Month: April 2016
People
Louise Franklin Sheehy
Louise Franklin Sheehy moved to the Orlando area in 1963 and discovered her calling as a project start-up director. Projects that she was involved with include the Jewish Family Services, The Holocaust Studies Project at Valencia College, Elderhostel at Canter...
Topics
1937 Social Register of Orlando
The introductory page in the 1937 Social Register of Orlando states: "The Social Register of Orlando has been compiled primarily for the benefit of subscribers. The attention of all whose names have been omitted is called to this fact."
The register lists...
People
Erica Kanter: I Remember: Reflections of Eyewitnesses to the Holocaust
Holocaust survivor Erica Kanter speaking at The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida in Maitland, April 17, 2016.
This is the fourth program in the yearlong Holocaust Center series entitled, I Remember: Reflections of Eyew...
Events
Pine Castle Woman's Club Fifth Grade Essay Contest 2016
Winners of The 2016 Pine Castle Woman's Club Fifth Grade Essay Contest were celebrated at a luncheon hosted by the Pine Castle Woman's Club on April 13, 2016.
Students wrote original essays on the theme: If I Could Teach the History...
People
Interview with Dixie and Emma Partin and their nephew Charlie Wilson.
Dixie was born Feb. 13, 1893, a member of a large pioneer family. He is an example of a Florida Cracker, who used to be hired to drive his mules and oxen for various jobs.
Dixie and Emma Lenora (Gill) Partin...
People
Claude H. Wolfe, Jr.
Central Florida business leader and real estate investor, son of Orlando business and civic leader, Claude Wolfe.
Oral history interview with Mr. Claude H. Wolfe, Jr. at The University Club of Orlando, April 6, 2016.
Photo of Claude Wolfe in buggy in...
