Lawton Family History
Oviedo (Fla.)
The family history the Lawtons of the Summer Oaks plantation in Thomas County, Georgia. This family history centers around Alexander Benjamin Lawton (1809-1861) and his wife, Narcissa Melissa Lawton (1817-1883). Together, the couple had seven children: Alexander Cater Lawton (1841-1921), Winborn Theodore Lawton (1843-1892), Clara J. Lawton (b. 1845), Robert W. Lawton (b. 1847), Benjamin F. Lawton (ca. 1848-ca. 1853), Thomas J. Lawton (b. 1851), and Emma Lenora Lawton (1853-1907). Lawton also had three children from his previous marriage to Elizabeth Brisbane Lawton (1808-1839): Mary Jane Lawton (b. 1832), Martha S. Lawton (b. 1834), and Eusebia Lawton (ca. 1836-ca. 1850).<br /><br />Part I on the book focuses on the Lawton family background, highlighting William Lawton, Joseph Lawton, Benjamin Themistocles Dion Lawton, and Winborn Asa Lawton. Part II details the immediate family of Alexander Benjamin Lawton and his family while living in South Carolina, while Part III discusses the family's migration to the Summer Oaks plantation in Georgia. Part IV describes the location of Summer Oaks and Part V discusses theories about the location of Alexander Benjamin Lawton's resting place. Part VI details the descendants of the Lawtons of Summer Oaks. This family history was compiled by the great-great-great granddaughter of Alexander Benjamin Lawton and Narcissa Melissa Lawton, Stacey Allene Church and her father, Gerald Marshall Church. Many of the descendants of the Lawtons migrated to Oviedo, Florida.
Church, Stacey Allene
Church, Gerald Marshall
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Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin
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Edisto Island, South Carolina
Mulberry Grove Plantation, Walterboro, South Carolina
Black Swamp, Robertville, South Carolina
Lawtonville, South Carolina
Bluffton, South Carolina
Summer Oaks Plantation, Thomas County, Georgia
Oviedo, Florida
Monticello, Florida
Caddo Parish, Louisiana
RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 52: An Interview with Jim Clark, Part 2
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Key West (Fla.)
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Reedy Creek (Orange County-Polk County, Fla.)
Indian River (Fla. : River) Orlando (Fla.)
Fort Lauderdale (Fla.)
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Presidential elections--United States
Republican Party (Fla.)
Episode 52, Part 2 of RICHES Podcast Documentaries: An Interview with Jim Clark. RICHES Podcast Documentaries are short form narrative documentaries that explore Central Florida history and are locally produced. These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners. <br /><br />Episode 52 features an interview with Jim Clark about his book <em>Presidents in Florida</em> and his forthcoming book <em>Pineapple Anthology of Florida Writers Volume 1</em>. Dr. Clark discusses the various presidents who have traveled to Florida for campaigning and for vacationing, with the first president being Chester Alan Arthur, as well as William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Richard M. Nixon. He also discusses his anthology on writers in Florida, including Robert Frost, Ernest Hemingway, and others.
Cassanello, Robert
Original 17-minute and 46-second podcast by Robert Cassanello, April 11, 2013: "RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 52: An Interview with Jim Clark, Part 2." <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>, Orlando, Florida.
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Harry S. Truman Little White House, Key West, Florida
Florida White House, Key Biscayne, Florida
Reedy Creek, Florida
Titusville, Florida
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Key West, Florida
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Florida Historical Quarterly, Episode 28: Vol. 94, No. 3, Winter 2016
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Prisons--United States
This podcast features an interview with Dr. James G. Cusick, the curator of the P. K. Yonge Library of Florida History at the University of Florida Library and author of <em>The Other War of 1812: The Patriot War and the American Invasion of Spanish East Florida</em>, published by the University of Georgia Press. He edited the special issue on the first part of the 19th century. In this podcast, Dr. Cusick discusses the authors and articles that appear in this issue.
Murphree, Daniel S.
Original 27-minute and 9-second audio podcast by Daniel S. Murphree, 2016: <a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>, Florida Historical Society, Cocoa, Florida.
<a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>
Cusick, James G.
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<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">University of Central Florida, Department of History</a>
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Elmira Prison, Elmira, New York
Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia
Jacksonville, Florida
RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 17: Public History in Central Florida: The Kerouac House: A Legacy of Perseverance
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Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969
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Episode 17 of RICHES Podcast Documentaries: Public History in Central Florida: The Kerouac House: A Legacy of Perseverance. RICHES Podcast Documentaries are short form narrative documentaries that explore Central Florida history and are locally produced. These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners. <br /><br />Episode 17 focuses on author Jack Kerouac's life in College Park, Florida. Kerouac moved to Florida in July 1957, while awaiting the publication of <em>On the Road</em>. Kerouac also wrote <em>The Dharma Bums</em> while living in Central Florida. This podcast includes interviews with the Jack Kerouac House Board of Directors, American literature professors and a personal friend of Kerouac. The Kerouac House is located at 1418 Clouser Avenue in College Park, Orlando, Florida.
Turnbull, Lindsey
Original 16-minute and 48-second podcast by Lindsay Turnbull, October 31, 2011: "RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 17: Public History in Central Florida: The Kerouac House: A Legacy of Perseverance." <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>, Orlando, Florida.
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Jack Kerouac House, College Park, Orlando, Florida
RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 28: Hamilton Holt, Part 1
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Rollins College (Winter Park, Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Holt, Hamilton, 1872-1951
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Episode 28, Part 1 of RICHES Podcast Documentaries: Hamilton Holt. RICHES Podcast Documentaries are short form narrative documentaries that explore Central Florida history and are locally produced. These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners. <br /><br />Episode 28 focuses on the life of Hamilton Holt, one of the most well-known presidents of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Hamilton Holt became the president of Rollins College in 1925 and served until 1949. Holt revitalized education at Rollins by stressing a new, cooperative system called the "Conference Plan," which involved one-on-one interaction between professor and student. This podcast also includes interviews with former Rollins president Thaddeus Seymour, and Rollins professor Jack Lane.
Original 16-minute and 39-second podcast, April 12, 2012: "RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 28: Hamilton Holt, Part 1." <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>, Orlando, Florida.
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Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida
WUCF Artisodes Short: Sandy Shugart
Orlando (Fla.)
Music--United States
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Poetry--Southern States
Sandy Shugart became the President of Valencia College, one of the country's largest colleges, in 2000, and led them to win the prestigious Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence in 2011. As a folk artist and poet, Shugart believes these seemingly unrelated endeavors are integral aspects of his life journey.<br /><br />WUCF-TV is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television station serving the Central Florida television market. The station, operated by the University of Central Florida, is the region's sole PBS member station, reaching an estimated population of 4.6 million people in its aerial viewing area. Arts and culture take center stage in WUCF-TV's weekly local series: "WUCF Artisodes." Each episode airs Thursdays at 8 p.m., featuring a local artist or initiative, as well as stories on the arts from across the country. Developed in partnership with 28 PBS stations nationwide, this series is part of WUCF-TV's mission to give everyone a front-row seat to the arts. This Artisodes Short originally aired as part of "WUCF Artisodes #159: Music is Life" on January 29, 2015.
Original 8-minute and 4-second audio/video recording of Sandy Shugart, <a href="http://www.wucftv.org/home/" target="_blank">WUCF-TV</a>, Orlando, Florida, January 29, 2015: WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
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Students Honored for Poetry
Oviedo (Fla.)
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Poetry--Southern States
A newspaper article published by <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em> on May 26, 1977. The article describes the winners of a literary contest sponsored by the Seminole County Language Reading Arts Council. According to the article, ten students from Jackson Heights Middle School, located at 41 Academy Avenue in Oviedo, were selected to have their works published in the <em>Seminole County Literary Magazine</em>. Additionally, an annual authors' luncheon was to be held at the Langford Resort Hotel in Winter Park.
Original newspaper article: "Students Honored for Poetry." <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>, Vol. 4, No. 40, May 26, 1977, page 9: <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
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