Year: 2016
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Elizabeth Thornton Robinson
Oral history interview with Orlando native Elizabeth Thornton Robinson, (Betty Robinson), at her home on Lake Conway, September 9, 2016.
A view of Lake Conway from the home of Betty and Jim Robinson
My name is Betty Robinson, at least that's what...
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Oral History Interview with Paul Halyard
I'm Paul Halyard and I was born in St. Petersburg, FL in 1935 and I moved to Orlando February 1, 1964. After completing the University of Florida I was living in Gainesville and working at Sperry Electronic Tube Department when...
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Pulse: Memorials
Following the tragic loss of 49 lives on June 12, 2016, in Orlando, the Pulse nightclub has become a memorial to the lives lost, the lives fighting for recovery, and the love and support Orlando and the world has for...
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Oral History Interview with Dr. Paul W. Wehr
I am Paul Wehr and I'm from a lot of different places. Born in Hamilton, Ohio lived in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, and Florida and now resident here since 1969.
What was a typical Sunday like for you growing up?...
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Oral History Interview with Attorney Jim Robinson
My name is James C. Robinson, I'm Jim Robinson, I'm from Rock Hill, South Carolina. My family moved here in about 1925 and I was just a little boy. After I started school, I went to Hillcrest Elementary School two...
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Sonja Marchesano: I Remember: Reflections of Eyewitnesses to the Holocaust
Holocaust survivor Sonja Marchesano speaking at The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida in Maitland, August 21, 2016.
This is the eighth program in the year long Holocaust Center series entitled, I Remember: Reflections of Eyewit...
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Lake Como Elementary School
LAKE COMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL begins undergoing an extreme makeover this summer (2016.) The project is scheduled to take two years with a reopening for school year 2018-2019.
A large crowd of persons of all ages gathered on Saturday, May 21, 2016...
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Oral History Interview with Dr. Robert Byrd
My name is Robert Byrd and I was born in Orlando, actually at my grandmother's house on Cottage Hill Road which was a little rock road off of what we then called the Old Winter Garden Highway... It was just...
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Interview with Lee Wheeler
Christine Garland's interview with Lee Wheeler about her grandmother Alva Chapman Dovell and her mother Mildred "Millie" Childress Dovell in June 22, 2016
"In 1902, my grandmother, Alva Chapman Dovell, ran a private preschool at the First Presbyterian Churc...
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Letha Palmer Luff
Letha Kate Palmer Luff, of Windermere, and Hatabel Hyer reminisce about earlier days of Windermere in this segment of the Pioneer Party Line. We are grateful for the Orange County Regional History Center's making this recording available for Orlando Memory.
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Oral History Interview with Brent Bachand
Oral history interview with Florida horse trainer and performer Brent Bachand at the Orlando Public Library on August 2, 2016.
Central Florida Cow Pastures
I grew up on the east side of Orlando down by Jetport, Curry Ford, 436, and nothing like...
