Memories
Events
Holocaust Survivor Helen Greenspun Visits Chmielnik, Poland
July 25, 2008, Heritage Florida Jewish News (Page 2) special on Holocaust survivor Helen Greenspun's journey from Orlando, FL to Chmielnik, Poland, her childhood home.
In 1942 German Nazis took Helen and her siblings Bela, Nsathan, Regina and Sonia from C...
Events
Holocaust Commemoration Day Reflections with Lawrence Kolin of Orlando
I come every year because I'm a...survivor. And so I come to pay my respects. And I wouldn't be here today if my family hadn't escaped. So, I'm always very solemn on this day and thankful that some folks in...
Organizations
R. L. Hyer & Company Livery
Messrs. R. L. Hyer & Co., have sold their entire livery business to Menefee & Palmer and W. M. Matthews of the Orlando Transfer Company, Mr. Matthews buying two-thirds and Menefee & Palmer one-third of the outfit. The transfer took...
People
John H. (Jack) Porter
John H. (Jack) Porter was born here in Orlando in 1899. He discusses the Curry Ford Polo Grounds; Harper's Race Track; wolves; deer; working the citrus groves; Slemon's store; bird hunting; fishing; rattlesnakes.
This interview was conducted on March 2, 1...
People
The Musical Life of Sister Mary Catherine Brennan
ABOVE: 1980's photo of Sister Mary Catherine Brennan who was the Music Director at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando for many years.
Sister Mary Catherine Brennan served as Director of Music for Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando for many...
People
Sheriff Jim Black
Jim Black came to Orlando at the age of 17 in 1908 to work for the Orlando Water and Light Company which was owned by Judge John Moses Cheney. Subjects he discusses in this interview are: wife's family - the...
People
Displacement Camp Photo of Holocaust Survivor Helen Greenspun
Photo of Holocaust survivor Helen Garfinkel at the Ainring, Germany Displacement Camp where she lived from 1946 to 1948. The displaced persons camp (DP Camp) was a former German Air Force base located near Freilassing ten miles from Hitler'...
Organizations
WMFE-TV Channel 24 - Tower Collapse June 8, 1973
ABOVE: I believe this was given to my husband when he graduated with his Masters Degree from Florida Technological University (now University of Central Florida) and took a job at Ted Johnson Productions in Jacksonville, Florida in 1975. It was...
People
Carlos Roberts
WATCH as Carlos Roberts, a Washington Park native as he shares his fondest and happiest memories of the Washington Park Community.
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Places
The Quality of Education in Orange County: Then & Now
ABOVE: Photo of the champion Dr. Phillips Math Team, led by Mrs. Anna Mae Patz, Advanced Placement Calculus instructor at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, FL. Pictured from left to right beginning with the first row from the bottom are: Amanda Jordan,...
People
Dixie Pharr Barber
Dixie Barber - Supervisor of Elections for 24 years is interviewed by Jean Yothers on April 14, 1975 for the Friends of the Orlando Public Library's Oral History Committee.
While Dixie Barber was well known for serving as Supervisor of Elections...
People
Dr. Curtis Coleman
Dr. Curtis Coleman shares his memory of Washington Shores and Washington Park Library since his arrival in Orlando in 1986 and people who inspired and mentored him in his education, attending Job Corp and attending the prestigious Morehouse College and...
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