Steamboats in Florida
From the 1870’s to the 1900’s steamboats and paddle wheelers traveled the rivers of Florida. It was a time of hardscrabble farming and frontier tourism. Ed L’Heureux gives a presentation to the Oviedo Historical Society about this critical transportation link during the post civil war period in Florida. Length 17:29
Hiding in the Spotlight
On this Heard in Central Florida you’ll hear remarks from Greg Dawson, author of Hiding in the Spotlight – A Musical Prodigy’s Story of Survival…spoken at the 16th annual Teachers Institute on Holocaust Studies presented by the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida. Mitchell Bloomer, the Holocaust Center’s Resource Teacher, introduces author Greg Dawson Feature Length — 45:13
Park Avenue History Alive!
The history of Park Avenue comes alive as Winter Park, Florida community leaders portray some of the earliest citizens. Dressed in period costumes, participants recount life from the 1880’s to the 1930’s along Park Avenue. Take a stroll down the street and listen as Kenneth Murrah, Thad Seymour, Jack Rogers, Alice Bass and Steve Schoene bring the past to life at the Fifth Annual James Gamble Rogers Colloquium on Historic Preservation on April 27, 2011
Historic Downtown Oviedo
Historic downtown Oviedo is described pejoratively by some as –dilapidated and hodgepodge-lodge like, or complimentary by others as –charming, quaint and authentic. Feature length – 14:11
Adicks: The Life of John Lee
Hear remarks by local historian Dr. Richard Adicks describing the Myths and Legends of the Life of John Lee presented at the Oviedo (Florida) Historical Society monthly meeting. Adicks’ 20-minute address spans an overview of the life and times of John Lee whose descendants pioneered Oviedo Florida. Adicks’ remarks also offer insights into the process of gathering historical and genealogical data and the difficulties in separating fact from legend when compiling historical information. Feature Length 24:29
Commentary: 2011 – State of Integration in Seminole County
Judith Dolores Smith, a third generation resident of Oviedo, Florida, commenting on the state of racial integration in Seminole County in 2011 Feature length – 04:05
Vietnam Veterans Remember
Vietnam Veterans John Blackwelder and John Malone share their experience and advice with the new veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Forty-five years separate these wars but the experiences are achingly similar and the advice is heartfelt.
Feature length 20:34
Commentary
Memorializing the life of Oviedo, Florida pioneer, Clara Lee Wheeler Evans, is Dr. Richard Adicks, professor emeritus of the University of Central Florida and co-author of Oviedo: Biography of a Town.
Length — 4:00
On Being an Immigrant in Central Florida
What is it like being an immigrant in Central Florida today? Ruth Strakosha is now a citizen of the U.S. but like generations before her she remembers the challenges of becoming an American.
Feature length – 14:53
Commentary
The voice you’ll hear is that of Longwood, Florida resident Steve Bruton, a formerly homeless person commenting on the homeless issue in Seminole County.
Feature length – 03:53
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