Tag: orlando history

Events
1974 Central Florida Film Festival
The 1974 Central Florida Film Festival was the first of its kind, presented in January 1974. Sponsored by PESO, the festival honored actress Gloria Swanson, presenting six of her most popular films over five days. Central Florida's First Film Festival ... Read more
Events
Barber - Mizell Feud
The Barber - Mizell Feud was a Reconstruction Era feud between the Barber Family, a cattle herding family and the Mizell Family, two of whom were appointed to local government. The formal reason for the feud can be stated simply as disagreements over cat ... Read more
People
Attorney John "Jack" McEwan Presents His Oral History at Orlando Remembered, May 2023
To begin, if you look at the McEwan, Martinez, Dukes & Hall website, you will see a quote that says, "The past guides us towards the future." So I think that is a perfect quote for Orlando Remembered. And there is also a quote that says, "Our people ... Read more
People
Helen Gardner
Born in 1884 in Binghampton, New York, Helen Gardner was eighteen when she became the second wife of Duncan Pell, Sr., and moved to Orlando. Though the two would later divorce, Helen Gardner would go on to make successful films including the 1912 fil ... Read more
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City of Orlando Director of Urban Development Walter G. Hawkins Presents at Orlando Remembered for Black History Month, February 2023
Walter G. Hawkins is the Director of Urban Development for the City of Orlando Community Redevelopment Agency. He has served the City of Orlando for almost 30 years. He is responsible for overseeing the revitalization of the Parramore District a ... Read more
Organizations
Orlando Remembered Round Table Oral History, March 16, 2022
Orlando Remembered Round Table oral history presentation conducted at the Orlando Public Library on March 16, 2022. We welcome you to listen to this oral history collection of Orlando Remembered members.  Listen (31:34) [audio mp3="https://orla ... Read more
Places
The Pioneers of Lake Pineloch presented by Joy & Richard Fox, Orlando Remembered 2019
The trip from primitive land to a residential community took 100 years. It involved Indian trails, land speculators, northerners with health problems, and citrus farms that survived freezes, recessions, and a depression. Richard Fox used old aerial photog ... Read more
Topics
Oral History Interview with Attorney Jim Robinson
My name is James C. Robinson, I'm Jim Robinson, I'm from Rock Hill, South Carolina. My family moved here in about 1925 and I was just a little boy. After I started school, I went to Hillcrest Elementary School two years and then the family moved to Conway ... Read more
People
The Hughey Family Pioneers
Kenneth Hughey. I was born in Kissimmee, Florida. How did your family come to this area? John Hughey came from Tattnall County, Georgia about 1845 to the Seminole County area which was still Orange at the time. His son James Perry followed him d ... Read more
Events
Pine Castle Historical Society Book Discussion with Dr. Paul W. Wehr
Dr. Paul W. Wehr, historian and Professor of History Emeritus at University of Central Florida, discusses his new book: From Mosquito to Orange, the Making of a County, at the Pine Castle Historical Society Quarterly Meeting, June 26, 2016. Dr. Wehr expl ... Read more
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Charles Gray and Florida Governor Reubin Askew
Photo of Charles Gray and Reubin Askew as pictured in Mr. Gray's Gray Robinson law office overlooking Lake Eola in downtown Orlando. LISTEN below as Charles Gray tells the story of how he beat Reubin by eight votes in their run for vice president o ... Read more
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Senator John F. Kennedy and Charles Gray
Senator John F. Kennedy is pictured center stage at the Florida Blue Key Banquet at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Orlando's Charles Gray, pictured far left in his student days, invited Senator Kennedy to speak at the event. Mr. Gray ... Read more