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Henry A. Porter
Henry A. Porter
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Henry A. Porter is one of six brothers who were born and raised in Conway. His pa...
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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 and later held positions such as...
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W. G. "Bill" McBride
W.G. "Bill" McBride
William G. "Bill" McBride (and wife) reminisce about the early years of radio in Orlando, including the working conditions, local shows and other unique experiences. "Bill" McBride arrived in Orlando from Jefferson County, Kentucky in 1920....
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Merle O. Kent
Merle O. Kent
In this oral history, Hatabel Hyer interviews her friend, Merle O. Kent. Merle Kent was a local educator and a cultivator of daylilies. Originally from Tennessee, he had previously lived in Orlando but later moved to Longwood, settling...
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P.W. "Bill" Kanecht
P.W. "Bill" Kanecht
P.W. "Bill" Kanecht was born in Illinois and moved to Oklahoma when he was a child. His family would later move to Tillman, Florida (which is known now as Palm Bay) to raise potatoes. When he was a...
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Dorothy Slemons Houghton
Dorothy Slemons Houghton
Mrs. Dorothy Slemons Houghton born in Orlando in 1894, the spring before the Great Freeze of 1894-1895.
This interview was conducted by Sandra Hinson on February 26, 1975 for the Friends of the Orlando Public Library's Oral History Co...
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James Delaney
James Delaney
This recording was made in June 1975 by Hatabel Hyer for her Pioneer Party Line.
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Memories of Orlando
by Sridhar Rangaswamy
I moved to Orlando, Florida on January 01, 1998 after I started working for Oracle Corporation.
I loved Florida for its sunshine weather, it has about 100 lakes, Universal, Disney, and other theme parks, and golf courses, shopping...
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Oral History Interview with Congresswoman Val Demings
Congresswoman Val Demings is Florida's 10th District Representative to the United States House of Representatives of the 117th Congress. She assumed Congressional Office during the 115th Congress on January 3, 2017. Her Congressional Committee Appointments in...
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Linda Chapin: The Early Years
I always thought of myself as a Florida girl. Even though we lived in Little Rock and Kankakee and St. Louis and Connecticut and Detroit, during all those years the only place that was stable was here, in Orlando. My...
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Dolores Pieper
Above: 1977 NRL ID photo
Dolores A. Pieper
Dolores A. Pieper worked in the Technical Information Office in the Underwater Sound Research Division of the Naval Research Laboratory (USRD-NRL) in Orlando with physicists Rodger N. Capps, Vincent Benedetti and ...
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Roger Atmar Barker
Judge Roger Atmar Barker, an Orlando native and graduate of Orlando Senior High School, served on the 9th Judicial Court in Orlando for 22 years.
Listen to oral history interview below with Judge Roger A. Barker conducted on March 6, 1993....
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