Tag: Junior League

Oral History Interview with Orange County Art Legend Texann Ivy Buck, Part I of II My name is Texann Ivy Buck, but it really on my birth certificate says, Mary Ellen. And everybody says, "Ha! Oh, I knew it." But ever since I was a small child it's alwa ... Read more

The Honorable Linda Chapin served as the first elected Mayor of Orange County, Florida, from 1990-1998. Her accomplishments in public office include the construction of the nation’s second-largest convention center, a new Orange County Courthouse, the ... Read more

Oral history interview with Orlando native Elizabeth Thornton Robinson, (Betty Robinson), at her home on Lake Conway, September 9, 2016. My name is Betty Robinson, at least that's what I've been called all my life. I was christened Marie Elizabeth Thornt ... Read more

So when I moved down here I was ready to help work with the opera... Nancy Phipps started working with the Junior League in Orlando just after their first opera performance in 1958 and has been giving life to opera in Orlando ever since. Mrs. Phip ... Read more