The Oviedo Woman's Club was founded in 1906 as the Oviedo Magazine Club by seven charter members: H. B. McCall, Edith Meade, Georgia Lee Wheeler, Lillian Lee Lawton, Mattie Aulin Wheeler, Milcah Yonge, and Mary King. The first clubhouse was constructed in 1914 and also served as Oviedo's first library. In 1916, the club joined the Florida Federation of Women's Clubs (FFWC) and officially changed its name to the Oviedo Woman's Club. In 1923, the woman's club was federated under the umbrella of the General Federation of Woman's Clubs (GFWC). A new clubhouse was built in 1961 on property donated by R. L. Croom, a former member, which is located at 414 King Street. The Oviedo Woman's Club is involved in many civic projects, including the annual Great Day in the Country Arts and Crafts Festival, the Spring Fundraiser, Tasting Luncheons, and Celebrate Spring Teas.]]> The Evening Herald, May 13, 1975: Private Collection of Beatrice Gestrich.]]> Oviedo Woman's Club]]> The Evening Herald, May 13, 1975.]]> Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> The Evening Herald.]]> The Evening Herald and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Sanford entered the world of pro ball in 1919 with the formation of the Class D Florida State League. In its inaugural season, the Celeryfeds won the first half pennant, finishing in a tie with Orlando for the best overall record. Although the league folded in 1928, it was revived in 1936, and once again included a team from Sanford called the Lookouts, which was part of the Senators family of clubs. This struggling team finally turned around when they acquired former Major League star, Dale Alexander, as manager and first baseman in 1939. In over 80 years of Florida State League history, no team has ever matched their .737 winning percentage that season. The next season, the Sanford Seminoles emerged as the city's baseball team.]]> Florida State League]]> Florida State League: "Official Schedule, Sanford Lookouts, Florida State League 1939." Sanford, Florida: Celery City Printing Company, 1939: Baseball Exhibit, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]> Florida State League: "Official Schedule, Sanford Lookouts, Florida State League 1939." Sanford, Florida: Celery City Printing Company, 1939.]]> Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]> Sanford Baseball Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Florida State League.]]> Sanford Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
The Oviedo Woman's Club was founded in 1906 as the Oviedo Magazine Club by seven charter members: H. B. McCall, Edith Meade, Georgia Lee Wheeler, Lillian Lee Lawton, Mattie Aulin Wheeler, Milcah Yonge, and Mary King. The first clubhouse was constructed in 1914 and also served as Oviedo's first library. In 1916, the club joined the FFWC and officially changed its name to the Oviedo Woman's Club. In 1923, the woman's club was federated under the umbrella of the GFWC. A new clubhouse was built in 1961 on property donated by R. L. Croom, a former member, which is located at 414 King Street. The Oviedo Woman's Club is involved in many civic projects, including the annual Great Day in the Country Arts and Crafts Festival, the Spring Fundraiser, Tasting Luncheons, and Celebrate Spring Teas.]]> Oviedo Woman's Club]]> Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Oviedo Woman's Club and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> The Leesburg Daily Commercial discussing fish kills that occurred in Lake Apopka in June of 1981. The article gives quotes from Harold L. Moody and Mike Wicker of the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission (GFC), who state that further fish kills are very likely to occur. The article states that the current drought conditions in Florida were exacerbating the poor condition of the lake, concentrating the lake's water and promoting the growth of algae. The algae growth causes the lake's oxygen levels to drop, triggering fish die-offs. The Lake Apopka fish kill is estimated to have killed between 30 million and 40 million fish.

Lake Apopka is one of Florida’s largest lakes and was once considered to be one of the world’s best lakes for bass fishing. The lake’s sport fish population began to decline in the 1960s, with major die-offs occurring almost yearly. The lake’s problems are generally considered to be the result of over-nutrification from various sources. Twenty thousand acres of wetlands bordering the lake’s north shore were drained in the 1940s and used for highly fertile “muck farms.” These farms were routinely flooded to protect the fragile soil, and the fertilizer and pesticide-laden water was then discharged back into the lake prior to each growing season. Other sources of pollution include discharge from citrus processing operations, as well as treated wastewater from sewage plants. The nutrient-rich discharge promoted algae growth in the lake, turning the water to a green color, and blocked sunlight from reaching aquatic vegetation, which provided food and habit to the lake’s fish population. The lake’s bottom soil became increasingly “mucky,” also disrupting aquatic vegetation from taking root.

Restoration work on the lake began in the 1960s with attempts by various agencies to remove “trash fish,” such as gizzard shad, from the lake via seining, which would hopefully allow the lake’s sportfish to thrive. The Lake Apopka Restoration Council, an initiative formed under Governor Claude Kirk (1926-2011) in 1967, launched several studies to find methods to improve the lake, though no serious action was taken. Various methods were debated to restore the lake through the 1970s and 1980s, including “drawdown,” which entailed completely draining the lake to allow the mucky bottom to consolidate. Restoration attempts were stalled for lack of funding and research.

The Lake Apopka Restoration Council was reformed in 1985 under Governor Bob Graham (b. 1936), and, in 1987, the Surface Water and Improvement Management Act was passed. Together, these actions allowed comprehensive restoration plans to take shape, such as the Marsh Flow-way, a project by the St John’s Water Management District that uses natural methods to remove nutrients from the lake. The Friends of Lake Apopka, a citizen environmental advocacy group, began to push for further restoration efforts in the 1990s. The lake’s north shore muck farms were eventually purchased by the State of Florida, helping to reduce the amount of nutrient entering the lake.]]> The Leesburg Daily Commercial, July 22, 1981: binder 1981, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, Oakland Nature Preserve, Oakland, Florida.]]> The Leesburg Daily Commercial]]> The Leesburg Daily Commercial, July 22, 1981.]]> Oakland Nature Preserve, Oakland, Florida.]]> Friends of Lake Apopka Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> The Leesburg Daily Commercial.]]> The Leesburg Daily Commercial and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Hornet at Hickam Air Force Base (present-day Hickam Field) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to be flown directly to Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas. Apollo 11 was the first space mission where humans set foot on another celestial body, the Moon. Launched from Launch Pad 39A at John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Merritt Island, Florida, on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 fired the third stage engines two and half hours after launch to leave Earth's gravitational pull. The mission was highlighted by the first lunar landing by human beings and Mission Commander Neil Armstrong's (1930-2012) descent from the Lunar Module (LM) to place his foot on the surface of the Moon. He and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin (1930-) spent less than 22 hours on the Moon, including two and half hours outside Eagle, their Lunar Module. The crew, which also included Command Module Pilot Michael Collins (1930-), returned to Earth on July 24, 1969.]]> Chronopoints]]> Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Fearless in 1900 and began working for the FEC as a fireman around 1915. He worked for the FEC for 32 years before retiring in 1947. Herbert also owned and operated a drug and grocery store that was located at Northwest 2nd Court and 17th Street in Miami. Herbert married Mary Ellen Knowles Wells (1892-1948) in 1916 and had one daughter, Berdina Wells (b. 1930). This item was contributed by Cary Marshall Felton, the great grandson of Herbert Wells and great-great grandson of Washington Wells.]]> Miami Collection, Miami-Dade County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> The Oviedo Outlook on May 26, 1977. The article describes Oviedo High School's Athletic Banquet that was held at the Sanford Civic Center and lists the various awards and recipients. Oviedo High School is a Seminole County Public School located in Oviedo, Florida. Originally called the Oviedo School, the institution was first established in 1922 as a K-12 school. In 1948, the secondary grades separated from the elementary school. The upper grade levels formed Oviedo High School and moved to the campus at 601 King Street. Oviedo High School is notable for The Lion's Tale, the award-winning school newspaper recognized by various national and state scholastic press associations of its high ratings from the Governor's A+ Plan for Education of and its successful athletics programs.]]> The Oviedo Outlook, Vol. 4, No. 40, May 26, 1977, page 2: Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> The Oviedo Outlook]]> The Oviedo Outlook, Vol. 4, No. 40, May 26, 1977, page 2.]]> The Oviedo Outlook, Volume 4, Number 40, May 26, 1977." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/5659.]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> The Oviedo Outlook.]]> The Oviedo Outlook and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> The Lion's Tale, Oviedo High School's student newspaper, in February of 1984. This article discusses the Secondary Level Examination Program (SLEP), which grants high school credits to students that successfully passed tests for courses. Several students from Oviedo High School, Lake Brantley High School, and Lake Mary High School earned credits from the examination.

Oviedo High School is a Seminole County Public School located in Oviedo, Florida. Originally called the Oviedo School, the institution was first established in 1932 as a K-12 school. In 1948, the secondary grades separated from the elementary school. The upper grade levels formed Oviedo High School and moved to the campus at 601 King Street. Oviedo High School is notable for The Lion's Tale, the award-winning school newspaper recognized by various national and state scholastic press associations; its high ratings from the Governor's A+ Plan for Education; and its successful athletics programs.]]> The Lion's Tale, Vol. XIII, No. 5, February 1984: Private Collection of Dan Beistel.]]> The Lion's Tale]]> The Lion's Tale, Vol. XIII, No. 5, February 1984.]]> Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> The Lion's Tale.]]> The Lion's Tale and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Alexander Thompson was born around 1793, in New York City to Alexander Thompson Sr. and Amelia Thompson née De Hart. Thompson Jr. had one brother, William, and three sisters, Margaret, Catherine, and Amelia. His father, Alexander Sr., died in 1809, and one year later, Thompson Jr. entered the United States Military Academy at West Point. He graduated early because of the onset of the War of 1812, in which he participated as a lieutenant. When the war ended, Thompson continued in military service, rising through the ranks until he became lieutenant colonel in 1837. During this period, he also married Mary Nexsen. They had no surviving children. In 1837, his 6th Infantry Regiment was sent to participate in the Second Seminole War. Thompson died leading his regiment at the Battle of Okeechobee on December 25, 1837. He is buried at the US Military Academy Post Cemetery at West Point and commemorated at the St. Augustine National Cemetery in Florida.

In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program Project. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for K-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.

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Bagley was an artist and instructor who taught in Central Florida from the 1950s until his death in 2008, when he was 94 years old. He was born in Bertrand, Missouri, and attended the Flint Institute of Art in Flint, Michigan, continuing his studies in New York and Washington, D.C. Bagley and his wife, Marianne Bagley, moved to Orlando, Florida in 1950, where Bagley founded the Orlando Institute of Art, the city’s first fine-arts school. Bagley depicted landscapes, still lifes, and portraits in a variety of media, including oil, watercolor, and charcoal.

Bagley also taught at Orlando Junior College, becoming head of the school’s art department in 1965. After the college closed in 1971, he taught at Lake-Sumter Community College in Leesburg, the Maitland Art Center in Maitland, and the Loch Haven Art Center (now the Orlando Museum of Art). He toured the nation with at least 30 one-man art shows featuring his paintings. Among many positions he held in art organizations, Bagley was president of the Orlando Art Association and a founding member and president of the Artists’ League of Orange County. The works of his many students sustain his legacy.]]> Old Mill: City of Orlando Terrace Gallery, Orlando, Florida.]]> Old Mill.]]> City of Orlando Terrace Gallery, Orlando, Florida.]]> Art Legends of Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> original 8 x 10 inch black and white photoprint: Reference Collection, shelf number 12360, call number RC18768, Florida Photographic Collection, State Library and Archives of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida.]]> State Library and Archives of Florida]]> State Library and Archives of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida.]]> Reference Collection, shelf number 12360, call number RC18768, Florida Photographic Collection, State Library and Archives of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida.]]> Central Florida Railroad Depots Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> State Library and Archives of Florida and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
This postcard is part of a collection of postcards kept by Lucile Campbell, a schoolteacher in Sanford, Florida, for 30 years. In 1931, she took advantage of a special rate for teachers and sailed to Europe, where she traveled for several months and is thought to have acquired many of these postcards. During the 1940-1941 school year, Campbell taught at Sanford Grammar School. Before her retirement in 1970, she taught at many other area schools, including the Oviedo School, Westside Grammar School, and Pinecrest Elementary School. Campbell used these postcards as aids in her classrooms to teach advanced subjects, such as Shakespearean drama. The collection, along with her other teaching aids, papers, and photographs, was later found at Sanford Grammar School after it became the University of Central Florida's Public History Center. Campbell's postcard collection and photographs provide insight into the life of a respected Florida educator.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> Lucile Campbell Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> UCF Public History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]> Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]> Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Sanford Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Upon Plant's death in 1902, his widow sold his railroad system to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL). The arrival of the ACL in Sanford brought many new railroad workers as the city grew into a hub for shipping produce to surrounding areas. Rand Yard, ACL’s freight yard, housed a car shop, engine servicing facility, small locomotive shop, and the state's largest railroad ice plant.

In the early 1900s, Lake Jesup farmers demanded that the ACL build a line for them to ship their produce into town, but the railroad company refused. In response, the largest growers chartered the Sanford and Everglades Railroad with Sydney Octavius Chase (1860-1941) as the president. The new line was completed as an ACL branch at Lake Charm. The ACL purchased the new line in 1913 when the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL) showed interest in buying it. The branch became the most profitable in the ACL system.

By the mid-1900s, the amount of good farmland was shrinking in Sanford due to development, driving farmers further south to farms with more acreage. This, coupled with the establishment of a U.S. Naval Air Station in the town, turned the city's focus from agriculture to the military. In 1967, the ACL merged with the Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) Railroad and later was acquired by CSX. Today, the railroad station originally built by the ACL is no longer in use.]]> Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]> Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]> Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Sanford. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2003, page 32.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Sanford Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
This postcard is part of a collection of postcards kept by Lucile Campbell, a schoolteacher in Sanford, Florida, for 30 years. In 1931, she took advantage of a special rate for teachers and sailed to Europe, where she traveled for several months and is thought to have acquired many of these postcards. During the 1940-1941 school year, Campbell taught at Sanford Grammar School. Before her retirement in 1970, she taught at many other area schools, including the Oviedo School, Westside Grammar School, and Pinecrest Elementary School. Campbell used these postcards as aids in her classrooms to teach advanced subjects, such as Shakespearean drama. The collection, along with her other teaching aids, papers, and photographs, was later found at Sanford Grammar School after it became the University of Central Florida's Public History Center. Campbell's postcard collection and photographs provide insight into the life of a respected Florida educator.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> Lucile Campbell Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> UCF Public History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Sugar--United States]]> Debunking the So-Called Spanish Mission Near New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida in 1941. Instead, Capt. Coe revealed evidence that the site was actually a sugar mill, which is now known as the New Smyrna Sugar Mill Ruins, which was destroyed by Native Americans in 1845, just five years after it was erected. The ruins were added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1970. Also known as the Cruger and DePeyster Sugar Mill, the ruins are located at 600 Old Mission Road in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

This postcard is part of a collection of postcards kept by Lucile Campbell, a schoolteacher in Sanford, Florida, for 30 years. In 1931, she took advantage of a special rate for teachers and sailed to Europe, where she traveled for several months and is thought to have acquired many of these postcards. During the 1940-1941 school year, Campbell taught at Sanford Grammar School. Before her retirement in 1970, she taught at many other area schools, including the Oviedo School, Westside Grammar School, and Pinecrest Elementary School. Campbell used these postcards as aids in her classrooms to teach advanced subjects, such as Shakespearean drama. The collection, along with her other teaching aids, papers, and photographs, was later found at Sanford Grammar School after it became the University of Central Florida's Public History Center. Campbell's postcard collection and photographs provide insight into the life of a respected Florida educator.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> Lucile Campbell Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> UCF Public History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> Lucile Campbell Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> UCF Public History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
The Orlando Gay Chorus is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and humanitarian organization part of GALA Choruses. Founded on Valentines Day 1990, OGC is not only one of the largest mixed gay choirs in the United States at over 100 members, but they also boast four smaller ensembles that perform annual concerts, cabarets, and a whole host of community events like Come Out With Pride, Orlando Museum of Art’s Festival of Trees, and World Aids Day memorial services. In 2017, the group performed at over 105 events, including 15 performances for the first anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub tragedy. Members come from all walks of life and all sexual and gender orientations, including straight allies. OGC lives by the motto “Singing the World to a Better Place” and strives to use music to change attitudes and build a stronger community.]]> Orlando Gay Chorus]]> Orlando Gay Chorus]]> Orlando Gay Chorus Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES.]]> Orlando Gay Chorus.]]> Orlando Gay Chorus]]>
The Orlando Gay Chorus (OGC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and humanitarian organization, and part of the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) of Choruses. Founded on Valentines Day 1990, OGC is not only one of the largest mixed gay choirs in the United States at over 100 members, but they also boast four smaller ensembles that perform annual concerts, cabarets, and a host of community events, such as Come Out With Pride, Orlando Museum of Art’s Festival of Trees, and World AIDS Day memorial services. In 2017, the group performed at over 105 events, including 15 performances for the first anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub tragedy. Members come from all walks of life and all sexual and gender orientations, including straight allies. OGC lives by the motto “Singing the World to a Better Place” and strives to use music to change attitudes and build a stronger community. ]]> Orlando Gay Chorus]]> Orlando Gay Chorus]]> Orlando Gay Chorus Collection, LGBTQ+ Collection, RICHES.]]> Orlando Gay Chorus.]]> Orlando Gay Chorus and is provided here by RICHES for educational purposes only.]]>
The Alliance for Truth and Justice (ATJ) is a volunteer-based organization that engages with the community to promote education concerning the truth of local history and to advocate justice for those who have been harmed by inequities born of prejudice. ATJ builds on the work of Montgomery-based Equal Justice Initiative as well as the local efforts of Democracy Forum, the West Orange Reconciliation Task Force, and the Ocoee Human Relations Diversity Board. This project is rooted in acknowledging the 1920 Election Day Massacre in Orange County and all of the violence committed in the name of white supremacy. Their mission statement says that they are "working to create a more hopeful, collaborative, and just society for every person in Orange County, Florida."]]> Alliance for Truth and Justice, Orange County, Florida.]]> RICHES]]> Alliance for Truth and Justice Collection, RICHES.]]> RICHES.]]> Alliance for Truth and Justice, and is provided here by RICHES for educational purposes only.]]>
Originally the Milane Theatre, the Ritz was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theatre and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]> Bishop, Katherine. Sanford Now and Then: An Official Project of the Greater Sanford Chamber of Commerce, Commemorating the Incorporating of the City of Sanford, 1877. S.l: s.n.], 1976, page 56: Item number DP0009054. Central Florida Memory. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CFM/id/120167.]]> Sanford Now and Then: An Official Project of the Greater Sanford Chamber of Commerce, Commemorating the Incorporating of the City of Sanford, 1877. S.l: s.n.], 1976.]]> Bishop, Katherine. Sanford Now and Then: An Official Project of the Greater Sanford Chamber of Commerce, Commemorating the Incorporating of the City of Sanford, 1877. S.l: s.n.], 1976.]]> Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Greater Sanford Regional Chamber of Commerce and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Pine Castle Historical Society, Pine Castle, Florida.]]> Onan Corporation]]> Sky Lake Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Onan Corporation.]]> Onan Corporation and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
The Orlando Gay Chorus is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and humanitarian organization part of GALA Choruses. Founded on Valentines Day 1990, OGC is not only one of the largest mixed gay choirs in the United States at over 100 members, but they also boast four smaller ensembles that perform annual concerts, cabarets, and a whole host of community events like Come Out With Pride, Orlando Museum of Art’s Festival of Trees, and World Aids Day memorial services. In 2017, the group performed at over 105 events, including 15 performances for the first anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub tragedy. Members come from all walks of life and all sexual and gender orientations, including straight allies. OGC lives by the motto “Singing the World to a Better Place” and strives to use music to change attitudes and build a stronger community. ]]> Orlando Gay Chorus]]> Orlando Gay Chorus]]> Orlando Gay Chorus Collection, LGBTQ+ Collection, RICHES.]]> Orlando Gay Chorus.]]> Orlando Gay Chorus]]> Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.]]> Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.]]> Isleworth Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm.]]> Sanford, page 26.]]> Chase Collection is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.]]> Special and Area Studies Collections 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. RICHES of Central Florida has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.]]>
This postcard is part of a collection of postcards kept by Lucile Campbell, a schoolteacher in Sanford, Florida, for 30 years. In 1931, she took advantage of a special rate for teachers and sailed to Europe, where she traveled for several months and is thought to have acquired many of these postcards. During the 1940-1941 school year, Campbell taught at Sanford Grammar School. Before her retirement in 1970, she taught at many other area schools, including the Oviedo School, Westside Grammar School, and Pinecrest Elementary School. Campbell used these postcards as aids in her classrooms to teach advanced subjects, such as Shakespearean drama. The collection, along with her other teaching aids, papers, and photographs, was later found at Sanford Grammar School after it became the University of Central Florida's Public History Center. Campbell's postcard collection and photographs provide insight into the life of a respected Florida educator.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> Lucile Campbell Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> UCF Public History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
The Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theater and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]> Photocopy of original black and white photograph: Milane Theater Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]> Milane Theater Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]> Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Sanford, page 41.]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Sanford Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Hancock, the Vietnam War, the Naval Reserves, Operation Desert Shield, and Operation Desert Storm.]]> 0:00:33 Background
0:01:45 Enlistment
0:02:50 Boot camp and USS Hancock
0:05:55 Vietnam War
0:09:22 Naval Reserves and going back to school
0:10:23 Liberty and awards
0:12:48 Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm
0:14:43 Off-duty activities
0:16:07 Keeping in contact with other sailors, injuries, and September 11th
0:17:31 Civilian life
0:18:55 Lessons learned from the Navy
0:19:20 Closing remarks]]> Holtz, Alan R.. Interviewed by Jared Grossi, November 13, 2014. Audio/video record available. Item DP0016189, UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Veterans History Projects, Library of Congress.]]> Holtz, Alan R.. Interviewed by Jared Grossi, November 13, 2014. Audio/video record available. Item DP0016189, UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Born in Orangeburg County, South Carolina in 1909, Algerine's father Moddie moved to Sanford, where he and his wife, Alberta, purchased the property that the Miller family still owned as of 2013.]]> UCF Public History Center in Sanford, Florida.]]> 0:00:25 Reasons for attending the History Harvest
0:00:48 Items contributed for scanning
0:02:37 Reasons for digital preservation
0:03:00 Closing remarks]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Alberta Miller." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1553.]]> Moddie Miller with Sister and Mother, Carrie Whaley." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1557.]]> Certificate of Birth for Moddie Miller." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1554.]]> Miller Family Warranty Deed." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1555.]]> UCF Public History Center.]]> UCF Public History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Goldsboro Museum, in Goldsboro, Sanford, Florida.]]> 0:00:60 Life after graduation
0:01:58 Crooms Academy Alumni Exhibit: Triumph Through Adversity
0:06:34 Alumni events
0:07:24 Future of the exhibit and memorable moments
0:10:19 Connecting the exhibit with other museums
0:14:57 Sanford
0:17:00 Crooms and school segregation
0:21:34 Other museums in Sanford
0:22:55 Teaching history
0:25:19 Integration and the Civil Rights Movement
0:28:59 Motivation for working with the exhibit
0:30:01 Local ice house and family history
0:33:08 Closing remarks]]> Adobe Flash Player.]]> Java.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES for educational purposes only.]]> Lawton House in Oviedo, Florida, on April 18, 2015.]]> 0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:43 Attending high school during World War II
0:04:32 Career as a bank teller and meeting Richard Burdett Bunch
0:06:16 Founding families
0:07:47 Church social life
0:09:53 Influence of the military on Oviedo
0:11:38 Oviedo History Harvest
0:14:49 Parents and siblings
0:18:44 How Oviedo has changed over time
0:21:51 Closing remarks]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> The Oviedian, Vol. VII." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6290.]]> Letter from Steen Nelson to Annie Tes Rae (July 20, 1938)." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6364.]]> Oviedo High School Varsity Letters." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6292.]]> U.S. Army Air Force Aircraft Warning Service Armband from Oviedo." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6289.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Andrew Lane began his career with the United States Navy Band in Washington, D.C. Following his resignation in 1986, Lane performed as a freelancer with the American Chamber Orchestra, Washington Chamber Orchestra, Kennedy Center Orchestra, and National Gallery Orchestra. He joined the Florida Symphony in 1990 and the Florida Symphony Orchestra of Orlando in 1991. Other past positions held by Lane include: music director of the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra from 1994 to May 2005; principal conductor of the Southern Ballet Theatre, presently called the Orlando Ballet; and guest conductor for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, Naples Philharmonic, and the Florida Orchestra. As of the fall of 2002, Lane is currently the conductor of the Florida West Coast Symphony Youth Philharmonic and the principal conductor of the Florida West Coast Symphony Youth Orchestra Program.

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, located at 812 East Rollins Street Suite 300 in Orlando, was inspired by the closing of the Florida Symphony in 1993. The orchestra performs in more than 125 concerts each season. In June of 2013, the Philharmonic made plans to purchase the Plaza Live, located at 425 North Bumby Avenue in downtown Orlando, for office space, a rehearsal hall, a music library, and a music hall.]]>
This video was produced by Joe Gennaro, Timothy G. Brown and Lisa Mills with the guidance of Stella Sung and Emily Lindahl.]]> 0:00:13 Closing of the Florida Symphony
0:00:31 Starting a new orchestra
0:01:01 Funding and recruiting musicians
0:02:10 Mark Fisher and concert in Kissimmee
0:03:16 Lane's proudest accomplishment
0:03:47 Closing credits]]> The Orlando Phil's 20th Anniversary | Andrew Lan." Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, October 3, 2012: Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando, Florida.]]> Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra]]> The Orlando Phil's 20th Anniversary | Andrew Lane." Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, October 3, 2012. http://youtu.be/_8UV_UUR9Rg.]]> Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando, Florida.]]> Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player.]]> Java.]]> Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra.]]> Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Museum of Seminole County History in Sanford, Florida.]]> 0:04:15 Working at the Wilson-Maier Furniture Company
0:07:21 RECORDING CUTS OFF
0:07:22 Working at the Wilson-Maier Furniture Company
0:07:48 Working at Florida Fashions and the Family Loan Company
0:07:48 Getting married, divorced, and remarried
0:12:32 Life in Sanford
0:14:11 Growing up during the Great Depression
0:14:11 Post-World War II prosperity
0:16:31 Greater Orlando area
0:17:59 Working for the tax collector
0:21:54 Walt Disney World
0:26:50 Working at the Sanford Civic Center
0:28:28 Husband's career in the railroad industry
0:35:19 RECORDING CUTS OFF
0:35:19 Husband, children, and grandchildren
0:38:49 Battle with cancer
0:43:54 Closing remarks]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> 0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:48 Land development
0:04:07 Florida Technological University and the Oviedo Land Group
0:07:51 Migration to Oviedo and working with Ben Ward, Jr.
0:13:30 Wife and children
0:14:29 Population growth and Florida Technological University
0:18:39 Ben Ward’s contributions to the community
0:19:24 Blackwood Construction Corporation and Lutheran Haven
0:20:25 Schools and desegregation in St. Petersburg
0:21:57 St. Petersburg and career as a city planner]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> Oviedo Historical Society Collection, History Harvest Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> 0:00:47 Growing up in Sanford
0:07:13 How Sanford has changed over time
0:08:47 Mother's beauty shop
0:11:05 Going to college, getting married, and raising a family
0:13:43 Career in education and school integration
0:20:03 Home and family
0:23:07 Church life
0:24:45 History of General Henry Shelton Sanford and the Holy Cross Episcopal Church
0:36:08 Trends in congregational membership
0:37:59 Church involvement in the Sanford community
0:42:08 Church memorials and artifacts
0:49:33 Role as church historian
0:52:40 How education has changed over time
0:56:59 Florida's Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT)
1:01:21 Historical events
1:04:51 Children
1:05:47 Schools that Skates taught at
1:09:01 Closing remarks]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> 0:01:22 Fire and rebuilding the Holy Cross Episcopal Church
0:09:20 First United Methodist Church and the First Baptist Church
0:13:31 Missionaries at Mellonville and Camp Monroe
0:16:54 Henry Shelton Sanford and the founding of the City of Sanford
0:18:34 Other churches in Sanford
0:25:00 How the congregation and the community has changed over time
0:31:28 Interesting church figures
0:34:49 Skates' personal background
0:36:49 How Sanford has changed over time
0:41:51 Crime in Sanford
0:42:27 RECORDINGS CUTS OFF
0:42:28 Crime, migrant labor, and desegregation
0:48:24 Events in Sanford
0:50:07 Closing remarks]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> 0:00:37 Childhood memories
0:03:46 Childhood games and entertainment
0:07:29 Friends and pets
0:11:46 Siblings and childhood aspirations
0:14:27 Favorite books
0:17:18 Mary Alice Powell Aulin and sewing
0:22:17 Childhood homes
0:24:56 RECORDING CUTS OFF
0:24:59 Community events
0:29:36 Car accident and the local doctor
0:35:02 Teachers and discipline
0:39:19 School pranks and memories
0:42:05 Integration and race relations
0:47:30 Graduation
0:49:41 College education and first job
0:53:26 Husbands and children
1:02:35 History of the Aulin family
1:09:08 Closing remarks]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Adult Toy Storage in Altamonte Springs, Florida.]]> 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]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Altamonte Springs Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> 0:00:48 Growing up in Longwood
0:02:23 Serving in the Vietnam War
0:03:15 Commercial fishing industry
0:08:05 Relationship between fishermen
0:11:48 Typical day fishing
0:15:19 Fishing methods
0:32:51 Catfish farming and the decline of the wild commercial fishing industry
0:34:26 Fishing territory
0:35:30 Leaving the fishing industry and pollution
0:40:31 Dangers of fishing
0:46:46 RECORDING CUTS OFF
0:46:46 Fishing injuries
0:53:11 Stingrays and eels in Lake Jesup and Lake Monroe
0:56:41 Favorite aspect of fishing
0:58:51 Closing remarks]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Creative Sanford, Inc., Sanford Florida.]]> Creative Sanford, Inc., Sanford Florida.]]> Creative Sanford, Inc., Sanford Florida.]]> Creative Sanford, Inc. Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Creative Sanford, Inc. and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> 0:01:50 Growing up in Christmas
0:05:38 Schools in Christmas
0:08:40 College education and 4-H
0:13:27 Working for the Marion County Extension Office
0:17:39 Working for the Seminole County Extension Office
0:22:41 Agriculture in Seminole County
0:33:54 Growing watercress and managing dairy
0:38:20 Tucker's wife
0:39:15 RECORDING CUTS OFF
0:39:15 Tucker's wife
0:42:55 Tucker's family and cattle
0:43:47 Challenges while working at the Extension Office
0:51:17 Closing remarks]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
This interview was conducted by Chad Eric Joyner on March 15, 2014, three months before Etchison left the Navy. Interview topics include enlistment, boot camp, NTC Orlando, the Grinder, Ethcison's naval career after Orlando, and how the Orlando area has changed over time.]]> 0:01:35 Enlistment
0:02:42 Boot camp and training at Naval Training Center Orlando (NTC Orlando)
0:07:50 Taking leave and helping with recruitment
0:09:06 Relationships with other recruits
0:11:12 Instructors
0:12:58 Hardest part of NTC, proudest moment, and memorable story
0:16:22 USS Blue Jacket and the Grinder
0:20:53 NTC in comparison to other bases
0:22:15 Important locations at NTC Orlando
0:24:04 Graduation
0:24:54 Naval career after training
0:29:48 Boarding vessels and contraband searches
0:31:45 Contacts from the Navy
0:32:47 Naval values
0:36:50 How Orlando has changed over time
0:38:50 NTC€™s legacy and the Lone Sailor Memorial Project
0:42:20 Closing remarks]]> Ethcison, Chad. Interviewed by Chad Eric Joyner, March 15, 2014. Audio record available. Item DP0014895, UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Veterans History Projects, Library of Congress.]]> Ethcison, Chad. Interviewed by Chad Eric Joyner, March 15, 2014. Audio record available. Item DP0014895, UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.]]> Lone Sailor Navy Memorial History Project Collection, UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]>
The Vietnam War was a Cold War Era "military conflict". The war was originally waged between Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. The United States became involved as a preventive measure to combat communism. The official date of the military conflict is November 1, 1955 and ending in April 1975. The date of the war has been disputed, but a study in 1998 by the Department of Defense definitively put the start of the Vietnam War as November 1, 1955. The first combat military troops 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade didn't arrive until 1965. With the arrival of the combat troops came the first traditional battles of combat fighting in the war. During the Vietnam War, not only did American military go into battle with and for South Vietnam, the military also trained members of South Vietnam to fight alongside during the war. Peace talks were attempted, with France moderating, beginning on May 10, 1968. These talks were unsuccessful and lasted over three years. The longest battle of the Vietnam War began on January 21, 1968 and didn't end until the U.S. reclaimed Route 9 on April 8, 1968, seventy-seven days later. While the military conflict ended in 1975, it was a long process towards reunification and redevelopment as a country. The conflict left Vietnam in both political and economical ruins.

While the U.S. military was fighting overseas, Many American citizens protested the war at home. Demonstrations took place across the country with the most famous one being at Kent State University in Ohio. While this is the most well known demonstration it was not the first. Americans questioned the U.S. involvement in the war throughout.]]> 0:50 Family
2:40 Enlistment
4:06 Basic training
7:25 Navigator training
11:25 Advanced training
14:15 Planes flown
16:15 Bliville
19:30 Simulations/alerts
21:00 Macabre sense of humor
23:00 Thailand
27:20 Cambodian planes landing at Thailand base
29:30 After Thailand back to Bliville
30:20 Job promotion to Louisiana (4/5 years)
33:00 2 years in Nebraska/ SAC HQ
36:00 7th Air Division in Germany
38:00 Travel in Europe
42:08 post-Vietnam morale Air Force
45:24 length in Germany
46:00 Return to Florida flew around world still
49:52 General Schwarzkopf
51:00 General Hoar
52:28 Duties during Desert Storm
56:00 Working at UCF]]> Hite, Charles Lewis. Interviewed by Edmund Kallina. UCF Community Veterans History Project, D0010465. October 12, 2010. Audio/video record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> http://www.loc.gov/vets/.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> Vietnam War Collection, UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries.]]> http://library.ucf.edu.specialcollections/.]]> Museum of Seminole County History in Sanford, Florida.]]> 0:00:56 Growing up in Sanford and Charleston
0:04:33 Father’s gas station
0:05:13 Celery and gladiola farming
0:09:55 Working on a farm
0:14:07 Father’s service in the Navy
0:19:29 Parents and sister
0:23:04 How Sanford has changed over time
0:25:44 Employment history
0:29:05 World travel experiences
0:34:06 Retirement
0:37:15 Working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
0:40:11 Wife and children
0:45:25 Serving in the Army and the Air Force
0:55:04 Apollo 8
0:57:01 Closing remarks]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> 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]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street 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.]]> UCF Public History Center in Sanford, Florida.]]> 0:00:31 Reasons for attending the History Harvest
0:01:00 Items contributed for scanning
0:04:00 Experiences at Sanford High School and Sanford Grammar School
0:07:04 Sanford grammar schools
0:09:14 Closing remarks]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> Seminole County Public Schools Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Sanford High School Report Card for Versa Woodcock, Fall 1907." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1508.]]> Sanford High School Report Card for Versa Woodcock, Spring 1908." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1545.]]> Sanford High School Report Card for Versa Woodcock, Fall 1908." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1543.]]> Sanford High School Report Card for Versa Woodcock, Spring 1909." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1546.]]> Sanford High School Report Card for Versa Woodcock, Spring 1910." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1547.]]> Sanford High School Report Card for Versa Woodcock, Fall 1910." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1544.]]> Westside Grammar Elementary School Report Card for Madge Woodcock, Fall 1913." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1552.]]> Versa Woodcock." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1531.]]> Versa Woodcock with Umbrella." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1530.]]> Westside Grammar Elementary School Report Card for Colla Woodcock, 1914-1915." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1549.]]> Seminole High School Report Card for Stinson Kinlaw, 1929-1930." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1528.]]> Sanford Grammar School Report Card for Geraldine Rigney-Kinlaw, 1933-1934." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1542.]]> Madge Geraldine Rigney-Kinlaw at Seminole High School." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1541.]]> Colla Woodcock." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1540.]]> Westside Grammar Elementary School First Grade Class, 1960-1961." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1512.]]> Westside Grammar Elementary School Report Card for Christine Kinlaw, 1960-1961." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1536.]]> Westside Grammar Elementary School Notice of Pupil Assignment for Christine Kinlaw, 1961-1962." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1533.]]> Westside Grammar Elementary School Second Grade Class, 1961-1962." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1513.]]> Westside Grammar Elementary School Report Card for Christine Kinlaw, 1961-1962." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1537.]]> Westside Grammar Elementary School Notice of Pupil Assignment for Christine Kinlaw, 1962-1963." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1534.]]> Westside Grammar Elementary School Third Grade Class, 1962-1963." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1515.]]> Westside Grammar Elementary School Report Card for Christine Kinlaw, 1962-1963." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1538.]]> Westside Grammar Elementary School May Day Program." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1532.]]> Westside Grammar Elementary School Notice of Pupil Assignment for Christine Kinlaw, 1963-1964." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1535.]]> Westside Grammar Elementary School Report Card for Christine Kinlaw, 1963-1964." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1516.]]> Christine Kinlaw on Westside Grammar Elementary School Christmas Parade Float." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1539.]]> Westside Grammar Elementary School Fifth and Sixth Grade Class, 1964-1965." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1511.]]> Sanford Grammar School Report Card for Christine Kinlaw, 1964-1965." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1550.]]> Westside Grammar Elementary School Sixth Grade Class, 1965-1966." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1514.]]> Westside Grammar Elementary School Report Card for Christine Kinlaw, 1965-1966." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/1551.]]> UCF Public History Center.]]> UCF Public History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
This oral history interview was conducted by Leanne Wiggins on March 6, 2014. Interview topics include Reuter's background, enlistment, naval training, attending boot camp at NTC Orlando, serving was a woman in the Navy, graduation from boot camp, Liberty Call, the USS Blue Jacket, the Grinder, serving as a photographer's mater, the Naval Reserve, and the Lone Sailor Memorial Project.]]> 0:00:35 Background
0:02:12 Enlistment
0:04:12 Boot camp at Naval Training Center Orlando
0:08:49 Training as a woman in the Navy
0:11:15 Responsibilities and social interactions at boot camp
0:15:09 Training
0:17:19 Proudest and memorable moments
0:19:54 USS Blue Jacket and the Grinder
0:22:48 Chapel and chow hall
0:24:12 Graduation and Navy memorabilia
0:26:56 Serving as a photographer's mate
0:32:04 Naval Reserve
0:34:44 Values learned from the Navy
0:36:59 Lone Sailor Memorial Project
0:41:49 Closing remarks]]> Reuter, Martha. Interviewed by Leanne Wiggins. Audio/video record available. Item DP0014908, UCF Community Veterans History Project, RICHES of Central Florida, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Veterans History Projects, Library of Congress.]]> Reuter, Martha. Interviewed by Leanne Wiggins. Audio/video record available. Item DP0014908, UCF Community Veterans History Project, RICHES of Central Florida, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.]]> Lone Sailor Navy Memorial History Project Collection, UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash PlayerJava.]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]>
This interview was conducted by Robin Dunn at the University of Central Florida (UCF) on November 13, 2014. Interview topics include attending the United States Military Academy at West Point, Airborne School and Air Assault School, serving in South Korea, the 1st Ranger Regiment, meeting his wife, his post-Army life, and training with the French Foreign Legion.]]> 0:00:40 Background
0:01:28 Enlistment
0:03:33 United States Military Academy at West Point
0:05:53 Army assignments
0:07:22 South Korea
0:10:52 Airborne School and Air Assault School
0:12:38 Rest and recuperation in South Korea
0:14:35 Savannah, Georgia
0:18:35 1st Ranger Regiment
0:20:33 Breakout of the Persian Gulf War
0:22:15 Wife
0:28:07 Post-military life
0:30:04 Training with the French Foreign Legion
0:34:44 Staying in touch with friends from the military
0:36:03 Impact of Army on life
0:37:38 Closing remarks]]> Sawyer, Curt. Interviewed by Robin Dunn, November 13, 2014. Audio/video record available. Item DP0016000, UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Veterans History Projects, Library of Congress.]]> Sawyer, Curt. Interviewed by Robin Dunn, November 13, 2014. Audio/video record available. Item DP0016000, UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> 0:02:10 Growing up in Orlando
0:03:58 Orlando Remembered
0:06:28 Goal of Orlando Remembered, snow birds, and horse trotting
0:11:48 Air Force Bases
0:14:45 Designing exhibits
0:21:16 Favorite exhibits and lost materials
0:24:21 Personal goals for Orlando Remembered and community involvement
0:27:43 Historical Society of Central Florida and the Orange County Regional History Center
0:30:28 How to become involved in Orlando Remembered and expanding outside of Orlando
0:34:06 Future of Orlando Remembered]]> Orlando Remembered, Oviedo, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Orange County Regional History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Marie Jones Francis, the "midwife of Sanford," left behind a successful hotel and restaurant she owned in Sarasota in 1942 to return to Sanford and become a midwife. World War II caused a shortage in doctors and nurses, so Florida's Children's Bureau sent Francis to Florida A & M to acquire her practical nursing license in 1945. She specialized in premature babies and returned to Sanford to aid her mother, Carrie Jones, at Fernald-Laughton Memorial Hospital before they opened the ward in their home. "When her health starting failing," she recollects in a newspaper article, "I took over." Francis converted her house at 621 East Sixth Street to also serve as a maternity ward, where she delivered over 40,000 babies over her 32 year career. She became a midwife in the same vein as her mother, Carrie Jones, and together they ran the Jones-Francis Maternity Hall in Georgetown.

Francis served her community in several ways. She delivered babies for both white and black families from Seminole County, primarily patrons who either preferred natural births or could not afford deliveries at a hospital. In the 1950s, it cost $70 to stay nine days where soon-to-be mothers were taken care of. Francis was assisted by her sister, Annie Walker, who did the cooking. The house and ward also served as a school, where Marie Francis taught nurses the art of midwifery. Nurses would come from across the state to learn how to delivery infants naturally. A heavy burden on a single working mother, Marie Francis had three daughters, Cassandra Clayton, Daphne Humphrey, and Barbara Torre. Clayton and Humphrey became school teachers and Torre became a purchaser at Seminole Memorial Hospital.]]> 0:00:23 Growing up in Sanford
0:01:12 Interaction between black and white community
0:02:12 Layout of Georgetown
0:03:25 Sanford Avenue
0:12:04 East Sixth Street
0:13:00 Locust Avenue
0:14:37 Hickory Avenue
0:15:06 Goose Hollow
0:34:42 Marie Jones Francis and Carrie Jones
0:16:45 Students trained by Francis
0:19:15 Memories of her mother and her childhood
0:26:56 Experience as a teacher
0:30:01 African-American businesses and people in Georgetown
0:39:53 Parents
0:47:52 Age and mental retention
00:51:26 Education, employment, and siblings
0:53:38 Childhood neighborhood
0:57:31 Reflections on life
0:59:53 Growing up in Sarasota
1:02:46 How children have changed over time
1:04:26 Friends and family
1:11:24 Working at a health food store
1:12:18 Former students
1:15:11 Importance of being polite and respectful
1:16:16 Importance of reading
1:18:08 Daily plans and the RICHES project
1:19:39 Goldsboro
1:23:58 Childhood neighborhood
1:29:40 Closing remarks]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Marie Jones Francis Collection, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> 0:03:42 Student Museum
0:10:20 Garden maintenance
0:16:32 Being a docent
0:28:01 Favorite stories
0:29:50 RECORDING CUTS OFF
0:29:50 Favorite stories
0:33:30 Closing remarks]]> Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player.]]> Java.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES for educational purposes only.]]>
David Schillhammer was born and raised in Burlington, Vermont, and received his Bachelor of Music in Bassoon Performance from the Eastman School of Music. He has also served as the executive director of the San Antonio Symphony, general manager of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and production and education coordinator for the Rochester Philharmonic. On April 30, 2010, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer declared April 30th to be "David Schillhammer Day."

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, located at 812 East Rollins Street Suite 300 in Orlando, was inspired by the closing of the Florida Symphony in 1993. The orchestra performs in more than 125 concerts each season. In June of 2013, the Philharmonic made plans to purchase the Plaza Live, located at 425 North Bumby Avenue in downtown Orlando, for office space, a rehearsal hall, a music library, and a music hall.]]>
This video was produced by Joe Gennaro, Timothy G. Brown and Lisa Mills with the guidance of Stella Sung and Emily Lindahl.]]> 0:00:13 Grand Opening of Universal's Wizarding World of Harry Potter
0:01:54 Sales and programming
0:03:06 Involvement of musicians on the board
0:03:49 Fiscal responsibility
0:04:05 Educational programs
0:05:40 Closing credits]]> The Orlando Phil's 20th Anniversary | Executive Director David Schillhammer." Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, October 25, 2012: Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando, Florida.]]> Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra]]> The Orlando Phil's 20th Anniversary | Executive Director David Schillhammer." Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, October 25, 2012. http://youtu.be/t7b_mapVRfQ.]]> Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando, Florida.]]> Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player.]]> Java.]]> Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra.]]> Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> 0:00:20 Old Folks Home
0:02:38 Residents
0:05:10 Responsibilities as an employee
0:11:31 Dining room and kitchen
0:12:43 Willie and Lily
0:13:31 Stories about residents, father, and siblings
0:18:59 Livestock and agriculture
0:21:34 Stories about residents and pet dog named Pooch
0:24:04 Laundry room and furnace
0:25:43 Life as a teenager
0:26:52 How Sanford has changed over time
0:27:55 Siblings and education
0:30:15 Pasture, orange groves, and freezer locker
0:32:53 Agricultural Building
0:34:44 Cattle ranchers and the railroad
0:38:03 Father's employment history
0:39:50 Oak tree memorial
0:41:23 Disciplining children and residents with dementia
0:44:13 Living room
0:44:55 Gender and racial segregation
0:45:45 Layout
0:54:29 Closing remarks]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> 0:00:54 Attending the first gay pride parade in Orlando and founding the Metropolitan Business Association
0:07:21 Facilitating a network of allies and inspiring activism
0:12:49 Identifying items in collection
0:13:52 Working with the Human Relations Board of the City of Orlando
0:16:40 Building an LGBTQ+ community and collaborating with other groups
0:19:05 Forming Come Out with Pride
0:27:03 The history of the gay rights movement
0:31:35 Preserving the history of the LGBTQ+ community
0:36:57 Favorite memory from work at GLBT History Museum of Central Florida
0:41:07 Organizing the first exposition of the Metropolitan Business Association
0:44:55 How the small business community impacted the LGBTQ+ community
0:48:11 Omitting references to homosexuality in the organization’s name
0:51:42 Goals and challenges for the GLBT Museum of Central Florida, the Metropolitan Business Association and the LGBTQ+ Community]]> RICHES of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES]]> GLBT History Museum of Central Florida]]> RICHES, Orlando, Florida.]]> LGBTQ+ Collection, RICHES.]]> QuickTime]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> ]]> RICHES and theGLBT History Museum of Central Florida.]]> RICHES]]> GLBT History Museum of Central Florida]]> 0:00:34 Branch of service and rank
0:01:00 Experiences overseas
0:02:14 Mission
0:03:16 Which war served in
0:03:32 Family
0:04:00 Wife
0:04:15 Before service
0:04:30 Age joined
0:05:22 Family in military
0:06:00 Reason chose Army
0:06:40 Deployed for hurricanes 2004 and medals
0:07:10 National Guard
0:07:30 Deployed after 9/11
0:07:40 Furthering career
0:08:20 Job as officer
0:09:20 Basic training
0:10:50 Air assault and friends
0:11:30 Action while deployed IEDs
0:13:17 Keeping in contact with family
0:15:27 Recreation
0:16:00 Job schedule while deployed and recreation
0:18:10 Indirect fire
0:19:00 Awards, souvenirs, coins
0:23:00 Dogs of War Awards continued
0:24:59 Didn't engage enemy
0:25:08 Range and use of 50 cal
0:26:01 Return home
0:28:00 Readjusting to civilian life
0:29:00 Keeping in touch with friends
0:30:17 How old experiences effect you
0:31:28 Metals on Class A, Air Assault
0:34:30 ROTC, difference from enlisted
0:36:25 Civilian job with National Guard
0:37:10 Pictures from overseas
0:38:38 David Tell pictures
0:40:00 Conclusions
0:40:30 Life lessons
0:41:11 Visuals of souvenirs]]> Henry, David Mason. Interviewed by Jeff Key and Jade Holroyd. UCF Community Veterans History Project, DP0011890. February 28, 2011. Audio record available. University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.]]> War in Afghanistan Collection, UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Special Collections and University Archives.]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, (407) 823-2576. http://library.ucf.edu/SpecialCollections/.]]> Daytona State College, New Smyrna Beach-Edgewater Campus in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.]]> 00:17 Introduction
00:32 Memories of Central Florida
01:15 Involvement at the Marine Discovery Center
01:51 Education at MDC
02:18 Restoration of the Indian River Lagoon
02:45 Yeaton's role at the MDC
03:20 Fundraising and grants
04:12 Environmental group partnerships
04:56 Marine wildlife rescue
05:57 How students can get involved
06:38 Favorite marine animals
07:07 Benefits of being a MDC employee
07:47 MDC's plans for 2014
08:25 Purpose of oyster bed restoration
09:57 Experience in education
10:32 Relationship with the Marine Science Center
11:04 How to help an injured animal]]> Daytona State College, New Smyrna Beach-Edgewater Campus. October 29, 2013. Audio/video record available.]]> Daytona State College ]]> Daytona State College History Skill Building Project 2013.]]> Daytona State College Collection, New Smyrna Beach Collection, Volusia County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> School for Behavior and Social Sciences.]]> Daytona State College and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Museum of Seminole County History in Orlando, Florida.]]> 0:00:22 Migrating to Florida
0:02:37 Starting own business0:04:13 Growing up in Ohio
0:06:43 Decision to migrate to Florida
0:10:31 How Orlando and Central Florida has changed over time
0:15:15 Contract work with large companies
0:17:39 Working with government organizations
0:20:25 Metalworking industry
0:22:38 Business taxes
0:24:14 Current state of business
0:27:50 Positive changes in Central Florida
0:30:15 Serving in the Air Force during World War II
0:44:00 Returning to civilian life
0:45:00 Wife and children
0:50:18 Closing remarks]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Orlando, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Orlando, Florida.]]> Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> ]]> Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Creative Sanford, Inc., Sanford, Florida.]]> Creative Sanford, Inc., Sanford Florida.]]> Creative Sanford, Inc., Sanford Florida.]]> Creative Sanford, Inc. Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Creative Sanford, Inc. and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
McClendon attended recruit training at the NTC Orlando in 1976. At that time, the training center was the only naval facility to train both male and female recruits. In this oral history, McClendon describes her experience as a female recruit at NTC Orlando. She also talks about her role as a legalmen in the Navy. McClendon left the Navy in 1995 with the rank of E-7.]]> University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida.]]> 0:02:00 Decision to join the navy
0:07:59 First impressions of basic training
0:14:10 Family life in the Navy
0:18:24 Recruit training at NTC Orlando
0:26:03 Having children in the Navy
0:27:40 Memories of boot camp
0:30:10 Assignments following graduation
0:36:27 Fondest memories of the Navy
0:48:35 Legacy of NTC Orlando]]> McClendon, Doris. Interviewed by Andrew Glen Weeks. UCF Community Veterans History Project. April 11, 2014. Audio/video record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Community Veterans History Project (CVHP), Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/vets/.]]> McClendon, Doris. Interviewed by Andrew Glen Weeks. UCF Community Veterans History Project. April 11, 2014. Audio/video record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> Lone Sailor Navy Memorial History Project Collection, UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Iceland]]> Originally created by Andrew Glen Weeks and Doris McClendon, and published by the University of Central Florida Libraries Special Collections and University Archives.

]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, (407) 823-2576. http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/.]]> 0:00:32 Growing up in Sanford
0:01:36 Richard Wright's depictions of the South
0:03:09 First time being called "nigger"
0:03:48 Education
0:04:15 Comparing Georgetown and Midway
0:11:56 Growing up in Georgetown and attending Crooms High School
0:15:31 Desegregation at Seminole High School
0:20:02 Interaction with white people in the business district
0:26:38 Working at a drug store
0:30:54 Seeing The Great White Hope at the Ritz Theatre
0:32:00 Seminole County Public Schools
0:34:51 White teachers' reactions to having black students
0:37:44 Ku Klux Klan riots
0:38:59 Experience at Fisk University in Nashville
0:41:25 Majoring in English and dream of being the first female sports columnist
0:42:37 Interacting with communities in Nashville and student protests
0:45:30 Moving back to Sanford and then to Winter Park
0:46:50 Influence of her parents on her life and the community
0:54:51 How Sanford changed oved time
1:00:17 Teaching at Seminole County College
1:00:24 RECORDING CUTS OFF
1:00:24 White teacher barred from teaching ballet to African-American children
1:02:08 Returning to Sanford and employment after college in the 1970s
1:07:21 Experience as teacher and later as dean at SCC
1:13:58 Experience teaching right after college and being called "nigger" by a student at Lake Howell High School
1:19:20 How Refoe distanced herself from Sanford
1:21:03 Disintegration of sense of community due to integration
1:23:02 Need for preserving past
01:23:37 Annye's definition of Sanford while growing up and in the present
1:27:56 Annye's gratitude for being a teacher
1:30:10 How people connect to Sanford
1:33:50 Sanford and other small towns losing their history]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> 00:00:31 RECORDING CUTS OFF
00:00:32 Introduction
00:01:16 Education
00:02:45 Growing up in Goldsboro
00:04:40 Wright family
00:07:00 The community's role in Wright's upbringing
00:07:50 J. R. White
00:11:20 Crooms High School and segregation
00:15:46 Teachers and teaching black history
00:16:29 Comparing Crooms to high school in Lakeland
00:18:24 Working while in school
00:22:49 Decline of Sanford Avenue's commercial district
00:25:27 Comparing Goldsboro to the white part of Downtown Sanford
00:26:51 Interaction between Goldsboro and Georgetown
00:29:47 Crooms High School
00:31:48 Volusia County Community College
00:33:35 Integration
00:36:55 Comparing communities in Daytona, St. Petersburg, and Boca Raton
00:41:23 Florida Atlantic University
00:48:14 Interactions with Cubans, Hispanics, and whites in Boca Raton
00:55:13 Atlanta University
00:59:11 Miami and its poetry scene
01:01:11 Comparing Miami and Atlanta
01:02:02 Experience in Indiana, Pennsylvania
01:13:35 Teaching at Crooms High School
01:20:09 Teaching high school and teaching community college
01:22:24 How Sanford changed over time
01:24:59 Race relations in Sanford
01:27:03 How Goldsboro changed over time
01:29:11 Naval Air Station Sanford
01:31:37 Vietnam War
01:36:24 Sanford during the 1980s, the 1990s, and today
01:47:57 How students changed over time
01:53:10 Sanford's aging population
01:57:20 Closing remarks]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Goldsboro Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> 0:03:25 Grant writing and rehabilitation for the Student Museum and Center for the Social Studies
0:07:21 Other historic preservation projects
0:09:18 How Seminole County has changed over time
0:12:45 Impact of Walt Disney World Resort
0:15:42 Father’s experience in the Navy
0:17:57 Closing remarks]]> Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player.]]> Java.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES for educational purposes only.]]> 0:00:32 Entering the Military
0:03:32 Training and assignment
0:04:59 Feelings on the Vietnam War
0:07:17 First experience in Germany
0:08:41 1972 Summer Olympics
0:10:28 The Yom Kippur War
0:12:42 Personal benefits of being in the military
0:14:06 Post-military experiences
0:17:13 Preparation and thought process in the Army
0:18:52 Personal time in Germany
0:20:58 Destruction of the Berlin Wall
0:22:17 Evolution of the military and public opinion of veterans
0:26:09 Issues with government
0:27:43 Homecoming
0:28:22 Family feelings on enlistment and war
0:29:07 Feelings on assignment
0:29:47 Relationships in the Army
0:31:39 Fun in the Army
0:33:00 Travel experiences and relationship with host family
0:34:43 Working with international students
0:35:12 Summary of international experience
0:35:32 Stand-out memories
0:37:13 Opinion of entering military today
0:41:16 Opinion of recent wars
0:43:37 Admiration for evolution of military and public opinion]]> Blank, Bill. Interviewed by Gabrielle Hank. Audio/video record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, RICHES of Central Florida, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Veterans History Projects, Library of Congress.]]> Blank, Bill. Interviewed by Gabrielle Hanke. Audio/video record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, RICHES of Central Florida, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, RICHES of Central Florida, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> Vietnam War Collection, UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> The Yearling, race relations in Winter Park, hurricanes, his father's trucking business, his service in the military, and the effects of the development of Walt Disney World on Central Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> 0:00:11 Migrating to Florida
0:01:16 Memories of Winter Park
0:02:15 Fish fry events
0:03:06 Educational history
0:04:49 Careers as an insurance agent and as an author
0:07:39 Wife and children
0:10:49 Rollins College
0:12:35 The Yearling
0:14:05 Race relations in Winter Park
0:18:36 Hurricanes in Central Florida
0:21:13 Father’s trucking business
0:27:24 Military service and college education
0:30:43 Walt Disney World
0:38:54 Closing remarks]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Winter Park Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> 0:00:00 Introduction
0:02:10 How Oviedo has changed over time
0:05:58 Horse ranch
0:08:50 Staying healthy
0:10:58 Bath Lake and the surrounding wildlife
0:13:17 Closing remarks]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Creative Sanford, Inc., Sanford Florida.]]> Creative Sanford, Inc., Sanford Florida.]]> Creative Sanford, Inc., Sanford Florida.]]> Creative Sanford, Inc. Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Creative Sanford, Inc. and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> 0:02:51 Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses festival
0:05:12 Mass shooting at Pulse nightclub
0:09:43 Orlando Gay Chorus’s response to Pulse tragedy
0:20:11 Community response to Pulse tragedy
0:22:31 National and international response to Pulse tragedy
0:24:57 2016 Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses festival
0:29:10 Significance of Pulse before and after tragedy
0:32:57 Role of social media in aftermath of tragedy
0:36:23 Long-term consequences of Pulse tragedy
0:38:52 Closing remarks]]> RICHES of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Orlando Gay Chorus Collection, LGBTQ+ Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> 0:01:55 Student Museum and Center for the Social Studies
0:05:00 Typical day at the museum
0:07:22 Teaching techniques
0:11:32 How the museum has changed over time
0:13:46 Teaching in a museum versus teaching in a classroom
0:15:30 Native American Exhibit: Life in an Ancient Timucuan Village
0:17:47 Pioneer Exhibit: Before the Settlement of Sanford
0:19:40 Memorable moments
0:21:50 UCF Public History Center
0:25:23 Lemonade Lectures at DeBary Hall
0:27:19 Closing remarks]]> Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES for educational purposes only.]]> Bernadou, USS Hugh W. Hadley, USS Brownsonn, and USS Fiske. Boffi also took part in the Allied Invasion of Sicily, the Battle of Anzio, and the Battle of Okinawa. He received a Purple Heart, among other awards, and achieved the rank of 1st Class Machinist. This interview was conducted by Luis Santana Garcia at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. Topics discussed in the oral history include Boffi's background, his enlistment, fighting in Italy, the construction of the USS Hugh W. Hadley and its subsequent destruction, serving in the Pacific Theater, leaving the Navy, his medals and citations, and the Lone Sailor Memorial Project.]]> 0:00:30 Background and family
0:02:00 Entry into service
0:08:30 First days of service
0:12:37 Invading Italy as an American of Italian heritage
0:14:30 Experience during the battles in Italy
0:19:30 USS Hugh W. Hadley construction, training, and the Pacific Theater
0:23:23 Typical day and recreational activities
0:25:30 Life after service
0:27:50 Medals, citations, and values learned
0:29:42 VIDEO SKIPS
0:30:00 Future of the Lone Sailor Memorial Project
0:31:43 Closing remarks]]> Item DP0014888, UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Veterans History Projects, Library of Congress.]]> Item DP0014888, UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.]]> World War II Collection, UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Museum of Seminole County History in Sanford, Florida.]]> 0:01:42 Education
0:05:58 Riding bikes around Sanford
0:11:12 Experiences as a real estate broker
0:13:32 Celery industry and citrus industry
0:22:54 Growing up in Sanford
0:24:01 Running a paper route
0:27:51 Working in a grocery store and as a golf caddy
0:29:24 Serving in the Navy
0:32:27 Community involvement
0:37:17 Wife, children, and grandchildren
0:41:03 Farmers in Sanford
0:43:36 Growing citrus
0:48:35 Closing remarks]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> 16-page digital transcript by Savannah Vickers: White, Garnett. Interviewed by Joseph Morris. October 13, 2011. Audio record available. Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> ]]> Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> UCF News at the University of Central Florida's News and Information Office. Kruckemyer moved from Orlando to Sanford in 2004, following a series of hurricanes. He worked as a publisher for The Sanford Herald for three years and as an editor for The Orlando Sentinel for 33 years. This interview was conducted by Megan Kaczmarek at Kruckemyer's office at the University of Central Florida on October 31, 2012. Within the oral history, Kruckemyer discusses his involvement with the UCF Public History Center, located at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida.]]> 0:02:30 Restoration of the school bell
0:07:10 Life in Sanford and working for The Sanford Herald and The Orlando Sentinel
0:11:02 Closing remarks]]> Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player.]]> Java.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES for educational purposes only.]]>
This interview was conducted by Judy Scherer on April 1, 2014. Interview topics include McGuire's background and family, his college education, join the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC), Whiteman Air Force Base, McCoy Air Force Base, duties as a procurement officer and a contract administrator, the Defense Contract Administration Services, serving in Bangkok during the Vietnam War, the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (USAFOSI), the Rock Island Arsenal, military retirement, U.S.-Thailand relations, and his many travel experiences.]]> 0:02:33 College years
0:03:06 Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps and Whiteman Air Force Base
0:04:42 McCoy Air Force Base
0:05:42 George Washington University, Defense Contract Administration Services, and Bangkok, Thailand
0:07:05 U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations
0:14:55 Assignments in the United States
0:15:33 Bangkok and Mom Rajawongse Seni Promoj
0:21:45 Duties as a Contract Administrator
0:23:24 Interesting people and stories from Thailand
0:28:06 Communicating with family
0:30:23 Communicating with Thais
0:35:50 Visiting South Korea with his wife
0:39:42 Closing remarks]]> McGuire, George G. Interviewed by Judy Scherer, April 1, 2014. Audio/video record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, RICHES of Central Florida, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Veterans History Projects, Library of Congress.]]> McGuire, George G. Interviewed by Judy Scherer, April 1, 2014.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.]]> Vietnam War Collection, UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Fed Up: The High Costs of Cheap Food, a book about sexual misconduct by crew leaders, modern farms in Florida and the treatment of Hispanic workers today. Matthew passed away in 2016.]]> 0:04:47 Parents and leaving home at age 13
0:09:04 Grandparents
0:11:32 Segregation and discrimination
0:17:25 Labor camps
0:22:31 Hispanic replacements for African American workers
0:31:11 Educational programs, retraining, and unemployment
0:38:27 Environmental justice and labor rights
0:42:08 Her Children’s Experiences as Farmworkers
0:42:53 Fed Up: The High Costs of Cheap Food by Dale Finley Slongwhite
0:47:11 Sexual abuse by crew leaders
0:49:35 RECORDING CUTS OFF
0:49:35 Modern farm labor and Hispanic workers
0:51:28 Closing remarks]]> RICHES, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES]]> RICHES, Orlando, Florida.]]> Jared Muha Collection, Apopka Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES.]]> QuickTime.]]> RICHES.]]> RICHES]]> Wasp, the USS Coral Sea, the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the USS John F. Kennedy. He achieved the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer and earned a Navy Commendation Medal and a Navy Achievement Medal.

Pierce's daughter, Trina Cothrin (b. 1958), was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on October 13, 1958. Cothrin enlisted in the Navy in October of 1979 and served until October of 1982, when her son was born. She was then in the U.S. Naval Reserve until 1993, when she joined the U.S. Army. She left the military in 2009, after serving in Operation Enduring Freedom during the War in Afghanistan. Throughout her service, Cothrin was stationed at Naval Air Station Miramar (NAS Miramar) in California, Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NAS Jacksonville), U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) in Qatar, and MacDill Air Force Base (MacDill AFB) in Tampa. She ultimately achieved the rank of Chief Yeoman.

This oral history interview was conducted by Roger Jordan Sims on March 12, 2014. Interview topics include enlistment, boot camp, Naval Training Center Orlando (NTC Orlando), the Vietnam War, Operation Enduring Freedom and the War in Afghanistan, life after leaving the Navy, how Central Florida has changed over time, the legacy of NTC Orlando, and the Lone Sailor Memorial Project.]]> 0:01:48 Background
0:02:23 Enlistment and boot camp
0:03:57 Naval Training Center Orlando
0:07:45 Social life and relationships on base
0:12:47 Hardest part of NTC Orlando, proudest moment, and unforgettable memories
0:15:16 USS Blue Jacket and the Grinder
0:20:46 Vietnam War and the War in Afghanistan
0:23:10 Leaving the Navy and post-naval life
0:27:23 How Central Florida has changed over time
0:29:36 Legacy of NTC Orlando and the Lone Sailor Memorial Project
0:32:44 Closing remarks]]> Pierce, Gordon. Interviewed by Roger Jordan Sims, March 12, 2014. UCF Community Veterans History Project, DP0014915. Audio/video record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> Cothrin, Trina. Interviewed by Roger Jordan Sims. UCF Community Veterans History Project, DP0014914. March 12, 2014. Audio/video record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Veterans History Projects, Library of Congress.]]> Pierce, Gordon. Interviewed by Roger Jordan Sims, March 12, 2014. UCF Community Veterans History Project, DP0014915. Audio/video record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> Cothrin, Trina. Interviewed by Roger Jordan Sims. UCF Community Veterans History Project, DP0014914. March 12, 2014. Audio/video record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> Lone Sailor Navy Memorial History Project Collection, UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player Java.]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> 0:01:21 Family history
0:04:28 Growing up in Sanford
0:07:15 Girl Scouts and college education
0:09:11 Career in education and life in the Orlando-Winter Park area
0:12:50 School integration
0:16:22 Naval Air Station (NAS) Sanford and Walt Disney World Resort
0:19:05 First Baptist Church of Sanford
0:26:46 Role as church historian
0:31:45 Organizing new churches and missions
0:35:31 Important figures in the church
0:38:21 Career in journalism
0:42:02 Polly Pigtails club
0:46:12 New Smyrna Beach
0:50:23 Parents
0:52:59 Closing remarks]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.
]]> Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player
]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Geneva Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> 0:01:27 Sanford Grammar School
0:05:17 Teachers and school activities
0:11:28 Layout of the school
0:12:54 School clubs, sports, and extracurricular activities
0:15:02 Memories with siblings and classmates
0:18:15 Career
0:21:38 May Day
0:22:50 High school and physical education
0:27:54 Pig'n'Whistle
0:30:3 Keeping in touch with classmates
0:32:47 School memories
0:37:01 World War II
0:39:50 Closing remarks]]> Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player.]]> Java.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES for educational purposes only.]]>
The Vietnam War was a Cold War Era "military conflict". The war was originally waged between Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. The United States became involved as a preventive measure to combat communism. The official date of the military conflict is November 1, 1955 and ending in April 1975. The date of the war has been disputed, but a study in 1998 by the Department of Defense definitively put the start of the Vietnam War as November 1, 1955. The first combat military troops 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade didn't arrive until 1965. With the arrival of the combat troops came the first traditional battles of combat fighting in the war. During the Vietnam War, not only did American military go into battle with and for South Vietnam, the military also trained members of South Vietnam to fight alongside during the war. Peace talks were attempted, with France moderating, beginning on May 10, 1968. These talks were unsuccessful and lasted over three years. The longest battle of the Vietnam War began on January 21, 1968 and didn't end until the U.S. reclaimed Route 9 on April 8, 1968, seventy-seven days later. While the military conflict ended in 1975, it was a long process towards reunification and redevelopment as a country. The conflict left Vietnam in both political and economical ruins.

While the U.S. military was fighting overseas, Many American citizens protested the war at home. Demonstrations took place across the country with the most famous one being at Kent State University in Ohio. While this is the most well known demonstration it was not the first. Americans questioned the U.S. involvement in the war throughout.]]> 11:09 Vietnam experience/duties/home for (RR) rest
20:00 Family, life in the military, travel, culture
33:20 Left the military-life after
39:30 Afterthoughts on military career and how he feels about young veterans]]> Martin, Henry A.. Interviewed by Carmen Carroquino. UCF Community Veterans History Project, DP0010472 November 18, 2010. Audio record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> http://www.loc.gov/vets/.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> Vietnam War Collection, UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries.]]> http://library.ucf.edu.specialcollections/.]]>
Okraski was involved with the defense simulation industry from 1962 to 1994, which included stints as the director of Research and Engineering and the Deputy Technical Director for NAWCTSD. He obtained a Master's Degree in Engineering from the University of Florida.]]> 0:01:13 Biographical information
0:04:13 LINK Aviation
0:08:55 Naval Training Device Center in Long Island, New York
0:12:15 Migrating to Central Florida
0:13:35 How Naval Training Device Center came to Orlando
0:16:06 Admiral Luiz De Florez
0:17:50 Maintenance Engineering Division
0:27:45 Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD)
0:29:14 Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Systems (MILES) project
0:30:32 Various simulation projects conducted by NAWCTSD
0:35:59 Teaching deaf and hearing-impaired children
0:39:27 Challenges faced by simulation projects
0:42:47 Future of the simulation industry in Central Florida
0:46:25 How NAWCTSD has changed Orlando
0:49:09 Closing remarks]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Community Veterans History Project (CVHP), Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/vets/.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> Lone Sailor Navy Memorial History Project Collection, UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Special Collections and University Archives.]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, (407) 823-2576. http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/.]]>
Hugh and Caroline are members of the Friends of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, an organization dedicated to supporting the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. The Orlando Philharmonic Guild first met in February of 1996 and changed its name to the Friends of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra in July of that same year. They held their first invitational fundraiser, "The Holiday Pops Dinner Gala," at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in December of 1996. The Friends celebrated its 15th anniversary in October of 2011, and continues to host fundraising events focused on garnering financial and community support of the OPO.

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, located at 812 East Rollins Street Suite 300 in Orlando, was inspired by the closing of the Florida Symphony in 1993. The orchestra performs in more than 125 concerts each season. In June of 2013, the Philharmonic made plans to purchase the Plaza Live, located at 425 North Bumby Avenue in downtown Orlando, for office space, a rehearsal hall, a music library, and a music hall.]]>
This video was produced by Joe Gennaro, Timothy G. Brown and Lisa Mills with the guidance of Stella Sung and Emily Lindahl.]]> 0:00:13 How the James got involved with the orchestra
0:00:21 Working with the people and musicians of the OPO
0:00:44 The Philharmonic's relationship with patrons
0:01:06 The orchestra's role in the community
0:01:45 Closing credits]]> The Orlando Phil's 20th Anniversary | Hugh & Caroline James." Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, October 24, 2012: Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando, Florida.]]> Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra]]> The Orlando Phil's 20th Anniversary | Hugh & Caroline James." Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. http://youtu.be/L1JWf8Cnnuk.]]> Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Orlando, Florida.]]> Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player.]]> Java.]]> Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra.]]> Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Oviedo Historical Society in Oviedo, Florida, on April 18, 2015.]]> 0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:08 Prince Butler Boston and the Boston Family
0:04:17 Married life
0:05:46 History Harvest
0:07:51 Oviedo Citizens in Action Committee
0:10:47 Black life in Seminole County
0:13:24 Boston Hill Cemetery and Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
0:15:20 Closing remarks]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Museum of Seminole County History in Sanford, Florida.]]> 0:00:26 Growing up in Ocala
0:03:34 How Ocala has changed over time
0:06:09 Living in Oxford
0:06:29 RECORDING CUTS OFF
0:06:30 Living in Oxford
0:08:24 Family and occupational history
0:11:34 Meeting her husband, Edward, and moving to Geneva
0:14:10 Husband, children, and grandchildren
0:20:44 4-H
0:22:49 Cattle industry
0:36:58 Markets and butcher houses
0:40:31 Relationship between ranches
0:41:53 Improvements in the cattle industry
0:42:29 Tracking cattle
0:42:29 Family involvement in the cattle industry
0:48:49 Husband’s service in the military
0:50:15 Female figures in Yarborough’s childhood
0:54:29 Declaration of World War II
0:59:45 Closing remarks]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Oviedo Historical Society in Oviedo, Florida, on March 21, 2015.]]> 0:00:41 Birth and immigration
0:04:04 Oviedo High School
0:05:22 Citizenship
0:07:55 Graduation, marriage, and career
0:10:41 Efforts to get a Catholic church in Oviedo
0:14:59 Oviedo Historical Society the New Downtown Oviedo
0:17:26 New Downtown Oviedo
0:19:34 University of Central Florida and teen club
0:22:21 How Oviedo has changed over time
0:27:20 Closing remarks]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> Oviedo Historical Society Collection, History Harvest Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> 0:00:35 Migrating to Sanford
0:01:32 Swimming lessons
0:04:25 Students
0:08:28 Swimming poem
0:09:40 Teaching locations
0:12:10 Teaching methods
0:17:00 Water safety
0:23:00 Staying in touch with students
0:24:38 Memories and accomplishments
0:29:39 Breaking the color barrier]]> Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player.]]> Java.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES for educational purposes only.]]> Oviedo Historical Society in Oviedo, Florida, on March 19, 2015.]]> 0:00:28 Ancestry
0:05:24 Parents and siblings
0:10:00 Growing up in Oviedo
0:15:38 Plane crash near the Oviedo School
0:20:17 Career in the Navy and in education
0:23:24 How Oviedo has changed over time
0:25:27 Hobbies and marriage]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> Oviedo Historical Society Collection, History Harvest Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Altamonte Springs City Library in Altamonte Springs, Florida.]]> 0:00:46 History of the Altamonte Springs City Library
0:06:37 Establishment of an Information System (IS)
0:09:43 Public computers at the library
0:12:04 Mobile Information Center (MIC)
0:15:48 Youth Library Area
0:20:43 Library patrons
0:24:12 Altamonte Springs Civic Club
0:27:15 Retirement
0:28:12 Appreciation for the library
0:35:25 Project APRICOT (A Prototype Realistic. Innovative Community of Today)
0:38:37 Managing Fleet Facilities and Urban Beautification]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Altamonte Springs, Florida.]]> Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Clark served in the Navy from 1985 until 1989. He attended recruit training in Orlando and also went to apprenticeship school at the base. He was a Signalman Petty Officer Third Class, Enlisted Rank 4, aboard the USS Richard E. Byrd DDG-23, which operated in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Upon leaving the Navy, Clark returned to Orlando and attended the University of Central Florida.]]> 0:02:53 Decision to join the U.S. Navy
0:04:03 Attending boot camp at NTC Orlando
0:10:35 Naval training and assignments following boot camp
0:13:50 Apprenticeship school versus boot camp
0:17:25 Types of additional training offered at NTC Orlando
0:21:15 Shipboard Experiences
0:23:25 Life after the Navy
0:26:15 Lasting memories of naval experience
0:31:05 Legacy of NTC Orlando]]> Clark, Jeffrey Edward. Interviewed by Mark Barnes. UCF Community Veterans History Project. May 6, 2014. Audio/video record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Community Veterans History Project (CVHP), Library of Congress.]]> Clark, Jeffrey Edward. Interviewed by Mark Barnes. UCF Community Veterans History Project. May 6, 2014. Audio/video record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.]]> Lone Sailor Navy Memorial History Project Collection, UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Special Collections and University Archives.]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, (407) 823-2576. http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/.]]> 0:05:27 Directors and accompanists
0:08:17 Initial community reaction
0:11:16 Women in the chorus
0:12:23 Evolving relationship with the community
0:14:11 Becoming a mixed vocal group
0:16:16 Mass shooting at Pulse nightclub and its aftermath
0:24:12 Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses Festival
0:27:20 Community response to Pulse tragedy
0:30:12 Long-term impact on the Gay Chorus and the Orlando community
0:33:50 Final remarks]]> RICHES of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> RICHES of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> Orlando Gay Chorus Collection, LGBTQ+ Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida, and transcribed by Geoffrey Cravero.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> 0:00:21 Family history
0:01:52 Port Tampa and the Spanish-American War
0:04:15 Family history
0:08:17 Serving in the Air Force
0:11:31 RECORDING CUTS OFF
0:11:32 President Richard M. Nixon
0:13:28 Moving to Sanford and photographing shuttle launches
0:17:17 Moonshiner’s shoe
0:20:22 Moving to Sanford
0:20:46 Photographing space shuttles and astronauts
0:32:49 Family history
0:45:10 How Sanford has changed over time
0:45:54 Grandparents and great-grandparents
0:58:02 Closing remarks
0:58:37 RECORDING CUTS OFF
0:58:38 Florida Aviation Historical Society]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]> Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> Museum of Seminole County History and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida.]]> 0:00:26 Early childhood
0:03:45 Basic training
0:06:15 Tech school
0:07:09 Active duty/Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
0:07:47 First deployment - Qatar - Al Udeid Air Base
0:09:20 First impression of Qatar
0:10:07 Locals in Qatar
0:12:09 Memorable day in Qatar/leaving
0:13:45 Second deployment ─ Afghanistan
0:15:42 First impression of Afghanistan
0:17:04 Operating cryogenics elements
0:17:30 Memorable day in Afghanistan/movie night
0:19:11 9/11 in Afghanistan
0:20:52 Rocket attack response
0:22:32 Funny story – sabotaging supervisor
0:24:40 Feelings leaving Afghanistan
0:25:58 Being in relationship while in Afghanistan
0:27:49 Life after service
0:29:45 Awards/medals earned for service
0:31:18 Today's activities
0:32:11 Working at the UCF VARC and helping veteran students
0:32:42 How service has affected life]]> Dull, Joshua R. Interviewed by Rachel Williams. Audio/video record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, RICHES of Central Florida, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Veterans History Projects, Library of Congress.]]> Dull, Joshua R. Interviewed by Rachel Williams. Audio/video record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, RICHES of Central Florida, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, RICHES of Central Florida, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> War in Afghanistan Collection, UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Alafaya Branch Library in Orlando, Florida, on March 13, 2015.]]> 0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:38 Oviedo in the 1960s
0:07:44 How Oviedo has changed over time
0:12:06 Mary Alice Powell Aulin
0:18:24 Oviedo’s Centennial
0:19:37 Andrew Aulin, Sr.
0:28:45 The Lees and the Lawtons
0:33:18 Alice Aulin, Andrew Aulin, Jr., and Oviedo during World War II
0:39:25 Colloquial expressions and historical artifacts
0:46:10 Closing remarks]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> 0:04:52 Segregation in Central Florida public schools
0:08:48 Role of music in personal and professional life
0:12:59 Dedication to Historic Colored Schools Museum
0:15:01 Stanley T. Muller and Mae Frances Muller’s legacy]]> RICHES, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES]]> RICHES, Orlando, Florida.]]> Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES.]]> QuickTime.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES.]]> RICHES]]> 0:00:55 Central Florida memories
0:01:53 Surfari Club
0:03:10 Learning to surf
0:06:11 How surfing has changed over time
0:09:36 Injuries and memories
0:23:56 New Smyrna Beach
0:26:05 Surfing contests
0:30:51 Surfari Club parties
0:32:05 Favorite aspect of surfing]]> Daytona State College, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.]]> Daytona State College ]]> Daytona State College Collection, Volusia County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> School for Behavior and Social Sciences.]]> Daytona State College and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Fire Rescue Emergency Management Department in Oviedo, Florida, on March 27, 2015.]]> 0:02:11 School desegregation and homecoming
0:05:23 Horse competitions and entertainment
0:07:08 Career in firefighting
0:08:42 Wife and children
0:10:37 History of the Oviedo Volunteer Fire Department
0:12:09 First call and most memorable call as a firefighter
0:14:40 RECORDING CUTS OFF
0:14:41 Becoming Fire Chief
0:16:40 Oviedo Veterans Memorial
0:19:30 Demolition of buildings in Downtown Oviedo
0:21:28 Oviedo chickens and peacocks
0:25:17 Closing remarks]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.]]> Oviedo Historical Society Collection, History Harvest Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]>
This oral history interview was conducted by Mary Hughes Young on April 1, 2014. Interview topics include Levine's background, his enlistment in the Air Force and drafting into the U.S. Army, basic and advanced training, being stations in Europe, getting married voerseas, returning to the U.S. after being discharged, and his life as a civilian afterward.]]> 0:00:32 Background
0:02:38 Draft and enlistment
0:06:42 Basic training at Lackland Air Force Base
0:10:06 Sharpshooting and career assignment
0:13:52 Advanced training at Amarillo Air Force Base
0:21:16 Assignment in Europe
0:26:55 Relationships with other servicemen and assignments
0:30:15 Getting married overseas
0:31:09 Rank and discharge
0:33:30 Life after service
0:36:28 Treatment from civilians
0:37:29 How service affected civilian life
0:39:15 Closing remarks]]> Levine, Lawrence Paul. Interviewed by Mary Hughes Young. April 1, 2014. Audio/video record available. Item DP0014898, UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Veterans History Projects, Library of Congress.]]> Levine, Lawrence Paul. Interviewed by Mary Hughes Young. April 1, 2014.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.]]> UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]>