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Orville Rhoads Davis
Orville Rhoads Davis came to Orlando in 1929 to serve as principal of Memorial Junior High School, which was located on Rosalind Avenue, facing Lake Eola, where The Metropolitan at Lake Eola condominiums stands today. (Many may remember this location...
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Nixon S. Collins
Nixon Steever Collins came to Orlando in 1920 from Chuluota, Florida. His uncle owned the first automobile in Chuluota, a 1910 Buick. This interview was conducted on July 29, 1975 for the Friends of the Orlando Public Library's Oral History...
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Bess Coward
Bess Coward - Bud Coward's widow was interviewed with her brothers Alonzo and Clarence Woods on May 18, 1975 by Frank Manuel for the Friends of the Orlando Public Library's Oral History Committee. We are grateful for the Orange County...
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Dr. Charles Collins
Dr. Charles Collins was one of Orlando's first OB/Gyn specialists, coming here in 1925. This interview was conducted on March 29, 1975 by Elenore Fisher. We are grateful for the Orange County Regional History Center's making this recording available for ...
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Lena Cosby Cole
African-American Lena Cosby Cole, born 1886 was interviewed on May 23, 1975 by the Friends of the Orlando Public Library for the Oral History Program. We are grateful for the Orange County Regional History Center's making this recording available for...
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Ella Brown Clark
African-Ameican Ella Brown Clark was born in Orlando on November 9, 1893. Interviewed on May 22, 1975. We are grateful for the Orange County Regional History Center's making this recording available for Orlando Memory.
Part 1: Ella of her family and...
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Elizabeth Abbott Christ
Elizabeth Abbott Christ, widow of Dr. Calvin. D. Christ, a local physician / surgeon for many years. Dr. Christ and Elizabeth Abbott were married at Moorestown, New Jersey in 1911.
Her father, George Abbott, was a minister in the Society of...
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Physicist Robert J. Bobber, Sr. Hero of Underwater Sound Lab
Robert Bobber was considered a hero locally and a scientific leader internationally. Bobber was invited to lecture at MIT and a NATO Advanced Study Institute, as well as teaching graduate courses at the University of Central Florida and the University of F...
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Fanny and Donald Cheney
Interview with Fanny and Donald Cheney
Hatabel Hyer interviewed Judge Cheney and his wife Fanny Sophia Robinson Cheney on June 20, 1974. Mrs. Cheney moved to Orlando from Sanford as a child with her parents. After attending public schools in the...
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A Job Well Done - Ted and Josephine Huggins
Central Florida builder Ted Huggins built Brandywine, the first condominiums in the area of College Park. His grandfather was one of the first contractors in Orange County.
In this oral history interview on May 8th, 2012 Ted and Josephine Huggins, share...
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Judge Donald Cheney
Judge Donald Cheney - Born January 23, 1889, Donald Alexander Cheney was the son of Judge John Moses Cheney who moved here from Massachusetts in 1885. After attending local public grade schools Donald graduated from Rollins College Academy (prep school)...
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Joseph S. Guernsey Congratulates Lake Highland Preparatory School Class of 2012
ABOVE: Photo of Joseph S. Guernsey.
Joseph S. Guernsey is the grandson of Orlando's banking pioneer, Joseph L. Guernsey who came here in 1886, purchased considerable property from the city centre to Colonial Drive, as well as residences on Lake Eola and...
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