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Oral History Interview with Bill Jennings, President of the College Park Historical Society
Bill Jennings, President of the College Park Historical Society at the Orlando Public Library, October 25, 2023. Photo by Orange County Library System Staff Photographer Amanda Murphy.
College Park has produced a lot of great people. I was in a meeting...
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Osceola County Library Service
The Osceola County Library began in 1914 when a group of Kissimmee ladies donated $52 each to fund a library. Using their donations along with additional funds collected from other citizens, the Hart Memorial Public Library was built.
For over...
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Oral History Interview with Senior Business Analyst Harry Bryant
The goal, what I feel comfortable about now, is that we have the skill set and the documentation and presentation to show and preserve the culture of the historic Callahan area. It's going to take some time, but the good...
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Albertson Public Library Accession Books
ACCESSION BOOKS
Prior to the advent of computers all the books in a library were recorded in large books called accession books.
The original accession books from the Albertson Public Library still exist. They contain entries for every book added to...
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OCLS Home Delivery - BBM to MAYL
OCLS Home Delivery by Jim Myers
Photo used to promote the new Books by Mail program.
BBM - Books By Mail
The OCLS books-by-mail program (BBM) was initiated in 1974. At the time, the Library’s presence in Orange County consisted of the Orl...
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Library Storytellers Through the Years
ABOVE: Photo of Children's Library staff in the basement around 1994. Standing: Gregg Gronlund, Charlie Hoeck, and Christi Cohen. Sitting: Crystal Sullivan, Stefani Koorey, Sue Wright, Carolyn Rosenblum, and Jane Tracy.
Storytime at the Library
Storytell...
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Books and Beyond 1996-1999
Early publications of the Orange County Library System and the Friends of the Library include Footnotes, the Friends of the Library Newsletter, and Books and Beyond. Simple versions of Books and Beyond (2000-2004) blossomed through the years with the first...
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Associated Authors Productions, Inc.
Associated Authors Productions, Inc.
Associated Authors Productions, Inc. was an Orlando based company formed in 1922. Formed with the goal of filming six motion pictures in Orlando, based on the works of Hapsburg Liebe and George Allan England, they unfortun...
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Oral History Interview with Jerry Ross, President of the National Entrepreneur Center
Jerry Ross is the President of the National Entrepreneur Center and SBA's 2022 State of Florida Small Business Advocate of the Year! His honors include Orlando Business Journal CEO of the Year, and successful entrepreneur enterprises such as SkyTracker of Flo...
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Zonta Orlando-Winter Park
Zonta International
Zonta International, founded on November 8, 1919, was different from many other women's clubs in existence at that time, as Zonta was open only to women holding executive positions based on a classification system. Read about the history of...
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Minutes of the Albertson Public Library Board of Directors 1923-1932
ABOVE: Albertson Public Library photo by Dixie Studio pasted on the back of the first page in the 1923-1930 minutes book.
Albertson Public Library Board of Directors
The minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors of the Albertson Public Library...
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OCLS Branches - Then and Now
ABOVE: South Trail Library circa 1982.
Orange County Library System Branch Libraries in 1993
Beginning in February 1993, the Friends of the Library Newsletters featured one of the eleven branches each month. The January 1993 newsletter announced the year-long ...
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