Tree Stumps at the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum During Renovations
Dublin Core
Title
Tree Stumps at the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum During Renovations
Alternative Title
Tree Stumps at St. James AME Church During Renovations
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
African Americans--Florida
Schools
Education--Florida
Segregation--Florida
Elementary schools--United States
Description
Tree stumps at the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, previously St. James AME Church, located at 2170 James Drive in Oviedo, Florida, on February 21, 2023. The two color photographs depict two tree stumps from renovations to the yard and building.
In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born.
In 2000, Gloria Godwin and Gracia Muller Miller began talking about a reunion for the Jackson Heights Elementary School, a colored school in Oviedo during segregation. Reunion Historian, Judith Smith, began to look for artifacts from that era and struggled to locate any pictures or other information. She put the word out amongst the former students, asking to borrow photographs or other materials related to the colored school. Immediately, items began to pour in, and the result was a book entitled: “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools 1890-1967, Oviedo Elementary, Jackson Heights Elementary, Geneva, Wagner, Kolokee (Snowhill), Gabriella (Jamestown).” From there, the mission was born.
Creator
Lester, Connie
Source
2 original color photographs: RICHES, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Publisher
Date Created
2023-02-21
Date Copyrighted
2023-02-21
Is Part Of
Format
image/jpg
Extent
6.04 MB
6.75 MB
Medium
2 color photographs
Type
Still Images
Coverage
Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum, Oviedo, Florida
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Connie Lester and published by RICHES.
Rights Holder
Curator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
Source Repository
External Reference
Robison Jim. Around Oviedo. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2012. Accessed November 4, 2022.
"1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government.” Accessed November 4, 2022.
The World Outside Reunion. “A Written and Pictorial History of the Oviedo Area Colored Schools, 1890-1967.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed November 4, 2022, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5258.
Citation
Lester, Connie, “Tree Stumps at the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum During Renovations,” RICHES, accessed May 31, 2025, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/11670.