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Orlando Public Library Dedication, August 7, 1966
Dedication of the Orlando Public Library - Sunday, August 7, 1966
The Orlando Public Library at Ten North Rosalind was dedicated on Sunday afternoon, August 7, 1966. Mayor Robert S. Carr cut the ribbon and presented the building to the people...
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Library Scrapbook - January 1945 to January 1949
Library Scrapbook - January 1945 to January 1949
A fragile scrapbook with treasures from January 1945 to January 1949 was recently found and scanned to preserve its contents. Newspaper clippings, flyers, brochures, and photographs paint a vivid picture of the...
Organizations
Annual Reports - From Albertson Public Library to OCLS - 1923 to 1967
Above: Cover of the 1960-1961 Annual Report with an actual library card attached.
Annual Reports
The annual reports for the Albertson Public Library run the gamut from simple small reports produced in the 1930s during the financial crisis, to more elaborate ...
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Albertson Public Library - Books and Beyond
ABOVE: "A Woman's War Record" donated by Captain Charles Albertson.
When the Albertson Public Library opened to the public in November 1923, most of the books in the collection were gifts from individuals and organizations. A number of books were also...
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Albertson Public Library - Financial Crisis
Financial Crisis
Correspondence, financial statements, newspaper clippings and annual reports indicate that the library encountered financial difficulties after the stock market crash in October 1929.
In a letter dated June 5, 1929, Librarian Olive Brumbau...
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Albertson Public Library - In the beginning 1921-1931
Offer Made and Agreement Signed
On November 10, 1921, Captain Charles L. Albertson, a winter resident of Orlando and a retired Police Inspector from Waverly, New York, met with the Orlando City Commissioners and a committee from the Chamber of Commerce to...
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Albertson Public Library - Furnishings 1923
The Library Bureau
Library Bureau catalog pages, blue prints, orders, and correspondence provide an interesting look at the process of choosing the furnishings for the new library.
Captain Albertson appears to have made the first contact with the Library B...
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Albertson Public Library - Monthly Reports 1923-1931
Above: Photograph of the 1923 Albertson Public Library.
Monthly Reports November 1923 - December 1931
The Albertson Public Library staff first welcomed Orange County residents to their new library on November 8, 1923.
Beginning that month, a monthly repor...
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Celebrating Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary
A collection of memorable stories and images shared with the Orange County Library System that celebrate Walt Disney World’s 50th anniversary.
[caption id="attachment_28061" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Lloyd Bridges filming at Epcot 1983. Submitted b...
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Oral History Interview with Library Director & CEO Mary Anne Hodel
All of the things in our society that are changing so very rapidly. How do we harness ourselves to those trends, and provide services that customers in our community would want, and need, and benefit from? That’s very critical that the...
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History of the Orange County Library System
Sorosis Club of Orlando
The beginnings of the current Orange County Library System can be traced to the circulating library collection of the Sorosis Club of Orlando. The collection was initially housed on the second floor of the old Armory building...
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Pale Waves at The Social
Pale Waves at the Social
Pale Waves is an indie rock/dream pop group from Manchester, England.
The band formed in 2014 when Heather Baron-Gracie and Ciara Doran met while studying at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute. They released a couple...
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Gogol Bordello at the Beacham
Gogol Bordello is a popular "gypsy punk" group, as they call themselves, with members coming from many different parts of the world, although their sound is most influenced by the folk music of Eastern Europe and punk.
They played at the...
People
Yesterday's News Today with Tom Webb
Yesterday's News Today with Tom Webb
Yesterday's News Today with Tom Webb, from WORL Radio
These recordings by Tom Webb were donated to the Friends of the Orlando Public Library's Oral History Committee.
LISTEN 27:17
Part One
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Joseph Wittenstein
Joseph Wittenstein
Joseph Wittenstein presents a Jewish History of Orange County, 1875 to 1925, and early Jewish settlers in Orlando.
Joseph Wittenstein reads from his Chronology of the Early Jewish Settlers in the Orange County Area from 1875 to about 192...
People
Margaret Normant Thornton
Margaret Normant Thornton
First generation Orlandoan born in 1893, in her grandfather's home on Lucerne Circle. Mrs. Normant Thornton was also the mother of Betty Robinson and Peggy Petris.
This interview was conducted by Sandra Hinson on April 12, 1975 fo...
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Records from Early Sheriffs in Orange County
Records from Early Sheriffs in Orange County
In this brief recording Hatabel Hyer and another woman (perhaps Eileen Willis of the Orlando Public Library) discuss some details from the Florida Mortality Schedules from the last half of the 1800s. They also...
People
Carl Rodenbaugh
Carl Rodenbaugh
Former Orlando Police Department officer, driver for Drs. McEwan and Beardall who lived at 100 Montana Street, Orlando, Florida.
This interview was conducted by Jean Yothers on March 11, 1975 for the Friends of the Orlando Public Library’...
People
Edgar Richards
Edgar Richards
Edgar A. Richards - Undertaker and photographer
Mr. Richards came to central Florida from New Hampshire
In this 1975 recording Hatabel Hyer and Mary Alice Nickels discuss Mr. Richards four volume scrapbook set of newspaper clippings, and ...
People
Jenny B. Reeder
Jenny B. Reeder
Jenny B. Reeder of 935 Drew Avenue, Orlando. This interview was conducted on April 24, 1975 for the Friends of the Orange County Public Library's Oral History Committee.
LISTEN 30:50
Part One
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Henry A. Porter
Henry A. Porter
Mr. Porter is one of the six Porter brothers who were born in Conway, grew up there, and made their homes in south Orlando. Mr. Porter was 81 at the time of this interview. He discusses the early...
People
Dr. Duncan T. McEwan
Dr. Duncan T. McEwan
Dr. Duncan T. McEwan was a prominent Orlando surgeon who was originally born in Cooperstown, New York in 1903. He moved to Orlando in 1928 after graduating from Cornell Medical School. Dr. McEwan also held the positions...
People
W. G. "Bill" McBride
W.G. "Bill" McBride
William G. "Bill" McBride (and wife) reminisce about the early years of radio in Orlando.
This interview was conducted by Eleanor Fisher on May 1, 1976 for the Friends of the Orlando Public Library’s Oral History Committee.
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