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Oral History Interview with Belvin Perry, Jr.
Featured image above: Belvin Perry, Jr., Chief Judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in Florida, presiding over a hearing involving the Casey Anthony case, 2010-2011.
My name is Belvin Perry, Jr. I was born October 11, 1949 in Orlando, Florida...
Places
Shiloh Baptist Church
Listen as Orlando native Belvin Perry, Jr. describes the strong role models he had at Shiloh Baptist Church in this excerpt from an oral history interview with Belvin Perry, Jr. at the Orlando Public Library on April 24, 2017.
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People
Oral History Interview with Tom Beaty
Thomas Beaty, also called Tom Beaty, I was born in Orlando General, October 10, 1934 and I lived actually on Bear Lake which is close to Orlando and Apopka. My family had an orange grove out there and that’s where...
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Oral History Interview with Commissioner Betsy Vanderley and her mother Kay VanderLey
My name is Kay VanderLey, I was born in Travers City, Michigan. And my name is Betsy VanderLey, I was also born in Travers City, MI.
Oral history with Orange County Commissioner Betsy VanderLey and her mother, Kay VanderLey, at the...
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Oral History Interview with Senior Judge Emerson R. Thompson, Jr.
My name is Emerson R. Thompson, Jr. I was born in Jacksonville, FL. I was born and raised there until I went to college in 1966.
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Oral History Interview with Jerry Chicone, Jr.
My name is Jerry Chicone and actually I've carried a junior on my name because my dad had the same name and I was born here in Orlando in the only hospital that was in Orange County and it was...
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Oral History Interview with Larry Grimes
I was born in a Florida Hospital just up the road here on 17-92 between here and Winter Park, May 26, 1934. And my family, my parents had adopted two children. They were married several years, had no children and...
People
Dr. Gerald Schiffhorst
American scholar Jerry Schiffhorst is the author of numerous books on literature and writing. Dr. Schiffhorst has 45 years teaching experience and currently offers Central Florida workshops on writing. He is a frequent speaker on historical and literary topics...
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Oral History Interview with Maury L. Carter
Above image is Maury L. Carter in his Orlando office, Florida Trend, July 1991.
Maury Carter, was born in Ferrum, Virginia on April 16, 1933. My dad was a farmer and a carpenter. We had a small farm, 100 acre farm...
People
Oral History Interview with Louis Roney
Listen to this oral history interview conducted on May 22, 2017, with renowned opera singer Louis Roney and his wife Joy at their Winter Park home.
Louis Roney, born 1921 in Atlanta, Georgia and died in Winter Park, Florida on November...
Events
Grand Avenue Primary Learning Center Young Authors 2017
Students from the Grand Avenue Primary Learning Center May 2017 Young Authors' Event share their original writing selections. The published works include original author illustrations and text. View the book and listen as the first grade student authors read...
People
Oral History Interview with Gene Hawkins
Featured photo is U.S. Senator Paula Hawkins and her husband Gene, pictured with their family and President Ronald Reagan.
Pictured from left to right: Senator Paula Hawkins, Kelley Hawkins (McCoy), Jean Hawkins, Kevin Hawkins, Gene Hawkins, President Ronald ...
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