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Oral History Interview with Dr. Robert Byrd
My name is Robert Byrd and I was born in Orlando, actually at my grandmother's house on Cottage Hill Road which was a little rock road off of what we then called the Old Winter Garden Highway... It was just a little bit beyond what I think you now call th ... Read more
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Oral History Interview with Dr. Robert Byrd
My name is Robert Byrd and I was born in Orlando, actually at my grandmother's house on Cottage Hill Road which was a little rock road off of what we then called the Old Winter Garden Highway... It was just a little bit beyond what I think you now call th ... Read more
People
Elizabeth Chance
Educator Beth Chance has been teaching Special Education classes since January, 2010, at Lockhart Middle School, Orlando, and she is currently taking graduate courses toward an MA in Archaeology at University of Central Florida. Read the transcript of ... Read more
Places
Concord Park Elementary School, Circa 1949
Ms. Anderson's third grade class at Concord Park Elementary School are all smiles as photographer Alan Anderson takes the shot. Mr. Anderson had the contract for Orange County Public School photos for about 25 years. Photo courtesy of Bertie Martin Hun ... Read more
Places
Academic Excellence at Dr. Phillips High School
Featured image, above, is of Anna Mae Patz, Advanced Placement Calculus Instructor at Dr. Phillips High School, with Kathi Brooks Myers, award winning math student at Dr. Phillips, photo circa 1980s. Anna Mae Patz coached the Dr. Phillips High School M ... Read more
Places
The Quality of Education in Orange County: Then & Now
ABOVE:  Photo of the champion Dr. Phillips Math Team, led by Mrs. Anna Mae Patz, Advanced Placement Calculus instructor at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, FL. Pictured from left to right beginning with the first row from the bottom are: Amanda Jo ... Read more
Events
Desegregation in Orange County Schools
Educator Mary Jane Sevick remembers the day her students cleared their lockers at Robinswood Junior High School in response to a court order to desegregate Carver and Robinswood Junior High Schools. Hear her firsthand account of the event and  the transi ... Read more
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Ben Porter, Grand Knight at Saint James Cathedral
Born in Central Florida, Ben's earliest memory of the area is the fresh oranges his mother picked from a neighborhood orange grove. To this day, Ben still enjoys fresh homegrown oranges, they have a tree in their yard, and looks forward to the coming citr ... Read more