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Mrs. Barbara Ellen Dann Lemay
I was 9 months old when my parents moved to 1203 West Smith Street in College Park. I grew up and we had such a wonderful neighborhood. Everybody knew everybody and it was such an exciting time...
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The Halcyon Days of Orlando - Dann Pottinger
I'm Dann Pottinger and I'm from Orlando, one of those rare creatures that spent all my life here... My career being in the banking business. I was the founder and president of First State Financial and also president later of...
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The Open Air School
The life story of education pioneer Erna Wentzler Achenbach and the legacy of The Open Air School, as told by her daughter Irma Scudder Achenbach.
The Open Air School was the first private school in Orlando.
My mother said that she had...
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Father Pinder Speaks
ABOVE photograph: Father Pinder and Walter Hawkins at the Dr. Jerry B. Callahan Exhibit at the Dedication Ceremony on February 20, 2013. The Reverend Canon Nelson Wardell Pinder (Father Pinder), Rector Emeritus of The Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist...
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At Home with Roy and Connie Brand
On this visit to Villa Con Roy in College Park, Roy and Connie Brand share their life experiences with art and the people of Orlando. It is at one and the same an oral history interview detailing the people and...
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Father Pinder Speaks
ABOVE: Father Pinder with City of Orlando guests at the Callahan Neighborhood Center reception for the Dr. Jerry B. Callahan Exhibit Dedication Ceremony on February 20, 2013.
Father Nelson Pinder led the peaceful integration of Orlando's community during the C...
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The Pioneer Party Line
Hatabel Hyer discusses her oral history project, which she named the Pioneer Party Line, reminiscent of the old multiparty telephone lines residents used to share. She elaborates on the topic and shares anecdotes from her personal life as well as...
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The Oral History Program
The Oral History Program
In the early 1970s Hatabel Hyer (a member of one of Orlando's oldest families) was interested in recording the history of our community and, taking a portable recorder into the homes of older residents to record their...
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Francine Kelly and Her Zumba Group
Orange County Library System staff member Brittany, speaks with Francine Kelly and her group of Zumba students during the Zora! Outdoor Festival of the Arts on January 27, 2012.
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Saint James Cathedral Holiday Boutique
ABOVE IMAGE: Community plant sale at Saint James Cathedral Community LIfe Center in downtown Orlando.
Photo from Saint James Cathedral Holiday Boutique in downtown Orlando.
In 1978, preparing for Christmas meant helping one's neighbor for parish...
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Harry P. Leu Gardens Pamphlets
Peruse images of old pamphlets for Leu House and Gardens under Attachments below.
Listen to interview with Harry P. Leu from 1977.
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Susan Sargeant Interview - July 6, 2010
Oral history interview with Susan Sargeant, retired teacher and long time Orlando resident conducted by Orange County Library librarian Charlie Hoeck.
LISTEN (22:22)
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