Atlas Rocket Under Construction at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
subject: Atlas (Missile)
description: In the final launch of Project Mercury, the Atlas launch vehicle sits on its side before being fully assembled and lifted vertically on the gantry. The Atlas was America's first rocket capable of lifting a man into orbit. Faith 7's Atlas booster eventually lifted it into orbit, allowing astronaut Gordon Cooper (1927-2004) to circle the Earth 22 and a half times.
source: Original black and white photographic print, April 1963: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Launch Site, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Dr. Calvin D. Fowler Interviewed After Astronaut Gordon Cooper's Spaceflight
subject: Cocoa Beach (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Astronauts--United States
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
description: A contemporary newspaper article about Gordon Cooper's (1927-2004) spaceflight, including an interview with Dr. Calvin D. Fowler, the man who launched him. In particular, the article discusses Cooper's most recent spaceflight on the Atlas 130D, the process of launching spacecraft into outer space, the famous aviator Wiley Post, and Project Mercury.
source: Original newspaper article: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Cocoa Beach, Florida

Dr. Calvin D. Fowler and Wayne Reid at Launch Conductor's Workstation in Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
description: Dr. Calvin D. Fowler sitting at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14's Launch Conductor's workstation, is depicted ghere with Wayne Reid, of the Aerospace Corporation, around the time of Wally Schirra's (1923-2007) Sigma 7 launch.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Blockhouse, Cape Canaveral, Florida

B. G. MacNabb with Astronaut Gordon Cooper
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Astronauts--United States
description: B. G. MacNabb, General Dynamics/Astronautics director of operations, greeting Mercury 7 astronaut Gordon Cooper (1927-2004) during a practice, the day before a launch was scrubbed or launch day at the launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14. Cooper, walking in his air conditioned space suit, was scheduled to embark on his 22.5-orbit mission. This photograph was also signed by Cooper.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Launch Site, Cape Canaveral, Florida

President John F. Kennedy with B. G. MacNabb at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Presidents--United States
description: During one visit to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14, President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) talking with General Dynamics/Astronautics director of operations B. G. MacNabb. Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) manager Dr. Calvin D. Fowler can be seen to the right, behind the police officer in the foreground.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Launch Site, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Astronaut Gordon Cooper at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Launchpad
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Astronauts--United States
description: While visiting the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Launchpad before the launch of the Faith 7 Mercury-Atlas mission, astronaut Astronaut listens to Günter Wendt (1923-2010) of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, the man who supervised spacecraft preparation on the launchpad. Wendt was famous for his meticulous standards, which won the trust of the astronauts. General Dynamics/Astronautics Operations Manager B. G. MacNabb is seen in the center of the first photograph. In the second photograph, MacNabb is pictured on the left, Wendt is seen in the center, and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Manager Dr. Calvin D. Fowler is photographed on the right.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Launch Site, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Launch Crew in the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Launchpad Blockhouse
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
description: T. J. O'Malley (1915-2009), who launched astronaut John Glenn (b. 1921) into orbit, is photographed on the left, and Dr. Calvin D. Fowler, who launched Scott Carpenter (1925-2013), Wally Schirra (1923-2007), and Gordon Cooper (1927-2004), is seen on the right. O'Malley, Dr. Fowler, and other unidentified members of the launch crew are photographed here at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Launchpad Blockhouse.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Blockhouse, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Dr. Calvin D. Fowler as a Test Conductor at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 11
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Atlas (Missile)
description: Before being manager of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 and launching three astronauts into space, Dr. Calvin D. Fowler worked as a test conductor for Atlas missile tests at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 11.
source: Original black and white photographic print, December 1960: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 11, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Fuel Loading Test at Fairchild Air Force Base
subject: Fairchild Air Force Base (Wash.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Air Force
subject: Atlas (Missile)
description: General Dynamics/Astronautics conducting a fuel loading test for the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at Fairchild Air Force Base, near Spokane, Washington.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington

126 West Plant Street, Winter Garden
subject: Winter Garden (Fla.)
subject: Hardware--United States
subject: Bakeries--United States
description: This one-story commercial building in Winter Garden, Florida, was constructed in 1922 as part of land platted by J. D. McMillan in 1915. The building at 126 West Plant Street was originally owned by the McMillan-Bray Hardware Company. The store was founded in 1906 by George W. "Buttles" Bray and his brother-in-law, Malcolm Y. McMillan. After several years, Bray sold out to McMillan, who later sold the business to Joseph Bumby Hardware Company. In 1920, Bray went back into the hardware business at another location, and in 1934, he moved the business back to this building after his original store and contents were destroyed by fire. His wife, Dora Bray, and his children, George Bray, Jr. and Evelyn Lease Bray, ran the business after his death in 1949. In 1983, the family sold the business to Walter Toole and Patti Toole. A year later, they joined the Ace Hardware franchise, and in 1987, they moved the business into a larger space on South Dillard Street. Since then, the space has been home to a number of restaurants. This building is known as the longest store in Winter Garden at only 20 feet wide and 177 feet long. At the time that this photograph was taken, the building was home to the Sweet Traditions French Bakery & Cafe.
source: Original color digital image: Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Winter Garden, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: McMillan-Bray Hardware Company, Winter Garden, Florida
coverage: Joseph Bumby Hardware Company, Winter Garden, Florida
coverage: Ace Hardware, Winter Garden, Florida
coverage: Sweet Traditions French Bakery & Cafe, Winter Garden, Florida

49 South Main Street in Winter Garden
subject: Winter Garden (Fla.)
subject: Grocery stores--United States
subject: Supermarkets--United States
description: The building at 49 South Main Street in Winter Garden, Florida. Evidence suggests that this commercial building was constructed around 1912 and was originally two stories high. In the 1920s, the second story was removed as a result of fire damage. It was once the Piggly Wiggly grocery store and later McCord's Feed Store. Research indicates that Luther Willis Tilden may have developed the building and that W. B. Burch and William Story published the town's newspaper, The Town Crier, from this building for a time.
creator: Bowers, Katherine
source: Original color digital image by Katherine Bowers, July 2014: Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Winter Garden, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Piggly Wiggly, Winter Garden, Florida
coverage: McCord's Feed Store, Winter Garden, Florida
coverage: The Town Crier, Winter Garden, Florida
coverage: Greener Gardens Feed & Garden, Winter Garden, Florida

12 West Plant Street, Winter Garden
subject: Winter Garden (Fla.)
subject: Bakeries--United States
subject: Real estate--United States
subject: Theaters--Florida
subject: Barbershops--United States
subject: Department stores--Florida
subject: Pharmacies
subject: Meat industry and trade--United States
subject: Bars (Drinking establishments)--Florida
description: The structure at 12 West Plant Street in Winter Garden, Florida, was the first brick commercial building built in 1912, after a 1909 fire destroyed all the downtown wood buildings. It was built by James Lafayette Dillard (1858-1943) and Benjamin T. Boyd, both of whom served on Winter Garden's first City Commission. Originally, it housed a bakery operated by Albert E. Jones and a real estate company operated by Dillard. Lewis L. Kenneday opened the first Winter Garden theater in the second floor of the building about 1913. It operated until 1917, when it was replaced by the Lyric Theatre. In the 1920s, A. D. Mims, later a county commissioner, operated a barbershop along the Main Street storefront. A barber by the name of Allen Bland occupied the space later. Eighteen boarding rooms were available on the second floor after the theater closed. Various businesses, such as the Leader Department Store, the Winter Garden Pharmacy, Tibbals-Rexall Drugs, J. S. Reddick's meat market and a beer parlor, occupied the building at other times. At the time that this photograph was taken in 2014, the building was being occupied by Savoree.
creator: Bowers, Katherine
source: Original color digital image by Katherine Bowers, July 2014: Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Winter Garden, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Lyric Theatre, Winter Garden, Florida

The Long History of the African American Civil Rights Movement in Florida
subject: Civil rights--Florida
subject: Exhibit
subject: Civil Rights Movement
subject: Civil rights movements--Florida
description: The Long History of the African American Civil Rights Movement in Florida, an exhibit created by Dr. Robert Cassanello and his students at the University of Central Florida. The exhibit chronicles both national and local events in the civil rights movements dating from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Curators for the exhibit were Joseph Corbett and Anne Ladyem McDiviitt. Assistant curators included Patrick Anderson, Laura Cepero, Jennifer Cook, Tanya Engelhardt, Jacob Flynn, William Franklin, Barbara Houser, Rustin Lloyd, Joshua Petitt, Lindsey Turnbull, and Jon Wolfe. Andrew Callovi was the graphic designer.
creator: Corbett, Joseph
creator: McDivitt, Anne Ladyem
creator: Anderson, Patrick
creator: Cepero, Laura
creator: Cook, Jennifer
creator: Englehardt, Tanya
creator: Flynn, Jacob
creator: Franklin, William
creator: Houser, Barbara
creator: Lloyd, Rustin
creator: Petitt, Joshua
creator: Turnbull
creator: Lindsey
creator: Wolfe, Jon
creator: Cassanello, Robert
creator: Callovi, Andrew
source: Original exhibit by Robert Cassanello's Spring 2011 Historiography Graduate Class: University of Central Florida Department of History, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: University of Central Florida Department of History
contributor: Florida Photographic Collection
contributor: State Library and Archives of Florida
contributor: Library of Congress
contributor: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
contributor: Barton, Juanita
contributor: Gary, Bill
contributor: Harry T. &amp
contributor: Harriette V. Moore Cultural Complex, Inc.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Physical Object
coverage: Brevard County, Florida
coverage: Cocoa, Florida
coverage: Daytona Beach, Florida
coverage: Eatonville, Florida
coverage: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
coverage: Gainesville, Florida
coverage: Groveland, Florida
coverage: Jacksonville, Florida
coverage: Live Oak, Florida
coverage: Madison County, Florida
coverage: Miami, Florida
coverage: Miami Gardens, Florida
coverage: Mims, Florida
coverage: Ocoee, Florida
coverage: Palatka, Florida
coverage: Rosewood, Florida
coverage: Tallahassee, Florida
coverage: Tampa, Florida
coverage: St. Augustine, Florida
coverage: Montogmery, Alabama
coverage: Scottsboro, Alabama
coverage: Selma, Alabama
coverage: Tuskegee, Alabama
coverage: Chicago, Illinois
coverage: Syracuse, New York
coverage: Greensboro, North Carolina
coverage: Knoxville, Tennessee
coverage: Pulaski, Tennessee

First Baptist Church of Winter Garden
subject: Winter Garden (Fla.)
subject: Churches--Florida
subject: Baptist Church
description: The First Baptist Church of Winter Garden was originally organized in Ocoee, Florida, in August of 1888 with nine charter members. After eight years, the church voted to relocate to Winter Garden on land donated by James Lafayette Dillard (1858-1943). The first wooden building in Winter Garden was constructed at the southwest corner of Plant Street and Woodland Street. In 1921, members initiated a building campaign and commissioned architect J. J. Baldwin (1888-1955) to design a new building. The cornerstone of the present church was laid in 1922, and the church was completed in 1923 at a cost of $150,000, a substantial amount for a small community. R. W. Wimbish of Savannah, Georgia, supervised the construction of the church, as well as the Edgewater Hotel and the Black Building. Before the church was built on this property, Will Pennington operated a large saw mill here.
source: Original color digital image, January 11, 2008: Winter Garden Heritage Foundation.
contributor: Bowers, Katherine
format: image/jpeg
type: Still Image
coverage: First Baptist Church of Winter Garden, Winter Garden, Florida

Former Location of Denmark's Sporting Goods
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Sporting goods--United States
description: The former location of Denmark's Sporting Goods, located at 149 North Magnolia Avenue (formerly Main Street) in Downtown Orlando, Florida. Denmark's was founded in 1941 by Tom Denmark and quickly became one of Central Florida's largest sporting goods suppliers. The store sponsored the television show Hunting and Fishing with Don, hosted by Don McAllister, which aired from 1954 to 1972. In 1985, Denmark sold his company to lawyer Donald Wright, who later changed the name of the store to Florida Sports. By 1988, the company had closed for business.
creator: Williams, Rachel
source: Original color digital images by Rachel Williams, July 24, 2014.
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Denmark's Sporting Goods, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Cathedral Church of St. Luke, 2014
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Churches--Florida
subject: Episcopal Church--Florida
description: The Cathedral Church of St. Luke, located at 130 North Magnolia Avenue in Dowtown Orlando, Florida, in 2014. The church was founded in 1867 by Francis W. Eppes (1801-1881), the nephew of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). The congregation originally worshipped in a log cabin and services were conducted by Eppes, despite his status as a layman. In October 1882, William Crane Gray (1835-1919) was elected and consecrated as the first bishop of the Missionary Jurisdiction of South Florida, which included Central Florida and Orlando, at the time. A new church building for St. Luke's was erected under Reverend C. W. Ward during that same year. The building was enlarged in 1884, and again in 1903. On March 31, 1902, Bishop Gray designated St. Luke's as the official Cathedral Church for South Florida and appointed Reverend Lucien A. Spencer as the cathedral's first dean. In 1922, the cathedral building was relocated to make room for a new cathedral designed by Frohman, Robb, and Little of Boston, Massachusetts. During that same year, the Missionary Jurisdiction of South Florida was admitted to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church as the Diocese of South Florida. On April 13, 1925, Bishop Cameron Mann laid the cornerstone. However, as the land bust struck Florida in 1926, the building remained only partially constructed and a temporary wall was built to seal the altar side of the church. Over the years, the building has received a number of structural additions and renovations, including an educational unit memorializing members of the congregation who died serving in World War II; the Chapter House erected in the 1950s; the renovation of the cathedral nave, the erection of the choir gallery over the narthex, and the installation of a 88-rank pipe organ in the early 1970s; and the removal of the temporary wall and the competition of the building's original design during 1986 and 1987. In 1970, the Diocese of South Florida was divided into three smaller dioceses; St. Luk…
creator: Williams, Rachel
source: Original color digital images by Rachel Williams, July 24, 2014.
format: image/jpeg
type: Still Image
coverage: Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Home of Harry Bumby
subject: Winter Garden (Fla.)
subject: Housing--Florida
description: The one-and-one-half-story bungalow is located at 205 North Lakeview Avenue in Winter Garden, Florida. Built in 1919, this structure historically associated with Henry "Harry" Edward Bumby (1870-1941), the developer of the subdivision in which it is located. In 1873, Bumby's father, Joseph, moved to Orlando, where he established a hardware store that became one of the largest of its kind in Central Florida. In addition to two stores in Orlando, Joseph opened a store in Winter Park and Winter Garden in 1917. The latter store was managed by his son, Harry. The house was sold after Harry Bumby's death to William Story in 1941. Later the house was owned by Tom and Mozelle Cox, owner of Tom Cox Men's Wear and Mozelle's Fashion Fair in Winter Garden.
creator: Bowers, Katherine
source: Original color digital image by Katherine Bowers, July 2014: Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Winter Garden, Florida.
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Home of Harry Bumby, Winter Garden, Florida
coverage: Home of William Story, Winter Garden, Florida
coverage: Home of Tom and Mozelle Cox, Winter Garden, Florida

New Smyrna Railway Station Postcard
subject: New Smyrna Beach (Fla.)
subject: Railroads--Florida
description: A color postcard featuring the railway station in New Smyrna, Florida, in the 1890s. Although the postcard does not specify, this railway station was likely the Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and Indian River Railway Company (later part of the Florida East Coast Railway Company) station within the city. In 1892, Henry Flagler (1830-1913) extended the Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and Indian River Railway Company to New Smyrna, which resulted in increased growth for the town.
source: Original 9 centimeter x 14 centimeter color postcard: "New Smyrna, Fla. Railway Station." Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine: Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: Hugh C. Leighton Company
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: New Smyrna, Florida

Map of the Ossie Quarters
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
description: A map of the Ossie Quarters, an area in the Parramore neighborhood of Downtown Orlando, Florida. The map was drawn in 2016 by Althea Hill, based on her memory of historic businesses and homes located in the neighborhood from 1951 through 1970. Ossie Quarters is located just north of Ossie Street, named in honor of Ossie Davis (1917-2005), a stage actor and civil rights activist.
creator: Hill, Althea
source: Original 8.5 x 11 inch hand-drawn color map by Althea Hill: Private Collection of Althea Hill.
contributor: Hill, Althea
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Ossie Quarters, Holden-Parramore, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Big Tree Park, the Oldest and Largest Cypress Tree in U.S.A. Postcard
subject: Longwood (Fla.)
subject: Parks--Florida
description: A photographic postcard featuring The Senator, the giant bald cypress tree that was once the oldest and largest cypress tree in the country. At the time that the photograph was taken, The Senator was 3,500 yers old, 126 feet and 3 inches tall, and 47 feet in circumference. As early as the late 1800s, this centuries-old tree was considered a tourist attraction, but it wasn't until 1927 that a park was established around the tree. Senator Moses O. Overstreet donated six acres of land, which included the tree, to Seminole County to establish a park with the stipulation that a road would be built to take visitors into the park. The generosity of Sen. Overstreet inspired residents to name the giant cypress tree "The Senator." Located at 761 General Hutchinson Parkway in present-day Longwood, Florida, the new park was named the Seminole Big Tree Park in honor of the main attraction. In 1929, President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) dedicated a bronze plaque at the site of the tree. The plaque was stolen in 1945, which would place this photograph sometime between 1940 and 1945. Based on a core sample taken by the American Forestry Association, The Senator was estimated to be 3500 years old in 1946. The Big Tree Park also features another giant cypress estimated to be 2000 years old. In 2005, local elementary students named the tree Lady Liberty. It was considered to be the companion tree to The Senator, as they were only 40 feet apart. The Senator continued to be a tourist attraction and local landmark until January 16, 2012, when it was lost in a fire.
source: Original 14 x 9 centimeter black and white photographic postcard: "Big Tree Park." Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Seminole Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida

Orange Avenue, Daytona
subject: Daytona (Fla.)
description: A postcard featuring a horse and buggy on Orange Avenue in Daytona, Florida, around 1910. Palm fronds, live oaks, and electric power lines line both sides of the street. In 1871, Mathias Day, Jr. (1824-1904), a migrant from Mansfield, Ohio, purchased a large tract of land along the west bank of the Halifax River, which included the former Williams Plantation. With the construction of Day's hotel, today's Daytona Beach Historic District was created. In 1876, residents named the city "Daytona," in honor of Day, when the area was incorporated as a town. Growth continued in 1886 when the St. Johns & Halifax River Railway extended to Daytona. In 1926, the towns of Daytona, Daytona Beach, Kingston, and Seabreeze merged together as Daytona Beach, in an effort led by J. B. Kahn. By this time, the beach had been nicknamed "The World's Most Famous Beach." Automobile and motorcycle races began in 1902, due to the smooth, compacted sand that covered the beach. Daytona Beach became the site of various land speed record attempts. On March 8, 1836, the first stock car race was held at the Daytona Beach Road Course, which is located in present-day Ponce Inlet. Bill France, Sr. (1909-1992) and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) established the Daytona International Speedway in 1958 to replace the beach course.
source: Original 8 centimeter x 12 centimeter color postcard: "Daytona, Florida, Orange Avenue." The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine: accession number 1057, Stetson University Postcard Collection, Archive and Special Collections, duPont-Ball Library, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida.
publisher: The Hugh C. Leighton Company
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Orange Avenue, Daytona, Florida

WUCF Artisodes Short: Violectric
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Music--Florida
subject: Rock music--United States
subject: Education--Florida
description: Violectric is an Orlando-based band that combines the classical sound of violins, violas, and stringed instruments with the energy and irreverence of rock music. In addition to performing, members of the groups teach music to eager students. WUCF-TV is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television station serving the Central Florida television market. The station, operated by the University of Central Florida, is the region's sole PBS member station, reaching an estimated population of 4.6 million people in its aerial viewing area. Arts and culture take center stage in WUCF-TV's weekly local series: "WUCF Artisodes." Each episode airs Thursdays at 8 p.m., featuring a local artist or initiative, as well as stories on the arts from across the country. Developed in partnership with 28 PBS stations nationwide, this series is part of WUCF-TV's mission to give everyone a front-row seat to the arts. This Artisodes Short originally aired as part of "WUCF Artisodes #147: Development through Diversity" on October 16, 2014.
source: Original 6-minute and 23-second audio/video recording of Violectric, WUCF-TV, Orlando, Florida, April 9, 2015: WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: WUCF-TV
contributor: Brazil, Dana
contributor: Jones, Michelle
contributor: May, Nathan
contributor: PPurutcuoglu, Laine
contributor: Raymond, Danny
contributor: Trujillo, Yamilet
contributor: Violectric
contributor: Woodbury, Laura
format: application/website
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
coverage: WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
coverage: Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Orlando, Florida

Greetings from Florida's Indian River Section Postcard
subject: Indian River (Fla.)
description: A color postcard featuring the Indian River Section of Florida in 1941. The Indian River is a 121-mile long lagoon running from the Ponce de Leon inlet in New Smyrna Beach to the St. Lucie Inlet in Marion County. The lagoon was originally named Rio de Ais after the Ais tribe of East Florida.
source: Original 9 centimeter x 14 centimeter color postcard: "Greetings from Florida's Indian River Section." Curt Teich, Chicago, Illinois, 1941: Image number PC0055E, Postcard Collection, Florida State Archives, Division of Library and Information Services, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida.
publisher: Curt Teich
publisher: Florida Memory
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Indian River, Florida

WUCF Artisodes Short: Medical Students & Art
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Psychology--United States
description: In the hopes of lifting patients' spirits, students from the University of Central Florida's (UCF) College of Medicine have brought music into the hospital. Their therapeutic performances have had a positive impact on patients at Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, Florida. WUCF-TV is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television station serving the Central Florida television market. The station, operated by the University of Central Florida, is the region's sole PBS member station, reaching an estimated population of 4.6 million people in its aerial viewing area. Arts and culture take center stage in WUCF-TV's weekly local series: "WUCF Artisodes." Each episode airs Thursdays at 8 p.m., featuring a local artist or initiative, as well as stories on the arts from across the country. Developed in partnership with 28 PBS stations nationwide, this series is part of WUCF-TV's mission to give everyone a front-row seat to the arts. This Artisodes Short originally aired as part of "WUCF Artisodes #139: Music Music Music" on Jul7 31, 2014.
source: Original 2-minute and 41-second audio/video recording of Medical Students & University of Central Florida, WUCF-TV, Orlando, Florida, April 2, 2015: WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: WUCF-TV
contributor: Campbell, Michael
contributor: Metzner, Michael
contributor: Herodier, Patty
contributor: Ho, Simon
format: application/website
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
coverage: WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
coverage: College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
coverage: Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando, Florida

WUCF Artisodes Short: Song Peddler
subject: New Smyrna Beach (Fla.)
subject: Music--United States
subject: Rock music--United States
description: After performing for years as the "Piano Man" on numerous cruise ships, Ted White grew tired of travel and built a unique musical contraption. Since then, Ted performs regularly on the beach on his bicycle/keyboard that he built to resemble a grand piano. WUCF-TV is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television station serving the Central Florida television market. The station, operated by the University of Central Florida, is the region's sole PBS member station, reaching an estimated population of 4.6 million people in its aerial viewing area. Arts and culture take center stage in WUCF-TV's weekly local series: "WUCF Artisodes." Each episode airs Thursdays at 8 p.m., featuring a local artist or initiative, as well as stories on the arts from across the country. Developed in partnership with 28 PBS stations nationwide, this series is part of WUCF-TV's mission to give everyone a front-row seat to the arts. This Artisodes Short originally aired as part of "WUCF Artisodes #130" on May 15, 2014.
source: Original 4-minute and 46-second audio/video recording of Song Peddler, WUCF-TV, Orlando, Florida, May 15, 2014: WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: WUCF-TV
contributor: White, Ted
format: application/website
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
coverage: WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
coverage: Flagler Boardwalk, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
coverage: Key West, Florida

Launch Crew Members in Front of Sigma 7 Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
description: A group of launch crew members in front of the Sigma 7 Mercury-Atlas launch vehicle at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Launchpad. Photographed, from the left to right, is: an unidentified individual, of Pan American Safety
description: Don Pechi, Complex Superintendent for Pan American
description: Jim Storky, Complex Engineer
description: Charlie Hodsden, Quality Control Supervisor
description: Calvin "Cal" D. Fowler, General Dynamics Launch Complex 14 Manager
description: George P. (last name unidentified), Missile Engineer
description: Nancy (last name unidentified), Secretary for Pan American
description: John Filer, Pad Supervisor for Pan American
description: (first name unidentified) Whitehurst, Second Lieutenant for the U.S. Air Force's 6555th Aerospace Test Group
description: (first name unidentified) Watson, Pa Supervisor for Pan American
description: Art Franklin, Complex Supervisor for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
description: Mel Honeycutt, First Lieutenant for the Air Force's 6555th
description: and (first name unidentified) Meatti, Foreman for the General Dynamics Complex.
source: Original black and white photographic print, October 8, 1962: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin "Cal" D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin "Cal" D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Launch Site, Cape Canaveral, Florida

U.S. Census for Central Florida, 1840
subject: Census--United States
subject: Population--United States
description: The Sixth United States Census population records for Mosquito County (including present-day Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Seminole, Osceola, Orange, Lake, Polk, and Palm Beach counties) for 1840. The Census Act of 1840 was signed into law on March 3, 1839 and later amended on February 26, 1840. This piece of legislation established a centralized census office during each enumeration. Congress designated the census questionnaire designs to the Secretary of State. However, each household received inquiries regarding "the pursuits, industry, education, and resources of the country" and included questions related to school attendance, literacy, and vocation.
creator: U.S. Census Office
source: Original census data by the U.S. Census Office, 1840.
publisher: U.S. Census Office
contributor: Gibson, Ella
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Mosquito County, Florida

U.S. Census for Central Florida, 1850
subject: Census--United States
subject: Orange County (Fla.)
subject: Marion County (Fla.)
subject: Population--United States
description: The Seventh United States Census records for Orange County (including present-day Seminole County and part of Lake County and Osceola County) and Marion County for 1850. The census divides the population by race ("White" vs. "Black") and gender. The "Black" population is further divided into slaves and "free blacks." The population is also divided by out-of-state origin and foreign origin. Finally, the census collected information on agriculture, including number of farms, cash value of farms, acres of improved land of farms, acres of unimproved land of farms, and value of livestock. In March of 1849, Congress pass legislation that established a census board consisting of the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Postmaster General. The board was responsible for preparing and printing forms and schedules for enumeration related to population, mining, agriculture, commerce, manufacturing, education, etc. The 1850 Census also increased population inquiries to include every free person's name (as opposed to just the head of the household), as well as information on taxes, schools, crime, wages, estate values, etc.
creator: U.S. Census Office
source: Original census data by the U.S. Census Office, 1850.
publisher: U.S. Census Office
contributor: Gibson, Ella
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Orange County, Florida
coverage: Marion County, Florida

U.S. Census for Central Florida, 1860
subject: Census--United States
subject: Orange County (Fla.)
subject: Marion County (Fla.)
subject: Brevard County (Fla.)
subject: Volusia County (Fla.)
subject: Population--United States
description: The Eighth United States Census records for Brevard County (including present-day St. Lucie County), Marion County, Orange County (including present-day Seminole County and parts of present-day Lake and Osceola counties), and Volusia County (including present-day Flagler County), Florida, for 1860. The census divides the population by race ("white" and "colored"), gender, and native-born vs. foreign-born. The census also documented the number of slaves and slaveholders. The census collected information on agriculture and on manufacturing. The Census Act of 1850 authorized the U.S. Census of 1860 and stipulated that its provisions be adhered to for all future decennial censuses should no new legislation be passed by the first of the year of said census. In May of 1865, the U.S. Census Office was abolished and many superintending clerks were transferred to the General Land Office.
creator: U.S. Census Office
creator: General Land Office
source: Original census data collected by the U.S. Census Office and the General Land Office, 1860.
publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior
contributor: Gibson, Ella
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Brevard County, Florida
coverage: Orange County, Florida
coverage: Marion County, Florida
coverage: Volusia County, Florida

U.S. Census for Central Florida, 1870
subject: Census--United States
subject: Orange County (Fla.)
subject: Marion County (Fla.)
subject: Brevard County (Fla.)
subject: Volusia County (Fla.)
subject: Population--United States
description: The Ninth United States Census records for Brevard County (including present-day St. Lucie County), Marion County, Orange County (including present-day Seminole County and parts of present-day Lake and Osceola counties), and Volusia County (including present-day Flagler County), Florida, for 1870. The census divides the population by gender, race ("white" and "colored"), native-born vs. foreign-born, and state-born vs. territory-born. Those born outside of Florida are then divided by state or country of origin. This census also collected information on agriculture and on manufacturing. Although the 1870 Census was conducted under the provisions of the Census Act of 1850, a new act was passed on May 6, 1870. The new census legislation required two changes in procedures related to questionnaire return submission dates. Moreover, penalties for refusing to reply to inquires were expanded to apply to all questions and questionnaires. The questionnaires themselves had to be redesigned due to the end of the "slave questionnaire," as slavery had been formally abolished slavery nationwide via the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This left five schedules for the census: General Population, Mortality, Agriculture, Products of Industry, and Social Statistics. In addition, Charles W. Seaton, a U.S. Census Office chief clerk and later superintendent, invented a rudimentary tallying machine that partially alleviated the difficulties of tallying and tabulating questionnaire responses. Finally, the new superintendent for the Ninth Census, General Francis A. Walker (1840-1897), introduced employment examinations to test the qualifications of applicants to the Census Office, allowing for increased efficiency in the process of collecting census data.
creator: U.S. Census Office
source: Original census data collected by the U.S. Census Office, 1870.
publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior
contributor: Gibson, Ella
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Brevard County, Florida
coverage: Orange County, Florida
coverage: Marion County, Florida
coverage: Volusia County, Florida

U.S. Census for Central Florida, 1880
subject: Census--United States
subject: Orange County (Fla.)
subject: Marion County (Fla.)
subject: Brevard County (Fla.)
subject: Volusia County (Fla.)
subject: Population--United States
description: The Tenth United States Census records for Brevard County (including present-day St. Lucie County), Marion County, Orange County (including present-day Seminole County and parts of present-day Lake County, Osceola County, and Volusia County), and Volusia County (including present-day Flagler County), Florida, for 1880. The census divides the population by gender, race ("white", "colored", and "Indian"), and native-born vs. foreign-born. Those born outside of Florida are then divided by state or country of origin. The census also collected information on agriculture and on manufacturing. The newest act authorizing the Census of 1880 provided for supervision of enumeration by "supervisors of the census," selected exclusively for the collection of census data. All supervisors, as well as the superintendent, were to appointed by the President and approved by the Senate. Census enumerators were required to personally visit each household and family within his subdivision. The new census act also allowed for the collection of data related to the condition and operation of railroad corporations, incorporated express companies, and telegraph companies, as well as data related to the condition and operation of life, fire, and marine insurance companies. Corporations who refused to provide the census with "true and complete" answers were subject to fines. In addition, the census superintendent was required to collect and publish data on the population, industries and resources of the District of Alaska. Finally, the 1880 Census consisted of five schedules: Population, Mortality, Agriculture, Social Statistics, and Manufacturing.
creator: U.S. Census Office
source: Original census data collected by the U.S. Census Office, 1880.
publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior
contributor: Gibson, Ella
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Brevard County, Florida
coverage: Orange County, Florida
coverage: Marion County, Florida
coverage: Volusia County, Florida

U.S. Census for Central Florida, 1890
subject: Census--United States
subject: Orange County (Fla.)
subject: Marion County (Fla.)
subject: Brevard County (Fla.)
subject: Volusia County (Fla.)
subject: Lake County (Fla.)
subject: Osceola County (Fla.)
subject: Population--United States
description: The Eleventh United States Census records for Brevard County, Lake County, Marion County, Orange County (including present-day Seminole County), Osceola County, and Volusia County (including present-day Flagler County), Florida, for 1890. The census divides the population by gender, race ("white," "black," "Chinese," and "civilized Indian"), and native-born vs. foreign-born. Those who are foreign born are further divided by country of origin. The census then lists the number of teachers and students by county, further dividing teachers and students by gender and race ("white" and "colored"). The census also collected information on agriculture and on manufacturing. The Census of 1890 was authorized by an act modeled after the 1880 enumeration and signed into law on March 1, 1889. The 1890 Census was supervised by 175 employees and enumerators were required to collect all information by personally visiting each household. The 1890 Census included essentially the same inquiries from the 1880 Census, with some notable additions, such as questions about home and farm ownership and indebtedness; and the names, units, length of service, and residences of former Union soldiers and sailors, as well as the names of the widows of those who were no longer alive. Racial categorization was expanded to include "Japanese," along with "Chinese," "Negro," "mulatto," "quadroon," "octoroon," and "White." Herman Hollerith (1860-1929), a former employee of the U.S. Census Office, invented the electric tabulating system, which was widely used in the 1890 Census, allowing data to be processed faster and more efficiently. On October 3, 1893, Congress passed a law that transferred census-related work to the direction of the commissioner of labor. Congress passed another act on March 2, 1895, effectively abolishing the U.S. Census Office and transferring the remaining responsibilities to the Office of the Secretary of the Interior.
creator: U.S. Census Office
creator: Office of the Secretary of the Interior
source: Original census data collected by the U.S. Census Office and the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1890.
publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior
contributor: Gibson, Ella
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Brevard County, Florida
coverage: Lake County, Florida
coverage: Marion County, Florida
coverage: Orange County, Florida
coverage: Osceola County, Florida
coverage: Volusia County, Florida

U.S. Census for Central Florida, 1900
subject: Census--United States
subject: Orange County (Fla.)
subject: Marion County (Fla.)
subject: Brevard County (Fla.)
subject: Volusia County (Fla.)
subject: Lake County (Fla.)
subject: Osceola County (Fla.)
subject: Population--United States
description: The Twelfth United States Census records for Brevard County, Lake County, Marion County, Orange County (including present-day Seminole County), Osceola County, and Volusia County (including present-day Flagler County), Florida, for 1900. The census divides the population by gender, race ("white" and "black"), and native-born vs. foreign-born. Those who are foreign born are further divided by country of origin. The census then lists the illiterate population categorized by age, race, and gender. The census also collected information on agriculture and on manufacturing. Congress limited the Census of 1900 to content related to population, mortality, agriculture, and manufacturing. Special census agents were authorized to collect statistics related to incidents of deafness, blindness, insanity, and juvenile delinquency; as well as data on religious bodies, utilities, mining, and transportation. The act authorizing the 1900 Census designated the enumeration of military personally to the U.S. Department of War and the U.S. Department of the Navy, while Indiana Territory was to be enumerated by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Annexed in 1898, Hawaii was included in the census for the first time. In 1902, the U.S. Census Office was officially established as a permanent organization within the U.S. Department of the Interior. The office became the U.S. Census Bureau in 1903 and was transferred to the Department of Commerce and Labor.
creator: U.S. Census Office
creator: U.S. Census Bureau
source: Original census data collected by the U.S. Census Office and the U.S. Census Bureau, 1900.
publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior
publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor
contributor: Gibson, Ella
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Brevard County, Florida
coverage: Lake County, Florida
coverage: Marion County, Florida
coverage: Orange County, Florida
coverage: Osceola County, Florida
coverage: Volusia County, Florida

U.S. Census for Central Florida, 1910
subject: Census--United States
subject: Orange County (Fla.)
subject: Marion County (Fla.)
subject: Brevard County (Fla.)
subject: Volusia County (Fla.)
subject: Lake County (Fla.)
subject: Osceola County (Fla.)
subject: Population--United States
description: The Thirteenth United States Census records for Brevard County, Lake County, Marion County, Orange County (including present-day Seminole County), Osceola County, and Volusia County (including present-day Flagler County), Florida, for 1910. The census divides the population by gender, race ("white" and "black"), and native-born vs. foreign-born. Those who are foreign born are further divided by country of origin. The census then lists the illiterate population categorized by age, race, gender, and school attendance. The census also collected information on agriculture. The Census of 1910 was approved by legislation introduced in December of 1907 and enacted in July of 1909. The delay was the result of a disagreement over the appointment of enumerators. President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) supported the hiring of enumerators via the civil service system, while Congress supported enumerators as positions of patronage. President Roosevelt successfully won the debate. This census act also changed Census Day from the traditional date of June 1st to April 15th. Additional questions regarding the nationality and native language of foreign-born persons and their parents. Funds for the U.S. Census Bureau were also increased to expand the Census' permanent workforce and created several new full-time positions, including a geographer, a chief statistician, and an assistant director. The assistant director was to be appointed by the President and approved by the Senate, while all other census employees were hired on the basis of open, competitive examinations administered by the Civil Service Commission. Despite the use of automatic counting machinery, issues with the tabulation process persisted. Finally, with the United States' entrance into World War I in 1917, the U.S. Census Bureau became a source of even more valuable purpose: the Census was able to use population and economic data to report on the populations of draft-age men, as well as information regarding each st…
creator: U.S. Census Bureau
source: Original census data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau, 1910.
publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce
contributor: Gibson, Ella
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Brevard County, Florida
coverage: Lake County, Florida
coverage: Marion County, Florida
coverage: Orange County, Florida
coverage: Osceola County, Florida
coverage: Volusia County, Florida

U.S. Census for Central Florida, 1920
subject: Census--United States
subject: Orange County (Fla.)
subject: Marion County (Fla.)
subject: Brevard County (Fla.)
subject: St. Lucie County (Fla.)
subject: Seminole County (Fla.)
subject: Volusia County (Fla.)
subject: Flagler County (Fla.)
subject: Lake County (Fla.)
subject: Osceola County (Fla.)
subject: Population--United States
description: The Fourteenth United States Census records for Brevard County, Flagler County, Lake County, Marion County, Orange County, Osceola County, Seminole County, and Volusia County, Florida for 1920. The census divides the population by gender, race ("white" and "black"), and native-born vs. foreign-born. Those who are foreign born are further divided by country of origin. The census then lists the population categorized by age, school attendance, race, and literacy. The census also collected information on agriculture and on manufacturing. The Census of 1920 changed the date of Census Day from April 15th to January 1st, as requested by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which argued that farmers' memories and harvest information would be more accurate on this day. The U.S. Census Bureau was also authorized to hire additional employees at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., and to create a special field force to collect census data. The legislation authorizing the 1920 Census also allowed for a census of manufacturing to be conducted in 1921, and for such a census to be repeated every two years thereafter, as opposed to the traditional five-year census cycle. Furthermore, a census of agriculture and livestock was to be conducted in 1925 and to be repeated every 10 years thereafter. In addition, penalties for those who refused to supply information or those who supplied false information were strengthened. As a result of these changes, the censuses of population, manufacturing, and agriculture and livestock became increasingly independent of one another. The "usual place of abode," the location where residents regularly slept, instead of where they worked or were visiting, became the new basis for enumeration in the 1920 Census. Those with no permanent or regular residence were listed as residents of the location that they were enumerated at. Enumeration related to institutional inmates, and dependent, defective, and delinquent classes were also modified. Unlike the pre…
creator: U.S. Census Bureau
source: Original census data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau, 1920.
publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce
contributor: Gibson, Ella
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Brevard County, Florida
coverage: Flagler County, Florida
coverage: Lake County, Florida
coverage: Marion County, Florida
coverage: Orange County, Florida
coverage: Osceola County, Florida
coverage: Seminole County, Florida
coverage: Volusia County, Florida

U.S. Census for Central Florida, 1930
subject: Census--United States
subject: Orange County (Fla.)
subject: Marion County (Fla.)
subject: Brevard County (Fla.)
subject: St. Lucie County (Fla.)
subject: Seminole County (Fla.)
subject: Volusia County (Fla.)
subject: Flagler County (Fla.)
subject: Lake County (Fla.)
subject: Osceola County (Fla.)
subject: Population--United States
description: The Fifteenth United States Census records for Brevard County, Flagler County, Lake County, Marion County, Orange County, Osceola County, Seminole County, and Volusia County, Florida, for 1930. The census divides the population by gender, race ("white" and "black"), and native-born vs. foreign-born. Those who are foreign born are further divided by country of origin. The census then lists the population categorized by age, family size (as well as rural families vs. urban families), family radio ownership, marital status, school attendance, and literacy. The census also collected information on agriculture, on manufacturing, and on unemployment. The act authorizing the 1930 Census was approved on June 18, 1929, allowing for censuses of population, agriculture, irrigation, draining, distribution, unemployment, and mining. For the first time, specific questions for inquiry were left to the discretion of the Director of the Census. The Census encompassed each state, as well as the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. The Governors of Guam, American Samoa, the Virginia Islands, and the Panama Canal Zone were responsible for conducting censuses in their respective territories. Between the date that the census act was passed and Census Day (April 1st), the stock market crashed, plunging the entire country into the Great Depression. In response, there were public and academic requests for access to unemployment data collected in the 1930 Census; however, the U.S. Census Bureau was unable to meet this demand and the bureau was accused of presenting unreliable data. Congress required a special unemployment census for January 1931, which ultimately confirmed the severity of the economic crisis. Another unemployment census was conducted in 1937, as mandated by Congress. Because this special census was voluntary, it allowed the Census Bureau to experiment with statistical sampling. Only two percent of households received a special census questionnaire.
creator: U.S. Census Bureau
source: Original census data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau, 1930.
publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce
contributor: Gibson, Ella
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Brevard County, Florida
coverage: Flagler County, Florida
coverage: Lake County, Florida
coverage: Marion County, Florida
coverage: Orange County, Florida
coverage: Osceola County, Florida
coverage: Seminole County, Florida
coverage: Volusia County, Florida

U.S. Census for Central Florida, 1940
subject: Census--United States
subject: Orange County (Fla.)
subject: Marion County (Fla.)
subject: Brevard County (Fla.)
subject: St. Lucie County (Fla.)
subject: Seminole County (Fla.)
subject: Volusia County (Fla.)
subject: Flagler County (Fla.)
subject: Lake County (Fla.)
subject: Osceola County (Fla.)
subject: Population--United States
description: The Sixteenth United States Census records for Brevard County, Flagler County, Lake County, Marion County, Orange County, Osceola County, Seminole County, and Volusia County, Florida for 1940. The census divides the population by gender, race ("white" and "black"), and native-born vs. foreign-born. Those who were foreign born were further divided by country of origin. The census then lists the population categorized by age, primary and secondary school attendance, and college attendance. The census also collected information on agriculture, on manufacturing, on commerce, on unemployment, and on labor. Congress authorized the 1940 Census in August 1939, providing the Director of the Census the additional authority to conduct a national census of housing in each state, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Alaska. The housing census was conducted separately, though enumerators often collection housing information at the same time that they collected population information. The Census of 1940 was the first time that the U.S. Census Bureau used advanced statistical techniques. In particular, the census used probablity sampling, which had only previously been tested in a trial census of unemployment conducted the Civil Works Administration during 1933-1934, in surveys of retail stores in the 1930s, and in an official sample survey of unemployment conducted amongst two percent of American households in 1937. Probability sampling allowed for the inclusion of additional demographic questions without increasing the burden on the collection process or on data processing. Moreover, sampling the U.S. Census Bureau was able to publish preliminary returns eight months before tabulations were completed. Likewise, the census increased its number of published tables, and was also able to complete data processing with higher quality and more efficiency. New census questions focused on employment, unemployment, internal migration, and incomes—reflectin…
creator: U.S. Census Bureau
source: Original census data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau, 1940.
publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce
contributor: Gibson, Ella
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Brevard County, Florida
coverage: Flagler County, Florida
coverage: Lake County, Florida
coverage: Marion County, Florida
coverage: Orange County, Florida
coverage: Osceola County, Florida
coverage: Seminole County, Florida
coverage: Volusia County, Florida

U.S. Census for Central Florida, 1950
subject: Census--United States
subject: Orange County (Fla.)
subject: Marion County (Fla.)
subject: Brevard County (Fla.)
subject: St. Lucie County (Fla.)
subject: Seminole County (Fla.)
subject: Volusia County (Fla.)
subject: Flagler County (Fla.)
subject: Lake County (Fla.)
subject: Osceola County (Fla.)
subject: Population--United States
description: The Seventeenth United States Census records for Brevard County, Flagler County, Lake County, Marion County, Orange County, Osceola County, Seminole County, and Volusia County, Florida, for 1950. The census divides the population by gender, race ("white" and "black"), and native-born vs. foreign-born. The census then lists the population categorized by age, marital status, primary and secondary school attendance, and college attendance. The census also collected information on agriculture, on unemployment, and on labor. The Census of 1950 encompassed every state, Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, the Panama Canal Zone, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and other small American territories. For the first time, the U.S. Census Bureau enumerated Americans living abroad to account for members of the Armed Forces, vessel crew members, and government employees residing in foreign countries. The Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of State (DOS), the Maritime Administration (MARAD), and several other federal agencies were responsible for distributing and collecting census questionnaires in a cooperative effort. Persons living abroad for reasons other than what is listed above had their census information reported by families or neighbors residing in the United States, but such data was criticized as unreliable and were not published in official statistics. The 1950 Census also included a new survey on residential financing collected separately on a sample basis from owners of owner-occupied properties, rental properties, and mortgage lenders. The accuracy of the new census was increased by improved enumerator training, the use of detailed street maps for enumerators, the publication of "Missed Person" forms in local newspapers, and the designation of a specific night to conduct a special enumeration of transient individuals. Moreover, a post-enumeration survey was conducted to further verify the accuracy of the original enumeration. A sample of approximately 3,5…
creator: U.S. Census Bureau
source: Original census data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau, 1950.
publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce
contributor: U.S. Department of Defense
contributor: U.S. Department of State
contributor: U.S. Maritime Administration
contributor: Gibson, Ella
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Brevard County, Florida
coverage: Flagler County, Florida
coverage: Lake County, Florida
coverage: Marion County, Florida
coverage: Orange County, Florida
coverage: Osceola County, Florida
coverage: Seminole County, Florida
coverage: Volusia County, Florida

U.S. Census for Central Florida, 1960
subject: Census--United States
subject: Orange County (Fla.)
subject: Marion County (Fla.)
subject: Brevard County (Fla.)
subject: St. Lucie County (Fla.)
subject: Seminole County (Fla.)
subject: Volusia County (Fla.)
subject: Flagler County (Fla.)
subject: Lake County (Fla.)
subject: Osceola County (Fla.)
subject: Population--United States
description: The Eighteenth United States Census records for Brevard County, Flagler County, Lake County, Marion County, Orange County, Osceola County, Seminole County, and Volusia County, Florida, for 1960. The census divides the population by gender, race ("white", "black", "Japanese", "Chinese", "Filipino", and "other"), and native-born vs. foreign-born. Those who are foreign born are further divided by country of origin. The census then lists the population categorized by age, military service, transportation use, primary and secondary school attendance, and college attendance. The census also collected information on labor and on unemployment. The Census of 1960 was the first to be mailed to respondents. The U.S. Post Office Department delivered census questionnaires to households, the head of household was required to complete the questionnaire, and an enumerator was to pick it up. The enumeration process was divided into two stages: first, select data for each person and dwelling unit was collected; and second, more detailed economic and social data was collected from a sample of households and dwelling units. The census questionnaires for the second stage were hand-delivered by enumerators as they were collecting data from the first stage. Households receiving the second census questionnaire were to complete the form and mail it to their local census office. Twenty-five percent of the population was giving additional sample questions. Because of the increased use of sampling, less populated areas were prone to sampling variation; however, this did not significantly decrease the usefulness of census statistics gathered. Moreover, increased use of sampling reduced data processing costs. Additional questions included in the 1960 Census were related to places of work and means of transportation to work. By 1960, nearly all census data was processed using computers. The U.S. Census Bureau used a Film Optical Sensing Device for Input to Computer (FOSDIC) for the first time, th…
creator: U.S. Census Bureau
source: Original census data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau, 1960.
publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce
contributor: Gibson, Ella
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Brevard County, Florida
coverage: Flagler County, Florida
coverage: Lake County, Florida
coverage: Marion County, Florida
coverage: Orange County, Florida
coverage: Osceola County, Florida
coverage: Seminole County, Florida
coverage: Volusia County, Florida

U.S. Census for Central Florida, 1970
subject: Census--United States
subject: Orange County (Fla.)
subject: Marion County (Fla.)
subject: Brevard County (Fla.)
subject: St. Lucie County (Fla.)
subject: Seminole County (Fla.)
subject: Volusia County (Fla.)
subject: Flagler County (Fla.)
subject: Lake County (Fla.)
subject: Osceola County (Fla.)
subject: Population--United States
description: The Nineteenth United States Census records for Brevard County, Flagler County, Lake County, Marion County, Orange County, Osceola County, Seminole County, and Volusia County, Florida, for 1970. The census divides the population by gender, race ("white," "black," "Spanish," and "other"), and native-born vs. foreign-born. Those who are foreign born are further divided by country of origin. The census then lists the population categorized by marital status, type of residence, military service, primary and secondary school attendance, and college attendance. The census also collected information on labor, on unemployment, on transportation, and on ownership of various types of technology. In 1966, the U.S. Census Bureau sought suggestions from advisory committees and from the public, resulting in numerous proposals for additional inquiries related to the scope and structure of the census, as well as in public interest for the publication of additional census data. Researchers also concluded that the 1950 Census and the 1960 Census had undercounted certain segments of the population. Moreover, they noted a growing distrust of government activity and increased resistance to responding to the census. Simultaneously, both the public and private sectors expressed need for accurate information. The U.S. Census Bureau decreased its number of questions from 66 to 23 in an effort to simplify its products. A register for densely populated areas was also created to ensure that all housing units were accounted for. A Spanish-language questionnaire was also enclosed with census questionnaires in areas with a significant amount of Spanish-speaking households. Additionally, a question on Hispanic origins or descent was asked independently from race, but only on a five-percent sample. Only five questions were given to all individuals: relationship to household head, sex, race, age, and marital status. Additional questions were asked in smaller sample groups. This was also the first ce…
creator: U.S. Census Bureau
source: Original census data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau, 1970.
publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce
contributor: Gibson, Ella
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Brevard County, Florida
coverage: Flagler County, Florida
coverage: Lake County, Florida
coverage: Marion County, Florida
coverage: Orange County, Florida
coverage: Osceola County, Florida
coverage: Seminole County, Florida
coverage: Volusia County, Florida

U.S. Census for Central Florida, 1980
subject: Census--United States
subject: Orange County (Fla.)
subject: Marion County (Fla.)
subject: Brevard County (Fla.)
subject: St. Lucie County (Fla.)
subject: Seminole County (Fla.)
subject: Volusia County (Fla.)
subject: Flagler County (Fla.)
subject: Lake County (Fla.)
subject: Osceola County (Fla.)
subject: Population--United States
description: The Twentieth United States Census records for Brevard County, Flagler County, Lake County, Marion County, Orange County, Osceola County, Seminole County, and Volusia County, Florida for 1980. The census divides the population by gender, race ("white," "black," "American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut," "Asian and Pacific Islander," "Spanish," "Mexican American," "Puerto Rican American," "Cuban American," "Other Spanish American," "Chinese American," "Japanese American," "Filipino American," "Korean American," "Asian Indian American," "Vietnamese American," "Hawaiian American," "Guamanian American," and "Samoan American"), and native-born vs. foreign-born. Those who are foreign born are further divided by country of origin. The census then lists the population categorized by marital status, type of residence, military service, primary and secondary school attendance, and college attendance. The census also collected information on labor, on unemployment, and on transportation. Due to the success of the 1970 Census' mail-out/mail-back questionnaire, the program was expanded for the Census of 1980 to include approximately 95 percent of the population. The short-form questionnaire for this census contained seven questions related to population and 11 questions related to housing; whereas the long-form questionnaire included 26 questions on population and 10 questions on housing. A question regarding Spanish or Hispanic origin, separate from race inquires, was used in all questionnaires due to its success in a five-percent sample for the 1970 Census. Two surveys were included in the new census: the Components of Inventory Change Survey, making inquiries regarding the number and characteristics of housing units that either changed or remained the same between 1973 and 1980; and the Residential Finance Survey, which collected information on mortgages, shelter costs, housing characteristics, and owner characteristics. The U.S. Census Bureau's Census Publicity Office, establishe…
creator: U.S. Census Bureau
source: Original census data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau, 1980.
publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce
contributor: Gibson, Ella
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Brevard County, Florida
coverage: Flagler County, Florida
coverage: Lake County, Florida
coverage: Marion County, Florida
coverage: Orange County, Florida
coverage: Osceola County, Florida
coverage: Seminole County, Florida
coverage: Volusia County, Florida

U.S. Census for Central Florida, 1990
subject: Census--United States
subject: Orange County (Fla.)
subject: Marion County (Fla.)
subject: Brevard County (Fla.)
subject: St. Lucie County (Fla.)
subject: Seminole County (Fla.)
subject: Volusia County (Fla.)
subject: Flagler County (Fla.)
subject: Lake County (Fla.)
subject: Osceola County (Fla.)
subject: Population--United States
description: The Twenty-First United States Census records for Brevard County, Flagler County, Lake County, Marion County, Orange County, Osceola County, Seminole County, and Volusia County, Florida, for 1990. The census divides the population by gender, race ("white," "black," "American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut," "Asian or Pacific Islander," "other," "Hispanic," "Mexican," "Puerto Rican," "Cuban," "Other Hispanic," "Dominican," "Central American Hispanic," "Guatemalan," "Honduran," "Nicaraguan," "Panamanian," "Salvadorian," "Other Central American Hispanic," "South American Hispanic," "Columbian," "Ecuadorian," "Peruvian," "Other South American Hispanic," "Chinese," "Japanese," "Filipino," "Korean," "Asian Indian," "Vietnamese," "Cambodian," "Laotian," "Thai," and "Other Asian"), and native-born vs. foreign-born. Those who are foreign born are further divided by country of origin. The census then lists the population categorized by marital status and military service. The census also collected information on labor, on unemployment, on energy usage, and on transportation. For the 1990 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau utilized extensive user consultation prior to enumeration in order to refine both long and short form census questionnaires. The short form consisted of 13 questions and was given to the entire population. The long form asked 45 questions and was given to a 20-percent sample. The long form included topics related to marital history, carpooling, residence, residential elevators, and energy usage. Unlike the 1980 Census, the new census eliminated questions regarding air conditioning, the number of bathrooms in a residence, and the type of heating equipment used. A vast advertising campaign was marketed to increase public awareness of the census via public television, radio, and print media. Like the previous census, the Census of 1990 made a special effort to enumerate groups that have historically been undercounted in previous censuses called "S-Night": individuals in …
creator: U.S. Census Bureau
source: Original census data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau, 1990.
publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce
contributor: Gibson, Ella
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Brevard County, Florida
coverage: Flagler County, Florida
coverage: Lake County, Florida
coverage: Marion County, Florida
coverage: Orange County, Florida
coverage: Osceola County, Florida
coverage: Seminole County, Florida
coverage: Volusia County, Florida

U.S. Census for Central Florida, 2000
subject: Census--United States
subject: Orange County (Fla.)
subject: Marion County (Fla.)
subject: Brevard County (Fla.)
subject: St. Lucie County (Fla.)
subject: Seminole County (Fla.)
subject: Volusia County (Fla.)
subject: Flagler County (Fla.)
subject: Lake County (Fla.)
subject: Osceola County (Fla.)
subject: Population--United States
description: The Twenty-Second United States Census records for Brevard County, Flagler County, Lake County, Marion County, Orange County, Osceola County, Seminole County, and Volusia County, Florida, for 2000. The census divides the population by gender, race ("white alone," "black," "American Indian and Alaska Native," "Asian," Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander," "other race," "two or moreraces," "Hispanic," "Mexican," "Puerto Rican," "Cuban," "Dominican," "Central American," "Costa Rican," "Guatemalan," "Honduran," "Nicaraguan," "Panamanian," "Salvadoran," "Other Central American," "South American," "Argentinean," "Bolivian," "Chilean," "Columbian," "Ecuadorian," "Paraguayan," "Peruvian," "Uruguayan," "Venezuelan," "Other South American," "Spaniard," "Asian Indian," "Bangladeshi," "Cambodian," "Chinese," "Filipino," "Hmong," "Indonesian," "Japanese," "Korean," "Laotian," "Malaysian," "Pakistani,""Sri Lankan," "Taiwanese," "Vietnamese," and "other Asian"), and native-born vs. foreign-born. Those who are foreign born are further divided by country of origin. The census then lists the population categorized by marital status, type of residence, military service, primary and secondary school attendance, and college attendance. The census also collected information on labor, on unemployment, on energy usage, and on transportation. For the Census of 2000, the short form consisted of only seven questions, while the long form consisted of 52 questions and was used for a 17-percent sample of the population. For the first time, race questions were not limited to a single category; rather, respondents were able to check multiple boxes. A new question related to grandparents as caregivers was also mandated by legislation passed in 1996. Disability questions were expanded to including hearing and vision impairments, as well as learning, memory, and concentration disabilities. The 2000 Census also eliminated questions related to children born, water sources, sewage disposal, and c…
creator: U.S. Census Bureau
source: Original census data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau, 2000.
publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce
contributor: Gibson, Ella
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Brevard County, Florida
coverage: Flagler County, Florida
coverage: Lake County, Florida
coverage: Marion County, Florida
coverage: Orange County, Florida
coverage: Osceola County, Florida
coverage: Seminole County, Florida
coverage: Volusia County, Florida

Launch Control Center and Vehicle Assembly Building at John F. Kennedy Space Center
subject: Merritt Island (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Kennedy Space Center
subject: John F. Kennedy Space Center
description: The Launch Control Center (LCC) and the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Merritt Island, Florida. The Apollo missions and later Space Shuttle missions were launched at the LCC and the Saturn V rocket was assembled at the VAB.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Launch Control Center, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida
coverage: Vehicle Assembly Building, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida

Warren III Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Site at Warren Air Force Base
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Air Force
description: The Warren III Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch site, located at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base (Warren AFB), was built in 1960 to house the Atlas D ICBM. This "coffin" site is the current location of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) and was active from 1960 to 1964.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming

Dr. Calvin D. Fowler Trying on a Space Suit at John F. Kennedy Space Center
subject: Merritt Island (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Kennedy Space Center
subject: John F. Kennedy Space Center
description: Dr. Calvin D. Fowler, the man who launched three of the Mercury-Atlas missions to orbit the Earth, trying on a Apollo-era space suit at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida

Thousands of Hallmarks - One Successful Mission
subject: Merritt Island (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Kennedy Space Center
subject: John F. Kennedy Space Center
subject: Apollo Project (U.S.)
description: To assure proper checks and approvals by all appropriate individuals, small, custom-inked stamps called "hallmarks" were used by Apollo Project. Each worker who conducted one approved of the quality or conformance of the inspected item. These hallmarks are visible on equipment and reports of that era.
source: Original certificate: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida
coverage: Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
coverage: Space Center Houston, Houston, Texas
coverage: Daytona Beach, Florida
coverage: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama

Engineering Hallmark in Honor of Apollo 17
subject: Merritt Island (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Kennedy Space Center
subject: John F. Kennedy Space Center
subject: Apollo Project (U.S.)
subject: Astronauts--United States
description: To assure proper checks and approvals by all appropriate individuals, small custom inked stamps called hallmarks were used by Apollo workers to ensure that checks were performed, and each worker who conducted one approved of the quality or conformance of the inspected item. These hallmarks are visible on equipment and reports of that era. This certificate was in honor of Apollo 17 and signed by the mission's astronauts: Eugene Cernan (b. 1934), Ronald Evans (1933-1990), and Harrison Schmitt (b. 1935)
source: Original certificate, June 7, 1972: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida

Dr. Calvin D. Fowler Applying His Engineering Hallmark
subject: Merritt Island (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Kennedy Space Center
subject: John F. Kennedy Space Center
subject: Apollo Project (U.S.)
description: Dr. Calvin D. Fowler, the man who launched the final three Mercury-Atlas missions, is photographed here, applying his hallmark stamp to what appears to be a commemorative poster during the Apollo era. To assure proper checks and approvals by all appropriate individuals, small custom inked stamps called hallmarks were used by Apollo workers to ensure that checks were performed, and each worker who conducted one approved of the quality or conformance of the inspected item. These hallmarks are visible on equipment and reports of that era.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Astronaut Gordon Cooper and Dr. Calvin D. Fowler Signing Rocket
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Atlas (Missile)
subject: Astronauts--United States
description: Gordon Cooper (1927-2004) and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 launch manager Dr. Calvin D. Fowler sign the Atlas rocket, which would launch Faith 7 into orbit. Dr. Fowler and Cooper were at the General Dynamics/Astronautics factory in San Diego, California, to accept the Atlas booster. Cooper was to be the final astronaut of Project Mercury, as it paved the way for Project Gemini. Dr. Fowler would manage the spacecraft preparation and ignite the Atlas launch vehicle. Cooper would become, for a short time, the space endurance record holder.
source: Original black and white photographic print, April 1963: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: General Dynamics/Astronautics Factory, San Diego, California
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Atlas Core Arriving at Cape Canaveral
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Atlas (Missile)
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
description: An Atlas core arriving at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Skid Strip. The core was flown from the manufacturer, Convair/General Dynamics, to Cape Canaveral, where it was unloaded and prepared for launch. This particular core was used for one of the four Mercury Atlas missions.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Friendship 7 Atlas Debris
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Atlas (Missile)
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
description: The stainless steel skin of an Atlas booster is displayed after recovery. This debris is suspected of being part of the Atlas used to boost John Glenn (b. 1921) with his Friendship 7 spacecraft into orbit. The skin is in such a degraded condition, because it is extremely thin, as the rocket maintained rigidity by internal fuel pressure, and the booster fell from a high altitude.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Astronaut Gordon Cooper Recovered After Splashdown
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Astronauts--United States
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
description: Gordon Cooper (1927-2004) completed his 22.5 orbit flight in the Faith 7 Mercury spacecraft by manually landing in the Pacific Ocean on May 16, 1963, closer than any other flight had landed with reference to the recovery ship. A dehydrated Cooper, still in Faith 7, is seen after the recovery aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge. Cooper not only set a record of staying in space for over 34 hours, but he would prove a trained pilot was an important ingredient in space flight.
source: Original black and white photographic print, May 16, 1963: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida
coverage: Pacific Ocean

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 13 Launch Tote Board
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
description: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 13 (LC-13) was the sister site of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) and was used for unmanned Atlas intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), rocket tests, and Atlas-Agena launches. As was the tradition, a launch tote board, posted at the blockhouse, listing the launches and rocket configurations was typical for launch sites.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 13 Blockhouse, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Major General Ben Ivan Funk Presents Award Citations to T. J. Joseph O'Malley and Dr. Calvin D. Fowler
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Air Force
description: Major General Ben Ivan Funk (1913-2012), of the U.S. Air Force, presents citations noting service to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) space program to aerospace engineer T. J. Joseph O'Malley and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) Manager Dr. Calvin D. Fowler. Photographed, from left to right, is O'Malley, Maj. Gen. Funk, and Dr. Fowler.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Blockhouse, Cape Canaveral, Florida
coverage: Space Systems Division Headquarters, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, El Segundo, California

Edgewater Hotel
subject: Winter Garden (Fla.)
subject: Hotels--Florida
description: The Edgewater Hotel, located at 99 West Plant Street in Winter Garden, Florida. The hotel is a part of the Winter Garden’s National Historic Register Business District, was completed in 1926 and opened in 1927 with 53 guestrooms available. At opening, rooms were rented for $2 or $2.50 a night and the hotel included all the modern conveniences of those times: an elevator, telephones in each room with a switchboard operator downstairs, steam heat controls in each room, adjoining bathrooms, up-to-date plumbing and fire sprinklers throughout the facility. During the 1940s, players from several professional baseball clubs stayed here while training at Walker Fields. The Edgewater Hotel closed in 1968 and remained dormant for approximately 25 years. When city officials began discussing demolition of the building in order to construct a parking lot, concerned citizens formed the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation (WGHF), a non-profit organization, to purchase and restore the building. Intervention by the WGHF became unnecessary when Max Blanchard and Mike Lanza bought the building for restoration in 1995. Eight years later, the hotel reopened as a bed-and-breakfast with shops and restaurants such as Scoops and The Chef's Table.
source: Original color digital image: Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Winter Garden, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Edgewater Hotel, Winter Garden, Florida

Time Capsule Placed at Mercury 7 Monument
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Monuments--United States
description: The time capsule is located at the Mercury 7 Monument, which was placed at the entrance to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 (LC-14). Contents of the time capsule are said to include John Glenn's (b. 1921) Marine Corps pilot wings, capsule blueprints, and photographic film documentation. Standing to the head of the site is a sculpture of the emblem of Project Mercury. The "7" signifies the original 7 Mercury astronauts, known as the Original Seven and Astronaut Group 1. The astronauts were Alan Shepard (1923-1998), Gus Grissom (1926-1967), John Glenn, Scott Carpenter (1925-2013), Wally Schirra (1923-2007), Gordon Cooper (1927-2004), and Deke Slayton. The marker, which was not in place when the photograph was taken, quotes President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963): "One of the most complex tasks ever presented to man in this country...the achievement of manned flight in orbit around the Earth." President Kennedy requested that the time capsule be opened 500 years, hence in 2464.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Mercury 7 Monument, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida

314 South Boyd Street, Winter Garden
subject: Winter Garden (Fla.)
subject: Buildings--Florida
subject: Libraries--Florida
subject: Houses and homes
description: This one-story Frame Vernacular-style building was constructed at 314 South Boyd Street in Winter Garden, Florida, in 1928. Located in Smith's #3 subdivision, platted by G. T. Smith in 1925, it initially served as the clubhouse for the Winter Garden Woman's Club, which was organized in 1926. Later, the building housed the Winter Garden Library. The library association lost the building in 1936 because of delinquent taxes. Judson Moore, Mayor of Winter Garden from 1945-47 and 1961-63, and manager of the Pounds Goodyear store on Plant Street, also lived in this house.
creator: Bowers, Katherine
source: Original color digital image by Katherine Bowers, July 2014: Winter Garden Heritage Foundation.
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Winter Garden Woman's Club, Winter Garden, Florida
coverage: Winter Garden Library, Winter Garden, Florida
coverage: Home of Mayor Judson Moore Winter Garden, Florida

Thor-Able Mission Being Prepared for Launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
description: The Thor-Able rocket sits on the pad being prepared for launch. These missions were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17 (LC-17).
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Oral History of Henry Carl Okraski
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Link Aviation Devices, Inc.
subject: Simulation
description: An oral history of Henry Carl Okraski, former Deputy Director of the Naval Air Warfare Training Systems (NAWCTSD) in Orlando, Florida. The interview was conducted by Kendra Hazen at Research Park in Orlando, Florida. This oral history was produced as part of the Community Veterans History Project (CVHP) and the Lone Sailor Memorial Committee for the purpose conducting background research for a memorial honoring the former Naval Training Center Orlando (NTC Orlando). 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.
creator: Hazen, Kendra
creator: Okraski, Henry "Hank" Carl
source: Okraski, Henry "Hank" Carl. Interviewed by Kendra Hazen. UCF Community Veterans History Project. March 7, 2014. Audio/video record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries
contributor: Hill, Amanda
contributor: UCF Community Veterans History Project
contributor: RICHES of Central Florida
format: video/mp4
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
coverage: Utica Free Academy, Utica, New York
coverage: Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York
coverage: Thule Air Base, Qaasuitsup, Greenland
coverage: Port Washington, Long Island, New York
coverage: Naval Training Center Orlando, Orlando, Florida
coverage: Maitland, Florida
coverage: Lake Nona Medical City, Lake Nona, Orlando, Florida

Apollo 8 Awaiting Liftoff at John F. Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
subject: Merritt Island (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Apollo Project (U.S.)
subject: Kennedy Space Center
subject: John F. Kennedy Space Center
description: Apollo 8 sitting on John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) in the time leading up to launch. This was to be the first launch at Kennedy Space Center and at LC-39A. Apollo 8 was the first manned launch of the Saturn V rocket, which produced over 7.5 million pounds of thrust. Additionally, Apollo 8 was the first manned spacecraft to leave earth orbit and successfully complete orbiting of the Moon.
source: Original color photographic print, December 1968: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: John F. Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A, Merritt Island, Florida

SA-500F Full-Scale Saturn V Mock Up at John F. Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
subject: Merritt Island (Fla.)
subject: Kennedy Space Center
subject: John F. Kennedy Space Center
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Apollo Project (U.S.)
description: Before rolling a functional Apollo-Saturn launch vehicle, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) used a full-scale mock up made from "boilerplate" parts to test assembly and rolling the rocket to the pad. SA-500F also was used for a propellant transfer "wet" test although the rocket was inert. The foreground of the photograph shows the propellant tank farm and water pressure systems.
source: Original black and white photographic print, June 28, 1966: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: John F. Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A, Merritt Island, Florida

Astronaut Gordon Cooper and Faith 7 Capsule at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Astronauts--United States
description: Gordon Cooper (1927-2004), the astronaut aboard the last flight of Project Mercury, observing capsule preparations at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 (LC-14), as unidentified others look on. Cooper was to become the last American to go into space alone, while setting new endurance records for the American space program. Faith 7, the name his spacecraft was dubbed, launched successfully and circled the earth 22.5 times. While in space, Cooper was one of the early practitioners of conducting scientific observations in space.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Astronaut Gordon Cooper Autograph
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Astronauts--United States
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
description: Years after his historic Mercury-Atlas 9 mission, astronaut Gordon Cooper (1927-2004) autographed this photograph of himself for the U.S. Space Walk of Fame Museum in Titusville, Florida. During his Faith 7 flight, Cooper orbited the earth 22.5 times.
source: Original black and white photographic print, May 1963: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Launch Site, Cape Canaveral, Florida
coverage: U.S. Space Walk of Fame Museum, Titusville, Florida

Günter F. Wendt and Astronaut Gordon Cooper at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Astronauts--United States
description: Photographed on the left is Günter F. Wendt, who was in charge with launch pad preparations, with astronaut Gordon Cooper (1927-2004), photographed in a space suit, at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 (LC-14). It is not known if this photograph was taken on launch day or for a practice day. Cooper successfully launched and completed his mission.
source: Original black and white photographic print, May 1963: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Launch Site, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Astronaut Gordon Cooper and Dr. Calvin D. Fowler at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Astronauts--United States
description: Gordon Cooper (1927-2004) with Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14's manager Dr. Calvin D. Fowler, who would launch Cooper into orbit, observing the rocket delivery. In the final launch of Project Mercury, Cooper's Atlas launch vehicle sat on its side before being fully assembled and lifted vertically on the gantry. The Atlas was America's first rocket capable of lifting a man into orbit. Faith 7's Atlas booster eventually lifted it into orbit, allowing Cooper to circle the Earth 22.5 times.
source: Original black and white photographic print, April 1963: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Launch Site, Cape Canaveral, Florida

President John F. Kennedy Touring Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Launch complexes (Astronautics)--Florida
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
subject: Presidents--United States
description: High-profile projects, such as Project Mercury, typically get a great deal of attention from Presidential Administrations. This presidential visit occurred on September 11, 1962, a month before the fifth Mercury flight. President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) toured Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) the day before he travelled to Houston, Texas, and addressed an audience at Rice University to proclaim that "we choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard," thus beginning the American space program's effort to put humans on the Moon.
source: Original black and white photographic print, September 11, 1962: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Blockhouse
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
description: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 (LC-14), where some of the United States' first astronauts were launched into space, had a heavily built concrete and steel blockhouse which housed the actual rocket firing button. This blockhouse was built to withstand a rocket exploding on or close to the launchpad, which can seen in the background of the third photograph. Two months before Leroy "Gordo" Gordon Cooper, Jr.'s flight on the Mercury-Atlas rocket named Faith 7, the launch site stood ready.
source: Original black and white photographic prints, March 15, 1963: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Blockhouse, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Sanford High School Geography Assignment, 1909
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Education--Florida
description: Geography assignment completed by Sanford High School eighth grader Versa Woodcock in 1909. Woodcock was a former student at Westside Grammar Elementary School and later became the chief operator of the Sanford Telephone and Telegraph Company in the 1920s. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
creator: Woodcock, Versa
source: Original school assignment completed by Versa Woodcock, May 11, 1909: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Student Work 1909, item SCPS00512, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Sanford High School Geography Class Assignment, 1909
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Education--Florida
description: Geography assignment completed by Sanford High School eighth grader Kenneth Morton in 1909. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
creator: Morton, Kenneth
source: Original school assignment completed by Kenneth Morton, May 11, 1909: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Student Work 1909, item SCPS00515, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Sanford High School Grammar Assignment, 1909
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Education--Florida
description: A grammar assignment completed by Sanford High School eighth grader William Raynor in 1909. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
creator: Raynor, William
source: Original school assignment completed by William Raynor, May 14, 1909: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Student Work 1909, item SCPS00516, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Sanford High School Civil Government Assignment, 1909
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Education--Florida
description: A civil government assignment completed by Sanford High School eighth grader Verne Messenger in 1909. In 1948, Messenger married Lourine Vickery, who became the first woman to hold public office in Seminole County when she was appointed as Supervisor of Registration by Governor Fuller Warren (1905-1973). Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
creator: Messenger, Verne
source: Original school assignment completed by Verne Messenger, May 17, 1909: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Student Work 1909, item SCPS00517, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Sanford High School Geography School Assignment, 1909
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Education--Florida
description: A geography assignment completed by Sanford High School student B. Emmrich in 1909. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
creator: Emmrich, B.
source: Original school assignment completed by B. Emmrich, 1909: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Student Work 1909, item SCPS00518, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Sanford High School Government Assignment, 1909
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Education--Florida
description: A civil government assignment completed by a Sanford High School student in 1909. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
source: Original school assignment, May 17, 1909: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Student Work 1909, item SCPS00519, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Sanford High School Physical Geography Assignment, 1909
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Education--Florida
description: A geography assignment completed by Sanford High School student named Ethel (possibly Ethel Mae Moughton) in 1909. Only part of the assignment remains, approximately questions 5-9. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
source: Original school assignment,1909: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Student Work 1909, item SCPS00520, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Sanford High School Geography Assignment, 1909
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Education--Florida
description: A geography assignment completed by Sanford High School student Mary Belle in 1909. Only part of the assignment remains, approximately questions 6-10. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
creator: Belle, Mary
source: Original school assignment completed by Mary Belle, 1909: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Student Work 1909, item SCPS00521, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Sanford High School Commencement Exercises, 1911
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Education--Florida
description: Sanford High School's graduating class of 1911 at the school's second campus, located at the corner of East Ninth Street and South Palmetto Avenue in Sanford, Florida, on Class Day in 1919. The graduating ceremony took place on May 26, 1911. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
source: Original program and black and white photographic print, 1911: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Commencement & Class Day Programs, item SM-093-004, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Sanford High School Annual Commencement Program, 1914
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Education--Florida
description: Sanford High School Class of 1914 commencement program. Commencement ceremonies took place between May 18th and May 22nd, 1914, and included a piano recital, a graduation recital, a performance of the play "The Mishaps of Minerva," a grammar school graduation ceremony, Class Day, a junior class entertainment night, and a high school graduation ceremony. Albert A. Murphree (1870-1927), President of the University of Florida, gave the commencement address. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
creator: Sanford Public Schools
source: Original program by Sanford Public Schools, 1914: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Commencement & Class Day Programs, item SCPS00522, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Sanford High School Annual Commencement Program, 1912
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Education--Florida
description: Sanford High School Class of 1912 commencement program. Commencement ceremonies took place between May 13th and May 17th, 1912, and included a piano recital, a performance of the play "The Time of His Life," a grammar school graduation ceremony, Class Day, a junior class entertainment night, and a high school graduation ceremony. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
creator: Sanford Public Schools
source: Original program by Sanford Public Schools, 1912: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Commencement & Class Day Programs, item SCPS00523, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Sanford High School Annual Commencement Program, 1916
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Education--Florida
description: Sanford High School Class of 1916 commencement program. Commencement ceremonies took place between May 14th and May 19th, 1916, and included a commencement sermon, a piano recital, a performance of the play "At the End of the Rainbow," a grammar school graduation ceremony, Class Day, a junior class entertainment night, and a high school graduation ceremony. Dr. Lincoln Hulley, President of Stetson University, gave the commencement address. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
creator: Sanford Public Schools
source: Original program by Sanford Public Schools, 1916: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Commencement & Class Day Programs, item SCPS00524, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Sanford High School Graduating Exercises, 1919
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Education--Florida
description: Sanford High School Class of 1919 graduation program. Graduating exercises took place on May 9th, 1919. Dr. James M. Farr (1874-1958), President of the University of Florida, gave the commencement address. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
source: Original program, 1919: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Commencement & Class Day Programs, item SCPS00525, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Sanford High School Commencement Exercises, 1920
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: Education--Florida
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Graduation ceremonies
subject: Commencements (Graduation ceremonies)
description: Sanford High School Class of 1920 commencement program. Commencement exercises took place on May 21st, 1920, for the school's 29 graduates. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
source: Original program, 1920: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Commencement & Class Day Programs, item SCPS00528, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Sanford High School Commencement Program, 1920
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: Education--Florida
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Graduation ceremonies
subject: Commencements (Graduation ceremonies)
description: Sanford High School Class of 1920 Sunday commencement program. Commencement exercises took place on May 21st, 1920. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
source: Original program, 1920: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Commencement & Class Day Programs, item SCPS00528, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Sanford High School Commencement Exercises, 1920
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: Education--Florida
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Commencements (Graduation ceremonies)
subject: Graduation ceremonies
description: Sanford High School Class Day exercise program. Class Day exercises took place on May 21st, 1920. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
source: Original program, 1920: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Commencement & Class Day Programs, item SCPS00528, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Sanford School Graduates Hear Dr. Nixon Sunday: Methodist Minister Draws a Lesson for Members of the Senior Class from Miracle of 5 Loaves and 2 Fishes
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: Education--Florida
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Graduation ceremonies
subject: Commencements (Graduation ceremonies)
subject: Clergy--Florida
subject: Methodists--Florida
description: A newspaper article about Reverend T. J. Nixon's speech for the Sanford High School Class of 1925 baccalaureate service. A Methodist minister, Rev. Nixon's speech focused on several Biblical stories, including: the story of Jesus of Nazareth feeding 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fishes, the story of Moses, and the story of King David. The article continues with the program for the closing ceremony of the high school graduation. Professor Herman F. Harris, of Rollins College, delivered the commencement address and diplomas to the students. In addition to this, there is a menu from the Junior-Senior banquet that took place on June 2, 1925, at the Women's Club. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
source: Original newspaper article, 1925: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Baccalaureate Service, item SCPS00157, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Letter from Mary Crawford Williams to the Sanford High School Class of 1926 (June 5, 1976)
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Lake Mary (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: Education--Florida
subject: High schools--Florida
description: A letter from Mary Crawford Williams to the Sanford High School Class of 1926. The letter consists of a two-page list of graduates and their addresses as of 1976, as well as a typed letter informing the alumni of a manuscript written about Sanford and Lake Mary. The manuscript is titled "The Roaring Twenties in Lake Mary and Sanford, Florida," which was written by Margaret Sprout Green, and is about her school days in Sanford, Florida, from 1919 to 1929. It also gives a full history of Lake Mary to 1930. The end of the letter provides the recipient with the option to be notified when the book would be available for purchase. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
creator: Williams, Mary Crawford
source: Original letter from Mary Crawford Williams to the Sanford High School Class of 1926, June 5, 1976: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Cornerstone 1926, item SCPS00529, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida
coverage: Lake Mary, Florida

Sanford High Geography Assignment, 1909
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: Education--Florida
subject: High schools--Florida
description: A geography assignment completed by Sanford High School eighth grader Verne Messenger in 1909. In 1948, Messenger married Lourine Vickery, who became the first woman to hold public office in Seminole County when she was appointed as Supervisor of Registration by Governor Fuller Warren. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
creator: Messenger, Verne
source: Original school assignment completed by Verne Messenger, May 11, 1909: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Student Work 1909, item SCPS00513, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

Sanford High Geography School Assignment, 1909
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: Education--Florida
subject: High schools--Florida
description: A geography assignment completed by a Sanford High School student named Clarence in 1909. Sanford High School was originally established at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on 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.
source: Original school assignment, May 11, 1909: Sanford High School Collection, box 3A, folder Student Work 1909, item SCPS00514, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida

WUCF Artisodes Short: Sandy Shugart
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Music--United States
subject: Folk music--United States
subject: Poetry--Southern States
description: Sandy Shugart became the President of Valencia College, one of the country's largest colleges, in 2000, and led them to win the prestigious Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence in 2011. As a folk artist and poet, Shugart believes these seemingly unrelated endeavors are integral aspects of his life journey. WUCF-TV is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television station serving the Central Florida television market. The station, operated by the University of Central Florida, is the region's sole PBS member station, reaching an estimated population of 4.6 million people in its aerial viewing area. Arts and culture take center stage in WUCF-TV's weekly local series: "WUCF Artisodes." Each episode airs Thursdays at 8 p.m., featuring a local artist or initiative, as well as stories on the arts from across the country. Developed in partnership with 28 PBS stations nationwide, this series is part of WUCF-TV's mission to give everyone a front-row seat to the arts. This Artisodes Short originally aired as part of "WUCF Artisodes #159: Music is Life" on January 29, 2015.
source: Original 8-minute and 4-second audio/video recording of Sandy Shugart, WUCF-TV, Orlando, Florida, January 29, 2015: WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: WUCF-TV
contributor: Shugart, Sandy
format: application/website
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
coverage: WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
coverage: Valencia College, Orlando, Florida
coverage: Garden Theatre, Winter Garden, Florida

WUCF Artisodes Short: Daniel Heitz
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Music--United States
subject: Blues (Music)--Florida
description: Daniel Heitz first took the stage at the Alley blues club in Sanford, Florida, when he was 11 years old. Over the next six years, he became one of the most impressive classical blues guitarists in Central Florida. WUCF-TV is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television station serving the Central Florida television market. The station, operated by the University of Central Florida, is the region's sole PBS member station, reaching an estimated population of 4.6 million people in its aerial viewing area. Arts and culture take center stage in WUCF-TV's weekly local series: "WUCF Artisodes." Each episode airs Thursdays at 8 p.m., featuring a local artist or initiative, as well as stories on the arts from across the country. Developed in partnership with 28 PBS stations nationwide, this series is part of WUCF-TV's mission to give everyone a front-row seat to the arts. This Artisodes Short originally aired as part of "WUCF Artisodes #145: The Call of Music" on October 2, 2014.
source: Original 5-minute and 25-second audio/video recording of Daniel Heitz, WUCF-TV, Sanford, Florida, October 2, 2014: WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: WUCF-TV
contributor: Heitz, Daniel
contributor: Heitz, Sherri
contributor: Johnson, Chris
contributor: Williamson, Karl
format: application/website
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
coverage: WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
coverage: The Alley, Sanford, Florida

WUCF Artisodes Short: Enmanuel Chacin
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Music--United States
subject: Rock music--United States
description: One of Central Florida's most unique and talented drummers/percussionists, Enmanuel Chacin, shares his thoughts on what he considers to be the blueprint of life: music. Chacin, who is blind, grew up in Caracas, Venezuela, where he claims the culture is driven by drums and percussion. WUCF-TV is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television station serving the Central Florida television market. The station, operated by the University of Central Florida, is the region's sole PBS member station, reaching an estimated population of 4.6 million people in its aerial viewing area. Arts and culture take center stage in WUCF-TV's weekly local series: "WUCF Artisodes." Each episode airs Thursdays at 8 p.m., featuring a local artist or initiative, as well as stories on the arts from across the country. Developed in partnership with 28 PBS stations nationwide, this series is part of WUCF-TV's mission to give everyone a front-row seat to the arts. This Artisodes Short originally aired as part of "WUCF Artisodes #161: We've Got the Beat" on February 12, 2015.
source: Original 5-minute and 31-second audio/video recording of Enmanuel Chacin, WUCF-TV, Orlando, Florida, February 12, 2015: WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: WUCF-TV
contributor: Chacin, Enmanuel
contributor: Browning, Barbara
format: application/website
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
coverage: WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
coverage: Valencia College, Orlando, Florida
coverage: Caracas, Venezuela

Friendship 7 Lift Off at the Launch Pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
subject: Friendship 7 (Spacecraft)
description: John Glenn's (b. 1921) Mercury-Atlas vehicle (MA-6) lifting off the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) on February 20, 1962. This was the first manned flight of a Mercury-Atlas spacecraft, which occurred after a few delays. Glenn would become the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn was later feted in parades from Cocoa Beach, Florida, to New York City, New York.
source: Original black and white photographic print, February 20, 1962: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Launch Site, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Rocket Monitoring and Launch Workstations at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Blockhouse
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
description: The Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) Blockhouse was where Mercury-Atlas rockets were launched using analog electronic equipment to monitor various aspects of the rocket. One might note that these Project Mercury workstations had no video screens, as there might be today, only analog gauges and meters to view conditions, as well as dials, switches, and buttons to issue commands to the rockets. This equipment was placed in electronics racks, similar to those used for computers in server rooms today, to save space and allow each workstation to have all the equipment to accomplish its function.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Blockhouse, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Workstation Containing Analog Electronics in Rack at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Blockhouse
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
description: Used during the launches of the Mercury-Atlas rockets—from the first American to orbit earth, John Glenn (b. 1921), to the last Project Mercury flight with Gordon Cooper (1927-2004), Jr.—this was one of the workstations in the blockhouse at Launch Complex 14 (LC-14). Electronic equipment used in the LC-14 Blockhouse was placed in racks to maximize space utilization, similar to what one might see today in a computer server room. One main difference is that the electronics of Project Mercury era were analog rather than digital, and the displays and controls were analog as well, such as analog meters and knobs.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Blockhouse, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Blockhouse Launch Tote Board
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
description: The Launch Tote Board at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) detailed the rocket launches carried out at the facility. Posted outside of the blockhouse, it showed the vehicle type, designation and launch date.
source: Original black and white photographic print, March 15, 1963: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Blockhouse, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Agreement to Establish the Oklawaha River Basin Improvement Council
subject: Ocklawaha River (Fla.)
subject: Pollution--Florida
description: An agreement to establish the Oklawaha River Basin Improvement Council, formed from a proposal by U.S. Representatives Lou Frey, Jr. (b. 1934), Don Fuqua (b. 1933), and William V. Chappell, Jr. (1922-1989). The agreement outlines the environmental issues facing the Ocklawaha River Basin and details the organization of the council, its goals, powers, and funding. The Oklawaha River Basin Improvement Council was formed on April 21, 1972, consisting of members representing Orange County, Lake County, Marion County, and Putnam County, as well as representatives of state agencies, such as the Florida Department of Air and Water Pollution Control. The council was formed to coordinate planning of environmental restoration at a regional level under the Florida Inter-Local Cooperation Act of 1969, which allowed city, county, and state agencies to coordinate with each other on mutually beneficial projects. The council’s primary project was a proposed drawdown of Lake Apopka, which was heavily polluted due to agricultural and sewage run-off by the 1970s. The drawdown would entail completely or mostly draining the lake, discharging the water downstream into the lakes and rivers that constitute the Ocklawaha River Basin, allowing Lake Apopka’s bottom sediments to consolidate, in the hope that this would improve Lake Apopka’s water quality. The council applied for several federal grants seeking funding for this project.
source: Photocopy of 3-page typewritten agreement: binder 1972, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, Oakland Nature Preserve, Oakland, Florida.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Lake Apopka, Florida
coverage: Lake Beauclair, Florida
coverage: Lake Dora, Florida
coverage: Lake Harris, Florida
coverage: Lake Eustis, Florida
coverage: Lake Griffin, Florida
coverage: Lake Ocklawaha, Florida
coverage: Winter Garden, Florida
coverage: Apopka, Florida
coverage: Eustis, Florida
coverage: Mount Dora, Florida
coverage: Tavares, Florida
coverage: Clermont, Florida
coverage: Orlando, Florida

Saluting Sailor at the Orlando Naval Training Center
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Navy
subject: Sailors--United States
description: An unidentified sailor salutes at Naval Training Center (NTC) Orlando. NTC Orlando was in operation from 1968 to 1998 and was one of three recruit training centers used by the U.S. Navy. It resided in the area that is now the community of Baldwin Park. During the 30 years that NTC Orlando was operational, more than 650,000 men and women were transformed from civilians to sailors. Beginning in 1973, NTC Orlando became the Navy's only co-educational recruit training center.
creator: Johnson
source: Original 3 x 3 inch black and white photograph by Johnson, March 1970: Department of Commerce Collection, shelf number SN037545, image number c674896, Florida Photographic Collection, State Library and Archives of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida.
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida

Oral History of Scott T. Kidd
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Navy
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: An oral history of former recruit training Commander Scott T. Kidd. This interview was conducted by Mark Barnes at the University of Central Florida's Colbourn Hall in Orlando, Florida. This oral history was produced as part of the Community Veterans History Project (CVHP) and the Lone Sailor Memorial Committee for the purpose conducting background research for a memorial honoring the former Orlando Naval Training Center (NTC Orlando). Kidd was a former recruit commander at Naval Training Center Orlando (NTC Orlando) from 1989 to 1993. He also served in the U.S. Navy from 1983 to 1994. Kidd was the first recruit commander at the base to lead a fully integrated company of male and female recruits. He also served on the USS Ponce LPD-15, the USS Niagara Falls AFS-3, and the USS Iowa.
creator: Barnes, Mark
creator: Kidd, Scott T.
source: Kidd, Scott T. Interviewed by Mark Barnes. UCF Community Veterans History Project. February 2, 2014. Audio/video record available. UCF Community Veterans History Project, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries
contributor: Maldonado, Fernando
contributor: UCF Community Veterans History Project
contributor: RICHES of Central Florida
format: video/mov
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
coverage: Richland, Washington
coverage: Naval Station Great Lakes, Great Lakes, Illinois
coverage: Norfolk, Virginia
coverage: Mediterranean Sea
coverage: Naval Training Center Orlando, Orlando, Florida

Recruit Training Center Orlando Graduation Review
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Navy
subject: Graduation ceremonies
subject: Sailors--United States
description: The members of a co-educational recruit company pass in review at Naval Training Center (NTC) Orlando. NTC Orlando was in operation from 1968 to 1998 and was one of three recruit training centers used by the U.S. Navy. It resided in the area that is now the community of Baldwin Park. Beginning in 1973, NTC Orlando became the Navy's only co-ed recruit training center. Following an intense 8-week training program, the various companies would march along the vast field know as the "Grinder" and pass before the base commanders for review. This ceremony would mark the completion of their transformation from civilians to sailors.
creator: Defense Visual Information Center, American Forces Information Service, U.S. Department of Defense
source: Original color photographs, July 24, 1992: image 6476857, Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, National Archives at College Park, U.S. Department of Defense.
contributor: National Archives at College Park, U.S. Department of Defense
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida

Orlando City Hall Architectural Drawings
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: City halls--United States
description: The contract drawings for the heating and air conditioning systems that were to be installed in Orlando City Hall in Downtown Orlando, Florida. Drawings contain the name of the commissioners of the city of Orlando. The old Orlando City Hall building was completed in 1958, stood at eight stories tall, and cost $1,600,000 to construct. The city hall was imploded on October 25, 1991, for the opening scene of the film Lethal Weapon 3. The new city hall building was completed in 1992, stands at nine stories tall, and cost $32,000,000 to construct.
source: Original black and white photograph: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Orlando City Hall, Orlando, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Orlando City Hall, Downtown Orlando, Florida