Memories
Organizations
The Martin Company
In 1956, Orlando was the growing center of a citrus industry. In September of that year the Baltimore based Glenn L. Martin Company announced that it had bought nearly 12 square miles of land southwest of Orlando to build their...
Topics
Holocaust Remembrance Day 2018
Mickey Bielski presented at the International Holocaust Remembrance Day Program at The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida, January 27, 2018.
Program description:
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27, 2018. The...
People
Oral History Interview with The Honorable Glenda Evans Hood
My name is Glenda Evans Hood and I was born in Orlando, Florida on March 10, 1950. I was born at the Orlando hospital which was called Orange Memorial Hospital on Orange Avenue. It was an old brick building and,...
Topics
Songs about Orlando and Florida
A number of songs have been written about the city of Orlando and Florida. Some of these can be found in the Florida Music - Orlando and Florida Music vertical files at the Orlando Public Library.
Several little ditties were apparently published...
People
Oral History Interview with Sarah Lou Harkey
When I was ten years old in 1935 my mother she had what, I guess, you call Florida sand in her shoes. They had come down here earlier on just a camping trip and stayed in motels. So she came...
Events
The University Club Oral History Interview with Leon Hunter Handley
Leon Hunter Handley, I was born in Lakeland and after 30 months in the service and seven academic years at the University of Florida, I came to Orlando and I've been here ever since.
Leon Hunter Handley holding a photo taken...
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