Tree Stumps at the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum During Renovations

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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.

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

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.
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 10, 2025, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/11670.

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