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Title
Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection
Subject
Museums--Florida
Schools
Elementary schools
Grammar schools
Sanford (Fla.)
Description
The Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection encompasses a broad range of materials and items ranging from the late 19th Century into the present. The collection includes artifacts, photographs, documents, videocassettes, and other historical records pertaining to the history of the Sanford Grammar School, the Sanford community through the years, and the history of teaching and learning within the United States from the 19th century to the 2010s.
The Student Museum has collaborated with the University of Central Florida and established the UCF Public History Center (PHC). All of the Student Museum's collections are presently housed at the PHC. The goal of the PHC is to promote access to history through ground-breaking research connecting local to global, provide cutting-edge hands-on educational programs for students and visitors, and to engage the community in contributing to and learning from history.
Contributor
Student Museum
UCF Public History Center
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida
Westside Grammar Elementary School, Sanford, Florida
Sanford Grammar School, Sanford, Florida
Student Museum, Sanford, Florida
UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida
Contributing Project
Student Museum
UCF Public History Center
Curator
Marra, Katie
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Public History Center/Student Museum
External Reference
"Public History Center." Public History Center, University of Central Florida.
"Student Museum." Seminole County Public Schools. http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/studentmuseum/Home.aspx.
Alternative Title
Student Museum and PHC Collection
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/32" target="_blank">General Photographic Collection</a>, <span>Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, </span>Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/73" target="_blank">Seminole County Public Schools Collection</a>, <span>Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, </span>Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
McLaughlin, Ian
Interviewee
Richards, Storm Leslie
Location
Geneva, Florida
Original Format
1 DVD/DAT recording
Duration
19 minutea and 4 seconds
Bit Rate/Frequency
125kbps
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Title
Oral History of Dr. Storm Leslie Richards
Alternative Title
Oral History, Richards
Subject
Oral history--United States
Sanford (Fla.)
Museums--Florida
Grant writing
Historic preservation--Florida
Historic sites--Florida
Longwood (Fla.)
Walt Disney World (Fla.)
Urban sprawl
United States. Navy
Navy
Nuclear weapons
Archaeology--Florida
Urban development
Archaeologists--United States
Geographers--United States
Conservation--United States
Lake Monroe (Seminole County and Volusia County, Fla.)
Tourism--Florida
Traffic
Description
Oral history interview of Dr. Storm Leslie Richards, an archaeologist and environmental consultant for Storm L. Richards & Associates, Inc. Dr. Richards was born in Patuxent River, Maryland, on August 20, 1950, but his family migrated to Sanford, Florida, in 1953. He graduated from Seminole High School in 1969 and received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D from the University of Florida in Tallahassee in 1973, 1978, and 1987, respectively. Dr. Richards also wrote the grant for the Sanford Grammar School, located at 301 West Seventh Street. This interview was conducted by Ian McLaughlin at Dr. Richards' home in Geneva on October 24, 2012.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction<br />0:03:25 Grant writing and rehabilitation for the Student Museum and Center for the Social Studies<br />0:07:21 Other historic preservation projects<br />0:09:18 How Seminole County has changed over time<br />0:12:45 Impact of Walt Disney World Resort<br />0:15:42 Father’s experience in the Navy<br />0:17:57 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Dr. Storm Leslie Richards. Interview conducted by Ian McLaughlin at Dr. Richards' home in Geneva, Florida.
Type
Moving Image
Source
Richards, Storm Leslie. Interviewed by Ian McLaughlin. UCF Public History Center. October 24, 2012. Audio/video record available. UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
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Is Part Of
UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
<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.
Has Format
Digital transcript of original 19-minute and 04-second oral history: Richards, Storm Leslie. Interviewed by Ian McLaughlin. UCF Public History Center. October 24, 2012. Audio/video record available. UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
Coverage
Sanford Grammar School, Sanford, Florida
Student Museum and Center for the Social Studies,Sanford, Florida
UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida
Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Cuba
Creator
McLaughlin, Ian
Richards, Storm Leslie
Date Created
2012-10-24
Date Modified
2012-10-28
Format
video/mp4
application/pdf
Extent
46.9 MB
155 KB
Medium
19-minute and 4-second DVD/DAT recording
6-page typed transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Ian McLaughlin and owned by UCF Public History Center.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the UCF Public History Center and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
UCF Public History Center
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
UCF Public History Center/Student Museum
External Reference
"Public History Center." Public History Center, University of Central Florida.
"Exhibits." Public History Center, University of Central Florida.
"Student Museum." Seminole County Public Schools.
"<a href="http://www.seminolehs.scps.k12.fl.us/" target="_blank">Seminole High School</a>." Seminole High School, Seminole County Public Schools. http://www.seminolehs.scps.k12.fl.us/.
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
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<a href="https://youtu.be/OjlBRZidNQ4" target="_blank">Oral History of Dr. Storm Leslie Richards</a>
Transcript
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Alright, today is Wednesday, the 24<sup>th</sup> of October, 2012. It is 3:05 PM. I am with Dr. Storm [Leslie] Richards at his home in Geneva, Florida, and we’re going to discuss his experiences as related to historic preservation in Sanford, specifically concerning the Sanford Student Museum [and Center for the Social Studies].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>We moved to Sanford in 1953. My dad was in, uh, the Navy at the time, and, um, we came here, uh, when Sanford was a very small community. It was very agriculturally-oriented. Um, there were many, many schools in Sanford. Uh, I went to, uh, about four of them, uh, from about elementary school through high school—all in Sanford, and then I went to Seminole Community College,<a title="">[1]</a> which was what it was called at the time in the 1970s, uh, and got my Associate of Arts degree, and went on to the University of Florida and finished my Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate at, uh, the University of Florida in Gainesville. Um, did some graduate work at Tulane University, but, uh, for the most part, I was always at the University of Florida, and I had a very strong interest in historic preservation and archaeology and, uh, urban—urban development, and I think, uh, first time that I really became—became directly, um, associated with the school [inaudible] was I was asked to help write a grant. Um, he grant was originally through the Division of Historical Resources, which is part of Florida Department of State for doing architectural reconstruction and rehabilitation. Um, one of the things that came to me from the very, very beginning was that the school—the [Sanford] Grammar School was such a tremendous resource in terms of historically where[?] Sanford had been. It was constructed in 1907, I think—’02-’07, and, um, it had always been a real focal point for—for education for—for young kids, and I think, uh—I didn’t go to school there and—and I always remember the school having, uh, teeter-totters and having, um, jungle gyms and the having the maypole, uh, swing that the kids would swing around and stuff like that. It’s—it’s the kind of thing where you still remember the kids yelling and screaming, and just, uh, it was a very fun place. Um, academically, I can’t really speak for it, but, uh, I can remember that—that there was always a lot of activity there, and the school, uh, that I identified with the grant that I worked on was a very important hub for Sanford and for Seminole County to—to look at something historic and say that so many people had gone there and so many people’s lives had been involved. I just thought it was a wonderful focal point, um, to try to keep, and, uh, at that time, they were really the first time that they were getting into the notion of it being an historic properties, and being important for a museum, and—and I was just really, uh, excited about that for the kids to be able to go back and look at things the way they were a hundred years ago.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>All right. Um, in what capacity were you involved, specifically with the grant-writing process?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Um, because I was—I am a certified archaeologist, and I have a really strong background in historic preservation with the University of Florida and the Urban Re-Use and Planning Department, I was asked to—to come in and take a critical look at if the site was really historic. Now, it had already been designated on the [U.S.] National Register of Historic Places, which one would assume would make it very important, uh, but because it’s part of a district, um, that’s not necessarily the case, and you really want a building like that to stand on its own, be—because the importance not of just the neighborhood, but the importance of it being, uh, the structure that was there, uh, and so I put together, uh, all of the documentation on, uh, why it was historically important, and what it meant to the community, and why the state should look at it as being not just some local landmark, but as something that was important to the county and the State of Florida.</p>
<p>So I wrote that up, and what really ended up happening was that the state looked at that and felt that there was enough merit there that it was designated on a, uh, state list of very important, uh, uh, schools for the State of Florida and it was designated as such with that important notice. I think that the other thing that I did was, uh, I contacted a number of commissioners and a number of people that had on a say on, uh—on how money was being spent, whether it was the school board of, uh, Seminole County, because it was certainly a focus of not just the City of Sanford, but the county also, uh, and told them the importance of preserving that, because at a certain point, older buildings have a way of just deteriorating to the point that they can no longer be used, and it takes an investment, and sometimes, that investment can actually cost more than—than new construction, you know? Rehabilitation’s a very expensive proposition, but what it does for a community, in terms of identifying the importance of a city, and importance of schools, and importance of looking at the people who got an education there and what they went on to do, and is—and it is far more important than any single dollar value.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Right, I see. About how long did that process take from start to finish? From the beginning to the end[?]? [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>It took probably—the grants program probably took six months.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>I think though the writing that I did, because I had a familiarity with it, was probably in days.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>I’m very quick at what I do, and so I think I wrote the, uh, four- or five-page report of why it was important in—in a day or two days.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Excellent, and what year was this again?</p>
<p><strong>Richards <br /></strong>You know, I think it was probably about, uh, 10 or 15 years ago. I mean, it was probably in the [19]90s—[inaudible] or something like that.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>So like 90s?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Right, and who all—do you remember which people from the museum you worked with?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Se—Serena [Rankin Parks] Fisher…</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Serena Fisher.</p>
<p><strong>Richards <br /></strong>Uh, she was, you know—and I’ve known her for years and years before that, because she’s a geographer and an educator, and—and I’m a geographer also, and so I knew her from the Florida Alliance, um, which was a group of educators who try to—to convey the importance of educating children, and she was working the museum, and, uh, it was the kind of thing that I felt real honored to help her with, because of the possibility of helping people, and, uh, when you drive by the school even today, which I did,</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Um, it’s one of those things that you can go look at and be proud that it’s still there, because it could be somebody’s patio brick, you know?</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>And—and so it’s a real good place for kids to go and look at the way that things used to be.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Excellent, and were there any other instances in Sanford, in which you helped with local preservation efforts?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Um, yes. Uh, the Hopper Academy, which was the African-American school, h, over near the stadium. Uh, I put together the environmental assessment and some of the feasibility studies for—for looking at the rehabbing of that and making that, uh, another focal point, and because it was a wooden building and it had a lot of decay, it was really difficult, and the neighborhood, uh, didn’t lend itself to, you know—there were a lot of transients in the area, and people were sleeping near—in the school, and people were doing a lot of things that were just destructive. I’m not sure that worked out as well as I would have liked, but it was a real, eh, effort for someone to go over there and say, “We’d like to see, you know this—this kept for the community,” and so I worked on that, and, um, also, when I was the senior planner with Seminole County and worked, um, on comprehensive planning, I—I worked very hard to try to get a conservation element that reflected the importance of archaeological and historic sites, um, in—in Central Florida and Seminole County.</p>
<p>In—in the profession that I have now, we do an awful lot of work in Seminole County. Uh, we worked for the airport in Seminole—the Orlando-Sanford [International] Airport. We’ve identified historic sites and identified preservation, uh, concepts for them. [inaudible]. We’ve worked for the Division of Historic Resources on the railroad sites[?] that existed here that came from the 1900s, when they were shipping an awful lot of, uh, produce out throughout—throughout the state and throughout different parts of the country, and so I’ve, you know, worked a lot on different aspects on Seminole County on—on cultural[?] resource assessments and evaluations, uh, both historic and archaeological resources for the county, and provided information for the of State of Florida.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Excellent, and here’s a little bit of a different question. In your experience working in Seminole County and living here and growing up, how has it changed environmentally? You—what do you think are probably the biggest ways that it’s changed?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>You know, I think—the—the interesting part of that story—and it just hits me immediately—is how recently—this year, someone burnt down the big.<a title="">[2]</a> They got inside the tree and they lit it on fire, and you have a tree that is older than the for—the 1400s. Before [Christopher] Columbus and…</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>This country.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>And the tree was there, and they burnt it up and destroyed it, and it was considered an “accident,” and it was considered of no great significance, and I can remember riding my bike out to the tree when I was a child from Sanford. It’s—it’s probably halfway between Sanford and Longwood on [U.S. Route] 17-92. Uh, I can remember there was a wonderful book written by [Elvira] Gardner, it was called <em>Ezekiel’s Travels</em>.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>And—and Ezekiel, a little black boy, rode his bicycle out to the big tree and they documented that in the 1930s.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>You know, and—and—and they burnt this tree up and it was considered just kind of a…</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>An accident.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>An accident. So, uh—and I think that—it really has an impact, you know?</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>The—the other thing that I can remember that’s changed so much is, when I was, uh, very young, I used to ride my bike down to the—the band shell, and to the, uh—to Lake Monroe, and used to fish there, and there used to be just the band shell, and just the sea wall, and in the last 25 years, you know, they’ve built, uh—they built hotels there, and, uh, they built, uh, mixed used development there. They have had varying degrees of non-success.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Uh, but it’s taken away much of the character, you know? I can remember when the zoo was in Downtown Sanford, and, you know, it was a very small zoo. Sorta not like the really nice complex that they have now, but—but Sanford was [inaudible], you know—libraries were there, and it was a place that—that kids went, and young people went, and it was just very different. The [Sanford] Civic Center was a big, big deal, and they had dances every week, and it was just, you know—it was just a place that people went all the time, and, uh, I don’t see that in Sanford anymore. I don’t see that.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>You think some of the character is gone?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>I think—I think the character—and I think that, you know, its—its, um—its environment, and its, um—the neighborhood, and it’s, um—it’s just the changes that have taken place, you know? I can remember the parades in Downtown Park Avenue, and just, um, very large parades that everybody in the community got involved in, and we have something like that now, but [inaudible]—it’s just a, uh—an agglomeration of people with big bands, and—and crazy things happen from early afternoon to way late</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>[inaudible], and it’s just not something that I’m interested in participating in, you know? Probably there are a lot of people that do, but it’s—it’s just very different from when I was raised in Sanford.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Yeah. As far as developmentally, what effect do you think that the arrival of like Disney Corporation<a title="">[3]</a> and things like that had on the change, if any?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Yeah, eh, Disney is a very large beast.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin <br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>And it has a lot of beasts that, uh, have attracted to it—whether it’s the whale beast or the, you know, uh, any number of other international destinations that I think that it’s affected probably not just all of Florida, but the Southeast. It’s the number one tourist destination, you know, in the world, u, and I think it makes Interstate [Highway] 4, which used to be a wonderful opportunity to go to Orlando and you just got on the interstate and ten minutes later, you were in Orlando, and today, it’s, um—it’s questionable if it even functions at all.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>You know, we have a—we have a toll road system, in which, uh, I was assigned to that. I was Deputy Director of the toll way [inaudible] before they actually started developing it, and it was supposed to relieve the traffic and make traffic a lot different in Central Florida, but Central Florida is so densely populated that it was probably nothing can significantly change that. You know, whether it’s a rail system that they won’t put in, it will cost billions of dollars, whether it’s increasing lanes on I-4, or whether the [Central Florida] GreeneWay builds out. It’s—it’s not going to make the quality of life significantly different, in my opinion, you know, but that’s just part of the price you pay.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Yeah. Just out of curiosity, how many lanes did I-4 use to be? [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>You know, I think it was always six—divided six.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Divided six?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Yeah, um, eh, it—it had fewer ramps.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>And so they put in more ramps and more access, and it’s—it’s—the speed is much quicker today than it’s ever been. Uh, the Fairbanks [Avenue] curb is a problem that people have been having for years, and everybody’s looking at the engineering and saying, “It’s got to be engineering.” They say, “It’s got to be, you know, your problems,” you know? People are traveling between their ears if they don’t pay attention to traffic, and that’s why we gotta have people at such a quick pace today, you know? It used to be if you made it to work at 8- 8:30, you know, or if you, you know, were just there. Now, everybody fills the building up at 10-to-8, and, you know, so consequently, everybody gets on the interstate and it’s as fast as they can go, and it reminds me a little bit of Atlanta[, Georgia].</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>You know, if you’re not doing 80 [miles per hour], you’re not getting there.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>I think that the—I think that I-4 is quickly approaching that. If you’re not doing 70, you’re probably not going to make it.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>You know, that’s just part of reality, part of the [inaudible], and the—the—it’s the quickness of what happens today. It wasn’t like that in the, you know, 1960s.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Okay, before we go, if you could—would you like to share the story about your father</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Uh…</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>And what he did at the Navy base?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>We moved to Sanford in—in ’53. My dad was stationed in Jacksonville, um, before that in the, um—in the Navy, and—and when we moved here, my dad was a navigator bombardier and a mechanic, and when the first jets, which were the [Douglas] A-3D[ Skywarrior]s came from California, my dad was part of the crew that flew the jets from California to Florida. That was before the [North American A-5] Vigilantes, before the larger aircraft. These were, you know twin-engine jets, but their total design and their total purpose was, uh, to launch a, uh, nuclear strike, and—and art of what Sanford, you know—Orlando-Sanford Airport today has the bunkers that they kept the nuclear weapons in, and they were going to load onboard the A-3Ds and—and go to Cuba, and my dad was the slim pickins’ of the aircraft, because it was his job to arm the nuclear weapons—To go back in the bomb bays and arm the nuclear weapons with, uh, I guess a detonation device that you screwed in the—in the nose of the bomb, and that was his job. It—and it was very, very stressful, and you know, at the time, I can just barely remember—I guess I was probably about seven—six or seven years old that all these young kids from the Navy would come over to the house, and they would have parties and stuff, and—and what they were doing was, h, the vanguard of changing the world, if—if they had to, and they all agreed to that—that that’s what they were going to do, and my dad was a really big part of that, and I guess there’s—there’s some pride in that, but there’s also some looking back and saying, “Is this really where we were?”</p>
<p>You know, and [inaudible], and I know today—you know, 2012—we’re still talking about the Cuban Missile Crisis and trying to figure out what really happened, and when you think about the people that were going to do whatever they were told to do, you know, there’s a lot of frighteningness[sic] there, and there is a lot of, <em>Have we gone that far?</em> Or, <em>Are we still in the same place?</em> I kinda think about that occasionally.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Do you have any other thoughts about Sanford or Seminole County or the Student Museum that you would like to share with us before we…</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>I think that the Student Museum is, you know—it—it—it—it’s probably a lot bigger than most people really think. It’s—it’s not a matter of postcards and maps and little things that you can touch or handle, but it’s the notion of where we come from and where we’re going, and will people identify those things in 10 years, in 20 years, in 30 years, and say that, uh—that there was something that was very valuable here? It was something that was very important to a lot of people, and I hope we can still see that, and I hope that that’s, uh, a multicultural thing that—that, uh, everybody can look at and say, “This is—this is where we were, and this is where we are, and lot of good things have taken place.”</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Excellent, and once again, my name is Ian McLaughlin, and I’m interviewing Dr. Storm Richards at his home in Geneva, Florida. Today is Wednesday, the 24<sup>th</sup> of October, 2012.</p>
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<p><a title="">[1]</a> Present-day Seminole State College.</p>
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<p><a title="">[2]</a> The Senator.</p>
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<p><a title="">[3]</a> Correction: The Walt Disney Company.</p>
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City of Sanford
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deputy directory
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Hopper Academy
I-4
Interstate 4
Interstate Highway 4
maypole
McLaughlin, Ian
mechanic
National Register of Historic Places
navigator bombardier
Orlando-Sanford Airport
Orlando-Sanford International Airport
parade
Park Avenue
Patuxent River
PHC
Reconstruction
rehabilitation
Richards, Storm Leslie
Sanford Civic Center
Sanford Grammar School
Sanford State College
SCC
School Board of Seminole County
Seminole
Seminole Community College
Seminole County
Seminole High
Seminole High School
Seminole HS
senator
senior planner
Seventh Street
SHS
SSC
State of Florida
Storm L. Richards & Associates
Storm L. Richards & Associates, Inc.
Student Museum
Toll Way
TU
Tulane
Tulane University
U.S. Route 17-92
UCF Public History Center
UF
University of Florida
Urban Re-Use and Planning Department
Vigilante
WDW
zoo
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Title
Patricia Black Collection
Alternative Title
Black Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Migrant workers
Agricultural laborers--Florida
Migration, Internal--United States
Farm laborers
Upstate New York (N.Y.)
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Madison (Fla.)
Houses and homes
Rochester (N.Y.)
Description
Collection of photographs and ephemera donated by <a title="Photo of Patricia Black" href="http://s2.postimg.org/4mpxwg2u1/P3212376.jpg">Patricia Ann Black</a> (1956- ), the daughter of Pilgrim Black (1905-2002) and Lula Mae Haynes Black (1917-2007). <br /><br />Pilgrim was born in 1905, although some records list 1907 as his birth year. Pilgrim and Lula were migrant crew leaders, and thus migrated to Upstate New York in the summers and back to their home in Sanford, Florida, for the rest of the year. Pilgrim was the son of Harry Black (d. 1911) and Maggie Benjamin Black (ca. 1870-ca. 1934), who migrated to Sanford from South Carolina in the 1800s. Harry and Maggie had several children: Leckward Black, Mustar Black, Malachi Black, Leatha Black Walker (1889-1976), Pilgrim Black, Margaret Black Jones (1889-1976), and Harriett Black Lawson.<br /><br />In 1911, Harry owned a grocery store at 206 South Sanford Avenue. One day, he came home from work with pneumonia and passed away shortly thereafter. Pilgrim was nine years old when his father passed away. Maggie was the daughter of former slaves, Isaac Benjamin and Roseanna Benjamin, and the sister of Nathan Benjamin, Pledge Benjamin, Sam Benjamin, Louis Benjamin, Chainey Benjamin, Lara Benjamin, Melvina Benjamin, and Katie Benjamin. Pilgrim had to quit school at age 11 in order to provide for his mother, originally working in a mill house until he was 18 years old. After declining a management position, he traveled to Wayne County in Upstate New York to pick cherries, apples, pears, and other crops. He broke a bone after falling from an apple tree his first year and decided to try farm labor on a potato farm in Red Creek instead. Don Holdridge, the farmer who owned the land, noted Pilgrim's high rate of productivity and offered him a management position supervising up to 30 workers at once, which he accepted. Pilgrim also worked as a foreman in Sanford for Chase & Company for over 30 years. He married Lula in 1937 and they had several children together, including Vivian Louise Black (1940-), Lula Yvonne Black (1942-), Charles Samuel Black (1945-), Pilgrim Black, Jr. (ca.1947-), and Patricia. <br /><br />Patricia was born August 31, 1956, and grew up at the end of East Tenth Street in Sanford, Florida. She attended Hopper Elementary through sixth grade, Lakeview Middle School for seventh grade, Sanford Junior High School for eighth grade, Crooms High School for ninth grade, and Seminole High School through twelfth grade. She also attended school in the North Rose-Wolcott district each year while in New York. During fourth grade, integration began and parents were given the choice to have their children to attend other schools, but Patricia chose to continue attending an all-black school until she entered seventh grade in 1968 and began attending integrated schools. <br /><br />In June 1973, Patricia married her first husband, Clint Holt (1955- ); however, the couple quickly separated due to domestic violence and divorced around 1977. Patricia gave birth to her first child, Charmion Le'Antwinetta Holt in 1974. She also had three other children with William Bigham, Jr. (1952- ), who she was married to for 33 years: William Arthur Bigham III (1982- ), Brandon Oliver Black (1990- ), and Tempestt Teonte’ Black (1992- ). She lives in the family home built by her grandmother, Maggie Benjamin Black on East Tenth Street in Sanford. <br /><br />Patricia endured weekly molestation for 11n years from age six to age 17, and was raped at age seventeen while pregnant with Charmion. At age 29, Patricia became severely addicted to smoking cocaine. After seven years, Patricia was able to overcome her addiction and has maintained her sobriety for 21 years. Despite her traumatic experiences, Patricia has developed a devout relationship with God. While in recovery, Patricia refocused her attention on spreading her ministry of love by becoming a foster parent, serving as the Parent Representative of the Committee for Special Education (CSE), and serving on her local school board in the North Rose-Wolcott school district. <br /><br />Patricia also has owned her own business making incense and importing shea butter from Africa. She also became a licensed nail technician specializing in stress-relieving pedicures. As of 2009, Patricia is retired but still maintains some involvement in her business/ministry named GIFTED.
Contributor
Black, Patricia Ann
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Madison, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Rochester, New York
Wayne County, New York
Wolcott, New York
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Source Repository
Private Collection of Patricia Ann Black
External Reference
Coles, Robert. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67637" target="_blank"><em>Uprooted Children; The Early Life of Migrant Farm Workers</em></a>. [Pittsburgh]: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970.
Piore, Michael J. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4497409" target="_blank"><em>Birds of Passage: Migrant Labor and Industrial Societies</em></a> Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979.
Flewellyn, Valada S. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4497409" target="_blank"><em>African Americans of Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2009.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1 newspaper article
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Title
Memoirs of Life in a WC Migrant Farm Camp
Alternative Title
Life in a Migrant Farm Camp
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Wolcott (N.Y.)
Lyons (N.Y.)
Migrant workers
Farm laborers
Agricultural laborers--New York (State)
Agricultural laborers--Florida
Sexual abuse victims--United States
Description
A newspaper article about Patricia Ann Black's (1956-) experience as the child of migrant workers Pilgrim Black (1905-2002) and Lula Mae Haynes Black (1917-2007), who got married in 1937. as the daughter of Pilgrim Black (1905-2002) and Lula Mae Haynes Black (1917-2007), who got married in 1937. Patricia was born August 31, 1956, and grew up at the end of East Tenth Street in Sanford, Florida. She attended Hopper Elementary through sixth grade, Lakeview Middle School for seventh grade, Sanford Junior High School for eighth grade, Crooms High School for ninth grade, and Seminole High School through twelfth grade. She also attended school in the North Rose-Wolcott district each year while in Upsstate New York. During fourth grade, integration began and parents were given the choice to have their children to attend other schools, but Patricia chose to continue attending an all-black school until she entered seventh grade in 1968 and began attending integrated schools.<br /><br /> In June 1973, Patricia married her first husband, Clint Holt (1955-); however, the couple quickly separated due to domestic violence and divorced around 1977. Patricia gave birth to her first child, Charmion Le'Antwinetta Holt (1974-). She also had three other children with William Bigham Jr. (1952-), who she was married to for 33 years: William Arthur Bigham III (1982-), Brandon Oliver Black (1990-), and Tempestt Teonte' Black (1992-). <br /><br /> Patricia currently lives in the family home built by her grandmother, Maggie Benjamin Black (ca.1870-ca.1934) on East Tenth Street in Sanford. Patricia endured weekly molestation for 11 years from age six to age seventeen and was raped at age seventeen while pregnant with Charmion. At age 29, Patricia became severely addicted to smoking cocaine. After seven years, Patricia was able to overcome her addiction and has maintained her sobriety for 21 years. She has suffered severe mental and physical damage and is still recovering today. <br /><br />Despite her traumatic experiences and sibling rejections, Patricia has developed a devout relationship with God. While in recovery, Patricia refocused her attention on spreading her ministry of love by becoming a foster parent, serving as the Parent Representative of the Committee for Special Education (CSE), and serving on her local school board in the North Rose-Wolcott school district. Patricia also has owned her own <a href="http://204.8.125.98/" target="_blank">business</a> making incense and importing shea butter from Africa. She also became a licensed nail technician specializing in stress-relieving pedicures. As of 2009, Patricia is retired but still maintains some involvement in her business/ministry named GIFTED.
Type
Text
Source
Original newspaper article: Rogers, Pam. "Memoirs of Life in a WC Migrant Farm Camp." <a href="http://www.fltimes.com//" target="_blank"><em>The Sun and Record</em></a>, February 23, 2006: Private Collection of Patricia Ann Black.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: Rogers, Pam. "Memoirs of Life in a WC Migrant Farm Camp." <a href="http://www.fltimes.com//" target="_blank"><em>The Sun and Record</em></a>, February 23, 2006.
Coverage
Lyons, New York
Huron, New York
Sanford, Florida
Canandaigua, New York
Creator
Rogers, Pam
Contributor
Black, Patricia Ann
Date Created
ca. 2006-02-23
Date Issued
2006-02-23
Date Copyrighted
2006-02-23
Format
image/jpg
Extent
222 KB
Medium
1 newspaper article
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Pam Rogers and published by <a href="http://www.fltimes.com//" target="_blank"><em>The Sun and Record</em></a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to the resource is held by <a href="http://www.fltimes.com//" target="_blank"><em>The Sun and Record</em></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="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/72">Patricia Black Collection</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank"> RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Flewellyn, Valada S. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4497409" target="_blank"><em>African Americans of Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2009.
Coles, Robert. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67637" target="_blank"><em>Uprooted Children: The Early Life of Migrant Farm Workers</em></a>. [Pittsburgh]: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970.
Piore, Michael J. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4497409" target="_blank"><em>Birds of Passage: Migrant Labor and Industrial Societies</em></a>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/72" target="_blank">Patricia Black Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Source Repository
Private Collection of Patricia Ann Black
addiction
African American
agricultural labor
agricultural laborer
agriculture
Bigham, Patricia Ann Black
Black History Month
Black, Lula Mae Haynes
Black, Patricia Ann
Black, Pilgrim
cocaine
drug
farm laborer
farm worker
farming
Haynes, Lula Mae
History at Night
Huron
imprisonment
incarceration
labor
laborer
Lyons, New York
migrant labor
migrant laborer
migrant worker
migration
North Rose School
O'Toole, Joseph
Ontario County Jail
Patricia Ann's Nail Spa Boutique
race relations
racism
rehabilitation
Rogers, Pam
Sanford
Seven Acres & A Mule
sexual abuse
sobriety
victim
Wayne County
Wayne County Museum
WH Magazine
Wolcott, New York
worker
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Title
Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government Collection
Alternative Title
Lou Frey Institute Collection
Subject
Frey, Lou, 1934-
United States. House of Representatives
Republican Party (Fla.)
Contributor
<a href="http://loufreyinstitute.org/" target="_blank">Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Brevard County, Florida
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Cocoa, Florida
John F. Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Florida
Indian River County, Florida
Lake County, Florida
Melbourne, Florida
Miami, Florida
Orange County, Florida
Orlando Jetport, McCoy Air Force Base, Orlando, Florida
Osceola County, Florida
Patrick Air Force Base, Florida
Port Canaveral, Florida
Seminole County, Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
New York City, New York
Washington, D. C.
Rights Holder
The Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government holds all rights to the items housed from the institute as well as those items represented digitally on the <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>. Contact the <a href="http://loufreyinstitute.org/" target="_blank">Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government</a> for the proper permissions for the use of its items.
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://loufreyinstitute.org/" target="_blank">Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://loufreyinstitute.org/" target="_blank">Lou Frey Institute</a>." Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government. http://loufreyinstitute.org/.
"<a href="http://loufreyjr.com/" target="_blank">Congressman Lou Frey, Jr. Biography</a>." Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government. http://loufreyjr.com/.
"<a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000381">FREY, Louis, Jr., (1934 - )</a>." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000381.
Frey, Lou, and Aubrey Jewett. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/422763388"><em><em>Political Rules of the Road: Representatives, Senators, and Presidents Share Their Rules for Success in Congress, Politics, and Life</em></em></a>. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2009.
Frey, Lou, and Michael T. Hayes. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45419938"><em>Inside the House: Former Members Reveal How Congress Really Works</em></a>. Lanham, MD: U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress, 2001.
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records from the Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around. Congressman Lou Frey, Jr. (1934-2019) served in the House of Representatives from 1969-1979. He was on several committees during his time in office, including the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control and the Science and Technology Committee. He was also the chairman of the Young Republicans of Florida.<br /><br /><span>According to its website, "The Lou Frey Institute promotes the development of enlightened, responsible, and actively engaged citizens.</span>
<p>The Institute works to accomplish its mission:</p>
<ul><li>through civic education programs that encourage thoughtful debate and discussion about current policy issues;</li>
<li>through experiential learning programs that encourage the development of civic and political skills;</li>
<li>by working to help strengthen the civic education capacity of Florida’s k-12 education system; and</li>
<li>through research, policy analysis, and advocacy."</li>
</ul>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1-page typed transcript
Dublin Core
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Title
Introduction for Representative Lou Frey, Jr.'s American Legion Speech
Description
The introduction for Representative Louis Frey, Jr.'s (1934-2019) speech before the American Legion on June 30, 1973. Rep. Frey served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1979. He was on several committees during his time in office, including the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control and the Science and Technology Committee. He was also the chairman of the Young Republicans of Florida.
During his political career, Rep. Frey tackled several veterans' issues. These issues included World War I veterans' compensation, veterans' education benefits, and pensions. Additionally, Rep. Frey focused his efforts on advancing Central Florida's medical facilities for veterans by introducing several bills into Congress during the 1970s that would have called for the creation of a Veterans' Administration hospital in Brevard County. The American Legion acknowledged these efforts on behalf of veterans during this event.
Date Created
1973-06-30
Coverage
Orlando, Florida
Source
Original transcript, June 30, 1973: Lou Frey Papers, box 11, <a href="http://loufreyinstitute.org/" target="_blank">Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government</a>, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Source Repository
<a href="http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/" target="_blank">University of Central Florida, Special Collections and University Archives</a>
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://loufreyinstitute.org/" target="_blank">Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Transcript
Introduction to
Am. Legion speech
6/30
Our honored guest this morning is no stranger to those of us who have been active in veterans affairs in Florida.
He is a man who has worked very closely with our national officers in Washington and a man whose doors are always open to legionnaires visiting the nation's capitol.
Our speaker is well aware of the more than one million veterans in the sunshine state and has, through legislation as well as personal contact, served our interests well.
He has several veterans-related bills now before Congress and has proposed changes in the Florida state government which would result in more federal funding for veterans projects here.
The hard work of our speaker in many other areas is also noted in Congress where other national leaders recognize his expertise in mobile home safety, drug rehabilitation and matters relating to energy.
While devoting many long hours in solving national problems our speaker has never neglected his district, a fact well evidenced when voters returned him to a third term in Congress last fall without opposition.
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External Reference
"<a href="http://loufreyjr.com/" target="_blank">Congressman Lou Frey, Jr. Biography</a>." Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government. http://loufreyjr.com/.
"<a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000381">FREY, Louis, Jr., (1934 - )</a>." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000381.
Frey, Lou, and Aubrey Jewett. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/422763388"><em>Political Rules of the Road: Representatives, Senators, and Presidents Share Their Rules for Success in Congress, Politics, and Life</em></a>. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2009.
Frey, Lou, and Michael T. Hayes. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45419938"><em>Inside the House: Former Members Reveal How Congress Really Works</em></a>. Lanham, MD: U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress, 2001.
Alternative Title
Rep. Frey's American Legion Speech
Subject
Frey, Lou, 1934-
Veterans--Florida
Congress
American Legion
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original transcript, June 30, 1973.
Is Part Of
Lou Frey Papers, box 11, <a href="http://loufreyinstitute.org/" target="_blank">Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government</a>, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/73" target="_blank">Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
128 KB
Medium
1-page typed transcript
Language
eng
Type
Text
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Contributing Project
<a href="http://loufreyinstitute.org/" target="_blank">Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government</a>
Curator
Mayer, Erica
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
American Legion
Congress
Department of Veterans Affairs
drug rehabilitation
energy
Frey, Lou, Jr.
Frey, Louis, Jr.
mobile home safety
mobile homes
rehabilitation
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
VA
veterans
Veterans Administration
Veterans Affairs
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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.
Dublin Core
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Title
Letter from Frederick P. Gaske to Bill Vogel (October 30, 2006)
Alternative Title
Letter from Gaske to Vogel (October 30, 2006)
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Education--Florida
Schools
Museums--Florida
Description
A letter from Frederick P. Gaske, a Florida State Historic Preservation Officer, to Bill Vogel, Superintendent of Seminole County Public Schools, dated October 30, 2006. In the letter, Gaske addresses the danger of the demolition of Sanford Grammar School's historic lunchroom building, explains the importance of preserving the structure, and offers suggestions to Vogel in regards to saving the building via grants. <br /><br />Originally established as Sanford High School, the main building was constructed 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 the corner of East Ninth Street and South Palmetto Avenue in 1911. The original building on Seventh Street served as Westside Grammar Elementary School, which was later renamed Sanford Grammar School. After a desperate need for an addition to the school developed, the city granted the school $75,000. The school's lunchroom was opened on October 10, 1921, after months of fundraising efforts hosted by the Woman's Club. In November 23, 1984, the main school building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and converted into the Student Museum. However, despite objections from the community, the lunchroom was demolished on September 25, 2008. The main school building reopened as the University of Central Florida's Public History Center in 2012.
Type
Text
Source
Original letter from rederick P. Gaske to Bill Vogel, October 30, 2006: Sanford Grammar Collection, Archives Box 4B, <a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Is Part Of
Sanford Grammar Collection, Archives Box 4B, <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, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from rederick P. Gaske to Bill Vogel, October 30, 2006.
Coverage
Sanford Grammar School, Sanford, Florida
Date Created
2006-10-30
Format
application/pdf
Extent
684 KB
Medium
3-page typed letter on Florida Department of State Division of Historical Resources letterhead
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Frederick P. Gaske.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/studentmuseum/Home.aspx" 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.
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.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.
Is Referenced By
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4708" target="_blank">Facsimile from Myriam Garrett to George Kosmac (October 16, 2007)</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4708.
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