Memories
People
Interview with Rev. Dr. John F. Anderson, Jr.
John F. Anderson served as Senior Minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Orlando from December 1, 1958 until July 1965. He left First Presbyterian to serve as Executive Secretary of the Board of National Ministries of the General Assembly. ...
Places
122 Years of Catholic Education in Orlando
ABOVE: May 1894. Gold medal presented to St. Joseph Academy student, Ellen Mahoney of Sanford, Florida. Side one: Awarded to Miss E. Mahoney for Good Conduct. Side two: St. Joseph's Academy Orlando, Fla. May '94 [1894].
ABOVE: Photo of St. Joseph's...
People
Samuel Charlton
Samuel Charlton was interviewed during the Zora! Outdoor Festival of the Arts 2012. In this photo, he is standing in front of his business in Eatonville.
Shane speaks with Samuel Charlton for the Orlando Memory project on January 27, 2012, during...
People
Interview with May Hartmyer Allen
Mrs. May Hartmyer Allen (2 parts) - A resident of Taft, Florida for much of her life, May Allen provides a description of Taft in 1912; tells us about transportation between Taft and Orlando; Orlando High School; operation of the...
People
Ross Delk Obituary 1956
MR. ROSS DELK
Mr. Ross Delk, wrecking contractor here for the past 25 years, died Monday at his home, 731 Guernsey St. A resident of this area for 31 years, Mr. Delk came here from Murray County, Tenn., his birthplace.
Surviving are...
People
W. R. "Doug" Harris - Obituary 1956
MR. W. R. HARRIS
Funeral services for Mr. W. R. [Doug] Harris, 35, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Pine Castle Baptist Church.
The Rev. R. C. Jackson, assisted by the Rev. A. M. Glisson, will officiate, and the...
People
George Herbert Bunn - Funeral Notice 1956
BUNN, MR. GEORGE HERBERT
Funeral services for Mr. George Herbert Bunn, age 30, of 1740 Laurel Rd., Winter Park, Fla., who died in Titusville, Fla., Sunday, will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, at the Cox-Parker Chapel. Mr. Bunn was a...
Places
Sunday Memories of St. James Church in Orlando
The church was right downtown on Orange Avenue. Everything was right downtown...It had wonderful stained glass windows that have been saved all these many years and are still in our new cathedral that we have now. The original church was...
People
Interview with Mrs. Harlow G. Fredrick - Doris Z. Anderson
Doris Z. Anderson Fredrick (widow of the late Harlow G. Fredrick, Sr.) reminisces about the 1920s in Orlando, especially from the standpoint of music. She was a great granddaughter of Joseph Smith, the martyr, and a member of the Reorganized...
People
Martin Andersen
Four part interview with Mr. Martin Andersen and his wife Gracie Barr Anderson.
Martin Andersen, publisher of the Orlando Sentinel, and his wife Gracia Barr Andersen discuss their lives in Orlando.
PART 1: Coming to Orlando - first impressions; early ne...
People
Carolyn T. Anderson
Carolyn T. (Tony) Anderson - Born, raised, and living in the same house at 249 Center Street in Winter Garden. She had seven living children at the time of this interview and all of them are college graduates.
Points of interest: ...
Events
Desegregation in Orange County Schools
Educator Mary Jane Sevick remembers the day her students cleared their lockers at Robinswood Junior High School in response to a court order to desegregate Carver and Robinswood Junior High Schools. Hear her firsthand account of the event and the...
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