Memories
Organizations
Louis Rotundo Presents The X-1 Story at Orlando Remembered, March 2024
Well, thank you, it's a pleasure to be here. I don't get to talk about this book much anymore. The book obviously has been around for quite some time. The story never gets old in my opinion, but I don't...
Events
Oral History Interview with Maria Guerrero, Founder of the Women in the Arts, Inc. and the 2024 Women in the Arts Expo
My name is Maria Guerrero. And about where I was born, I was born in Uruguay, and that is Uruguay with a "U". Some people say Paraguay or Hawaii. No, it's Uruguay with "U". And that's where I was born....
People
Captain Charles Donald Albury
Don Albury, a former U.S. Army Air Corps Captain flew on both missions to drop the atomic bombs in August 1945. He passed away in an Orlando hospital on May 23, 2009.
Albury was born in his parents' home in...
Events
Celebrating 100 Years of Service
The Orange County Library System kicked off its 100 Year Celebration on January 7, 2023, with a daylong event at the Orlando Public Library.
Invitees to the rededication ceremony included the OCLS Board of Trustees, community leaders, elected officia...
Events
Lake Adair - Lake Concord Historic District Marker Event
On October 24, 2023, City of Orlando Commissioner Robert Stuart and College Park Historical Society Board Members unveiled the Lake Adair - Lake Concord District Historical Marker. The marker is located on the grassy plain near Lake Adair and Edgewater...
Organizations
Oral History Interview with Author-Entrepreneur Erik Deckers, President of Pro Blog Service
It is on the National Register of Historic Places because of the Kerouac connection. But in and of itself, it's a 102-year-old house. It's a Sears and Roebuck kit house where you could go into the catalog and order a...
People
Historian Richard Cronin Presents: "Remembering Orlandoans" at Orlando Remembered, October 2023
I thought that perhaps one of the best presentations for this type of group would be to talk about the people who helped make Orlando what it is today. If you have read any of my books you probably know...
Events
Oral History Interview with Startup Weekend Orlando 2023 Winner: Aadhirai VijaiSenthil
If you have any ideas, just put it out there. And see if you can like make it. If it's a big problem that you think you have a solution to - go with it and see where it goes....
Organizations
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...
Places
Lake Ivanhoe Residential Historic District Marker
On October 24, 2023 City of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer unveiled The Lake Ivanhoe Residential Historic District Marker with City of Orlando Commissioner Robert Stuart and College Park Historical Society Board Members. Pictured from left to right are Bill Jennings,...
Places
135 East Wall Street
From the Orange County Property Appraiser's site - 135 Wall Street circa 2022.
On Monday, October 30, 2023, shortly before the library opened, staff at the Orlando Public Library peered out the back windows facing Wall Street to discover what was...
Events
College Park Oral History Night 2023 with Educational Leader Gary Schadow
Reading is so important. I used to say to dads all the time, "Are you reading with your children?" And by the way, I have seven. I was an educator. But anyways, and I would say, "Read with them nightly....
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