Year: 2017
People
Henri Goodheim: I Remember: Reflections of Eyewitnesses to the Holocaust
Holocaust survivor Henri Goodheim speaking at The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida in Maitland, February 26, 2017.
This is the second program in the 2017 Holocaust Center series entitled, I Remember: Reflections of Eyewitnesses to...
People
Oral History Interview with Senior Judge Emerson R. Thompson, Jr.
My name is Emerson R. Thompson, Jr. I was born in Jacksonville, FL. I was born and raised there until I went to college in 1966.
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People
Oral History Interview with Jerry Chicone, Jr.
My name is Jerry Chicone and actually I've carried a junior on my name because my dad had the same name and I was born here in Orlando in the only hospital that was in Orange County and it was...
People
Oral History Interview with Larry Grimes
I was born in a Florida Hospital just up the road here on 17-92 between here and Winter Park, May 26, 1934. And my family, my parents had adopted two children. They were married several years, had no children and...
Events
Women's Rally Central Florida
On January 21, 2017 over 6,000 people rallied in solidarity as peaceful advocates and defenders of women's rights, safety, and health. The event took place at Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando and coincided with more than 600 marches throughout...
Events
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Panel Discussion Featuring Local Survivors
Holocaust survivor Gene Klein and Dr. Susan Bach, daughter of a Holocaust survivor, at The International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Panel Discussion Featuring Local Survivors, at The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida in Maitland...
People
Newton Pendleton Yowell
Newton Pendleton Yowell was born in Luray, Page County, Virginia on December 16, 1871. He was the first of five children of David and Susannah Yowell. In 1884, because of his father's serious illness the Yowell family moved to the...
People
Florida Supreme Court Justice James E. C. Perry
Oral history interview with Florida Supreme Court Justice James E. C. Perry at the Orlando Public Library, December 19, 2016.
My name is James Edward Clark Perry. I was born in New Bern, North Carolina. I was born in the housing...
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Oral History Interview with Donovan Dean
I'm Patrick Donovan Dean born here in Orlando General Hospital 28 September '39. I was born here, but during the war my folks moved to Lakeland. My father, Donovan Dean, was an architect, and became the base engineer for the...
People
Don Reynolds
Artist Don Reynolds graduated from the University of Central Arkansas, where he was encouraged to paint and draw by his professors. Eventually relocating to the Orlando area, Reynolds became a prominent local artist. Although he has created many awe-inspiring ...
