Year: 2014
People
Christian Hurst
Ocoee High School student Christian Hurst talks about the school's new all-digital curriculum at West Oaks Library in Ocoee on May 8, 2014.
People
Marthe Guilbaud
Ocoee High School student Marthe Guilbaud talks about the school's new all-digital curriculum at West Oaks Library in Ocoee on May 8, 2014.
People
Tori Cartwright
Ocoee High School student Tori Cartwright talks about the school's new all-digital curriculum at West Oaks Library in Ocoee on May 8, 2014.
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Ralph Hansel: Pine Castle Pioneer Oral History
My name is Ralph Hansel I was born in Orlando and I moved down here to Pine Castle where I live now. I've never lived anywhere else I've only moved once in my life, from where I was born to...
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A Rose Bouquet for Mother of Bishop William Donald Borders
Joanne Serros presents a bouquet of red roses to Mrs. Borders, mother of Bishop William Donald Borders, at the reception held for him as the first bishop of the Diocese of Orlando.
The reception was held in the Egyptian Room...
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Transition: Martin Marietta Scientists & Engineers Keeping Pace With Tomorrow
Martin Marietta recruiting brochure in book format created to lure top scientists to Orlando, circa 1960. VIEW document.
Excerpt:
By way of background, the Martin Company experienced a sharp transition from aircraft to spacecraft in the mid-fift...
People
Jasmine Mauvais
Ocoee High School student Jasmine Mauvais talks about the school's new all-digital curriculum at West Oaks Library in Ocoee on April 25, 2014.
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Pounds Studio
The Orange County History Center honored Pounds Studio for 70 years of teaching dance and manners to Orlando society. Pictured are Mrs. Ruth Pounds, left, founder of the studio, and her daughter, Peggy Jo Pounds van den Berg.
The mother and...
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Charles Gray Oral History Interview
My name is Charles Gray and I'm from really Orlando except that I was born in Leesburg, Florida. And I moved to Orlando in the fifth grade and I've been here ever since except in 1969 I bought a ranch...
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Don Dunn, Auto Service Business Owner
My name is Don Dunn and I've lived in the Orlando area since 1961, but visited for the first time in 1947 in the springtime... there were six of us in a '38 Chevrolet that belonged to my stepfather, my...
Organizations
Colonial High School
Colonial High School opened In 1958, providing much needed relief for other schools in the area. It began with a dual schedule: High School classes in the morning and Junior High classes in the afternoon.
Rufus E. Jennings was the first...
Organizations
Good Shepherd Catholic School
Sister Mary Dorothea and the Sisters of St. Joseph began holding classes in the sanctuary of Good Shepherd Catholic Mission Church in 1956. That same year Bishop Thomas J. McDonough dedicated Good Shepherd Catholic School with a student body of...