Tag: Hatabel Hyer
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Edgar Richards
Edgar Richards
Edgar A. Richards was an undertaker and photographer who came to central Florida from South Boston, New Hampshire.
In this 1975 recording Hatabel Hyer and Mary Alice Nickels discuss Mr. Edgar Richards' four volume scrapbook set of newspape ... Read
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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 in th ... Read
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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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Interview with Harry P. Leu
Harry P. Leu - Interviewed by Hatabel Hyer on June 1, 1974.
Miss Hyer knew just about everyone and liked to visit and chat with them. This recording lets us listen in on one of her visits with Mr. Leu in his old age. They discuss his knack for success, ... Read
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Jenkins Dolive
Thomas Jenkins Dolive ("doe-leave") was born in Orlando February 27, 1890 and interviewed in December of 1971 by Hatabel Hyer. He was well known to many in Orlando as were his parents and siblings. According to Eve Bacon's Orlando: A Centennial History ... Read
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Fanny and Donald Cheney
Interview with Fanny and Donald Cheney
Hatabel Hyer interviewed Judge Cheney and his wife Fanny Sophia Robinson Cheney on June 20, 1974. Mrs. Cheney moved to Orlando from Sanford as a child with her parents. After attending public schools in the city s ... Read
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Montague Sisters
The Montague Sisters - Bernie Montague Bogue and Bessie Montague Warren (93) were born and raised here in Orlando, their parents having met here in the1870s. They reminisce growing up and living in Orlando with Hatabel Hyer.
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