Organizations
Oral History Interview with Author-Entrepreneur Erik Deckers, President of Pro Blog Service
It is on the National Register of Historic Places because of the Kerouac connection. But in and of itself, it's a 102-year-old house. It's a Sears and Roebuck kit house where you could go into the catalog and order a...
Events
Oral History Interview with Startup Weekend Orlando 2023 Winner: Aadhirai VijaiSenthil
If you have any ideas, just put it out there. And see if you can like make it. If it's a big problem that you think you have a solution to - go with it and see where it goes....
Places
135 East Wall Street
From the Orange County Property Appraiser's site - 135 Wall Street circa 2022. On Monday, October 30, 2023, shortly before the library opened, staff at the Orlando Public Library peered out the back windows facing Wall Street to discover what was...
Topics
Library Storytellers Through the Years
ABOVE: Photo of Children's Library staff in the basement around 1994. Standing: Gregg Gronlund, Charlie Hoeck, and Christi Cohen. Sitting: Crystal Sullivan, Stefani Koorey, Sue Wright, Carolyn Rosenblum, and Jane Tracy.  Storytime at the Library Storytell...
People
Clara Davis Warren - A Legacy of Love
Above photo of Clara Davis Warren from the Florida Catholic, April 2, 1982. Photo and article by Sister Elizabeth Crean. Permission granted. Clara Davis Warren – A Legacy of Love Clara Davis Warren When Clara Davis Warren departed this life on Octo...
Organizations
Oral History Interview with Jerry Ross, President of the National Entrepreneur Center
Jerry Ross is the President of the National Entrepreneur Center and SBA's 2022 State of Florida Small Business Advocate of the Year! His honors include Orlando Business Journal CEO of the Year, and successful entrepreneur enterprises such as SkyTracker of Flo...
Places
Young Adult Department 1960s -1980s
ABOVE: The Young Adult Department on the first floor in the area now known as the porch or clock area in the Children's Department. 1960s The Orlando Public Library opened to the public in August 1966, with 60,000 square feet of space...
People
Oral History Interview with Tom E. Lewis, Jr.
Tom E. Lewis, Jr. Architect, Attorney, and United States Air Force Colonel (retired). Mr. Lewis came to Orlando during the Vietnam War to serve as Director of Programs for McCoy Engineering Programs. He was instrumental in starting Orlando’s first POW-MIA...
Organizations
Oral History Interview with Jayne Willis, Chief Nurse Executive for Orlando Health
Good morning, my name is Jayne McMahan Willis and I was born in Chicago, Illinois in July of 1960... my father was an engineer and when I was one years old he relocated with a job to Orlando, Florida. He...
People
Oral History Interview with Robert K. Banks
Photo: Jesse Bumby, Jr. seated with his family, first daughter, with Tom Bumby, and his two children, Tommy and Faye. Jesse Bumby, Jr. has his ten foot bullwhip made by Lewis Johnson which is now at the Orange County Regional History...
People
Oral History Interview with Industrial Engineer Joseph P. Stine
My name is Joe Stine or Joseph Paul Stine I was born in Sanford, Florida in 1934. We moved to Orlando in 1939. Oral History Interview with Joseph Paul Stine, Part I  (18:10) https://orlandomemory.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Stine1.mp3 How did your fami...