed and he got killed. So, they modified the blades and we did a lot of flying, and we had operation in the Carolinas called Hawk Tower 3. We were 17,000 strong. And Colonel Moore—he was a colonel at that time, who was in charge of the KO [Contracting Officer]. He was a guy—he wouldn’t keel to the devil in hell. Oh man, he didn’t play. And we was men [inaudible] to Carolina, they had the [Lockheed] C-130 [Hercule]s. That plane would—at ankle-deep it would take off in mud. It’s a troop-carrier. It would carry a little over 41 men. The same as that helicopter that looked like a hot dog. It’d carry 41 men.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>I know what you’re talking about, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Yeah. And we was all over the Carolinas—North and South Carolina. And we had called us—we was training. We’d call in a jet from Jacksonville, and they’d be there in five minutes. Boom. Dropping bags. It sounded like they were bombing down there. And then sometimes the guys would get so aggravated, they’d be wanting to fight war. They’d be angry. Tired, tired of doing this. They’d wanna— “Let’s go to it!” And I said, “Oh, I don’t wanna go to it.” [<em>laughs</em>] And when they got ready to go to Vietnam, it was—we’d get out every morning running eight miles, singing this song: “Watch out, VC [Việt Cộng]. Here we come. Watch out, VC. Here we come.” And I always liked to start something. I said, “Goin’ home. Too much. Here it come.” And it was sergeant, he didn’t know who had said it. “Returning home? Who is the damn wise guy?” Nobody would tell on me. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>If you wanted to keep friends…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] And so, it started us off again. “Watch out, VC. Here we come.” I said, “Going home, VC. Here I come.” “Who is that damn wise guy?” And then no one would tell on me. I said, “I better stop, before somebody have to tell.” [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Wise decision, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. And so, I didn’t have that, you know. October the 15<sup>th</sup> was my ETS [Expiration of Time and Services]. And so, I was with a bunch of the guys, they had a month to go longer than me. And those were the guys that was in that big battle, and I was with them when we got ready to go. I felt so bad, because we was[sic] more—we was training better than they was[sic]. But they put up one hell of a fight. I mean, they killed over 2,000 VC. That was an area that you didn’t supposed to come out of, and they fought good[sic].</p>
<p class="Body">I learned how to fire everything. I fired a 3.5 rocket launcher, a 5DM 60 machine gun. I fired the M16 [rifle]. I was expert on everything I fired, ‘cause I wanted to know how to do everything. I didn’t know what I’d have to use. Of course, they train you that way anyway, but I wanted to be good. And I had metals with expert levels for sniper. I fired in there. I was a door gunner in the choppers at times, but that’s when they’d be trying to get that door gunner. They’d be able to shoot that door gunner. [<em>laughs</em>] I didn’t realize that was a dangerous place to be.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Sir, door gunner? Come on, you’re sticking your head out there!</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Man, see, you got that M16 machine gun—550 rounds per minute. Man, you—they gonna want to get that man out of there, ‘cause he can kill up a lot of people, that door gunner. ‘Cause you firing that thing, you don’t know what you’re gonna hit. When that chopper is, you know, shaking, you just hope you hitting something. Somebody said I was good at it. You don’t know what you’re gonna hit. And I could be sitting close to, you know, a foot away from you in that chopper. I couldn’t hear a word you saying, it made so much noise. And we a-flew a lot of those choppers, man. Sometimes they killed—it was so many—it was 17,000. They could not keep up with us. Sometimes we’d be a day and a half trying to get food. And we had [Type] C-rations sometimes. We had some that were back in 1945. You know, it was vacuum-packed. It was good, man. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Well, “good” is not the word I would use.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan <br /></strong>So some of the guys— “I can’t eat that junk!” I said, “Give it here.” [<em>laughs</em>] They called me the “eatin’-est man” in the battalion. Man, I never did get sick out there. And so, if we training, and it’s going to raining, you’re not gonna stop training. Used to be a saying, “It don’t rain on them. It rain in them.” [<em>laughs</em>] You keep—after we get soakin’ wet, and it still rainin’, they said, “Find the driest place and go to sleep.” And man, you’d be so tired, I just fell over the puddle of water, went to sleep.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>I can imagine, sir. How long did you stay in the service?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Two years.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And then what’d you do afterwards?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan <br /></strong>I came out and I started back doing construction work, getting a dollar and a half an hour in Deltona. We were building—Michael Brothers was building those houses. And that was all we could do. And you know, after I left there, I went down to the Cape. There again, working down there, so I was getting three dollars and 90 cents an hour. Oh man, that was big money then. So, we’d ride down, which was all about 70 miles riding one way. But to get three dollars and 70 cent compared to a dollar and a half—oh, we took the trip. [<em>laughs</em>] And I stayed in construction, and I joined the union and all them, Labor Local 517. And they was, they had insurance and everything. And by that time, my oldest kid was born. And, uh…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>When did you get married, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>I got married to Josephine. She was Josephine Morgan at that time. And then we separated, and she got married again. So, I still stayed in touch with my daughter, and me and her are still friends today. And my daughter’s grown, she got me some grand[kid]s, and I got some great-grand[kid]s. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>What’s your daughter’s name, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Pamela. Name Pamela [Morgan] Brown. It was Pamela Morgan. And then I got another one was born 10 years later.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Another daughter, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Yeah. The one when I was 10 years married out there working in Lake Mary.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay, sir. With a new, a second wife?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And your second wife’s name?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Name Jeanette [Morgan].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>And the last daughter was named Belinda—was Belinda Morgan. She’s married, and her husband’s an insurance adjuster. She— =they are both very aggressive, and they try to live better. And they all checks[sic] on me. Checks[sic] on old man. You know, gotta make sure he’s all right. I said, “Papa ain’t what he used to be. Come see about him.” [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body">So, I just worked all the time. I said, “I’m happy to punish this body to help my kids, so they won’t have to go through what I went through.” I want them to be a[sic] good citizen[s]. America is a good place to be. I never been out of the [United] States, but I see it on the movie. All those different places. And I know I wouldn’t—even when we was oppressed, we were living better than them people over in those other countries. They didn’t hardly have food to eat. We wasn’t never hungry. We had clothes and shoes. So, we were better off than most people was in different countries. We didn’t complain. We knew what we had to do, and we did it, and we was rewarded for it by being a good citizen. Now I just, I—after I got hurt, in construction scaffolding fell on me. And then I’d already hurt in the military too, playing football. And so I just, I said, “I gotta do something for mankind.”</p>
<p class="Body">I joined the, I joined the NAACP, and I fight for justice. And then I joined the historical society uptown there. That’s where I met Charlie Carlson. And, you know, a lot of the people felt the NAACP was against white people. And it’s not that. A lot of white people join the NAACP. And they did this fight for injustice, you know. And you know, you’d be surprised, the companies that are in the NAACP. [Walt] Disney [World], they give money, 10, 20 thousand dollars a year. Florida Power & Light [Company], a lot of these banks. Because it’s nothing, you know. You don’t treat people wrong. This is what they’re fighting for. They see what they’re doing, and a lot of people see that just like, you know, you got the Ku Klux Klan and Black Panthers, and all that. They don’t go for no wrongdoing, whether it’s the Black Panthers or not. They’re not gonna do that. They’re for justice.</p>
<p class="Body">And then I got to be a representative for all Seminole County for helping people in need. Then I worked with the police department. They was having festivals out there in Bookertown. They brought the honor guard out. And I was in the paper just about every week. Oh, man. Everywhere. And I wrote these books, and man, the people got jealous, and said I was out there [inaudible]. They got jealous. They thought I was going to get rich, man. I said, “How can I get rich? I ain’t get but $6 for a book. I had to pay almost $3 to get it done.” [<em>laughs</em>] And you know, they wanna say, “Well, this didn’t happen, and this didn’t.” I said, “Oh, yes, it did. You told me that. I can’t do anything unless you tell me, and I wrote it down.” Oh, they got jealous, and they got jealous about the festival, about me being in the paper every week.</p>
<p class="Body">Charlie Carlson was helping me, you know, with the—he told me about his [inaudible]. He was doing some books, too. He did a lot of books for the society, and he did some out here too. And right now Charlie Carlson is big. Well, he been all over the state, everywhere. Barnes & Noble got him. And he got agents, and I haven’t been able to see him that much. [<em>laughs</em>] Occasionally. I said, “He’s big time now.”</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Doing what, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Writing books.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. And what does he write about?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Some of everything. He wrote about strange Florida. He told me one time, said he like to got ate up by a panther out there in the woods. [<em>laughs</em>] But he didn’t mind going all over in the woods. Can’t eat you out there. And I was raised out there in the—those woods. He said, “Charlie, there’s[sic] snakes out there, man.” [<em>laughs</em>] He walked up. But I went on out there. We got some history and everything. So some of the writers from <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em> come over to the house. I guess like you and me are doing. And it’s a lot of people they interviewed. They went out there, as I told you, to the UCF [University of Central Florida]. And I spoke out there, and I sold about 30 of these books. You know, just giving them away, just getting my history out there. I wasn’t making no big time money.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>What I want to do, though, at some point, is get some videos and talk about it, what happened at different areas on the farms where we used to live at, and all that kind of stuff. And I think that would be good for people that like to sit back and look at that on a CD, you know. So, I haven’t got to that point yet. So, I’m planning on do it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>I hope for you will, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Yeah, so....</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>So where do you live now? In, uh…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Yeah. I live in the same little place out there where we went to school, that historical little old black community. And I got two houses out there. This little place—at the beginning, most of the streets were dirt streets. You couldn’t—two cars couldn’t hardly pass. And you had little saw palmettos was[sic] out there. You know, you had to walk through little paths to go to another house. And it was snake-infested out there. And people worked hard, and you know, get these grubbin’ hoes and dig up those palmettos at the elephant place out there now.</p>
<p class="Body">And the old school that I went to—the elementary school—is still out there, but it, you know. Nobody’s going to that school. They use it for the Civic Center. And they would, you know—the county would bring us—at Christmastime, they would bring us some candy, and some apples, and some oranges, and stuff, you know. And oh, we’d be happy about that stuff, man. But man, we’d do some things that we shouldn’t, and teacher would come and get us, and bring us in and tell us to bend over the seat. Said, “We gonna put you on the hot seat. Put your hands in your pockets and pull your pants tight, and bend over.” And they’d take some of those long palmettos, you know, with the stickers on them. They’d trim the stickers off. And get that red, man. They said, “If you get up, that’s gonna be some more licks added!” [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body">And so we didn’t have any lunchroom. We just had, you’d bring your little greasy bag. You know, peanut butter and jelly. And had an icebox, but didn’t have any ice in it. You put it in there. You had a little bench on the outside. When you get ready to eat at lunchtime, and you go and sit outside and eat. And we just—it was just—we had an old cowbell out there. You rang that thing, “boing, boing, boing,” for, you know, recess. You go out there in a few minutes exercise, play a little ball, and then they rang it again, “boing, boing, boing.” You go back in. And it’s a two-room building. They had a divider. First, second, and third in one room and fourth, fifth, and sixth in the other. So, they had—our principal—he was the teacher, and they another teacher on the other side. That’s the way we learned. And then when we would get to the seventh and eighth grade, we’d go to Crooms [High School]. That’s where everybody would meet up, from—all the black people from Oviedo, Goldsboro, Midway, Bookertown, Altamonte [Springs], they’d all meet up at Crooms and go to high school. That’s the way they did it. And a lot of the kids were very smart, because those teachers didn’t play. You was[sic] gonna learn. And you was[sic] gonna learn. They said, “You gotta be twice as smart as the white man.” Said, “You got to learn.” And that’s what motivated, you know. If you get the same job that white man got, said you gotta be twice as smart. And one black girl won <em>The $64,000 Question</em>, and oh, that motivated the black people, ‘cause it was on TV.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, yeah?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Yeah, oh, man, she—black people start studying, man. They was really studying. And a lot of those kids come along and some of them are professors, some of them work at the White House, are mathematicians. I mean, this was a lot of smart people coming out of the area. Where we was. ‘Cause they had something to motivate them that looked. They tried—they had a goal. They tried to do better in life.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>And see, the white people were competition. [<em>laughs</em>] Competition is good. And, you know, they, you know, some of them now seem like they done lost their motivation. Maybe they need to pick someone out to have competition with. [<em>laughs</em>] ‘Cause a lot of our black kids is[sic] dropping out of school. Maybe they don’t got[sic]—they say they get things so much, they’re not motivated. So I’m trying now to get the [Seminole] County, along with the other guys out there, to redo that school and try to educate some of those kids who said that we can’t [inaudible], and try to pull some of those kids out the street and show them there’s a better life than drugs, you know.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Right, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>I mean, it’s just a lot of white guys be comin’ out there too. They be buying the drugs. And white girls, I mean, you know—it used to not be no white people living out there in Bookertown. Man, there be a lot of white people out there in Bookertown. [<em>laughs</em>] They all be[sic]—a lot of them be[sic] on them drugs. And it’s a—my cousin was married to a German woman. And it’s another black guy, he was married to a white woman. And she was real smart. She, you know—he knowed[sic] how to do automatic transmission. He taught her, and she’d do it. But he passed away. Me and him grew up together. We, you know—a lot of black and white people be out there. Hispanics—they get babies and stuff. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Well, sir, we’re about to—we have to start wrapping up.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Is there anything else you want to make sure you mentioned before we conclude? Anything—like anything you remember, any circle of events, or any kind of memories from your childhood, or any kind of—something you just forgot about earlier?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. I remember our teacher was very influential, lady called Miss Hogan. And her friend, I mean, yeah—well, her friend that taught her in college was Miss Bethune, and she came out to our school one time when I was little, but I didn’t think that’s somebody, you know. This, you know, you remember Mary McLeod Bethune? They got the [Bethune-Cookman] University over there in Daytona [Beach]?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morga<br /></strong>Yeah. She came to Crooms out there and talked to us one time. And, you know, that’s a lot of history. Did you read her history?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>No, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Oh, man. She came there from [South] Carolina. It was a dollar and a half. And they had United Methodist Church. They helped her. And she started a learning place in a little old broke-down shed. She started helping a lot of people, and then you heard some white people started helping her too. And the United Methodist, some other companies. And they dealt—they had her speak at the—what the name of that college? Oh, Rollins [College]. At first, they didn’t want her to speak there, because she was a black woman, but they find out how smart she was, and they let her come back the day she had spoke. [<em>laughs</em>] And she was a president advisor. And see, she scold the president one time, [Franklin D.] Roosevelt. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>It’s a lot of history. It’s good to read about her.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Sir, she came to your school and talked to you?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Yeah. Well, I was a little boy. I can vaguely remember. I was a little fella, but when she came to Crooms, I remember her then. I remember her. But I just figured she was just educated, that’s all. I didn’t, you know—little country boy, didn’t know nothin’. You know, only thing I knew about was cabbage, corn, and celery. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And okra. Not to cut the top.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan <br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] Yeah, okra. And killing squirrels and rabbits, you know. And turtles. We ate those, ate those turtles, man. We ate so many turtles out there.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Well, it’s because they’re not gonna get away from you very fast.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Oh, man, no.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>You see a turtle, he’s toast.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan<br /></strong>Yeah. You know, we had—we could have had and used him [inaudible], with the shells. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Well, thank you, sir for coming out today and sharing all this with us.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morgan <br /></strong>Okay. Anytime you need me. I’m glad to come in and be of service.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Appreciate that, sir. Thank you.</p>
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Title
Casselberry Collection
Alternative Title
Casselberry Collection
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Casselberry (Fla.)
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Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Casselberry, Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Fort Concord was constructed near Lake Concord in 1849 to protect settlers during the Seminole Wars. Settlement increased following the passage of the Homestead Act in 1862. Stephen J. L. Hooker, the nephew of Florida cattleman William B. Hooker, migrated to the present-day Casselberry area in the 1850s.
Gordon J. Barnett migrated to Altamonte Springs from New York and opened a fernery in the area. He also began a housing development called Fern Park Estates. Soon, the area became one of the world's largest fern producers. In 1926, Hibbard Casselberry migrated to Fern Park from Winnetka, Illinois, and began his own subdivision called Winter Park Ferneries. In 1937, Barnett was elected to the Florida House of Representative and failed passed a bill to incorporate the Town of Fern Park. On October 10, 1940, the Casselberry, which included parts of Fern Park, was incorporated as a tax-free town. The fern industry declined during World War II and Hibbard Casselberry began manufacturing bandoliers, bomb parachutes, and hospital tent liners. The City of Casselberry was incorporated on July 25, 1965.
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Casselberry, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
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<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.casselberry.org/index.aspx?nid=33" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Casselberry. http://www.casselberry.org/index.aspx?nid=33.
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Interviewer
Motta, Daniel
Interviewee
Casselberry, Leonard
Casselberry, Janes
Location
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a><span>, Sanford, Florida.</span>
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Oral History of Leonard Casselberry and Jane Casselberry
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Oral History, Casselberry
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Casselberry (Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Ferns--Florida
Azaleas--United States
Description
An oral history of Leonard and Jane Casselberry, conducted by Daniel Motta on May 30, 2012. In the interview, the Casselberrys discuss life in Casselberry, Florida, which was founded by Leonard's father, Hibbard Casselberry. Other topics discussed include the founding of Casselberry, working in the fern industry, the effect of World War II on the home front, how Leonard and Jane met, how Casselberry has changed over time, Hibbard Casselberry's involvement in growing azaleas and oak trees, and the Casselberrys' occupations after Leonard left the U.S. Navy.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction<br /> 0:00:38 Education and childhood<br /> 0:02:00 Founding of Casselberry<br /> 0:04:28 How Leonard and Jane met<br /> 0:04:37 Working with ferns<br /> 0:13:04 Shipping ferns<br /> 0:15:59 Fern industry during the war<br /> 0:18:41 Leonard's father<br /> 0:19:48 How the city has progressed over time<br /> 0:21:50 Leonard's father and azaleas<br /> 0:24:08 Orange groves, oak trees, and local competition<br /> 0:26:20 After leaving the Navy<br /> 0:36:20 Opinion of Casselberry today<br /> 0:37:29 Leonard's occupations<br /> 0:38:53 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Leonard Casselberry and Jane Casselberry. Interview conducted by Daniel Motta at the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a> in Sanford, Florida.
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Original 39-minute and 14-second oral history: Casselberry, Leonard and Jane Casselberry. Interviewed by Daniel Motta. UCF Community Veterans History Project. May 30, 2012. Audio record available. <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
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<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/117" target="_blank">Casselberry Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Creator
Motta, Daniel
Contributor
Casselberry, Leonard
Casselberry, Jane
Vickers, Savannah
Date Created
2012-05-30
Date Modified
2014-09-30
Date Copyrighted
2012-05-30
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396 MB
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Medium
39-minute and 14-second audio recording
19-page typed transcript
Language
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History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Daniel Motta, Leonard Casselberry, and Janes Casselberry, and transcribed by Savannah Vickers.
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Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
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External Reference
"<a href="http://www.casselberry.org/index.aspx?nid=33" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Casselberry. http://www.casselberry.org/.
Robison, Jim. "<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2003-05-25/news/0305230547_1_casselberry-fern-hibbard" target="_blank">Casselberry Family Sheds New Light On Life Of City Founder</a>." <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, May 25, 2003. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2003-05-25/news/0305230547_1_casselberry-fern-hibbard.
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<p><strong>Motta<br /></strong>All right. It is May 30, 2012, and I am speaking to Mr. Leonard Casselberry and Mrs. Jane Casselberry at the Museum of Seminole County History. To start off, Mr. Casselberry, can you tell me a little about where you were born and your childhood?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Well, I was born in Chicago[, Illinois]. I fit in a shoebox when I came down here, and I grew up and went to school in Winter Park.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So you just moved down here when you were one or two?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Yes, yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So you went through high school in Winter Park High School?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>I went to military school two years.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Bolles</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Bolles Military School in Jacksonville.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Jacksonville.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>And went in the Navy.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So did you not spend much of your childhood in the Central Florida area, or…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Oh, yes. Yes, went to school in Winter Park, and back out in Casselberry, when I was working out there, following my dad around a little bit. It’s what you usually do [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So how long did you stay? You went through high school here, or just—when did you go to military school?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Junior, senior year.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Okay. Was there any particular reason you went there, or...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Well, it was just coming up on the war [World War II], and dad sent us for a little military training or something.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So how old were you when the war broke out?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Eighteen or something.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Seventeen, I think.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Seventeen.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Seventeen? So you didn’t serve? You were a little too young then?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Couldn’t get in, then.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Yeah. No, no problem there.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So do you have any memories of—I mean, how was it, being the son of somebody who was starting his own town?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Of course, we—Dad<a title="">[1]</a> was in the fern business out here, and occasionally I could ride from Winter Park, where I went to school at. We lived on Lake Maitland in Winter Park, and I’d ride with Dad coming out here. From Via Tuscany, and then come out on…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Lake Howell Road.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Lake Howell Road, and turn left and come back out this way.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>I imagine that trip was different then, much different-looking.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Yes, came by the turkey farm, and came on out through the orange groves, on out to Casselberry.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>It wasn’t Casselberry in charter until 1940. His dad came in 1926, to work with—what’d they call it, Fern Park Estates? Where they would try to have like an artist colony, and people to come down, and they would have a little piece of fernery, and some orange, piece of orange groves. Maybe they’d have a little income with their house, and they could retire here or come in the winter, and…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And that was with Mr. Burnett?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Yes, he was hired to sell real estate, and to—and Mr. Burnett had a fernery, and Mr. Casselberry started his own fernery, and of course there was a lot of tension between the two.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Yeah, I’d imagine. Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And you went to Winter Park High School, correct—s well?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>I did. I graduated from Winter Park High.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And that’s where you two met?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So did either of you do any work with the ferns or azaleas or anything? Like, were you actually…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>He did as a kid, in the winter, when they called everybody in due to the danger of freezing.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Any stories there?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Well, you know, are you familiar with a fern shed, and you see the pots and so on? But what’s the temperature on there? And the temperature indicates it’s going to be down close to freezing. We’d call the hands in, so to speak, and watch the temperature, and then Dad had thermometers stuck in the different areas around the fernery, so we could check the different areas, and when the temperature goes down in one part of it, they notify, send somebody out to get the hands, ‘cause most of them didn’t live in Casselberry. They lived over in Altamonte [Springs], and they’d send the truck around, get the fellows to come in that were gonna be there, and one of the ladies would come in, do a little cooking for us. We’d watch, read the thermometers, and when the temperature goes down close to 30-something, we’d pass the word along. The men would come on in, and they’d get their—some of them would have—Dad used to issue boots, and…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>How did they light the smudge pots?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>They’d go around with—light the flare or a little torchlight that they could light, and they’d tip them down and spill some of the diesel and gas mixture into the pot to get it started.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Into the soil?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>In the pot. Light up, take a little while, ‘cause it was fuel oil and not gasoline. It’d explode or something. So.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So that’s how they kept the ferns warm?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Yes—well, they’d light it. And, I was reading—Paul Bates was one of those foremen there, and he’d go in and light the north, and the west, or sometimes the east side, first. A row along the fence. Well, the heat inside slat roofs like that, keeps some of the heat underneath. But it’d let the sunlight in the daytime, but when it got cold, it’d keep some of the heat in it. When the temperature got down to 32 [degrees Fahrenheit], they’d light up the side that the breeze was blowing on, and that would go through the fernery and would still keep it above freezing, until it got lower at other parts and they’d light other pots. Sometimes they’d have to light them all—before morning, ‘cause the cold temperature here about seven o’clock or after. It was quite interesting, and we’d get around the heaters, and of course we’d have to continue reading, and if the temperature drops down, or comes back up, we’d put some of them out, or didn’t light them all. When the time comes to shut them down, they’d go by and snuff them out. Then we’d have to fuel them, and Dad got the Atlantic Coast Line Railway[sic] to put a side track on up there where Casselberry’s siding, inside where our railroad station is, and how it got started.<br /><br />Got a siding there. They’d come in, drop a tanker there, and we’d pump it out of there, and some of it would be there, then we’d pump it from there, part of it, out to a tank out by one part of the fernery, and another part to another part. Then they also had another pump. It would feed the line. We had line running from the tank on out the fernery. I don’t know if it shows it in this photograph or not, of a—run about a two-inch line, and then drops down to smaller, and then we had the faucet to fill at the end of each row where the pots were going down through, like in a row, and fasten the oil hose there, close the valve, of course, and then, move to the next one and fill the next row of pots that way.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Well, there’s a lot—there’s a lot you don’t think about, that goes into that.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Yeah, they dragged in the oil, you know, like a sprinkler line or hose line down there, and it has a valve on the hose, so you’ll stick it inside the pot and watch until it gets full, turn it off and go to the next pot, does the same thing, in a row, and then as far as they can reach, and then go over to the next one and go back down, to fill them so they’d be ready for the next day.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Well, tell him about how they’d cut the fern <em>asparagus plumosus</em> and how they sorted it and everything.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Well, <em>asparagus plumosus</em> used to—you’d refer to it as that ferns you’d see in the front of the banquet or someplace like that.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>The center of the table.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>The center of the table. Sometime you get a flake of it in your butter or something—like that, butter patty?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>It’s a lacy fern, and it usually lays flat. When it grows, as you call it <em>asparagus plumosus</em>, it comes up just like a shoot of asparagus, and comes on out and sticks way up in a room like this and finally feathers out up there like that, and turned—of course, it’s not always green. It’s yellow and gets green when—it gets dark green—when you grip it off to bring in the packinghouse, and in the packinghouse, they’ll cut them and bring them in in bunches, big bunches like this—field hands— ‘cause they’ll catch all different kinds when they’re clipping them, just trying to clip ripe ones, or good ones, so to speak, and then we they come in—and then the girls will grade them, and they’ll grade them, and some of them are long, and some of them are medium, and some will be shorts.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And get rid of the…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>The rest of them.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>The rejects.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Well, yeah. Go out, and then, they will be more or less laid flat on each other, like this, with a ball, bag of moss, like, on the end of it, with a—they’re tied together.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>And it would have been in a tank of water.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Ball of paper around it, and then they would be put in a tank to preserve them, like when you put flowers in a jar to keep them.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Were they shipped out like that?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>They would just sit down on slats in shallow tanks, like this, in rows, and then they would go in, pick them out, and go to pack them. Well, they were taken out of there, and dipped in icy water, and break up ice, put it in a tank, about so square and that deep. They’d dip them in so they’d get wet all the way through. Then they’d throw them on the rack and let them drain out, and then they’d put them in thin wood pack…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Crates.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Crates, like food crates, like…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Like fruit crates?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Similar to that, and they would line the box with newspapers. We used to open up newspapers, get them flat like this, and then we’d roll them and take them and sell them to Barnett or Casselberry who needs them, buys them, pays them so much a pound for them. So many cents a pound for them. The newspapers all flat, and they’d take four, five, six of them to line the box, put down the end, the side, and the side like this, and some in the bottom. They’d put a few bunches of fern in there like this, and then they’d have a chunk ice, and wrap it in newspaper, several layers, depending upon the size of the box for shipping, and you’d be put it in the middle. They’d put some more fern around it like that, close newspapers around it like that, and close the crate like that. Then you gotta—like an ice box, ice in the middle, wrapped up in paper, and the fern’s the insulation, and outside’s the insulation’s newspapers, and they’d take it to the railway express, and they’d load it on the train.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta </strong>I never realized how much ice was involved with ferns.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard </strong>Yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane </strong>And the—these ferns were shipped directly to the florist, and they could be packed to order if they wanted so many shorts or longs.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And did you ship just to around the Florida area, or nationally?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Nationally.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>All the states and Canada.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Oh, yeah?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>At one time, it was the largest fern business in the world.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And that kind of tapered off after the [World] War [II]?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Well, during the war, of course, that was not a priority, to ship ferns. There were war materials. Also, a lot of the men were called to war, and didn’t have people to work.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So the women were mostly working in the…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>So that’s when Mr. Casselberry was looking for something to help the war effort that would involve something that the women would be good at, and they said women can sew, you know. So that’s when they started making the bandoliers for the Army.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>And parachutes for fragmentation bombs?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>That came later.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And your father—did he own the factories that made those, or...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Yes, he converted some of the buildings where the fertilizer mixing—where we mixed the fertilizer for a while, and we quit doing that and used that building on the railroad…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>To make bandoliers.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>To make bandoliers on it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>But for the parachutes, we had to have a special building, and of course getting any priority to build anything was frankly impossible back then.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Couldn’t build, even with the parts that you couldn’t buy building material, to build houses or anything like that, ‘cause everything was going to the war.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>But he got the permission ‘cause they needed this product, and it went up in, what, how many days? A month or two months, and they said it was like a miracle building, you know. So that’s where they were making the bomb chutes to be used…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Do you…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Do you wanna tell what they—how they—why they needed them?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Well, they needed them for fragmentation bombs. The ones they dropped bombs on, they had to fly low to drop down. But when you drop a bomb, it follows along underneath your plane. So they wanted a parachute for the backup to slow the—so the pilot could get out, you know?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Lost a lot of planes that way!</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>So they came up with the idea of putting a parachute on the bomb so it would slow it down and let the crew get away.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>I’ve always seen the parachutes on the bomb, and I never thought of that. Yeah, that’s—could I—I’d like to back up a little bit. When you two met in high school, did you know who he was? I mean, did you know, like, who his father was?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Well, we were probably in tenth grade, and we would have shared some classes, study hall.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So everybody knew who his father was and everything at that time?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Well, not really much. But he had a nice convertible—owned by his dad—that he could come to school in. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>What kind of convertible?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Ford.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>This was a Ford Club Coupe convertible, with the top down.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Oh [<em>laughs</em>]. That’s a nice Florida car.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Yeah, she wanted a ride home, but she didn’t tell me that ‘til later.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] Well, looks like things worked out well.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Yes, very well.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Yes, and he lived on one side of Lake Maitland, and I lived on the other, and he would come see me in his mother’s sailboat.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So that was in Winter Park, not Maitland, you lived in?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>That was Winter Park, Lake Maitland.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Okay. So, I mean, [<em>laughs</em>] what do you—I’d love to get your opinion on what you think of how the city’s [Casselberry] progressed. When you look at it today, what do you think? I mean, what comes to your mind?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Well, we remember when we were incorporated, but also remember when we didn’t have so many families there.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Back to about the paper that they wrapped the ice in, that was a good way—later, after the war, when we had children, that’s how they made their money to go to the movies or whatever. We’d take newspapers, and roll them, and sell them to the fernery.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Oh, yeah? So people would just collect newspapers and sell them?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Yeah, you’d collect your newspapers, leftover newspapers.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Stack them up and roll them.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Recycling, so to speak.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Do you remember how much you got for like a bundle, or—like, how much…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /> </strong>Not much, but it was a lot then.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta <br /></strong>Yeah, few cents here and there. Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Well, get a couple of rolls, and you made a movie ticket.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>That’s not bad.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>And the ferns were shipped on railway express, back then, ‘cause they didn’t have the airplanes and things, and one of the first times we ever sent a shipment out on air, we went up to Ocala, and there was just like a cargo plane, maybe like a [Douglas] DC-3.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So there wasn’t an airport near Sanford, then?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Well, I don’t know. Maybe that was the nearest one that was shipping agricultural things.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So do you remember—I read that your father got into azaleas—like starting to grow azaleas. Is that correct?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Yes, back…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Earlier he was into gladiolas.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Oh, yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>They grew out gladiolas from the bulbs. And—I gave Kim [Nelson] a picture, and the Belgian azaleas were beautiful. Up ‘til then, you know, just had the plain azaleas. But we had—with the Belgian azaleas, there were so many different varieties, and they were ruffled, [inaudible], different colors and combination of colors, and he was in business with a man called Jules Cole…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Jules Cole.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>That knew about azaleas. That’s how they got introduced.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>But it was mostly just ferns. That was the main product?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>The Belgian azaleas, they set up as a couple acres or something like that for him, and developed them. Dad sold them out on the highway, and would scatter them around through town.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>There was an area that had, like the bay trees and oak trees and things. It was like north of where the [Casselberry] City Hall is now. It’s this plain, but back then it was just thick woods.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Near Lake Concord, or...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>And he had, like…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>South of Lake Concord.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Like a faux Cypress Gardens. He had girls in antebellum skirts and outfits, showing people around the azaleas.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Oh, yeah? Were there like refreshments and things there?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>No, it wasn’t that. But it was just a…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Just a…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Something that slows traffic down.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So you mentioned going by orange groves. Your father wasn’t in that business at all? Orange…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>No, we had a couple places where we started some going. Tally Hattaway and I got a bunch of seedlings up, but we didn’t follow through with much of them.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>They were, like, sour, and they had this idea of planting them in the ferneries to add a shade. I guess it was expensive to replace the slats, and they planted these trees—orange trees—that got big, to provide shade, and that was the area where you find Target now.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>By the Evergreen Cemetery?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>It was all ferneries, and it had those orange trees growing in there. The sour oranges.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So the orange trees were pretty much abandoned then, ‘cause of the sour?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Yeah, well, they liked the oak trees, and the competition we had…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Oak trees, yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Was from DeLand ferneries, and they’d grow theirs out in the woods, under the oak trees.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Out in Volusia [County].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So that was your father’s competition, the DeLand growers?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Some of it was there.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>We had local competition.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Yeah, and then, so, we started buying oak trees. Dad put some of them on every lot that he was developing, and then we had planted some of them in ferneries, and so we had quite a few that were trees, but we didn’t replace the slats much again, and just let them grow under the trees. We could get them that way.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Well, we moved to Casselberry after he got out of the Navy, after World War II, and he had a piece of fernery that he’d inherited, from an aunt or something?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Aunt May had left it to my brother and I, a couple acres of fernery, were on these development deals where they could have a house on it and so on, and Dad just leased those, so I said, “Well, can I lease those?” And Dad said, “Yeah, let me lease them.” So I’d be responsible for them, and I’d see about getting the fertilizer, mowing them, taking care of them. Had a crew working, just like big crews too. Yeah. Of course, in most cases they’re cutting fern or something like that, but they also had crews that they’d weed when they weren’t cutting. They’d go back to weeding or something else.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So that looks like a pretty big fernery. Was that about average size, or was this...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>No, that’s just one acre or so. There’d be several of those put together.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>And he got, worked up all these florist customers, and we went through the Midwest, visiting and trying to get business.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So was that your primary business after you got out of the Navy?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Probably for a little while. But Dad wanted us to go to the conventions, and we’d have to wear white.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Yeah, he always wore a white Palm Beach suit, or white with white jodhpurs or something, with a spray of fern on his lapel, and so when we were going with him to Chicago, to the convention, we had to have the white suits, too. With the fern.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And you didn’t care for those?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Oh, they were fine, except I got one and he said, “No, that wouldn’t do it.” It had to be like the Palm Beach kind of suit.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Wrong kind of fern?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>So—went back and got some more—another outfit.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So you’ve lived in Casselberry since then? You haven’t lived anywhere else, moved anywhere?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Not since then.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Well, we lived at the horse track for several years.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>At the horse track?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Yes, see, soon after we moved to Casselberry, Mr. Casselberry acquired the Seminole Driving Park, and that was what, at the time, a winter training track for harness horses, and it was built about 1925, something like that, and then at time there was thoroughbred racing and different things. So here we were. We had no experience in this at all, and they’re a very closed community—the horsemen. But, so then he had to get the property ready, the barns fixed up and tack rooms, and came with it like a grandstand and a clubhouse. Well, his dad wanted him to run the clubhouse like an American plan hotel. So, as well as maintaining the track and everything, we had to go in the hotel business.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And that was...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>And he was his early twenties, with—had to learn, like, experience…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>As you’re going along?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Yeah, and he had to go up north to the horse sales to placate the horsemen that might have been upset about something that happened before we got it, and talk them into coming back, and then he would fix up the barns and do this and that. So.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Of course, we didn’t know that when Dad—it’s adjacent to his property, and Dad bought it and he’d acquired some additional property to be able to develop part of. Says, “You can take care of the horses or I can.” So we were in there and trying to take care of it. When they sold it is when the horsemen had agreed with Ben White Raceway, which hadn’t started yet. They said Orlando told them, “We’ll build this half-mile track in Orlando if you’ll come down here, leave Seminole [County].” So they agreed to do that.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Well, we figured, at least we’ve got this guy Frank that’s a track man that would know what to do and knows the horsemen, and then he announces that he’s been hired to go to Ben White [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So they just stole it all away from...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Yeah [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Well, they stayed just a little bit. We had some help getting up until they had to move to over there, on how to handle—we bought a jeep to drag the track with. Had a water wagon.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>A clay track. Dirt track.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And was this all—were all these jobs—you were writing at the time?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>I was not writing—well, I had been writing just local news for the area newspapers.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Like the Sanford newspaper?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>But not full-time. So, his dad advertised it with an organization called “Ask Mr. Foster”, where you could—they send people to you, a travel service, you know, and so we were getting—here we were, and we had people, ninety-year-old women and eighty-year-old men, and then we had young families looking for excitement, and women looking for men. Whatever, you know [<em>laughs</em>]. Had all this variety, plus we had the horsemen to feed, and the grooms you’d have to feed like at five in the morning, before they went out to work the horses, and we’d have—they would be kind of rough, and would come and get drunk or something, and then we’d have these nice people [<em>laughs</em>] Oh, it was interesting.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Sounds interesting. So did you have any other jobs after that, or...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Well, in the summertime, we didn’t have the horses. About May, they would go up to the races, and sometimes you would have car races back then, before they had the Daytona…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>[Daytona] 500?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>They would have stock car races on that track.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And where was this located, the track located? In the…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>You know where Seminola Boulevard is?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>The same, where the…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Where they’re building apartments there now.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Oh, the big…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>At the end of Seminola Boulevard.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Oh, yeah, the big field area.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Yeah, all of that was our track property.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>When did that go away, the track?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>We had a one-mile track. After Mr. Casselberry sold his white elephant. He—it was various kinds of horse races with pari-mutuel betting, and then it was dog races. I mean, we had like a dog track on each end of Seminola.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So the track went away in the <em>‘</em>70s or so, or, around then?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Well, a few years back, they closed down the dog track, and then they sold it to this developer. Well, actually, they sold it to Northland Church, and then Northland decided to expand on their present property on Dog Track [Road], and they sold it to the developer, and they’re still building and building, building.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Oh, wow. Well, learn something new every day.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So, your opinion on today’s Casselberry?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Is it what?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Do you like it? Do you enjoy what the city is like now?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Oh, yes. Of course, Dad had a lot of fun while it was happening.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Yeah. I know it was a lot different.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>He was working and sweating on a lot of it, some of it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>You think he would be proud of what it has become?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Oh, yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>I think so. Right now, it’s in kind of flux in major areas, business areas, because of those fly-overs.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Yeah, I actually live just about a half-mile from one of those—the construction site. So, yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Yeah, they built—you know, they bought up property. But it’s just sitting there, and the business had to move, or close, or something. But we like the parks, what they’re doing with the parks. They’re beautiful, and people are using them.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Well, let’s see if we have any…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>You asked what he did. He’s done a little bit of everything, but he worked for Casselberry Utilities many years. His father developed the sewer system that built the sewer plant and everything. That was the first sewer plant in Seminole County that really treated the sewage.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Sanford had one. They just chewed it a little bit and dumped it in a lake.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Dumped it in Lake Monroe.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Did your father own the utility company, or was that city by then?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>He owned it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>He owned it, and eventually it was sold to the city, and he continued to work for the city.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>For a short time.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>For a time.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Seven years. Not enough to get a retirement out of it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>And then after he retired, he went to work for the City of Winter Park Utilities, ‘til he was up in mid-seventies.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Oh, impressive.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>That’s a while back.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>Yes, 87 now.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Oh, wow. Congratulations. Working into your mid-seventies, that’s admirable.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jane<br /></strong>A lot of people can be doing that now [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Yeah, it’s admirable, though. Was there anything else you would like to discuss that we haven’t already? Any anecdotes or anything?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Any more questions you have?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>I think we covered a lot there.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Leonard<br /></strong>Yes, more than you want, probably.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Oh, no, this is great for me. All right. Well, thank you very much.</p>
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<p><a title="">[1]</a> Hibbard Casselberry.</p>
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Altamonte Springs Collection
Alternative Title
Altamonte Collection
Subject
Altamonte Springs (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Altamonte Springs, Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
In 1870, Dr. Washington Kilmer of Cincinnati, Ohio, became the first Euro-American to settle in Altamont. In 1882, the area was renamed Altamonte Springs. The Altamonte Land, Hotel and Navigation Company was one of the major developers of the area. On November 11, 1920, residents voted in favor of incorporation.
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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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eng
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Collection
Coverage
Altamonte Springs, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
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External Reference
"<a href="http://www.altamonte.org/" target="_blank">Altamonte Springs, Florida</a>." Altamonte Springs, Florida. http://www.altamonte.org/.
Robison, Jim. <em><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49963391" target="_blank">Altamonte Springs</a></em>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.
Shofner, Jerrell H. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32274737" target="_blank"><em>A History of Altamonte Springs, Florida</em></a>. Altamonte Springs, Fla: City of Altamonte Springs in association with Tabby House Charlotte Harbor, Florida, 1995.
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A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
Motta, Daniel
Interviewee
Hattaway, Bob
Location
<a href="http://www.adulttoystorage.com/" target="_blank">Adult Toy Storage</a><span>, Altamonte Springs, Florida.</span>
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Title
Oral History of Bob Hattaway
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Oral History, Hattaway
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Altamonte Springs (Fla.)
Ferns--Florida
Casselberry (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Zellwood (Fla.)
Oviedo (Fla.)
Airports--Florida
Description
An oral history of Bob Hattaway, conducted by Daniel Motta on June 14, 2012. Hattaway was born and raised in Altamonte Springs, Florida. In the interview, Hattaway discusses growing up in Altamonte Springs, working in the fern industry, his real estate and agricultural endeavors, his family's influence in Altamonte Springs and Casselberry, the greenhouse business, local politics, and the air travel industry.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:46 Altamonte Springs during Hattaway’s childhood
0:04:26 Hattaway’s father
0:05:36 Childhood memories working in the fields
0:08:27 Education
0:09:58 Life after high school
0:13:16 Rivalry between Seminole County and Volusia County
0:15:24 Decline of the fern industry
0:19:20 Fern industry in Zellwood and shift to the tropical plant business
0:23:24 Interest in agriculture
0:24:11 Influence of the Hattaway family on Altamonte Springs and Casselberry
0:25:51 The Casselberry family
0:29:14 Greenhouse business
0:34:25 Local politics and involvement in the air travel industry
0:42:30 Evolution of the fern industry
0:45:28 How Altamonte Springs has changed over time
Abstract
Oral history interview of Bob Hattaway. Interview conducted by Daniel Motta at the <a href="http://www.adulttoystorage.com/" target="_blank">Adult Toy Storage</a> in Altamonte Springs, Florida.
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Original 49-minute and 20-second oral history:Hattaway, Bob. Interviewed by Daniel Motta. June 14, 2012. Audio record available. <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
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<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/118" target="_blank">Altamonte Springs Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Coverage
Altamonte Springs, Florida
Lyman High School, Longwood, Florida
Winter Park High School, Winter Park, Florida
Winter Garden, Florida
Oviedo, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Casselberry, Florida
Orlando International Airport, Orlando, Florida
Orlando-Sanford International Airport, Sanford, Florida
Opp, Alabama
Adult Toy Storage, Altamonte Springs, Florida
Creator
Motta, Daniel
Hattaway, Bob
Contributor
Vickers, Savannah
Date Created
2012-06-14
Date Modified
2014-12-10
Date Copyrighted
2012-06-14
Format
audio/mp3
application/pdf
Extent
498 MB
175 KB
Medium
49-minute and 20-second audio recording
22-page typed transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Daniel Motta and Bob Hattaway, and transcribed by Savannah Vickers.
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Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
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Curator
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External Reference
"<a href="http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=2876&SessionId=50/" target="_blank">Representative Bob Hattaway</a>." Florida House of Representatives. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=2876&SessionId=50.
"<a href="http://www.altamonte.org/" target="_blank">Altamonte Springs, Florida</a>." Altamonte Springs, Florida. http://www.altamonte.org/.
Robison, Jim. <em><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49963391" target="_blank">Altamonte Springs</a></em>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.
Shofner, Jerrell H. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32274737" target="_blank"><em>A History of Altamonte Springs, Florida</em></a>. Altamonte Springs, Fla: City of Altamonte Springs in association with Tabby House Charlotte Harbor, Florida, 1995.
Transcript
<p><strong>Motta<br /></strong>This is Daniel Motta.I am interviewing Mr. Bob Hattaway at his business, Adult Toy Storage, in Altamonte Springs.To start, Mr. Hattaway, could you tell me where you were born?</p>
<p><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>I was born in the city of Altamonte Springs in 1936, which today, the location is on Lake Orienta, which at one time was called Orienta Ferneries, later in years.And the Hattaway family lived on that property for a number of years, probably 30 years, or something.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So you were born on the property?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>I was born on the property, yeah.At that time, when I was born, 1936, a lot of people did not go to hospitals.They couldn’t afford it.So I was born at home.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And could you tell me a little about the neighborhood, the house, property?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>The property, basically—it was 150 acres of property.Thirty acres of the property was into a fernery slat shed growing tropical foliage and plants, mostly <em>asparagus plumosus</em> fern, and then another fern called leatherleaf fern, which came on in a later date, which became very popular in the flower industry.But we were growing plants and flowers and a lot of different products back at that time, to sell.So it was a very rural area.Altamonte Springs had one road leading in and one road leading out, and it was Highway 436 [Florida State Road 436].If you wanted to go shopping, you would get on 436 and travel [US Route] 17-92 to Downtown Orlando, because there were no stores in Altamonte Springs, or Casselberry.You had to go to Orlando to shop.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And I imagine 436 looked a lot different then.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yeah, 436 was probably a two-lane road, and going through the middle of Altamonte Springs was a four-lane road divided in the middle by two very large rows of oak trees, from about where the Altamonte Mall is today, all the way to the railroad track in Altamonte Springs.That’s going from west to the east.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Were any of these paved roads?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>It was paved, yeah.Sometimes.But Maitland Avenue also was there, which was a two-lane road itself.But very rural.I mean, there was really nothing out here.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And you said, on the property, only part of it was ferns?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yeah.Of the hundred acres, a lot of it, 30-something acres of it was slat shed fern itself, and the other was open fields, and we were growing <em>plumosus</em> or <em>podocarpus</em>, and were using that.We’d grow the podocarpus and cut that as cuttings and ship that to the northern market, to flower shops as well.So, and everything at that time, back when the fern business back in the [19]50s, and [19]60s, most of the freight was moved by rail, and not by truck.So there was a big depot in Altamonte Springs, and the depot itself, the major portion of it, was people like us—Hattaways, Casselberrys, Vaughns, etc.—shipping boxes and boxes and boxes of cut fern to the northern market, to flower shops.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And that would all take place here, or would it go to Sanford first, and go from there?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>No.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Just directly?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>There was a direct stop in Altamonte Springs and a direct stop in Casselberry, and also a direct stop in Longwood and Maitland.So they were little whistle stops, but most of the time they were stopping to pick up a product, like the fern product, and then some passengers.But there were no 7-Elevens, and there was absolutely nothing out here at that particular point in time.Not any tourists as well.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>About how many families lived in this area, you think?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Well, you know, on the Orienta Fernery side, which was known as the Royal Ferneries at one time, there were probably—it was a housing development there, row houses for the migrant workers, or the workers, to live on the premise and work there, and [inaudible] 40-something houses with a church, [inaudible] on Hattaway Drive today, this long, long, long, then gone?.But they provided housing for people, and they were not great to live in and to be able to work.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And did your father build the houses and the church?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>No, those were built back in the—golly.My father went in, they bought from Hibbard Casselberry, 1951.They bought what at that time they called the Royal Ferneries, and they bought that from Hibbard, and Hibbard bought it, I think, in 1946—‘45.And then my father worked for Mr. Casselberry, and my grandfather worked for Mr. Casselberry, and my two uncles, also, worked for Mr. Casselberry. All of them in stooped labor, cutting ferns by hand and taking it to the packinghouses, and then being able to ship the product to the northern market.And there were no Kmarts, and there were no big Walmarts, and those kind of things.Flower shops were flourishing.That was the mainstay of the fern business at that time, corsages and bouquets and things of that nature.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So what year did you say your father procured the property?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>He bought the property from Hibbard in 1951.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Okay. So, when you were born, he was working in the industry?He just didn’t…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway <br /></strong>He was working with Mr. Casselberry.Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Okay. And what were your experiences like as a child? Did you also have any contact with—did you work in fields at all?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yes, yes.Oh, yeah<em>[laughs]</em>. Those were wonderful moments.<em>[laughs]</em></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Could you tell me a little about them?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Out there with stooped labor, working in the—I would work in the summer months when I was out of school, high school and grammar school.I would pull weeds in the fernery.And they would hire a lot of young people like myself at that time—ten, twelve years old.And our job was—the fernery was full of weeds of various kinds, and so we’d line up ten, fifteen, or twenty of us in rows.We’d go down through and pull the weeds out of each row.That was a terrible job.I knew when that was happening I didn’t want to stay in the nursery business, or fern business.I darn sure didn’t want to be a stooped laborer in the field.But that’s where my family came from.I mean, they worked for every Casselberry.And Hibbard brought my grandfather and my father both out of the fernery, out of the field, and put my grandfather in charge of the fernery over[?]—which was the Royal Fernery at that time, Casselberry Ferneries as well—and put my grandfather in charge of that side of the fernery, and then my father went over to the main plant over in the middle of Casselberry, and he became the main foreman over there, in an office, working for Mr. Casselberry.And so Mr. Casselberry brought him out of the field, very little education, and put him in charge of a number of people.At that time, you know, back in the ‘40s and ‘50s, the fern business, it was a big business, and they were employing probably two, three hundred people.So it was a lot of people depending on the Casselberrys and the Foleys[?] in the fern business at that time as well.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So when you were in the fields doing that work that you loved so much, were you paid for that, or was that just something expected of you?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Oh, yeah.Yeah, we got paid for it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Do you remember…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Twenty-five cent an hour.And I was, you know—I’ve always loved to work.That’s been my mainstay, and I’ve got great work habits.And I think most people back then did.I’m not sure what they have today.I know it’s not as good as it was back then.But Mr. Casselberry provided a lot of employment for young people when school was out, that they could work during the summer.And pulling those weeds was part of what you did.And I would get out, and we’d help with the repair of the slat sheds, repairing the irrigation systems, just to keep the fernery back in good repair, so we could grow the fern itself.But it’s hard work.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>I’d imagine.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>But, you know, I did that every summer.When I got out of school, the following week I’d be working in the field.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Could you tell me a little about where you went to school?Did you—high school, or did you go to college after?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Sure.I went to Lyman High School, grades one through twelve.I went to Winter Park High School the 10th grade to the 11th grade, and then came back to Lyman for the 12th grade itself.So I was actually grade one through ten at Lyman High School, the old school.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>It wasn’t called Lyman High School then?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>It was called Lyman High School, yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>But it was one through twelve?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway </strong>One through twelve, yeah.There were, when I graduated, in 1954—’55 there were twelve boys and one girl in my class.Thirteen class.And the class behind us, I think, had 25.So it was a very small school back then, and grade one was, you know—all the way through.And I think they stopped that just before—no, it was still going on in 1955.It was still grade one through twelve, I think, at that time.But Lyman today is probably graduating one thousand kids at one whack.And you got Oviedo, and etc., etc.Great changes, but, you know, we had small classes.Probably the max in a class was 20, 25.Teachers were very personal.Teachers knew us all, and it turned out, had a good education.When I graduated from Lyman, I think there was only two people in our class went to college, and the rest of us went into the work field.And I immediately, when I graduated, I started buying real estate, starting my own fernery.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Graduated from high school?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yeah, high school.I didn’t go to college. Didn’t go to college.And I was working—I got a job in Winter Garden with Continental Can Company, and they were making small cans to put orange juice into, frozen orange juice, and that was a—you’d put three cups of water with it…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>The concentrate?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Concentrate, and do all those.I worked there at night, the night shift from 3:30 ‘til 12:00 or something of that nature.And then during the day, I bought a piece of property in Oviedo on Chapman Avenue[sic], and built my first nursery under oak trees.And I started my own business back in 1956—I guess ’57, ’58, something like that.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Where did you say the canning company was?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway <br /></strong>Continental Can Company.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Where was that?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>In Winter Garden.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Oh, okay.So those…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>It was a big canning company.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Pretty far from each other, the two?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>I’m sorry?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>The two jobs you had were pretty far from each other.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yeah.Yeah.One was working in the can company, the other was working in the field, in a nursery.And started my own place.I bought an oak tree hammock.And we’d found by that time, in the nursery business, in the fern business, that slat sheds were very expensive, and you couldn’t keep them up because of cost, wood rot, and it became—they were falling down.So, we started…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>How often do you have to replace those?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Oh, you were constantly working on the building, on the fields themselves, and you’re talking about 30 acres of slat shed.Just slats are, you know, four inches wide.And sometimes they would kind of fall down.If you’re tall like I am, you’d run into a slat and hit your head and etc.So we went from the slat sheds into buying oak tree hammocks, and putting fern under the oak tree hammocks.And we also started planting in the ferneries—the old ferneries, oak trees inside of the fernery itself—to grow up through the slat sheds for shade.You were looking for a certain amount of shade.And so we started that, and that’s where the slat sheds kind of disappeared, and everybody, especially Mr. Casselberry, his whole side was nothing but oak trees.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Oh, really?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>The side we had, and my father and grandfather had, over on Orienta Fernery side, they planted orange trees, which was a really, really smart move, because they always had orange trees—they also had the product of fern under that.The problem was, when they planted the orange trees, they budded the orange tree to Valencia, navels, or whatever it’s going to be.When they sprayed the orange tree spray on the fern, to kill worms, etc., it killed the buds on all the orange trees.Ended up with 25 acres of sour orange trees, and there’s not a lot of market for sour orange trees.So it was just a good concept, but it didn’t work.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So, by that time, there was pretty much the natural solution of replacing the slats with the trees?Like, is that what all the fern owners pretty much moved to?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yeah.Yeah.Everybody was doing that.Everybody was doing that.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Fern business was big not only here in Central Florida, in the Orlando area, Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Fern Park, but it was big up in Crescent City and Pierson, which it still is today.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>It’s the mainstay up there as well.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Was there any kind of rivalry between, like, here and Volusia County?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Oh, yeah.Oh my god.Yeah.Yeah.They would—and I’ve heard my father talk about the stories that the price of the ferns had become very cheap—and so the industry got together and met someplace up in DeLand or something, some little community, with the main growers all meeting at one concept.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Woman<br /></strong>Excuse me, do you need anything before I go to lunch?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>No, I’m good.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Unidentified<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>I’m good.They all went back to discuss the pricing, and I guess they were trying to do what you’d call the price fixing.But the typical agriculture business, they all got together, they all decided, shook hands, and this is what we’re gonna charge to the fern.All of them couldn’t wait to run back to the phone and call their customers in Chicago[, Illinois] or New York or where it is, and say, “Hattaway’s going up on the price of his fern by three cent.I’m gonna stay the same price” or “I’m gonna drop the price.”It never worked.And so they cut their throat time and time again.But there was great rivalry, especially, that I’m familiar with, between the Barnetts, the Casselberrys, the Vaughns.And there was a rivalry there because Mr. Casselberry started the tax-free town of Casselberry, and the Barnetts were a big, very wealthy family, had a lot of ferneries in the Fern Park, Casselberry area, and they didn’t like Mr. Casselberry, because he was so aggressive, and he was a new guy in town.And they got into a hell of a rivalry.So it was always a shootout.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And the Vaughns, you said?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Vaughns.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta <br /></strong>They were also in Seminole County already.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>That’s right.Yeah.They were up in Casselberry—which you would never say “Casselberry,” you would say “Fern Park”—which today is the location of the Home Depot.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Near Lake Concord?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>On 17-92 and Concord.That area.So yeah, there was a real rivalry going on between the small families with the Casselberrys.And those three, those were the three players.So.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta <br /></strong>And this was like the ‘50s, early ‘60s?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yeah, ‘40s and ‘50s.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So when did the fern industry kind of start slowing down, in the area?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Oh, god.My father—I read this this morning—and it had so many ups and downs that I wasn’t even aware of—when I read his notes.And the, you know, just the price of fuel became so high, and labor became so expensive, that we really saw it when my father bought the place in 1951 from Hibbard, like 130 acres, Orienta Ferneries.He, within five years, was subdividing the fernery.And he became involved in real estate, which was a really smart move.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And these, the plots, were they designed for the houses and also, like, partially for ferns?Like, if somebody wanted to grow, like, a little on the side…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>No. That was way before that ever happened.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>That was a lot of little nurseries that were back in the ‘20s and ‘30s.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So this was purely real estate?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yeah. purely real estate.Yeah.He started taking the fernery, which had a hundred and some odd acres, and started selling the land off itself to people that wanted to move.By this time, Altamonte Springs and Casselberry and the community started growing, and so people were starting to migrate, if you want to say that, from Orlando out into the country.And we were selling real estate lots on Lake Orienta—that was a fernery—and we took some of the slat sheds down and were selling real estate lots 100 feet wide, anywhere from 250 to 300 feet deep, for $2,000, for a lot, on paved road.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Around what year was this?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>In the ‘50s—’58, somewhere along there, ’57, ’58.That area where Hattaway Drive is today, that drive that was all Orienta Ferneries, all the property that my father bought from Mr. Casselberry.But he went in like Hibbard.Hibbard went into the real estate business big time.He had a lot of land.And he saw the handwriting on the wall itself.The fern business was just not thriving.There was—and, a lot of artificial stuff coming down the line.People were using <em>podocarpus</em>.People were using [?], using a lot of fillers instead of using the fern.It was cheaper to buy a filler and put inside, in that corsage, for the price.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Oh.I was about to ask what were some of the reasons it kind of went down.That was pretty much just the artificial—were other parts of the country…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>It wasn’t artificial, then.It was just shrubs and things they were cutting that they could stick into a bouquet of flowers.Bouquet of flowers won’t last, you know, a week, four or five days.So they could take <em>sphagnum</em> moss, or they could take a <em>ligustrum</em>, or something that’s leafy and green, and put it in a corsage at a cheaper rate than they could a sprig of fern, or a sprig of leatherleaf fern.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>But if people did want those kind of ferns, were they still dependent on this area, or were there other parts of the country, do you know of?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Not from what I remember.It was mainly this area, plus the Pierson-Crescent City area, that was the mainstays.Later on, it became, everybody started to go off—not everybody.Several of the nurserymen started going off to Costa Rica and islands, and growing fern down there.In fact, one of the largest growers, probably still today, moved from Zellwood.Name was John Marcell.He moved to Costa Rica, and the last I heard, and I haven’t seen John in a long time, he had over 1,000 acres of saran shade cloth, growing leatherleaf fern, and ferns shipping all over the world.Actually, I’ve been told he controls the fern market in Costa Rica.This[?] big.<em>[laughs]</em></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Was Zellwood into the fern industry, or were they in other agriculture?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>And actually Zellwood was—it was a small little town, still today.Marcell was the main grower at that time of leatherleaf fern.Went over to Lockhart, there was another grower over there, name of Joe Wofford, and he had a small fernery, probably ten or fifteen acres.He was growing leatherleaf fern.And Apopka itself had started transitioning over from the fern business—the Ustlers, Mahaffeys—golly, some other families there.But they were more into the tropical foliage business, and growing—building—greenhouses, taking slat sheds and growing tropical plants, which were now becoming very popular.So they shifted from the fern business over to the tropical plant business.And I shifted, also.I saw the handwriting on the wall.The one I built over in Oviedo, myself, it was only small as ten acres.But I sold that to another fernery guy out of Crescent City, took the money of that and started buying property in Altamonte Springs, off Hattaway Drive, and built my first greenhouses.And I went in the greenhouse business.So I shifted from the fern business over to the tropical foliage business.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>More broad[sic].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yeah. broader opportunity of selling to a greater amount of people.And my first greenhouse I built was out of used lumber, and I took a saw mill myself, and cut the two-by-fours and four-by-fours out of used lumber, and built my first building, which was 30 feet wide and a hundred feet long, which I have pictures of it there.And, gosh, over the years, became a pretty good size.<em>[laughs]</em></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And where did you say this first one was?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>It was over just off of Hattaway Drive there in Altamonte Springs.Small place.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Okay.So how long were you—your property in Chapman, you said it was on Chapman Road?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yeah.I was over there—I was in Chapman, probably, I had that nursery probably ten years.A good while, long enough that I’d made enough money working at night.At the Continental Can Company, they were paying me union wages, and I never joined the union.But I was making big bucks, and I was able to buy the land and do the things I’d need to do to get a business going.And it was pretty successful, but when I had the opportunity of selling that property to another person, then take that money and come back over into Altamonte, and go into a different business—although I was still in the agriculture business, it was a good shift.I ended up—well, the fernery there had 20 acres there on Hattaway Drive, and greenhouses—had probably ten acres of greenhouses there.And grew there for a number of years.To build the buildings, [?], build the buildings, I was—to get the lumber for that place—I was going, also to get the used lumber, I was going up and down the railroad tracks.They were taking down power poles and telephone poles, and I would cut the telephone poles and take the arms.At that time, they had arms going out with wires on them, and those were like three-by-fours, and they were like eight feet long, and I would use those for posts, as I gathered used stuff to build my whole nursery.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Were they just, like, the ones that they left there?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Was it okay that you took those?<em>[laughs]</em></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yeah. definitely.They knew I was doing it.They were taking them down.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And, so, you pretty much built all those house, the original houses, yourself?It sounds like you’re a jack of all trades.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway</strong>I am. <em>[laughs]</em></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Did you enjoy the growing aspect?Like, did you have a green thumb, or was it like…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Oh, yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Did you enjoy the business?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>I enjoyed the business, and I definitely did not have a green thumb.But I enjoyed the business, and I didn’t know anything else.What else could a guy do?There wasno—there was nothing out here.You either worked for the Hattaways, you worked for the Vaughns, you worked for the Casselberrys, or you worked for the Bradshaws in the grove business.This was agriculture community.There was nothing to do.Or, work at the dog track, something like that.So it was, you know—happy as a pig in slop.<em>[laughs] </em>What else can you do?This is what it is.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>This might be going back a little bit, but did your family have any influence on early Altamonte Springs, like developing and like with the government?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>No, my father did.He was elected a constable.He worked for Hibbard.And when Hibbard incorporated the City of Casselberry—I’ve heard my mother and father talk about that the night that they did the incorporation, they had a town hall meeting before it was ever incorporated in Mr. Casselberry’s office.There was a—had to have a certain amount of people in the meeting to have a quorum and to be able to appeal to the legislature for incorporation.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And this—as a town?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>As a town.As a town.And they didn’t have four[?] people…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>This was around 1940?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>In the room, so my father left the meeting, went home—we lived on Concord Drive—and brought my mother to the meeting, and she voted, and that’s how, that was part of the process of incorporating the City of Casselberry.My father was elected in 1941 as the first constable of the City of Casselberry.And it was a, I guess, kind of a window-dressing job, but he was constable for eleven years in the City of Casselberry.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And that’s kind of like the police chief of the town?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>That’s right.Yeah.He was the police chief.<em>[laughs] </em>I don’t think he even had a badge.<em>[laughs] </em>But that’s old time there.</p>
<p class="Body">Yeah.But you know, again, you know, this was small town, U.S.A.Hibbard would have—and I can remember this so well—he would, at Christmas time, he would have a big Christmas party on the front lawn of the offices, and for all the employees that worked for Mr. Casselberry, his entire operation.And he would get every kid a gift at Christmas time.And this was black, white, whatever it was be.He would always throw this big Christmas party.Big deal.You’d either get a knife or get a yo-yo or something like that.<em>[laughs] </em>But, and he was quite a—he was a good man.A lot of people, you know, just—vision, had great vision.And smart, wasn’t hard to talk to.He was a young man at that time.He was just good to us.He was very good for the community.Barnetts won’t tell you that.And the Vaughns won’t tell you that.But the Hattaways damn sure will tell you that real quick.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Did you know Mr. Casselberry personally, as a young man?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Mm-hm.Yeah.I knew him.He, and especially Leonard [Casselberry]. I don’t know if you’ve interviewed Leonard, Jane [Casselberry]?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Yeah. about a week or two ago.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Leonard used to come to my mother and father’s house, and Leonard would love to read comic books.<em>[laughs] </em>He—he wasn’t too energetic.<em>[laughs] </em>But he would come in and read the comic books, and Jane—they lived over off of the old race track road [Dog Track Road], at the horse track.He probably told you that’s what they built there, as well.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta <br /></strong>Yeah.Was knowing the founder and, I guess, owner at that time of Casselberry, was that like a—in this year, that seems kind of, like, strange, or maybe not strange, but—was it, did it seem like a big deal, or was he just like any normal citizen?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>No. It was—to the normal person, it was probably a big deal.But because my father worked for him, and with him, I would go into my father’s office, and Mr. Casselberry’s office was right there.And he had a big picture window that he could look out into my father’s office, and then be able to look out into the grading there.They graded fern—longs, shorts, mediums, whatever you were looking for in the size of fern to ship.And, you know, he was just there all the time.He had a—I can remember so well—he had a big, big tarpon fish mounted in his office in back there.He would go to—my father, in fact, I’ve seen some pictures of him—he would go to the flower shows in Chicago or New York, where they might be, and Martha [Casselberry], his wife at that time—he married three times—Martha would wear, he would wear white riding pants—horses, cows?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Mm-hm.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>And boots, real knee boots up there.With a big coat on.All in white.And a fern spray on this thing.Promoter.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Yeah. representing his…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yeah.He was a promoter, as well.Promoted, and he had a knack about doing that, much better than the Vaughns and the Barnetts, as well.But, yeah, he was a good man.I can’t tell you that enough times.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So you started getting into the nursery, would it be considered nursery business or the greenhouse…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Greenhouses.Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>How long were you involved with that before you looked more towards retail?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>I started in the fern business when I got out of high school, 1954-55.I was in the fern business by 1960, with the fernery over in Chapman Avenue in Oviedo.And then started the first greenhouses and then grew that business.And I went out of the business in 1988, of the foliage business.So I graduated, basically, from the fern business over to the foliage, from the foliage into the foliage business itself.Ended up with this place, which is 500,000 square feet of what was greenhouses.But I built steel structure buildings, I told you.And today it’s now the steel structure buildings that are storing boats, cars, and recreational vehicles.1974-75, I bought a farm in Puerto Rico, and I started out with thirty, three thousand, building 3,000 square feet—300—yeah, 3,000, 30-feet wide and 100-feet long.And I bought a farm in Puerto Rico that was 80 hectares of greenhouses.And I was shipping fern or foliage plants from Puerto Rico, by sea freight, to Europe.So I moved from 33,000 square feet, to a farm here, and a farm in Puerto Rico.And I farmed in Puerto Rico, foliage plants, for twenty years, twenty-two years.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Did you sell that land, or still…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yeah, I did.I sold it.I sold it.I wanted to go out of the nursery business.My brother, and then, by then graduated from University of Florida, had a degree in horticulture, and he wanted the nursery in Puerto Rico, so I sold the nursery to him in Puerto Rico.And he farmed in Puerto Rico for, I don’t know, another eight,-nine years.And we had three major hurricanes hitting back to back.First time we had insurance.We rebuilt.Second time, had insurance.Insurance company went belly up, and we rebuilt.And the third time, we said, “That’s it.”And we sold it.And then I was here all the time, and I just started converting all the buildings over to what you see today.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So about what time did you decide you wanted to get out of that business?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>1988.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yeah.I already had another vision, what you see today.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Works out for you.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yeah, it worked out.Yes.Yeah.It really—what was my whole plan at that time, was—I had roughly 30 acres here—was to add on a trailer park in front of me, which today is a public shopping center.And I was trying to buy their property, and I wanted to build a big industrial park, 40-45-acre industrial park.And I couldn’t buy that trailer park, and made them some ridiculous offers.I’m glad they didn’t take it, ‘cause the market went to hell in a handbag.I ended up, you know, basically looking at what they were doing, and I said, “If they will pay $35.00 a month to park a boat outside in an open field, with grass and grasshoppers, what will they pay to put it inside the building?”And from there, you know, it grew from there.So, in 1988, I was in the foliage business.In 2012, I’m now in the storage business.And the place is doing fairly well.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>That sounds like a pretty brilliant idea, just converting the fields to this.Do you know if any other growers have took that...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>No, no.They can’t.They all built buildings that were not convertible.They couldn’t do what I did.In fact, I saw Earl Vaughn two weeks ago. Had a funeral up in Apopka, and went over and we were talking—and I know Earl.Great guy.I like Earl.I don’t know if you’ve met him or not.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>No.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>You need to meet him.You need to meet Earl Vaughn.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>I would love to.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Vaughn Greenhouses.They’re in the book.He’s no longer in the foliage business, but he has a farm, a foliage place up on [Florida State Road] Highway 46 up in Sanford.And saw him, and I said something, and he said, “Hattaway, what you did is brilliant.”He said, “I’ve been trying to do the same thing, except I can’t get my zoning.I’m in the Wekiva [River] Protection Area.”And so, he can do nothing other than what he’s doing.So, you know, fortunately, when I started building the buildings, I then started working politically to change the zoning on this place.And so I did it back early.If I tried to do it today, I’d probably never get it done.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Are you still involved in local politics?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /> </strong>I just write checks.<em>[laughs]</em></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong><em>[laughs] </em>Well…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>No, I’m still involved.I have a lot of friends in the political scene.I help them.You know, I served eight years in the [Florida] Legislature.Loved it, and had fun with it.Eight years at Orlando International Airport.That’s a full-time, non-paid political job, and did that for eight years.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>And what was your—for the airport, what was your…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>I was the—actually, I was chairman for four years, and vice chairman for two years, and on the board for eight.And the governor appointed me.Lawton Chiles appointed me.And so, I served there, and when I went on the board, there was $10 million worth of construction going at the Orlando International Airport.When I left, eight years later—yeah, eight years later it was—it was $500 million worth of construction going.And they had another $500 million committed to build the south terminal, and the new board decided that they didn’t want to do that, and so the new board today is trying to figure out how they can get the money to build the south terminal for international rivals.And, you know, that was a group of Democrats—John Rich, Bill Miller, Howard McNelty, myself—four really strong Democrats.We got in and got aggressive, said, “This place is gonna grow.”And we went from 22 million passengers—eight years later, it was like 31 million passengers.That’s growth.And all we did, we went out and started marketing the Orlando International Airport, as a board, as a group of people, with the mayor of Orlando, Linda Hood, and the county chairman, Linda Chapin.And we were a hell of a team, and we moved around this country, all around this world, basically.And brought airlines in, British Airlines[sic], Southwest [Airlines], Virgin [Atlantic].Those were all new carriers that came in that eight-year period of time.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Were you involved in the [Orlando-] Sanford [International] Airport or the…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>That was my first venture.Back when we did that one, Kay Shoemaker was the chairman, and John—what was the name—Steve, he was the executive director.I can’t think of his last name now.But he came to me, I was a new board member, and he said, “You know, we need to go after international passengers for the Sanford airport.”So we went to Kay Shoemaker and talked Kay into letting us fly, I think it was, Toronto, Canada.And the concept that Steve had—and I was just the baggage, went along with him—that we need to go to Holiday Travel, and talk to them about direct flights from Toronto to Sanford, and not from Toronto to Orlando.And we met with the Holiday Travel, they thought it was a good idea, and he was very much in favor of it, but the issue was that the travel time coming from the Sanford Airport to [Walt] Disney [World], you didn’t have the 414, I think it is, or 4…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Oh,[State Road] 408, [State Road] 417?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>417, yeah, coming across the lake.You didn’t have that segment built, and, so, that was a stopping point.When that segment was built, Holiday Travel and a lot of those guys started flying into Sanford, and bypassing Orlando.Well, in the meantime, I moved from the Sanford Airport board, over to the Orlando Airport.<em>[laughs] </em>So, it was quite a conflict there for a while.<em>[laughs] </em>And Larry Dale—and I don’t know if you know Larry—but Larry Dale and I had some real knockdowns and drag-outs about the airports.He’s the executive director of the Sanford Airport.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Oh, yeah?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yeah.Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>I’m curious how you, how did you even get involved with the airport, like the industry?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>The governor.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>The governor.Yeah, I—when Lawton was elected—Lawton Chiles—I’d been in the Legislature.I knew him very well, and I worked with him for his election.And he was elected.He appointed me to the lottery commission.I didn’t believe in the lottery.I didn’t like the lottery.When it was approved, I was in the Legislature.I voted against it.And was opposed against it then, and Lawton told me, said, “I want you to be on that board.You’re the first Democrat to be appointed, and I want to get rid of the executive director.”I forget her name.She was really good, too.But he wanted to get rid of her and he wanted to change the entire board.He wanted to make changes.And so, I did that for a couple of years.And I was tired of it, and finally we just got enough Democrats on the board that I went to the governor, said, “I’m out of here.I don’t want to do this anymore.”In the meantime, when that happened, the [Greater Orlando] Aviation Authority thing came up available in Orlando, and I was supporting a Republican, Sue [inaudible] was her name, and Sue wanted to be appointed to the board.And I went to the governor to appoint her from Seminole County, and the governor says, “No, I’m not going to appoint a Republican.But I will appoint you if you want to take the job.”So I said, “Well, okay. I’ll do it.”</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Did you have an interest in air travel?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Yeah, I did, because of Sanford.And I knew that it was a very, very important job.The Orlando International Airport is the economic engine that really runs this community today.And the things they’ve accomplished, and the size of the airport.This is number one around the state of Florida, certainly, that I enjoyed that.But I did, I was able to go into that segment having eight years in Tallahassee being a legislator, that I knew a little bit about politics, and I knew that a lot of my newfound friends that I found in Tallahassee, of eight years, when I was no longer elected, they didn’t know my first name or my last name.And when I was appointed to the Aviation Authority in Orlando, I told my wife, Charlotte, I said, “This is altogether different.We’re going to have a lot of brand new friends, and they’re going to love us for eight years.And when we’re gone, they won’t know our name.So we’re gonna do this different.We’re gonna do what the hell we want to do, and we’re gonna do the things that we think are right, and eight years from now, we’ll be good.”And that’s how we prefaced that.So it was fun.It was, like I said, it was a full-time—as a chairman—non-paid, political job.But would I do that again?Probably not.It was the right time.You know, I’ve been very fortunate that I’ve lived at the right time, when things were just starting to peak or things were really going smoothly, and everybody was getting along.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>It seems like you’ve always been able to do what makes you happy.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>I’ve been lucky.You’ll never sit across the table from a more blessed, lucky guy than me.Life has been good.With high school education, I’ve competed with all of them.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Work ethic.Whistling[?] away[?].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>It’s worked out, worked out fine.<em>[laughs] </em>So, and I laugh about. In fact, I’ve brought my report cards in today for some reason, and I looked at those report cards, looking through stuff, and I said, “Man, I was a straight-F student.”<em>[laughs] </em>So, but, it’s been fun.Life’s been good, been good.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>I wanted to ask you, for the Sanford Airport, when did that start becoming—when was it under construction?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>It was, you know, it was a naval base [Naval Air Station Sanford], and then they converted over into a commercial airport, and I don’t remember the years.But I was on that board—phew.It wasn’t in the—must have been in the late ‘70s when they started converting it over.Yeah, I can’t remember the dates on that one.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>So, did—it might have been the fern industry—I mean, it might have been kind of already low at that time, but was there any kind of transition?‘Cause you said the railroads, in the early days, that was like the artery.Was there, like, did the airports start to be more of a central thing with transportation?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>With ferns, no.No.With the fern business, it became trucks.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Everybody moved from the—we did some air freight, not a lot.Most of it was done by—the whole industry changed from trains and rail over to the trucking industry.So there was a—trucking lines were moving strictly either foliage plants or ferns by truck itself to the destination.The fern business itself—the labor, cost of labor, the cost of materials, the cost of land—all those things just became cost-prohibited to be able to do anything with it.You asked a question earlier about, you know, do I miss it?I loved the plant business.I really enjoyed it, and still today would like to be in the business, except I know I can’t make any money at it.And I’m not gonna fool around with something I can’t make money at as well.But, you know, the guys in Apopka and the guys that been in the fern business, and growing something, you know, a plant or product, I think they all will tell you, you know, it’s just a great place to—it’s a fun thing to do.And it’s really rewarding to put a little plant on a stem into a piece of <em>sphagnum</em> moss, and grow it to a finished product, and ship it.If I had a nickel for every plant that I’ve grown, I’d be a very wealthy man.Rick [Hattaway] enjoyed it.My brother enjoyed it very much.And I kept telling him, “You don’t want to go into the greenhouse business.You want to stay out of it.”My mother told me that as well.But, you know, he followed the family trade and did that as well.But, it’s a good life.It’s a good opportunity.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>That whole watching something grow, that seems almost kind of like a good metaphor for your, all your business [inaudible].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong><em>[laughs ] </em>Yeah.Yeah.I read an article today, an old one, gosh, about when I developed that orange grove over there, and it was—Phil [inaudible] was the city manager.It was quoting him about what I was doing over there, and how I environmentally was taking care of Lake Lotus, and all the things I did back then.But, you know, to see the growth, or where we were back in the ‘40s and ‘50s, and where we are today, people have opportunities.There were no opportunities when I was growing up.Either you worked in a fernery or you worked in an orange grove.There wasn’t high school education.People weren’t going to college.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>You had to find your own…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>You had to find your own, you had to make your own way at that particular point in time.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Since you brought that up, I’m curious what you think about how this area—I probably can’t imagine what it was like when you were a kid.What do you think?How do you think it’s progressed?Are you…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>I’m for growth.I’m growth.Opportunities.I mean, I had a farm, sold it a couple years ago up in Alabama, little town called Opp, Alabama.And it was heavy agriculture, farming area.And today—Opp, Alabama—you can take a shotgun down the main street and not hit a soul.There’s just nothing to do there.And that’s the way it was here.The growth has been really, really, to me, healthy.It’s been giving good opportunities to people having good jobs.Our way of life—there are no poor people in this community today.You see some not as well off as others, but everybody either has a television, or everybody has food on the table.Everybody has an opportunity to make something of themselves, you see, if they want to take that opportunity.And back then, there was no opportunities.You had to make it yourself.And today there’s many doors open for employment, and it’s not all agriculture.At that time, it was.But am I in favor of growth?Absolutely.Has it been good for this community?Absolutely.Has it been good for this state?Absolutely.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Is there anything that you see in this community, that you don’t find good about—<strong>l</strong>ike, obviously, there’s a lot of good growth brings, but is there anything you lament that has changed, or any nostalgia?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway <br /></strong>I think the one problem that we have in our community is that we have not been able to keep up with the road—the growth with our road network—and mainly because of the lack of proper leadership from the Legislature.We’ve never had the political voting power to be able to build a road network they have on the south coast, South Florida—they have on the west coast.And our group has been splintered—Democrat, Republican— and many times have not worked together to have the power base in Tallahassee to get the state dollars to build—FDOT [Florida Department of Transportation]—to build our community.So we’ve not done a good job on our roads.And you have one major road going through this entire community, from Daytona Beach into Tampa, and that’s I-4.Other than that, you have very limited roads.If it wasn’t for the East-West Expressway [SR 408], the [Central Florida] Expressway Authority, we wouldn’t have any roads.So that’s been a blessing to us, but I think that’s our biggest problem.Our growth has been handled with zoning—comprehensive land plan—where the commercial’s going to be built, where the residential’s going to be built—all those things, I think, have been handled very well.We have a great water system, sewer system in Central Florida.We have all the things conducive to solid development, except the roads.And you get on these roads, and you know what it’s like.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Gridlock.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>But I’m kind of surprised to hear that—weren’t a lot of the old, like ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, Florida Republicans, weren’t they kind of pro-growth and infrastructure?Wouldn’t they…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong>Well, when I was in the Legislature back in the ‘70s, the [Florida] House [of Representatives] and the [Florida] Senate was controlled by the Democrats, and the Republicans were along for the ride.And then, when power shifted chains, we didn’t see a lot of growth coming here.I mean, we’ve had—I don’t want you to write this.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Motta<br /></strong>What’s that?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Hattaway<br /></strong><em>[laughs] I</em> don’t want you to write this.This is off the record on this one.Yeah.</p>
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SR 436
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Title
Florida Historical Quarterly Podcasts Collection
Alternative Title
FHQ Podcast Collection
Description
The <em>Florida Historical Quarterly </em>is the academic journal published four times per year by the Florida Historical Society in cooperation with the Department of History at the University of Central Florida. Each issue features peer-reviewed articles focusing on a wide variety of topics related to Florida history.
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<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>
Curator
Burke, Mike
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/default" target="_blank">Florida Historical Society</a>
External Reference
"<a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly" target="_blank">Florida Historical Quarterly</a>." Florida Historical Society. https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly.
"<a href="http://fhq.cah.ucf.edu" target="_blank">The Florida Historical Quarterly</a>." College of Arts and Humanities, University of Central Florida. http://fhq.cah.ucf.edu.
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Title
Florida Historical Quarterly, Episode 16: Vol. 91, No. 3, Winter 2013
Alternative Title
Florida Historical Quarterly, Ep. 16
Subject
St. Augustine (Fla.)
Explorers--Florida
Diseases--United States
Description
For this episode, FHQ Assistant Editor Dr. Daniel S. Murphree interviewed Dr. Paul Hoffman, Paul W. and Nancy W. Murrill Professor of History at Louisiana State University. Professor Hoffman is the guest editor for this special issue, the first of a series of issues that re-examines the five hundred years of Florida history since the landing of Ponce de Leon in 1513. He is also the author of "The Historiography of Sixteenth-Century La Florida," which appeared in this issue of <em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em>. This issue addresses Florida during the 16th century, and four more issues will be published over the next four years to re-examine subsequent centuries in Florida history.
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Sound
Source
Original 29-minute and 2-second audio podcast by Daniel S. Murphree, 2013: <a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>, Florida Historical Society, Cocoa, Florida.
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<a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>, Florida Historical Society, Cocoa, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/184" target="_blank">Florida Historical Quarterly Podcast Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Coverage
St. Augustine, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Creator
Murphree, Daniel S.
Publisher
<a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>
Contributor
Hoffman, Paul
<a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/default" target="_blank">Florida Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">University of Central Florida, Department of History</a>
Date Created
2013
Date Issued
2013
Date Copyrighted
2013
Format
audio/mp3
Extent
66.6 MB
Medium
29-minute and 2-second audio podcast
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Daniel S. Murphree and published by the <a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>.
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Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/default" target="_blank">Florida Historical Society</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
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Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>
Curator
Burke, Mike
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/default" target="_blank">Florida Historical Society</a>
External Reference
Hoffman, Paul E. "The Historiography of Sixteenth-Century La Florida." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/69023195" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>. 91, no. 3 (Winter 2013): 308-348.
"The Historical Archaeology of Sixteenth-Century La Florida." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/69023195" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>. 91, no. 3 (Winter 2013): 349-374.
"Entangled Borderlands: Europeans and Timucuans in Sixteenth-Century Florida." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/69023195" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>. 91, no. 3 (Winter 2013): 375-400.
"Sixteenth-Century Florida in the European Imagination." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/69023195" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>. 91, no. 3 (Winter 2013): 401-418.
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<a href="https://youtu.be/a__8cow-pYE" target="_blank">Episode 16: Vol. 91, No. 3, Winter 2013</a>
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Amerindians
archaeology
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cartography
citrus
colonialism
colonies
colonization
colony
Columbian Exchange
conquerors
conquistadors
Daniel S. Murphree
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domestication
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feral hogs
FHQ
Florida Historical Quarterly
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Jacksonville
Jean Ribault
John McGrath
Jonathan DeCoster
Juan Pardo
Juan Ponce de León
Kathleen A. Deagan
La Florida
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myths
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oranges
Paul Hoffman
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peaches
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
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red plague
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Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Alternative Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Subject
Oviedo (Fla).
Description
The Oviedo Historical Society Collection encompasses historical artifacts donated for digitization at the Oviedo Historical Society's History Harvest in the Spring semester of 2015.
The Oviedo Historical Society was organized in November 1973 by a group of citizens. The society is a 501(3) non-profit organization. Its purpose is to help preserve the community identity of Oviedo by collecting and disseminating knowledge about local history, serve as a repository for documents and artifacts relating to Oviedo history, promote the preservation and marking of historic sites and buildings in the Oviedo area and foster interest in local, state, national, and world history.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>." Oviedo Historical Society, Inc. http://oviedohs.com/.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
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1 newspaper article
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Title
Oviedo Began as Solaria's Wharf
Alternative Title
Oviedo Began as Solaria's Wharf
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Description
<em>The Oviedo Heritage</em>, a supplement for <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>, published on June 30, 1977. This article, by Donna Neely of the Oviedo Historical Society, chronicles the history of Oviedo, Florida. According to the article, Oviedo began on the south shore of Lake Jessup as a settlement called Solaria's Wharf. Some of its early settlers include Dr. Henry Foster, Joseph Watts, and Steen Nelson. Citrus and celery dominated the area's farmland, although Central Florida suffered a severe freeze in 1894. Oviedo suffered another disaster in 1914 when a fire wiped out much of the downtown section. Disaster hit again in 1929 with the Wall Street Crash and the beginning of the Great Depression. That same year, Oviedo's fruit crops were decimated by a fruit fly infestation. Another fire destroyed the Wheeler Fertilizer Plant in 1946. Nonetheless, Oviedo continued to grow, with new paved roads going to Geneva and Chuluota and the opening of the Citizens Bank of Oviedo in 1948. In 1949, Oviedo began receiving once-a-day bus service to Orlando from Greyhound Lines. By 1950, Oviedo was the second largest town in Seminole County, following Sanford. The Oviedo City Hall was built that same year and in 1968, Florida Technological University (present-day University of Central Florida) opened, bringing new residents to the area.
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Text
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Original newspaper article: Neely, Donna. "Oviedo Began as Solaria's Wharf." <em>The Oviedo Heritage</em>, June 30, 1977: <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
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"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/5702" target="_blank">The Oviedo Heritage '77, June 30, 1977</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/5702.
<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.
<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.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: Neely, Donna. "Oviedo Began as Solaria's Wharf." <em>The Oviedo Heritage</em>, June 30, 1977.
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Lake Charm, Oviedo, Florida
First Baptist Church of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
First United Methodist Church of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Wheeler Fertilizer Plant, Oviedo, Florida
Gwynn's Cafe, Oviedo, Florida
Black Hammock, Oviedo, Florida
Florida Technological University, Orlando, Florida
Oviedo Railroad Depot, Oviedo, Florida
Creator
Neely, Donna
Publisher
<em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>
Date Created
ca. 1977-06-30
Date Issued
1977-06-30
Date Copyrighted
1977-06-30
Format
application/pdf
Extent
1.23 MB
Medium
1 newspaper article
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Donna Neely and published by <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
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bank
Black Hammock
Black Tuesday
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First United Methodist Church of Oviedo
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Spencer's Store
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Sweetwater Park
T. L. Mead
The Oviedo Heritage
The Oviedo Outlook
Theodore Luqueer Mead
Wall Street Crash of 1929
Wheeler Fertilizer
World War II
WWII
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General Collection
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Florida was first inhabited by Paleo-Indians as early as 14,000 years ago. By the 16th century, several distinct Native American tribes inhabited present-day Florida, primarily the Apalachee of the Panhandle, the Timucua of North and Central Florida), the Ais of the Central Atlantic Coast, the Tocobaga of the Tampa Bay area, the Calusa of Southwest Florida, and the Tequesta of the Southeast Florida.
In 1513, Juan Ponce de León of Spain became the earliest known European explorer to arrive in Florida. During the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, Spanish, French, and English pioneers settled various parts of the states, though not all settlement were successful. Most of the region was owned by Spain, until it was ceded to the United States via the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819. On March 3, 1845, Florida earned statehood. Florida was marred by nearly constant warfare with the Native Americans in the region, particularly with the Seminoles during the Seminole Wars.
On January 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of American on January 20th. The state's participation in the Civil War revolved mostly around the transportation of goods via ships.
On June 25, 1868, Florida regained its representation in Congress. During the Reconstruction period, Florida drafted a new state constitution, which included statues that effectively disenfranchised its African-American citizens, as well as many poor white citizens.
Through much of its early history, Florida's economy relied heavily upon agriculture, especially citrus, cattle, sugarcane, tomatoes, and strawberries. Florida's tourism industry developed greatly with the economic prosperity of the 1920s. However, this was halted by devastating hurricanes in the second half of the decade, the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and the Great Depression. The economy would not fully recover until manufacturing was stimulated by World War II. As of 2014, Florida was the third most populous state in the country.
Contributor
Humphrey, Daphne F.
Alternative Title
General Collection
Subject
Florida
Eatonville (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Daytona Beach (Fla.)
New Smyrna Beach (Fla.)
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Eatonville, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Sanford , Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-history/" target="_blank">Florida History</a>." Florida Department of State. http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-history/.
<span>Knotts, Bob. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49672975" target="_blank"><em>Florida History</em></a><span>. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003.</span>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1 newspaper article
Dublin Core
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Title
Spanish Influence Town Names
Alternative Title
Spanish Influence Town Names
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
McIntosh (Fla.)
St. Cloud (Fla.)
Winter Haven (Fla.)
Description
A newspaper article about the origin of the names of various Florida towns. According to the article, Oviedo and Seville after respective cities in Spain. Andrew Aulin, Sr. (1843-1918), the Swedish immigrant credited with naming Oviedo, was appointed the town's first postmaster in 1879. Ormund Powers, the author of the article, also explains that McIntosh was named in honor of Colonel John C. McIntosh, who was scalped by Native Americans. According to the article, St. Cloud was named for a suburb of Paris, France, and served as a "semi official residence" for veterans of the Union Army.
Type
Text
Source
Original newspaper article: Powers, Ormund. "Spanish Influence Town Names.": Private Collection of Bettye Reagan.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/36" target="_blank">General Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: Powers, Ormund. "Spanish Influence Town Names."
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
McIntosh, Florida
St. Cloud, Florida
Seville, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Creator
Powers, Ormund
Contributor
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin
Date Created
ca. 1935-1979
Date Issued
ca. 1935-1979
Date Copyrighted
ca. 1935-1979
Format
image/jpg
Extent
177 KB
Medium
1 newspaper article
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Ormund Powers.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Ormund Powers and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Bettye Reagan
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp
GRid=69149825" target="_blank">Andrew Aulin." Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp
GRid=69149825.
Army
Asturias
City of a Hundred Lakes
French
Hamilton Disston Company
John C. McIntosh
Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna
Marie Antoinette
McIntosh
Napoléon Bonaparte
Napoleon I
Napoleone di Buonaparte
oranges
Ormund Powers
Oviedo
Oviedo, Spain
Phoenicians
Raymond Moore
Saint cloud
scalping
settlers
Seville
Seville, Spain
Spain
Spaniards
Spanish
St. Cloud
sugar
Union Army
veterans
Winter Haven
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Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Alternative Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Subject
Oviedo (Fla).
Description
The Oviedo Historical Society Collection encompasses historical artifacts donated for digitization at the Oviedo Historical Society's History Harvest in the Spring semester of 2015.
The Oviedo Historical Society was organized in November 1973 by a group of citizens. The society is a 501(3) non-profit organization. Its purpose is to help preserve the community identity of Oviedo by collecting and disseminating knowledge about local history, serve as a repository for documents and artifacts relating to Oviedo history, promote the preservation and marking of historic sites and buildings in the Oviedo area and foster interest in local, state, national, and world history.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>." Oviedo Historical Society, Inc. http://oviedohs.com/.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
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Title
Oral History of Bettye Jean Aulin Reagan
Alternative Title
Oral History, Reagan
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Education--Florida
Description
An oral history interview of Bettye Jean Aulin Reagan, conducted by Rebecca Schwandt on April 2, 2015. Born January 27, 1934, Reagan is the granddaughter of Andrew Aulin, Sr. (1843-1918), who is credited with naming Oviedo, Florida. In this oral history, Reagan discusses growing up in Oviedo, attending school at Oviedo High School, the great technological advances that have occurred during her life, segregation and integration, her hopes and aspirations, and her family life. She also tells stories about her grandfather and talks about the history of the Aulin family, as well as the Lawtons and the Wheelers. Finally, Reagan discusses her career as an artist.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction <br />0:00:37 Childhood memories <br />0:03:46 Childhood games and entertainment <br />0:07:29 Friends and pets <br />0:11:46 Siblings and childhood aspirations <br />0:14:27 Favorite books <br />0:17:18 Mary Alice Powell Aulin and sewing <br />0:22:17 Childhood homes <br />0:24:56 RECORDING CUTS OFF <br />0:24:59 Community events <br />0:29:36 Car accident and the local doctor <br />0:35:02 Teachers and discipline <br />0:39:19 School pranks and memories <br />0:42:05 Integration and race relations <br />0:47:30 Graduation <br />0:49:41 College education and first job <br />0:53:26 Husbands and children <br />1:02:35 History of the Aulin family <br />1:09:08 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Bettye Jean Aulin Reagan. Interview conducted by Rebecca Schwandt at Reagan's home in Lake Mary, Florida, on April 2, 2015.
Type
Moving Image
Source
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin. Interviewed by Rebecca Schwandt, April 2, 2015. Audio/video record available. Oviedo History Harvest, <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
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Is Part Of
<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.
Has Format
28-page digital transcript of original 1-hour, 14-minute and 19-second oral history: Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin. Interviewed by Rebecca Schwandt, April 2, 2015. Audio/video record available. Oviedo History Harvest, <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Lake Mary, Florida
Creator
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin
Schwandt, Rebecca
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Date Created
2015-04-02
Date Modified
2016-01-20
Date Copyrighted
2015-04-02
Format
video/mp4
application/pdf
Extent
482 MB
270 KB
Medium
1-hour, 14-minute and 19-second audio/video recording
28-page digital transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Julia Bettye Jean Aulin Reagan and Rebecca Schwandt, and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
External Reference
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6207" target="_blank">Joseph Lawton, October 18, 1753 - March 1815</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6207.
"<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69149825" target="_blank">Andrew Aulin</a>." Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69149825.
"<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1993-01-13/news/9301130107_1_oviedo-sanford-grandchildren" target="_blank">MARY ALICE AULIN, 83, Myrtle Avenue, Oviedo, died Tuesday...</a>" <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, January 13, 1993. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1993-01-13/news/9301130107_1_oviedo-sanford-grandchildren.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
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Transcript
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>This is an oral history of Bettye [Jean Aulin] Reagan. The interview is conducted by Rebecca Schwandt at Bettye Reagan’s home in Oviedo, er—Lake Mary, Florida…</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>On April 2<sup>nd</sup>, 2015. Could you please state your full name and birth date for the record?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Okay, Bettye Jean Reagan. Uh, January 27<sup>th</sup>, 1934. Uh, born actually in Sanford in the hospital, which I was the first one in my family to be born in the hospital. Everybody else had been born at home, [<em>laughs</em>] which was in Oviedo, and, um, that’s where I was raised.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>And what is one of your earliest childhood memories?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>My earliest childhood memories was[sic]—we lived, uh—I don’t know the name of the road. It goes, uh—it goes beside the Lawton House—where the Lawton House, uh—there’s one that goes towards Winter Park and the other one that comes beside it. We lived down that road, across from where the [Oviedo High] School was. That was in a big ol’ two story house there, and one—I guess I’ll never forget this. When I was—we moved out of that house when I was six years old, but, uh, one day my little brother<a title="">[1]</a> and I decided to go for a walk out—and you went through the back—we had a—a garden and we had an orange grove. If you kep’ on goin’, there was a great big ditch there, you walked over, which was scary. We could go all the way to where the cemetery is today. It was there then, through the woods, and we decided we just go for—and we went, which we—unheard of. Today, it would be terrible they would have called the police [<em>laughs</em>], but—and we’re out there wandering around in—in the cemetery, and this lady, who knew who we were, came and got us and took us back home, and another time, we went down there, and—and I was gonna fix it so my brother, who’s two years younger than I am—he had to be—if I was six he had to be four—and I made him a fishing pole out of a stick, a piece of string, and I don’t know how I did it, but I took a straight pin and bent it. We got some bread and we tied that string on there, and we went down there to that ditch that we had to cross over, which is really what it was, but it had water in it—to fish, and my little brother fell in head first, and his—there—and his feet are sticking up and I pulled him out [<em>laughs</em>]. He’s covered with mud [<em>laughs</em>], but that was a sca—I used to have nightmares after that about that incident.</p>
<p>It scared me so bad, and another time, at that same area, where my daddy<a title="">[2]</a> had planted all the strawberries, I took the bucket one day and I picked every strawberry in the patch, and they were all green, so we didn’t have strawberries that year [<em>laughs</em>]. That’s[sic] my first memories [<em>laughs</em>], but then, I swear I started school in first grade, and I got to go to school a year early. I went when I was five. My birthday was in January, but you were—but—and you weren’t supposed to go to school, but, uh, a man from Oviedo, Mr.—Mr. Gore, was a—on the school board, and, uh, his son was Frank—Frankie D. Gore, and he’s a school—well, I guess he’s not now, but he was a school teacher—grew up to be a school teacher. He got to go—his birthday was the same as mine was. So my Mama<a title="">[3]</a> said, “Well, if you[sic] can go to school—well, if he can go, you can go.” So they had to let me go. So I got to go to school when I was five and get out early, and those are some of the first things I remember [<em>sniffs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>And what kind of games did you play as a young child?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>We, you know—we made up our games. We did things—I guess we couldn’t say we—we, uh—I remember that, uh, we took the—we—We lived in another—we moved two more times, and we lived up where the—we were surrounded by orange groves, and every year, when they got ready to pick the oranges, they would come out and they would dump all the orange crates. If you know what an orange—old-fashioned orange box looks—it’s got a division in the middle and they would stack them, and we would make a great fort. Me and my brother would get out there and make this great big fort and, uh, play in that.</p>
<p>Then, we would also fix a, uh—a little thing in the back yard and play storekeeper, and in those days, you—what you did with you garbage—you didn’t have garbage collection. You dug a great big hole in your backyard somewhere. you put all the—your trash that you had and we put it in the hole and then—and you tried to burn it, if you could, and then you’d fill the hole in, and then you dig another hole, but we would get anything that came in a carton, a box, and we would save all those and we would put them up on the table, and we would play like we had a store, and y—anybody came to the store, and we would pull the—we got in trouble for this—we pulled the leaves off the orange tree. That was our money. We made out like that was dollars, and we would do that, and we would, uh, play cops and robbers, and we—we would get a little saw, which my daddy had—we weren’t s’posed to use, and saw out little—just a little thing that look like a—a pistol, but of course, it wasn’t. It was just a little thing, and we would run around and chase each other, and then another time, we decided we would go find Indian mound[sic]. We had a wild imagination, I guess, and we went out with a shovel, and we found a little mound way away from the house. I don’t know how we got away with all that, and we would dig and dig. ‘Course, we never found anything [<em>laughs</em>], but we—but we spent a lot of time doing that sort of thing.</p>
<p>We—you just came up with your own ideas, you know, but as far as havin’ a lot of toys, we didn’t, but we—we made, uh, treehouses. We’d climb a tree, and put boards up on it and climb up, and we didn’t really have a house, but we would put a couple boards up there—make out like we did. Or we would do another thing. We would cut off palmetto[sic]—big, uh, palmetto[sic] palms, you know, and we would put them around some trees, and we would have a little house, and that’s the kinda thing we did growin’ up, but as far as havin’ a lot of toys or anything, we didn’t. We didn’t do that. Not like today, and of course, there was no TV, of course, and you listened to the radio at night. That’s the only time you listen to it.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Do you remember any radio shows?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Yes, uh, <em>The Lone Ranger</em>. Every—we always listened to <em>The Lone Ranger</em>, and, uh, something else came on. Um, cowboy show came on—another one. I can’t think of the name of that one. Trigger—who was<a title="">[4]</a>—he had the horse named Trigger? Uh, anyway, we—we did listen to those kind of sh—and then, uh, <em>Grand Ole Opry </em>came on Every Saturday night. We listened to that, uh, but—and everybody just sat around the radio.it was quiet and you listened to it.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Who were your childhood friends?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, some of the—the same people that I started out with in the first grade. I—they were still with me when I graduated [<em>laughs</em>], and I don’t know how many people were in the first grade, becau—but probably 20 or so, and, uh, when I graduated there were nine, but most of ‘em, I had started out with in the first grade, and, uh, some—a couple of ‘em lived close to me, and we would go to each other’s house n’ play, but—or, actually, a lot of times, we went to the school ground and play. They have swing sets there, and, uh, they had a field to play baseball and all that, and—and then, another thing, we had a cow, and—to get—for milk—and every day, my daddy would take that cow with a chain on it and go across the road to the school grounds [<em>laughs</em>], which had some woods on it—a little bit of woods, and he would stake the cow out there on—and the cow would eat the grass on the school ground, and then we’d bring it in every night, and that was—nobody thought there was anything wrong with that. That was just what you did, and it’s crazy. Things change so much, but today, you couldn’t think of doin’ something like that [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p>Another thing that we would do when we got a little bit older, um—where the school is, the railroad track ran right behind the school, and we would be watchin’ the ball game on Sunday afternoon, which everybody in town went, and there would be s—just a bunch of people get up a game—you know, choose up, and then they would play baseball, and everybody would be there to watch it, and these boys would figure out how to let…</p>
<p>[<em>clock chimes</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Some of the air out of the tires on the car and get it on the railroad track, and they would—we would be sitting her watching the ball game and way out there past the field, there goes the car down the railroad track, and that was the highlight of the thing [<em>laughs</em>]—of the day. I don’t know how they did that. Sometimes, they’d get off and it’d go, “Bump, bump, bump, bump” down there too [<em>laughs</em>]. Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Did you have any other animals besides the milk cow?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. Well, we had, uh—we had a dog. I had two dogs I’ll never forget. Uh, the first one we got—well[?], we—we got this white Spitz, and we had that dog for 14 years. His name was Troubles, and, uh, he—he was, uh, just a lifelong pet, and, uh, then one time, my daddy brought home a little, black puppy. Uh, when he was workin’ with—for Nelson and Company, which was Wheeler’s.<a title="">[5]</a> Uh, he was, uh, a man who checked the fruit. He was a fruit tester, and when they would go to pick oranges in the groves, he had all this equipment and he would, uh—slice the fruit and put the juice in, and he knew how to measure to see how much solid it had, how much sugar it had. They had to do that when they picked the oranges to know what kind of thing it was. Anyway, while he was—was gone one day, somebody gave him a little puppy. He brought it home, and we already had that other dog, and my mother said—and I thought it was my dog. It was my dog. Uh, I called her Black Beauty, ‘cause I had just read that book, <em>Black Beauty</em>, and I had that that dog for a couple weeks. My mother kept sayin’ all the time, “You can’t keep that dog. You can’t keep that dog.” Well, I kept it three or four months, and one day, I came home from school and the dog wasn’t there, and my mother had given it to somebody who was walkin’ by and saw it, and she asked if they wanted that dog. She—we couldn’t have two dogs. She gave my dog away, and I was very, very heartbroken [<em>laughs</em>] about that, but, uh, Anyway, we knew who had it and we used to go down and see the dog all the time, bum, but that was—that was the only pets we ever had was those two dogs and the cow, of course. [inaudible]. That was it.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>How many siblings do you have?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>I had, uh—I had two sisters and two brothers, and I still have one sister and one brother. The others are all passed away.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>And how did you get along with your siblings?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /> </strong>Good. Well, there was a big, uh—there was seven years difference between my older—my older sister, <a title="">[6]</a> who’s here, and, uh, I had a—my older sister was 10 years older than me, and then [Alice] Kathryn [Aulin Bunch] was next to her, and then I had a brother<a title="">[7]</a>—was seven years older, and then there was me and my younger brother, who’s two years younger, who still lives in Oviedo, and, uh, so, we were, uh—my sister will be the first to tell you that me and my brother were spoiled, because we were younger, then there was seven years difference, and by the time we came along, we—we didn’t have to do all the work that they had to do, and she says we got by with a lot of stuff, which not true [<em>laughs</em>], but, uh, ‘cause they grew up and they left home. We were still at home, you know, for seven more years, but, uh—and[?] today she lives in so[?] close to me now. She used to live in Orlando most all her life and now she lives here.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>What did you want to be when you grew up?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Oh, I wanted to be, uh, a teacher, and I wanted to teach English and literature, which I loved, and, uh, P.E.,<a title="">[8]</a> and the reason I wanted to teach P.E.—one reason—cause I loved sports and all that. We used to have these girls in our P.E. class, which we would go, eh—different times of the year, you did different things. We had basketball. We actually didn’t have a lot of sports, but we played basketball and softball. That was the only two sports that girls played, and, uh—but those girls—so many of them were la—lazy, and they would just say, “Oh, um, you know, I’m havin’ my period and I can’t play,” and so they’d sit in the gym, you know, and just sit there and not do anything, and that wasn’t true. They[?] just lazy, and I always said, “One day I’ma be a P.E. teacher and nobody’s gonna be sitting in there on the bench, ‘cause I’m gonna give them a trashcan and they’re gonna walk around the school yard and pick up the trash, if they can’t do anything else.” That was my goal, but I didn’t get to do any of those things [<em>laughs</em>], ‘cause I didn’t get to go to college, as much as I wanted to, Uh, but, uh, it all turned out okay anyway, but that’s…</p>
<p>I loved school. I loved school. I would go to school—as soon as I was old enough to be able to do this—the teachers always came to school in those days—two weeks before school, the teachers would be at school gettin’ their classrooms ready, and they always stayed for two weeks after school was out, and I would go to school and find my teacher that I was gonna have, and I would ask her what I would do to help her, and I would stay there, because I just loved going to school, and I was always not happy when school was out every year. I loved school.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>What—you mentioned you wanted to be a—a[sic] English teacher. What were some of your favorite books?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Oh, gee [<em>laughs</em>]. Uh, I remember <em>Heidi</em>, when I was little. <em>Heidi</em>, you know? if you ever read that book, and, uh, then, um—oh, after I got older, I remember books I read, but I can’t think of any right off the—oh, I’ll never forget, I’ma tell you a funny story about this book. We had this little book that somebody gave us on the life of Abraham Lincoln, and it was a child’s book. You know it had pictures of Lincoln and it was written so a child could understand. Well, you know when you get up in the high school, you got to write a book report. You gotta read a book every six weeks—well, we did then—and you gotta bi—write a book report on it and turn it in. Well, we had this book. I didn’t do this, but my brothers did. They got the Abraham Lincoln book, which you could read in 15 minutes if you were an adult, you know, and they would almost copy it word for word and turn that thing in for a book report, and got by with it, but I [<em>laughs</em>]—I always remembered that, but I used to, uh, uh—we had—in Oviedo, actually, they had, uh—we had a drugstore, which was the place. The number one place in Oviedo was the drugstore. They also had a section down there where they had like library books—new books that were written today, you know—modern books, and you could go check ‘em out, and, uh, I would go down there and check books out there, and I had a teacher, um, uh, her name was Miss Walker, and, uh, she got married later her name was Ms. Anderson, but she told me about these books and she would recommend a book for me to read, and I would go down to the drugstore and check it out and read those books, and then after I got married and had kids, eh, hardly had time to read, but every day when they took a nap after lunch, I would—I was a member of a book club and I would my—I’m still reading today.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Uh, in an earlier conversation you mentioned your mother was a seamstress.</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Can you elaborate on some of the things she did[?]?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Yes. Um, my mother, uh, was—oh, she—she packed oranges for 25 years for Nelson and Company. I remember that well, ‘cause we would go down there sometimes after s—we’d have to go down there and see her about something, but, um—but she also was a seamstress, and she learned to do this on her own. My mother came to Oviedo on the train from Sanford. She only got to go to school to the eighth grade, and she loved school. That was another thing. She lived over here in Sanford and she came out there to operate the telephone service—the—be the telephone operator, and, uh, that’s where she met my father, but, um, I don’t know when or how she learned to sew, because I know that she was young, uh—maybe 16, 17 years old then, when she came out there, and, uh, I never heard about her mother sewing so I—I—I didn’t ever know how she ever learned, but she was very good. She made all our clothes. Never had a bought dress. Never had anything bought, until one day she did get me a big coat. I have a picture. It’s in one of my books. That—it was a—really a store-bought coat. It looked like fur. It wasn’t, but it was—I—I—there’s a picture of me in that book in school, standing there in that big old coat [<em>laughs</em>], but she made, uh—she made all my clothes, and, uh—and my—my sister’s too, and she made—she sewed for other people. They would come to the house, uh, she made clothes for them too, but she made me a—something I’ll never forget—she made me a red coat. It was like a red, wool coat—bright red—and in the inside was satin lines. It was full-length, you know, like a—I was only about 10 years old, and I thought that was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen, and I wanted to wear it to school, but she said, “No, that was to wear to church,” you know, that was special. I finally remember I got to wear it to school, but I never forgot that, and to this day, not too long ago, I learned a song that Dolly Parton wrote, my—<em>Coat of Many Colors</em>. I don’t know if you’ve ever heard—are familiar with that. Anyway, that always made me—we weren’t that hard up. It wasn’t made out of rags, like her coat was, but every time I heard that song, I think about my red coat that my mother made me.</p>
<p>So that, uh, and she sewed everything, and then what happened years later—I always said—every night my mother would sit there by the sewing machine and sew, and we’d be sittin’ listenin’ to the radio, and she would sew ‘til late, and I said, “There’s one thing I’m never gonna to do. I am never gonna sew,” ‘cause I thought it was just too much work. Well, got married. my husband gives me a sewing machine for Christmas, plus lessons over in Orlando, so I’d go take lessons, and so I did that, and low ‘n’ behold, I—liked it, and I can—I made my kid’s clothes, and I have pictures—Easter pictures where everybody’s—even my little boys’ coats. we all had dresses that—just alike, and we all had hats and gloves, and we would go to church, and—I mean, some of them are little kids, and we got movies of all this, and we would go to church, and then—especially on Easter and Mother’s Day, we went to Morrison’s Cafeteria after church, the only time we ever went out to eat, and we would go there, and then we would go to Lake Eola in Orlando to the Easter parade, and go up on the platform at—at Lake Eola, and walk across there with our Easter outfits on, and the last thing I made was, uh,—my daughter—one of my daughters got married, and I made her, uh, all the dresses for that, and it was like a Southern Belle-type thing, and the wedding was here at our yard, and, uh, I made all the dresses for that, but I haven’t made—and I made all my kids little—they had a band, uh, that they played. They had guitars and all that, and we had—all of them played, but the—the four younger ones were playing in a little group that started out doin’ it for school, and it got—they got good, and we played it, eh, for Doctor’s Day, for Fourth of July. So I made them outfits alike, you know, vest-like things to wear for that, and that—I really enjoyed being able to do all that. It was neat [<em>taps on table</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Um, in an earlier conversation, you mention several different houses you moved to…</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Throughout the years. Uh, could you describe them?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Yes, the first house we lived in, it was called “The West House,” ‘cause Mrs. West owned it—was the one—was across from the school, and then we moved—I’ll never forget that, because we didn’t have electricity at that house. We had lanterns, like oil lanterns, and, uh, Then I remember when we moved, and my mother was so excited, because that—the house we moved in is still there, and, uh, it’s—you go by the Lawton House and go on down, through that red light, up the hill, and it—it’s on the left. It sits up on top that hill there still. It’s funny—it doesn’t look near as big as it did, when I was growin’ up. Everything looks smaller, but, uh, we moved in that house, and—electricity, running water. We had—the house we lived in had a pump outside. You pumped the water and brought it in—before. Now, we had water. You turned the faucet on. You could take a bath in the bathtub. That was a big thing for us. That was our first time to do that, and, uh, so that was—we really liked that house, and my mother wanted to buy it. We didn’t—we were renting, and, uh, the lady sold it to somebody else, so we didn’t get to buy it. So we—we had to move.</p>
<p>So we moved down back into town into an area that—the house is not there today, because it’s the parking lot of First Baptist Church [of Oviedo]—where the house was. It was real small, but then there were only—all my brothers and sisters—the older ones—Just me and my little brother were still home, so it was okay, ‘cause we just needed—and we actually slept on this sleeping porch—bunk beds. I slept on top and he slept on bottom, and then a lil’ later, when I got a little older, they moved me into the dining room, and they opened the couch up every night and slept on it [<em>laughs</em>], but, uh, that’s where we lived, until I left home, and—and then after my mother got sick, uh—she had a, um, Parkinson’s [Disease].</p>
<p>[<em>clock chimes</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>And she stayed there as long as she could, and, uh—very independent person—very. Always wanted to take care of everything herself. Never wanted any charity from anybody—very independent, and, uh, so, um, she was nur—in the nursing home in Orlando—in Winter Park, and—and then eventually, she ran out of money, and she had to stay there, ‘cause she cou—and she still had her house, and, uh, she—she took the money, and sold the house, and used it to pay her hospital bill until.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Were there any community events that you would attend regularly?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, actually, very few, um, community events. Most everything centered around either school or church, and, uh, that[sic] was[sic] the activities for—and the other thing though, in the summertime—very important—the swimming pool. Oviedo had a pool. No—Sanford didn’t have one, Longwood didn’t have one, and there weren’t any in people’s homes, in those days. They didn’t do that, but there—Oviedo had a swimming pool—a good, big, record[?]-sized pool, and then they had a baby pool next to it. Everybody came from Sanford and everything out there. My daddy ran the pool, and so, every day in the summertime, we’d go to the pool. Every day, after lunch, you’d go to the pool, and then, also, they had a dance floor and an old juke—juke organ, you know, and, uh, so that was a very popular place people went, in the summertime. You’d go all the time, and, uh, that was very important part of our life in those days. That and—actually, we didn’t do much else.</p>
<p>We rode our bikes a lot. That, we did. Uh, walked everywhere. We didn’t have a car. In fact, most—a lot of people didn’t, uh, and at—at school, there would be three—maybe—kids that drove a car to school, when they got in high school. The other cars belonged to the teachers, and these boys usually were from Slavia, and the reason they got to do that was—as soon as school was out they could go home and start workin’ out in the farms there, but, uh—and you walked everywhere. We walked all the way from my[?] house down to the pool, and the crazy part was, eh, we’d do it at night. I would be 15 years old, and I’d be walkin’ home with another friend, and she lived somewhere else, and she’s goin’ to her house and I’d wa—we’d walk all the way home in the dark at 10 o’clock at night. Nobody thought anything about it.</p>
<p>Today, you wouldn’t do that at all. I wouldn’t think of letting my kids to do that, but in those days, it was not a problem, ’n you didn’t lock your door at our house. If you—Mama did decide to lock the door. The windows that went from the porch into the hou—[<em>laughs</em>] to the living room—all you had to do was raise it up and go in. I mean, anybody could com—there was—no one broke into houses. There was not any of that. You hardly ever heard of anybody stealing anything. That didn’t happen, in those days. You just didn’t have like we have today. Uh, it is so different. Everybody took care of everybody else, uh, but as far as, uh, entertainment and all, we rode our bikes to Lake Charm. That was a big thing. Get on your bike and ride out from Oviedo to Lake Charm—you know where that is—and ride around the lake. That was what we did. My brother would catch fish, and he’d sell it to the people that he went by there homes on his way home, and he stopped and sell his fish stock[?]. Yeah [<em>taps on table</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>As I understand, you attended the First Baptist Church of Oviedo?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan</strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Uh, what’re some memories of services or events?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, they had, uh, uh—like when you were real little, they had what they called Sunbeam Band, When you were little. I remember going to that, Sittin’ in the little red chairs, and learnin’, uh, little songs that I’ve never forgot. I could sing them for you to this day, and they learned them in Sunbeam Band, and then, as you got older, they had a girls’ organizin—organization called GAs—Girls’ Auxiliaries somethin’—and—and that was extra that you—so it gave you something else to go to, and you learned all kinds of scripture verses, and you learned so much, and then you got promoted up to another level, and all of that, and the boys had something called RAs—Royal Ambassadors—and they did that, and, uh, you had, uh, the Christmas program, and, uh, that was always a big thing every year—the Christmas program in our Church, And, you went to Church, uh, every Sunday morning and at—Sunday night, and that was what all the teenagers did.</p>
<p>And then, uh, I’ll never forget this, uh—when—my mother would always say, “Come straight home from church.” This was where we lived, right—we lived next to the church almo—within a block of the church, and this was—I was a senior in high school, and, uh, this particular night, [inaudible] my friend—girlfriend lived right down the street from me, and these two boys ask us if we wanted to go for a ride, and, uh, I didn’t particularly want to go with this guy, but I knew she did, so I was going to help her out, and, um, we said, “Okay,” and I knew I was supposed to go home, but I didn’t. So we got in the car with them and we went from Oviedo out to Slavia. You know where that is? Turned down a little dirt road that’s now right where the, um, nursing home is out there. Now, there’s a dirt road that went down there, and got down there, and this guy’s gonna park, and I said, “Nope.” I said, “I want to go home.” So he was not happy. Meanwhile[?], this other couple’s in the back seat.</p>
<p>So he takes off and tears down the road, and we get to the hard road—the road that goes to Winter Park today, and he instead—he goin’ too fast, and he turns and rolls the car. Rolled it over two or three times. I went through the windshield, landed on the—on the railroad track. The railroad track went by there, and the car—I looked and I was alright. The car is upside down, the wheels are still goin’ around [<em>laughs</em>], the lights are on. We had a friend that lived right down the road from there. They heard it, and they came up, and, uh—but in the meantime, a car with a lady in it from Oviedo came drivin' by. She saw the accident, and anyway, it scared them, because they didn’t know where—I wasn’t in the car. They thought maybe I was under the car, but I wasn’t, but the—I di—I lost my shoe—one of my shoes. Couldn’t find it, but anyway, this lady knew me, knew my parents, and she said, “I’ll take you home,” and this was about 10 ‘o clock at night.</p>
<p>So I had to go home, and go in there and wake up my parents. They were already sleepin’—with one—the whole thing that was bothering me was the fact that I lost my shoe—couldn’t find it [<em>laughs</em>], ‘cause I didn’t have but one pair of loafers, you know, and I had to wear ‘em to school the next day. <em>What am I gonna wear to school? </em>Anyway, I had to tell her we—that had[?]—that happened, and I’ll never forget. It Totaled the car. Totaled it—messed it all up, and the—the guy who was driving—his—nobody got hurt really, luckily. I did have to go in a cou—I got dizzy in a couple days and I had to go over and get x-rayed, and I had a slight concussion, but that was never any more to that, and, uh—but anyway, I felt sorry for the boy that was driving the car, because his mother was pregnant, and they were—she had to have that car to go to the doctor in Sanford. So he was in big trouble. That was a memory I remember[?] [<em>laughs</em>] well. Anyway…</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>In a prior conversation, you mentioned the town’s doctor. Could you tell me any stories you have of him?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>The town doctor? Dr. Martin, yes. Dr. Martin was the town—and he did everything. He pulled teeth, and, you know, anybody got anything wrong with them. What you hardly ever—I—I don’t remember going to him, uh, eh, but just one time. um, my mother—I came—came in from somewhere, one time, and my daddy was washing dishes, and that was unheard of, ‘cause I had never seen him wash a dish in my life, or do anything in the kitchen, and he was washing dishes, and I said, “What is goin’ on?” I was a teenager, and, uh, he—my—my mother had been doin’ it, and there was a knife in the water and she had cut her hand real bad, and he had to take her over to Dr. Martin and get it sewed up, and I remember that, and then, another thing that happened, um—Dr. Martin and his wife, Miss—Mrs. Martin, were very active in our church. Mrs. Martin…</p>
<p>[<em>clock chimes</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Taught Sunday school and all that. They—the—this doctor’s office was right next to the church, a little bit behind it—right next to it, and they had a bell out there by the office—doctor’s. The office was right by the home, and if somebody came while the doctor was in church, they would ring the bell and he would hear it, get up and go out of church, and One Sunday that happened. Somebody had done something to their leg, was layin’ on the back of a truck, with no sides on it—just a wooden back—and he goes over to take care of it, and he took that guy’s leg off—the rest of it, while everybody—Of course, as soon as we could get out of church, we all went runnin’ over to see what’s goin on, and we’re all standin’ around watchin’ Dr. Martin take a—saw this guy’s leg off, while he’s layin’ on the back of the truck [<em>laughs</em>]. Yeah, he was a character. Yup.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>And also, um, in an earlier conversation a—about school, you mentioned, uh, the disciplinary actions of certain teachers.</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>What are some experiences that stuck out to you?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, well, I’m not gonna tell you that story I told you last time, ‘cause I don’t want to get in trouble about that one, but, uh, uh, most of my teachers, uh—it—I’ve always said this, and I’ve probably—you probably know this. Everybody does. You always have certain teachers that are really good teachers and you’ll never forget ‘em. I mean, they—I have—I can remember certain teachers that were just good, and then there were some that, you wonder why they’re doing this, you know, uh, but um, I—we had this one teacher and [<em>clears throat</em>] she was hard to get along with, and she wa—she never had a smile on her face. She was just real sharp, and is always getting on everybody for every little thing, and she taught the fourth grade, and I was getting older by then, you know, ‘cause all the grades, one through 12, went to same school. You walked down the hall and—and this was something that I—I was bad sometimes at—I must have been seventh grade, ‘cause junior high is really the bad time [<em>laughs</em>]. I—if you look at my—I have every report card, and I can—you could pick out the ones I had when I was in seventh and eighth grade, uh, and anyway, she was just always mean to the kids, I thought, and so, she left her door open. She’d be in there talkin’ and you can walk down the hall and you’d hear her or see her in there.</p>
<p>So one day, when we were ki—talking out there on the—before you walk into the main building—on the porch, and, uh, so I said—there was a box—an old cardboard box out there, and I said, “I’ma walk down the hall. I’ma throw it in her room. See what happens.” So they bet me I wouldn’t do it, so I did it. I walked in, threw it in there, and ran on down the hall. She caught me, and she took me up to the office, and the principal there knew me, of course, and he knew that she—also that she was a little bit difficult to get along with, and all he did to me was—after she left, he said he’d take care of it, and, uh, he gave me a poem to learn. He says, “Now, just sit here and learn this poem, but don’t do that anymore,” [<em>laughs</em>] but we had some, uh—we had another teacher, who had been there for many years and taught my older si—you know, that was another thing. The teachers you got—they had already had your older sister, who was a brain.</p>
<p>You know, you’re supposed to know as much as she did, and, uh, they always compared you, as you went down the kids, but, uh, we had this teacher, and she could be—she was a good teacher, but she—she didn’t really—I don’t think she had children of her own. I don’t think she ever had children, but she would do things that, uh, would hurt people. Like we had this one girl that lived across the railroad track—her home was right over there—and she’d walk to school across the railroad track every day. Nicest person in the world, and one day she did something, and this—this teacher criticized her so badly in front of the whole class, and the girl did not deserve it. She didn’t do anything. Oh, she was a little bit late, I think, and I think she was late, because the train was across the track, and she got all over her or bein’ late to class and made the girl cry, and she did that to another girl in my class, and I just—it just really—I never, ever forgot it. Even though she was a good teacher, she—she would ridicule students sometimes, and, uh, I thought that—and—and it was embarrassing for that student, in front of the other kids, uh, and so you just remember certain people for certain things, but most of my teachers were good.</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Oh, and I gotta tell you one more school story. Right next to the school, lived—there was some houses, and one of these houses was Mr. McCulley’s[sp] house. Charlie McCulley was my—I went to school, first grade through 12. I wish I knew if he was still livin’ today. I would love to see him. uh, but anyway, they had chickens—chicken yard, and one night, uh, some of the high school boys got Mr. McCulley’s chickens—three or four—and brought them over, and—and for some reason, we were able to get in and out of the school. I don’t know what it was, but they knew how to open—pick the lock or something, then go in there, and so, they got these chickens and they had this teacher that was a retired military. His name was Mr. Bayton[sp], and Mr. Bayton was vague. He shouldn’t have been teaching history. I mean, he was like—he didn’t even know the subject, you know, and he didn’t—nobody cared for him, but he was just kinda dumb, and so they put these chickens in his room and shut the door and left them in there [<em>laughs</em>] all night. The next day, he came to school and had all those chickens in there, and another time, they took somebody’s old “Model T,” and put it in the hall—put it in the hall, and every Halloween, they put a metal trashcan on top of the flagpole, upside down. Nobody ever figured out how they did it, but they—that was—you knew it would be there the next mornin’ [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p>Another thing though, when I went to school, what we did every day—they—they had the [American] flag, it stayed in the office, and they had certain people that did this, and they would take the flag out, unfold it, put it on the flagpole, and put the flag up, and that was—and if it rained, you ran out there and took the flag down. You never let the flag stay up there in the rain. You never let it stay up overnight. That was the way it was always. The whole time I was at school, it was that way.</p>
<p>We always had what we called chapel every S—every Friday morning, everybody in the school went to the auditorium and there was a program. A lot of—once a month, you had a pastor of one of the churches came and talked, and it’d be a different one each time, and today, that could never happen. You always had the Pledge of Allegiance every morning before class, and you always said the Lord’s Prayer. You did those two the whole time I was in school. Now, things have changed.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>I have read that, uh, Oviedo High did not become integrated until the 1960s. Growing up during segregation, do you recall any incidences where you recognized the separation of races?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Oh, when I was growing up—I remember when integration started, ‘cause we were livin’ here, and I had kids in school, and I remember the first day, uh, that it—that the schools were integrated, and my kids were in high school, at that time, but back when—when I was growin’ up, it—everything was segregated. Blacks were—rode—if they got on the bus, they had to ride in, uh, like the—we had a bus that came from Orlando to Oviedo. It was called Orlando Transit, and if you got on the bus, all the black people had to sit in the back. They loaded back to front, but this was another thing. They did have buses that went—went out to get kids to go to my school, but blacks didn’t have a bus. They—they had to walk to school, and they lived past where I lived up on the hill that—what we called “The Negro Quarters.” they were called “The Quarters.” They lived—a lot of ‘em—there were different places, but there was a group down there. They walks by our house, and they had to walk all the way across town to the black school, and of course, there was—it was no—no integration at all, and, uh, it even, uh—it was just unheard of for, uh—for people to mix up, or—or even—they was[sic] just two separate entities, and, uh, it—gradually, it got better.</p>
<p>I remember like when my daughter, who, uh, just passed away this last summer—when she was a senior in high school, she was yearbook editor, just like I was yearbook editor when I was in school, and, uh—but, uh—and the two years before that, we had integration. it started when my oldest son<a title="">[9]</a> was still in sch—still in school, and, um, so there were some black[sic] on her, uh, editor—on her, uh, staff to do the yearbook, and when they got ready to have the ye—the party, there was a big discussion about whose house they could have it at, because that meant black people—kids were gonna come.</p>
<p>The same way with my daughter, uh—my younger daughter, Julie [Karin Reagan], who‘s a nurse, uh, now. Uh, when she was a cheerleader, uh, we had some black girls that were cheerleaders with her, and, uh, lot of people—it was hard for a lot of people to get used to that. They didn’t like it, and—but I remember I took ‘em, um, ‘cause the parents—the white girls’ parents worked too. I was a stay-at-home mom, and, uh, all the other parents of the cheerleaders worked, and so they never went to anything, and then every—the cheerleaders needed to go to cheerleading camp. I drove ‘em over there, picked ‘em up. I made their uniforms, and—and I took the black girls too, you know, and somebody would say, “Are[?]—are you gonna do that?” I’d say, “Yes,” and I can remember that, and then I remember when my oldest daughter—the one that was a yearbook editor—went to Miami, she trained at, uh, Jackson Borough School for Nursing, and she had to watch a[sic], uh, autopsy. They had this group[?]. they watched up looking down from this glass to watch it, and that was part of her nurses training, and it was a black girl they were an autopsy on, and she said, “You know, Mom, when you open up somebody, they’re the same on the inside as you are,” and she said, “A lot of people need to think about that,” and, you know—and that was just wha—what she figured out on her own, and I said, “That’s[?]—that’s right,” and right now, two or three doors down here, my best friend is a black girl who’s 50 years old, who was married to a white man, who just passed away, and she and I walk every—two days a week, and we have a ball. She is more fun than—anyway, uh, that is certainly not a problem today, but I remember when it was a very big problem.</p>
<p>I can remember when the guy who was the—the de—the she—the, uh, constable or the police chief of Oviedo—the only—only one policeman—I can remember how he mistreated black people that he put in jail. He hit ‘em. He had a billy stick and I remember hearing how he hit ‘em in the head with that, and, you know—I mean, they were mistreated. They were bad. It was bad. I can remember some bad things that happened. I’m certainly glad that part is over. Uh, hopefully, it’s over.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>What year did you graduate at Oviedo High School, and what was the graduation ceremony like?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, I—1951. Nine people in my graduatin’ class. In those days, you always had a—a baccalaureate service. I don’t know if they still—don’t still do that, but they always had a, uh—a, uh—and they had it at the school. It was just like a graduation thing, but They had it like a—on a—two or three days before graduation, you had baccalaureate, and they would, like, preach a sermon, or they would do a—it would be a talk on how you—to live your life and all that sort of thing, but it was a different, and every year, they’d have a different pa—we had a Methodist and a Baptist and a Lutheran ch—church. Those were the three main churches, and they would take turns, uh, doin’ the baccalaureate service.</p>
<p>So you always had that first, and then you had graduation, and at the same time as grad—graduation night, you also—they gave out any awards that—now—now today, my kids—they have an award night for different things, but in the—they did all the awards the night of graduation, and, uh, I got—I’ll never forget this, because my older sister got a bunch. S when I came along, I did too, except…</p>
<p>[<em>clock chimes</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>One. She got one that I didn’t get, and my mother said—as soon as she walked out of that thing, the first thing she said was, “How come you didn’t the”—I forgot what it was—“American Legion Award” or somethin’. I said, “That’s alright. I got best all-around athlete award. My sister didn’t that,” [<em>laughs</em>] but I got the history award and, uh—and the, uh, leadership award. I forgot what—it’s another name for it, but, uh, I’ll never forget that. She didn’t know how come I didn’t get that one, so—but that—we had award’s night the same night, as we did that [<em>taps on table</em>]. That was about it.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>And where did your life take you after high school?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, not very far. My whole thing was to leave Oviedo. Both of my sisters had left and went to work at a bank in Orlando. uh, my older sister went first and she got—she worked at Florida State—it was called Florida State Bank in Downtown Orlando, right down the middle of town, and then when my sister graduated, my ol—other sister had talked to ‘em and got her in the[?]—she worked in the bookkeeping department. So they both went to Orlando to work in the bank.</p>
<p>Well, I didn’t want to work in the bank. What I wanted to do was to go to college, and I did not get to go, and Mr. [Thomas Willington] Lawton—T.W. Lawton—you’ve heard of the Lawtons? Uh, he was a cousin of ours, and, uh, he knew how much I wanted to go, and[?], uh, so I was supposed to go over to—with him, right? ‘Cause he—he drove to Sanford every, uh, day to work at the—down at the courthouse—was where his office was, and, uh, they were gonna have a test for scholarships. You could take these tests to try to get a scholarship to go to co—FSU.<a title="">[10]</a> In those days it was a women’s college,<a title="">[11]</a> and, uh, so I was all set to go. My principal had fixed it for me to go, ‘cause—‘cause I was valedictorian, and—and I was kinda’ smart, and I[?] thought I could pass—get maybe—maybe get a scholarship, and I was gonna go, and Mr. Lawton—and I was—and I already made arrangements with him. I didn’t tell my mother anything about it, ‘cause she had said, “We can’t afford to send you to college,” you know, “We don’t have the money,” uh, and—but so I thought, <em>If I can get a scholarship, you know I can do this</em>, and, uh, so doggonnit, if, uh, Mr.—somebody from sch—one of the teachers called and my mother answered the phone, and she said, “Well, tell Bettye when she goes tomorrow to take the scholarship test” —she didn’t know I was goin’. I didn’t tell her, and, uh—but Mr. Lawton knew, ‘cause I had already contacted him. He was goin’ take me, and so she says, “What is this all about?” And I told her. She said, “We can’t do that.” So she called Mr. Lawton and told him not to come—not to pick me up, ‘cause I couldn’t—even if I got it, it was just—they couldn’t afford all the stuff they still have to do for me to go, and he called back, and he said, “Listen. I will help her go. I will help her financially [inaudible],” but my mother would never take any money from anybody.</p>
<p>So that, I did not get to do, but—so then, I get on the bus, after I get out of school and I [inaudible]—my senior year, I worked for—Mr. Teague, who was the principal, I worked in the office half a day every day, ‘cause I had all the subjects they had. I took [inaudible] instead of st—study hall, I took a subject. So there wasn’t[sic] any subjects left for me to take. So he asked me to be the school secretary, work in the office half—half a day, and I did that all that senior year, and tough—and then after I graduate, I’m—I’m goin’ to Orlando riding the bus, trying to walk around, find a job, which I hadn’t found. I come home one day, and my mother says, “Well, you got a job. I got you a job. Mr. Teague called and wanted to know if you wanted a full-time job being a school secretary.” <em>Oh, jeeze.</em> I wanted to leave. I wanted to get out of Oviedo, and go do somethin’ different.</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>So I was home for a year, and then I got married and moved to Sanford, and then, uh, I was married for three years. I had—we built a house. City of Sanford would give you a lot—give you a lot, but you had to build a house within a year. We built the house. We cleared the lot. I can show you that house today. We built the house—I mean, laid the blocks, poured the floor, did the whole thing in one year. He<a title="">[12]</a> worked for the railroad and we did this when he wasn’t working. We built the house. We laid blocks—all that stuff—and we were able to move in within a year. it wasn’t finished, but we moved in, and, uh, anyway, he was, uh—I had two kids, and when I had a year-old baby<a title="">[13]</a> and a three-year-old son, <a title="">[14]</a> and he was killed, uh, in a train accident, working—he was a railroader—train accident, uh, and then, I met my husband<a title="">[15]</a>—I have today, uh—eight months later, which everybody thought was too soon [<em>laughs</em>], at church, and, uh, we’ve been married—we—we just celebrated, uh, Monday, our 58<sup>th</sup> wedding anniversary. So [<em>taps on table</em>] it worked [<em>laughs</em>], and we had four more kids.<a title="">[16]</a> That’s six.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>After your first husband died, for those eight months, before you met your—how did you survive?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, well, uh, Social Security [Insurance], uh, and he had some insurance and, uh—the other thing though we had done—we had bought—borrowed money and bought, uh, I think it was 4,000 dollars—bought 80 acres—now, 80 acres in Osteen, uh, found a road that if you took it—took you all the way to Oak Hill. It was a back road. It goes through there. We bought 80 acres, and we got these cows from the dairy, and we were—we were raising cows out there. We were doin’ that too. So when he died, I had that 80 acres and about seven or eight cow, uh—calves. I had to go feed ‘em on a nipple bucket, and I was goin’ out there every day doing—in fact, that’s where I was when they came out and found me to tell me what had happened, and, uh, so anyway, uh, I had that when I married Don—he was in, uh, TV business—and, uh, so we—he went out there and got some more cows and played cowboy [<em>laughs</em>], and we had that, and we were eventually able to sell it for [$]16,000, which when—in those—that was a long time ago, back in the—we’re talkin’ about the [19]60s, and, uh—and we bought another five—bought 10 acres out here near the airport, and put our cows out there and we had that.</p>
<p>Then we had a chance to buy this place, and, uh—we lived in town, and he had a really nice, big house. I mov—sold my house out there and moved into his house, and, uh—but we had a pool we added on to the house by the time we had a bunch of kids. We had to keep addin’ onto the house, and we had a pool, which was—new at those time[sic]. Not too many people had ‘em. So every day, I had not just my kids. I had everybody’s in the neighborhood’s kids at my house, and it got to be a zoo. I said, “We gotta move.” So he was out here fixin’ these people’s tel—television set, and he saw this place. He said—and they wanted—there was an old couple—they wanted to move into town. Well, we owned another house across the street that was a rental, and, uh, so they—we almost swapped ‘em, and Of course, we had to work on this one for a year to make it so we could—this—this, uh—this was outside the house. This wall was the outside, and that brick in that fireplace—there was a—fireplace right here. We chipped all the brick out of that. that’s the same brick that were[sic] in the fireplace, and we added this room, and we added another bathroom and put—what was a porch, we made that into bigger bedrooms, and we moved out here with six kids, and, uh, it’s been a great, great place to live, and then we got a lot o—I’ll show you my studio, before you go. It’s outside.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>And how did you meet your—how did you meet Don, your second husband?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>My husband now? At, uh—it was a put-up job [<em>laughs</em>]. It really was. Um, he—he came here in the Navy, and, uh, he was—he got married and he was married. He was divorced, when I met him, um, and he was at the church. Anyway, One day, after my husband had passed away, I called. I had the two little kids, and I was still—I was going to church down there, but—and I had gone to church all my life, but I was so, you know—I was totally—I was just kinda’ down, and I called the—the church, and they said—the assistant pastor came out, and I told him—I said, “I’m goin’ to church, but I’m not gettin’ anything out of it.” I said, “I’m just not”—I was miserable, and he said, “You know what? You need to be—you don’t need to be sittin’ in a class, uh, with you kids anymore[?]. You need to be teaching class,” So he said, “We have seven year olds. We need a teacher for seven year olds. Would you”—and so I said, “Okay.” So I go—first Sunday, I go in this—we had 30-somethin’ seven year olds and there were four or five teachers. He was a teacher, and I was a teacher of Sunday school of seven year olds. They put us both in the same room with a little thing in between, and it didn’t take very long, and, uh, so we got—that’s where I met him—was there. We been together ever since [<em>taps on table</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>What are some fond memories you have raising your children?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Oh [<em>taps on table</em>], great memories, and the good part about it was we had a movie camera. Took movies of everything we did—every Christmas, every Thanksgiving, every birthday, all events. Oh, you should see our kids, going to Lake Eola, lined up where the flowers are, where all the little kids with—all the little girls had white gloves on, hats, frilly dresses. Boys had on ties and coats and—and, uh—gettin’ out of the car, going to church, [inaudible] watchin’ ‘em tryin’ to get in and out of the cars and all that, and, uh—and then going on vacations, camping. That was the only way you could go—take that many kids on vacation is to go camping, and that’s what we did. We went camping. We started up[?] in Florida, ended up in the mountains, and they still go camping to this day, but, uh—and then, I—I enjoyed my kids.</p>
<p>Uh, I never missed a—any program that they were in, and, uh, of course when you got that many, they’re in different things, you know, uh, and that—and this one daughter—she tickled me, because if I was gonna have to go to school for, uh—drive a car for, uh, you know—take the kids somewhere—trip, or something—she would tell me—pick out what she wanted me to wear. She wanted you to look good, you know? [<em>laughs</em>] She would come in there and say, “Mom, this is what I want you to wear,” but, um, I really—and I never missed a PTA<a title="">[17]</a> meeting, and I remember going, and I have two or three kids in one school, and you went to each one of ‘em’s class, and I’m trying to go to all of ‘em’s class, and change classes and do this, but I always did—kept up with what was going on, and, uh—and they all did good in school—pretty good in school, and never really had any major problems with ‘em. Uh, all did school, all—all graduated good[sic], and, uh, have great memories, and then I have all these—and used to be the movies were on film, and then—‘till now. You know, now, it’s entirely different, but my daughter that—the one that you went to her house—she took those, and I dunno how long it took her, she’s finally—still got something to do, and put ‘em all on DVDs, and, uh—and we have ‘em all today. A lot of nice ones. We don’t have anything on TV we want to watch, we sit and watch the kids all growin’, when they were little all the way up. So that—we have those, and I—I tell ‘em today—I said, “Y’all have all these things on camera”</p>
<p>[<em>phone rings</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>“Now you need to be makin’ sure you—you have these things. Don’t just let it get taken off of there, ‘cause we have a record of everything. Y’all aren’t going to have that.” I’m just gonna let that go.</p>
<p>[<em>answering machine</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>I understand that your great-grandfather Andrew Aulin[, Sr.] founded Oviedo.</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>What are some stories about him or other founding families, like the Lawtons or Wheelers that you…</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh…</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Remember being told?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Well, he passed away before I was—was born, and, uh, the, uh—the way that, uh—he came down here—a lot of those people who were Swe—he was Swedish—came over here from Sweden, and he didn’t come the way so many people in this area did. The Sanford area is all—a lot of Swedes over here, and they came over, uh, to work the citrus groves, and the—and the people who owned the groves here would pay their way on the ship, if they’d come and work a year. That’s how a lot of them came, but he didn’t come that way. He came up at, um—on the East Coast in New York or somewhere like that, and he came down through Georgia, and then eventually, into down here, and, um, he, uh, uh—at first, Oviedo—the settlement was out on, uh, Lake Jessup, and they called it White’s Warf—was the name of it—little settlement, and then they sor—sort of moved into O—into what is Oviedo today, and, uh, he was one of ‘em that moved in there, and he became—he was the first postmaster, and they had to come up with a name, and, uh, he was—when they named it, and he was also a schoolteacher…</p>
<p>[<em>clock chimes</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>And he spoke ‘bout four or five languages. He was very smart, and the reason he named it O—it should be pronounced <em>Oh-vee-ay-do</em>—was he traveled, uh, before he came over here, and then he even went back over to Europe several times, and he had been to Oviedo, Spain, and he thought since Florida was a Spanish word, he thought we’d name it Oviedo, and he called it <em>Oh-vee-ay-do</em>, and at, uh, one time, it—it was—it was in Orange County. You know, that used to be all Orange County all this part of it, plus this was too, and—and it was, uh, uh…</p>
<p>[<em>train whistles</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>So then, he—and he opened a store. He had a store there also, and they—and I heard a, uh—different things people have written about him and said that they’d go in their store, and he’d be so intent on reading something. he was very intellectual, and he liked to read all the time—that they’d have to ma—make him quit reading to wait on him, ‘cause he was into that, and [inaudible] when he passed away, he didn’t have a lot of money, but what he had, he game to Rollins College. It was just starting, and he was one of the people that gave what he had to Rollins College, because he wanted to see that college be there. So he was—I wish I had known him. He was—I was—he gone before I came along, and his wife<a title="">[18]</a> was a Lawton.</p>
<p>So that’s how we got involved with that, and, uh, then, it’s—it’s crazy, because when we started going through different history things, I found out that [inaudible] the Lees in Oviedo, which are—that’s all involved—the Lawtons, Lees, and the Wheelers—all [Lee] sisters all married those people. They were sisters and one married a Lawton,<a title="">[19]</a> one married a Lee[sic], and a Wheeler,<a title="">[20]</a> and all that, and, uh, so when—my—on my mother’s side, who came from Sanford, there were some Lees. Her sisters married the Lees, and—and I al—al—I asked a couple times—I said, “Ya’ll kin to the[?] Lees in Oviedo?” Said, “No, no.” Well, they are, uh—they got this book on the Jacobs family and I started reading it, and the Jacobs family, involved with both Lees there, Lee’s here. So way back, if you wanted to go by marriage things, my mother was actually—her people were ancestors with my father’s people, way back and by marriage, and I thought—I just found that out not too long ago, and I bet that they—I’ll tell ‘em. They don’t know it [<em>laughs</em>], but that was, uh—and, uh, another thing—when—when my husband—my first husband—he was Catholic, and, uh, when we—when he went and talked to my daddy about us getting married, and he said, “Well, there’s one thing I want you to do. I don’t care which church you go to, but both of you go to the same one,” because—and Oviedo’s known for that. The Lawtons and the Wheelers and the Lees—the Whe—Frank Wheeler—big in the Baptist church—his wife was big in the Methodist church. Same things with the Lawtons. One went—husband went to one church and the wife we—and my daddy said, “I don’t want to see any more of that.” You—but that was—was one of the things that they did out there too, but they were all related. Yup.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Do you have any family heirlooms that were passed down that you held on to?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, no, uh, I don’t. I have some pictures, but I don’t have any—anything else that—I wish I did, and that is why I[sic] makin’ a point to save everything that I have [<em>laughs</em>], and—Like that bell that’s—there’s a big bell hanging outside. That’s my husband’s family. His father had that bell on the farm in Mississippi, and we were able to get that, and he re—redid it and painted it and all and put it up there, but—but that’s one of the few things we have from his family, and, um, we—so our kids are—that’s the one thing—you don’t get rid of that. that stays in the family, you know, and it’s very, very—it’s made in 1800-somethin’ is what—the date is in it, but, um, no, uh, I don’t think there’s—there’s much left, uh, physical things, you know, um, just some pictures, which I try to keep up with, and I have pictures of my father and his father together, and, uh, things like that, but, uh, no, uh, I don’t—can’t think of any—any artifacts, really, that I have.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Is there anything you like—you’d like to cover that we haven’t addressed?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>No, uh, well, one thing I want to say about Oviedo today, is, uh—it must be a great place to live, because here a few years ago—well, quite a few years ago, when I was starting, uh—doing a lot of painting, and, uh, I—I did a whole thing—a lot of pic—paintings, uh, about Oviedo, and, uh, I went out there and just drove around, went down to where the pool used to be, which they covered it up. it’s not there anymore, but there’s a park down there—children’s park and things, and, uh—and I went down there to—just to take some pictures and look around, and there was[sic] some women down there playing with their kids, and, uh, I—I told them— I said, “Do you mind if I take some pictures?” ‘Cause I didn’t know what I was going to do, but I was going to do some series of paintings on Oviedo, and they said, “Yes.” it was okay, and—and I said, “Would you mind telling me”—‘cause they—they weren’t from there, and I said, “Why did you move here?” And they said, “Well, we researched before we moved”—they came from out of state—”And this just was the best place to move to raise your kids.” They checked it out. They said, “This is a very family-oriented town. They have a lot of things for kids, and it’s—it’s, you know—it’s just a very—it’s the ideal place to raise a family.” I thought, <em>Well, that’s great. </em>So then, I go to another place in Oviedo, another place like that. There’s some more families there. I asked the same question, got the same answer. I said, “Now, isn’t that amazing?” That—that’s sayin’ a lot for Oviedo. It is, and another thing—the Townhouse Restaurant—are you familiar with that? Which they’re fixin’ to move, you know?</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>But, uh, we go out there every now and then just to eat there, but, uh, I remember when it wasn’t the Townhouse, and up above it, there used to be a doctor’s office above that place, but, uh, that corner there—the—the red light—the whole time I was re—growin’ up, that was the red light. the only one in town for many, many years, and I kinda hate to see ‘em do what they’re gonna do there, but that’s progress, and, uh—but, uh, I have very fond memories of Oviedo, but, you know, when you’re growing up, you always think somethin’s gonna be better somewhere else, but, uh, my daughter lives out there, and right down the road, you know, comin’ from—back to Oviedo from her house, there’s a new subdivision that’s called Aulin[‘s] Landin<em>g</em> or something they’re building. That’s got the Aulin name in it. There’s just—new. They just started building it. So that’s something too, and of course, they got Aulin Avenue, you know, out there by the cemetery. So yeah, it’s a—good memories from Oviedo, and I need to get back out there, ‘cause I have—still have people out there that I know. Um, how are you—how—how much more are y’all doing? Do you have more people you’re going to interview? ‘Cause I know somebody would be good to interview [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Oh, I’m sure other classes…</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Like I said, you know, which—which—every new semester, because we’re just…</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>To get as much…</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Of Central Florida’s history as possible. So…</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>If you wanna…</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, the Wards, uh—there’s a, uh—Bob Ward. Uh, his brothers passed away, but Bob Ward—Bob and Joanne Ward. I would recommend, uh, talking to—to them. Uh, they live out there close to where I lived, right across the street from the Wheeler House. The—we used to call Mrs. Wheeler—Mrs. B. F. —Frank Wheeler “The Queen,” and, uh—and she was like a queen, you know? She didn’t speak to you. You speak to—I’ll never forget. One time, since I’ve been—when—after I moved to—to, uh, Sanford, we had a drug store downtown called Tusta’s[?] Drugstore. In those days, it had a soda fountain. just like Oviedo had a soda fountain. Had a soda fountain in it, and I was down there one day, sittin’ in a booth, and, uh, Ms. Wheeler came by, and I recognized her and she recognized me, you know, and she walk right on by and didn’t speak, and goes on down and doggone, if every booth wasn’t full, of course, and so she comes back and then all of the sudden, she remembered who I was, ‘cause she needed a place to sit [<em>laughs</em>]. I thought that was—that was—that was pretty good. That was the way it was. They were a little bit—little bit that way—a little bit that way. Uh…</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Well, thank you so much for your time.</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Mmhmm, you’re welcome. I enjoyed it.</p>
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<p><a title="">[1]</a> Andrew “Andy” Aulin III.</p>
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<p><a title="">[2]</a> Andrew Aulin, Jr.</p>
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<p><a title="">[3]</a> Mary Alice Powell Aulin.</p>
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<p><a title="">[4]</a> Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye) in <em>The Roy Rogers Show</em>.</p>
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<p><a title="">[5]</a> Wheeler Fertilizer Company.</p>
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<p><a title="">[6]</a> Mary Leonora Aulin Bartlett.</p>
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<p><a title="">[7]</a> Charles Warren Aulin.</p>
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<p><a title="">[8]</a> Physical Education.</p>
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<p><a title="">[9]</a> Daniel Lee Reagan, formerly Daniel Lee McGill.</p>
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<p><a title="">[10]</a> Florida State University</p>
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<p><a title="">[11]</a> Florida Female College, later Florida State College for Women.</p>
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<p><a title="">[12]</a> Joel Edwin McGill.</p>
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<p><a title="">[13]</a> Kathleen Ann McGill, now Kathleen Ann Reagan.</p>
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<p><a title="">[14]</a> Daniel Lee McGill, now Daniel Lee Reagan.</p>
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<p><a title="">[15]</a> Donald Thomas Reagan.</p>
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<p><a title="">[16]</a> Debbie Lynn Reagan, Julie Karin Reagan, Andrew Schott Reagan, and Patrick Kelley Reagan.</p>
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<p><a title="">[17]</a> Parent-Teacher Association.</p>
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<p><a title="">[18]</a> Emma “Lona” Leonora Lawton Aulin.</p>
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<p><a title="">[19]</a> Charlotte "Lottie" Lee Lawton married Thomas Willington Lawton and Lillian Della Lee Lawton married Winborn Joseph Lawton, Sr.</p>
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<p><a title="">[20]</a> George Lee Wheeler married Benjamin Franklin Wheeler.</p>
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Abraham Lincoln
Alice Kathryn Aulin Bunch
American flags
Anderson
Andrew Aulin III
Andrew Aulin, Jr.
Andrew Aulin, Sr.
Andrew Schott Reagan
Andy Aulin
art
artists
Aulin Avenue
Aulin's Landing
awards
B. F. Wheeler
baccalaureate services
Baptists
Bayton
Benjamin Franklin Wheeler
Bettye Jean Aulin Reagan
Bettye Reagan
bicycles
bike riding
bikes
Black Beauty
Bob Ward
book reports
books
bovines
busing
camping
canines
car accidents
cattle
chapels
Charles Warren Aulin
Charlie McCulley
Charlotte Lee Lawton
church
churches
clothes
clothing
Coat of Many Colors
coats
cops and robbers
cows
cycling
Daniel Lee McGill
Daniel Lee Reagan
Debbie Lynn Reagan
desegregation
discipline
doctors
dogs
Don Reagan
Donald Thomas Reagan
dressmakers
dressmaking
drugstores
Easter
education
educators
Emma Leonora Lawton Aulin
First Baptist Church of Oviedo
flags
Florida State Bank
forts
Frankie D. Gore
fruit testers
GA
games
George Lee Wheeler
Girls’ Auxiliaries
graduations
Grand Ole Opry
gym
Heidi
high schools
immigrants
immigration
integration
Jackson Borough School for Nursing
Jacobs
Joanne Ward
Joel Edwin McGill
Joel McGill
Julie Karin Reagan
Kathleen An Reagan
Kathleen Ann McGill
Lake Charms
Lake Mary
Lee
Leonard Franklin Slye
Lillian Della Lee Lawton
Lona Lawton Aulin
Lottie Lee Lawton
Martin
Mary Alice Powell Aulin
Mary Leonora Aulin Bartlett
milk
milking
Morrison’s Cafeteria
Nelson and Company
novels
oranges
orlando
Orlando Transit
Osteen
Oviedo
Oviedo High School
Oviedo School
Oviedo, Spain
P.E.
painters
painting
Patrick Kelley Reagan
pets
physical education
physicians
postmasters
pranks
RA
race relations
radios
Rebecca Schwandt
Rollins College
Roy Rogers
Royal Ambassadors
Sanford
school bus
school buses
schools
seamstress
seamstresses
segregation
sewing
Slavia
spitz
spitzen
storekeepers
strawberries
strawberry
Sunbeam Band
Swedes
Swedish
swimming pools
T. W. Lawton
teachers
telephone operators
The Roy Rogers Show
Thomas Willington Lawton
Trigger
Troubles
Tusta's Drugstore
W. J. Lawton
Walker
weddings
West
West House
Wheeler
Wheeler Fertilizer Company
White's Wharf
Winborn Joseph Lawton, Sr.
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Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Alternative Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Subject
Oviedo (Fla).
Description
The Oviedo Historical Society Collection encompasses historical artifacts donated for digitization at the Oviedo Historical Society's History Harvest in the Spring semester of 2015.
The Oviedo Historical Society was organized in November 1973 by a group of citizens. The society is a 501(3) non-profit organization. Its purpose is to help preserve the community identity of Oviedo by collecting and disseminating knowledge about local history, serve as a repository for documents and artifacts relating to Oviedo history, promote the preservation and marking of historic sites and buildings in the Oviedo area and foster interest in local, state, national, and world history.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>." Oviedo Historical Society, Inc. http://oviedohs.com/.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
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Title
Dakin Family by Bettye Reagan
Alternative Title
Dakin Family by Bettye Reagan
Subject
Dakin, Florence
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Description
A painting by Bettye Reagan, a local artist in Central Florida, inspired by a photograph of George W. B. Dakin with his daughter, Florence Dakin, and wife, Anna Marie Olcott Dakin, at the Racimo Plantation, an orange grove along the St. Johns River, in 1887. The caption incorrectly cites the name of Dakin's wife as Anne Maria. Dakin purchased property near Georgetown, Florida, in the early 1880s and settled his family there. Within the next decade, his son, Leonard Dakin, who took the photograph, developed the Racimo Plantation with 5,000 orange trees, 40 laborers, and a packinghouse. The grove was destroyed by a freeze in 1895.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original painting: Reagan, Bettye. <em>Dakin Family</em>. 1997: Private Collection of Bettye Reagan.
Is Version Of
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6358" target="_blank">Florence Dakin, Anna Marie Olcott Dakin, and George W. B. Dakin at the Racimo Plantation</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6358.
Is Part Of
<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.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original painting: Reagan, Bettye. <em>Dakin Family</em>. 1997.
Coverage
Georgetown, Florida
Creator
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin
Contributor
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin
Date Created
1997
Date Copyrighted
1997
Format
image/jpg
Extent
120 KB
Medium
1 painting
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Humanities Teacher
Visual Arts Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Bettye Reagan.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Bettye Reagan and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Bettye Reagan
External Reference
"<a href="https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/27452" target="_blank">Florence Dakin picnicking with her parents at the Racimo Plantation - Georgetown Region, Florida</a>." Florida Memory. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/27452.
"<a href="https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/27460" target="_blank">George Dakin and his son Leonard (in buggy) at the Racimo Plantation - Georgetown Region, Florida</a>." Florida Memory. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/27460.
Anna Marie Olcott Dakin
Anne Maria Olcott Dakin
citrus
Florence Dakin
George W. B. Dakin
groves
Jessie Dakin
Leonard Dakin
oranges
plantations
Racimo Plantation
St. Johns River
tea
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Title
Captain Charles Henry Coe Collection
Alternative Title
Capt. Coe Collection
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Subject
New Smyrna Beach (Fla.)
Journalism--United States
Authors--United States
Description
Captain Charles Henry Coe (1856-1954) was born in Torrington, Connecticut, on February 3, 1856, to William Henry Coe (1824-1879), who founded the town of Glencoe, and Deborah Little Archer Coe (1824-1912). In 1874, his family migrated to Jacksonville, Florida, due to his father's poor health. At age 18, Coe began working for the Jacksonville Tri-Weekly Union. In 1875, Coe moved to New Smyrna Beach and started his first newspaper, <em>The Florida Star</em>. Coe was appointed Deputy Collector of Customs for the port at New Smyrna in 1879, after his father died. In 1880, Coe moved to Glencoe and began producing photographs. Seven years later, he moved to back to Torrington, where he met and married Emma Sopia Johnson (1846-1931). The following year, Coe moved to Asheville, North Carolina, and then later to Highlands, where he established <em>The Highlands Star</em>. In 1889, he moved to Washington, D.C. to work for the Government Printing Office (GPO). <br /><br />Coe published <a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00101387/00001" target="_blank"><em>Red Patriots: The Story of the Seminoles</em></a>, a book about the plight of the Seminole tribe. A copy of <em>Red Patriots</em> was given to every member of Congress, which later passed legislation allowing Seminole land rights in Florida. In 1912, Coe returned to Florida and spent the next 20 years traveling the coast in his cabin cruiser called <em>The Buccaneer</em>. After retiring from the GPO in 1921, Coe spent much of his time exploring Florida's coast as an amateur archaelogist and publishing books, including <em>Juggling a Rope</em> (1927), <em>The Art of Knife Throwing</em> (1931), and <em>Debunking the So-Called Spanish Mission</em> (1941). He died of pneumonia on March 23, 1954.
Contributor
Foster, Andrew M.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/5659https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Coverage
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Glencoe, Florida
Rights Holder
Copyright to these resources is held by Andrew M. Foster and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
External Reference
"<a href="http://emeraldmeinders.wix.com/capt-charles-h-coe?fb_ref=Default" target="_blank">Capt. Charles Henry Coe.</a>." Capt. Charles H. Coe. http://emeraldmeinders.wix.com/capt-charles-h-coe?fb_ref=Default.
Foster, Andrew M. "<a href="http://www.jupiter.fl.us/DocumentCenter/View/4060" target="_blank">Captain Charles Henry Coe</a>." History: Town of Jupiter, August 7, 2013. http://www.jupiter.fl.us/DocumentCenter/View/4060.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 color digital image
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Title
Headstone of William Henry Coe at the Edgewater-New Smyrna Cemetery
Alternative Title
Headstone of William H. Coe
Subject
Edgewater (Fla.)
Cemeteries--Florida
Graveyards
Journalism--Florida
Coe, William
Description
The headstone for William Henry Coe (1824-1879), the founder of Glencoe, at the Edgewater-New Smyrna Cemetery, also known as Hawks Park Cemetery, located at 700 South Ridgewood Avenue in Edgewater, Florida. Due to poor health, Coe moved with his wife and children from Connecticut to Jacksonville in 1874 and established an orange grove the following year four miles west of New Smyrna, an area that would later become Glencoe. In 1877, Coe became an editor for <em>The Florida Star</em>, a newspaper founded by his son, Captain Charles Henry Coe (1856-1954). In April of 1879, Coe was appointed Deputy Collector of Customs for the port at New Smyrna. Just a few months later, on October 23, Coe died of silicosis, likely a result of his work as a copper miner in Illinois during the 1840s. The headstone in this photograph was a replacement for the original, which had been lost over 120 years prior.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original color digital image by Robert Redd, 2015: Private Collection of Andrew M. Foster.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/167" target="_blank">Captain Charles Henry Coe Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Coverage
Edgewater-New Smyrna Cemetery, Edgewater, Florida
Glencoe, Florida
New Smyrna, Florida
Creator
Redd, Robert
Contributor
Foster, Andrew M.
Date Created
ca. 2015-02
Format
image/jpg
Extent
361 KB
Medium
1 color digital image
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Robert Redd.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Andrew M. Foster and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Andrew M. Foster
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.jupiter.fl.us/DocumentCenter/View/4978" target="_blank">In Memoriam</a>." <em>The Florida Star</em>, October 30, 1879. http://www.jupiter.fl.us/DocumentCenter/View/4978.
Foster, Andrew M. "<a href="http://www.jupiter.fl.us/DocumentCenter/View/4060" target="_blank">Captain Charles Henry Coe</a>." History: Town of Jupiter, August 7, 2013. http://www.jupiter.fl.us/DocumentCenter/View/4060.
Andrew M. Foster
cemeteries
cemetery
citrus
Deputy Collector of Customs
Edgewater
Edgewater-New Smyrna Cemetery
editors
Glencoe
graves
graveyards
grinder's asthma
Hawks Park Cemetery
headstones
miner's phthisis
New Smyrna Cemetery
New Smyrna Museum of history
orange groves
oranges
potter's rot
Robert Redd
silicosis
The Florida Star
William Henry Coe
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Title
Sanford Collection
Description
The present-day Sanford area was originally inhabited by the Mayaca/Joroco natives by the time Europeans arrived. The tribe was decimated by war and disease by 1760 and was replaced by the Seminole Indians. In 1821, the United States acquired Florida from Spain and Americans began to settled in the state.
Camp Monroe was established in the mid-1830s to defend the area against Seminoles during the Seminole Wars. In 1836, the United States Army built a road (present-day Mellonville Avenue) to a location called "Camp Monroe," during the Second Seminole War. Following an attack on February 8, 1837, the camp was renamed "Fort Mellon," in honor of the battle's only American casualty, Captain Charles Mellon.
The town of Mellonville was founded nearby in 1842 by Daniel Stewart. When Florida became a state three years later, Mellonville became the county seat for Orange County, which was originally a portion of Mosquito County. Citrus was the first cash crop in the area and the first fruit packing plant was constructed in 1869.
In 1870, a lawyer from Connecticut by the name of Henry Shelton Sanford (1832-1891) purchased 12,548 acres of open land west of Mellonville. His vision was to make this new land a major port city, both railway and by water. Sitting on Lake Monroe, and the head of the St. Johns River, the City of Sanford earned the nickname of “The Gate City of South Florida.” Sanford became not only a transportation hub, but a leading citrus industry in Florida, and eventually globally.
The Great Fire of 1887 devastated the city, which also suffered from a statewide epidemic of yellow fever the following year. The citrus industry flourished until the Great Freezes of 1894 and 1895, causing planters to begin growing celery in 1896 as an alternative. Celery replaced citrus as the city's cash crop and Sanford was nicknamed "Celery City." In 1913, Sanford became the county seat of Seminole County, once part of Orange County. Agriculture dominated the region until Walt Disney World opened in October of 1971, effectively shifting the Central Florida economy towards tourism and residential development.
Alternative Title
Sanford Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Contributor
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
<a href="https://www.thehistorycenter.org/" target="_blank">Orange County Regional History Center</a>
<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/" target="_blank">Sanford Historical Society, Inc.</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=108" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
"<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48" target="_blank">Sanford: A Brief History</a>." City of Sanford. http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48.
<em>The Seminole Herald</em>. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52633016" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Our First 125 Years</em></a>. [Sanford, FL]: The Herald, 2002.
<span>Mills, Jerry W., and F. Blair Reeves. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11338196" target="_blank"><em>A Chronology of the Development of the City of Sanford, Florida: With Major Emphasis on Early Growth</em></a></span><span>, 1975.</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/82" target="_blank"><em>Celery Soup: Florida’s Folk Life Play</em> Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/65" target="_blank">Churches of Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/131" target="_blank">Creative Sanford, Inc. Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/41" target="_blank">Georgetown Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/78" target="_blank">Marie J. Francis Collection</a>, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/101" target="_blank">Sanford Avenue Collection</a>, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/79" target="_blank">Goldsboro Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/116" target="_blank">Henry L. DeForest Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/12" target="_blank">Hotel Forrest Lake Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/14" target="_blank">Ice Houses of Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/42" target="_blank">Milane Theatre Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/13" target="_blank">Naval Air Station Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Sanford Baseball Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/61" target="_blank">Sanford Cigar Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/10" target="_blank">Sanford Riverfront Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/11" target="_blank">Sanford State Farmers' Market Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
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Title
Oral History of Bette Skates
Alternative Title
Oral History, Skates
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Teachers--Florida
Education--Florida
Churches--Florida
Description
An oal history of Bette Skates, conducted by Diana Dombrowski on July 9, 2010. As the historian of the Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Sanford, Florida, Skates discusses growing up in Sanford, how Sanford has changed over time, her educational and family history, her career as a teacher, school integration, the history and activities of the Holy Cross Episcopal Church, her role as church historian, how education has changed over time, ad Florida's Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT).
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction<br />0:00:47 Growing up in Sanford<br />0:07:13 How Sanford has changed over time<br />0:08:47 Mother's beauty shop<br />0:11:05 Going to college, getting married, and raising a family<br />0:13:43 Career in education and school integration<br />0:20:03 Home and family<br />0:23:07 Church life<br />0:24:45 History of General Henry Shelton Sanford and the Holy Cross Episcopal Church<br />0:36:08 Trends in congregational membership<br />0:37:59 Church involvement in the Sanford community<br />0:42:08 Church memorials and artifacts<br />0:49:33 Role as church historian<br />0:52:40 How education has changed over time<br />0:56:59 Florida's Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT)<br />1:01:21 Historical events<br />1:04:51 Children<br />1:05:47 Schools that Skates taught at<br />1:09:01 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Bette Skates. Interview conducted by Diana Dombrowski at the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
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Skates, Bette. Interviewed by Diana Dombrowski. July 9, 2010. <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
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Coverage
St. Gertrude's Grove, Sanford Florida
Montezuma Hotel, Sanford, Florida
Stetson University, DeLand, Florida
Geneva Elementary School, Geneva, Florida
Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Sanford, Florida's. Gertrude's Grove, Sanford Florida
Belair Grove, Lake Mary, Florida
Creator
Skates, Bette
Dombrowski, Diana
Date Created
2010-07-09
Date Modified
2014-10-01
Date Copyrighted
2010-07-09
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application/pdf
Extent
702 MB
263 KB
Medium
1-hour, 9-minute and 34-second audio recording
27-page typed transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Originally created Bette Skates and Diana Dombrowski.
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Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
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Cepero, Laura
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<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
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<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.sanfordholycrossepiscopal.com/about-us.html" target="_blank">Holy Cross Episcopal Church est. 1873</a>." Holy Cross Episcopal Church. http://www.sanfordholycrossepiscopal.com/about-us.html.
Stinecipher, Grace Marie. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10878290" target="_blank"><em>A History of the First Baptist Church, Sanford, Florida, 1884-1984</em></a>. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1984.
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><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>This is an interview with Bette Skates, the church historian for Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Sanford. This interview is being conducted on July 8, 2010,<a title="">[1]</a> at the Museum of Seminole County History. Interviewer is Diana Dombrowsk<strong>i</strong>, representing the museum for the Historical Society of Central Florida.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Good.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>I just have some basic questions first. Your name is Bette Skates, but where and when were you born?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>I was born in Philadelphia[, Pennsylvania] in 1933.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh, wow. What brought your family to Florida?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>My father’s ill health, which is what brings most people to Florida back in the day.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Yeah. That’s true. When did you move here? Did you grow up in Central Florida?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>I moved to Sanford in 1944.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh, okay. What was it like? Could you describe it? Was it very big? Was it busy?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Sanford was a railroad town. And my father worked for the railroad—is the reason, besides the fact that his health was not good, and he needed to get out of the North. And he was a Georgia boy to begin with. So he wanted to come south. And so when he had this opportunity to work for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, at the freight station, he was very eager to accept the job. We came in on a train that they call the—well, there’s two of them. One was the Orange Blossom Special, and the other was the Champion. And this was the passenger train from the North—from Philadelphia and New York. All points north.</p>
<p>When we came into the station, my mother had never—well, yes. Mother had been south before, but we hadn’t, as children—very young children. I was ten—nine or ten. And when we pulled into the station and got off the train, the humidity hit us like it was going to knock us out. And I said, “Oh. Let’s get back on the train.”[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>And that was before air—trains were air-conditioned too, but—but it was still cooler on the train.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>So my dad said, you know, “This is nothing. This is fine. This feels wonderful. Get used to it.”</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>]And my mother—she’s just kind of being quiet and fanning herself. We had this—it—it was the old station that was on—on Ninth Street, and they’ve since torn it down.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>On Ninth and, uh—well, it was just Ninth Street. I guess there was side street, but I don’t recall. right off of French Avenue. Because then the tracks still all—we still had tracks running all over downtown.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Hmm.</p>
<p><strong>Skates <br /></strong>They’re—they’re not there now, because back in the day, when trains first came in—all of the wharves and the produce—everything came in to downtown to the river. So, um, we had—let me get back to my story. So we got off the train and my sister and I—and she was a year younger than I am—and we both started—“Something smells funny. What is it?” My dad said, “Oh, that’s sulfur water! Oh, come over here, girls!” He says. “Come over here!” And here’s a water fountain, right up against the train station. I think it was a brick train station. Right there, it’s all green inside, where the water is coming out. And we’re looking at this saying, “Oh, this smells so bad!” You know. We’re holding our noses, and he’s getting very annoyed with us. “Take a taste of that water. That’s healthy water. That’s better than drinking that Schuylkill River water you’ve been drinking in Philadelphia.” Of course, my mother is being as she always is—long-suffering. And she said, “Well, they can taste it if they want to.” We tasted it and we almost gagged! Sulfur water—the first time you ever taste it, is horrible. You do get used to it. And you do realize that it is healthy.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>But, it’s all the water fountains in the city. And there were water fountains in the parks, and there was one in front of the [First] Baptist Church [of Sanford], and different places. They were all over town. And they were all sulfur water.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Skates <br /></strong>So you did get used to it.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh my goodness. So was the smell everywhere too?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Everywhere. Sulfur smells like rotten eggs.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>It does. Yeah. I remember we went to the [Ponce de Leon’s] Fountain of Youth [Archaeological Park] and they were giving it out, you know.</p>
<p><strong>Skate<br /></strong>Yes, yes. But it’s supposed to be good for you. So, we got off the train there. And we—I think we took a cab, because we didn’t have a car at that time. And we went to an apartment my father had rented. And I guess I need to say this too, because these are the things that people that haven’t lived here don’t understand or can’t get used to. When we got to the apartment—we had an upstairs apartment. A lovely old two-story house in Sanford just two blocks from where I live now, by the way. And the whole upstairs—this was during the war—and every house in Sanford had been made into apartments and efficiencies, because the Navy base<a title="">[2]</a> was here, and housing was a premium.</p>
<p>As we started to go up the stairs, and on the porch was a burlap sack that had something in it. My dad said to me, “Bette, grab that bag and bring it upstairs.” We had our suitcase and everything. I went to pick up the bag, and roaches came out of the bag. They were flying roaches and they were flying all over. I don’t know how many. It might have been two, but it seemed like a hundred. Of course, I dropped it and screamed and had a hissy fit, a good Southern expression. Someone had left a bag of oranges there for us. And, so roaches, of course—so that was my introduction to Sanford.</p>
<p>The apartment was lovely and it was cool with oak trees. Of course, I found out that oak trees breed roaches too, so we had roaches flying in the windows and things like that. Yeah, like the water, and the humidity—you try to get used to it. I don’t think I ever got used to the roaches. But that was my introduction to Sanford.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>How long did you live in the apartment?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>We lived there for four years, and then my mom bought a house. And my father was ill. I mean, he was very ill, and he knew he was dying. My mother opened a beauty shop downtown, just in 1956, because she knew that she was going to have to support the family. He died in ’56. So she had her beauty shop for 25-30 years in Downtown Sanford.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>That’s really nice.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>She’s the one that could tell the stories [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Okay [<em>laughs</em>].How has Sanford changed when you were growing up there? It was a big railroad town, and your mother, it seems, was there for a very long time. Did you see it get busier? Or develop more?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Yes, development. The stores that I remember, as growing up, are—I was trying to think if there are any that are still downtown. But, coming from a big city, it was very nice that we could walk everywhere. Ride bicycles.</p>
<p>We went to school at the grammar school and then at Seminole High School, which was just up not too far from my house. I mean, everything was convenient. It was very nice. It was a good, homey feeling, and everybody was friendly. It was a very nice place to grow up, I think. And the schools—my father did not think much of the schools, but then again, in the South, schools hadn’t really caught up by that time. It took quite a few years for them to catch up to what we had been used to. But it, you know, was a nice place to grow up. Very nice.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>That’s—that’s nice [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>What was it like for your mother to set up the beauty shop? Was it very difficult? Or…</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>It was very difficult. My grandparents—her mother and father—had lived in Philadelphia. And they had, um—they sold their property up there and came down, just after my dad died, to live with my mother. I know—to help her. We didn’t realize it, at the time, but, um—and they helped her with finances for the beauty shop</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>So that was—it was very nice. And they lived with us actually, until they both died. They lived with my mother. Um, So that was, um—that was the way she could do what she did. The beauty shop was, um—what—what she would charge for what—for the work she did—I wish I had a price list. But I remember one time, she said something about a dollar and quarter for a manicure. We all said, “Is that all?” She said, “If I had charged a dollar and a half, they wouldn’t come back.”</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh, wow.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>So, I mean, the prices were—were—were really…</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Different.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Different.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] Yeah. Yeah. So yeah. But it was her—her hopes[?]—her beauty shop was in the Montezuma Hotel, which that building has burned down since…</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Then. It was a big hotel that was built here in the 1880s.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Hmm.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>It was about four blocks from the river, and People would get off the steam ships and walk up the little hill and—to the hotel. It was called the “Bye Lo Hotel,” at the time—I mean, at that time. It was later changed to the Montezuma. But it was—when Mother had the beauty shop there, it was a little spooky</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Really?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>It was old, you know?</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>And—and there’s a lot of people who still lived there. But, uh, it burned down a few years ago. [inaudible]…</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Hmm.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>About 12 years ago, I guess. So, uh, that was—that was a loss, but it was the first hotel in Sanford that had a swimming pool. Maybe the only…</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh, wow.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>One. It was in the basement…</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Of the hotel.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>That would be cool.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>So that was neat. Later, they, uh, put a furnace in the swimming pool and didn’t use that anymore. I never saw the swimming pool with water in it.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>I did see it with a furnace in it.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>But, uh, um…</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Um, Where did you go to school? Did you go to college?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>I did. I went to Stetson University, um…</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>I started at Stetson in 19well, let’s see. I was going to OJC—Orlando—it was Orlando Junior College. I went there for a while, and then I went to Stetson. It took me—I—I figured this out one time, but I don’t remember. Let’s see. 70—It took me about—I hate to say too much, because I—I—it took me a long time to graduate. I got married when I was 18.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>I went to college, and I spent three months at Middle Georgia College, up in, uh, Cochran, Georgia. My cousins, uh—my dad’s sister wanted their daughter to go, and she wouldn’t go. She was homesick. And they said, “Well, if Bette would come and go with her, she would go.” So I went there, and I spent three months. Had a wonderful time. Made the Dean’s List. Was just doing fine, except I had a boyfriend, and I was in love</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Aww [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>]. And my moth—the woman’s—the—the—the boy’s mother kept saying, “Well, I was married when I was 18,” So I decided that it was good enough for her, it was good enough for me. So I married him. So…</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>I went to college in between having my children.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Every time I could get, uh—I could find some money, or get a loan, or—there—there were student loans—there were [Federal] Pell Grants we could get. They—Loans were much easier to get in those days, so I could get student loan. So I would go to school for a while and then I would get pregnant again. And then I’d…</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Go to school for a while and then I would get pregnant again.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>This went on until 1964—well, it—let’s see when. I don’t remember how many years. But I finally started teaching when I was—when it was, um—it was 1965, I think.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>So it took me a long time to get certified to teach, but I did. And then I taught for 30 years in Seminole County.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Yeah. Which has been exciting.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>How many children did you have?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>I have four children.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Yeah. So I was kind of spacing this. Finally—I might want to censor this—finally about 1968, my husband got tired of it. Anybody, I guess, could understand that. He said—he didn’t sign on for that. So that was alright. But we managed, very well, and thank goodness I had my education so I could support my family. So it was good.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>So you taught in the school system for 30 years. What was it like in the 60’s? What was integration like?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>My first 10 years, I taught out in Geneva [Elementary School].</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh, I like Geneva.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Oh, I love Geneva. I still hear from those kids. They’re great. Of course, they’re not kids. They’re grown. It was wonderful. It was probably the best teaching assignment you could have for a beginning teacher. Because by that time, I was 35 when I started teaching.</p>
<p>I was trying to think of how to put this. The schools had not been integrated much at that time. I don’t remember the year that I had the first black student, but I had a sweet boy. Now I was teaching fifth grade. He had come up through the grades. There was only five grades—five classrooms—at Geneva.</p>
<p>And the first year that I taught there, I taught in the auditorium, because there was no place. So what they did was take out the first couple rows of seats and let us set the classroom up right in front of the stage. Which was good until I got a couple of kids that were a little bit older than they should have been in fifth grade—a boy and a girl. And next thing I knew, they were behind the stage, and I had to go get them. They were good kids, and they really didn’t do anything bad, I don’t think. But I would have been in big trouble.</p>
<p>But anyway, the first black child I had—I was going to say I’ll never forget his name, and I did. What a sweetheart he was [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>But he was just testing. He was testing us, going to see if the system was going to work. He was a nice kid. Good parents. If I called his parents before he left school, by the time he got off the bus at home, they were back at the school to see what he had done or hadn’t done. Because he didn’t like to do homework and he didn’t like to do class work. Guess he had just been allowed to get away with more than he should have. But he wasn’t used to me. Anyway, he was a nice kid. Yeah, it was interesting, and the children we had at Geneva—the black and the white children—were I think just the salt of the earth. I mean they were really good people. Parents were country folks, most of them at that time. Now, later on, when UCF [University of Central Florida] opened, we started getting a different group of children. Their parents were more educated. They were professors and people that worked at the college. And so by the time I left Geneva, it had changed a good bit.</p>
<p>My two younger boys, I brought with me to Geneva, so I taught two of my own children in fifth grade. Which was—everybody says, “How is it working?” I said, “It works fine.” No problem. They were good kids to begin with. It worked out. It was fine. That was good too, because, that was, at the time, in Sanford. My two older children—there were a lot of problems at schools in Sanford, with the integration. They started busing—I don’t remember the year. When I was going to Geneva, my daughter was being bused to what used to be an all-black high school—Crooms High School—which they did just to integrate. And that was wrong. Because the kids—the black kids were not happy, the white kids were not happy. And the black teachers and the white teachers were all upset about it, but they were busing the kids across town. So I’m driving to Geneva ten miles away and my daughter is in a bus driving across the city, and I don’t know where she is and what’s happening. It was worrisome. But it all worked out. It just took time and a lot of patience on both sides. It should never have been separate to begin with, but we have to fix our mistakes.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>So tensions were high?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Very high.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Was it ever violent?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Yeah. There was violence. A lot of it was threatened. You know, just like, if you go down this street, we’re going to throw rocks at the bus and things like that. That was very worrisome. And my oldest son, when he was in ninth—and well, high school. It was ninth grade at Crooms. But when he was in ninth grade and tenth grade—all through school, he was a big boy, and had red hair. And it was a novelty. He got a lot of—he did his best to stay out of trouble, but trouble came to him. And of course, he tells me now he got blamed for a lot of things he didn’t do, but I’m not going to go there. You know how kids are. Anyway, he hung in there. His high school experiences were very bad. Very bad. Yeah. It was real sad. But my daughter didn’t seem to have the problems. She was also redheaded, but she seemed to go with the flow easier. He was a target. You know, a big guy. But he’s not a fighter. He didn’t want to fight, but anyway. We got through it [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Good [<em>laughs</em>].Did you all live in Sanford at the time? Did you drive to Geneva and back?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>I drove to Geneva. Yeah. I bought the house that I’m still living in, in 1958.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Yeah. So I raised my family there. And just last couple years ago, we celebrated our 50<sup>th</sup>—I said, I’ll never have a golden wedding anniversary—so we celebrated our golden anniversary living in the house. So the kids got together and each one did something. But anyway, they have a photograph of the house framed in a beautiful frame that my grandson found when he was working for the College Hunks Hauling Junk. He found a frame and on the bottom of it my daughter wrote in gold, “Thanks for the memories.” So it’s very nice. I have it hanging over the piano. It’s very nice.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>That’s wonderful. So it’s downtown?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Yes. It’s downtown. If you go—First Street is the street where all the commerce is, where the business is. I live between Eleventh [Street] and Twelfth [Street] on Park Avenue. And Park Avenue’s the main street that goes down to the lakefront, and used to be [U.S. Route] 17-92 back in the day. That is where traffic went through the town. It’s in the historic district.</p>
<p>The house was built in 1924. It’s probably more than anybody wants to know, but it’s called a “Craftsman Airplane Bungalow.” Because the upstairs is one room, and a bathroom, and it has 12 windows all the way around. So it looks like you’re looking out airplane windows. You’re not. They’re regular windows, but anyway, that’s what it’s called.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>That sounds really cool. I love Craftsman style.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Yes. It’s really nice. I have pillars on that house that are real unique. They’re made out of coquina.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Yeah. My fireplace—the chimney is made out of coquina. And it’s much higher than the first floor. It goes up past the second floor, because the second floor is sitting kind of in the middle of the house. It’s really neat. You’ll have to come see me.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>This sounds like a real Florida house.</p>
<p><strong>Skates </strong>It is a real Florida house. Yeah. For a good many years we didn’t have air conditioning, so we had what they called an “attic fan” that’s up in the second floor attic. When you turn it on and you open a window in each room, one window—it sucks the cool night air in and keeps the house cool. Only it slams doors, you have to be real careful, because doors get sucked. You get slamming doors all day. But it was neat. I don’t remember being miserable.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Well, good.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>I don’t remember being exactly hot. So it must have worked.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Were you a member of the church since you moved here?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>No. We were Lutheran when we first moved here. My sister and I had both been confirmed in the Lutheran Church in Philadelphia. And so I convinced my husband that he should join the Lutheran church, and so we went as a family until he left. And well, the kids were teenagers, and you know how hard it is to get teenagers to go to church. So I just decided that I had always loved the [Holy Cross] Episcopal Church, and I loved the architecture, and the history, and Jesus. I’m sorry, Jesus. I get carried away. But so we—my daughter and I, and my youngest son—all joined the Episcopal church. My two older sons were not interested. But they were grown by that time, and I didn’t feel like I could force them to do that. They had to want to do that. And I’m still a member.</p>
<p>But how I got the job as historian, I made the mistake of correcting someone. You know how when someone says, “Oh, it was 1873—2, or something?” I said, “No. it was ’73.” “We need a historian. You’re—you’re it. You’re going to do it.” [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>I said, <em>Oh, my gosh. I should keep my mouth shut</em>. [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>But I love it. I’ve been doing this since, um, [20]04.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Wow. Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Yeah. So the church, they said, had no written history. I’ve—I’ve found all kinds of stuff, so it’s—I’ve collected it. I’ve got it together. I write a news, uh, article each month for our church newsletter that goes out every month, telling, you know, whatever it is I found out recently about the church. And so it’s—it’s a good thing. I enjoy it.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Could you speak a little about the church? When it was founded, you know?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Yes,. This was General [Henry Shelton] Sanford’s church. When General Sanford—Henry Sheldon Sanford—came to this area in 1870—probably 1870. It was after the Civil War, and he was trying, as a lot of—I don’t want to call them “carpetbaggers,” but some people do. A lot of people—wealthy northerners—came down and tried to make their fortune, or another fortune. He had been ambassador to Belgium. They called him a liaison. Liaison? That doesn’t sound right. Well, anyway, yeah. I guess he was. But he also was a spy for the Union Army during the war—the Civil War.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh, my goodness.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>And he was traveling around going to different foreign capitals, trying to get some of those countries to send ammunition and guns to the North. So there’s a whole big story that I haven’t even started on of his spying for the North. But when he finished up with that job—I guess he retired from that job, because he was probably in his 50s then, I think. He married a beautiful lady. She was living in Belgium, but she was from the United States. The Sanford Museum has a huge, gorgeous painting of the home they lived in, in Belgium. It looks like a small—like maybe the Queen might have had that summer home, or something. It was beautiful. We have friends in Sanford that have visited that area and that house, and they’re using that house as a retreat for nuns now. Anyway, General Henry Sanford—he became a general, because he gave some cannons to the state of Minnesota, because he wanted a title. So the Governor of Minnesota [Alexander Ramsey] made him a general.</p>
<p>So, anyway, let’s see. Let me get back to the church. So he bought a lot of land down on the lakefront. He was right for his time, that Sanford—and of course it wasn’t called Sanford in those days) —that this area, Mellonville, was going to be the “Gateway to South Florida.” Because all supplies—food, you know, everything that people need to start up a homestead—they would have to buy in Sanford. So he had a lumber mill. Somebody else had a grocery store. I mean they had all things people, you know, the pioneers, would need.</p>
<p>He bought orange trees from all over, and he planted orange trees. One of his groves—his first grove [St. Gertrude’s Grove] —was downtown right on the lakefront where there’s apartment buildings and city hall and things there now. Citrus didn’t do too well there. The soil apparently wasn’t good enough, and so they moved out to what he called Belair [Grove], and that’s out towards Lake Mary, around the lakes. So, his Belair Groves[sic] were very profitable.</p>
<p>About 1873, he decided that there needed to be a church. He and his wife, Gertrude [Dupuy Sanford]—now, Gertrude didn’t come here much, because this was not her cup of tea. And when you see pictures of her as a young girl, she’s absolutely beautiful. Beautiful clothes, and very high class. And they had about five children and they were all born in Europe. She didn’t come here often. But he planted Belair in orange and lemon trees. He had a grove manager whose name was Reverend Lyman Phelps. General Sanford was from Connecticut. And he convinced this Episcopal priest to come down to start a church. Well, he did, but he also made Lyman Phelps his agent and his farm grove manager, because the man had a background in botany too. The man was very, uh,—he was very versatile.</p>
<p>When, um—when General Sanford—I call him “General Sanford”. A lot of people say he—he doesn’t deserve that title, but it just comes easy to me, for some reason. It—it denotes a lot of the things that he did, other than just being Henry Sanford. Um, so they started to build this church, and Mrs. Sanford wrote to all of her wealthy friends, and in her letters, she said, “Please, um, help us build our dear little church.” And that was her—the way she called it—their “dear little church” in San—in—in this city. Someone, finally, along the line—a friend of his daughter—[inaudible] said—said, “Well, we should call this city ‘Sanford,’ after you, Mr. Sanford.” And Mr. Sanford said, “Ha. What a good idea.”</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>]. And I don’t remember the years that that was—that was started. But, so anyway, by 1873, they had completed the church. Lyman Phelps and Reverend Holeman—H-O-L-E-M-A-N—um, were priests there. And they had, um, services that—these priests—I—when I read their—in the diocesan records, there’s—they had to keep records of what trips they went on and where they went. They rode horses, walked—horse and buggy—through Florida sand, which anybody that walks through it knows that—there was[sic] highways. The only way you went were by animal, you know, roads, where animals, or maybe the Indians, had made them. Um, they went to, um—but they went all over Central Florida. They went to Eustis, to Longwood, to Orlando. They started the St. Luke’s Church in Orlando, which is now the Cathedral [Church of St. Luke]. They went all over Central Florida, uh, especially Lyman Phelps. Um, But he—they were, um—it just amazes me, when I read their exploits, and the alligators…</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>You know, the mosquitoes, the—oh, my soul. But, um, anyway, so that’s how the—the Episcopal church got its start. That church—that was built in 1873. 1880, along comes—and they called it a “tornado,” and I haven’t been able to say that it wasn’t, but I think it was more like a hurricane, and maybe a tornado—a tornado was [inaudible]. It blew down Mrs. Sanford’s dear little church.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>And we have pictures of it. And the—the steeple is laying on the ground, and the church is still standing, but it’s—it’s—it’s damaged. So they got busy. Mrs. Sanford raised some more money, and by, um, 1880, they had built another—well, yeah. It was 1873. By 1880, the church blew down. By 1881, they had a new church built. That church survived until 1923, and it burned down.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>So they—1924 and ’25, they rebuilt it. So the church standing on that property is still on the same property that Sanford gave us. That church now was built, uh, in 19—1924, it was completed. It’s, uh, what they call “Spanish Mediterranean” [Architecture]. It’s…</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Very Spanish-looking. It’s a very pretty church.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Where is it?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>It’s on the corner of Fourth—Park Avenue and Fourth Street.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>And the parish hall was built by 1926. So one of the things I always thought was interesting, when they first built—or probably the second church—in the side where they had some room, they put orange trees so that in case times were bad, they would have some money. They would have a way of getting money still.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Aw.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>That was kind of interesting.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Um,I do have a question. I don’t know much about the church in Sanford. Is it the main church for the city? Are most of the people in Sanford Episcopalian?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>No, no. They’re not. Probably back in the day, it was the only church, but then of course, the South is mostly Methodist and Baptist. And right now the street—Park Avenue should have been called “Church Street.” Because there’s the Episcopal—well, first, a block closer to the lake was the Congregational church. But since they’ve moved that—they tore it down and moved down Park Avenue. The next church was Holy Cross. Then, next door to us is the [First United] Methodist Church [of Sanford]. Right next door to that is the [First] Baptist Church [of Sanford].</p>
<p>So on Sunday mornings, we used to have a real traffic jam down there. Not so much anymore. No, Holy Cross—I think it’s like all the churches. They’re struggling. But we’re still here. We have two services, an 8 o’clock service and a 10 o’clock service. If we had everybody at 10 o’clock, we would have a good crowd. But when you separate it into two—the people who go at 8 o’clock won’t come at 10. The people who come at 10 o’clock won’t go at 8 o’clock. So our priest does two services. And yeah, it’s a busy little church. We have a fairly good-sized Sunday school, considering Sunday schools are hard for churches these days too. So, probably at one time it was the center of the area, church-wise, but not anymore.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>In your time as a historian there, have you—reading through the documents and that sort of thing, have you noticed any trends in how many members they had? Like when UCF came, did more people come to the church?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>It was the biggest—the largest crowds that we have ever had was through the war years when we had a Navy base in Sanford. And that started up as a training base for carrier—for planes to land on carriers. I’m not as familiar with the history of the Navy base, but it closed at the end of World War II, and it was a big drop in the congregation. But then when [the] Korea[n War] came back, they started the base up again. And a lot of those people too have been Navy people—very sophisticated—have been all over the world. Lived in many different places.</p>
<p>So those are the people we seem to pull in more than the people that grew up here. Most Southern people are Baptist. My dad’s family—they were all Baptist. But it’s different. Different churches suit different people. I mean, you want whatever it is that makes you feel the presence, or that you feel that you need, that’s where you should be. So I’m very ecumenical. I can, um, belong to any church you want to [<em>laughs</em>]. But Holy Cross is lovely. And the services are beautiful [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Uh, how involved has the church been in the community? Do they hold a lot of, have they held a lot of events?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Sanford—Holy Cross—was the “Guiding Light for Grace and Grits,” which is to feed the homeless. It’s a feeding program that we had at Holy Cross. And I can’t remember these years, it’s been going on for a long time. And we had it at Holy Cross. Every Wednesday night, Holy Cross would feed, oh, a hundred people. But it would depend on the season and what. Homeless people from all over. And not just men, but families. People would come to eat.</p>
<p>A few years ago, we wanted to remodel the parish hall, which is where the kitchen is. And we opted to find another place to hold the Wednesday night feedings—dinners, I should say—and that was—that was hard, because the people at the church—and we have some people who are so dedicated to this—they finally found that the City [of Sanford] would let them use the [Sanford] Civic Center. It costs, I think, $200 a month or something like that. We have to pay the City for that. So now they’re feeding them down there. And also, during the transition when the parish hall was being refurbished, and the kitchen was—when we had a new priest—he really has done a lot. I mean, he has Wednesday night services, and so they had a meal there on Wednesday nights, and classes and everything. So that kind of made them want to keep the “Grace and Grits” out there. And Holy Cross wasn’t the only one that does this. I must explain this. Every church—not every church, but many churches in Sanford—there’s a Methodist church, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Lake Mary, the [All Souls] Catholic Church [of Sanford]. All of them.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Just a minute here. Just to make sure.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>All of them have people that come and help so we’re not doing it by ourselves. Did it run out of battery?</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>No. It’s working. No. It’s working, I just wanted to make sure that the whole thing had recorded and everything. I’m sorry.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>But anyway, it’s a whole city thing. There’s a whole lot of people involved in this. So, yeah. We do that. We also have our new priest—well at least not that new anymore. He’s been here 2 or 3 years, and he’s very much involved in helping the homeless. They call it “SACON[sp].” I couldn’t tell you what it stands for, but they go to different places in the neighborhoods and help homeless people get ID cards. Because if they don’t have an ID card, they can’t—well, there’s a lot of things they can’t do. They can’t even get shelter sometimes, if they’re going to shelters. So this has been a good thing. And helping—it’s helping the city to know what the population is of the homeless, and where they’re staying and what they’re doing. So that’s a good thing. He was just very much involved in that.</p>
<p>We have some kind of a health thing one day a week at Holy Cross in the mornings, where people can come. I’m not really sure what, I guess I shouldn’t say anything about it, because I’m not sure what that is. I don’t what the group is that’s doing it. But yeah, Holy Cross is involved.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Uh, is there anything about the church that you’d like to discuss that we haven’t covered?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>We have a lot of memorials in Holy Cross that I’ve been trying to—and this is a hard job. We actually have two memorial books that from the beginning people have—the gifts of love that they’ve given in memory of someone that they lost. But when I go to the memorial books, there are items in there that we no longer have. We’ve had a couple of break-ins over the years, so they’ve lost some things, and then there’s items that we have that aren’t listed. So we’ve endeavored to work on this. I was trying to take pictures and it’s just one other job that I haven’t finished. It takes a lot of time to do that. And I really—I could get help—old-timers, because I’m not an old-timer there. They’ll say, “Oh no, I remember that was given in memory of so-and-so.”</p>
<p>Right now, I’m working on—when the church was rebuilt in 1923-1924, the altar and the pulpit at the front was very plain. I can only tell from pictures, but unattractive. And in 1940, sometime, a member of the choir—and I’m still working on this. This is one of those strings you have to keep following and try to see if you can come to the end—was killed in an automobile accident. And he is—what’s the word? They have said that he had given in 1945 money to buy a new altar. A new altar, and reredos behind the altar, and an altar, and chairs. We have a lot of furniture, because it’s a very formal church. I don’t think you call it “High Episcopal.” I think some people might, but we have a good candelabra, good communion-ware. A lot of stuff. And anyway, this man—apparently there was a big brouhaha that the vestry wanted to put a new roof on the church, which is a tile roof—which always needs work—or to buy the altar furniture. And just recently I talked to a lady, who’s in a—a Heritage [at Lake Forest] nursing home out here, who was telling me about this. I didn’t know this story. And she said, “Oh, my goodness.” She said, “Everybody was fighting, and everybody was mad. They wanted the roof.” “No, no. We want the altar.” Well anyway, the altar people won out, because the priest wanted the altar…</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Redone [<em>laughs</em>]. So, uh—so I’m still working on that. And, as, uh, oral tradition says, that that money was used for the new altar-ware—altar and furniture, I should say—um, by this man, who gave it, But, um—in honor—in [inaudible] —yeah. In of our members who fought in World War II.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>So I asked one of our older members if he remembers that. He says, “Oh yeah, there’s a plaque up there in the front of the church someplace that tells all the members that died. I’m sure it says something about ‘in memory of’ that.” Well, the plaque wasn’t there, so several ladies started on a search of the rooms, and they found the plaque. Only, it wasn’t a plaque. It’s a big framed picture with 70 names beautifully written by someone on there, with little gold stars next to five men who were killed during the war. But I still don’t know if it’s a memorial to them for the furniture. So I’m working on that, because I have the big memorial plaque reframed and I guess we’ll rededicate it one of these days when we find out what’s the story on it. But there’s things like that that come up when someone will say, “Well, who gave that baptismal font? What was that all about?”</p>
<p>Or, we have two things in the church—this is interesting—we have two things in the church that we know for certain were there in the first church. That General Sanford gave: a crucifixion picture that he had bought in Belgium and donated it to the church. That picture—and we were trying to get an idea of the value of it—and the man that we had restore it said, “It’s not worth a thing. All it’s worth is what it’s worth to the congregation. But as far as famous artist, no.” It’s the crucifixion. Even after it as restored, still doesn’t look very good. Because it went through the hurricane the first time. Through the fire the second time. Someone rescued it. So it has—the restorer said it has water damage. So that was something that we know General Sanford physically probably touched, and that it was there. The other thing is a small lectern, where they put the Bibles on, or the prayer book. And that’s in the chapel that was given by Reverend Lyman Phelps. We think he built it. He made it in memory of his wife. So that’s pretty interesting to have two things back a hundred and how many years—138 years or whatever it is.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh. That’s very special.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Yeah. It is special. So it’s the history. I mean, I could go to any church. I love—just love churches. But I love the history of this church. It’s—and I’m sure that if I were in Philadelphia I’d go to Christ Church I went to Williamsburg [,Virginia]<a title="">[3]</a>—my mother and I—we went to the—oh, what was the name of that Episcopal church<a title="">[4]</a> there? It’s so beautiful in Williamsburg.<a title="">[5]</a> Where Patrick Henry gave his speech.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>In Virginia?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>In Virginia. That was—so it’s the ambiance. It’s what you feel. It’s very interesting. And I do get excited about it [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>I’m just going to check the battery one more time. Oh, it looks fine. Whoa. I didn’t notice the bars. They change as I talk and get closer. But the battery’s fine. Okay, great.</p>
<p>So, uh, you’re a historian there. It sounds like you do a bunch of different things.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>I’m kind of a detective. There’s not a day goes—well, a day—there probably is. But not a week goes by that someone says, “Bette”—well somebody asked me the other day, “Isn’t our,”—we have a huge bell on the bell tower—“Isn’t that bell called ‘Raphael?’” I said, “No, I don’t think—that’s not the name of the bell.” And he said, “Oh, I’m pretty sure it is.” Well, now I have to figure it out. Is it or isn’t it? Or, people will say, “Well, where did the bell come from?”</p>
<p>Oh, and then we have this magnificent organ of Ferrante[sp] Brothers organ from—I can’t remember where it’s from. I want to say Canada, but I may be wrong. It was installed in 1947, and this is just a magnificent piece of furniture. Ferrante[sp] Brothers. I believe there’s another name that goes with that. I guess I can’t remember. But anyway, it doesn’t matter. This is not a test. That was put in in 1947, and I’ve forgotten how many pipes there are for it, but—oh, more than 100 pipes. There’s pipes and pipes. Pipes that you can see over the choir loft, but there’s also a whole closet full of pipes. Our organist—she knows how to play it. It’s just beautiful. So that was—I don’t know where the money for that came from. As far as that being a memorial, or something, I don’t know. I don’t think so. So many things are, but that’s not. But someone will say, “Well, what year was the organ installed?” Or, “Where did it come from?”</p>
<p>So I—yeah. I do. I have to have a little notebook in my pocketbook and I keep writing it down and then I have to go back and research it. And I have a lot of friends too that have been long, long-time members there, so I usually go to them and say, “Do you know anything about this?” And some of them will say, “No, I don’t know.” Or, “We’ll look it up.” But we have—and I’m trying to get all the histories together and put them in one place so it’s pretty organized. It’s fairly organized, but not as much as I would like to have it done. But I’ve saved all the newsletters[sic] columns that I’ve written over the years. I have them each in a different notebook with acid-free paper so after I type them I print them off and put them in the folders and so I’ve got all that. So that’s a pretty good history right there. It’s good. Did I answer the question? [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Yeah. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Also, I must give credit to Alicia Clarke at the Sanford Museum. We have much help from her. And then some! Sorry.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] No. I don’t mind at all. I know we’ve been talking for a long time now, but if you wouldn’t mind, I’d like to find out more about what your time as an educator was like Seminole County.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Oh, I think I had the best 30 years that you could have had really, because it was—right now, I have friends, my neighbors. I have a lot of friends still teaching, and it’s very different now. It’s very different. We had—the wonderful thing we had that teachers today don’t have, and that’s freedom. You can’t say—if Johnny brings in a whole bag of shells that he had his mother just collected at the beach, we can’t dump those shells out and sit down and go through them and maybe catalog them or talk about them or what can we do with it. There’s no way of being spontaneous, because teachers today—if that child brought that in, I would have to say, “I’m sorry, you’re going to have to put that away. We don’t have time to look at that.” And that bothers me a lot. Because I really feel like the teachable moment is when the kid is interested. And if nobody is interested, then there’s no teachable moment.</p>
<p>It’s—when I was teaching at Idyllwilde [Elementary School] one year, the kids found a dead rabbit on the playground. I have a friend who had just moved here from Chicago[, Illinois], and she was working with me at the time. She was getting ready to take over half of my class, because I had 45 kids in my class. And they had hired her to take part of my kids. But she tells me about this every time she thinks about it. She said, “So, the kids wanted to know what to do with the rabbit.” And I said, “Well, we’re going to have to bury it. Let’s bury it.” So we got a shovel from the janitor and the boys dug a hole right outside the classroom door. And buried the rabbit. Well, they got to talking about what was going to happen to the rabbit in the ground. Well, of course the kids—and these were fourth and fifth graders—they would say, “Well, the bugs and the worms are going to eat him,” and so forth. So, just before school was out, the boy that dug the hole said, “Ms. Skates, can we dig that rabbit up? See what’s left? See if we can find his bones?” And I said, “Well, that’s a good idea. Let’s do it.” So we did. We couldn’t find it! This kid dug up a whole are as big as this table. Couldn’t find a thing left of the rabbit.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh, my goodness.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>But that sounds—and it would probably almost be silly to some educator—but those are things that—what did they learn? Well, we could put a whole bunch of things on the board. We learned this. We learned, you know—what is this? So, or you know—well like the space shuttle. We had classes when the Space Shuttle [<em>Challenger</em>] blew up. We all went outside on the playground to watch the space shuttle go up. And this was—what was this? [19]89?</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh, I have it here. No, I don’t.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>But anyway, we were all out on the playground, watching, and we saw it went up, and we saw all these stars and everything. The kids were all saying, “Look at that. They’re putting out stars,” all kinds of things that kids would think of. And my fellow teacher was standing next to me, she said, “I think we ought to take the kids in.” I said, “Okay.” So we take the kids in. Well, she happened to have a little TV set in her closet. And we brought that out to see what had happened. And we could do that. You couldn’t do that today.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>That’s true.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>She brought it out and we set that out between our two classrooms. We watched it all day long. The kids—it was very sad. We all were grieving. So we grieved together. So, what is this? How did this happen? All we could do was speculate. We didn’t know. But what would you, you know, you…</p>
<p>Well, first off, I think taking time outside would probably take time away from teaching about the FCAT [Florida’s Comprehensive Assessment Test].</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>I was going to ask how you think the FCAT has influenced—okay.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>You know, every week, teachers, back in the day—and I retired in [19]97. Every teacher gave a test at the end of the week. You would take your math book and go through—and everything that I had taught in math that week—the test would be on Friday. Same thing with spelling tests—on Friday. Social studies on Friday. And we did teach social studies. We did teach the Constitution. We did teach early American history. We did teach that. I think that, in fifth grade, we stopped at the Civil War, but that’s all we had time for. So, you gave the test. At the end of the week, you knew what the child had done. By the time you correct those papers, you knew that Johnny and Mary and Susie were having trouble with multiplication. So next week, let’s zero in on those three and their multiplication tables. How hard is that? I mean, why do we have to do what they’re doing now? I don’t understand.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>I don’t want to interject my opinion too much, but my mother teaches middle school. And so I’ve heard a lot about FCAT, and a great deal about how it’s changed. She used to teach in New York and it’s very different.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Oh, yes. I think, even now—well, this friend of mine that came down—she wasn’t a friend at the time, but now she’s my best friend—from Chicago, you know. She’d said, “Oh, my gosh. These schools—they’re so far behind! In Chicago in fifth grade, we were doing this.” And you know, well, it takes a long time. I mean, you know, the [Great] Depression hit the South harder. The agricultural society makes a difference. Kids are not—they may be working in the fields some. I mean not so much in my time, but it was just different. And it takes a long, you know—I think this a lot about even the ship of state, it takes a long time to turn a ship around. And it takes a long time to turn the education system around. It’s like it’s the biggest boat you ever saw and you’re just trying to turn it around and make things better. I think we’ve come a long way, but I think there probably still is a way to go.</p>
<p>But now we’ve got—it’s so muddled with this FCAT and this—pushing, pushing these kids. My grandson goes to a parochial school. Goes to St. Luke’s Lutheran Church School in Oviedo. He doesn’t have that stigma hanging over his head. He’s going in third grade. He loves school. He’s a good student. And he struggled to begin with. He had problems with his reading. But if he were in the public school, he would really be in trouble. First off, he’d be going into the third grade. You have to take the FCAT. If you don’t pass that, you have to repeat third grade. Well, his handwriting is very poor, what are you going to do about that? But the private school—they give them more time. They also give them more one-on-one situations. I don’t know. I’m just so that glad that his mother and father—my son and his wife—are so wise. And it’s a sacrifice. It’s a lot of money every month to keep him in private school. He’s their only child, which is a good thing. It’s tough. Your mother is right, and she’s right in the middle of that FCAT business in middle school.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Uh, you mentioned the <em>Challenger</em> accident. Are there any other events that stick out in your mind, that you remember teaching or going through with your students?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>What did we have? [John F.] Kennedy’s assassination didn’t affect me, but it did my children. They were in elementary school and Kennedy was assassinated—my two older ones. They were talking about this, not long ago, about the atomic bomb scare with the Cuban Missile Crisis. They were talking about the duck-and-cover. You know, an atomic bomb is blowing up over your state, and what do you tell the kids to do? You tell them to get under their desks and cover their head[sic]. That involved them. I wasn’t teaching in ’63. Let’s see, what else could there be? Thinking back to Kennedy, I can’t think of anything else.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Okay. Did UCF opening or Cape Canaveral opening change…</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>It did. I think it changed. With the Cape, with Geneva—the school—when we started getting the influx of people moving to that area. The fathers were engineers and the moms worked, most of them, over there too. Those were great kids. I don’t know, maybe because the parents were involved in scientific things like the engineering and everything. Every couple years, it seems like they come up with something new. Your mother can relate to this too.</p>
<p>They taught us what they call the “New Math.” And I’d only been teaching a couple years and we had this great, and I still have the book—a great big blue book about New Math. Well first off, we were supposed to be teaching the metric system, and that was because of the engineering thing, I think. But they had—I remember one of the fathers was an engineer and he came to school and I was struggling as much as the kids were. They gave us the course in the summer and we were supposed to start teaching it in the fall. So I really didn’t—nobody had a chance. The father came in, he said, “Do you have any idea what you’re doing?” Now, how do you talk to an engineer? And I was honest with him, “Well, yes. I do.” I said, “We had six weeks.” I think we had a course. And I said, “Not as much as I’ll know at the end of this year.” And he said, “Well, my son doesn’t know what the hell’s going on.” I said, “Well, I am really sorry.” But he was very nice about. But he really kind of put me on my toes. Which was a good thing. I’m glad he did. But by the end of the year, I even knew what prime numbers were [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>In fifth grade, you teach addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. I figured the fact that I could multiply and divide fractions—I was pretty smart [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Don’t go beyond that. Oh dear.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>I just have a couple specific questions left. If you wouldn’t mind, just because it’s a personal history about you, what were the names of your children—are the names of your children?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Phillip, Pamela—well, he’s Jimmy. And the youngest is Bill. They all have their given names, but that’s what we call them. They were—Phillip was born in [19]5—he was born ’54. I have a nice little rubric here. Pam was born in ’56. Jimmy was born in ’58. And Bill was born in ’63. I think I was busy going to school there or something.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Uh, where—which schools did you teach at? You taught at Geneva.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>I taught at Geneva. That was my first assignment. Well, I went to Southside, which is a school in Sanford right near my home—was where I did my internship, and that’s where my kids went to school. And that’s an old—that was—when I bought my house, that was the best school in Sanford. And that’s the reason I bought that house. It’s now been turned into—what did they call it? A nursing home. Golden Years nursing home. It’s a lovely school. It’s built in a square and in the center is an atrium. And all the classrooms are built around the atrium. And down in the basement is the lunchroom, and up a little flight of stairs in the auditorium. It was a very nice plan for a school, but it’s a nice plan for a nursing home, I guess. But they closed the school, because they built new schools and whatever. But my kids got to go through that, which I was glad for that. At least the two oldest ones did. And then the other two came with me to Geneva. What was the question?</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Oh. Which schools have you taught at?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Oh, and then I went, I was at Goldsboro [Elementary School. This was a good thing. When I left Geneva, and I had gotten my Master’s in Exceptional Education, and I wanted to teach learning disabled children. And the principal at Geneva, for his own reasons, said he wasn’t going to have a special ed[ucation] class. Well, it wasn’t true, but that’s what he told me. So I had this Pell Grant that I had used to get my Master’s, that if I taught at a [Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965] Title I school, which I don’t know if you know that means now, but it was a school that had more free lunches than any other school or something like that. So the principal at Goldsboro called me and he said, “If you come and teach the learning disabled children at Goldsboro,” he said, “I can sign off on your student loan.” So I spent two years there and signed off all that my Master’s cost me. I mean, I had not paid for—he would sign off the loans—the superintendent would sign it off…</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>So they would pay for it.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>So they paid for it. So that was very good. I don’t know if that’s what you call a Pell Grant. I’ve forgotten. But I taught there two years and then the principal from Idyllwilde called and said they had a new wing opening up. They call it the E Wing—Exceptional Ed. Wing. And would I come out and do their SLD [Specific Learning Disabilities] classes. I said, “Oh, yes.” So that’s where I was when I retired.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>That was good. I—those were good years. They were all good years.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Well, good.Those are all the questions and topics that I have. Is there anything else you’d like to speak to that we haven’t?</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>I don’t know. I think I’m probably boring you.</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] Well, no. This is a good time.</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Now, how are they going to work this? Are they going to have a library?</p>
<p><strong>Dombrowski<br /></strong>Yeah, I think I’ll just…</p>
<p><strong>Skates<br /></strong>Right.</p>
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<p><a title="">[1]</a> Correction: July 9, 2010</p>
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<div>
<p><a title="">[2]</a> Naval Air Station (NAS) Sanford.</p>
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<p><a title="">[3]</a> Correction: Richmond, Virginia.</p>
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<p><a title="">[4]</a> St. John’s Church.</p>
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<p><a title="">[5]</a> Correction: Richmond, Virginia.</p>
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ACL
Alexander Ramsey
Alicia Clarke
altars
ambassadors
assassinations
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
atomic bombs
beauty shops
Belair Grove
Belgium
bells
Bette Skates
Bye Lo Hotel
Cape Canaveral
carpetbaggers
Cathedral Church of St. Luke
charities
charity
church
church bells
churches
citrus
citrus groves
Civil War
Clarke, Alicia
Cochran, Georgia
cockroach
cockroaches
community service
Craftsman Airplane Bungalow
Crooms High School
Cuban Missile Crisis
desegregation
Diana Dombrowski
Downtown Sanford
education
educators
elementary school
Episcopal Church
Episcopalianism
Episcopalians
exceptional education
FCAT
Ferrante Brothers
fires
Florida's Comprehensive Assessment Test
Gateway to South Florida
Geneva
Geneva Elementary School
Gertrude Dupuy
Gertrude Dupuy Sanford
Guiding Light for Grace and Grits
Historical Society of Central Florida
Holeman
Holy Cross Episcopal Church
homeless
hurricanes
Idyllwilde
Idyllwilde Elementary School
Jack Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Lake Mary
lemons
Lyman Phelps
Mellonville
memorials
Middle Georgia College
Montezuma Hotel
Museum of Seminole County History
NAS Sanford
Naval Air Station Sanford
New Math
Ninth Street
OJC
Orange Blossom Special
orange grove
orange groves
oranges
organs
Orlando Junior College
Patrick Henry
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
priests
railroads
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roaches
Sanford
Sanford Museum
school desegregation
school integration
schools
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Space Shuttle Challenger
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standardized testing
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Title
Downtown Orlando Post Office Collection
Alternative Title
Orlando Post Office Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Post offices
Churches--Florida
Catholic Church--Florida
Education--Florida
Contributor
Allison, Megan
Baker, Keith
Bernard, Sam
Fallen, Riley
Frye, Stephen
Gold, Stephen
Irizarry, Michael
Joshi, Ashis
Reed, Michael
Shumate, Alayna
Stoddard, James
Tran, Tristan
Is Part Of
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Exhibit, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/o4zfrls" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Post Office</a>, Downtown Orlando, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/106" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered Collection</a>, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/20" target="_blank">Orlando Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/46" target="_blank">Orange County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Federal Building, Downtown Orlando, Florida
St. James Cathedral, Downtown Orlando, Florida
St. Joseph's Academy, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Rajtar, Steve. <em><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank">A Guide to Historic Orlando</a></em>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.
"<a href="https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/welcome.htm" target="_blank">Postal History</a>." United States Postal Service. https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/welcome.htm.
<em><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23369979" target="_blank">St. James Pioneer Days: Parish & School Reunion : October 5-6, 1974</a></em>. [Orlando, Fla.]: [St. James Parish], 1974.
"<a href="http://www.stjamesorlando.org/about-us/" target="_blank">About Us</a>." St. James Cathedral. http://www.stjamesorlando.org/about-us/.
Description
The new Downtown Orlando Post Office building, located at 51 East Jefferson Street, in 1958. The original post office was housed in the Federal Building, located 44 East Central Boulevard in Downtown Orlando, Florida, from 1917 to 1941. In 1935, when James Beggs, Jr. became the postmaster, he began petitioning to move the post office from its Central Boulevard and Court Avenue location to a more spacious building. In 1939, St. James Catholic Church sold a plot of land on Jefferson Street for the new building. The building was designed by Louis A. Simon in the Northern Italian Palazzo Revival-style, and was constructed by J. P. Cullen and Sons. The new building opened in 1941 and housed the post office, the courthouse, and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) offices. The building was named an Orlando Historic Landmark in 1989. However, it was eventually sold back to the St. James Church. In 2003, the building was renovated and came under joint ownership by both the church and the federal government. Today, the building retains its post office services but also includes offices for the Catholic Diocese.
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A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
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Title
History Florida Chapter: National Association of Postmasters of the United States
Alternative Title
National Association of Postmasters Florida Chapter
Subject
Post offices
Description
A history of the Florida Chapter of the National Association of Postmasters of the United States (NAPUS), authored by Juanita S. Thompson, the association’s historian. This booklet contains different aspects of postal history with specific focus on Florida and its postmasters. The book begins with a brief summary of postal history dating back to 1775 and then transitions to the history of the Florida chapter, which was founded in 1935 as Chapter No. 10. There were 20 original charter members, led by O. B. Carr as President and Ernest L. Abel as Secretary-Treasurer. The history also includes highlights from each chapter President's tenure up through 1963.
Type
Text
Source
Original booklet by Juanita S. Tucker: Private Collection of Texann Ivy Buck.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/157" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Post Office Collection</a>, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original booklet by Juanita S. Tucker.
Coverage
Dunnellon, Florida
Marianna, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Fort Myers, Florida
Sarasota, Florida
Creator
Tucker, Juanita S.
Contributor
Buck, Texann Ivy
Date Created
1963
Date Copyrighted
1963
Format
application/pdf
Extent
6.94 MB
Medium
50-page booklet
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Juanita S. Tucker.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Texann Ivy Buck and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a>
Curator
Stoddard, James
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Texann Ivy Buck
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.napus.org/about/?#" target="_blank">About NAPUS</a>." NAPUS. http://www.napus.org/about/?#.
A. E. Booth
A. G. Shands
A. L. Riden
Alonzo Sias
Ambrose O'Connel
Arthur W. Newett
Auburndale
Bart O'Hara
Benjamin Franklin
Billie Maier
Bob Sweatt
Boca Grande
Boca Raton
Bradenton
Brooksville
Brookville
C. H. Talton
C. M. Larrick
Carrie Flowers
Castillo de San Marcos
Catherine Bash
Century
Chalmers J. Young
Chapter No. 10
Charles Ashbrook
Charles E. Puskar
Charles Powell
Charles W. Ten Eick
Chauncey Costin
Christmas
citrus
Claude Denson Pepper
Claude Pepper
Clermont
Clewiston
Cocoa
Cocoa Beach
Colin English
Cora Williams Cottondale
Crescent City
Dan Gibson
Dania
David L. Williams
Daytona Beach
Deerfield
Destin
Don McDermott
Dunnellon
Dwight Shower
E. L. Power
Emmett Doak
Ernest L. Abel
Eva Vaughn
F. H. Titcomb
FDR
Florida Chapter
Floyd Brooker
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Myers
Fort San Marco
Frances Wartigg
Frank B. Reams
Frank H. Clyatt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Fred E. Hall
Fred S. stump
Ft. Lauderdale
Ft. Myers
G. N. Denning
G. W. Shuman
Gator Postmaster
George C. Woods
George Hopkins
George Washington
Gladys Stalls
Glenna J. Pedrick
Goodland
Grace Parker
Grady warren
Gulf Breeze
H. L. Godwin
Hartley B. Dean
Henry S. Thompson
Herbert E. Ross
Herman E. Wattwood
Hobe Sound
Hollywood
Howard S. Warner
J. Edgar Day
J. Edgar Wall
Jacksonville
James A. Farley
James D. Beggs
James H. Cox
Jefferson Gaines
Jesse M. Donaldson
Jesse Monroe Donaldson
Jimmie Beggs
Jimmie Cox
Joe Hendricks
Joe Porcer
Joel Field
John H. Shuman
John Hoy
John P. Snyder
Joseph Edward Hendricks
Joseph J. Lawler
Juanita S. Tucker
Kappy Kirk
Kate T. McDaniel
Kitty Lyon
Lake City
Lake Placid
Largo
Lee Rutledge
Leesburg
Leslie D. Reagin
Long Beach
Lynn B. Bloom
M. O. Brawner
mail
Mamie Eisenhower
Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower
Mansell A. Orchard
Mansell A. Warner
Margaret C. Young
Marianna
Marie Zimmerman
Mark Benson
Melbourne
Miami
Micanopy
Milton
Miss Special Delivery
Mom Orchard
Monticello
Moore Haven
Mulberry
N. R. Abrams
Nancy Mims
NAPUS
National Association of Postmasters of the United States
Neil Durrance
Nell Baker
Neptune Beach
O. B. Carr
Oakley Seaver
Ocala
Oliver Haistens
Orange City
orange juice
oranges
orlando
Otis E. Padgett
Owen L. Godwin
Ozona
Paisley
Panama City
Paul Maha
Pensacola
Perry
Phil Gallagher
Philip J. Gallagher
Polk City
Poney Express
Port St. Joe
post offices
postage stamps
Postal Education Plan
Postal Savings System
Postmaster Generals
postmasters
Project Mercury
Quincy
R. J. Holley
R.H. McDaniels
Robert E. Hannegan
Rockledge
Rowena Haistens
Rowena McDaniel
Ruby A. Edwards
Safety Harbor
Sam Valliere
Sam Wooten
Samuel Osgood
San Harrison
Sanford
Sarasota
Sebring
Silver Springs
Space Capital of the World
Special Delivery
St. Augustine
St. Marks
St. Petersburg
Sunshine Club
Tampa
Ted Booth
The Gator Postmaster
Tillie Pasteur
Titusville
Tom Braswell
U.S. Post Office Department
USPOD
Vero Beach
W. B. Brophy
W. D. Jones
W. H. Harris
W. H. Hoffman
W. H. Owns
W. T. Gary
Walter B. Walters
Walter D. Myers
West Palm Beach
William Askew
William B. Dowling
William C. Hill
William D. Jones
William E. DeWar
William J. Dixon
William P. Wilkinson
Williston
Winter Haven
Winter Park
World War II
WWII
Zephyrhills
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Title
Florida Citrus Exchange Collection
Alternative Title
FEC Collection
Subject
Florida Citrus Exchange
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Description
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. 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, Florida, and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes.
Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.
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. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/23" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection items are housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to these items belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about these items should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php" target="_blank">The History of Seald-Sweet</a>." Seald Sweet International. http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php.
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
<span>Weaver, Brian. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.</span>
<span>"<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00086639/00046" target="_blank">Mayo Dade Offers Helpful Aid on Fruit Picking</a>." </span><em>Florida Clearing House News</em><span>, August 25, 1930.</span>
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Coverage
Arcadia, Florida
Babson Park, Florida
Davenport, Florida
Fort Myers, Florida
Frostproof, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Lakeland, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Penney Farms, Florida
Pierce, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Wauchula, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Document
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Original Format
1 page typewritten letter
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Title
Letter from C. M. Tyler to Chase & Company Members (May 26, 1919)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (May 26, 1919)
Subject
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Florida Citrus Exchange
Citrus--Florida
Description
An original letter of correspondence written by C. M. Tyler to employees at Chase & Company in Jacksonville, Florida. Tyler's letter provides information about the internal organization of the Florida Citrus Exchange, a state organization comprised of a large number of Florida citrus growers. The purpose of Tyler's letter was to identify the weaknesses of the Exchange and to encourage growers to side Chase & Company rather than join the Exchange. While members who trusted the Exchange praised the organization as a united group of growers that promoted better distribution and marketing of their citrus products, growers such as Chase & Company were hesitant to hand over all of their power to a larger organization with poor marketing strategies.
Chase & Company was established in 1884. 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.
Creator
Tyler, C. M.
Source
Original letter from C. M. Tyler to Chase & Company Members, May 26, 1919: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 7, folder 14.10A, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1919-05-26
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a title="A Guide to the Chase Collection" href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
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Format
application/pdf
Extent
2,494 KB
Medium
1 page typewritten letter
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Wauchula, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Ft. Myers, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Spatial Coverage
27.547394, -81.811595
30.3167, -81.6500
26.640708, -81.872921
27.951345, -82.456627
Temporal Coverage
1925-05-26/1925-05-26
Accrual Method
Donation
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"The History of Seald-Sweet." Seald Sweet International. http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php.
Warner, S.C. "Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
"Mayo Dade Offers Helpful Aid on Fruit Picking." <em>Florida Clearing House News</em>, August 25, 1930.
Hopkins, James T. <em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
"Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
External Reference Title
"<a href="http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php" target="_blank">The History of Seald-Sweet</a>"
"<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>"
"<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00086639/00046" target="_blank">Mayo Dade Offers Helpful Aid on Fruit Picking</a>"
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a>
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=321" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>"
Transcript
C 0 P Y
On Train Fort Wauchula, 5/26/1916.
Chase Company Jacksonville
Gentlemen:
• accepted invitation to spew! Sunday in Fort
ors, knowing would set a straight line on the inside
works of the Florida Citrus Exchange. here it is•
Skelley was offered $15,000 to stay but he had sewed him elf up wit the new bunch and could not break hie agreement. Before they knew what he was going to do he had said he would not be competitive with the --Exchange, and the Exchange officers had decided to carry him on the payroll an extra month and give him a Cadillac an a good by present, but as soon as they got onto him he was taken off the pay¬roll ands he does not get the auto unless hi be it. Ham ner spilled the beans
Dr. Hoes salary has been raised from $2400.00
to $5000.00 have been 1n 5,9 per year
for advertising. They expect t reduce it 50% next season
atl'rst they expect out the 10¢ out on grapefruit to 5¢
per box • The following t11 give you correct cost to -grow fruiter
of putting fr t through the Exchange exclusive of picking, hauling and packing.
TPA RETAIN Orange sold at action 19¢, private sale 31¢. Grapefruit t auction on 26¢ private sale let. Thisi
nclusive 100 advertising for grapefruit • sub-exchanges
take from 2t to 40 for (district expenses which pays the sub danger clerks, rent, etc• than the local association takes
50 or an agreed sum for packing house building or replacement
fund. Chat is a local feature and regulate' by the memebers
of each association It adds up 2t to 30 for orange and
t 37 or grapefruit•
Exchange packing charges actual cost; in fact everything average charge last season oranges.
It would seem this information properly used by our agents, would hell, in getting contracts from growers who are looking for results and not ..working for sentiment.
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Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from C. M. Tyler to Chase & Company Members, May 26, 1919.
Is Part Of
Chase Collection (MS 14), box 7, folder 14.10A, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection </a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
auction
Cadillac
Chase and Co.
FEC
grapefruit
oranges
Ross, John Harvey
Skelley, F. L.
Tyler, C. M
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https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/330b481d11752c95bb7ee8e364ce2778.mp3
f2fba4678f31251f7f6dec05c9a55f83
https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/41846bbdf8d53b88ff0b72258acdde63.pdf
845d9983bdb4a30744de4c4b8047cc8f
Dublin Core
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Title
Seminole County Centennial Celebration Collection
Description
The Seminole County Centennial Celebration Collection contains digital items related to the 100 year celebration of the creation of Seminole County. Items include ephemera distributed before and during the celebration, photographs, and other digital items.
Seminole County will turn 100 years old on April 25, 2013. This centennial benchmark is being commemorated as Seminole Celebrates A Century of Success with a 100-day celebration beginning January 16, 2013, and will conclude with a community-wide Centennial Festival planned for April 20, 2013.
Seminole Celebrates will highlight the county Points of Pride and is designed to celebrate Seminole County's heritage while embracing its future. Collaboration among the business community, faith-based organizations, art and historical societies, civic groups, and educational institutions will provide our residents with numerous fun family oriented events and activities over the 100 days of celebration.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.celerysoupsanford.com/" target="_blank">Creative Sanford, Inc.</a>
<a href="http://www.goldenrodhistoricalsociety.com/" target="_blank">Goldenrod Historical Society Museum</a><a href="http://www.goldsboromuseum.com/" target="_blank"><br /></a>
<a href="http://www.goldsboromuseum.com/" target="_blank">Goldsboro Historical Museum</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordwelcomecenter.com/" target="_blank">Historic Sanford Welcome Center</a>
<a href="http://www.lakemaryhistory.org/" target="_blank">Lake Mary Historical Museum</a>
<a href="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/museum.htm" target="_blank">Museum of Geneva History</a>
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://www.ruralheritagecenter.net/" target="_blank">Rural Heritage Center</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=108" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>
Alternative Title
Seminole Centennial Collection
Subject
Seminole County (Fla.)
Goldenrod (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Lake Mary (Fla.)
Oviedo (Fla.)
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/30" target="_blank">Seminole County Centennial Celebration Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Creative Sanford, Inc., Sanford, Florida
Goldenrod Historical Society Museum, Goldenrod, Florida
Goldsboro Historical Museum, Goldsboro, Sanford, Florida
Historic Sanford Welcome Center, Sanford, Florida
Lake Mary Historical Museum, Lake Mary, Florida
Museum of Geneva History, Geneva, Florida
Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida
Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida
Rural Heritage Center, Geneva, Florida
Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida
UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://apps.seminolecountyfl.gov/centennial/index.aspx" target="_blank">Seminole County Centennial Celebration</a>
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
<a href="http://apps.seminolecountyfl.gov/centennial/index.aspx" target="_blank">Seminole County Centennial Celebration</a>
<span>Francke, Arthur E. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39871004" target="_blank"><em>Early Days of Seminole County, Florida</em></a><span>. [Sanford, FL]: Seminole County Historical Commission, 1988.</span>
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
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Title
Oral History of Mart Tucker
Alternative Title
Oral History, Tucker
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Christmas (Fla.)
Gainesville (Fla.)
Description
An pral history of Mart Tucker, conducted by Stephanie Youngers on November 10, 2010. In the interview, Tucker discusses the various towns and cities that she resided in, her college education, her career as a typist, her family history, her children and grandchildren, her husband's career, her involvement in the Seminole County Farm Bureau and the 4-H program, and opening Tucker's Farm and Garden Center. The interview also includes commentary from her husband, Cecil A. Tucker II.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction<br />0:00:18 Biographical information<br />0:02:33 Living in Holopaw<br />0:05:51 Family life<br />0:11:58 College education and career as a typist<br />0:18:21 Children<br />0:19:44 Living in Marion, Seminole, and Orange counties<br />0:23:36 Seminole County Farm Bureau and 4-H<br />0:27:21 Opening Tucker€™s Farm and Garden Center<br />0:32:05 Grandchildren<br />0:34:17 Family history<br />0:40:07 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Mart Tucker. Interview conducted by Stephanie Youngers at the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Type
Sound
Source
Tucker, Mart. Interviewed by Stephanie Youngers. November 10, 2010. <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
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Is Part Of
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Coverage
Orlando, Florida
Christmas, Florida
Holopaw, Florida
St. Cloud, Florida
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Citrus Heights, Sanford, Florida
Tucker's Farm and Garden Center, Sanford, Florida
Creator
Youngers, Stephanie
Tucker, Mart
Date Created
2010-11-10
Date Modified
2014-10-01
Date Copyrighted
2010-11-10
Format
audio/mp3
application/pdf
Extent
412 MB
166 KB
Medium
40-minute and 49-second audio recording
19-page digital transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Stephanie Youngers and Mart Tucker.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
External Reference
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/783150094" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48909411" target="_blank"><em>Lost Orlando</em></a>. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2012.
Edwards, Wynette. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Orlando and Orange County</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2001.
Akerman, Joe A. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2647695" target="_blank"><em>Florida Cowman: A History of Florida Cattle Raising</em></a>. Kissimmee: Florida Cattlemen's Association, 1976.
Transcript
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>My name is Stephanie Youngers. Today is November 19, 2010, and I am interviewing Mrs. Mart Tucker and Mr. Cecil Tucker here at the Museum of the Seminole County History. How are we all today?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>We’re doing great.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Just fine [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Good. Well, we’re going to start where and when you were born.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Okay. I was born in Fort Pierce. January 19<sup>th</sup>, 1932.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And when did you come to the area here?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well—here?</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Did you move around a lot before you moved to the Seminole/Orange County area?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No. I remember—the thing that I remember first was when we moved to the two-story house on Lake Barton—Little Lake Barton Road<a title="">[1]</a>—out just outside of Orlando. And we lived there for about 12 years, I think. And then Daddy, of course—he was going up and down the state when the tick eradication was on. And when that was over, he then became a foreman of the ranch south of Christmas. And, so when he was in the tick eradication, he never knew where he would be moved to another place. And so we rented the house that we lived in for about 10 or 12 years.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>But, this[sic] was[sic] the [World] War [II] years, and you couldn’t find housing in Orlando. And somebody found that house, and bought it, so we had to find another place. And couldn’t go out to the ranch, because there was no school bus going there.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>How far was the ranch from civilization?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, it was 18 miles south of the main highway.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, wow.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>That was 18 miles south of Christmas. And Christmas was 20 miles from Orlando.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow. And you went to school in Orlando?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yes. Well, when that house was bought. If you worked for the company, they would give you housing in Holopaw. And the ranch was—that he was foreman of—was…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Osceola County.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, it was in Osceola County, but it was owned by the Holopaw outfit. And therefore, we went to Holopaw. And we lived there. Best year of my life—well, not really.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>But I had lots of fun out there in Holopaw. Mother was—helped to do out the—what is it?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>The commissary. Food stamps.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No, the—food stamps and things. Still the war—we still had that. And that was in the commissary. So I’d come to the commissary and I’d help the guys put cans up in that grocery department, and then I’d go to a guy that cuts up all the meat, and I’d do help there. And then at the end of the week, they would do their hand in their pocket and give me out some change. And I still have the .22 rifle that I bought with that money.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, my goodness. So, the commissary—that was like the grocery store?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>That was out in Holopaw.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yes. Because you didn’t have to go to town if you need clothes or, if you need…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>That was P. V. Wilson Lumber Company. Big outfit.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, okay. Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>And they’re not there anymore. Not at all.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>No. they’re not. Do you know—what is the school that you attended?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, I went to the school in—what is it? I had it down here. The city that was…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Holopaw.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No, no, no. They had to go out.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Fort Pierce?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>St. Cloud?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>St. Cloud. St. Cloud. Rode into there.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>That’s still quite a drive. I’ve been down that road.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yes. It was.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And they had a grammar school there, or…</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No. I don’t think so.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>What—in St. Cloud?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No. in Holopaw they did.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>But in St. Cloud? Did you attend grammar school? Or was it a large school? Or was it a small place?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Just regular. St. Cloud.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>It wasn’t that large.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Wasn’t anything like Orlando. But it was bigger than Holopaw.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And you all lived in Holopaw for a year?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Just a year.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>When did you—where did you go after you left there?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, when we left there, the ranch was just officially our home. But Mom and us—well, there’s[sic] four girls at the time—had not yet finished all high school. So we went into Orlando and rented in Orlando until my twin sister and I…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, you’re a twin, too? Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Tell us about your brothers and sisters.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, hm. Well, Sally [Albritton] and Betty [Albritton]. Helen [Albritton] was the oldest. And then I had a brother, Boots [Albritton], that[sic] was about, I guess, four years younger than she. And then there was two sets of—Sally and Betty. And then there was Miriam [Albritton] and Margaret [Albritton].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So two sets of twins? Goodness.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Two sets of twins. Twenty months apart.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, my goodness.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>You can figure why I guess she had her tubes tied. Didn’t need any more kids. And what else did you…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Well, just tell us about your brothers and sisters, because that…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers <br /></strong>Did you all help out at home a lot on the ranch?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, see, we didn’t live on the ranch. I was privy to be able to—well, in the sixth and seventh grade, Daddy would go out for two weeks in the summer. And even then, on Wednesday, he would let me ride. I’d cow-hunt with him. I sat up on horse, and all that. He was my dad, but you took care of whatever you was supposed to do. So I loved to cow-hunt. We’d ride all day. We’d ride all morning and then have lunch and take a snooze before we rode some more. So you could get tired of it, but I didn’t.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>How about your brother?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, my brother, Boots—he was out at the ranch. He married and was out at the ranch. But he—he didn’t stay there very long. Thing of it is, you have to not let hollerin’ at you bother you, because when you’re having to do something, or things are quick—and Daddy hollers at you to do something—you don’t get out of sorts, because that’s just the way it is. But he couldn’t take it. And so he went into Orlando there.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Now, did your other sisters do this with you too?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>She was, um—Mart<a title="">[2]</a> was the only boy.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>They didn’t. They didn’t never come out to the ranch when for—you know, like I did.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Her dad said that he had a pretty good cowhand in her until I came along and started courting her and messed it up [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] Oh, well, you could have jumped in and helped us. No.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>When you went to the high school in Orlando, were you part of any groups or anything there? Did you have any kind of social functions that you attended?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, I was athletic. So we had a group—a club—that I was head of. And as far as us girls that were athletic were concerned, we stayed after school and played the different sports that were available at that part of the year.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>What were some of the sports that y’all played?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Speedball was one. Of course, basketball. Volleyball.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Softball?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah, yeah. Softball. I was pitcher. But my main thing in high school was sports. And that and makin’ honor society.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>What about rifle team?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, I forgot about the rifle team.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>You were on the rifle team too?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, we had a rifle club. I got a picture home, shows this old, oh, eight or ten boys and girls up there with their rifles, out from the school building there. Now, can you imagine? They’re letting people bring rifles to school today? [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. Were the boys a little put off by the fact that you could shoot a rifle?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, no. No.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>No? They liked that? They weren’t afraid?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>I still have the rifle. Oh, when I was in Holopaw, and the guys—well, did I say that? And the guys, when they would give me money…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And you bought your .22.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah, that’s when I bought that .22. When I was in the eighth grade. So…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, wow. And they let you buy it all by yourself?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>See, can’t do that anymore either.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>[inaudible] Right, yeah. That was better days.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Yeah. And from high school, you went to University of Florida. Did you do that right out of high school, or did you take some time in between?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No, I went right out of high school and I was going to major in animal husbandry. And, when did I see you first?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>The summer before you went up there.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, I can’t…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>You saw him here back home?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>When my sister and I graduated from high school, then the ranch was our home. And that’s where I lived. And our post office was in Christmas. We’d go into Orlando to get groceries and stuff, and so one of those days before I went off to college, got the mail, came out and told Mom, “Oh, I saw the postmaster’s son. He was waiting—in there waiting on customers.” She said, “Oh, you should have told him you’re one of the lucky ones. You’re going to be in Reid Hall.” And I was really surprised that Mother would want me to—but I knew what—she was afraid I was going to get homesick at university and didn’t know anybody, and at least I would know one person. Of course, since I was a beginner there, I had to go a week early for the week of orientation. Well, it just so happens there’s this guy sitting on the steps of the big building we were waiting for something, the next thing to be done. But because he was a transfer student…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>I had to go to orientation too.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>He had to do the same. And so that’s where I really met him. And, of course, we went to the frat[ernity] house and met all those guys.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Yeah. He said he used to invite you to dinner every week to come have dinner with him and all the boys there.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Of course, he made sure to tell everyone one of them—oh, man. Whole house full of guys, you know. He told every one of them, “Hands off.” Never did give—well, he was out of town, he had to go home for his teeth or something, and old McGregor—tall, lanky fellow—asked me out. And I had already planned to do ironing and what not, but I said, “No.” That was the only…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>The only opportunity you had. He hadn’t gotten a word yet at that point.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah. He hadn’t gotten to the frat house yet. But that was great. And I went that one year. But if I really wanted to go again back, I’m sure money would have been able to be found. Mother had an operation that took what normally would have sent me, but by then, I was…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Sidetracked.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, yeah. I was wanting to get a job and save up money so that whenever we were—we were getting pretty close, and so I didn’t mind not going back to work there. I worked there and I forget where it was in Orlando, but then we were married.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Jacob’s Packing House.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah. That’s it.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So when he finished out his education up there…</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No, when he finished his—see, he had his first year in Orlando. Second year when I was up there too, and then the third year before—which way was it? We got married before he was graduated from college.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So, did you stay down here?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Yeah. You did. You stayed one year working at Jacob’s.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>After we were married?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>No. Not after we were married, before we were married.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, the next year, then what?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Then we got married and you moved to Gainesville with me.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>And I got a job in the animal husbandry department at Typhus. I was supposed to type this book they were wanting to have. And they ended up finally making it not a book, but something else. And they—do you remember?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>It was a book, but go ahead.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, anyway. That was—we had a lot of fun up there. One professor’s—of course I was a typist. They would give their handwritten stuff, and I would type it up. So I typed up this test that was going to be given out. And I went back to the fellow and I handed him the typed thing. And I had his handwritten, I says[sic], “Do you want this? I usually give it to Cecil.” He says, “Don’t.” [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>At that point, I was working on my Master’s [Degree].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh. They didn’t want him having the test questions.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Of course, she was teasing, but…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Aww.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Those were good men in the ag[riculture] —animal husbandry. Until I was pregnant with Miriam [Tucker].</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>They weren’t good after that?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah. They were, but—then I was no longer working. So, what else is there to be said?</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>When you all had twins too, right?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Goodness gracious.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>We had a little girl first. Then had twins. And Dr. Hoffman from Orlando—he saw to things. I mean, here I was pregnant, but in Gainesville, and we’d come home for, you know—back and forth. And in Thanksgiving—I think it was—came home and stayed.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>But now the twins were born in Ocala. They were born in Orlando, while we were living in Ocala.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>True, true. Okay, so, it’s Ocala still. And he informed me that he’d tied my tubes. He contended with three on the ground, and coming in two’s, I didn’t need—and his financial status at the time, we couldn’t afford to have any more. To me, that was the best thing. That just made life so much easier, to not worry about getting pregnant.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers</strong><br />Right.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Good deal.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Right. And when you all moved back to this area, it was so that Mr. Tucker could take his job at the Extension Office?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah, when were first in Ocala, and then…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>We were in Ocala for two years. I was Assistant County Agent in Marion County. And then we came here. I was [Seminole] County Agent and we came—I think it was in 1957.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>What else we got here?</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>What else did you do back here? Did you go back to work, or did you stay home?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, what did I do? Cecil?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>You had three children. What do you think you did? [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Alright. We were living out by…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Christmas.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Well, first we lived in Rosalia Drive.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>In Sanford. In about 1960, we moved out on old Orlando Highway.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>We had acreage there—oranges and pasture. Well, that was one. And we had cattle. Cecil was workin’ at the dairy and he—they had calves that weren’t going to be dairy cattle. And we started building up a herd there.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>It was 1956 that we came here.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>But whatever had to be done with cattle and whatnot around the place, I usually did it. Because he had to go to work. We were feeding out—how many? Seven steer? That year?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Well, y’all raised a bunch of heifer yearlings first. And later on it was about 10 steers that y’all fattened up.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>What do you mean, “Y’all?”</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>You [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>In other words, the kids didn’t help out.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /> </strong>Well, they probably had to go to school or something. It was probably wasn’t in the summertime or not. But that’s…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So, you did a lot of work.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, and also, we had some cattle…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Lake Osprey[sp]. North of Osteen.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>And so I primarily would go out there and check the cows or take them feeding. And he wasn’t always with me.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>We’d do it real nice [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>About 1960, we moved out to Citrus Heights—Ginderville[sp] [Heights], or near Ginderville[sp]. And that’s when we were able to have a lot more cattle she could look after, and the kids could have 4-H projects.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>And really, what was really nice was there was an old house down the way, and Mom and Dad were able to—he kept the livestock market in Orlando. They lived there until finally when he retired. And this little house—with Daddy’s expertise on carpentry and stuff, they made the house a nice little place and lived there.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So you were close to your Mom and Dad. Oh, good.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And you were—when you were part of the women’s club for the [Seminole County] Farm Bureau, was that while Mr. Tucker was working at the Extension Office?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>It was after that, when we started a store in 1972. And at that point, I became president of Seminole County Farm Bureau. And it was a law in there that she became chairman of the women’s—deal.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>What did you do while you were on that board there?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>I knew that would be asked. I don’t know. Well, when we would have the whole group would have an annual meeting, and supper, and whatnot. Of course, I was involved in getting all that prepared. Getting tables right and things like that.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Did you help set, like, regulations? Or were the ladies involved in that way?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Not much. Not much. It was primarily just providing information of programs of what was available to them and what was going on.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /> </strong>Okay. Very good.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>But also, when we moved out to Citrus Heights area, you became more active in 4-H. Because the boys became active in 4-H.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And did they raise heifers?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No, they raised chickens.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Chickens and pigs.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil </strong>And they did raise heifers, but they never did raise any to show.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>At one point, they won all of the trophies [<em>laughs</em>]. With the chickens at the show.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. They felt kind of bad, I guess. Or we did [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>They raised all the best chickens.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>I can see why. They had the best of help.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /> </strong>They had the best parents. That’s right.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Help ‘em learn.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Good.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, goodness.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>But when we’d have our annual 4-H contest and things, she was in involved in helping us judge things like the lamp contest and making lamps.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>They make lamps? Really?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Yeah, and electrical, you know—learn things about electricity. And she also judged these speaking contests.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>The what?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Speaking contests.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. Okay. A lot of this I don’t remember [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>That’s okay.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>I remember him, so far [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>That’s important.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>But it’s been really, really great being involved in those kind of things. Being around with the kids, and…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>We—we started the store in 1972. Were you involved in that?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Slightly. I always brought the main attraction of the store. And where did we find that little pig?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>My son-in-law found him. He was a little wild pig. And he was so young that he still had, you know, fawn with half-spots on it. Wild pigs have similar spots as well.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>So he became mine. And did he have a collar on?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>A leash. Because when he was littler, if I was going to go mail something…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Or deposit something. Make a deposit at the bank.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>I would take him along down the streets of Sanford and take him in on a leash and finally he got bigger and bigger and bigger. And he’d come up on the porch. I’d chain him up there out of the sun.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>At the store?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah. At the store. But he would come in, I’d bring him in to the store in the car. And he would be in the front seat. And one day I went there, heard someone said, “Hey!” I saw somebody on the corner there with a friend, who went on to work. She told me later she said, “The person said, ‘Was that a pig?’” And she said, “Oh, that’s Mart Tucker. That’s all she can get to ride with her.” [<em>laughs</em>] What a good friend. So a car would stop in the middle of the street from the store and the lady would get out, come up the steps, and give something to Pete right there, and go down, get in her car, and go off.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>It was a daily ritual with her to give him some piece of candy. Something.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Some edible thing.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So they would just come up and give him treats then.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Yeah [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So how long did you have him for?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Until we finally, I quit bringing him in to the…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>He got to be about 700-800 pounds.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow. Yeah. You wouldn’t be toting him around too much.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>So he had a place there, at the barn at the house, and I guess…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>He got an infection. Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Well, he got to be an awfully big boy, so…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil <br /></strong>He did.<br /><br />[<em>phone rings</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>He must have been a happy boy.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>He had lots of friends. Lots of attention.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Excuse me. I forgot to turn this thing off.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>That’s alright.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Let’s see. That was at the store.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So, you helped with the store, doing like all the stock. And, like, when the customers would come in, you’d help them?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah. It’s Cecil and I. we did it all. It was a real enjoyable, and funny. Um, Horstmeyers?</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Horstmeyer [Farm and Garden].</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah, they have it now. Of course, we come in and get our feed there. And we came in and Miss Horstmeyer was behind the counter, and she made some comment about, “There’s the Tuckers.” And her telephone rang and she said, “Tuckers?” Instead of “Horstmeyer’s.” We had the biggest laughs over that. Her calling her own store by the wrong name. Oh, goodness.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And you sold the store to your son first, right? And he just took it over, and did you retire, or did you move on to different things?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, we didn’t do any—I don’t know. You’d have to ask Cecil.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Um, I don’t—I haven’t been—I haven’t thought of that in a while. Oh, goodness. So…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Do you have grandchildren?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yep, we got great-grandchildren. We had Miriam, and then Cecil and John. Miriam is in—still in Christmas. She’s in Christmas. And Cecil III—he lives in a house that was ours in Sanford, and John is on the coast.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Daytona [Beach]?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No, closer by.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Melbourne?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>That’s south. What is it, right down Cheney Highway? Um, Titusville.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Titusville?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Titusville. When, let’s see. I was trying to think, I guess Drew, his son, one of his sons, moved up to Titusville and he wasn’t going to be left behind from being around his grandchildren. And so they moved up. And they live in that area. So it’s real nice. Drew has four children—two boys and two girls. So John and Pam just make do over there profusely. [<em>laughs</em>] Which is really nice. So, we’ve spent time over there ourselves.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>You like it over there on the coast?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah. It’s nice. Yeah. We were talking about John and Pam and the kids there.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>I had asked Mrs. Tucker what she did once the store closed. If y’all retired, or if you just kind of—what you did.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Well, we sold the store to my son. And when we moved out to Christmas, we just spent more time working on the ranch. So. And that went on, we were pretty much full time on that until Mother—well, my dad passed away in ’95, and in the next couple years Mother came to live with us. And Mart looked after her for the next 10 or 12 years.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Mother lived to be 101, one month, one week, and one day old.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>She was the one. She was quite a lady.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And how about your parents?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, my dad passed away. I don’t know when.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Well, he was in his late 80s. And then later, your mother came to live with us, and she was in her 90s when she passed away.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>She was living the little house, where she did when we were in Sanford. And my sister Betty was living with her when, after Daddy died. And keeping care of her. And it was getting to be a burden for her. So I just had her and Mother to come on over to our house and she would be looking after Mother, but she wouldn’t have that, you know, burden of having to do all the shots of making decisions that she had us to be able to do that too. And…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Well, I was going to take you back a little bit, because Mr. Tucker told me your maiden name was Albritton. And I know that’s real prominent down in the South Florida area. I know that the families would run cattle and different things. Was your family involved in that kind of thing as well?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. And, of course, Daddy—he was—how long was he foreman of the ranch south of Christmas?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>15-20 years.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>The thing of it is, he was involved in the tick eradication, and then whenever that was over, then he got the job of being foreman of that ranch. And so…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>But his family, the Albrittons, were raised around Polk County/Hillsborough County area.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, I was thinking of another—I can’t think of it. Where the Albrittons came from, I mean most of them were…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Well, some came from that area.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Okay. What’s the name of the area you’re talking about? [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Cecil </strong>Pine Level in Pine Crest. Plant City.</p>
<p><strong>Mart </strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Arcadia. By the way, Arcadia was named after Arcadia Albritton.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>That’s really neat [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] Oh, something came on my mind.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>But Mart’s family came from—there’s two lines of Albrittons. There’s fence-cutting Albrittons and hog-stealing Albrittons. She’s from the fence-cutting Albrittons. [<em>laughs</em>] That’s another story.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah. Yeah. Because cattle people move their cattle up and down the state of Florida, according to the weather. Weren’t any fences anywhere. People fenced their yard in, and things. And then whenever the—what is it? The people that put the fence across?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Oh, the, uh…</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Phosphate…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Phosphate mining.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>That came in. And so they didn’t want cattle going through, and they put a fence over, and so a group of men went and tore the fence down. And there was a big shootout there.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Well, the second or third time that they tore the fence down was when the shootout happened [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>I think we talked about that too.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, did you? What else?</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Do you have anything else that we didn’t talk about that you want to talk about?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Don’t know. No, I don’t guess so.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Guess we’ve got everything.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>How about you, Mr. Tucker? You want to add anything?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>No. I think we did pretty good[sic].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Alright, then. Thank you very much, Mrs. Tucker.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, you’re welcome.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /> </strong>And Mr. Tucker.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /> </strong>I hope it’ll be worth having [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, it will. Yes, ma’am.</p>
<div><br /><div>
<p><a title="">[1]</a> Correction: Barton Road.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p><a title="">[2]</a> Correction: Boots.</p>
</div>
</div>
Contributor
Tucker, Cecil A. II
4-H
agriculture
animal husbandry
Arcadia Albritton
Betty Albritton
Boots Albritton
cattle
Cecil A. Tucker II
Christmas
Citrus Heights
commissaries
commissary
cow hunting
cows
dairy
food stamps
Fort Pierce
Ginderville Heights
Helen Albritton
high schools
Hoffman
Holopaw
Horstmeyer
Horstmeyer Farm and Garden
Jacob's Packing House
Little Lake Barton
Margaret Albritton
Marion County
Marion County Extension Office
Mart Albritton
Mart Tucker
McGregor
Miriam Albritton
Miriam Tucker
Museum of Seminole County History
Ocala
orange county
oranges
orlando
Orlando Highway
Osceola County
P. V. Wilson Lumber Company
Reid Hall
rifle clubs
Rosalia Drive
Saint cloud
Sally Albritton
Sanford
Seminole County
Seminole County Extension Office
Seminole County Farm Bureau
SNAP
sports
St. Cloud
Stephanie Youngers
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
tick eradication
ticks
Tucker's Farm and Garden Center
typists
UF
University of Florida
World War II
WWII
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Title
General Photographic Collection
Description
The photographs in the General Collection range in date from the late 1870s to the early 2000s. Many of the photographs within this collection contain photographs taken in and around the Sanford community and city proper. Additional photographs from outside of Sanford, taken in DeLeon Springs and the Tallahassee Children's Museum, as well as a postcard collection of cityscapes throughout the state, are included within this collection. Important social, political, and educational figures from Sanford's history are also displayed. Various clubs, organizations, schools, businesses, attractions, and government entities are what comprise the Student Museum's General Photographic Collection.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/studentmuseum/Home.aspx" target="_blank">Student Museum</a>
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>
Alternative Title
Photographic Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/31" target="_blank">Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/studentmuseum/Home.aspx" target="_blank">Student Museum</a>
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>
Curator
Marra, Katie
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">Public History Center/Student Museum</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">Public History Center</a><span>." Public History Center, University of Central Florida. http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/studentmuseum/Home.aspx" target="_blank">Student Museum</a><span>." Seminole County Public Schools. http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/studentmuseum/Home.aspx.</span>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 reproduced newspaper photograph
Dublin Core
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Title
Sanford Orange Grove
Alternative Title
Orange Grove
Subject
Photography--Florida
Sanford (Fla.)
Citrus--Florida
Sanford (Fla.)
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Description
For many years citrus reigned supreme in Sanford, Florida. From December 1894 to February 1895, Sanford experienced temperatures as low as 18 degrees. The Sanford area experienced what would be known as "The Great Freeze." The hard freezes destroyed most of the area's citrus trees and their fruit. The citrus crop never fully recovered and farmers were forced to search for other crops to grow. Ultimately, Sanford's citizens determined that celery would be an appropriate substitution, since the crop was much more resilient against extreme temperatures. By the 1890s, celery became Sanford's primary export, and as early as 1900, the city had earned the nickname "The Celery City."
Source
<p>Reproduced black and white photograph: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Agriculture--Citrus, General Collection, <a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>, Sanford, Florida.</p>
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
2.1 MB
Medium
1 reproduced newspaper photograph.
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Spatial Coverage
28.8000, -81.2667
Temporal Coverage
1890-01-01/1899-12-31
Accrual Method
Donation
Rights Holder
<p>Copyright to this resource is held by the <a title="Student Museum" href="http://publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">Student Museum</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.</p>
Contributing Project
<p><a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a></p>
Curator
Morton, Dave
Digital Collection
<p><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a></p>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">Public History Center/Student Museum</a>
External Reference
Donaldson, Mary B., Charles Hammack, and Lenore Hammack, eds. 1999. <em>Memories of Historic Sanford: Past and Present</em>. Sanford FL: Sanford Historic Trust.
External Reference Title
<a href="http://www.reocities.com/yosemite/rapids/8428/hikeplans/sanford/plansanford.html" target="_blank"><em>Memories of Historic Sanford: Past and Present</em></a>
Date Created
ca. 1890-1899
Has Format
Original black and white photograph.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of reproduced black and white photograph.
Is Part Of
<p>Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Agriculture--Citrus, General Collection, <a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>, Sanford, Florida.</p>
<p><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/32" target="_blank">General Photographic Collection</a>, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.</p>
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Celery City
Great Freeze
grove
orange grove
oranges
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Title
Citrus Collection
Alternative Title
Citrus Collection
Subject
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Citrus--Florida
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Description
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. 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, Florida, and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes.
Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.
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. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Belair Grove, Lake Mary, Florida
Isleworth Grove, Windermere, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
Weaver, Brian. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/91" target="_blank">Belair Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection</a><span>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.</span>
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/88" target="_blank">Isleworth Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Provenance
<span>Entire </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a><span> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.</span>
Rights Holder
<span>The displayed collection is housed at </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. </span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a><span> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.</span>
Source Repository
<span>University of Florida, </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 black and white photograph
Physical Dimensions
8 x 10 inch
Dublin Core
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Title
Chase & Company Orange Packers in Winter Park
Alternative Title
Chase Orange Packers
Subject
Winter Park (Fla.)
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Packing-houses
Packing industry
Orange industry--Florida
Oranges--Florida
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Citrus--Florida
Description
R. W. Givin standing in the doorway of the Chase & Company Orange Packers building in Winter Park in 1892. 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.
Source
Original 8 x 10 inch black and white photograph, 1892: <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> (MS 14), box 214, folder 15.105, item CC81, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1892
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 8 x 10 inch black and white photograph, 1892.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> (MS 14), box 214, folder 15.105, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
106 KB
Medium
8 x 10 inch black and white photograph
Language
eng
Type
Image
Coverage
Winter Park, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
Warner, S.C. "<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
Hopkins, James T. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=321" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
Transcript
CHASE & CO
ORANGE PACKERS
WINTER PARK, FLORIDA
R. W. Givin - in door way
Chase and Company
citrus
citrus industry
Givin, R. W.
orange industry
orange packers
oranges
Winter Park
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819ffccf2ab7ef4770fd890c24465a52
Dublin Core
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Title
Citrus Collection
Alternative Title
Citrus Collection
Subject
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Citrus--Florida
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Description
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. 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, Florida, and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes.
Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.
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. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Belair Grove, Lake Mary, Florida
Isleworth Grove, Windermere, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
Weaver, Brian. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/91" target="_blank">Belair Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection</a><span>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.</span>
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/88" target="_blank">Isleworth Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Provenance
<span>Entire </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a><span> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.</span>
Rights Holder
<span>The displayed collection is housed at </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. </span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a><span> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.</span>
Source Repository
<span>University of Florida, </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
15-page catalog
Dublin Core
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Title
Catalog and Price List, 1908-1909: Isleworth Nurseries
Alternative Title
Isleworth Nurseries Catalog and Prices
Subject
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Oranges--Florida
Orange industry--Florida
Grapefruit--Florida
Grapefruit industry
Lemons
Description
A catalog and price list for Isleworth Nurseries from 1908 to 1909. The nursery was owned by Chase & Company and managed by J. W. Hoard. The catalog offers tips for citrus growers for selecting land, planting crops, pruning, cultivating, fertilizing, and irrigating. The catalog also includes price lists for varieties of oranges, grapefruit, lemons, and kumquats.<br /><br />Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. 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. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes. Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.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. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Source
Original catalog: Pepper Publishing and Printing Company, Gainesville, Florida: <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> (MS 14), box 24, folder 6.46, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Publisher
Pepper Publishing and Printing Company
Date Created
ca. 1908-1909
Contributor
Chase & Company
Hoard, J. W.
Hardee, W. R.
Lee, John M.
Fuller, John T.
Steffe, Judson
Skinner, L. B.
King, J. H.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original catalog: Pepper Publishing and Printing Company, Gainesville, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> (MS 14), box 24, folder 6.46, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
Requires
<a href='http://www.adobe.com/reader.html' target='_blank'>Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Format
application/pdf
Extent
1.79 MB
Medium
15-page catalog
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Gotha, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a>.'" <em>Orlando Sentinel</em>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.
Warner, S.C. "<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
Hopkins, James T. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
Transcript
CATALOG AND PRICE LIST
1908 -- 1909
ISLEWORTH NURSERIES
CHASE & COMPANY PROPRIETORS
J. W. HOARD, Manager
GOTHA, FLORIDA
ANNOUNCEMENT
_______________
THE ISLEWORTH NURSERIES were started about six years ago in a small way by Chase & co., owners of the Isleworth Groves, with the view of growing trees for their own use in enlarging their groves. From this small beginning we have been induced to constantly increase our stock of trees to meet the increasing demand from people who saw our trees both in the nursery and in the groves, until at the time of issuing this, our first complete catalog, we have over 100,000 trees in nursery form.
While we may not grow trees as extensively as some other nurseries, we do claim to grow as fine trees as can be produced by ample means, the most desirable land, and backed by twenty-five years' practical experience in every branch of the business, from planting the seed to packing and shipping the trees.
The photographs here presented were taken on our place within the last month. All our nursery stock is on high pine land, the very finest for producing perfect root systems. The photographs of the young grove trees show the growth made without fertilizer on hammock land.
You will notice from our list that we do not carry a multitude of varieties, which only tends to confuse the mind of the buyer and often lead him to make selections which will afterwards cause him much disappointment and loss. The day of freaks and fancies in the selection of varieties is past, and the man who is looking for maximum return on his investment in land and labor will want only those varieties which have proven to be profitable.
Messrs. Chase & Co., as business men, are too well known to the fruit growers of Florida to need any introduction. They have been largely engaged in buying and shipping Florida fruits and vegetables for many years, and their name in connection with this nursery is a guarantee of fair business dealing.
We wish to extend our thanks to those who have favored us with their orders in the past, and assuring them of prompt, careful treatment in the future, we are them of prompt, careful treatment in the future, we are with water and heel in immediately in a cool, shady place till your land is ready to receive them. If this heeling in has been well done, plenty of water used and a good shade provided, the trees may remain here a week to ten days with perfect safety.
Never under any circumstances allow your tree roots to be exposed to wind or sunshine, but keep well sprinkled and covered with wet blankets or sacks until planted.
Selection of Land
We will not devote much time or space to this subject, as we take it for granted that a man consulting a nursery catalog, with a view to placing an order for trees, has already selected his land, and therefore needs no information of this kind. we will say a few words, however, along this line which may be beneficial to some of our customers. The orange tree will adapt itself to various conditions and surroundings, and, given intelligent care and cultivation, will thrive on almost any kind of land we have in Florida, with the possible exception of white sandy scrub, prairie land and palmetto flats, underlaid with "hard pan."
The very best land for an orange grove is medium high pine, or medium high hammock--not too high nor too low--and with a grayish or yellow subsoil. This is the kind of land upon which most of the famous old groves were planted.
Yours respectfully,
ISLEWORTH NURSERIES,
J. W. HOARD, Manager.
__________________________________________
JENSEN, FLA., July 10, 1908. Proprietors, J. W. Hoard, Mgr., Gotha, Fla.:
As I will be needing some more Orange and Grapefruit trees for this coming winter's planting, I wish to advise you in advance, although I have not fully decided on exactly what I shall set as to the varieties. The 540 I had from you last winter were the cleanest and most perfect trees I have ever seen come from a nursery in my 25 years in the State. I only watered them twice and lost but one tree. They have made an excellent growth, despite the almost continuous drought since time of planting. I cannot recommend your goods too highly.
Yours truly,
Proprietor Golden Hope Pinery.
Boone, C. A.
Boone's Early Oranges
Carleton
Carleton Seedless Oranges
catalog
Chase and Company
Chase, Joshua Coffin
Chase, Sydney Octavius
citrus
citrus grove
citrus industry
Common Florida Grapefruit
Conner, O. W.
Conner's Prolific Grapefruit
Dunedin
Enterprise Seedless Oranges
fertilizer
Florida Horticultural Society
Fuller, John T.
Golden Hope Pinery
Gotha
grapefruit
grapefruit tree
grove
Hardeem W. R.
Hart's Late Oranges
Hoard, J. W.
Homosassa Oranges
irrigation
Isleworth Grove
Isleworth Nurseries
Jaffa Oranges
Jensen
King, J. H.
Kissimmee
kumquat tree
kumquats
Lamb's Summer Oranges
Lee County
Lee-Parsons Cattle Company
Lee, John M.
lemon tree
lemons
Moseley, J. E.
Nagami Kumquats
nursery
Oblong Kumquats
orange county
orange grove
orange tree
oranges
orlando
Osceola County
Oviedo
Parson Brown Buds
Pepper Publishing and Printing Company
planting
pruning
rough lemons
Silver Cluster Grapefruit
Skinner, L. B.
sour oranges
Starke Seedless Oranges
Steffe, Judson
Tangerine
Tardiff Oranges
Valencia Late Oranges
vegetables
Villa Franca Lemons
Walters Grapefruit
Washington Navel Oranges
Wauchula
Windermere
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Title
Isleworth Grove Collection
Alternative Title
Isleworth Collection
Subject
Windermere (Fla.)
Butler Chain (Fla.)
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Agriculture--Florida
Description
Chase & Company was established by brothers Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase in 1884. 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. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere, Florida. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes. Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.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. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a><span>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.</span>
Is Referenced By
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">A Guide to the Chase Collection</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Isleworth Grove, Windermere, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<span>University of Florida, </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
Weaver, Brian. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Provenance
<span>Entire </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a><span> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.</span>
Rights Holder
The displayed collection is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 black and white photograph
Physical Dimensions
8 x 10 inch
Dublin Core
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Title
Chase & Company Bulk Fruit Equipment at Isleworth Grove
Alternative Title
Isleworth Equipment
Subject
Lake Butler (Fla.)
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Windermere (Fla.)
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Citrus--Florida
Equipment and supplies
Oranges--Florida
Orange industry--Florida
Description
Bulk fruit equipment at Isleworth Grove in Windermere, Florida, in January of 1953. Chase & Company was established by brothers Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase in 1884. 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. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes. Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.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. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Source
Original 8 x 10 black and white photograph, January 1953: <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> (MS 14), box 215, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1953-01
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 8x 10 black and white photograph, January 1953.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> (MS 14), box 215, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/88" target="_blank">Isleworth Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
252 KB
Medium
8 x 10 black and white photograph
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Isleworth Grove, Windermere, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
Warner, S.C. "<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
Hopkins, James T. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
"<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a>.'" <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.
Transcript
Isleworth Grove
January 1953
Bulk fruit equipment
Lake Butler Block
Pineapple oranges
Chase and Company
citrus
citrus industry
fruit equipment
Isleworth Grove
Lake Butler
Lake Butler Block
orange industry
oranges
pineapple oranges
Windermere
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Title
Seminole County Public Schools Collection
Alternative Title
SCPS Collection
Subject
Seminole County (Fla.)
Schools
High schools--Florida
Elementary schools
Grammar schools
Middle schools--Florida
Education--Florida
Teachers--Florida
Educators--Florida
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the educational history of Seminole County, Florida. Items from this collection are donated by the Student Museum and UCF Public History Center.
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
<a href="http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/studentmuseum/Home.aspx" target="_blank">Student Museum</a>
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/31" target="_blank">Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Cameron City, Sanford, Florida
Crooms Academy, Goldsoboro, Sanford, Florida
Chuluota Primary School, Chuluota, Florida
East Side Primary School, Sanford, Florida
Forest City School, Forest City, Altamonte Springs, Florida
Fort Reed, Sanford, Florida
Gabriella Colored School, Gabriella, Oviedo, Florida
Geneva Colored School, Geneva, Florida
Geneva Elementary, Geneva, Florida
Georgetown, Sanford, Florida
Goldsboro Primary School, Goldsboro, Sanford, Florida
Hungerford School, Florida
Kolokee, Geneva, Florida
Lake Howell High School, Winter Park, Florida
Lake Mary School, Lake Mary, Florida
Lake Monroe Colored School, Lake Monroe, Sanford, Florida
Longwood School, Longwood, Florida
Lyman High School, Longwood, Florida
Lyman Elementary School, Longwood, Florida
Midway, Sanford, Florida
Osceola School, Osceola, Geneva, Florida
Oviedo Colored School, Curryville, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo School, Oviedo, Florida
Paola, Florida
Sanford Grammar School, Sanford, Florida
Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida
Sanford Junior High School, Sanford, Florida
Sanford Middle School, Sanford, Florida
Sanford Primary School, Sanford, Florida
Seminole County Public Schools, Sanford, Florida
Seminole High School, Sanford, Florida
South Side Primary School, Sanford, Florida
Student Museum, Sanford, Florida
UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida
Wagner Colored School, Florida
Westside Grammar Elementary School, Sanford, Florida
West Side Primary School, Sanford, Florida
Wilson School, Altamonte Springs, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">Public History Center/Student Museum</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">Public History Center</a><span>." Public History Center, University of Central Florida. http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/studentmuseum/Home.aspx" target="_blank">Student Museum</a><span>." Seminole County Public Schools. http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/studentmuseum/Home.aspx.</span>
Accrual Method
Donation
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
69-page yearbook
Dublin Core
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Title
Salmagundi, Vol. V, No. 1, 1914
Alternative Title
Salmagundi, 1914
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Schools
Education--Florida
High schools--Florida
Description
The 1914 <em>Salmagundi</em> yearbook for Sanford High School. The yearbook was named for the Native American word meaning "a general mixture." Alice Coffee was the editor-in-chief of the <em>Salmagundi</em> for the 1913-1914 school year, which cost fifteen cents. It has 69 pages, 21 of which make up the advertisement section. Topics of interest in the yearbook include student writings, such as "Farming in Florida." There is a local, as well as a social section. Alumni notes give information about graduates of Sanford High School. The athletic section features the boys and girls basketball teams, and a thank you to the county board and superintendent for the funds to build a basketball court. Some photographs feature of Sanford High School, the primary school, Sanford farming, each class, and the boys basketball team. Student art work is featured throughout the Salmagundi. <br /><br />Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 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.
Type
Text
Source
Original yearbook: <em>Salmagundi</em>, Vol. V, No. 1 (Sanford, FL: Literary and Debating Societies, 1914): <span>Sanford High School Collection, box 1, </span><em>Salmagundi</em><span> 1914, </span><a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a><span>, Sanford, Florida.</span>
Is Part Of
Sanford High School Collection, box 1, <em>Salmagundi</em> 1914, <a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/73" target="_blank">Seminole County Public Schools Collection</a>, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original yearbook: <em>Salmagundi</em>, Vol. I, No. 1 (Sanford, FL: Literary and Debating Societies, 1914).
Coverage
Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida
Publisher
Literary and Debating Societies of Sanford High School
Herald Printing Company
Contributor
Coffee, Alice
Packard, Marion
Whitner, Jr., Benjamin F.
Date Created
ca. 1914
Date Issued
1914
Date Copyrighted
1914
Format
application/pdf
Extent
70.2 MB
Medium
69-page yearbook
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by Literary and Debating Societies of <a href="http://www.seminolehs.scps.k12.fl.us/" target="_blank">Sanford High School</a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <a href="http://seminolehs.scps.k12.fl.us/" target="_blank">Seminole High School</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center/Student Museum</a>
External Reference
"<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/.
"<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">Public History Center</a>." Public History Center, University of Central Florida. http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/.
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
"<a href="http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/studentmuseum/Home.aspx" target="_blank">Student Museum</a>." Seminole County Public Schools. http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/studentmuseum/Home.aspx.
9th Street
Abernathy, W. W.
ACL
Aspinwall
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Audubon Society
Barnes
Bates, Thomas K.
BDS
Berner, Agnes
Berner, Evelyn Barbara
Betts, A. L.
Betts, Daisy
Beverly Manufacturing Company
Borth Park
Bower's
Bowler, Mabel
Brady, E. E.
Brady, E. R.
Brock, D. C.
Brown, Nina
Brown, Nina Mae
Brown, Winnie
Brumley, L. A.
Butt, C. G.
Caldwell, D. A.
Chappell, Lucca Winifred
Chase and Company
Chase, Randall
Christmas
Clyde Dock
Coates, John F.
Coats, John Franklin, Gilbert, E. Howard
Coca-Cola
Coffee, Alice
Coffee, Clice Bryan
Columbia University
Connelly, A. P.
Connelly, Linda Evans
Cooperative Store
corn
Cornell University
cotton
Crosby, Wallace
D. A. Caldwell & Sons
Davis House
Davis, Margaret
Daytona High
Daytona High School
Daytona HS
De Cottes, George A.
Deane, R.
Dickens, Charles
Dickson, S. C.
Douglass, E. A.
Dubose, H. C.
Duhart, H. L.
Dutton, F. F.
education
Elm Avenue
Eureka Tailors
Farnsworth, Lille
Fellows, G. C.
Fernald, George H.
Field, J.
First National Bank
First National Bank No. 1
Fletcher, F. G.
Forster, F. P.
French Avenue
Fry, Albert
G & W Building
G. C. Fellows Company
Garner, N. H.
Gatchel, Mary
Gatchel, Mary Elizabeth
George H. Fernald Hardware Company
Goertz, Clara, Frank, John
Gong, Lew Jim
Graham, George H.
grapefruit
Green
Green, R.
Griggle, Thomas
Guild
H. L. Duhart Ice Cream Factory and Lunch Room
Hands, Charles M.
Hanson, M.
Harold, Muriel
Hart's Late
Healey, W. R.
Herald Printing Company
Herndon
Herring, G.
Herring, George C.
Herring, Griffin
Higgins, Adelaide Elizabeth
high schools
Hill Hardware & Lumber Company
Holly, R.
Housholder
Housholder, E. Ferguson
ILS
Irwin & Giles
J. L. Miller's Bakery
Jinks, John. D.
Kanner, Charles
Key, A. R.
Kodak
L. R. Philips & Company
Laing, J.
Laing, R.
Lake Monroe
Lake, Forrest
Lawson, J. B.
Leffler, C. H.
Lipe, M. P.
Literary and Debating Societies
Littlefield, Milton S.
Longwood Public School
Lovell, Carrie
Magnolia Ave.
Magnolia Avenue
Mahoney, Clarence
Marlow, Carrie Lovell
Marshall, R. A.
Marx
Mason
Maxwell, Dick
Maxwell, R. C.
Maxwell's
McDaniel, Ruth
McKim, Robert
McLaughlin, Anna
McLaughlin, George W.
McLaulin, Henry
Mettinger, Ruth
Miller, J. L.
Miller, Theodore J.
Monroe School
Morris, Gladys
Moughton, Ethel Ma
Munsey's Magazine
Munson, Fannie Reba
Munson, Zoe
Murrel Brothers
Murrell
Murrell Bros.
Murrell, Renie Elizabeth
N. P. Yowell & Company
Newman, Robert A.
Ninth Street
oranges
Osceola High School
Owens
Packard, Bertha
Packard, J. O.
Packard, Marion
Padgett, Viola
Pattishall, Bert
Paxton, Earl B.
Peoples Bank
Peoples Bank of Sanford
Perkins, N. J.
Peters, E. H.
Philips, L. R.
Phillips
Phillips, Marion
Pocahontas
Pope, Anna May
Pope, Eugenia
Railroad Way
Ramsey
Rand, Frederic H.
Raynor
Renna, P.
Rexall
Rexall Store
Roberts, Genyle
Roberts, J. D.
Robinson, M. F.
Rollins College
Rowlamd, W.
Rowland, Helen Adelaide
Rumph, H.
Ruskin, John
Salmagundi
Sanford
Sanford Avenue
Sanford Bottling Works
Sanford Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Sanford Cycle Company
Sanford Furniture Company
Sanford Hand Laundry
Sanford High School
Sanford House Park
Sanford Machine and Garage Company
Sanford Public Library
Sanford Public Schools
Sanford Shoe & Clothing Company
Sangster, Margaret E.
Schaffner
schools
Seabreeze High School
Seminole County Bank
Seminole County Circuit Court Clerk
Seminole County Commissioner
Seminole County Judge
Seminole County Sheriff
Seminole County Superintendent of Public Instruction
Seminole County tax assessor
Seminole County treasurer
Seminole Pharmacy
Shinholser, S. O.
SHS
Singletary, Eugene
Smith, M. M.
Speer
Spencer's
State Experiment
Stetson University
Stevens, H. R.
Stewart, Ruth
Stringfellow, L. G.
Stumon, Junie
Styleplus
sugarcane
Swope
syrup
Tennyson, Alfred
Thanksgiving
Theodore J. Miller & Son
Thrasher, D. L.
Title Bond and Guarantee Company
tobacco
Tolar, H. E.
Villa Shoora Fish & Commission Company
Waldron, Katherine Gorton
Walker, C. R.
Walker, Claire Henrietta
Wanamker, John
Washburn, H.
Weather Bureau
Western Union
Whitner, Annie
Whitner, B. F.
Whitner, Jr., Benjamin Franklin
Wight Grocery Company
Wildman, J. R.
Wildman, J. Rowland
Williams, G. E.
Wilson & Housholder
Wilson, Anna
Wilson, Thomas Emmet
Woodruff & Watson
Woodruff, Frank L.
Yowell, N. P.
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Title
Up From the Ashes Collection
Alternative Title
Up From the Ashes Collection
Subject
Winter Garden (Fla.)
Stores, Retail--United States
Railroads--Florida
Orange industry--Florida
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Garages--United States
Fires--United States
Description
Collection of digital images from the <em>Up From the Ashes</em> exhibit displayed at the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation in Winter Garden, Florida. The exhibit depicts the history of Winter Garden's business district following two devastating fires in 1909 and 1912.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/46" target="_blank">Orange County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/105" target="_blank">Winter Garden Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/115" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, Winter Garden Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Winter Garden, Florida
Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Winter Garden, Florida
Rights Holder
Copyright to these resources are held by the <a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a> and are provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a>
External Reference
Cappleman, Kay, and Rod Reeves. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/651031169" target="_blank"><em>Sundays in the South: Touring West Orange County</em></a>. Winter Garden, FL: Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, 2009.
"<a href="http://www.cwgdn.com/" target="_blank">Welcome</a>." City of Winter Garden. http://www.cwgdn.com/.
Winter Garden Heritage Foundation. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39368776" target="_blank"><em>All Aboard!: A Journey Through Historic Winter Garden, 1880-1950</em></a>. Winter Garden, FL: The Foundation, 1997.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a>
Still Image
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Title
James Lafayette Dillard and Mabel Dillard at Dillard's Orange Groves
Alternative Title
Dillard's Orange Groves
Description
A photograph of James Lafayette Dillard (1858-1943) and his daughter, Mabel Dillard, riding in a horse-drawn carriage through Dillard's orange groves. Dillard migrated to Central Florida from Virginia with his wife, Mattie Showalter, in 1887. He established himself primarily as a citrus and vegetable grower, but he also operated the M. V. Dillard and Company Garage, which was managed by his son, Marvin Dillard. In addition, he founded the Bank of Winter Garden, served as Wnter garden City Commissioner and a Florida State Legislator, and helped rebuild Downtown Winter Garden after two destructive fires in 1909 and 1912. Some of the buildings that Dillard helped construct include the Dillard and Boyd General Merchandise Store, the Shelby Hotel, and the Mann and Mills Dry Goods Store. He also donated land to the First Baptist Church of Winter Garden.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original black and white photograph: <a href="http://www.wghf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ASHES-FINAL-POSTER-page-001-JPG1.jpg" target="_blank"><em>Up From the Ashes</em> Exhibit</a>, <a href="http://wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a>, Winter Garden, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://www.wghf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ASHES-FINAL-POSTER-page-001-JPG1.jpg" target="_blank"><em>Up From the Ashes</em> Exhibit</a>, <a href="http://wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a>, Winter Garden, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/124" target="_blank">Up From the Ashes Collection</a>, Winter Garden Heritage Foundation Collection, Winter Garden Collection, RICHES of Central Florida., Winter Garden Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph.
Date Created
ca. 1912-1943
Format
image/jpg
Extent
127 KB
Medium
1 black and white photograph
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Bowers, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a>
External Reference
Cappleman, Kay, and Rod Reeves. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/651031169" target="_blank"><em>Sundays in the South: Touring West Orange County</em></a>. Winter Garden, FL: Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, 2009.
"<a href="http://www.cwgdn.com/" target="_blank">Welcome</a>." City of Winter Garden. http://www.cwgdn.com/.
Winter Garden Heritage Foundation. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39368776" target="_blank"><em>All Aboard!: A Journey Through Historic Winter Garden, 1880-1950</em></a>. Winter Garden, FL: The Foundation, 1997.
Subject
Winter Garden (Fla.)
Citrus--Florida
Oranges--Florida
Coverage
Dillard Grove, Winter Garden, Florida
Transcript
Dillard's Orange Grove. Winter Garden Fla.
citrus
citrus grove
citrus groves
Dillard, James Lafayette
Dillard, Mabel
orange grove
orange groves
orange grower
orange growers
oranges
Winter Garden
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Title
Up From the Ashes Collection
Alternative Title
Up From the Ashes Collection
Subject
Winter Garden (Fla.)
Stores, Retail--United States
Railroads--Florida
Orange industry--Florida
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Garages--United States
Fires--United States
Description
Collection of digital images from the <em>Up From the Ashes</em> exhibit displayed at the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation in Winter Garden, Florida. The exhibit depicts the history of Winter Garden's business district following two devastating fires in 1909 and 1912.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/46" target="_blank">Orange County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/105" target="_blank">Winter Garden Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/115" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, Winter Garden Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Winter Garden, Florida
Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Winter Garden, Florida
Rights Holder
Copyright to these resources are held by the <a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a> and are provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a>
External Reference
Cappleman, Kay, and Rod Reeves. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/651031169" target="_blank"><em>Sundays in the South: Touring West Orange County</em></a>. Winter Garden, FL: Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, 2009.
"<a href="http://www.cwgdn.com/" target="_blank">Welcome</a>." City of Winter Garden. http://www.cwgdn.com/.
Winter Garden Heritage Foundation. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39368776" target="_blank"><em>All Aboard!: A Journey Through Historic Winter Garden, 1880-1950</em></a>. Winter Garden, FL: The Foundation, 1997.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
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Title
James Lafayette Dillard's Packing House
Alternative Title
Dillard's Packing House
Description
The interior of James Lafayette Dillard's (1858-1943) citrus packing house, located on South Dillard Street in Winter Garden, Florida, just south of the Tavares and Gulf Railroad tracks. Also seen in the photographs are members of Dillard's family. Standing in back, third from the left are Dillard; his daughter, Mabel Dillard; his wife, Mattie Showalter Dillard; and his daughter, Gladys Dillard. Sarah Jane Fowler is standing third from left in front.<br /><br />Dillard migrated to Central Florida from Virginia with his wife, Mattie Showalter, in 1887. He established himself primarily as a citrus and vegetable grower, but he also operated the M. V. Dillard and Company Garage, which was managed by his son, Marvin Dillard. In addition, he founded the Bank of Winter Garden, served as Wnter garden City Commissioner and a Florida State Legislator, and helped rebuild Downtown Winter Garden after two destructive fires in 1909 and 1912. Some of the buildings that Dillard helped construct include the Dillard and Boyd General Merchandise Store, the Shelby Hotel, and the Mann and Mills Dry Goods Store. He also donated land to the First Baptist Church of Winter Garden.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original black and white photograph: <a href="http://www.wghf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ASHES-FINAL-POSTER-page-001-JPG1.jpg" target="_blank"><em>Up From the Ashes</em> Exhibit</a>, <a href="http://wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a>, Winter Garden, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://www.wghf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ASHES-FINAL-POSTER-page-001-JPG1.jpg" target="_blank"><em>Up From the Ashes</em> Exhibit</a>, <a href="http://wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a>, Winter Garden, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/124" target="_blank">Up From the Ashes Collection</a>, Winter Garden Heritage Foundation Collection, Winter Garden Collection, RICHES of Central Florida., Winter Garden Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph.
Date Created
ca. 1912-1943
Format
image/jpg
Extent
329 KB
Medium
1 black and white photograph
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Bowers, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a>
External Reference
Cappleman, Kay, and Rod Reeves. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/651031169" target="_blank"><em>Sundays in the South: Touring West Orange County</em></a>. Winter Garden, FL: Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, 2009.
"<a href="http://www.cwgdn.com/" target="_blank">Welcome</a>." City of Winter Garden. http://www.cwgdn.com/.
Winter Garden Heritage Foundation. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39368776" target="_blank"><em>All Aboard!: A Journey Through Historic Winter Garden, 1880-1950</em></a>. Winter Garden, FL: The Foundation, 1997.
Subject
Winter Garden (Fla.)
Coverage
Dillard Packing House, Winter Garden, Florida
Transcript
- J. L. D.
- Mabel
- Mattie
- Gladys
citrus
citrus groves
Dillard, Gladys
Dillard, J. L.
Dillard, James Lafayette
Dillard, Mabel
Dillard, Mattie Showalter
Fowler, Sarah Jane
orange groves
orange growers
oranges
packing houses
Showalter, Mattie
Winter Garden
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Title
The Maitland News Collection
Alternative Title
Maitland News Collection
Subject
Maitland (Fla.)
Description
<em>The Maitland News</em> was a local newspaper originally published by the Maitland Realty Company (and later by The Maitland News Company) which began circulation in April 1926. This edition features articles on topics such as a new town water pump, an anniversary party, tax assessment complaints, WDBO radio programming, the opening of school, locally-grown fresh fruit, a church dinner, the health concerns of a local pastor, the housing arrangements of local residents, and a local events calendar. Also featured are several advertisements for local businesses.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/113" target="_blank">Maitland Historical Museum Collection</a>, Maitland Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/112" target="_blank">Maitland Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/46" target="_blank">Orange County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Maitland, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://artandhistory.org/maitland-history-museum/" target="_blank">Maitland Historical Museum, Art & History Museums - Maitland</a>
Curator
Settle, John
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Poole, Leslie Kemp. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320803902" target="_blank"><em>Maitland</em></a>. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2009.
"<a href="http://www.itsmymaitland.com/maitland_history.asp" target="_blank">Maitland History</a>." City of Maitland. http://www.itsmymaitland.com/maitland_history.asp.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
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Title
The Maitland News, Vol. 01, No. 01, April 12, 1926
Alternative Title
The Maitland News, Vol. 01, No. 01
Subject
Maitland (Fla.)
Description
<em>The Maitland News</em> was a local newspaper originally published by the Maitland Realty Company (and later by <em>The Maitland News</em> Company) which began circulation in April 1926. This edition is the first ever issue, and it features articles on topics such as the modernization of the local fire department, the achievements of the town council, the development of the town's first residential neighborhood, urban planning, the construction of a new hotel, a local concert, a calendar of local events, the Bank of Maitland, the development of the Greenwood Gardens residential neighborhood, the Needlework Guild, and the publication plans of <em>The Maitland News</em> itself. Also featured are several advertisements for local businesses.
Type
Text
Source
Original 4-page newspaper edition: <em>The Maitland News</em>, Vol. 01, No. 01, April 12, 1926: Newspaper Collection, accession number 2014.002.020V, room 2, case 2, shelf 10, box GV, <a href="http://artandhistory.org/maitland-history-museum/" target="_blank">Maitland Historical Museum</a>, Art & History Museums - Maitland, Maitland, Florida.
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Maitland News Collection, <a href="http://artandhistory.org/maitland-history-museum/" target="_blank">Maitland Historical Museum</a>, Art & History Museums - Maitland, Maitland, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/150" target="_blank">The Maitland News Collection</a>, Maitland Historical Museum Collection, Maitland Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 4-page newspaper edition: <em>The Maitland News<em>, Vol. 01, No. 01, April 12, 1926. </em></em>
Coverage
Maitland, Florida
Publisher
The Maitland Realty Company
Date Created
ca. 1926-04-12
Date Issued
1926-04-12
Date Copyrighted
1926-04-12
Format
application/pdf
Extent
1.23 MB
Medium
4-page newspaper edition
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by the Maitland Realty Company.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the Maitland Realty Company and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Settle, John
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://artandhistory.org/" target="_blank">Art & History Museums - Maitland</a>
External Reference
Poole, Leslie Kemp. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320803902" target="_blank"><em>Maitland</em></a>. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2009.
"<a href="http://www.itsmymaitland.com/maitland_history.asp" target="_blank">Maitland History</a>." City of Maitland. http://www.itsmymaitland.com/maitland_history.asp.
Transcript
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THE MATLAND NEws
Published Twice a Month by THE MATLAND REALTy Co, Maitland, ORange County, Florida
VoluntE I
APRIL 12, 1926
Number 1
Greenwood Gardens Opens April 15th
Matt LAND To HAVE MODERN FIRE DEPARTMENT
Resolved that immediate steps should be taken to lessen the liability of a repetition of the recent destruc. tive fire which on the evening of March 15 destroyed the buildings of the American Fruit Growers and the Maitland Lumber Company, the re. tiring Town Council at its last meeting took definite action toward the organization and equipment of a modern fire fighting department by the purchase of a modern automatic fire engine from the Boyer Fire Engine Company of Logansport, Indiana, and soo feet of fire hose from the Eureka Fire Hose Company. The fire engine is mounted on a standard Reo Speedwagonchassis, thereby assuring immediate local repair work or replacement of parts in case of accident or breakdown. It is equipped with double chemical tanks so constructed that one can be recharged while the other is in action, thereby assuring a steady and uninterrupted supply of chemicals. The pumps will have a capacity in excess of 350 gallons of water per minute and will throw three one and one fourth inch streams over a hundred foot high building within the next few days the Council will begin the organization of a volunteer fire department consisting of a chief, two assistant chiefs and nine firemen with an auxiliary or ganization of alternates to act in case of the absence of any members. with the placing of hydrants at all the important street intersections throughout the town and of fire plugs around the many lakes, the modern waterworks plant now being installed and the fire fighting apparatus as above outlined, Maitland will have one of the best equipped fire depart ments of any town of its size in the
state. The Town Council is to be con
gratulated upon its progressive action in the matter.
Town COUNCIL closes EvenT. FUL YEAR
One of the busiest and most fruit. ful years of the Maitland Town Council has just come to an end by the installation of the new Mayor and Councilmen on the evening of March 25. At this meeting the out going Council composed of Mayor J. A. Brown and councilmen C. J. Woodward, Kenneth N. McPherson, Joseph H. Bennett, E. A. Upmeyer and Albert N. Pettis turned over the affairs of the town to the new Count cil composed of E. A. Upmeyer as Mayor and J. A. Brown, S. B. Hill . C. J. Woodward, Joseph G. Fried land and F. H. Manning as council 11-11.
Among the outstanding achieve ments of the outgoing Council are the disposal of a sits,000.00 bond issue, and the subsequent paving of all the principal streets in the town, the dredging and bulkheading of Lily Lake and the purchase and improve ment of a new Central Municipal Park, the passage of a 40,000.00 bond issue and the subsequent instal lation of a modern and comprehensive water system; the purchase of modern automatic fire fighting equipment and the starting of a modern and efficient fire department; the installation of a White Way two miles long along the Dixie Highway from the south corporate limit to the north corporate limit, the securing of a right-of-way one hundred feet wide through the corporate area for State Road No. 3, thereby assuring Maitlands future by making her the only town on that highway between Sanford and Or. lando, and the creating of the officers of resident Town Surveyer and res. ident Attorney.
The new Council has ahead of it the many propositions confronting al growing towns, but with the cooper ation of the townspeople 97% of whom are estimated as being whole
heartedly in favor of progress and the
record of the past council as an example to emulate, there is every prospect that all problems and difficulties will be met in characteristic Maitland
style.
Sales of Mainlands First Large Residen. tial Subdivision to start with Formal Opening
The Maitland Realty Company an nounces today the formal opening of Greenwood Gardens on Thursday, April 15. This development, extend ing along the Dixie Highway from the north limits of the business district to the northern boundary of the town, is the first large residential subdivision to be offered in Maitland.
The entire development of approxi mately 150 acres is on high land covered with pine and oak, except for the forty acres in grove it touches four lakes and has 500 feet of front age on the Dixie Highway, thus make ing it possible to offer purchasers a great diversity both in character, location and price.
This development has been in prep. aration for the past year and there have been a number of predevelop ment sales, with three residences al ready under construction, but the Maitland Realty Company who are the developers have not placed the property generally on the market until the plan of the entire development was ready.
The first section extending from Sybelia Avenue north to Marion way is now platted and ready for sale, and reservations will be taken on the second section comprising all the other land east of the Dixie from Marion Way to the north end of town.
WISEHAUPT speaks TO C. OF C.
At the fourth luncheon meeting of the Chamber of Commerce on March 25, Howard J. Wischaupt, President of the American Business Lyceum, gave an inspiring talk on community building, which he asserts is possible only through the sincere cooperation and earnest effort of the citizens. Mr. Wisehaupt, who has been spending some time in Orlando is most enthusiastic over the opportunities in this section and the possibilities of future development
2] The Maitland News
Published Twice a Month by the MAITLAND REALTY CO. J. H. Hill, President F. B. Stone, Vice-President
ANNA. B. TREAT, Secretary S. B. Hill, ., Treasurer
Advertising Rates on Application
We have long felt the need of getting in closer touch with the people of Maitland so that we may better understand each other and the things for which we are all striving.
To that end we determined to send out periodically a trade letter or house organ. In considering this idea and talking it over with friends we thought we might enlarge it some what and make the publication a com: munity newspaper of more general in terest and give our fellow business men an opportunity to reach the townspeople at the same time. Their response to our invitation has been most gratifying and the financial aid thus secured will be a material help in defraying a part of the cost of printing.
Arrangements have been made to publish the Maitland News regularly twice a month. We are sending the paper to members of the Chamber of Commerce, resident and non-resident property owners and others who we think will be interested in news of Maitlands development. We will be glad to enlarge this list by including names of a limited number of your friends who you feel would be interested. It is the hope of the editors that the townspeople will make use of our columns in announcing meet ings and reporting items of general and personal interest.
THE MAITLAND NEWS
LOCAL ITEMS
Sentiment regarding the necessity of a hotel in Maitland crystalized at the Chamber of Commerce meeting in the appointment of a committee con sisting of R. A. Wheeler, J. H. Hill and S. J. Stiggins to obtain subscriptions for stock for a hotel. 3000.00 was subscribed immediately, which sum has been increased to 6,000.00 as we go to press. The site has not yet been selected but tentative plans submitted by architect F. T. Marsh call for a hotel of twenty rooms, with restaurant and offices on the first floor.
A lecture by C. W. Leavitt, noted landscape archiect, which was held at the Library on the evening of March 15, was well attended by the represen. tative people of the town. Mr. Lea. vitt gave an interesting and inspiring talk on city planning, in which the people of Maitland are much interest ed.
A delightful concert was given by the Jubilee Singers of the Hungerford School at the Hill, Tuesday evening, March 23. The plantation songs and negro spirituals were especially en joyed by the audience. During the program a collection of over 2500 was taken up for the benefit of Hungerford School.
LOUIS L. COUDERT, INC. Civil ENGINEERs Land Surveyors Town planning
P. O. Building Maitland, Florida
BOOSTING MAITLAND DAY AND NIGHT
MAITLAND GARAGE M. L. KYLE, Prop. Phone 1304-
General Repairing, Vulcanizing Batteries Recharged Wrecking Car Service Goodyear Tires & Tubes. Texas Gas & Oil
CALEN DAR
Tuesday, April 13. :00 P. M. Municipal OfficeZoning Commission.
Friday, April 16. :00 P. M. Hill Scouts.
Sunday, April 18. 10:00 A. M. Sunday School Meth dist and Presbyterian Churches. 11:00 A. M. Services, Methodist and Episcopal Churches. :00 P. Epworth League, Methodist Church. :30 P. M. Services, Methodist Church.
Tuesday, April 20. :00 P. M. Municipal OfficeZoning Commission.
Thursday, April 22. 12:15 White Way Restaurant. Chamber of Commerce luncheon. :00 P. M. Council Meeting.
WHITEWAY RESTAURANT & LUNCH ROOM
F. H. MANNING, Prop. Special Chicken Dinner Sunday:
Mr. Home Builder
Insure the permanence of your building by the use of the best grades of lumber and building materials.
School, Boy
The cost is not more than for the ordinary kind. We specialize in quality products and quick service. Phone 1304-M THE MAITLAND LUMBER CO.
Ask for Our Book of House plans. It Is Free
THE MAITLAND NEWS 3]
Watch the Maitland Well Go Down --------------- A log of the drilling with samples - - of the core is on display in the A. City Store in a window of the Maitland Realty Company. Country Town --------------------------------------------------------------------------Inter-Cit Realt Our Insurance Now Located in Our у - New Building Co. Service Modern Equipme - Odern Equipment Real Estate Brokers Representing some of the old. Thruout est and strongest insuramce com- - - MAITLAND - FLORIDA panies in America, the Maitland Quality, Prices Realty Company is offering and Service Phone winter Park 1310-Maitland people competent servo Not Excelled in ice in writing practically all kinds of insurance, including: Orange County EVERYTHING IN Fire, Automobile Fire and Theft A. BROWN REAL ESTATE Tornado, Property Damage - - Collision, Burglary Telephone 1310-R we have the exclusive list plate Glass, Rain, Hail, Public Lia- MAITLAND - FLORIDA - - bility, Fidelity Bond, Live Stock. ing on the most beautiful Accident, Sprinkler Leakage, Auto- Lake Front Properties in mobile plate Glass --- Maitland ------------------------------------------------------------------ LOIS L. HAILE ---------------------------kings--------------------------- Public Stenographer i Oranges, Grapefruit Notary Public Tangerines
FORREST B. STONE --------- Grower & Shipper Maitland, Fla.
MAITLAND ELECTRIC SHOP J. H. Bennett, Prop,
BANK OF MAIT L AND
Member Electragists, Inter
national Electrical Contractor Ali Kinds of Fixtures A Local Bank Sepco Heaters - Westinghouse Ranges For Local People
Agent Electric Refrigerator
Your Home Town Comes First
Maitland Plumbing Patronize its Stores and Industries
Company E. A. UPMEYER. Pres. J. A. Brown, VPres. DONALD. G. SPAIN. Cashier
C. D. HORNER
Plumbing, Piping, Irrigating, Repairing
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Maitland: FIRST, LAST, AND ALL THE TIME:
The Bank of Maitland, our newest business institution, is demonstratinga fine spirit in promoting cooperation and a tradeat-homespirit, as evi. denced by their mailing to pay trons a card bearing the following message: Do you realize that when you spend a dollar away from Mait land that dollar is forever lost to the Town? It is gone, and will never return. On the other hand, when you spend your dollar in your own town it continues to do its part in the development of the town. It gives the merchant with whom you spend it his profit, it goes to the bank. The bank makes a profit of that dollar by lending it to someone else in the town who, in turn, makes his profit by making good use of that dollar. Do you see the difference? Your local merchants can probably give you the same goods you may be getting else. where, and at the same price. Remember that every dollar you spend at home is not a dol. lar lost, but one that goes ondo ing its duty in building up the town. We wish to take this oppor: tunity to thank you for the busi. ness you have given this institu. tion, and to assure you that we will do our best to merit a continuance of your patronage. BANK OF MAITLAND.
The annual meeting of the Needlework Guild was held at Under Oaks on last Monday afternoon. A report was made of the work done by the Maitland Auxiliary during the past year as well as the garments turned in by the members of the Guild. The absence of Mrs. L. P. Bronson, who has been president since the beginning of the Branch twenty-seven years ago, and is now suffering from a serious fall, was deeply felt by all present
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Home People
- They Deserve The Best
Homes are the basis of American independence and prosperity, and nowhere else in America do we find a finer home community than Orange County, Florida, nor a finer suburban town than Maitland.
On April 15th will be opened to the public the first section of Greenwood Gardens, Maitlands beautiful homesite development. Two years have been spent in planning this community for our home people. During this time little has been said of Greenwood Gardens, but no expense has been spared in securing the counsel and services of experts in landscaping and modern subdivision engineering, with the result that every homesite in Greenwood Gardens, while maintaining and emphasizing the beauty of its own natural setting, has been provided with every facility and convenience of the modern suburb.
We invite you to investigate these modern homesites and see for yourselves the advantages of living in Greenwood Gardens. For those of our townspeople who want a real home of their
own we have a plan that will help you get it you
Lots are all ample and well located. Prices are reasonable. We are giving special generous dis. counts to those who choose their homesites now and assist us in building up Maitlands first com: plete residential suburb.
YOU want to know about ANY good thing for Maitland.
Ask us to explain
GREEN WOOD
agriculture
Anna B. Treat
appliance
bank
Bank of Maitland
banking
C. D. Horner
C. W. Leavitt
chamber of commerce
church
citrus
civil engineering
Donald G. Spain
E. A. Upmeyer
education
electronics
F. H. Manning
fire department
Forrest B. Stone
grapefruit
Greenwood Gardens
housing
Hungerford School
insurance
Inter-City Realty Company
J. A. Brown
J. H. Bennett
J. H. Hill
L. P. Bronson
Lois L. Haile
Louis L. Coudert
M. L. Kyle
Maitland
Maitland Auxiliary
Maitland Electric Shop
Maitland Garage
Maitland Lumber Company
Maitland Plumbing Company
Maitland Realty Company
Maitland Town Council
Needlework Guild
notary
Office of the Mayor
oranges
plumbing
real estate
Reo Speedwagon
residential development
restaurant
S. B. Hill, Jr.
The Maitland News
White-Way Restaurant
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Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Alternative Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Subject
Oviedo (Fla).
Description
The Oviedo Historical Society Collection encompasses historical artifacts donated for digitization at the Oviedo Historical Society's History Harvest in the Spring semester of 2015.
The Oviedo Historical Society was organized in November 1973 by a group of citizens. The society is a 501(3) non-profit organization. Its purpose is to help preserve the community identity of Oviedo by collecting and disseminating knowledge about local history, serve as a repository for documents and artifacts relating to Oviedo history, promote the preservation and marking of historic sites and buildings in the Oviedo area and foster interest in local, state, national, and world history.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>." Oviedo Historical Society, Inc. http://oviedohs.com/.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
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1 map
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Title
Map of Lake Charm
Alternative Title
Lake Charm Map
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Lakes--Florida
Description
A map of Lake Charm, a 19-acre lake located in the Lake Jesup Watershed of Oviedo, Florida, sometime between 1865 and 1870. The map shows mostly orange groves and farmland owned by a handful of individuals: Walter Gwynn, Dr. Henry Foster, Mary E. Foster, and Catherine M. Remington.<br /><br />Walter Gwynn (1828-1897), comptroller for the State of Florida, bought the land south of Lake Jesup in 1859 and built his home on Lake Charm in 1868. His daughter, Martha Gwynn, is credited with naming the lake. In 1870, Dr. Henry Foster migrated to Lake Charm from New York and began growing oranges. He later developed the area as a resort in the 1880s.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original map: <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
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Is Part Of
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
<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.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original map.
Coverage
Lake Charm, Florida
Date Created
ca. 1865-1870
Date Copyrighted
ca. 1865-1870
Format
application/pdf
Extent
115 KB
Medium
1 map
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.seminole.wateratlas.usf.edu/upload/documents/Charm.pdf" target="_blank">Lake Charm</a>." University of South Florida. http://www.seminole.wateratlas.usf.edu/upload/documents/Charm.pdf.
"<a href="http://oviedohs.com/research-reference/" target="_blank">Research & Reference</a>." Oviedo Historical Society. http://oviedohs.com/research-reference/.
A. C. Lawton
carriage Drive
Catherine M. Remington
citrus
Clifton Springs
Clifton Springs Sanitarium
farms
Frank Van Dine
groves
Henry Foster
hickory
lake
Lake Charm
Lake Jesup
Lawton's Store
Mary E. Foster
orange county
oranges
Oviedo
parks
Walter Gwynn
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Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Alternative Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Subject
Oviedo (Fla).
Description
The Oviedo Historical Society Collection encompasses historical artifacts donated for digitization at the Oviedo Historical Society's History Harvest in the Spring semester of 2015.
The Oviedo Historical Society was organized in November 1973 by a group of citizens. The society is a 501(3) non-profit organization. Its purpose is to help preserve the community identity of Oviedo by collecting and disseminating knowledge about local history, serve as a repository for documents and artifacts relating to Oviedo history, promote the preservation and marking of historic sites and buildings in the Oviedo area and foster interest in local, state, national, and world history.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>." Oviedo Historical Society, Inc. http://oviedohs.com/.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
32-page booklet
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Title
History of the First Baptist Church, Oviedo, Florida: First 100 Years, 1869-1969
Alternative Title
First Baptist Church: First 100 Years
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Churches--Florida
Baptists--Florida
Description
A history of the First Baptist Church of Oviedo from its founding in 1869 to its centennial celebration in 1969. The book begins with a brief history of the Central Florida area, followed by a history of Oviedo. The first service for the First Baptist Church was led by Reverend W. G. Powell on the property of W. H. Luther, located along Lake Jessup Avenue. The first church building was made of wood and was located on what was the property of Lois Ruddell at the time that this book was written. The old building served the church until 1887, later became the house of the Beasley family, and was finally torn down. A new wooden church building was erected in 1887 and remained in use until 1926. The brick church building constructed later on is still in use by CrossLife Church.
Type
Text
Source
Original 32-page booklet: <em>History of the First Baptist Church, Oviedo, Florida: First 100 Years, 1869-1969</em>, 1969: <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
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Is Part Of
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
<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.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 32-page booklet: <em>History of the First Baptist Church, Oviedo, Florida: First 100 Years, 1869-1969</em>, 1969.
Coverage
First Baptist Church of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Date Created
1969
Date Copyrighted
1969
Format
application/pdf
Extent
2.7 MB
Medium
32-page booklet
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
External Reference
First Baptist Church, Oviedo, Fla. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4930435" target="_blank"><em>History of the First Baptist Church, Oviedo, Florida: First 100 Years, 1869-1969</em></a>. 1969.
A. A. Daniel
A. A. Myers
A. B. Tedford
A. C. Hart
A. C. Turner
A. Flourny Jernigan
A. J. Metcalf
A. P. Farnell
A. R. Metcalf, Jr.
A. Solaria
Alex Lawton
American Civil War
Amerindian
Andrew Aulin
Andrew Aulin, Sr.
Andrew Lawton
anniversary
Apopka
Argo's Store
Arthur Scott
B. F. Ward, Jr.
B. F. Ward, Sr. R. F. Cooper
B. F. Wheeler
B. F. Wheeler, Jr.
B. F. Wheeler, Sr.
B. Z. Hunter
Baptists
Basil Mays
Beasley
Benjamin Franklin Wheeler
Benjamin Franklin Wheeler, Jr.
Benjamin Franklin Wheeler, Sr.
Billie Buster
Brewster
Broadway Street
Brush Arbor
C. A. Love
C. D. Weaver
C. F. Rolquist
C. J. Broome
C. K. Buckelew
C. W. Holder
Caloosa
centennial
Charles Simeon Lee, Jr.
Christian
Christianity
Chuluota
Chuluota Baptist Church
churches
citrus
Civil War
clergy
Clermont
Clifton Springs
colonization
colony
Creek
D. D. Gammage
Dan F. Thomas
deacon
Delco Light Plant. Goldenrod
Diane Aulin
Diane Aulin Keller
Donald L. Orman
E. A. Farnell
E. Lee Smith
education
enterprise
F. A. Peirson
F. C. Edwards
F. C. Morgan
FBC
First Baptist Church of Oviedo
Florida Mosquito Territory
Fort Christmas
Fort Drum
Fort Gatlin
Freeze of 1894
freezes
G. W. Alford
Goldenrod Baptist churches
Groveland
groves
growers
H. B. McCall
H. H. Link
Hammond organ
Henry Walcott
Homecoming Day
Howard S. Gott
Indian
Iniah Honchin
Ira Rouse
Isaacs
J. A. Richardson
J. B. Rogers
J. C. Hatlzelow
J. E. Okerlund
J. F. Mitchell
J. G. Black
J. H. King
J. H. Lee, Sr.
J. I.
J. I. Beasley
J. M. Jones
J. M. Kones
J. Max Cook
J. N. Thompson
J. O. Fries
J. O. Jelks
J. P. Jacobs
J. S. Day
J. T. Bryant
J. T. Wheeler
J. W. Martin
Jack T. Bryant
James G. Speer
Jelks
Joe Fox
Joe Leinhart
John Hiram Lee, Sr.
John M. Camp
John S. Womble
Joseph Leinhart
Joshua P. Jacobs
Julia Golden
K. Swonson
L. A. Hardy
L. L. Day
Ladies Aid Society
Lake Charm
Lake Jessup Avenue
Lake Jessup Community
Lake Jessup Settlement
Lake Jesup
Lawton
Lois Ruddell
Lord
Lund
M. E. Brock
Magazine Club of Oviedo
Maitland
Mary Gwynn
Mary Jacobs
Mary Walker
Milton Gore
Missionary Baptist churches
Mosquito County
Muskogan
Native American
Needham Jelks
Nelson
Nelson Brothers
Nettie Aulin
Nettie Jacobs
Nettie Jacobs Aulin
O. M.
orange county
Orange Grove Baptist Church
oranges
organ
orlando
Oviedo
Oviedo Baptist churches
P. H. Brown
pastor
Pearl G. Martin
Pride of Oviedo
R. L. Ward
R. L. Wheeler
R. M. Hickman
R. W. Dickert
R. W. Lawton
religious education
Reminiscence Fair
reverend
Robert Lawton
S. C. Dorsey
S. W. Sheffield
schools
Seminole
Seminole County
Sexton
shipping
slave
slavery
Solaria's Wharf
St. Johns River
St. Volusia
Statson University
Sunday schools
T. H. Daniell, Sr.
T. J. Bell
T. W. Lawton
Ted Aulin
The Lodge
Theodore Aulin
Theodore Aulin, Jr.
Theodore Aulin, Sr.
Thomas Willington Lawton
Tom Lawton
Tom Wheeler
Tomokan
Tucker
Tuscovilla
W. A. Jelks
W. A. Ward, Jr.
W. E. Alexander
W. G. Powell
W. H. Luther
W. H. Martin
W. J. Lawton, Sr.
W. P. Carter
W. P. Rogers
W. S. Sommerville
W. T. Walker
W. W. Townson
Walter Gwynn
Whitney-Wolcott House
Will Alexander
William Clevor
William H. Martin
Williams Stones
Winborn Joseph Lawton, Sr.
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Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Alternative Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Subject
Oviedo (Fla).
Description
The Oviedo Historical Society Collection encompasses historical artifacts donated for digitization at the Oviedo Historical Society's History Harvest in the Spring semester of 2015.
The Oviedo Historical Society was organized in November 1973 by a group of citizens. The society is a 501(3) non-profit organization. Its purpose is to help preserve the community identity of Oviedo by collecting and disseminating knowledge about local history, serve as a repository for documents and artifacts relating to Oviedo history, promote the preservation and marking of historic sites and buildings in the Oviedo area and foster interest in local, state, national, and world history.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>." Oviedo Historical Society, Inc. http://oviedohs.com/.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
28-page booklet
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Title
The Oviedo Outlook: Centennial Edition
Alternative Title
Oviedo Outlook Centennial Edition
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Description
The centennial edition of <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em> published in 1979 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Oviedo, Florida. The newspaper begins with a brief history of Oviedo, followed by articles devoted to important members of the community, including Evelyn Cheek Lundy and John Lundy, Thad Lee Lingo, Jr. and Lacy Aire Lingo, Clare Wheeler Evans, Wayne Jacobs and Karen Jansen Jacobs, Thomas Moon, Marguerite Partin, Frank Wheeler, Katherine Lawton, Tom Estes, Ed Yarborough and Ima Jean Bostick Yarborough, Virginia Balkcom Mikler, Paul Mikler, Sparks Lingo Ridenour and John Ridenour, Ray "Rex" Clonts and Thelma Lee Clonts, Jean Jordan and Harold Jordan, the Malcolm family, Edward Duda, Penny Mitchem Olliff and Leon Olliff, Louise Wheeler Martin and Bill Martin, Miriam "Mimi" Wheeler Bruce and Douglas Allen, Viola Smith, and Cay Westerfield.
Type
Text
Source
Original 28-page booklet: <em>The Oviedo Outlook: Centennial Edition</em>, 1979: <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
<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.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 28-page booklet: <em>The Oviedo Outlook: Centennial Edition</em>, 1979.
Coverage
Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
First Baptist Church of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
First Methodist Church of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo Woman's Club, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo, Post Office, Oviedo, Florida
Memorial Building, Oviedo, Florida
Sweetwater Park, Oviedo, Florida
Lake Charm, Oviedo, Florida
Lake Jesup, Oviedo, Florida
Geneva, Florida
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Slavia, Oviedo, Florida
White's Wharf, Oviedo, Florida
Citizens Bank of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Citizens Bank of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Publisher
<em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>
Date Created
1979
Date Issued
1979
Date Copyrighted
1979
Format
application/pdf
Extent
11.8 MB
Medium
28-page booklet
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
4th of July
A. Duda
A. Duda and Sons, Inc.
A. J. McCulley
A. M. Jones
A&W
ACL
African American
Al Ruthberg
Al Ruthberg's Dry Goods
Alafaya Square
Alafaya Woods
Alafaya Woods Boulevard
Albertsons
Allen Street
American Bandstand
American Legion
American Legion Post 243
American Radioactive Chemical Company
Anderson
Andrew Aulin, Sr.
Andrew Duda
Ann Leinhart
Anna Thompson
anniversary
Anything for Floors
Artesia Street
Arthur Evans
Arthur Scott
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Augusta Covington
Aulin Avenue
Avenue B.
B. F. Wheeler
B. G Smith
Babe Ruth League
Bank of Oviedo
Baptists
Baptizing Lake
Barbara Walker-Seaman
baseball
basketball
Bean Soup Ladies
Belle Glade
Ben Ward
Ben Wheeler
Benjamin Frank Wheeler
Benny Ward
Betty Aulin
Betty Malcolm
Betty Malcolm Jackson
Betty Palmer
Betty Reagan
Bill Clinton
Bill Martin
Bill Nelson
Bill Ward
Billie Chance
Black Hammock Fish Camp
Black Tuesday
Bob Butterworth
Bobby Malcolm
Boston Hill
Boston Park
Boy Scouts of American
Broadway Lily's Louis Edward Jordan, Sr.
Broadway Street
Brownie
Buddy Tyson
C. L. Clonts
C. R. Clonts and Associated Growers
C. S. Lee
cattle
Cattlewomen
Cay Westerfield
celery
centennial
Central Avenue
Century 21 Real Estate
Chance
Chapman Road
Charles Aulin
Charles Evans
Charles Lee, Jr.
Charles Simeon Lee
Charlie Beasley
Charlie Malcolm
Charlie McCully
Chase and Company
Chicago boys
Chiropractic Healthcare Center
Christmas
Chuluota
churches
Ci Gi's Pizza and Subs
Citizens Bank of Oviedo
city clerk
city council
city government
Clare Wheeler
Clare Wheeler Evans
Clarence William Nelson II
Clark
Clark Street
Claude Roy Kirk, Jr.
Claudia Mitchem
Cleo Malcolm
Cleo Malcolm Gore
Cleo Malcolm Leinhart
Clonts Farms, Inc.
Clyde Holder
Clyde Reese Moon
coach
Colonial Drive
Cooper
county commissioner
county government
Cow Bells
Crooms High School
Cross Seminole Trail
Crutchfield
D. D. Daniel
D. D. Daniel Store
David Evans
Dawson
Daytona
De Leon Street
Delco
Democrat
Democratic parks
desegregation
Dick Addicks
Dick Clark
Doc Malcolm
Don Ulery
Donna Neely
Donnie Malcolm
Dorothy Malcolm
Dorsey Brothers
Double R Private School
Doug Allen
Doug Allen Debris Cleaning
Douglas Allen
Downtown Oviedo
Duda
Dwardy
E. H. Kilbee
Econ Eating Club
Econ River
Econlockhatchee River
Ed Duda
Ed Yarborough
Edgar Marvin
Edith Mead
education
educator
Edward Duda
Edward Stoner
Elida Margaret McCulley
Elm Street
Elnoa Allen
Elsie Beasley
Emma Catherine Wahgren
Enoch Partin
Equestrian Green
Evelyn Cheek
Evelyn Cheek Lundy
Faircloth's Grocery
farmer
farming
Fernell's Grocery
FFA
FFWC
First Baptist Church of Oviedo
First United Methodist Church of Oviedo
Flagler's Hotel
Florida Avenue
Florida Federation of Woman's Clubs
Florida High School Athletic Association
Florida Power and Light Company
Florida State Road 426
Florida State Road 434
Florida State Road 50
Florida Tech
Florida Technological University
football
Forrest Harrill Burgess
Foster Chapel
Fountainhead Baptist churches
Fourth of July
Frank Wheeler
Freeze of 1894
Freeze of 1917-1918
Freeze of 1989
freezes
Fritz Mondale
fruit flies
fruit fly
FTU
Future Farmers of America
Gardenia
Gebhardy
Geneva
Geneva Drive
Geneva Historical and Genealogical Society
Geneva Methodist churches
George Aire
George Kelsey
George Lee
George Lee Wheeler
George Means
Georgetown
Georgia Lee
Georgia Lee Wheeler
Gertrude Lucas
Gladys Malcolm
Glenridge Middle School
government
Grace Olliff
Graham Street
Great Crash, Stock Market Crash of 1929
Great Day in the Country
Great Depression
Greater Oviedo Chamber of Commerce
groves
Guy Lombardo
Gwynn's Cafe
Halloween
Harold Henn
Harold Jordan
Hazel Malcolm
Henry Foster
Henry Wolcott
high schools
Hillcrest Drive
Hollie Ruscher
Horse Pond
Howell Branch Road
Hubert Max Lanier
Hurley Ann Wainright
Hurley Mae Moon
Hurricane Donna
Hyland
Ida Boston
Ima Jean Bostick Ocala
Ima Jean Bostick Yarborough
immigrants
Independence Day
infestation
integration
Irving Malcolm
Jack Malcolm
Jackie Kasell
Jackson Heights
Jakubcin
James Earl Carter, Jr.
James Gilbery
James Lambert Malcolm
Jane Cochran
Jane Gaydick
Jane Moran
Jane Moran Wheeler
Jean Jordan
Jean Wheeler
Jim Lee
Jim Partin
Jim Pearson
Jim Wilson
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Lee
Jimmy Malcolm
Joe Leinhart
Joe Malcolm
Joe Rutland
John Currier
John Evans
John Ganaway Malcolm
John Irving Malcolm
John Lundy
John Ridenour
Johnny Smith
Johnson Hill
Joseph Leinhart
Joseph Watts
July 4th
July Fourth
Junie Duda
Justice of the Peace
Karate Academy
Karen Jansen
Karen Jansen Jacobs
Katherine Lawton
Katherine Mikler
Katherine Mikler Duda
Katheryn Lawton
Katie Lawton
Kay Dodd
Kay Estes
Keith Malcolm
Kenneth Malcolm
King
King Street
Kingsbridge
Kit Lawton
Kitty Young
L. J. Gore
Lacy Aire
Lacy Aire Lingo
Lake Barton
Lake Charm
Lake Charm Park
Lake George
Lake Harney
Lake Jessup Settlement
Lake Jesup
Lake Mary
Lake Pickett
Lake Rosa
Lakemont Elementary School
Larry Neely
Larry Olliff
law
Lawton Elementary School
Lawton House
Lawton's Grocery
Lawtonville
Lee and Todd Real Estate Company
Lee Wheeler
Leinhart
Leon Olliff
Leonard Jansen
Letty Leinhart
Linda Olliff Cliburn
Linda Sheppard
little league
local government
Lockwood Boulevard
Lois Ridell
Louise Gore
Louise Wheeler
Louise Wheeler Martin
Lucy Fore
Lucy Fore Bostick
Magnolia Street
Malcolm
Mammy Jones
Marguerite Partin
Marilyn Partin
Mark Bellhorn
Marlow Link
Martha Ann Bruce
Martha Ann Moon
Martha Ann Moon Lee
Martin Anderson
Martin Gore
Mary Velora Moon
Matheson
Max Lanier
May Day
mayor
Mayor of Oviedo
McDonald's
McKinnon Meat Market
Mead Manor
Mediterranean fruit fly
Memorial Building
Memorial Building Committee
Merritt Staley
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Methodists
Michael Bruce
Mike Tsinsky
Mikler Road
Mimi Wheeler
Mimi Wheeler Bruce
Mims
Minnie Means
Miriam Wheeler
Miriam Wheeler Bruce
Mitchell Hammock
Mitchell Hammock Road
Model T Ford
Mule trains
Museum of Seminole County History
MYF
Myrtle Avenue
natural disasters
Navy
Nelson
Nelson and Company
Niblack Building
Nin a Ralston
North Lake Jessup
Novella Aulin
Novella Aulin Ragsdale
Ocala
OHS
Ol' Swimming Hole
Old Downtown Development Group
Old Mims Road
Old Time History of By-Gone Days of Lake Jessup Settlement
Orange Avenue
oranges
orlando
Oviedo
Oviedo Athletic Association
Oviedo Child Care Center
Oviedo City Cleaners, Inc.
Oviedo City Clerk
Oviedo City Council
Oviedo City Hall
Oviedo Garden Club
Oviedo High School
Oviedo Historical Society
Oviedo Inn
Oviedo Lights
Oviedo Magazine Club
Oviedo Marketplace
Oviedo Post Office
Oviedo Shopping Center
Oviedo Town Council
Oviedo Woman's Club
OWC
Palatka River
Park Avenue Elementary School
Partin
Patrick Westerfield
Paul Arie
Paul Mikler
Penny Mitchem
Penny Mitchem Olliff
Phil Goree
picnic
Pine Street
pioneers
post offices
postmaster
poultry
R. W. Estes
race relations
Railroad Street
railroads
Rainbow Bowl
rations
Ray Alford
Ray Clonts
Reconstruction
Red Barn
Red Bug Lake Road
religion
Rex Clonts
Rick Burns
Riverside Park
Robert A. Butterworth
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Roley Carter
Ropers
Rosa Gray
Roy Clonts
Roz Nogel
Russell Boston
Sanford
Sanford Airport
Sanford City League
Sanford Road
Sanlando Springs
sawmill
Sayde Fleming
Sayde Fleming Duda
Schmidt
school superintendent
schools
Scott Perry
SCPS
Sears and Roebuck
segregation
Seminole County Public Schools
Seminole County School Board
Seminole County Sports Hall of Fame
Seminole High School
settlers
Shedd Street
Shirley Malcolm Sheppard
Shirley Partin
Signworks Graphik and Design, Inc.
Silver Glen Springs
Silver Star
Simmons
Singletary
skiing
Slavia
Smoky Burgess
Snow Hill
snow Hill Road
Solary's wharf
Sparks Lingo
Sparks Lingo Clonts
Sparks Lingo Ridenour
Spencer's Grocery and Drygoods
Spencer's Store
sports
SR 426
SR 434
SR 50
St. Johns River
St. Luke's Lutheran Cathedral
State Democratic Committee
statute
Steak'n'Shake
Steen Nelson
Stevens Street
Stommy Staley
Stone
Sugarby's
Sunday schools
Suzanne Partin
Swedes
Swedish
Sweetwater Park
Swift and Company
swimming pool
T. L. Lingo, Jr.
T. L. Mead
T. W. Lawton
T. W. Lawton Elementary School
Teacher's House
teachers
Ted Estes
Thad Lee Lingo III
Thad Lee Lingo, Jr.
The Gap
The Oviedo Outlook
The Scrubs
The Sign Man
The Square
Thee Lee
Thelma Lee
Thelma Lee Clonts
Theodore Luqueer Mead
Thomas Moon
Thomas Willington Lawton
Thompson
Tom Estes
Tom Moon
Tom Morgan
Tommy Estes
town government
Town House Restaurant
Troy Jones
turkey
Tuscawilla
Twin Rivers
U.S. Army
UCF
University of Central Florida
Vera Malcolm
veteran
Vietnam War
Vine Street
Viola Smith
Virginia Balkcom
Virginia Balkcom Mikler
Virginia Staley
W. G. Kilbee
W. J. Lawton, Sr.
Wagner
Wall Street Crash of 1929
Wallace Allen
Walter Frederick Mondale
Walter Mondale
Walter Teague
water skiing
Watermaster Plumbing
Wayne Jacobs
Wes Evans
Wheeler Fertilizer Plant
White's Wharf
William Jefferson Blythe III
William Jefferson Clinton
Winborn Joseph Lawton, Sr.
Winchester Insurance, Inc.
Winter Park
Winter Park Telephone Company
Woman's Club
World War II
WWII
Zellwood
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Dublin Core
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Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Alternative Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Subject
Oviedo (Fla).
Description
The Oviedo Historical Society Collection encompasses historical artifacts donated for digitization at the Oviedo Historical Society's History Harvest in the Spring semester of 2015.
The Oviedo Historical Society was organized in November 1973 by a group of citizens. The society is a 501(3) non-profit organization. Its purpose is to help preserve the community identity of Oviedo by collecting and disseminating knowledge about local history, serve as a repository for documents and artifacts relating to Oviedo history, promote the preservation and marking of historic sites and buildings in the Oviedo area and foster interest in local, state, national, and world history.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>." Oviedo Historical Society, Inc. http://oviedohs.com/.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
28-page booklet
Dublin Core
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Title
Oviedo, Circa 1960
Alternative Title
Oviedo, Circa 1960
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Housing--Florida
Schools
Elementary schools--United States
Middle schools--Florida
Churches--Florida
Railroads--Florida
Description
A booklet, compiled by the Oviedo Historical Society, featuring historic houses and buildings in Oviedo, Florida. The booklet features historic buildings constructed before 1960, just before the period of expanded housing developments in Oviedo. The oldest homes were constructed in the 1880s.
Type
Text
Source
Original 38-page booklet: Oviedo Historical Society. <em>Oviedo, Circa 1960</em>. 1982: Private Collection of Betty Reagan.
Requires
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Is Part Of
<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.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 28-page booklet: Oviedo Historical Society<em>Oviedo, Circa 1960</em>. 1982.
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Fountainhead Missionary Baptist Church, Oviedo, Florida
Grant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Oviedo, Florida
Jackson Heights Middle School, Oviedo, Florida
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Oviedo, Florida
First Baptist Church of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Memorial Building, Oviedo, Florida
First United Methodist Church of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo Railroad Depot, Oviedo, Florida
Publisher
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Contributor
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin
Date Created
1982
Date Copyrighted
1982
Format
application/pdf
Extent
6.94 MB
Medium
28-page booklet
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by the <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Bettye Reagan
External Reference
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
A. A. Myers
A. Bradford Dinsmore
A. D. Sauer, Jr.
A. D. Sauer, Sr.
A. F. Cotton
A. L. Ruddell
A. M. Jones
A. W. Meares
African Methodist Episcopal
Agnes Smith
Alexandria Subdivision
Alice Brannon
Allison
AME
Amos Laster
Andrew Aulin
Andrew Aulin, Jr.
Andrew John McCulley
Andrew Leinhart
Anita King Crawford
Anna Leinhart
Annabelle Linger Lawton
Annette Sullivan Shrumpert
Annie Ethel Lee Carter
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
Antonio Solary
Appleby
Arthur Evans
Arthur Metcalf
Arthur Riles Hunter
August D. Covington
Augusta Clause
Aulin Avenue
Aulin's Addition
B. F. Ward, Jr.
B. F. Wheeler III
B. F. Wheeler, Jr.
B. F. Wheeler, Sr.
B. G. Smith
B. J. Solomon
Bank of Oviedo
Baptists
Bay Street
Ben Blackburn
Ben Jones
Ben Wheeler
Benjamin Franklin Wheeler III
Benjamin Franklin Wheeler, Jr.
Benjamin Franklin Wheeler, Sr.
Bertha Huggins
Bertha Leinhart
Bertha P. Dixon
Bessie Fay Myers Fly
Bethany Circle
Betty Colbert
Beverly Hughes Evans
Bill Chance
Bill Jenkins, Jack Jenkins
Black Hammock
Blaine Edwards
Block Youth Building
Bob Cameron
Bob Gibbs
Bob King
Bob Ragsdale
Bob Slavik
Bob Ward
Bobby Standlifer
Bowers
Boyd Clonts
Brewster
Broadway Street
Bub Sloan
Bud Claxton
Butler Court Road
C. D. Crutchfield
C. J. Marshall
C. K. Phillips
C. L. West
C. N. Ogg
C. R. Clonts
C. R. Clonts, Jr.
C. S. Lee
C. T. Edwards
C. T. Niblack
cabins
Calvin Whitney
Carl Farnell
Catherine Young Gore
celery
Central Avenue
Charles Evans
Charles Niblack
Charles P. Williams
Charles Roy Clonts, Jr. Charles Roy Clonts, Sr.
Charles Shaffer
Charles Simeon Lee
Charlotte Lee Lawton
Chase Piano Company
Chester W. Shipley
Christine Leinhart
Chuluota
churches
citrus
city halls
Claire Lee Evans
Claire Lee Wheeler
Clara Deering
Clara Mariner
Clarence Ashe
Clark Street
Cleo Gore Leinhart
Clonts and Staley Block Company
Clyde Holder
Colonial architecture
Congregate Meals Program
construction
Courier Field
Crystal Shores
Curtis Estes
Cyrus B. Dawsey
D. D. Daniels
D. E. Hart
Dan Denmark
Daniel B. Hohn
Daniel Gore
David Corey
David Evans
David Hunter
Dawsey
Deering Harvester Company
Delco
Della Barnett
dentists
Dick Mitchell
Division Avenue
doctors
don Carraway
Don Shaffer
Don Ulrey
Donna Neely
Dora Kelsey
Dorothy Courier
Dorothy Lee
Douglas Jackson
Douglas Philpot
Downtown Oviedo
Dozier's
Drady Mathers
E. C. Harper
E. J. Moughton
E. M. Olliff
E. T. Standlifer
E. W. Stone
Earl Koontz
Edna Staley
education
Edward W. Stoner
Edwin A. Farnell
elementary schools
Elida Slavik
Elizabeth Farnell
Emmett Waltz
Emory Asbell
Ephfrom Whipper
Eric Anderson
Eric Anderson Subdivision
Essie Mae Clonts
Evelyn Alpaugh
Fay Stoner
Federation of Senior citizens Clubs of Seminole County, Inc.
Fellowship Hall
Fernando Daniel
Ferrell Beasley
First Baptist Church of Oviedo
First United Methodist Church of Oviedo
fisher
Florida State Road 419
Florida Technological University
Flournoy Jernigan
Foster Chapel
Fountainhead Baptist Church
Frank C. Morgan
Frank W. Talbott
Frank Wheeler
Franklin Street
Frazier Vail
Fred Dyson
Fred Robbins
Fred Tingley
FTU
Future Farmers of America
G. L. Baker
G. M. Arie
G. S. Abell
G. S. Moon
G. W. Johnson
Gammon and Deering Company
Garden Cove
Garden Street
Garth Bowers
Geneva
Geneva Abell
Geneva Drive
George C. Crawford
George Carlton
George Jakubcin
George K. Hollingsworth
George Lee Lawton
George Means
George Morgan
Georgia Lee Lawton
Georgian-Colonial architecture
Germans
Gladys Basford
Gladys Leinhart
Glen Stoner
Glenda Conley
Glenna B. Stoner
Goldie Eva Beckley Lee
Gordon Pendarivs
Gordon W. Johnson, Jr.
Gove Hill
Graham Avenue
Grant Chapel
Grant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Grant Chapel AME Church
groves
Guy Lingo
H. B. McCall
H. C. Park
H. R. Spencer, Sr.
Haig
Hamlin
Hansel
Hardem Webb
Harold Jordan
Harry P. Leu Company
Hazel Haley
Helen Leinhart
Helen Terrell
Henry Foster
Henry Jackson
Henry McAlister
Henry Whittier
Henry Wolcott
Herbert McCarley
Herbert Metcalf
Hettie Ragsdale
High Street
Hillcrest Avenue
Hillcrest Drive
Hillcrest Gardens
Holland Construction Company
homes
houses
housing
Howard-Packard Land Company
Howell Williams
Hubert E. Davis
Huggins Brothers, Inc.
Hugh Gregory
Hugh Morris
immigrants
Internal Improvement Fund
Irene Hollenbeck
Irvin Claxton
J. B. Jones
J. B. Jones, Jr.
J. B. Ludlow
J. Emmett Kelsey
J. Enoch Partin
J. H. King
J. H. Lee III
J. H. Lee IV
J. H. Lee, Jr.
J. H. Lee, Sr.
J. H. Staley
J. L. Walker
J. N. Thompson
J. W. Burns
J. W. McIntosh
J. Wes Evans
Jack T. Bryant
Jack Williams, Sr.
Jackson Heights Middle School
Jackson Heights School
Jake Gore
Jamerson Construction Company
James Arthur Partin
James D. Hagin
James Davidson
James Gamble Rogers
James H. Lee
James Hiram Lee III
James Hiram Lee IV
James Hiram Lee, Jr.
James Hiram Lee, Sr.
James J. Egan
James Marion Jones
James Wilson
Jane Cochran Moon
Jane Hill Walker
Jean Jordan
Jeanette Mills
Jenkins Realty Company
Jennifer Adicks
Jennings Neeld
Jerry Jacobs
Jessie Shaffer
Jewel Dean
JHMS
Jim Jones
Jim McGowan
Jim Staley
Jimmy McGowan
Joe Faircloth
John Batts Jones, Sr.
John Branscomb
John Courier
John Drury
John McCulley
John Ridenour
John Smith
John W. Evans, Sr.
Johnie Conley
Johnnie Conley
Johnnie Wright
Johnny Jones
Joseph Leinhart
Josephine Munson
Juanita Beasley
Julia Gaulden
Julia Lee Matheson
Katherine Teague
Kathryn Lawton
Katie Ruddell
King Street
Kinney
Kirby Buckelew
Kirby Grant
Kirkpatrick
L. B. Moore
L. E. Jordan
L. J. Flowers
L. L. Day
L. L. Faulk
Lake Charm
Lake Charm Circle
Lake Charm Fruit Company
Lake Charm Memorial Chapel
Lake Jessup Avenue
Lake Jesup
Langston
Lawton Elementary School
Leah Koontz
Lee Gary
Lee H. Gore
Lena Leinhart
Leon Olliff
Leon Ragsdale
Libby Wainwright
Lillian Lee Lawton
Link Hart
Lloyd Koontz
Lois Jones
Lois Ruddell
Long Lake
Lonnie Metcalf
Loretta E. Hohn
Lottie Lee Lawton
Louis Edward Jordan, Sr.
Louis Leinhart
Louise B. Gore
Louise Brown Gore
Louise Wilson
Lucille Campbell
Lucille Niblack
Lucille Partin Niblack
Lynum Brothers
M. C. Hagen
M. L. Gary
M. L. Wright
M. M. Estes
Madeline Foltz
Mae King
Magnolia Street
Main Street
Margaret Culpepper Wolcott
Margaret Harper
Marguerite Covington
Marguerite Parson Partin
Marion Estes
Marsh harvester
Martha King Spinks
Martha Staley Leinhart
Marvin L. Wright
Mary Alice Aulin
Mary Brannon
Mary C. Wolcott
Mary Etta Chance
Mary Leinhart
Mary Leinhart Wright
Mary Ninde
Mary Young
Max Leinhart
Mead Manor
Meals on Wheels
Mediterranean architecture
Memorial Building
Meredith Brock
Merritt Staley
Methodists
middle schools
Mildred Adicks
Mills M. Lord
Milton Gore
Mimi Wheeler
Minnie King
Minnie Means
Myrtle Street
N. F. Lezette
Nanearl Bradley
Nannie B. Giles
neighborhoods
Nell George Morgan
Nell King Morgan
Nelson and Company
Nita Rawlson
Novella Carter Aulin Driggers
O. Gus Wolcott
O. P. Swope
OES
OHS
Olive Babbitt
Olive Lezette
Oliver Farnell
Oliver Swope
oranges
Oreon Burnett
orlando
Orlando Drive
Ouida Anderson Wolcott
Oviedo
Oviedo City Council
Oviedo City Hall
Oviedo Clinic
Oviedo Department of Public Safety
Oviedo Elementary School
Oviedo High School
Oviedo Historical Society
Oviedo Land Company
Oviedo Oaks
Oviedo School
Oviedo Woman's Club
Oviedo: Biography of a Town
OWC
Owens
P. B. Boston
Patsy A. Booth
Paul M. Campbell
Paul Mikler
Paul Slavik
Peck
Pennie Olliff
Pete McCall
Peter C. H. Pritchard
Peter Helliar
Phil Coree
physicians
pioneers
Plant System
porches
R. B. Black
R. F. Cooper
R. J. Lawton
R. W. Estes
R. W. Lawton
R. W. Whittier
railroad depots
railroads
Ransford C. Pyle
Richard Adicks
Richard Apel
Richfield
Rick Snow
Robert Holloway
Robert L. Ward
Robert Lawton, Jr.
Robert R. Barber
Robert Soka
Roberta Sparks Lingo
Roger Slavik
Rollins College
Ross F. Dunn
Ruby Estes
Ruby Jones
Russell Daniel
Ruth Davidson
Ruth Metcalf
S. E. Kirkland
S. J. Lewis and Company
S. L. Murphy
S. R. Rembert
Sam Stephens
Sam Swope
Samuel L. Robinson
Samuel Lincoln Murphy
Samuel William Swope
Sanford
Sanford and Indian River Railroad
Sans Souci
schools
Schweizer Associates
SCPS
Seminole County Public Schools
Shed Grove
Sky King
Slavia
Smith Street
Solary's wharf
South Florida Railroad
Sparks Lee Clonts Ridenour
Sparks Lee Ridenour
Spencer R. Wainwright
SR 419
St. Hebrew African Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Hebrew AME Church
Stalnick
Stan Tillman
Stanley Brokhausen
Stanley Muller
Stanley T. Muller
Steen Nelson
Steve Somers
Steven Sommers
Stewart Catchell
Stewart Gatchell
Sweetwater Creek
T. C. Brannon
T. L. Lingo, Jr.
T. L. Lingo, Sr.
T. W. Lawton
T. W. Lawton Elementary School
Ted Estes
Tedford
Terry Raburn
Thelma Lee Clonts
Thelma Tew
Theodore Luqueer Mead
Thomas K. Brown
Thomas Moon, Sr.
Thomas Ratliff
Thomas Staley
Thomas Weaton
Thomas Willingham Lawton
Todd Whitney
Tom Deal
Tom Hollingsworth
Tom Purdom
Tom Risher
Tommy Estes
tony Daniels
UCF
University of Central Florida
V. H. Sley
Virginia Mikler
Virginia Staley
W. A. Clark
W. A. Teague
W. B. Williams
W. B. Young
W. C. Alpaugh
W. C. Betsy Anne Carter Apel
W. G. Mikell
W. H. Martin
W. J. Lawton
W. J. Varn
W. K. Kimble
W. P. Carter
W. Rex Clonts
W. T. Chance
W. W. Young
Wallace Sommerville
Walter A. Teague
Walter Cart
Walter Carter
Walter Eugene Olliff
Walter Guynn
Walter Gwynn
Warren McCall
Wayne Standlifer
Whispering Oaks
Wiley Abell
William Browning
William H. Deering
William Hyatt
William Marr
William R. Marr
William Wiley Lee
William X. Ninde
Willie Poole
Willis
Winborn Joseph Lawton
Windmeadow Farms
Winter Park
Women's Society for Christian Service
Wyatt L. Wyatt
Wyatt Lawrence Wyatt
Yarborough
Young Harris
Zack Spinks
Zetta Leinhart
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Dublin Core
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Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Alternative Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Subject
Oviedo (Fla).
Description
The Oviedo Historical Society Collection encompasses historical artifacts donated for digitization at the Oviedo Historical Society's History Harvest in the Spring semester of 2015.
The Oviedo Historical Society was organized in November 1973 by a group of citizens. The society is a 501(3) non-profit organization. Its purpose is to help preserve the community identity of Oviedo by collecting and disseminating knowledge about local history, serve as a repository for documents and artifacts relating to Oviedo history, promote the preservation and marking of historic sites and buildings in the Oviedo area and foster interest in local, state, national, and world history.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>." Oviedo Historical Society, Inc. http://oviedohs.com/.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 black and white photographic print
Physical Dimensions
5 x 3 inches
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Title
Benjamin Franklin Wheeler, Sr. and George Lee Wheeler
Alternative Title
Frank and George Lee Wheeler
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Description
Husband and wife, Benjamin Franklin Wheeler, Sr. (1878-1954) and George Lee Wheeler (1884-1980), at their home, located at 340 South Lake Jessup Avenue in Oviedo, Florida, on February 15, 1942. Frank Wheeler was born in Dade City on January 2, 1878. After his father passed away in 1889, his family relocated to his mother's hometown in Oviedo. At age 16, Wheeler began working as a telegraph operator for the Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) Railroad. In 1898, he purchased a seedling citrus grove that had been abandoned during the Freeze of 1894-1985. Wheeler soon became a successful citrus grower and celery cultivator.<br /><br />Wheeler married George Lee in 1908 and the couple later had three children: Clara Lee Wheeler Evans (1917-2010); Benjamin Franklin Wheeler, Jr. (1920-2006); and Miriam Louise Wheeler (b. 1922). In 1908, Wheeler partnered with C .F. Brannon and Steen Nelson to operate the Nelson Brothers packinghouse. In 1923, Wheeler purchased the company and renamed it Nelson & Company, Inc. Wheeler also served on the Seminole County Commission and the Oviedo City Council. He was also seminal in organizing the Seminole County Chamber of Commerce, the Florida Citrus Mutual, and the Citizens Bank of Oviedo.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original 5 x 3 inch black and white photographic print, February 15, 1942: Private Collection of Vicki Clonts.
Is Part Of
<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.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 5 x 3 inch black and white photographic print, February 15, 1942.
Coverage
Home of Benjamin Franklin Wheeler, Sr., Oviedo, Florida
Contributor
Clonts, Vicki
Bruce, Mimi
Date Created
1942-02-15
Format
application/pdf
Extent
140 KB
Medium
5 x 3 inch black and white photographic print
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Vicki Clonts and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Vicki Clonts
External Reference
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=1088" target="_blank">Benjamin Franklin Wheeler (1878-1954)</a>." Florida Citrus Hall of Fame. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=1088.
B. F. Wheeler
Benjamin Franklin Wheeler, Sr.
celery
celery industry
citrus
citrus growers
citrus industry
city councils
county commissioners
Frank Wheeler
George Lee
George Lee Wheeler
Georgia Lee
Georgia Lee Wheeler
Lake Jessup Avenue
orange industry
oranges
Oviedo
Oviedo City Council
Seminole County Commissioner
tangerine industry
tangerines
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Title
Maitland Public Library Collection
Alternative Title
Maitland Library Collection
Subject
Maitland (Fla.)
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
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Title
Maitland Section of The Winter Park Herald, Vol. 04, No. 28, June 10, 1926
Alternative Title
Maitland Section of Winter Park Herald, Vol. 04, No. 28
Subject
Maitland (Fla.)
Description
The "Maitland Section" of <em>The Winter Park Herald</em> issue published on June 10, 1926. <em>The Winter Park Herald</em> was a weekly publication that was published between 1922 and 1959. This special section highlights the history and interesting features of Maitland, Florida. Some topics discussed in this issue include the opening of the Bank of Maitland, the Maitland Electric Shop, civil engineer L. L. Condert, the Maitland Plumbing Company, Brown's Store, the history of Maitland, the Inter-City Realty Company's sponsorship of a new subdivision on Lake Catherine, the history of Greenwood Gardens, the Maitland Lumber Company, the planned construction of a new arcade, the White Way Motor Company, and the Maitland Realty Company.
Type
Text
Source
Original 8-page newspaper issue: Maitland Section, <em>The Winter Park Herald</em>, Vol. 4, No. 28, June 10, 1926: <a href="http://www.maitlandpubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">Maitland Public Library</a>, Maitland, Florida.
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Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/181" target="_blank">Maitland Public Library Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 8-page newspaper issue: Maitland Section, <em>The Winter Park Herald</em>, Vol. 4, No. 28, June 10, 1926.
Coverage
Maitland, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Publisher
<em>The Winter Park Herald</em>
Date Created
ca. 1926-06-10
Date Issued
1926-06-10
Date Copyrighted
1926-06-10
Format
application/pdf
Extent
6.72 MB
Medium
8-page newspaper issue
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by <em>The Winter Park Herald</em>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <a href="http://www.maitlandpubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">Maitland Public Library</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Shumate, Alayna
Wolf, Casey
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.maitlandpubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">Maitland Public Library</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn96027426" target="_blank">About The Winter Park herald. (Winter Park, Fla.) 1922-1959</a>." Chronicling America, Library of Congress. Accessed June 15, 2016. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn96027426/.
Transcript
MAITLAND SECTION
OF THE WINTER PARK HERALD
Volume IV. No. 28 SECTION FIVE
MAITLAND, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1926 BUILDERS’ EDITION
WINTER PARK, FLORU V
10c PER COPY $2.00 PER YEAR
cost of approximately $16,000.
Prior to the erection of the new building, the business had for many years occupied an old frame structure adjoining the depot, which was one of the landmarks on the Dixie Highway. The new building is of large propositions, approximately 50 x 125 feet, two full stories in height, the second floor being devoted to modern apart ments. The large store room is divided in the middle lengthwise by a semi-partition, separating the grocery department from the dry goods, men's wear, shoes, and
BANK OF MAITLAND OPENED IN MARCH GIVING MAITLAND FIRST BANKING INSTITUTION
E. A. Upmeyer, Pres., J. A. Brown, Vice Pres., and Donald Spain, Cashier Form Bank’s Personnel
If you should ask anyone in | being as high as a two-story struc- Maitland how they got along with- i ture, solid, massive and dignified out a bank all the years preceed- j in appearance, designed to take ing the organization and opening i care of the business demands that of the Bank of Maitland, most will be made upon It for years to promptly would come back the an- come, and being pure white is
Bank of Maitland, Maitland, Florida
swer, “I’m sure I don’t know.”
The Bank of Maitland opened for business on March £rd last, prior to which time there had been no banking facilities in the town at all, necessitating the carrying of deposits in the Winter Park and Orlando banks, which in either case was done at great disadvantage, and the opening of the new bank truly filled “a long-felt want”, and
beautiful to look upon. The build- j ing is located on a corner, and the
Maitland Electric Shop Is Helping Put Maitland on Map
L. L. Condertgfc Is Civil Engin^iaiid Booster of Ma dand
L. L. Coudert, Jr., wn> is the
Another up-to-date concern in parkings on both streets are plant-! Maitland that is helping to put the present municipal engineer of the ed to young oak and orange trees,! town on the map is the Maitland town of Maitland, ’ ously to together with a number of deco-! Electric Shop, which was opened coming to Maitland to live had
rative shrubbery plants, including j in January, 1922, by Mr. J. H. Ben- , been from time to time A n thunbergia erecta, commonly nett, who came to Maitland at that j neering work in vatic r
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The interior of the bank is most modern and complete. In its denow that the good people of Mait- i partmental divisions provision is land have gotten used to having made for the cashier’s desk in a a bank, they are truly unable to \ railed enclosure at the front of the
time from Massachusetts. Since coming to Maitland Mr. Bennett
engi- rts of
Florida since 1913, so was
fairly well acquainted Flor-
has taken an active interest in all ida ,and just natural!; i:ked out of the affairs of the community, | Maitland as a place and by close application to busi- would like to live, co ness has built up an electric busi- from New Jersey. Mr
ness that demands the carrying of one of the largest stocks of electrical goods and supplies in Orange county.
The Maitland Electric Shop occupies its own building, which is, though small, one of the most modern and complete buildings in Maitland, which they built in April 1925, and which has been outgrown in eight months. Because of this
fact worked on the for the firs*’ brick rc county. He became1 Maitland about r. ye>u ago, and so active h^
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in the business ana ci interests of the town that he at the last election of officers of the Maitland Chamber of Commerce was elected as its president.
In his engineering organization
expansion of the business Mr. Ben- : he has a personel of 12 men at
nett has let the contract for the construction of large additions on
present, increasing his force from time to time as the necessities of
the front and west side of the pres-1 the work dereanp, and will acoom- ent building, which will provide | plish approximately $100,000 in en- two large storerooms on the gineering work for th* town of ground floor^-the stocking of elec-1 Maitland during the present sum- trical appliances, fixtures, lamps mer.
and other electrical materials and In addition to bein ” 'resident of | supp lies, with l^rge modern apart^* the ChamV Mr.
IVlailia^j^ Eh Shop^fef^Pank of of
the wiring and furnished most of the Planni. and Zoning Commis- ! the fixtures for J. E. Bartlett’s sion belongs to the American Legi- new home in Winter Park, did the
Brown’s Store, Maitland, Florida
understand how they managed without it.
For a long time the business men and citizens generally of Maitland had realized a pressing need for a bank, but no one seemed to want to take the initiative in organizing one. Finally the matter was brought to the attention of W. B. Joiner, president of the Union State Bank in Winter Park, and “Bill”, as his friends know him, came out to Maitland and secured subscriptions for the entire capital stock in one afternoon, which is indicative of how much the people of Maitland really wanted a bank, and Mr. Joiner subsequently brought about the organization of the bank, and continues as one of its directors.
The new bank opened up for business in its own building, which they built as its stock-holders wanted it. And a most attractive and up-to-date banking plant it is too. The outer walls are of plaster finish on hollow tile, the building
bank near the entrance, and adjoining the grilled enclosure behind which active business with the patrons of the bank is carried on. Directly giving off the lobby at the rear is the customers’ room and adjoining that a store room and the big vault, with directors’ room and consultation room on the mez- zaine floor above.
The vault is of massive reinforced concrete construction, with | heavy solid time-locked outer door. Within the vault is the manganese steel safe, also time-locked, with a 12-inch solid steel door, and and also within the vault are customers’ private safety deposit boxes. The partitions are of a most attractive pattern and type, in a combination of marble, mahogany and glass, with brass grill work, and there are three service windows, for use of a cashier, teller and book-keeper. The main banking-room has a high beamed ceiling, and in all its appointments
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wiring for Rtfland G. Barze’ new home, also the wiring and most of the fixtures in the homes of G. W. Powers and E. S. Galt. They also did the wiring in the fine new j home of B. L. Maltbie, Altamonte Springs, which is 100 per cent elec- trcial, and the wiring and fixtures in the Kenney Brothers new house also electrical throughout. The swimming pool at Sanlando Springs connecting single and three-phase motors is another sample of their work. The new Parker home, 100 percent electrical and the wiring and fixtures for the Bank of Maitland and J. A. Brown’s new store were all done by the Maitland Electric Shop, all of them giving evidence of workmanship of the highest order.
Brown’s Store Gives Maitland a Store of The Big City Type
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One of the business institutions in Maitland that the entire community is proud of is “Brown’s Store,” which someone has aptly called “a city store in a small town.”
The business of which “Brown’s Store is the direct successor began and has been successfully operated ever since, in 1868. Mr. Brown bought the business from Mr. S. B. Hill, an old and respected citizen who still resides in Maitland, and became its owner and active manager May 22, 1921.
The splendid new brick building in which the business is now housed was built last year at a
on and is an Elk, and withal a good citizen, the type of man that it takes to make good community, and the sort that MaitNnd is welcoming to her midst.
Maitland Plumbing Company Has Grown With City’s Progress
One oi the most recent institutions that has come into business life of Maitland is the Maitland Plumbing Co., of which Mr. C. D. Horner is manager. But owing to the great need of an efficient plumbing institution, and because of the fact that Mr. Horner knows how good plumbing should be done, and does it that way, his business has grown from the start and bids fair to become one of the most important plumbing businesses in the county.
Mr. Horner has done the plumbing work in a great many of the best homes that have been built in and around Maitland since he began business here, among them the homes of L. T. Wileox, Clarence Brown, L L. Coudert and R. C. Wheeler in Maitland, also a good many in Altamonte Springs, including the home of Major B. L. Maltbie, which i one of the show places of that city.
Maitland, the site of the old fort built in the days of the Indian Wars on the shores of the beauti-
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ful lake which bears its name, was settled some fifty years ago by a group of people who wanted homes where they could escape the cold of the northern winters and enjoy life amid beautiful surrounding’s and congenial people. Such has been the ideal of the inhabitants of this little town ever since that day. Rather than risk spoiling its atmosphere by exploitation and forced development it has been left to develop along its own lines. Today, although it lies on the Dixie j Highway, only seven miles north of Orlando, the metropolis of central j Florida, and its corporate limits ! touch those of Winter Park, it has continued essentially a country toWn in spirit and surroundings.
The shady, winding roads skirting its fourteen lakes, the well- cared for orange groves in the I heart of the town itself, the ample ground found about even the smallest cottage, give a welcome sense of space and freedom.
Here is an ideal home for the man who has retired from active life and wishes to live comfortably on a moderate income. Land prices are comparatively low, living expenses are small, and by raising a garden, fruit and poultry one cai\, reduce them still pic v qtk cour try • ' bWtfry :i scenery, a q? an ot water sports are here combined with the best aspects of town life, &s modern conveniences, congenial neighbors, a well-organized public library, social life in church and club, while the proximity to Winter Park and Orlando gives the opportunities in the way of shops, theatres and music found only in large cities.
Or, for the man who is working in the city but wishes to bring up his family amid natural and simple surroundings, there is here an opportunity for a suburban home, which, besides the benefits alreat r mentioned, offers excellent educ tional advantages. The Maitla d public school, housed in a new building, situated in large and beautiful grounds, stands at the head of the rural schools of Orange County in general standards, health work and other lines of activity. A Boy Scout Troop and Girl’s Sewing Club are doing- excellent work among the children. Only two miles away in Winter Park is located one of the best high schools in the state, and also Rollins College, Florida’s oldest institution of higher learning, co-edu- cational and inter-denominational. The healthful climate, comparatively high altitude, the unexcelled opportunity for motoring over the splendid roads of Orange County, the lakes with their high, wooded shores offering beautiful
home sites and all kinds of water sports, the nearness to Winter Park, which boasts three of the best golf courses in the state, and provides for its visitors the finest lectures and music, and the congenial winter community of the town itself makes Maitland an ideal place for a winter residence.
But Maitland has more to offer than beautiful home sites. Both in the town and throughout the surrounding country, the land is of the finest type for citrus culture, as the old groves found on many of the Maitland estates testify. In addition to the citrus land there is along the shores of the lakes and streams splendid land for trucking. By draining and irrigating, both of which are easily accomplished, here, many crops can be raised during the year, and the local markets are very insufficiently provided with fresh vegetables. Good dairy land can be found in this vicinity, but
the north. Here is a rich opportunity for an energetic young doctor to establish practice. Property values are increasing and trading in real estate is active. Persons with capital -and vision will | find ample scope for sound invest- ! ments in citrus land, fern and I truck land as well as lake fronts and subdivision tracts. No town in all Florida has more charming home sites or better facilities for building. The materials are ready at hand, brick and building blocks being made by local cement plants, sash, doors and other mill work being manufactured in the Maitland novelty works, while lumber and other supplies are carried by the local supply company. Building experts and skilled labor not ifound in Maitland are to be ob- | tained from near-by towns.
It is the ambition of the present | citizenry of Maitland to build a dignified and progressive town with a unified community of inter-
White Way Building, Maitland, Florida
the two industries, which seem most popular now, are poultry raising and fern-growing*. Maitland is in the midst of a poultryraising center which includes Seminole and Orange counties. Both counties have active Poultry Associations and are instituting a form of co-operative buying and marketing which is proving very successful. A number of large poultry farms are located near here, but the Association so far has not been able to provide sufficient eggs for Orlando alone. Fern-growing is becoming a very important and profitable industry in Florida, the land and climatic conditions in this part of Orange County being especially adapted for this purpose. One of the chief fern-raising districts of the state is located on one of Maitland’s rural routes.
There is considerable opportunity for business enterprise within the town itself. A resort hotel on one of the lakes and a small commercial hotel are much needed. There is no drug store within twelve miles to the east, ten miles to the west, and eighteen miles to
est, promoting the best in American citizenship. To this end the i town council has appointed a special tax commission, a town-planning and zoning commission.
The people of Maitland are at one with the town council in ef- | forts to forward the best interests of the town, and the Maitland Chamber of Commerce will | promptly answer any inquiries.
New Building
In Maitland
Among the new buildings erected in Maitland during the past year are the following:
The residence of Mr. Kenneth L. McPherson, situated on beautiful Lake Catherine, built on old English lines and containing reception and living room, dining room three bed rooms, sleeping porch, kitchen and bath.
The new home of City Engineei Louis L. Coudert, which is also of English type, built in Greenwood Gardens and overlooking Lake
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MAITLAND WAS INCORPORATED IN 1885 AND A NEW CHARTER WAS SECURED IN 1921-TOWN HAS GOVERNMENT RUN ON MODERN METHODS
Lies on Dixie Highway, Has Town Planning and Zoning Commission with Improvements of Paving, and Parks Planned
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Entrance to Maitland on Dixie Highway from the North. This is also the entrance to Greenwood Gardens and the North boundary
line ot Orange county.
HISTORY OF GREENWOOD GARDENS
CLOSELY INTERWOVEN WITH THAT
OF MAITLAND-RICH CITRUS LAND
J. H. Hill, President and General Manager
of Maitland Realty Company
Guiding Destiny of Gardens
Maitland! One of the most beautiful
suburbs of Orlando, lying On
the Dixie Highway, seven miles tc
the north
The history of Maitland is replete
with human interest. Its
early settlers contributed heavily
trial development, descendants of
those hearty pioneers of more
than fifty years ago, are “ carrying
on” with the determination of
making Maitland prominent in
Florida’s great future.
Settled more than a half century
ago by a group of people who
wished to escape the rigors of a
northern climate, Maitland grew
up around the site of an old fort,
an outpost in the days of the Indian
wars, situated on the shores
of beautiful Lake Maitland.
S. B. Hill, mayor of Maitland,
for three terms, formerly a well
known attorney-at-law, with of
fices in Orlando, came to Maiti
land with his father, at the age of
14 years. The father homesteaded
a portion of the land that is now
known as Greenwood Gardens, in
the northerly "ortion of the town.
This land has now been in the
ownership of the same family for
three generations. In fact, the
history of Greenwood Gardens is
closely interwoven with that of
Maitland from the very inception
of the town, which was incorporated
in 1886.
S. H. Hill had the distinction of
owning and operating the first citrus
nursery in this section of the
state. At one time, prior to the
“big freeze” of 1894-95, he had
four large tracts of land in nurseries,
and it is worthy of note that
he made shipments of citrus trees
in carload lots to growers in California.
One of the best citrus groves in
the country was developed by Mr.
Hill, who gradually acquired additional
land, and finally, about 35
years ago, built his permanent
home, “Greenwood Lodge” , at the
head of Lakes Faith, Hope, and
Charity, where he lives at the
present time. One of the most
gorgeous sunset views to be found
in all Florida may be obtained
from Greenwood Lodge.
Now, many, many years before
the great trek set in from the
frozen north to Florida, Hill had
in mind the wonderful possibilities
of this part of M^ramd and a fine
residential area f jr the use of
future generations, and many were
the) tempting offers lie refused
for this land, in whole or in part.
Persistently he kept the land intact
in one parcel, until, finally,
in 1924, he had worked out his plan
for development.
At that time an arrangement
was made with the Maitland
Realty Company for the development
and sale of the land under
the name of Greenwood Gardens.
Additional land owned by J. H.
Hill, and S B. Hill, Jr., two sons
of S. B. Hill, and a few smaller
tracts purchased by The Maitland
development were included in the
Realty Company, to round out the
projest.
Arrangements were made with
Reasoner Brothers, of Oneco
Florida, for adequate landscape
planning, the operations being under
the immediate attentions of
Dr. W. H. Cook, of Bradenton, and
R. D. Tillson, of High Point, N. C.
Topography, and traffic problems
were carefully studied. The street
arrangement was worked out with
a view to the conditions likely to
obtain in the future. Every lot
was so laid out that it would be
a desirable homesite, with a proper
and pleasing outlook upon its
neighbors. Carefully considered
restrictions, insuring the permanent
value and beauty of each property,
w«re ordained. Modern improvements,
consisting of brick
paving, cement sidewalks, city
water, and white way lighting, are
to be installed. In short, Greenwood
Gardens, while not by any
manner of means designed exclusively
for the homes of the rich,
will itself be rich in every desirable
quality so dear to the heart
of the American home loves.
Building is going forward at a
rapid pace in Greenwood Gardens.
Several houses are under construction,
more are being plained,
and it is understood that two new
churches will be ejected within
the confines of this beautiful development.
The Maitland public school,
which stands at the head of all
rural schools in Orang* county in
general standards, heilth work,
and other lines of activity, is also
located in Greenwood Gardens.
The building is modern and completely
equipped. The commodious
and beautifu’ grounds on
which the school stmds, were the
gift of s. B Hill,
And guiding the destiny of
Greenwood hardens, s The Maitland
Realty Company, of which
J. H. Hill is president and general
manager; Anna B. Treat, secretary;
S. B. till, Jr., treasurer,
and F. B. Stone, vice president and
manager of the property care department.
The Maitland lealty Company
is a member of t e Orlando Real
Estate Board; Nalonal and State
Associations of Rqltors; Orange
INTER-CITY REALTY COMPANY
WILL SPONSOR NEW SUBDIVISION
ON LAKE CATHERINE THIS FALL
Property Has High and Rolling Land
And One of the Finest Bearing
Groves in This District
The Inter-City Realty Company
was organized in April, 1925, the
officers being, C. N. Williams, of
Sanford, president, K. McPherson,
of Maitland, vice-president, and G.
B. Hurlburt, of Orlando, secretary
and treasurer.
In January, 1926, Mr. McPherson
took over this organization and is
now the sole owner. He is assisted
v Miss Lois M. Haile as manager.
This company has extensive connections
in the north and middle
west and a large proportion of
their business has been done with
non-residents of this state. In many
County Chamber of Commerce;
Maitland Chamber of Commerce;
and the Orlando and Sanford Credit
Associations.
The personnel of the company
stands high in the esteem of their
fellow townsmen, J. H. Hill having
served three years as mayor of
Maitland. Incidently, he was the
youngest executive the town has
ever had, being qualified for the
office at the age of 23. Mr. Hill
also organized the Maitland
Chamber of Commerce, and is
chairman of the Planning and
Zoning Commission. Anna B.
Treat was secretary of the Maitland
School Trustees; secretary of
thje Town Planning and Zoning
Commission; and was secretary of
the Maitland Chamber of Commerce
for two years. S. B. Hill,
Jr , is a member of the city council.
The successful future of Maitland
is apparent and inevitable, as
it lies right in the path of the
most rapid progress today, while
that of Greenwood Gardens is
equally well assured, both because
of its inherent high quality as a
residential development, and the
strong and capable management
of the developing company.
instances their clients did not see
their purchases until after the
deals were closed.
Mr. McPherson bases the growth
of his business, which has practically
doubled in volumn in the last
year, on the unquestionable representation
that they have given to
their out-of-state clients on the
properties which they have acquired
for them. While this company’s
activities have been largely
confined to Orange, Seminole and
Osceola counties, yet it has negotiated
several trades which have embraced
property as far north as
Passaic, N. J., and west to Spokane,
Washington.
Mr. McPherson announces that
they will, this fall, put on a subdivision
for some northern clients,
which will be located on the beautiful
rolling banks of Lake Catherine,
which, in sipte of the fact that
it is located only two blocks off of
the Dixie Highway and is the gem
of the many beautiful lakes in and
around Maitland, is very little
known to the public at large. The
property which this subdivision
will embrace is elevated many feet
above the water level of the lake.
This particular tract has always
been recognized as one of the finest
bearing groves in the district. Each
and every lot will have an abundance
of large, fine, bearing citrus
trees. The lots will be sapcious
and there will be a building restrictions
in keeping with the general
surroundings.
It is the intention o f the Owners
of this property and the Inter-City
Realty Company to make this one
of the most attractive little subdivisions
in the county. Lights,
streets, sidewalks, water, etc., will
be included in the layout. The lots
will be moderately priced and sold
on exceptionally good terms. Speculators
will not be invited to invest
here. There will be every consideration
shown to persons who wish
to lodate and build in this little
wonderland. It is possible that the
owners of this subdivision will organize
a building and loan company
and loan the property owners
money to build at 6 per cent.
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Maitland on the
New State Road!
When th« new State road is completed Maitland will occupy
an even greater strategic position than it does it present.
It will be the only town situated directly upon this new
highway between Orlando and Sanford. That should be a
great advantage. It WILL bel It will not only have a real
dollars and cents value for the entire town, but will mean
greater traveling convenience as well. That is just me more
reason why many people have already selected hoimsites and
begun the erection of their permanent homes in Greenwood
Gardens, the prettiest spot in Maitland.
The Maitland Realty Co.
Maitland, Florida
Member Orlando Real Estate Board
Greenwood
A Good Man
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T"* HAT'S why the branch managership of our Winter Park office is still open. The
A man we want for this place has some experience in general real estate practice,
is honest, a good mixer, a hard worker who doesn’t expect something for nothing or
hope to retire from his first six month’s profits. He is a man who can boss a oneman
office and make it pay. He won’t b e content with that either. His business
will outgrow the one-man phase and he will gather competent helpers around him
and grow with his organization in competence and integrity. If you are such a man
and you hear opportunity knocking, get in touch with us now.
THE MAITLAND REALTY COMPANY, INC.
Maitland, Orange County, Florida
BRANCH OFFICE:
608 East Park Ave.,
WINTER PARK, FLA.
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TAKE Knowles Terrace lot, well located, just
the place for a cozy home. Two nice shade
trees, cement side walks, city water, electric
lights, brick streets, facing west one block east of
Lake Knowles. Several attractive homes, occupied
by owners, already built in this block.
The best buy in Winter Park. A pick-up
this week at $1,000.00 cash. We can deliver
this—act now.
The Maitland Realty Company
REALTORS
Maitland, Florida
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To any adult living outside of Florida or outside
of Seminole or Orange counties who fills
out and sends us the coupon below we will pay
for and have mailed every week for one year
THE MAITLAND NEWS, a weekly newspaper,
telling in brief and dignified style the happenings
in this growing town in Orange County.
This is an independent paper published by local
people. We want you to know about Maitland.
Mail the coupon now.
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THE WINTER PARK HERALD, THURSDAY JUNE 1ft,
IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS PUT
M A I T L A N D
IN THE VERY FRONT RANK OF PROGRESSIVE
FLORIDA SMAtjfcr CITIES AND TOWNS
WITH AN
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THE WINTER PARK HERALD, THURSDAY JUNE 10, 1926
Maitland Lirmber
Co. Has Aided in
Upbuilding Town
The Maitland Lumber Company
since it w*s organized in May,
1924, has been one of the really
potent influences in the building
up of both tb commercial and residential
importance of Maitland,
One would lot ordinarily look for
one of the eading and most important
busnesses of its kind in
the entire county to be located in
a small place like Maitand, particularly
when the county seat ,a city
approaching 60,000 .in population,
is only a few minutes' drive away,
but that is just what one does find
when visiting Maitland, in the
Maitland Lumber Company.
From the very beginning this
progressive firm of lumber dealers
has specialized in quality lumber
and builders' supplies of proven
merit, and by persistently and always
delivering just the character
of materials that the specifications
called for have they been able to
build up a large and profitable
business and an unsullied reputation,
and the business has been successful
from the start. At the end
of the first year their constantly
growing business necessitated the
building of additions to their lumber
storage capacity as well as of
a large warehouse for builders'
supplies, of which they always
carry a full and large line.
Last March fifteenth fire destroyed
the company's offices and
the lumber sheds together with
their contents, and immediately
two new lumber storage sheds
were erected and there was no inFIVE
terruption of the service to the
trade. Plans have been perfected
for the construction of a new large
and eommodious lumber shed to replace
the one that was destroyed
by fire, in which will be embodied
every modern feature for the
handling of lumber, which will still
further improve the well nigh perfect
delivery service. During the
embargo period the company added
more men and delivery equipment
and continued to render their ^customary
prompt service.
The officers of the Maitland
Lumber Company are E. A. Upmeyer,
president, R. A. Wheeler,
vice-president, and C. E. Upmeyer,
secretary, and the entire organization
including the officers is made
up of lumbermen, all of whom have
had years of experience in both the
manufactureand the marketing of
lumber, which practical knowledge
and experience is all to the advantage
of the home-builder Mr. Upmeyer,
prior to. coming to Maitland,
was manager of the retail dept,
of the Putnam Lumber Company in
Jacksonville, and for several years
previously had been in charge in
the United States of Bahamas-Cuban
Company, which concern owns
and operates mills in the south and
large distributing yards in Cuba.
Mr. Upmeyer has been a resident
of Florida since 1909.
The slogan, “Quality and Service"
is more than a high-sounding
phrase—it is the outstanding policy
of the company, and is coupled
with “Courtesy Always," of course,
and, as stated in the beginning,
spells the instant and constant success
of the Maitland Lumber Company.
Maitland Public Library, Maitland, Florida
Bank of Maitland
Opened in March
' (Continued from page 1)
the entire plant is comparable
with the most up-to-date banking
institutions even in the larger
cities, and is a credit to its designers
and builders and the directors
and officers of the bank as
well as the progressive little city
in which it is located.
In operative paraphernalia the
bank is equipped with the latest
type book-keeping machine and
other modern devices necessary to
an up-to-date banking house, including
steel desks and tables, and
in every way is prepared to handle
any business entrusted to it in
every branch of finance, and has
been rendering that sort of service
from the start. The opening day
saw but a small start in deposits,
but each day there way a greater
total, the deposits reaching $85,000
in the first two months, and in
every department the business has
continued to grow.
Of course the officers and directors
of the bank are entitled to
much credit for the success it has
achieved, but the greater part of
the work has been done or directly
overseen by “Don" Spain, formerly
assistant-cashier at the Union
State Bank .in Winter Park, and
the friends of the bank of Maitland
are glad to give “Don" credit
for the main performance of the
job.
The present officers of the bank
are E. A. Upmeyer, president, J. A.
Brown, vice-president, and Do/iald
G. Spain, cashier, and the directors
are E. A. Upmeyer, S. B. Hill, W.
B. Joiner, J. A. Brown, J. H. Hill,
C. J. Woodward and Donald G.
Spain, all representative business
White Way Motor
Co. Is New Concern
and Needed Business
One of the best business institutions
in Maitland and one of the
best of its kind in the entire county
is the White Way Motor Company,
which is comparatively a new concern
here.
Mr. John Nelson, the owner and
manager, coming to Florida some
six years ago from Philadelphia.
h
Arriving in Orange county Mr.
Nelson became associated with the
Standard Auto Company, in Winter
Park, coming from that concern
to Maitland three years later. The
building now occupied by the
White Way Motor Company Mr.
Nelson built last year. It is a substantial
structure of white plaster
on hollow tile, with large “ L"-
shaped, two-entrance ground floor
room for general automobile repair
and service work, the corner in the
“ L" being occupied by a cafe while
the upper floor comprises two
very complete and modern sevenroom
apartments.
Since coming to Maitland Mr.
Nelson has built up a very satisfactory
business, and as an indication
of the character of service he renders,
and the way his customers appreciate
it, Mr. Nelson has a number
of customers he served while
with the Standard Auto Company
in Winter Park, and because they
know and like the kind of work he
does, they have continued with him
since he came to Maitland, and
when they want any work done
they drive out to Maitland and
have Mr. Nelson do it—and they
know it will be done right.
Mr. Nelson is an active member
of the Presbyterian church, of the
Chamber of Commerce, is a
Mason, and has the confidence of
the entire community.
Aside from doing general service
and repair work on all makes of
cars, Mr. Nelson has the agencies
for Cadillac, Pontiac and Oakland
cars. He is a member of the United
Service Association.
Facts About J^aitland
Population — permanent 400
(1924 census), winter (500 estimated).
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Orange Belt Auto Line. American
Railway Express Company. Western
Union Telegraph Company.
Telephone. Electricity.
Business—Novelty Works, Lumber
Supply Company, Small Novelty
Factory, Cement Block Plant,
Real Estate Offices, Restaurant,
Garage?, Three Stores.
Social—Four Room School, Library,
Parent-Teachers Association,
Civic Association, Woodmen
of the World, Band, Woman's Club,
Boy Scout Troop, Chamber of Commerce,
Sunday Schools, Ladies'
Auxiliary.
Brown’s Store Gives
Maitland a Store of
The Big City Type
(Continued from page i )
other departments, there being on
either side of the partition special
shelving for the receptionof merchandise.
The stock comprises large stocks
of all the different kinds of merchandise
generally carried by the
general store, and Mr. Brown
specializes in the nationally advertised
brands of every kind of merchandise,
and by reason of the fact
that he believes in the old adage
that “ the best is none to good,” he
has a business that requires the
employment of four sales people in
addition to himself and he is in
fact his own best clerk.
The store is equipped with modern
shelving, counters and show
cases and equipment of every kind,
all of the shelving being specially
built to accommodate the certain
kinds of merchandise kept upon it.
In the meat department is found a
most modern automatic refrigeration
plant, of the Frigidaire type,
as well as electric-driven machines
of various kinds. All spring scales,
in fact all of the equipment and appointments
of the store are of the
most modern and convenient character,
making “Brown's Store,"
considered by and large, an institution
of which any community
might well be proud.
The rear portion of the store
room, about one-third of it, perhaps,
is partitioned off and used
for storage purposes, above it being
a mezza-nine floor, which is
occupied by one of the departments
and just in front of the mezzanine,
on a raise platform not quite so
high, is Mr. Brown's office, where
he has the entire store in full view.
Mr. Brown ha? always been actively
identified with the general
interests of the town, having served
two terms as mayor and now being
chairman of the town council.
He also is a stock holder and vicepresident
and director of the Bank
of Maitland, is a member of the
Chamber of Commerce, a steward
in the Methodist church and member
of the Boys Scouts Council. *
New Building
In Maitland
(Continued from page 1)
Faith, Hope and Charity. Mr. Coudert
has just moved into his new
home which contains living room,
dining room, kitchen, th,*ree bed
rooms, terrace and bath.
Mr. Rolland A. Wheeler of the
Winter Park Lumber Co., has just
completed a very attractive bungalow
in Greenwood Gardens, containing
five rooms and bath.
One of the most pretentious undertakings
is that of the new residence
nearing completion in Greenwood
Gardens being erected by Mr.
W. F. Parker on the Dixie Highway.
Mr. Parker, who is an old
time builder, is constructing this
home for himself which when completed
will contain eleven rooms
and two baths. There will be a
cellar under part of the house providing
for a heating apparatus and
cold storage. When completed this
dwelling will be 100 percent electrified.
The Interstate Realty Co, have
erected and are occupying a very
attractive and substantial one
story office building of Spanish
design on Horiato Avenue.
There are quite a number of projects
about ready to start, among
which will be the New Town Hall,
which is to be built facing the
NEW ARCADE
FOR MAITLAND
The Herald informed on very
good authority that within the next
60 days an Arcade building will be
started in Maitland. This building
is to be located on the Maitland
Commercial Subdivision and will
be the first of a series of store
buildings which will be erected on
this sub-division. The building is
to be o f stucco and contain about
10 stores. The architect for this
building is Mr. C. B. Waterhouse,
of Passaic, N. J. Mr. Waterhouse
was at one time a resident of Maitland
and at the age o f 20 he went
north and studied architecture.
Although past the age limit for
military service, Mr. Waterhouse
served his country in France during
the world war. Mr. Waterhouse
is expected to return to Maitland
this fall and take up his
permanent residence here again.
The people o f Maitland are looking
forward to the return of one
of their old citizens and they all
feel that Mr. Waterhouse return
to Maitland will be a great benefit
in every way to the community.
Central Park. This building will
provide for the new fire engine,
town clerks office, council chamberand
two cell rooms, and will be
ready for occupancy about the first
of September.
The Maitland Electric Co., has
awarded contracts for an addition
to their present quarters and expect
to spend about $7000 for improvements.
Residence of K. N. McPherson, Maitland, Florida
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A I T On t h e B l a c k B e a r T r a i l
(Quebec to Miami and St. Petersburg via Central Florida)
A T THE ENTRANCE TO ORANGE COUNTY
Fifteen minutes from Orlando,
“The City Beautiful”, County
seat of Orange County.
A GROWING SMALL TOWN, OFFERING ATT
R A C T I V E OPPORTUNITIES TO THE
HOMESEEKER AND INVESTOR
Paved Streets m V Full Railway Conveniences
Parks Milk & Ice Deliveries
City Water Intra-State and Suburban Motor Bus Service
Fire Protection Good Stores
Garbage Disposal Garages
Electricityfor domestic & industrial uses Bank
•Telephones Restaurants, etc.
Five minutes from Winter Park,
‘The City of Homes” where Rollins
College is located.
A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY, OFFERING
CITY CONVENIENCES WITH THE BEAUTY
AND HEALTH OF THE COUNTRY
FOR INFORMATION, ADDRESS THE SECRETARY
C H A M B E R OF CO
MAITLAND, FLORIDA
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Inter - City
Realty Co.
MAITLAND, FLORIDA
Groves, Farms, Estates,
Houses, Acreage
GROVES PLANTED AND CARED FOR
CITRUS SERVICE OF ALL KINDS
K. McPHERSON, Prest, LOIS M. HAILE, Mg
Phone 1310-J
MAITLAND
R E A L T Y
COMPANY
Six years ago a young man, a
native son of Maitland, made an
extended trip from Jacksonville
the east coast, and saw the beginnings
of the development, then in
its infancy even at Miami, and
undreamt-of in this section of Florida.
On his return he looked at
Maitland and saw it for the first
time as it was then—sleepy, backward,
unprogressive, just as it had
been for forty years. But he saw
more than that. He saw its beauty
of lakes and woods, shaded streets
and fertile groves, far surpassing
any of the attractions of the coast.
He looked ahead and saw a vision
of what it might become when the
development starting on the coast
had spread through the rich central
section of the state. He shared his
dreams with friends, and together
they planned for the future, and
out of their dreams and plans grew
the Maitland Realty Company.
The undertaking being new and
its future problematical it had to
start in a small way and was organized
first in 1921 as a partnership
of three, and incorporated in
September 1923, with some increase
in personel and capital. For
three years the partners devoted
their time to organizing the business,
developing plans, and promoting
the general interests of the
town, as they realized that until
Maitland developed there was no
chance for a real estate business to
prosper. The president of the company
was for three years mayor
of the town and wrote the town
ordinances and conducted court in
the company’s tiny office, furnished
with a second-hand typewriter,
some add tables and chairs—an
outlay $150.00. In 1923 the j
compa.uy moved into a small office
back of the post office in the building
bnilt by the Maitland Building
Association, of which the president
of the company was secretarytreasurer.
Here the plans for
Greenwood Gardens were developed
and t/re business began to prosper
until vn January, 1925, it was moved
into its present office next to
the post office on Maitland avenue,
sre one of the most completely
equipped real estate offices in the
section is maintained.
With the increase of business the
members of the firm have not neglected
public interests, but number
now among their number of
town councilman, two members of
the zoning commission, a member
of the Board of Governors of
Orange County Chamber of Commerce,
the secretary of the Orange
County Beautification Commission
and a member of the Board of Directors
of the Orlando Realty
Board.
The activities of the firm include
general brokerage, the Greenwood
Gardens development, all lines of
insurance and a complete property
care department, including rentals,
care of houses and grounds, grove
work, fertilizers and insecticides.
Besides the main office in Maitland,
the company maintains an attractive
well located branch office
in the Hamilton Hotel building in
Winter Park. In the main office
seven people are employed, all of
them well versed in their resp#ctive
lines, assuring customers and
clients competent service at altimes.
As members of the Orlando
Realty Board, the Maitland
Realty Company can secure for
professional appraisals and real
estate service of unusual merit.
Through correspondents throughout
the State and the United
States, all members of the National
Association of Real Estate
Boards, the Maitland Realty Company
is in a position to rended
comprehensive and intelligent attention
to any business intrusted
to them.
As vision of the future started
the business, so wise foresight is
guiding it today toward a permanent
conservative position in
Central Florida. The company’s
motto “A thought for tomorrow
in the sales we make today,”
tersely sums up a sincere belief in
the Realtors Code of Ethics, and
by rigidly adhering to the code
the Maitland Realty Company
aims to make a place for itself in
the permanent history of Florida,
through its sound policies during
the great romance of development
now in process of enactment.
Officers of the Maitland Realty
Company are: J. H. Hill, president,
Forrest B. Stone, vice-president,
Anna B. Treat, secretary, and
S. B. Hill, Jr. treasurer.
THE WINTER PARK HERALD, THURSDAY JUNE 10, 1926 SEVEN
1
MAITLAND
Electric Shop
J. H. BENNETT, Prop.
Maitland, Florida
[Electragists]
The word ELECTRAGIST means
“The responsible electrical' contractor”
To the Public, it means dependability.
Wiring done for Power, Heat and
Light according to Code. Conduit,
B. X. Cable and Knob and Tube
where permissible.
Largest Line of Lighting Fixtures
north of Orlando, at prices that will
surprise you.
FLOOR, TABLE AND BOUDOIR
LAMPS
WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC
IRONS
SIMPLEX IRONS
WAFFLE IRONS
GRILLS AND TOASTERS
TWO-BURNER STOVE—$6.00
SEPCO WATER
HEATERS
COPELAND AUTOMATIC
REFRIGERATORS
WESTINGHOUSE RANGES
VAILE-KIMES ELECTRIC
WATER PUMPS
The Maitland Plumbing Co.
Does Everything- in the line of
PLUMBING
PIPING
IRRIGATING
REPAIRING
The Plumbing in many of the
Better Homes in Maitland was
done by us, including that of
Mrs. L. T. Wilcox, Mr. Clarence
Brown, Mr. L. L. Coudert and
Mr. R. C. Wheeler, also in Altamonte
Springs, including the
home of Major B. L. Maltbie, one
of the show places of that city.
Estimates Cheerfully Furnished and
Satisfaction Guaranteed
The Maitland Plumbing Co.
C. D. Horner, Manager
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WHITE WA Y
Motor Company
MAITLAND, FLORIDA
Member United Service Association
Do a General Line of Repairing and Service work,
_____ All Makes of Cars
Filling Station—High Grade Gas and Oils
Tires and Tire Service
AGENCY FOR
CADILAC, PONTIAC AND OAKLAND CARS
“ON THE DIXIE”
JOHN NELSON, Proprietor
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EIGHT THE WINTER PARK HERALD, THURSDAY JUNE 10, 1926
BANK MAITLAND
MAmAND, FLORIDA
OFFICERS
E. A. UPMEYER, Pres,
J. A. BROWN, V. Pres.
DONALD G. SPAIN,
Cashier
DIRECTORS
J. A. BROWN W. B. JOINER
DONALD G. SPAIN
E. A. UPMEYER S. B. HILL
J. H. HILL C. J. WOODWARD
THIS BANK, THROUGH ITS CONNECTIONS
OFFERS A COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE
WHICH EMBRACES EVERY
BRANCH OF FINANCE.
WRITE THE
BANK OF MAITLAND
OR THE
MAITLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
FOR INFORMATION
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Anna B. Treat
automobiles
B. L. Maltbie
Bank of Maitland
banks
Boy Scouts of America
Browns Store
C. B. Waterhouse
C. D. Horner
C. E. Upmeyer
C. N. Williams
cars
citrus
civil engineering
civil engineers
Clarence Brown
construction
Dixie Highway
Donald G. Spain
E. A. Upmeyer
E. S. Galt
F. B. Stone
G. B. Hurlburt
G. Spain
G. W. Powers
Girls Sewing Club
Greenwood Gardens
H. Bennett
Hamilton Hotel
Horner
Inter-City Realty Company
J. A. Brown
J. A. Browns
J. A. Joiner
J. E. Bartletts
J. H. Hill
Jacksonville
John Nelson
Kenneth L. McPherson
Kenney
Knowles Terrace
L. L. Condert, Jr.
L. L. Coudert
L. T. Wilcox
Lake Catherine
Lake Maitland
Lois M. Haile
Louis L. Coudert
Maitland
Maitland Chamber of Commerce
Maitland Electric Shop
Maitland Lumber Company
Maitland Plumbing Company
Maitland Realty Company
Maitland Realty Company, Inc.
Mcpherson
Miami
motor vehicles
Nelson
Oakland
orange county
oranges
orlando
Park Avenue
Parker
pavement
paving
Putnam Lumber Company
R. C. Wheeler
R. D. Tillson
Reasoner Brothers
Rolland A. Wheeler
Rollins College
S. B. Hill, Jr.
S. H. Hill
Sanford Credit Associations
Standard Auto Company
The Winter Park Herald
Union State Bank
W. B. Joiner
W. F. Parker
W. H. Cook
Westinghouse Electric Company
White Way Motor Company
Winter Park
Woodward
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Dublin Core
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Title
Orlando City Hall Collection
Alternative Title
City Hall Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
City halls--United States
Description
Historic artifacts from an exhibit created by Orlando Remembered at the Orlando City Hall, located at 400 South Orange Avenue in Downtown Orlando, Florida. This exhibit houses objects relating to Orlando's municipal government. The current building opened in July of 1991. The former city hall was located directly in front of current building and was in operation from 1958 to 1991. The exhibit features photographs and memorabilia from past Orlando mayors dating back to 1932.<br /><br />Orlando Remembered is a community based group, dedicated to the preservation of Downtown Orlando's past. To date, the group has constructed 18 exhibits in the downtown area that highlight the current building's connection to the past.
Contributor
Orlando Remembered
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/106" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered Collection</a>, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection. RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Orlando City Hall, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Contributing Project
Orlando Remembered
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Barnes, Mark
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
"<a href="http://www.historiciconsoforlando.com/" target="_blank">The Historic Icons of Orlando</a>." Orlando Remembered. http://www.historiciconsoforlando.com/.
Bacon, Eve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2020029" target="_blank"><em>Orlando: A Centennial History</em></a>. Chuluota, Fla: Mickler House, 1975.
Rajtar, Steve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank"><em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em></a>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.
Moving Image
A series of visual representations that, when shown in succession, impart an impression of motion.
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Title
Action Center USA
Alternative Title
Action Center USA
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Sports--Florida
Tourism--Florida
Description
An advertisement produced to showcase the advent of mid-century modernism in Orlando, Florida. The film depicts marketing strategies aimed at attracting white middle-to-upper class men in either military or defense technology engineering professions. It emphasizes the economic, cultural, and social changes taking place within Orlando that make it an ideal place to raise a family and to live a fulfilling life. The film also depicts developments and signs of growth that occurred in Orlando before the Walt Disney World Resort opened.
Type
Moving Image
Source
Original 14-minute and 28-second color film: <a href="https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/232384" target="_blank"><em>Action Center USA</em></a>. Directed by Grant Gravitt (Orlando, FL: Tel Air Interests, Inc.): <a href="http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/index_Researchers.cfm" target="_blank">State Library and Archives of Florida</a>, Tallahassee, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/index_Researchers.cfm" target="_blank">State Library and Archives of Florida</a>, Tallahassee, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/20" target="_blank">Orlando Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 14-minute and 28-second color film: <a href="https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/232384" target="_blank"><em>Action Center USA</em></a>. Directed by Grant Gravitt (Orlando, FL: Tel Air Interests, Inc.).
Coverage
Cape Kennedy, Titusville, Florida
McCoy Air Force Base, Orlando, Florida
Orlando Public Library, Orlando, Florida
Central Florida Museum, Orlando, Florida
Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Colonial Plaza Mall, Orlando, Florida
Date Created
ca. 1960-1969
Format
video/mp4
Extent
98.4 MB
Medium
14-minute and 28-second color film
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/index_Researchers.cfm" target="_blank">State Library and Archives of Florida</a>, and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
Orlando Remembered
Curator
Wolf, Casey
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="http://www.floridamemory.com/" target="_blank">Florida Memory</a>
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/index_Researchers.cfm" target="_blank">State Library and Archives of Florida</a>
External Reference
Dickinson, Joy Wallace. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53872607" target="_blank"><em>Orlando: City of Dreams</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/783150094" target="_blank"><em>Lost Orlando</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2012.
airplanes
airports
amusement parks
Arnold Daniel Palmer
Arnold Palmer
arts
automobiles
baseballs
Billy Kelly
boating
boats
Bruce Devlin
Bruce William Devlin
Cape Kennedy
cars
Central Florida Museum
chambers of commerce
church
churches
citrus
citrus groves
Citrus Open Golf Tournament
City Beautiful
City of Orlando
cold war
colleges
Colonial Plaza Mall
Commerce
County of Orange
Dean Refram
Delta Air Lines
dog racing
Doug Sanders
Downtown Orlando
Eastern Air Lines
Elegant Company
festivals
Florida Symphony Orchestra
Florida Technological University
footballs
FTU
George Alfred Christian Knudson
George Douglas Sanders
George Knudson
Glover
golf
golfers
Graduate Engineering Education System
Grant Gravitt
Herndon Municipal Airport
highways
I-4
industrial parks
Interstate 4
jai alai
Jim Carlton
Joan Roberts
Julius Boros
Julius Nicholas Boros
Lake Eola
Lake Eola Park
libraries
library
Loch Haven Art Center
Mad Tea Party
manufacturing
marching bands
Martin Marietta Corporation
McCoy AFB
McCoy Air Force Base
McCoy Jetport
Minnesota Twins
Minute Maid Company
monorails
motor vehicles
National Airlines
orange county
Orange County School System
oranges
orchestras
orlando
Orlando Area Chamber of Commerce
Orlando businesses
Orlando Central Park
Orlando Junior College
Orlando Panthers
Orlando Public Library
Orlando Twins
paintings
parks
planes
Player
retail
roads
Rollins College
Rule
schools
Seven Dwarfs
shopping
shopping malls
shops
space
space age
space race
sports
Spring Training
stores
Sunny Fader
synagogues
Tangerine Bowl
technology
Tel Air Interests, Inc.
theme parks
Tupperware Brands
UF
University of Florida
Vanda Cosmetics
Walt Disney
Walt Disney World Resort
Walter Elias Disney
water skiing
Weiskopf
Winter Park
Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival
Xerox Corporation