Year: 2015
People
Richard Griffin
Longtime Ocoee resident Richard Griffin talks about growing up in Central Florida with staff at the West Oaks Library on May 27, 2015.
His family has lived in Ocoee since the 1890s.
Listen and watch this interview with Richard Griffin in two...
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Donald Hickman: Director of the Pershing Missile Project Oral History Interview
ABOVE: Colonel Quill in charge of Pershing Missile training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, General Boyle, Commander of the 56th Brigade, Donald Hickman, Pershing Program Manager for Martin Marietta Orlando, and Colonel William J. Fiorentino, Army Program Manager base...
People
Walter M. Windsor, 1918 - 2008
Walter moved to Orlando as the general manager of WFTV-Channel 9. Many viewers remember him as the editorial spokesman for the station and his appearances on the show, "Filmography." He is also remembered as the Master of Ceremonies for the...
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The Senator - 3500 year old bald cypress
The oldest living resident of Florida and fifth oldest in the world was an ancient bald cypress known as "The Senator". It was the reason the park surrounding it in Longwood, Florida was named Big Tree Park. The Senator measured...
Events
The Seminole Indians Visit The Florida Spa
ABOVE: Photo of The Seminole Indians, special guest visitors to The Florida Spa. Richard Weinsier describes the experience of hearing them speak and sharing perspectives and information to further understanding between cultures.
LISTEN as Richard Weinsier...
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Pershing II Missile Cartoons Fire at Cape Tests, Martin Employees Fire Back!
Martin Marietta employees create a Pershing II Missile cartoon firing back at The Orlando Sentinel cartoons ridiculing Pershing II missile tests at Cape Canaveral. View series published in The Orlando Sentinel beginning with the Sentinel cartoons and ending wi...
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John Sobik, Jr. - Sobik's Subs
John Sobik Jr., founder of Sobik's Subs, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 19 in Albany, New York at the age of 76. He was born on June 4, 1938 in Rome, New York to John and Mary Karash Sobik.
John Sobik...
People
Lynda Hope Swenk: a College Park Oral History
My family moved down here in 1949. We lived briefly on Canton Street. We rented a house that was knocked down for I-4. And while we lived there my parents built the house at 913 Silver Drive so we would...
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Key West at Sea World
In 1996 Sea World opened Key West at Sea World here in Orlando, featuring sea turtles, a dolphin petting area, a ray petting area, Key West style entertainment and more. They advertised a contest open to middle schoolers to create...
Organizations
Ku Klux Klan
There is not much information to be found on the Ku Klux Klan members that tormented Catholics and Blacks in Central Florida in the 1920s but some disturbing mentions have been found in local newspapers and church histories.
These excerpts from...
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Meeting President Reagan
Central Florida resident Oliver Peters was Production Manager at WBRC-TV in Birmingham, Alabama, from 1982-1984. During that time, President Reagan encouraged local communities to create opportunities to connect unemployed citizens with companies in need of em...
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Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida: Marginalized Communities
ABOVE: Reverend Bryan Fulwider of Building Us.
The Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida hosted the Marginalized Communities program on November 12, 2014 for their 2014 series on Civil Rights.
Darryl Owens of the Orlando Sentinel m...
