Memories
Places
OPL Under Construction 1964-1966
ABOVE: Photo taken December 1, 1965, looking southeast from the AT&T building on Wall Street. Notice how close the new library is to the former Salvation Army Citadel in the lower right corner of the photo. Also, visible is the...
People
Olive Brumbaugh - Orlando's Librarian 1923-1943
The Duties of the Head Librarian
The duties of the “librarian” enumerated in Article IX of the library’s Articles of Incorporation (pp. 3-4) indicate that, in addition to serving as a librarian, the person hired as head librarian oversaw all departm...
Events
Albertson Library Staff Party - December 1963
Former staff at the Albertson Public Library were invited to a staff Christmas party on December 14, 1963. The date is significant because in September 1964, the Albertson library was demolished to make way for the new Orlando Public Library....
Organizations
Guide to Orlando's Afro American Heritage
Central Florida Society of Afro American Heritage
The Central Florida Society of Afro American Heritage was formed in 1986 to preserve the heritage of the African American community in Orlando. The Florida Division of Corporations lists Deborah Murphy as presi...
People
Patrice Florence-Walker Retires from OCLS after 33 years!
Patrice Florence-Walker, manager of the Eatonville Branch retired in January 2020, after working more than 33 years at the Orange County Library System!
Patrice started her career in 1986 in the Young Adult Department at the Main library in downtown Orlando....
Places
Albertson Public Library Blueprints
On February 21, 1922, the city of Orlando held a bond election for funds to build a public library and other municipal improvements. The vote was 155 against and 446 in favor!
PLANS APPROVED - BIDS SOUGHT
The May 13, 1922, Orlando...
People
Gregg Gronlund Retires After 29 Years with the Orange County Library System!
Gregg Gronlund began his nearly thirty-year career at the Orange County Library System in 1991 at the Southwest Branch in the Dr. Phillips area, back in the "good old days" of card catalogs and pay phones. Between 1991 and his...
Events
Time Lapse of the Demolition of the Murrell Building
Demolition of the Murrell Building
Disappointed by the growth of office spaces and high rises in Orlando, Eugenia Sefnik and Lynn Long formed the Orlando Land Trust in 2015. They had previously gone to the City of Orlando to talk about...
Events
Pull for the library! - 1980 Campaign for Library Expansion
1980 Campaign for Library Expansion
Pull for the Library!
After expecting a library expansion millage referendum to be on the ballot "any time now" since 1976, the measure was finally put before voters in the Orange County, Florida, district served by the...
People
Oral History Interview with Theoretical Physicist Dr. S. James "Jim" Gates, Jr.
I am an actual research scientist who is still active discovering things that no one else in the world has found prior to my finding them... Excerpt from an Oral History Interview with Dr. S. James "Jim" Gates, Jr. on Presidents'...
Events
Adam Ant at the Hard Rock Live
Adam Ant at Hard Rock Live
Coming from punk's first wave in the United Kingdom, Adam Ant got his start in a band called Adam and the Ants. They released three albums before Adam Ant went solo in 1982. His first...
Events
Pale Waves at The Social
Pale Waves at the Social
Pale Waves is an indie rock/dream pop group from Manchester, England.
The band formed in 2014 when Heather Baron-Gracie and Ciara Doran met while studying at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute. They released a couple...
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