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Oral History Interview with Tom Beaty
Thomas Beaty, also called Tom Beaty, I was born in Orlando General, October 10, 1934 and I lived actually on Bear Lake which is close to Orlando and Apopka. My family had an orange grove out there and that’s where...
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Dr. Gerald Schiffhorst
American scholar Jerry Schiffhorst is the author of numerous books on literature and writing. Dr. Schiffhorst has 45 years teaching experience and currently offers Central Florida workshops on writing. He is a frequent speaker on historical and literary topics...
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Oral History Interview with Louis Roney
Listen to this oral history interview conducted on May 22, 2017, with renowned opera singer Louis Roney and his wife Joy at their Winter Park home.
Louis Roney, born 1921 in Atlanta, Georgia and died in Winter Park, Florida on November...
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Oral History Interview with Gene Hawkins
Featured photo is U.S. Senator Paula Hawkins and her husband Gene, pictured with their family and President Ronald Reagan.
Pictured from left to right: Senator Paula Hawkins, Kelley Hawkins (McCoy), Jean Hawkins, Kevin Hawkins, Gene Hawkins, President Ronald ...
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Dr. Philip Phillips
Philip Phillips, who would later be known simply as "Doc," was born on January 27, 1874, in Memphis, Tennessee. Born to French supply merchant Henri Phillippe and his wife Isabelle, Phillips spent much of his childhood in Lebanon, Tennessee, later...
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Belvin Perry, Jr.
Featured image above: Belvin Perry, Jr., Chief Judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in Florida, presiding over a hearing involving the Casey Anthony case, 2010-2011.
My name is Belvin Perry, Jr. I was born October 11, 1949 in Orlando, Florida...
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Betsy VanderLey Oral History Interview
My name is Kay VanderLey, I was born in Travers City, Michigan. And my name is Betsy VanderLey, I was also born in Travers City, MI.
Oral history with Orange County Commissioner Betsy VanderLey and her mother, Kay VanderLey, at the...
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Inge Koele: I Remember, Reflections of Eyewitnesses to the Holocaust
Holocaust survivor Inge Koele speaking at The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida in Maitland, March 19, 2017.
This is the third program in the 2017 Holocaust Center series entitled, I Remember: Reflections of Eyewitnesses to the...
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Oral History Interview with Pete Barr, Sr.
Pete C. Barr. I was born in Washington, D.C.. on the last day of January, 1934. My family was living in northern Virginia at the time and my father was in Maryland. He had gone to George Washington Medical School and...
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Oral History Interview with Kenneth Hughey
Kenneth Hughey. I was born in Kissimmee, Florida.
How did your family come to this area?
John Hughey came from Tattnall County, Georgia about 1845 to the Seminole County area which was still Orange at the time. His son James Perry followed...
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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...
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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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